And That Got Me Thinking

Last week I had someone comment on my last name, Thrailkill. It’s an unusual name so I get a lot of comments about it, so I have often wondered what it’s all about. Obviously I didn’t get to pick my last name and I actually don’t know much about it, but I’ve been told that it originated in Wales.

And that got me thinking…I also don’t know much about Wales except that the stones that were used to build Stonehenge came from Wales back around 2400 BC.

And that got me thinking…I don’t know much about Stonehenge either, except that it can be used to predict the Summer Solstice, which is the longest day of the year.

And that got me thinking…Hey, Summer Solstice is today, June 20^th, 2016!

At dawn in the summer solstice around 2400 BC, the rays of the sun would shine
straight through the "slaughter stones" to exactly strike the "altar stone" in the center

Nobody really knows why Stonehenge was designed to catch the sun’s rays so perfectly on the dawn of the Summer Solstice day, so it remains a mystery. But there are a lot of theories about it revolving around the importance of sunlight, and how light in general represents good while darkness represents bad. So it obviously had something to do with light.

And that got me thinking…I myself have worked with light (in the lighting industry) for a really long time (42 years and counting) and I truly believe it has been a major blessing for myself and my family.

So there you go… I just solved the mystery of why someone named Thrailkill would labor for so long to provide perfect lighting for so many people… because light is good!  

And God said, “Let there be light, and there was light. 

And God saw that the light was good.

~ Genesis 1:3