David’s Daily Devotion for Feb. 3

February 3, 2025 - Good Morning.  It’s Monday, February 3.

On February 3,1959, a plane crashed into a frozen field in Iowa.  There were no survivors.  A young musician was on that plane named Buddy Holly.  He was from Lubbock, Texas, and was just 22 years old.  But in his short life, he revolutionized popular music, and became an inspiration to others who would take music even further.  John Lennon and Paul McCartney, as teenagers, heard Buddy Holly when he toured England.  They would name their new group “The Beatles” because Holly’s band was called “The Crickets”.  Robert Zimmerman, 16 years old, attended a Buddy Holly concert two nights before the plane went down.  He would later change his name to Bob Dylan, and has often spoken about that experience as life changing.  In 1971, Don McLean wrote a song called “American Pie”, and ever since then, February 3,1959 has been known as “the day the music died”.  Gone too soon.

Last Wednesday, a plane crashed into an icy river in Washington D.C.  There were no survivors.  A number of young people were on that plane, teenaged figure skaters.  Perhaps one day we would have watched them skate in the Olympics.  The crew chief and the co-pilot of the Army helicopter were just 28 years old.  Both of them had spent their entire young adult lives in service to our country.  Gone too soon.

Most people have experienced moments of loss, times of tragedy.  A close college friend of mine was brutally murdered.  That was over 40 years ago, but there are days when I still think about it.  A few tragedies make the national news, most do not.  But each personal loss stays with us, in our minds, in our hearts.  And in these moments we are reminded of the promise found in Psalm 34:18 - “The Lord is near to the broken hearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”


Meet you back here tomorrow,

David
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