Throughout history, April 9ths has come and gone.
0715 - Constantine ended his reign as Catholic Pope.
1865 - At Appomattox Court House, Virginia, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate Army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
1866 - The Civil Rights Bill passed over U.S. President Andrew Johnson's veto.
1912 - The first exhibition baseball game was held at Fenway Park in Boston. The game was between Red Sox and Harvard.
1913 - The Brooklyn Dodgers' Ebbets Field opened.
1928 - Mae West made her debut on Broadway in the production of "Diamond Lil."
1940 - Germany invaded Norway and Denmark.
1942 - In the Battle of Bataan, American and Filipino forces were overwhelmed by the Japanese Army.
1947 - 169 people were killed and 1,300 were injured by a series of tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
1950 - Bob Hope made his first television appearance on "Star-Spangled Review" on NBC-TV.
1957 - The Suez Canal was cleared for all shipping.
1959 - NASA announced the selection of America's first seven astronauts.
1963 - Winston Churchill became the first honorary U.S. citizen.
1965 - "TIME" magazine featured a cover with the entire "Peanuts" comic gang.
1965 - The Houston Astrodome held its first baseball game.
1968 - Murdered civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., was buried.
1986 - It was announced that Patrick Duffy's character on the TV show Dallas would be returning after being killed off.
2005 - Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles.
2012 - Facebook purchases Instagram for $1billion and the broadway show, The Lion King becomes the highest grossing show of all time, surpassing Phantom of the Opera
All that to say, each day is just not another day. Today, April 9, 2012 is really not just another day. It is a day to make a difference. Every day is a day to make a difference. Why go through life existing when we can be influencing, spreading hope and helping deliver people from all types of slavery and oppression.
It is End It: Shine a Light on Slavery Day. I wish today we could hit an easy button and end all forms of slavery and oppression. What we can do is our part to help end slavery and oppression in our area of influence. Right where you are; Right where you live. Not only for the here and now, but for eternity. Join in the struggle to end slavery from physical oppressors and share Christ with others to help end a present and a future of eternal slavery to sin.
0715 - Constantine ended his reign as Catholic Pope.
1865 - At Appomattox Court House, Virginia, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate Army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
1866 - The Civil Rights Bill passed over U.S. President Andrew Johnson's veto.
1912 - The first exhibition baseball game was held at Fenway Park in Boston. The game was between Red Sox and Harvard.
1913 - The Brooklyn Dodgers' Ebbets Field opened.
1928 - Mae West made her debut on Broadway in the production of "Diamond Lil."
1940 - Germany invaded Norway and Denmark.
1942 - In the Battle of Bataan, American and Filipino forces were overwhelmed by the Japanese Army.
1947 - 169 people were killed and 1,300 were injured by a series of tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
1950 - Bob Hope made his first television appearance on "Star-Spangled Review" on NBC-TV.
1957 - The Suez Canal was cleared for all shipping.
1959 - NASA announced the selection of America's first seven astronauts.
1963 - Winston Churchill became the first honorary U.S. citizen.
1965 - "TIME" magazine featured a cover with the entire "Peanuts" comic gang.
1965 - The Houston Astrodome held its first baseball game.
1968 - Murdered civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., was buried.
1986 - It was announced that Patrick Duffy's character on the TV show Dallas would be returning after being killed off.
2005 - Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles.
2012 - Facebook purchases Instagram for $1billion and the broadway show, The Lion King becomes the highest grossing show of all time, surpassing Phantom of the Opera
All that to say, each day is just not another day. Today, April 9, 2012 is really not just another day. It is a day to make a difference. Every day is a day to make a difference. Why go through life existing when we can be influencing, spreading hope and helping deliver people from all types of slavery and oppression.
It is End It: Shine a Light on Slavery Day. I wish today we could hit an easy button and end all forms of slavery and oppression. What we can do is our part to help end slavery and oppression in our area of influence. Right where you are; Right where you live. Not only for the here and now, but for eternity. Join in the struggle to end slavery from physical oppressors and share Christ with others to help end a present and a future of eternal slavery to sin. 
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