Good Morning,
A pot of Door County Creme Coffee just started brewing and I am looking forward to that first cup and maybe a second one. It's time to write.
I really do like to cook and no doubt I eat too much of my own cooking. Last week we visited Jamestown and the historic site where on May 14 the 1607 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River.
The settlers were lacking a lot of things and I found their cooking systems to be very primitive. It took a lot of years to obtain the right equipment needed just to survive.
My point for the day is this. Compared to 1607 we have it made in the shade. Imagine living in 1607 and coming to North America and trying to build a shelter from scratch and hope you make it through the winter. They foraged for food and learned to hunt from the Native Indians.
Better yet, imagine if you could bring two of them back to see what we have now. I would imagine hot running water would blow their minds, not to even mentioning electric lights.
So today, when the air conditioning just doesn't seem to be enough and the ice cubes in your cold drink aren't satisfying you, stop complaining and thank God for all the conveniences you do have. I challenge you all to try cooking on an open fire, in August, on a 90 degree day, after you plucked your chicken, while swatting flies, and hoping the drinking water doesn't make you sick.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 Give thanks in all circumstances.
Philippians 2:14 Do all things without murmuring and complaining.
Food for thought!
Marty
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