Trees and shrubs in Long Island, New York are having a hard time deciding between summer and autumn.
That’s not a hard decision for folks like me in Texas, where summer temperatures regularly exceed one hundred degrees.
I am ready for autumn by mid-July.
A few weeks ago, Tropical Storm Isaias hit the East Coast and turned the vegetation along Long Island into a two-sided phenomenon. The southern sides of the trees and shrubs are brown and withered, giving the appearance of late autumn, while the northern sides are still lush-green.
Why the oddity?
According to the National Weather Service, “Tropical Storm Isaias had strong winds associated with it on Long Island, but not much rainfall.”
Forecasters believe this “weird occurrence” was due to the blowing of ocean spray containing sea salt onto the southern side of the vegetation, then a lack of rain allowed the spray to remain.
Are we two-faced?
Many of us are like those “two-faced” trees.
We are our best selves in the pews on Sunday (at least before the pandemic, when we could still sit in pews), then we are back to life as usual. It’s as if we have split personalities.
Our culture tells us that the spiritual and secular worlds should be separate, that religion is personal and not public. But Christianity is not a religion; it’s a 24/7 personal relationship with God. He’s a loving Father who desires to bless us and help us navigate everyday life, and not just on Sundays.
In Revelation, Jesus’ message to the church of Laodicea addressed their “two-faced” loyalty. They were “neither cold nor hot.”
In the context of this article, we could say they were neither brown nor green.
The church of Laodicea was…
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