Leap year! Every four years there is an extra day
added to the end of an already short month and we call it "Leap
Year".
An extra day!
I was sitting contemplating this extra day and why all
of this happens, so I decided to Google it. Because that's how you find all
sorts of information nowadays. Lol!
So here is what I found on the Internet:
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"Normally our calendar years are made up of 365
days, but every four years we add a day to make what is known as a ‘leap year’.
Here's why:
The Gregorian calendar, the most widely used across
the globe, measures a year to be 365 days following the Earth's orbit around
the Sun.
However, the Earth's orbit takes 365.24 days to
complete its solar orbit and an extra day every four years is added to keep
calendar seasons synchronized with solar seasons.
If we didn’t do this the seasons would shift around
the calendar, and in 750 years’ time June would find itself in the middle of
winter."
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Wow! Makes pretty good sense to me. There is enough
complaining around my town in the winter months as it is. If the month of June
was cold here, that would probably send some people right over the edge. Lol!
So from what I gather, this "leap" is
necessary to continue making the calendar run on target and keep all months in
their proper seasons.....
Hmmmmmm......
Keep in their proper seasons....
A few months ago, God called Matt and me to make a
huge leap of faith into some unknown journeys. Unknown to us that is. God was
and is fully aware of every step, every leap we take and directs them all.
Together, hand in hand, we took that leap trusting God, knowing His ways are
not our ways and His plans are not our plans. But with full confidence of His
divine plan! In order for us to stay in line with His purpose, He called us out
in this huge leap of faith because He knew our season was changing. New seasons
were on the horizon!
Well, today that new season begins. Isn't it just like
God to add some humor and bring some laughter to our journey as our HUGE leap
of faith begins on "Leap Year"?
We are ready! We are excited for this new season of
life and we trust in our great and glorious God! He truly makes all things new
and we give HIM praise! All glory and honor are HIS!
What about YOU? Has God called you to trust Him fully
and take a leap of faith? It's time to lay down your fears and your anxieties
and fully trust the One who created you; the One who loves you like no other
and wants the absolute BEST for your life! Take the leap with HIM!
“There is a time for everything, and a season for
every activity under the heavens:"
"He has made everything beautiful in its time. He
has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has
done from beginning to end.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1, 11 (NIV)
“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in
due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”
Galatians 6:9 (NKJV)
“He changes times and seasons; he deposes kings and
raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.”
Daniel 2:21 (NIV)
