February Message from the Principal
From the Principal’s Desk
February, 2018
When you think of the month of February, what special day comes to mind? Maybe it’s Presidents’ Day (February 19), a holiday commemorating our past presidents (and a day off from school!) Once in every four years you might say Leap Day, the extra day added on to February to make it twenty-nine days long instead of the normal twenty-eight days. Leap Day, according to some traditions, is a day a woman may propose marriage to a man. If he refuses the proposal, he must give the woman some money or buy her a new dress. In Aurora, Illinois, single women can be deputized on Leap Day and arrest single men, subjecting them to a four dollar fine. These tidbits of information lead us to a very popular day in February, Valentine’s Day, which is February 14. This is a day that is characterized as a day for people to express their affection to their valentine, or their boyfriend or girlfriend. Numerous early Christian martyrs were named Valentine, but one, supposedly, broke the law by secretly marrying young men and women who were in love. The law against marriage was in place so that young men would be able to be soldiers without being distracted by leaving a wife and family behind when they went to war.
Valentine’s Day is associated with love, but this year it falls on another day that is associated with an even greater love. February 14 is Ash Wednesday this year, the beginning of the season of Lent. It is during this time that we focus on the suffering Jesus endured for our sins and his death on the cross as the final payment for all of our sins. By his holy life, his innocent suffering and death, he became the unblemished sacrifice that would atone for all of our sins. His glorious resurrection proved that he had conquered sin, death, and the devil, and in so doing, we are now declared justified in God’s eyes. John 15:13 sums up this great act of love like this: “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” When we celebrate Valentine’s Day this year, remember we have a greater love to also acknowledge, the one Jesus has for us. It is a love so great, that he gave his life for us.
Roger Zolldan
Principal, Salem Lutheran School
February, 2018
When you think of the month of February, what special day comes to mind? Maybe it’s Presidents’ Day (February 19), a holiday commemorating our past presidents (and a day off from school!) Once in every four years you might say Leap Day, the extra day added on to February to make it twenty-nine days long instead of the normal twenty-eight days. Leap Day, according to some traditions, is a day a woman may propose marriage to a man. If he refuses the proposal, he must give the woman some money or buy her a new dress. In Aurora, Illinois, single women can be deputized on Leap Day and arrest single men, subjecting them to a four dollar fine. These tidbits of information lead us to a very popular day in February, Valentine’s Day, which is February 14. This is a day that is characterized as a day for people to express their affection to their valentine, or their boyfriend or girlfriend. Numerous early Christian martyrs were named Valentine, but one, supposedly, broke the law by secretly marrying young men and women who were in love. The law against marriage was in place so that young men would be able to be soldiers without being distracted by leaving a wife and family behind when they went to war.
Valentine’s Day is associated with love, but this year it falls on another day that is associated with an even greater love. February 14 is Ash Wednesday this year, the beginning of the season of Lent. It is during this time that we focus on the suffering Jesus endured for our sins and his death on the cross as the final payment for all of our sins. By his holy life, his innocent suffering and death, he became the unblemished sacrifice that would atone for all of our sins. His glorious resurrection proved that he had conquered sin, death, and the devil, and in so doing, we are now declared justified in God’s eyes. John 15:13 sums up this great act of love like this: “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” When we celebrate Valentine’s Day this year, remember we have a greater love to also acknowledge, the one Jesus has for us. It is a love so great, that he gave his life for us.
Roger Zolldan
Principal, Salem Lutheran School