Forecasters

Forecasters

Seen crossing the road there

on a day that's fair

do beware

for there's

weather

forecasters

which will share

though unaware.

Wearing black and brown fur/hair

do take a second look, stare

for they'll declare

when you compare

what will come this upcoming winter,

rather mild or harsh weather,

by what they wear -

precisely, I swear.

Now they're not as fast as a hare

(who may be seen with brown hair)

as they journey from here to there

determined on days sunny and fair

to cross the road or the town square.

Rather, they're rather

slow as they crawl there

down by your feet so be aware

otherwise their innards you'll wear.

Dependent on the strips these forecasters wear

we can forecast the upcoming weather.

They're known as an accurate forecaster.

If you need proof, just ask an old timer.

Just who is it that would dare

to cross the road without a care

while quietly declares?

It's a wooly bear.

Do you know why the wooly bear crossed the road?

To accurately forecast the weather, we're told,

for we know quite often the weather forecasters

inaccurately report tomorrow's weather.

* * * * *

What gets complained about more than taxes?

It's something else that everyday taxes.

It's the weather -

sometimes a bother,

but do we ever stop to consider

the daily weather's great Creator?

The One who created the sun, the rain, the snow,

also created the stormy winds which blow,

the thunder and lightning which cools the earth,

and the rainbow's promise when the sun shines forth

as stormy weather

doesn't last forever.

He created the clouds in the heavens above

filled with showers of his ever-present love

for rain refreshes the earth

in turn bringing forth new birth

seen each year when flowers and trees

perfume the air when there's a breeze.

The first snowfall each season

is another reason

to think of the Creator of delights

as the first snow somehow delights,

though perhaps not sleet or hail

if winter ice impales.

Then days too hot to go outside

or days too cold, we stay inside.

The days we play under the sun

add up to many days having fun

though we tend to complain

when too much rain rains.

Aren't we in essence complaining about God

when about the weather we grumble so hard?

It's something everyone is guilty of

for it seems it's the pleasant days we love.

And if we tend to grumble about the weather

it seems we tend to grumble about whatever.

Grumble or

murmur

we are often warned against

as so complaining, for instance.

Do not

means to stop.

Grumbling, murmuring, complaining

means our discontentment is showing,

means we're lack faith and trust

that God knows what is best for us.

Whereas thanking or praising

means believing faith is showing.

As Philippians 2:15 says,

"shine like stars in the universe".

So turn that habit, that curse

into a blessing, a force

in which others will see

God's goodness, and God only.

Creator of heaven and earth.

Genesis 14:19

Praise the Lord...

lightning and hail, snow and clouds,

stormy winds that do his bidding.

Psalm 148:5

You heavens above, rain down righteousness;

let the clouds shower it down.

Let the earth open wide,

let salvation spring up,

let righteousness grow with it;

I, the Lord, have created it.

Isaiah 45:8

How long will this wicked community grumble against me?

I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites.

So tell them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Lord,

I will do to you the very things I heard you say.'

Numbers 14:27-28

Do not grumble...

I Corinthians 10:10

Don't grumble against each other...

James 5:9

Do everything without complaining or arguing,

so that you may become blameless and pure,

children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation,

in which you shine like stars in the universe.

Philippians 2:14-15

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