I love hot weather, but it is almost too hot at the present time.

What about “global warming” and the “greenhouse effect”?

Two books I pick up again and again. The two books are the Bible and the Dictionary. ( I have several Bibles and Dictionaries.)

In hot weather a fan helps a bit to cool down

This time it is the Collins English Dictionary I pick up and there I am learning that “global warming” is “an increase in the overall temperature worldwide believed to be caused by the greenhouse effect”.

And what about the “greenhouse effect”? The “greenhouse effect” is “the gradual rise in temperature in the earth’s atmosphere due to heat being absorbed from the sun and being trapped by gases such as carbon dioxide in the air and around the earth.”

But who can tell, if the hot weather at the present time has anything to do with “global warming” and the “greenhouse effect”?

CAPE REINGA

“We who have seen the light of Christ are obliged, by the greatness of the grace that has been given to us, to make known the presence of the Saviour to the ends of the earth … not only by preaching the glad tidings of His coming, but above all by revealing Him in our lives … Every day of our mortal lives must be His manifestation His divine Epiphany, in the world which He created and redeemed.” – Thomas Merton (1915 – 1968)

HEART

“A wise man’s heart guides his mouth, and his lips promote instruction.” – Proverbs 16:23

BUCKET

“Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket.” – Isaiah 40:15