(reworked from last leap year day)
SCRIPTURE: John (The Message) 10:10 [Jesus speaking] A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.
OBSERVATION: Today is the extra day added in for leap year. The normal 28 days of February has become 29. It makes me think of all the extras that God has placed in this world for us to enjoy. I remember a small box of coloring crayons I had as a young boy. As I recall there were 8 basic colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. brown, and black. They were beautiful and I enjoyed them. Later I got a box of 16, then one of 32! The basic colors had been shaded and mixed!
Primary colors occur naturally without being mixed first; they are red, yellow and blue. Secondary colors, formed by mixing two of the primary colors, are orange, green and purple. Black, when mixed with other colors, creates darker shades of colors. White has the opposite effect, creating lighter tints of colors. Brown is formed by mixing all three primary colors together, or by mixing primary colors with secondary colors. (This paragraph is from information on the internet.)
God could have made the world in eight basic colors, but that would not have displayed the wonderful variety of a God who loves beauty.
APPLICATION: Today is an extra day to notice and thank God for the extra things He has brought into my life. As I drive the school bus through the countryside, I can take note of the color variations in the earth and sky. I could have made it through life without even missing them, but He put them there for me to enjoy.
PRAYER: Lord, I appreciate the variety of colors, the variety of food, the variety of sounds, and the variety in the people around me It is variety that You have placed in this world for me to enjoy. Indeed, You are AMAZING!!! Amen.
Pastor Leon
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