The Groundhog

My husband and I have a running joke about Meteorologists; it's the only Career where you can constantly be wrong and still get paid.

Today is Groundhog Day.  The observance of Groundhog Day in the United States was first mentioned in the diary of James L. Morrison on February 2, 1840.  The first reported news of Groundhog Day was by the Punxsutawney Spirit Newspaper in 1886, however, it was made "official" in 1887.  (Wikipedia) 

Honestly, when I did research on Groundhog Day, I was amazed by the amount of information, traditions, and folklore that has been gathered over the years.

Today, crowds as large as 40,000 people gather in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to watch a varmint emerge from his hibernated state for the sole purpose to predict a longer Winter or an early Spring based on whether or not he sees his shadow. 

I understand it's all in good fun, but it pointed out the fact that man will turn to anyone or anything except God for answers.

Thousands of people showed up to watch a rodent predict the weather, but those same thousands couldn't get out of bed on Sunday morning to worship God.

"The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.

  Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter."  

  Psalm 74:16-17

Friend, if you need direction,

    Answers to the questions you face every day,

        Turn your back on the world's philosophies and turn to Jesus.

            Jesus is the answer...

                But that's just me!

"In whatsoever manner it be, let me turn to God and become fruitful in good works.  Nothing higher exists than to approach God more than other people and from that to extend His glory among humanity!"  Ludwig Van Beethoven