March 6, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, March 6.
Bonham, Bowie, Crockett, Seguin, Travis - sounds like a list from a Texas map. But these aren’t just cities and counties in the Lone Star State, they’re also men, men who lost their lives on March 6, 1836, in a Catholic mission called San Antonio de Valero, a mission that stood next to a grove of cottonwood trees. The Spanish word for cottonwood... is “alamo”.
Jim Bowie, William Travis, Davey Crockett, and 250 others, faced 1500 Mexican soldiers on that day, and the sacrifice of these heroes became a rallying cry for the Texian army. Six weeks later, led by more names from that map - Rusk, Burleson, Lamar, Houston - Texas won her independence at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Remember the Alamo!
The poet Maya Angelou famously said, “You can’t really know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been”. In other words, if you want to move forward, you first have to look back. The first Christian believers looked back at the Cross, and found the strength there that they needed to face the challenging days in their future.
“He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5. “May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Galatians 6:14
Remember the Cross!
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
cindertex50@yahoo.com
