#298: December 7th Stuff

For most Americans, December 7th means a remembrance of the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor in 1941 that got America into WWII. It was also a Sunday attack that led to the attacker being the ONLY nation so far in world history to have nuclear weapons used against it. Coincidentally, a Japanese brother told me that the cure for various cancers came out of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a result of doctors having to treat patients who were survivors, so I guess "God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God" has some common grace applications, too. Pearl Harbor also resulted in the conversion of the flight leader, Mitsuo Fuchida, who later became an evangelist in Japan until his death in 1976.

Today In History [http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/] has some other interesting events included on this date:

1542 Mary Stuart Queen of Scots (1560-1587) was born: A devout Catholic who helped generate some of the religious antagonisms during the reign of Elizabeth I that helped the English Reformation in its own special way...she "bombed" trying to get to power!! ;p

1877 Thomas A Edison demonstrates the gramophone...known to us non-U.K. types as the phonograph...The Beatles Invasion was a direct result of Tommy's fooling around inventing stuff and my "Feng Shui" and "Irish Christmas" cds are the logical extension of the whole deal in a Zen sort of way!! ;)

1912 Bust of Queen Nefertete found in El-Amarna, Egypt...Why is it that something called a "bust" usually does not include that part of the owner's anatomy, but only the head down to that part?!

1917 US becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I...seems providentially coincidental that we should get involved in TWO World Wars on the same day! Oh...notice, since we were Number 13 how lucky it was that OUR President Woodrow Wilson, a Christian, should have set up the machinery of the League of Nations that led to the United Nations that will lead to the One World Government!! ;p (Can you say, Conspiracy Theory in God's Providence?!!)

1945 Microwave oven patented...just imagine how rich someone could be if everytime somebody microwaved something these days, he/she got even $.01 per use!!

1971 Wings release their 1st album "Wild Life"
1973 Wings release "Band on the Run" ...betcherbottomdollar they didn't bother to thank Tom Alva, on either occasion!! ;p

1987 Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in the US for a summit meeting...a Russian "invades" America with world changing results in the long run...'TAKE DOWN THE WALL MR. GORBACHEV!!" as Ronny Reagan said.

1988 Yasser Arafat recognizes existence of Israel...Yeah, you know...it's that little piece of territory at the center of the globe God calls the apple of His eye!!

1994 5th Billboard Music Awards...Wanna guess who probably didn't get same-date recognition for his gramophone?!!

And to close:

Thought for the day :

" Whatever advice you give, be brief. "
Got "Amen?!!"