It was my birthday.........finally! According to my daddy, it was never warm enough to don a bathing suit and get into the river until my birthday rolled around. The anticipation grew from the first warm days of spring. Every night I would pray for no rain on July 2nd when finally I would get to experience the cold, refreshing water and the hot sun beating down on my skin.
My birthday party from the time I was about seven years old until I was almost a teenager, was always... a day spent on the Kings River. Mother would pack a picnic lunch, gather up old towels; a blanket to set on while we ate our picnic lunch, and always the trusty first aid kit. I would call my cousin, who was my age, and let her know that, once again, we would get to spend the day together, laughing and splashing each other and floating around on old inner tubes. Daddy would pack everything into our old car and off we would go.
My birthday party from the time I was about seven years old until I was almost a teenager, was always... a day spent on the Kings River. Mother would pack a picnic lunch, gather up old towels; a blanket to set on while we ate our picnic lunch, and always the trusty first aid kit. I would call my cousin, who was my age, and let her know that, once again, we would get to spend the day together, laughing and splashing each other and floating around on old inner tubes. Daddy would pack everything into our old car and off we would go.
My cousin and I could hardly wait until the car door opened and we could jump out and run barefooted down across the gravel bar. We knew the water would be cold so we would stop; stick our toes in and then dance about shouting, "It's cold! It's cold!" For a time, hoping the water would warm just a bit, we would pick up rocks and throw them into the river, seeing who could throw them farthest .
After a fun day of swimming, picnicking, throwing rocks in the water and laughing at everything that happened, two tired little girls and two weary adults would head back home. I'm not sure about everyone else, but by the next morning I would be anticipating another fun trip to the river for my next birthday.
Much has been said the last few days about the conjuncture of Jupiter and Venus, bringing about speculation that this is the same light that was seen by the Kings when they went to find Baby Jesus.
I don't know what the significance of this latest conjuncture is. However, I do know that there is one birthday that is more significant to mankind than all the others and that's the birth of our Savior, Christ our Lord.
"After Jesus was born in Bethlehem village, Judah territory— this was during Herod’s kingship—a band of scholars arrived in Jerusalem from the East. They asked around, “Where can we find and pay homage to the newborn King of the Jews? We observed a star in the eastern sky that signaled his birth. We’re on pilgrimage to worship him.” Matthew 2:1-2 (The Message)
After a fun day of swimming, picnicking, throwing rocks in the water and laughing at everything that happened, two tired little girls and two weary adults would head back home. I'm not sure about everyone else, but by the next morning I would be anticipating another fun trip to the river for my next birthday.
Much has been said the last few days about the conjuncture of Jupiter and Venus, bringing about speculation that this is the same light that was seen by the Kings when they went to find Baby Jesus.
I don't know what the significance of this latest conjuncture is. However, I do know that there is one birthday that is more significant to mankind than all the others and that's the birth of our Savior, Christ our Lord.
"After Jesus was born in Bethlehem village, Judah territory— this was during Herod’s kingship—a band of scholars arrived in Jerusalem from the East. They asked around, “Where can we find and pay homage to the newborn King of the Jews? We observed a star in the eastern sky that signaled his birth. We’re on pilgrimage to worship him.” Matthew 2:1-2 (The Message)
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