The entire premise of the movie and the tradition is that on Leap Day a woman can propose to a man. In some of the older descriptions of the tradition its said that if the woman was turned down, the man owed her a kiss and a pair of gloves. Why gloves you ask? The only thing I can think of is so she doesn't get blisters on her hands when she digs a hole to bury her humiliation...or the idiot that turned her down!
I like to think that Leap Day is really just a chance to take a leap of faith. A day to step out of your comfort zone and do something different! So, I have to wonder, what did you do to celebrate this day that only comes around every four years? Did you stand up for something you believe in? Did you reach out to someone new? Did you, or your lady for you male readers, pop the question on this special day? Or maybe you took the tradition to a lesser extreme and just asked "that guy" out on a date. Whatever the action, I hope you leaped!
Tonight at bible study we continued our discussion on Mary of Bethany. If you're not familiar with her story, check out John 12: 1-8. Mary took a leap of faith when she did what she could. She knew that she couldn't do it all, but she did what she could to show her devotion to Jesus.
In our group we discussed ways that we could each "do what we could." As it turns out, many of the ideas that were brought up would require a little bit of leaping. When you think about it, isn't that what leaping is all about? Doing what you could, with all your faith, to make a difference in a life, the work place, or even our world.
Take a leap....You don't have to do it all, just do what you could.
