15:05:17

This Sunday is the first day of summer, June 20, and that’s how much sunlight we’re going to have. 15 hours, 5 minutes, 17 seconds. That’s the longest day of the year for us according to the website I checked. At least that’s true for Lebanon since you can’t get “Fairmount” anywhere, and it’s close enough.
 
Saturday is 15:05:16, and the summer Solstice actually happens around 11:30 on Saturday night, but who’s counting? The longest day is Sunday this year. Then the days start getting shorter by significantly growing numbers of seconds.
 
Between now and then, the days grow longer…like, we’ll have almost a minute longer of sunlight by Sunday than we have today.
 
Why do I care about this? Good question!
 
I’m not exactly sure but having been home in Oklahoma this last week—because of where it is in the globe—the days aren’t quite as long there. Like, first light here is around 4:30am this time of year. It’s almost an hour later back home.
 
I guess I think about it because every year around this time, I think “what are we gonna do with all this extra daylight?”
 
What are we gonna do with the extra minute between now and then?
 
I have a crutch phrase I use all the time, “oh it’ll only take two seconds to do that.” But it usually takes longer—just saying.
 
Like—your whole life can change in two seconds, right? A “New York Minute”. So, what’s a New Jersey Minute? Just asking. Just rambling, actually. Still stuck on what to do with that extra minute…
 
How about this?
 
Let’s pray.
Sure, what else?
I mean what else can you accomplish in under a minute?
 
How about a little prayer time? Seriously!
Why not? Even if you only take two seconds...
“Thank you, God. Amen.”
 
C’mon, you can do it. Say it with me…
 
“Thank you, God. Amen.”

Done!
And it only took two seconds.
 
Grace and peace,
Scott