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He's Got the WHOLE World in His Hands

  Google image "If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things. It is we, of course, to whom things look 'little' or 'big'."  ~Elisabeth Elliot     🌍 Did you know?  🠊 it has snowed more than once in the Sahara Desert   🠊  astronauts actually get taller when in space  🠊 a snail can sleep for 3 years  🠊  giraffes hum to communicate with each other 🠊 a polar bear can swim constantly for days at a time  🠊 scientists predict the human nose can recognize a trillion different scents  🠊 and finally, the average person has about 67 different species of bacteria in their belly button The last fact I thought you would especially enjoy 😄    🌍 In light of the events of the last few weeks, I had this conversation with God tonight: Me : "God, what could possibly happen next? How do I think? What do I do? You see what's happening, right?" God : "Please read Job 38 & 39.&qu

"Your Password Doesn't Match Our Records"

  "My security as a Christian does not reside in the strength of my faith but in the indestructibility of my Savior." ~Sinclair B. Ferguson, Scottish theologian 🔒 Passwords.  Raise your hand if you have a love/hate relationship with them.  They protect us and exasperate us at the same time.  Here are some of the most common passwords shown in a Google search: 123456 12345678 password 123123 111111 000000 🔒 If you use any of these you should probably change them.  Because if I could figure these out with my miniscule Google technology knowledge then absolutely anyone can.  Speaking of limited tech know-how, my wifi has been out for the last 5 days.  If one ever feels like they have even an ounce of intelligence, just call tech support anywhere to be completely humbled and feel like you should return to 3rd grade.  🔒Do you feel like if you're not a techie you are on the outside looking in?  Don't you dream of feeling that strong sense of superiority just because you

So, You're Saying I Still Have a Chance, Right?

permutations formula "Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor." ~ Benjamin Franklin ☘ Haha!  Did you just experience the shudder of Algebra 2 math class?  I don't know what that formula means either.  Except that they use it to calculate the probability of winning the lotto.  Did you know the odds of winning the lotto are about one in 300 million?  I mean, so you're saying we still have a chance, right?   Don't get me wrong, I would love to win the lottery.  One of the things I would do is buy a Christmas tree farm.  Oh, and a therapy alpaca farm.  But caution- one-third of those who win the lottery end up broke.  So then what would I do with all my alpacas? ☘ H ere's a story  about breaking the chains of this world's thinking: ☘  The world tells us more is better.  More prestige, more money, more power, more accumulation.   As always, Jesus had an upside-down approach to us living in the world but not of it. "Then He said, 'Be