Let me take a little "Ecclesiastics" license today.
There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under Heaven
This morning I could not help but think of the powerful but simple words from Ecclesiastics 3 while reflecting on welcome items that came into my mind during the past 24 hours.
A time to vote
A time to acknowledge, as the Nobel selection committee does every year at this time.
A time for ZAGS
I am so proud to have exercised my civic duty as an American citizen yesterday via absentee ballot delivered in person to the election headquarters at our Sandpoint Federal Building.
As noted before, if you are voting absentee, you are encouraged to take your ballot and slip it into the box in person.
If for no other reason, you can take your very own attractive "I voted" sticker.
I wore mine proudly all afternoon yesterday and then attached it to my glasses case as a reminder of the satisfaction I feel as a voter.
I also brought home a campaign sign (thank you, Molly) for display in my yard.
Again, these represent one of the proud gestures we can make whenever we exercise our American rights.
I know that mine may be in the minority where I live, but I also know that my good neighbors will respect me as I have respected their visual gestures on how they feel during this election year.
After all, when and if this election is over, we shall all still be neighbors who see each other along the country roads or wave to one another as they drive past us and generally share the gift of friendship.
I truly hope that the goodness of America will begin to shine forth more than ever over the next few weeks and months.
In my mind, there should certainly be a LONG, EVERLASTING season for that very behavior.
Maybe it's a blend which fits in there among "a time to love, a time to embrace and a time for peace."
Anyway, yesterday, 52 years into my personal voting seasons, I proudly cast my ballot, hoping for the best.
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Moving on to a "time to acknowledge," I was overjoyed this morning when I learned about the Nobel Peace Prize winner: the World Food Organization."
Obviously, for those who know our relationship to the wonderful lady who runs the local food bank and all her devoted volunteers, the happy bells were chiming in my mind.
I even got up from my computer and announced the information to Bill.
The individuals who donate, who volunteer, who organize and who work passionately throughout this world to feed the hungry are truly unsung heroes.
To have the Nobel selection committee acknowledge their efforts across the globe is so fitting and very much deserved.
We know personally how these people give so generously of their time and money.
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And, finally "a time for the ZAGS!"
Yesterday the West Coast Conference men's basketball schedule was made public.
These are crazy times and business as usual has been the exception with virtually every entity we all know.
ZAGS fans have been silently and patiently waiting to see what possibilities exist with the seasons during this Pandemic.
Well, now we know for sure the coaching staffs are gonna try to make it happen.
There are some games starting possibly in November, but some January (when 2020 finally ends) the graphic released yesterday indicates an effort to do their best to make sure at least part of the season happens.
That means some genuine excitement ahead for us ZAGmaniacs across the world.
And, when Dick Vitale releases his predictions for the top 40 men's basketball teams in the NCAA with Gonzaga Bulldogs projected as No. 1, there's even more reason for excitement.
More seasons will come after this season which also included "plucking up what has been planted," but for now, those noted this morning all have great personal meaning, satisfaction and uplifting anticipation.
Happy Friday.
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
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