Ending July

Welcome to this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge, compliments of

Joyce at "From This Side of the Pond"

1. Four words that tell us something about your July?

Family, Food, Fun & a Future to look forward to.

(Sorry went over a bit)

2. Four of your favorite summer foods?

Watermelon, salads, salmon, fudge ice cream bars, and most anything I don't have to cook (I know, excessive again)

3. What were you doing at a quarter past four yesterday?

Getting ready to meet friends for dinner at the nearest Rockfish restaurant.

4. fore!, four letter word, four sheets to the wind, ten-four, 24/7, four eyes, these four walls....pick a 'four' phrase and tell us how you relate currently

Probably "four letter word".  There is so little to watch on TV that doesn't use the undesirable "four letter word."  We have been trying to find good, wholesome Netflix, Prime, HBO, etc. movies for our nighttime watching, but if one is R rated, then you can just about know foul language is involved.

We have learned however, that there is an app called VidAngel that filters out sex scenes and bad language.  There is a monthly fee and not all movies are covered, but friends who use it say it is well worth the investment.

5. Something you own that is four years old? 

Because I wasn't sure, I went back to 2017 blog posts and found this.

I still have this whole outfit that I bought back in November four years ago.  I'm not sure I will ever get tired of wearing it.

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Speaking of movies, we watched the HBO movie series, Chernobyl.  I highly recommend it.  The following video deals with the perspective taken in making the movie.  Very interesting.

My perspective after watching the movie was a mix of disgust and fear that we are so easily manipulated .  I have disgust that the world was not allowed to actually know what happened in this part of the world in 1986.  We had no idea of what really was happening and therefore felt very removed and remote from the death, ugliness of cover-up, fear and total despair of fellow human beings.

I must wonder, how apart we still are of peoples around our world, or even next door who are suffering while we are concerned about buying the latest kitchen gadget or newest bed sheets.

I wonder how different our lives would be right now, if the perspective of those in control during the pandemic had been different.

Seeing events based on someone else's particular perspective is both good and bad, but as Christians, we are called to have a world view based on God's perspective.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

John 3:16