Thanks Ben!

Daylight Saving Time (DST) was the brainchild of Benjamin Franklin. NOT!

Although he coined the phrase, 'Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,' Ben's proverb became a legal proposition of New Zealand's George Hudson in the late 19th Century.  The addition of an extra hour of daylight would give George the chance to trap more pests...he was an avid insect collector.  OK...


In 1918, the United States adopted DST (scheduled for the second Saturday in March each year) so that all of us could catch more insects...or play more golf, or enjoy more jet skiing...or read more books on the porch, (can you believe that some folk would actually choose that with extra daylight?).  In other words, more time to play, goof, vacation, enjoy, stay out, grill, and drive convertibles.  You could even use DST to dodge the draft!  Check out this story;

Draft Status, Vietnam War

A man, born just after 12:00 a.m. DST, circumvented the Vietnam War draft by using a daylight saving time loophole. When drafted, he argued that standard time, not DST, was the official time for recording births in his state of Delaware in the year of his birth. Thus, under official standard time he was actually born on the previous day--and that day had a much higher draft lottery number, allowing him to avoid the draft.

Hard to believe that DST and be so abused.  Even in the light, folk have a dark side.  You just can't say that about the God of the Bible though.

Light is a good thing.  Plants need light to grow.  Your body needs sunlight to be healthy, actually.  In the Bible, 'light' is a repeated description of the unmistakable character of God himself;

"God is light, pure light; there's not a trace of darkness in Him." (1 John 1:5).

There is a purity in light.  There is nothing shaded or hidden in the character and the Person of the God of the Bible.  He wants to disclose Himself to you in a very personal way.  No matter what you may think about God, He is not one to keep Himself a secret.  He longs for you to know Him and to experience the joy of His amazing grace.  

I encourage you to walk in the light as He is in the light.  Start by picking up a Bible and reading 1 John chapter 1, (it's near the back of your Bible, in what is called 'The New Testament').  You don't have to run from Him, or hide from Him.  You can go DST right now!  Don't wait until Saturday is my suggestion.