The whole of the West of America is tinder dry.
In the Arizona highlands this weekend, a roaring inferno raced towards the town of Yarnell.
A group of brave men stood in its path seeking to build a fire brake. There was an unexpected shift in the wind and in a matter of seconds the whole nineteen member team was incinerated even as they wrapped themselves in their fire retardant blankets.
Sudden death.
In my own province over the weekend of Canada Day the same number of people met violent ends through drownings, boating accidents, road wrecks and the like.
The Word of God gives us a somber reminder in the book of James that our life on earth is but 'a vapor that appears for a little while then vanishes away'.
On a bumper-sticker I read these words
"Salvation. Don't leave Earth without it"
Permit me to pass on those words as you anticipate your season in the sun.
Jubilate.
Ian
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