Thought for Today

  History: 1747: First venereal disease clinic opens--London 1865: Congress passes the 13th Amendment 1876: U.S. orders all Native Americans to move into reservations 1905: First automobile to exceed 100 mph--Daytona Beach 1928: Scotch Tape is first marketed by 3-M 1958: U.S. launches first artificial satellite--Explorer 1 1982: Scott Hamilton wins gold at U.S. Figure Skating Cahmpionships 1985: South African President P.W. Botha offers to free Nelson Mandela if he denounces violence 2006: Sandra Day O'Connor retires from Supreme Court Born: Franz Shubert, Jackie Robinson, Ernie Banks, Nolan Ryan, Justin Timberlake Died: Charles Spurgeon, Guy Fawkes, A.A. Milne, Samuel Goldwyn,  Thought: Ever have a day when you ask why doesn't God ________________? Or when will God ______________? I am reading Isaiah 59:1-2 this morning. When God seems to have gone silent. When God seems to have abandoned us. When things seem to be so bad, yet we cannot see God moving. Larry, remember what Is...

  History: 1835: First assassination attempt on a U.S. President--Andrew Jackson 1873: Jules Verne publishes "Around the World in 80 Days" 1933: "The Lone Ranger" begins a 21-year run on ABC radio 1933: Adolph Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany 1848: Mahatma Gandhi assassinated 1956: Elvis records "Blue Suede Shoes" 1968: Tet offensive begins in Vietnam 1975: Erno Rubik applies for a patent on the "Magic Cube" 2003: Belgium recognizes same-sex marriages 2020: WHO declares Coronavirus a public health emergency Born: Franklin Roosevelt, Max Theiler [Yellow Fever vaccine], Barbara Tuchman ["Guns of August"], Francis Schaefer [theologian], Dick Martin, Gene Hackman, Louis Rukeyser, Boris Spassky, Vanessa Redgrave, Dick Cheney, Phil Collins, Curtis Strange, Payne Stewart, Christian Bale, Pam Swift Died: Betsy Ross, Osceola, Orville Wright, Ferdinand Porsche, Sidney Sheldon Thought: Reading Isaiah 58 this morning. This chapter is labeled ...

 History: 1521: Diet of Worms opens--ends on May 25th with the Edit of Worms condemning Martin Luther 1624: First English colony in the Caribbean founded on St. Kitts 1813: Jane Austen publishes "Pride and Prejudice" 1851: Northwestern University founded 1887: Fort Keogh Montana reports snowflakes 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick 1887: Work begins on the Eiffel Tower 1904: First letters for sports participation issued--"C" on blankets at the University of Chicago 1914: Beverly Hills incorporated 1915: US Coast Guard created 1933: The name "Pakistan" is coined and gradually accepted by Muslims pushing for a Muslim homeland in South Asia 1958: Lego patents the design of Lego bricks 1986: Challenger explodes killing 7 astronauts including Christa McAuliffe Born: Thomas Acquinas, George Edward Pickett [Pickett's Charge], Henry Morton Stanley, Arthur Rubenstein, Robert Stroud [Birdman of Alcatraz], Jackson Pollock, Alan Alda, Gregg Popovich, Rick Warren, N...

 History: 1785: First land-grant university chartered in Athens Georgia--Go Dawgs 1820: Antartica discovered 1825: Congress approves Indian Territory beginning theTrail of tears 1880: Edison patents electric incandescent lamp 1888: National Geographic Society formed 1944: Siege of Leningrad ends after 880 days and 2 million deaths 1956: Elvis releases "Heartbreak Hotel" 1867: Apollo 1 fire kills Astronauts Grissom, White, and Chaffee 1969: Chuck Noll named coach of the Steelers. Since then the Steelers have had only three coaches--Bill Cowher, Mike Tomlin 1976: "Laverne and Shirley" premiers Born: Mozart, Lewis Carroll, Samuel Gompers, Edward Smith [captain of the Titanic], Jerome Kern, William Randolph Hearst, Donna Reed, Troy Donahue, Mikhail Baryshnikov, John Roberts, Chris Collinsworth, Keith Olbermann,  Died: John James Audubon, Giuseppe Verdi, Thomas Crapper [inventor and plumber], Nellie Bly, Mahalia Jackson, Andre the Giant, Jack Parr, John Updike, JD Saling...

  History: 1482: Pentateuch first published as a book 1784: Ben Franklin expresses his disappointment that the eagle [not the turkey] is  chosen as the National symbol 1838: Tennessee passes the first prohibition law in the US 1875: Electric dental drill patented 1906: Church of God convenes its first General Assembly in Cleveland TN 1907: First federal law on corrupt election practices passed 1915: Rocky Mountain National Park established 1926: First public demonstration of television 1960: Pete Rozelle becomes NFL Commissioner on the 23rd ballot 1998: President Clinton says, "I did not have sex with that woman." Born: Mary Mapes Dodge ["Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates"], Douglas MacArthur, Bindo Maserati, Maria Von Trapp, Louis Zamperini ["Unbroken"], Paul Newman, Bob Uecker, Scott Glenn, Gene Siskel, Eddie Van Halen, Ellen Degeneres, Wayne Gretzky Died: Edward Jenner [smallpox vaccine], Peter Marshall, Nelson Rockefeller, Bear Bryant, Barbara Hale [D...

  History: 1817: Rossini's "Cinderella" premiers 1819: University of Virginia chartered 1825: First U.S. engineering college opens--Rensselaer Polytechnic 1849: Antartica identified as a continent 1858: Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" first played at the wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter 1890: Nellie Bligh beats Phileas Fogg's record, around the world in 72 days 1919; League of Nations founded 1924: First Winter Olympics--Chamonix France 1939: Team led by Enrico Fermi split the uranium atom 1949: First Emmy Awards 1959: First transcontinental commercial jet flight 1970: The movie "MASH" released 1993: Sears closes catalogue sales after 97 years Born: Robert Burns, Virginia Woolf, Lou Groza, Dean Jones, Don Maynard, Buddy Baker, Alicia Keys Died: Al Capone, Ava Gardner, Jean Dixon, Mary Tyler Moore Thought: Reading in Isaiah 43-45 this morning. Noticing that I have underlined these words "Thus says the Lord." This reminds me that ...

I WILL BE POSTING THE THOUGHT A LITTLE LATER FOR THE NEXT WEEK SINCE JAN AND I WILL BE ON THE WEST COAST.   History: 1844: Fanny Crosby and 16 other students from the Institute of the Blind give a concert for Congress. Fanny recites a 13 stanza composition calling for institutes for the blind in every state.  1848: James Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill California 1908: Robert Baden-Powell publishes "Scouting for Boys" which inspires the Scout Movement 1972: Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi found hiding in a Guam jungle--did not know WWII was over 1984: Apple introduces the Macintosh Computer 2018: Larry Nassar found guilty of molesting over 150 girls while serving as team doctor Born: Hadrian, Ernest Borgnine, Sharon Tate, Neil Diamond Died: Caligula, Winston Churchill, Ted Bundy, Thurgood Marshall Thought: Isaiah 42 this morning. Another word of encouragement like chapter 40. The first 10 verses have my attention today. This passage speaks of the coming Messiah so we can see Jesu...