Long days will soon be crammed with as much fun as we can handle. A summer without sunshine would be a real bummer. All of those really fun summer activities would become cold, dark, and dismal. If you've had a science class you probably learned about the earth's tilted orientation as it orbits the sun. To have summer, the earth's tilt must be at a point that allows the most direct alignment with the sun's rays.
Christians have a very special opportunity.
It all depends on our tilt. Just like the earth needs a direct alignment with the sun to have a sun filled summer, we need to have a direct alignment with the SON to have a Son filled summer. Summer is a busy time. This awkward tilt, unfortunately, will send us into an early fall and often may even launch us face first into a cold dark winter. The key to a spiritual summer is to keep our lives tilted towards the Son.