February 2, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, February 2.
Welcome to February. Welcome to Groundhog Day. At 6:30 this morning, a little furry rodent emerged from his little wooden house and (drum roll please) he saw his shadow! That means six more weeks of winter. But don’t despair - we’re talking about woodchuck here, not a weatherman, and so we might still have an early spring. Hope springs eternal!
The tradition of Groundhog Day started back in 1887 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania - a small town of about 5,000 people. But on this day, the population swells to over 50,000. Those numbers went way up after the Hollywood movie, “Groundhog Day”, starring Bill Murray, who plays a guy who’s destined to live the same day, over and over and over again. Only Murray could make a movie that repetitious come out that funny.
Every time I watch this film - and it’s one of my favorites - I’m reminded of a quote attributed to Albert Einstein. You know the one - “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result”. We’re surrounded by people living that kind of life, aren’t we? Making the same poor choices again and again, and getting the same bad outcomes. Maybe there’ve been times in your life when you’ve practiced this kind of “insanity”. I know there’ve been some moments like that in mine. But God gives us the opportunity to break this negative cycle. He gives us the opportunity to take a new path, a new journey, that leads to a life of purpose and peace.
Ephesians 4:22-24. You were taught, with regard to your former life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Phil, the movie weatherman played by Bill Murray, woke up each morning to an old day, with the same problems and the same bad choices. But the Word tells us that God’s mercies are new every morning. We don’t have to continue a cycle of insanity - we can make a good choice, a new choice. We can choose Him.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
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