Anniversaries– How Long?

Last nite I was flipping channels and got to AMC Movie Classics. WOW… Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid is celebrating it’s 40th year… You know… Robert Redford and Paul Newman
Fyi – did you know steve McQueen was first selected to be Sundance?

Here’s some more 40 year anniversaries
· Human walked the moon 40 years ago
· Woodstock attracts more than 350,000 rock-n-roll fans
· Richard Nixon became president
· The very first U.S. troop withdrawals are made from Vietnam
· Wal Mart Incorporated
· The U.S. Air Force closed its Project ( Blue Book ) concluding there was no evidence of UFO's
· First transplant of human eye
· Jennifer Anniston turns 40

No, I’m way past 40 now and so is Jennifer (Biles) she turns 41 in few weeks but …

Anniversaries help us remember good and bad, a great opportunity for celebration, reflection, and sometimes a pause in silence to pray in memory of a loved one or event. Let’s make the most

It is good to remember what God has done, so we can better see what He is doing, and look forward to what He is going to do. He wanted us to remember important things and gave us special names and markers

Here’s are some big 40’s in the bible
· It rained for 40 days and 40 nights
· Noah waited another 40 days after it rained before he opened a window in the Ark
· Moses was on the mountain with God for 40 days (TWICE)
· Moses' face shone after the 40 days on the mountain.
· It took the spies 40 days to search out the promised land and bring back fruit
· The Israelites spent 40 years in the wilderness, one year for each day they explored the Promised Land.
· Goliath came for forty days before being killed by David
· Elijah strengthened by one angelic meal went forty days to Mount Horeb where the Lord passed by and he heard the voice of God
· Jonah warned the City of Nineveh they had 40 days until God would overthrow the city. The people repented in those 40 days and God spared the city.
· Jesus fasted for 40 days in the wilderness
· Jesus was seen in the earth 40 days after His crucifixion
Here is Psalm 40 celebrated in song by U2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9I9H2Y_lQA

My mom and dad’s wedding anniversary is August 18 – 40 something….
Jennifer and I celebrate our wedding anniversary in November 10 – 19 years woo hoo (almost half way to 40)

Be sure to take some time each day to pause, remember, and celebrate what God has done, doing, and going to do