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A snowstorm in Spain recently brought back memories of that nation's traumatic past. Last year the country removed giant stone letters spelling the slogan "Serve Spain to the Death." The stones on a hillside near a military academy were left over from the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco who died in 1975.

Everyone thought that old wording was gone, until a recent snowstorm hit the area. The snow melted away on the surrounding vegetation but stayed longer in the places where the stone letters used to lie. As a result, the old slogan reappeared. A colonel at the academy said, "Until the vegetation grows back on the ground where the letters used to be, you'll be able to see the words, especially if you know what was there before. It's true that with the snow, it's much easier to see."

—Reuters, Snowfall Revives Ghost of Autocratic Past, January 28, 2005. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell.

Isaiah 43:18 NIV "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past."