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HHear ye! Hear ye! That address<br />
would probably turn every<br />
child’s head, and I would have<br />
their full attention. Then I would take my<br />
summer flute and “pipe” them to follow me.<br />
Put away your cell phones and any<br />
man-made device so you have hands, ears,<br />
and eyes to experience God-made joys. The summer nights of<br />
Mississippi are most often muggy, but the sun has reclined and an<br />
occasional breeze will add refreshment to the evening. Grab a container<br />
with a lid. To qualify as authentic, make it a fruit jar with punched<br />
holes in a Mason lid. Then wait and watch.<br />
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The Time Coin<br />
Insects with tiny built-in lights will begin to rise from their hiding<br />
places and turn the night into a light show. The only sounds will be the<br />
base of the bull frogs, tenor from the tree frogs and a blend of cicada,<br />
crickets, and katydids rubbing body parts together. Amazing! That’s<br />
what you’ll say when the summer night sounds of nature are given<br />
audience that’s free of man-made music.<br />
Then run across the dew-drenched grass, preferably in bare feet,<br />
and scoop the tiny insects gently from their hovering positons and<br />
rake them into the jar. Hold it nose-close and watch the tiny blinkers,<br />
crawling in their glass prison searching for an<br />
exit and be awed by their Son-powered lights.<br />
When it’s time for bed, release the<br />
fireflies and wash off the day’s dust and<br />
stickies in a warm tub of water. Crawl into<br />
bed and listen to the Creator’s sound<br />
machine. It will turn off automatically.<br />
As your young minds slowly unwind and the sandman lulls you to<br />
sleep, I would whisper a prayer that your days of summer vacation<br />
would be spared the artificial entertainment of TV and the addictive<br />
time-robbing video games...that your minds would grow to match your<br />
physical growth spurts of summer...that chores, yes, work, would be a<br />
productive part of your free time...that reading a classic with a hard<br />
cover and pages would richly fill part of your break...that God would<br />
open your eyes to the joys of childhood so you, even in adolescence,<br />
would learn that time is one of your greatest treasures and should never<br />
be wasted.<br />
Now sleep soundly to the dreamy serenade of a summer night<br />
in Mississippi while the fireflies continue their mystical night show.<br />
Soon, so soon, childhood will be just a memory. May they be<br />
wonderful ones. n<br />
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