I marveled at the weather as we listened to the elite runners cross the finish line at the L.A. Marathon while driving to Garden Grove for my friend’s funeral. I knew that the runners had been lamenting (a nicer word for whining) about the move to Memorial Day Holiday and mentioned it to Trinity. Trinity and his family used to live in the heart of L.A. and he told me that it was always a nightmare trying to get to church on marathon day; the race route once went right past the front doors of his church.
The weather was no excuse for complaining that marathon day shouldn’t be on Memorial Day, especially since today’s race had ideal weather — overcast and cool. I think it was God’s way of pointing out that if you honor His day, He’ll give you good weather.