John Piper writes,

Don't let summer make your soul shrivel. God made summer as a foretaste of heaven, not a substitute.

If the mailman brings you a love letter from your fiancé, don't fall in love with the mailman. That's what summer is: God's messenger with a sun-soaked, tree-green, flower-blooming, lake-glistening letter of love to show us what he is planning for us in the age to come—"things which the eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man, God has prepared for those who love him" (1 Corinthians 2:9).

Don't fall in love with the video preview, and find yourself unable to love the coming reality. [paragraphing mine]

Read the whole article, "Summer Mindset: Thoughts on Colossians 3:2."

HT: Tyler Kenney