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The Promise of Spring
by Janice LaQuiere
It's winter. Today, according to the forecast
we'll be receiving 5"of snow. Blah! We've had snow on the ground for
the entire month of February, unusual for Metro-Detroit. The
excitement of snow cream and hot chocolate has worn off. I'm much
more interested now in walking the trails of Metropark and looking
for migratory birds.
Sometimes our lives feel much the same way. Our
'winters' represent troubled relationships, illness, financial
problems, or just spiritual stagnation. The days are gray, our
prayers are repetitive, without much heart because we've said them
so often. It is the promise of spring though, that keeps us striving
toward our goals. Even though it's March first, and the snow is
falling, I remind myself of God's promise to mankind: "While the
earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and
summer, and day and night shall not cease." I know that through the
snow the tulip leaves will start to poke through.
Likewise, the mind of the believer must cling
to the promise in Romans 8:28, "And we know that all things work
together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called
according to his purpose." Even though we can only see one pixel of
the entire picture, we must keep our mind and heart centered on Him,
trusting that all things will work out to His glory, and for our
good, and the promise of spring will blossom in our hearts.
Is. 55:10-13 Mt. 28:20, Prov 13:12, Ps. 57:5
On This
Day in History:
March 1, 1932 The Lindbergh Baby is kidnapped
March 2,1836 Texas proclaimed its independence
March 3, 1945 Finland declares war on Germany
March 4, 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt inaugurated
March 5, 1777 The Boston Massacre (5 colonists were killed, 3
injured)
March 6, 1475 Michelangelo is born
March 7, 1923 Robert Frost's "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy
evening" is published
March 8, 1957 Egypt opens Suez Canal
March 9, 1862 Battle of the Ironclads
March 10, 1876 Speech is transmitted through the telephone
March 11, 1861 The Confederate Constitution is adopted
March 12, 1888 A blizzard hit New York dropping 40" of snow
March 13, 1781 William Hershel discovers Uranus
March 14, 1879 Albert Einstein is born
March 15, 1767 Andrew Jackson (Old Hickory) was born
March 16, 1903 Old west Judge Roy Bean dies
March 17, 1762 First Saint Patrick's Day Parade in New York
March 18, 1852 Wells Fargo and Company established
March 19, 1831 America's first recorded bank robbery at City Bank
in downtown N.Y.
March 20, 1854 Republican Party founded
March 21, -- -- This day in history was pretty boring
March 22, 1945 Arab League Formed
March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry speaks out against British policy
March 24, 1603 Queen Elizabeth I, dies
March 25, 1634 St. Mary's is the first settlement in Maryland
March 26, 1953 Polio vaccine is announced by Dr. Salk
March 27, 1952 Singing in the Rain opens
March 28, 1979 Nuclear accident at Three-Mile Island
March 29, 1795 Beethoven debuts as pianist in Vienna
March 30, 1858 - Pencil with attached
eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia)
March 31, 1889 Eiffel Tower commemorating the French
revolution officially opens
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