I expected to be tired getting up early – but felt pretty refreshed! I only missed changing one clock – the little one in the bathroom. And I figured out how to fix the clock in my car, as well. Went to early church again, which was balm for the soul.
But I did not take an early walk. I waited until I got home and ate lunch. It was much colder than it looked – I went back in and changed coats and grabbed a scarf. I have a tendency towards (as Mom used to call them) stiff necks, especially on windy days.
On my walk I noticed that the little hillside patch of crocus buds had bloomed! I hurried home to walk my yard, and did find a purple one and a white one. I never had a whole patch of them, but I was excited to see those. Also found two nice patches of daffodils that were up several inches. Won’t be long!
Mike’s message from HCC was Jesus in the garden. We often forget that even thought he was GOD, God’s SON, he had human characteristics as we do. 1) Jesus agonized in the garden – he was about to face total separation from His father – never happened before. God would turn His face on the sin that Jesus bore for us. 2) Jesus was NOT at peace! He fell on his face and prayed “Let this pass from me if it is Your will.” 3) Disciples were asleep, including Peter. Peter fell asleep 3 times, and denied Jesus 3 times. Don’t fall into the weakness of the flesh; keep your spiritual eyes open. Jesus prayed also for his disciples. There are lots of things in life we can’t handle without prayer. Our inner emotions fight for our souls; keep your eyes on Jesus. We should pray continually about the same things if they are important – God cares! God prepares us for what will come in our life. It’s time to rise up and do what must be done. Jesus was prepared. How do WE deal with hardships, fear, etc? Dependent prayer, intense prayer, honest prayer, submissive prayer, intimate prayer, and surrendering prayer. God may not deliver us FROM something, but he WILL deliver us THROUGH! God will carry us!
On this day in 1644 England granted a patent for Providence Plantations (later Rhode Island), and in 1794 Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin. Ferdinand von Zeppelin patented a navigable balloon in 1899, and in 1913 John D Rockefeller gave $100 million to the Rockefeller Foundation; President Warren G Harding was the first president to pay taxes in 1923. Albert Einstein was born in 1879, S Truett Cathy (founder of Chick-Fil-A and so glad he did that!) was born in 1921, and Jerry Greenfield (co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream!) in 1951. Karl Marx died at age 64 in 1883 and George Eastman (Kodak camera and Eastman Kodak Company) died in 1932 at age 77. And I found this very interesting: In 2014 Actress Jamie Lynn Spears married businessman Jamie Watson! Jamie married Jamie! THAT would get confusing!
TOMORROW March 15 is:
- National Everything You Think is Wrong Day
- National Kansas Day
- National Pears Helene Day
- National Shoe the World Day
- National Napping Day –
We’ll need a nap after losing an hour’s sleep! The rest of those are a bit strange but go for it! God bless…
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