WORD of  LIFE   “Worth Considering”   2/16/21    From Ken Smith<><

Tonight as I was doing my mail and wondering what I could send to you that might be helpful in your daily  combat with the enemy of our soul and our Adamic carnal nature that we received from Adam.  And I felt that I could not improve upon what has already been written by John “The Beloved”  as per his personal testimony concerning Jesus Christ, as his LORD.

John writes:
 [We are writing] about the Word of Life [ [a] in] Him Who existed from the beginning, Whom we have heard, Whom we have seen with our [own] eyes, Whom we have gazed upon [for ourselves] and have touched with our [own] hands.    2 And the Life [ [b] an aspect of His being] was revealed (made manifest, demonstrated), and we saw [as eyewitnesses] and are testifying to and declare to you the Life, the eternal Life [[c] in Him] Who already existed with the Father and Who [actually] was made visible (was revealed) to us [His followers].   3 What we have seen and [ourselves] heard, we are also telling you, so that you too may [d] realize and enjoy fellowship as partners and partakers with us. And [this] fellowship that we have [which is a [e] distinguishing mark of Christians] is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (the Messiah).  4 And we are now writing these things to you so that our joy [in seeing you included] may be full [and [f] your joy may be complete].  5 And this is the message [the message of [g] promise] which we have heard from Him and now are reporting to you: God is Light, and there is no darkness in Him at all [ [ h] no, not in any way].  6 [So] if we say we are partakers together and enjoy fellowship with Him when we live and move and are walking about in darkness, we are [both] speaking falsely and do not live and practice the Truth [which the Gospel presents].  7 But if we [really] are living and walking in the Light, as He [Himself] is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses (removes) us from all sin and guilt [keeps us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations].  8 If we say we have no sin [ refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude and lead ourselves astray, and the Truth [which the Gospel presents] is not in us [does not dwell in our hearts].  9 If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just (true to His own nature and promises) and will forgive our sins [dismiss our lawlessness] and [continuously] cleanse us from all unrighteousness [everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action].  10 If we say (claim) we have not sinned, we contradict His Word and make Him out to be false and a liar, and His Word is not in us [the divine message of the Gospel is not in our hearts].  1 John 1-10

See what [ [a] an incredible] quality of love the Father has given (shown, bestowed on) us, that we should [ be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are! The reason that the world does not know (recognize, acknowledge) us is that it does not know (recognize, acknowledge) Him.  2 Beloved, we are [even here and] now God’s children; it is not yet disclosed (made clear) what we shall be [hereafter], but we know that when He comes and is manifested, we shall [ [b] as God’s children] resemble and be like Him, for we shall see Him [c] just as He [really] is.  3 And everyone who has this hope [resting] on Him cleanses (purifies) himself just as He is pure (chaste, undefiled, guiltless).  4 Everyone who commits (practices) sin is guilty of lawlessness; for [that is what] sin is, lawlessness (the breaking, violating of God’s law by transgression or neglect—being unrestrained and unregulated by His commands and His will).
5 You know that He appeared in visible form and became Man to take away [upon Himself] sins, and in Him there is no sin [ [d] essentially and forever].  6 No one who abides in Him [who lives and remains [e] in communion with and in obedience to Him—deliberately, knowingly, and [f] habitually] commits (practices) sin. No one who [habitually] sins has either seen or known Him [recognized, perceived, or understood Him, or has had an experiential acquaintance with Him].  7 [g] Boys (lads), let no one deceive and lead you astray. He who practices righteousness [who is upright, conforming to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action, living a consistently conscientious life] is righteous, even as He is righteous.  8 [But] he who commits sin [who practices evildoing] is of the devil [ takes his character from the evil one], for the devil has sinned (violated the divine law) from the beginning. The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done].  9 No one born (begotten) of God [deliberately, knowingly, and [h] habitually] practices sin, for God’s nature abides in him [His principle of life, the divine sperm, remains permanently within him]; and he cannot practice sinning because he is born (begotten) of God.  10 By this it is made clear who take their nature from God and are His children and who take their nature from the devil and are his children: no one who does not practice righteousness [who does not conform to God’s will in purpose, thought, and action] is of God; neither is anyone who does not love his brother (his fellow [ I ] believer in Christ).  11 For this is the message (the announcement) which you have heard from the first, that we should love one another, 1 John 3:1-11

Please read this over many times and let the truth sink deep into your heart of hearts as I also need to do the same.   John is my favorite of the Apostles, the one most like Jesus from what I feel down deep.  All would do well to read the 5 writings that we have from John in a very serious way.   With “The Jesus Revelation”, I have some notes if you would like them.  ken@trinity-aloha.org

Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;    China Used Secret Microchip to Spy on US ComputersChina’s exploitation of products made by Supermicro, as the U.S. company is known, has been under federal scrutiny for much of the past decade, according to 14 former law enforcement and intelligence officials familiar with the matter.   The wide-reaching Equality Act championed by Democrats would put the hiring practices of faith-based organizations in “jeopardy” and will create additional religious freedom concerns for Christian schools, churches and ministries, a prominent legal nonprofit argues.   Four pro-life bills have passed in Montana’s state House and its Senate Judiciary Committee, and are now on their way to the state’s full Senate for consideration, Life News reports. The bills had passed 67-33 in the House last month, before passing in the Judiciary Committee on February 9.    Over 500 British churches have joined a UK-wide initiative to welcome Hong Kong residents escaping China’s increasingly oppressive policies in the city, the Christian Post reports.    Blues Clues peddles gender identity propaganda to pre-schoolers

Virus Active areas 35     https://www.eatthis.com/covid-19-high-risk-places/
Vaccine Facts?    Publicity,  Selling a membership but perhaps some good facts???? https://pro.inhresearch2.com/p/THCVAC20201G/LTHCWC14/?sid1=1012&sid2=&sid3=aff_unique1&h=true    (Let me know what you think about this.  I am still praying,  Do I trust the shots or the LORD the most?   Have had 4 strong witnesses against and none for,  but lots of fear?)

I know that there are many who say well if God want’s them HE can save them but I have to be about making my daisy chain and feeding the stray cats & mongoose.   Who! Me! My brothers keeper, not my job.  But Our Great Creator has invited us to partner with HIM in HIS vision for creating a family in HIS own Image and Likeness.  So the invitation has been sent to and through everyone who has the faith to believe it.  One of the last verses in the Bible for Jesus tells us this.

The [Holy] Spirit and the bride (the church, the true Christians) say, Come! And let him who is listening say, Come! And let everyone come who is thirsty [who is painfully conscious of his need [d] of those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, and strengthened]; and whoever [earnestly] desires to do it, let him come, take, appropriate, and drink the water of Life without cost.  Rev. 22:17.    And what are they invited to:

3 Then I heard a mighty voice from the throne and I perceived its distinct words, saying, See! The abode of God is with men, and He will live (encamp, tent) among them; and they shall be His people, and God shall personally be with them and be their God.  4 God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away.  5 And He Who is seated on the throne said, See! I make all things new. Also He said, Record this, for these sayings are faithful (accurate, incorruptible, and trustworthy) and true (genuine).  6 And He [further] said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I [Myself] will give water without price from the fountain (springs) of the water of Life.  7 He who is victorious shall inherit all these things, and I will be God to him and he shall be My son.  Rev. 21:3   You should deeply study Rev. 19-22 as it is in believing the great and precious promises that we grow into becoming like Jesus.

How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed and keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to it].  10 With my whole heart have I sought You, inquiring for and of You and yearning for You; Oh, let me not wander or step aside [either in ignorance or willfully] from Your commandments.  11 Your word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against You.  12 Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your statutes.  Psalm 119:9-12.         So really our decision to become obedient to Christ Jesus as LORD is the beginning of the changes that we need to become like HIM and to be made ready to live in HIS Kingdom..

There is but one Church of Christ Jesus as LORD
and all who Love, Honor and Obey HIM are eternal member.

China’s military increased both warship and warplane missions in the South China where two U.S. aircraft carriers recently conducted operations to bolster international rights to the seas there, the commander of a carrier strike group in the region said.     The Hamas terrorist group ruling Gaza has replenished its arsenal since a 2014 war with Israel and now has a vast collection of rockets, guided missiles and drones, a senior Israeli military commander said Thursday.   The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is projecting a whopping $2.3 trillion budget deficit in fiscal year 2021, though that deficit would be $900 billion less than the one in 2020.    Two Christian men were flogged by a Sharia law officer Monday for the criminalized offenses of drinking alcohol and gambling in Indonesia’s province of Aceh, the Christian Post reports. Aceh is the only province in Indonesia with the “legal right to apply Islamic law in full.”    Seven Christian families in India’s Odisha state have now been driven from their village after they built a small house in which to gather for worship last October, International Christian Concern reports.   China is viewed as an Ally … and Israel … who knows? Biden Foreign Policy!  Why is the National Guard Still in D.C.?   As Big Tech continues its efforts to censor conservative voices, YouTube has banned the website LifeSiteNews from its popular video-sharing platform and removed all of its pro-life videos.

Concerning of Freedom of Speech,
Often we are offended and disconnected when some one disagrees with us.  In fact a lot of folks will only make friends with those which they agree.  And if there is another way of looking at things, we often think the person is just stupid.   Sometimes we are offended even though the other person has done nothing.  Only they remind of someone who hurt us in the past. That is exactly why the Forefathers of our Constitutional Republic made it a law that people can not be silenced by fear into keeping quiet.  As sometimes those who are quiet really have the right answer but are not allowed the room to express it without condemnation. That is why that the Bible teaches that before honor is humility.  Humility is the ability to sincerely listen with respect in understanding a truth regardless of personal position.  Not much example of humility these days.  Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a great fall.  And we have sure seen that at work lately.

With true Christians following the teachings of Jesus different points of view are treated with love and faith that with a careful hearing of both sides of an issue, the Truth of God will come to the surface.  It is not an ego match to protect a personal pride position but a sincere effort in love to find God’s Truth that sets us free.  It is not a matter of winning but a matter of coming into unity in the very truth of God.  I grew up in a church pride position that kept me in a small box for years.  Through the kind and loving efforts of another Christian brother I was able to be freed from that little box into a totally different world in the Holy Spirit.  And in a short time found myself teaching the very doctrine that my old church was totally against.  The church preached salvation very well, in fact most of the time.  But as to the gifts and ministries of the Holy Spirit they knew very little except for the words.  And it is amazing how we can, over time, change words to mean what we want them to mean and totally miss what the Holy Spirit was trying to share at the time.

So when you come to Christian Doctrine that makes one church divided from another if you smell the air, you know that something is wrong.  If they both had God’s Truth, ACTUALLY, then there would be no division, they could even have the same bank account.  As the Moderator for the churches in Kona one year I was bringing up the fact of the lack of real unity.  And the other ministers were offended.  So I simply said, “When you all can have the same bank account I will believe you.”  No one had a word to say, they all just walked away.  And I am not saying that we as Christians should have the same bank account, that would be stupid.  In fact I feel that even shall house churches should establish their own stewardship of the stuff for the LORD.

The Unity Factor of John 17 and the details of Eph.4:11-16 and much of the New Testament make it our responsibility to come into the Unity of the Faith in the Bond of Peace.  In other words if you find any disunity. to in love, patiently work on the basis of the disunity in humility until Gods Truth prevails and HIS FREEDOM is experienced in His Truth.  This is the way of Unity and Unity is the way of experiencing God’s Power for healing and deliverance.  United we Stand, Divided we fall.  A divided house can not stand.   How can two walk together except they be agreed?   The concept to agree to disagree is purely demonic and totally contrary to Holy Scripture.  Humility listens, evaluates in context, seeks not its own, 1 Cor.13.   Pride on the other hand will shout loudly to Maintain a position even when untenable.   Atheism is loud but is totally illogical.  You must know all about everything to know that something does not exist.  The Greeks even figured that one out with all of the gods that they believed in they could have left one out so had a place to worship even the unknown god.   Apostle Paul used this to great advantage in preaching the Good News to those guys.   A rule for knowing the truth from the Word of God is that you can not “Proof Text.”  You can prove very little with only one scripture on a subject.  But if you take a concordance and go through the 66 books on the same subject as per Isaiah 28 and check line upon line and precept upon precept  to really understand a position of truth and doctrine.  there is no “Progressive” Gospel.  As our Creator God has absolute foreknowledge he never makes a mistake and never has to change HIS MIND.  In HIS image HE created us to be able to become like HIM including a free will.  So how are we doing in learning to use our free will effectively for walking in righteousness?  In Adam it did not work out so well.  The sales pitch of lucifer to Eve was a beaut.  All of the charm and half truths you could muster up on a short notice to make a sale.  Now our whole world if full of false advertising to get this or that to make us happy.  Does it work?  Out of 1 to 10 perhaps a 5 and then sliding eventually into some place in storage.  Our whole world is full of buying and listening to someone who has the inside tract on real life. So the best truth that I can share with you is that God and His Prophets never give us anything but TRUTH and that you can take to the Bank.   Don’t know your Bible? You will go down for the count and may totally miss out on God’s best for you.

VACCINE / NO VACCINE   “WORTH CONSIDERING”   2/4/21   From Ken Smith<><

When I put out the note as to what to do about the vaccine, yes or no, a couple of days ago.  I ask the Lord to give me 3 witnesses against it if a no.  And over the past 2 days I received the 3 loving NO’s!  and cancelled out.   Then this afternoon I even got a 4th NO!  from a dear brother who nearly died from the infection and still will not take the shots.   Of those my age who catch the virus the odds are 1 in 10 die.  Still good odds considering our road traffic.  Sooooo,  please keep me in your prayers…

It was such a great letter from my long time great friend that felt I should pass it along…  I am sure he is OK with that.  So here is what he wrote:  “Hiya Ken. So you’re wrestling with” should I get the shot or not? ”   I m not gonna do it because: heard both pfizer and moderna vaccines contain formaldehyde, and they use fetal collagen in there too. Don’t know for certain, but enough of a red flag for me. So far … no deaths among those who have had the shot, which is great!

What does your heart tell you?

I was very close to “graduation” in Nov. when I got covid and again Dec. 26-28. ICU 3 days in Portland when the systolic portion of my ticker wanted to only pump at 29% efficiency. There were several occasions when I was given The Choice to take another breath or not.  I really  enjoy being here and decided that there is still stuff for me to do to glorify God on Earth here and here I am with a very thankful and grateful heart and a new life and a new chapter and God is in charge.  …And lo!  A result of my choice was I got to go to the airport in Portland, take and get negative covid test result, fly to east coast with eldest daughter, go to the Bahamas for the first time, breathe and get stronger. walk a bit, eat great fresh food… a new chapter of healing, growth, contemplation prayer and life! Going to medical specialists for heart, eyes osteo, ears
.. on it goes, Ken. ALL GLORY HONOR AND PRAISE TO MY GOD AND KING. JESUS IS GOD! HE IS LOVE. FAITH GROWS!    WE ARE RIGHT ON SCHEDULE, YOU AND ME AND US! ENTER HIS REST…    Keep on preaching the GOOD NEWS of God and HIS KINGDOM COME. HE LIVES IN YOU  and the best is yet to come. Life is really fun.”

My note in return:   
Decided to go with faith in Jesus rather than Pfizer or Moderna.   If my Heavenly Father want’s me home,  no big deal.   But lots to do down here and enjoy being in the middle of it.    Sometimes too much to do.   Seems, because of Abraham, Lot missed the time for him to go home and look at the mess he caused later.  So fear is not to be our guide,  Mark 16:17-18 seemed a better way to go…. But we need to keep each other in prayer.  It is the unity of the faith in the bond of peace that makes room for the Holy Spirit to confirm HIS WORD with signs following.  Long ago I went through 30 days of blood poisoning many years ago and nearly died.  My Christian Dr. told my wife,  well if we put him in the Hospital you will get a big bill.  If we keep him at home and he lives, God has plans for Ken.  If he dies,  it is his time to go and he will have a happy landing.  Played worship music the whole time and still here.

Neither vaccine has been approved through normal channels.   And I heard the same things.  Seems we may be in an undeclared biological war.   And the U.S. is not winning.   Debt load getting way up there.  Seems the U.S.  is now headed over the dam financially and many will say it is all Trump’s fault.   And the stupid will believe it as they believed the lies in the last election on both sides.

Some times I do searches on conservative web pages and 90% of the time now the site is no longer available.  Seems political censorship is now in high gear.  Going to need to hide our Bibles pretty soon.  We really need to pray for a national repentance and awakening.  Need some fearless teaching Elders to use the Bible in context to preach out of instead of their experiences.  Not sure how long we will enjoy the freedom of the Internet, but we need to use it wisely now as much as we can now.

We have put up a new web site to help you with starting a House Church in your home.
www.OhanaChurch.Life    And we are adding a Unity page for Essential Biblical Doctrine (John 17)  as a link on www.Trinty-Aloha.org   https://trinity-aloha.org/in-essentials-unity-in-all-else-love/   Learning to speak the Truth in Love is a foundational Truth in the Christian Faith.  But unless you can back up what you teach with the Bible with subject context in all 66 writings you are just sharing your feelings.  I run into so called believers all the time who take a big stand on the lies of this world that work well for them but are not true.   And I use to be one of them.  If I could talk folks into believing what I believed then it must be true, right.   Well that did not work for me or for our last election.  Also there is a link on that Unity Page,  a box    [ The Return Of The King ]  that would be a  good idea to consider getting into and being prepared as Jesus told us in Matt. 25.    Jesus taught that if we were sleeping at the switch we could miss out and get left behind.  He taught, “ But he that endures to the end, shall be saved.  Matt. 10:21-33, 24:13.  So only Heart Faith, can change our lives to become like Jesus and can keep us awake and seeking the eternal world of GOD.  Heart faith is experienced when the Bible is our best friend for finding God’s Truth.

Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;   A judge in Argentina has suspended the country’s new law legalizing abortion, saying the unborn child has the right to life, Lifesite News reports. Suspension of the law’s application was ordered Thursday by Judge Marta Aucar in the Chaco Province.    Women in China’s “re-education” camps for Uighurs have been systematically raped, sexually abused, and tortured, the British broadcaster BBC reported Tuesday, citing survivors.    The United Nations’ highest court ruled Wednesday that it can hear a case brought by Iran against the United States in a bid to end sanctions the Trump administration re-imposed in 2018 after pulling out of an international deal aimed at curtailing Tehran’s nuclear program.  Russia and the United States have formally extended the New START nuclear arms-control treaty for another five years, just days before it was set to expire.     The United States aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, known for anchoring US power in the Middle East, has been ordered back home, US Naval Institute News said citing American officials.    The U.S. Justice Department is considering whether to charge members of far-right groups involved in the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol under a federal law usually used against organized crime, according to two law enforcement sources.    A Christian father of four has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in Algeria for allowing a cartoon of Muhammad on his social media account in 2017, International Christian Concern reports.     In medicine, the guiding principle is “First, do no harm.” Widely distributing a COVID-19 experimental vaccine before adequately addressing and clinically evaluating the above concerns is reckless. This is especially true in adults under 50 years old who have an infection survival rate of about 99.89%, and even lower in those without high-risk comorbidities. While “first, do no harm” may not be a guiding principle for politicians or health authorities, it still resides in the forefront of the minds of frontline physicians.    American Frontline Doctors just dropped an eye-opening paper! [Source]  In conclusion, AFD suggests that the Covid-19 experimental vaccine should not be distributed to those under 50, and in doing so, is reckless.  The Coronavirus is about 10 times worse than flu. The mortality rate in the U.S. for those who catch the virus is about 1.8%.  In Italy is was above 11%. 

DIRECTION     “WORTH CONSIDERING”   2/1/21      From Ken Smith<><

Are you very sure you are being guided by the Holy Spirit and not BEING chased by fear?  God is well able to protect US if guided by HIM.  Job is a great example of how fear works.   “That which I greatly feared came upon me.”   Because of his fear he lost his kids, health and wealth, but later restored x 2 through faith.     Peter, a fisherman,  was taught by Jesus to help bring the world to Jesus as LORD.  Peter opened the doors to the Jews and to the Gentiles through the power of the Holy Spirit. And through the power of the Holy Spirit the Church was started on Pentecost.    The enemy can do nothing to us except allowed by God because we are in fear.   Fear is faith going backwards.  We can not save ourselves of others in fear and without Faith,  Heb. 11.   And if in faith our armor is perfect for any battle.  Roman 8 says it very nicely.  “31 What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side? ]   32 He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?  33 Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect [when it is] God Who justifies [that is, Who puts us in right relation to Himself? Who shall come forward and accuse or impeach those whom God has chosen? Will God, Who acquits us?]  34 Who is there to condemn [us]? Will Christ Jesus (the Messiah), Who died, or rather Who was raised from the dead, Who is at the right hand of God actually pleading as He intercedes for us?  35 Who shall ever separate us from Christ’s love? Shall suffering and affliction and tribulation? Or calamity and distress? Or persecution or hunger or destitution or peril or sword?  36 Even as it is written, For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we are regarded and counted as sheep for the slaughter.  37 Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors [m] and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.  38 For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things [n] impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers,  39 Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” 

We are instructed by our Lord Jesus to help bring the world to HIM in Rev. 22:17:   “The [Holy] Spirit and the bride (the church, the true Christians) say, Come! And let him who is listening say, Come! And let everyone come who is thirsty [who is painfully conscious of his need [d] of those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, and strengthened]; and whoever [earnestly] desires to do it, let him come, take, appropriate, and drink the water of Life without cost.

If we help build or join a HOT HOLY SPIRIT fire of Love, Holiness and Power,  the hungry who are cold and wet will come and drink of the “Waters of Life.” Turn on the lights and they will come.  There are a lot of really thirsty cold souls out there.   But we need to get a good fire going first so that those folks can experience a true Church of Christ Jesus.  And those looking for HIS light will come.    It is not about the stuff or traditions,  it is about the anointing of the Holy Spirit and the Truth of God.

Had a little laps today,  Cindy got me a Pepsi and her (being more spiritual) got a mango juice.   Quit drinking them 3 years ago.  Don’t know whether to repent or PTL….   Sure good though….  So just to accept it is a unusual treat and PTL?  Says made in Hawaii on the can,  that’s nice, rationalizing.   Most of what we buy in hardware is still coming from China.  So made with deep well Hawaiian spring water so hope you are not running in fear and it is sometime hard to know the difference.  Job sure had an issue about fear !!  But we do need a John 17 unity with others to make Church really happen. None of us have all of the parts in ourselves to do what Jesus did.  But collectively we can and we will have it together before we get to go home.    

We are now beginning to build a little hot fire here in Kealia on Friday evening at 5:30 with a shared meal, fellowship, talk story, music when we have some help and a bit of Bible with prayer.   Feel free to come if sure you know you are free of the virus. 
“The Church at Ken’s House.”  www.OhanaChurch.Life    85-4554 Mamalahoa Hwy.  Cell: 808-896-8937,    ken@trinity-aloha.org

Suggest that you begin to think about being off grid and self contained asap.  https://www.facebook.com/OhanaRootsMaine/      Felicia,  One of my grand daughters:   living “Off Grid.” in Main,  and doing a really great job of it.

Worthy Brief <worthybrief@worthynetwork.com&gt;    Proverbs 15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.      A new driver for an interstate trucking company was having a difficult time. He found the long cross-country trips extremely tiring. The older driver who traveled with him, however, seemed to thrive on those long trips. He always seemed to look as fresh at the end of the ride as he did at the beginning.

One day, the young man asked the older what his secret was. “Well, it’s really all in the way you look at it,” he replied. “While you went to work this morning, I went for a ride through the country.”

Our focus will determine whether life is work or a ride in the country. We are privileged to be here in this day and age. God is doing awesome things right before our eyes and He’s allowing us to take part!

The FBI revealed Friday that the pipe bombs found by investigators outside the headquarters for the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee had been planted the night before the storming of the U.S. Capitol building.  The Chinese government may be aiming to collect and exploit biometric information from Americans in an effort to “control the world’s biodata.”    Iran said Thursday it plans to install 1,000 new centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility within three months and that its scientists had exceeded previous goals for uranium enrichment.