Monday Mar 2

Father, I'm grateful for March after February's long winter. Thank you that seasons change, that darkness doesn't last forever, that you built hope into creation's rhythms. After months of cold and dormancy, I'm ready for spring - in nature and in my soul. I didn't finish February strong.

I'm doing a new thing - can you see it springing up? Even now it's beginning, though you might not recognize it yet. I make ways in the wilderness, streams in the wasteland. Stop staring at what was and watch for what I'm doing right now. New growth is already starting.

Today marks the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, born March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. You know him as Dr. Seuss, the children's author who changed how kids learn to read. What you might not know is why his books work so well - he wrote "The Cat in the Hat" using only 236 dif