It is now officially monsoon season in Tucson. The beginning of monsoon season used to be calculated based upon atmospheric conditions. Whenever the dew point was at a certain spot, it was monsoon season. So, one could count on monsoon-like conditions following closely after the beginning of the monsoon season.
Now, a date is picked for the official start of monsoon season.
The Church I grew up in had a tradition of holding "revivals". I had always considered a "revival" as a type of renewal brought about by God. So, I always wondered, with it being something brought about by God, how we declared next Thursday through Saturday a "revival", simply because we were going to go listen to a couple that both preached and sang, or played the piano or guitar or trumpet or whatever. Did that obligate God to come and revamp our spiritual life?
I recently found this definition of revival at dictionary.com: an awakening, in a church or community, of interest in and care for matters relating to personal religion.
So, if a revival is an awakening that is somehow supernatural, and yet, still brought about by our awakening interest, then maybe we can declare a certain time to be the time for "revival".
Back to the monsoons. Can they be something that is supernatural, and yet brought about by our awakening interest? If so, maybe we can declare a certain time for monsoon. So, if everyone could please be really interested in some rain and cooling breezes, maybe we could get some relief from this heat.
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