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I pray perfect peace in my life but all around there's noise I pray for rest in a chaotic world 🙌 And to try to stay focus you are pulled from every direction in thoughts and mind even your body I keep trying to know GOD'S WAY !!! #Isaiah_26_3

On the afternoon of July 4, 1862, a small rowboat moved downstream on the Thames between Oxford's Folly Bridge and the village of Godstow. In it were five people: Charles Dodgson, a thirty-year-old Oxford mathematics lecturer with a pronounced stammer, his friend Reverend Robinson Duckworth, and three sisters named Lorina, Alice, and Edith Liddell, aged thirteen, ten, and eight. Somewhere on that river, ten-year-old Alice asked Dodgson to tell them a story. He began speaking, making it up as he went, about a curious girl named Alice who followed a white rabbit down a hole into a world where nothing behaved the way things were supposed to behave. A cat that smiled and then disappeared, leaving only the smile. A tea party that had been frozen at one moment in time because the host had quarreled with time itself. A queen who resolved every dispute with the same instruction regardless of its relevance to the situation. A heroine who kept asking sensible questions and receiving answers that were entirely logical within a framework of rules that made no sense. When the boat reached Godstow and the afternoon was ending, Alice looked at Dodgson seriously and told him she wished he would write out Alice's adventures for her. He promised he would. Charles Dodgson kept his word across the next two and a half years. He wrote the story out by hand. He drew thirty-seven illustrations himself, working through the visual vocabulary of the underground world he had invented on the river. He bound the manuscript in red leather. On November 26, 1864, he presented Alice's Adventures Under Ground to Alice Liddell as a Christmas gift — the original version of a story that had been asked for on a summer afternoon and that he had been carrying in his imagination since. Friends who saw the manuscript told him he should publish it. He revised and expanded the story, adding chapters.

If you read the following verses, you will discover that the words spoken by Christ were not his own but rather the words of the Father being spoken through him. John 12:44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. Why is this so important to know? Because when you go back and read everything Christ spoke was actually God speaking. When you read John 3:16 and allow the words to be spoken from God it appears differently. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. Now if we write the same verse ask if God was speaking it would be this way. “For I so loved the world, that I gave my only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For I sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. These words would have been what God said. The next time you read the Gospels, replace “I” for the word “God” to hear God’s own words. God gave his own words to Christ, and Christ spoke the words of the Father.

I pray perfect peace in my life but all around there's noise I pray for rest in a chaotic world And to try to stay focus you are pulled from every direction in thoughts and mind even your body I keep trying to know GOD'S WAY !!! #Isaiah_26_3

Marriage is not built on perfect days; it is built on commitment through imperfect seasons. Every marriage will face challenges, misunderstandings, disappointments, and moments when walking away may seem easier than staying. Yet God’s design for marriage was never based on convenience—it was built on covenant. When difficulties arise, remember that every relationship has seasons. Just as storms do not last forever, neither do many of the trials that marriages face. Before making a decision to walk away, take time to pray, seek God’s wisdom, communicate openly, and invite Him into the situation. God specializes in restoring what appears broken and healing what seems beyond repair. The enemy desires division, but God desires reconciliation. What feels impossible today may become tomorrow’s testimony. Your marriage is worth fighting for when both hearts are willing to seek God’s direction and pursue Before you walk away, ask God if He is calling you to stand, pray, heal, grow, and trust Him for restoration. “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” — Ephesians 4:2 #Marriage4LifeInstitute #MarriageIsNotDisposable #ChristianMarriage #KingdomMarriage #MarriageMatters #FightForYourMarriage #MarriageRestoration

Psalm 1 is not comfort; it is a spiritual MRI. It reveals that happiness is not an emotion but a location- the place where you stand, walk, and sit The psalm tracks a terrifying drift: first you listen to the crowd's cynicism (walk) then you pause to entertain it (stand) finally you build a home inside it (sit) The blessed man avoids this not bu fighting evil, but by refusing its gravity Instead, he mutters the Torah day ana night--not polite study, but obsessive, guttural meditation like a lion over its prey. This roots him like a tree beside an underground stream. The wicked are not villains; they are chaff. Chaff has the shape of wheat but no kernel. It is weightless, blown bueveru wind of fashion or fear. Its judgment is not torture but ontology collapse: it cannot stand because it has no substance. The final line is the real terror: God knows the righteous-Hebrew yada, covenantal intimacy. But the way of the wicked simply perishes, meaning "gets lost." There is no eternal torment here, only a worse fate: to be weightless, forgotten, a path that leads nowhere The question is not "Are you good?" but "Where are your roots?"

Nobody deserves a pat on the back for hurting themselves or the people around them. But if someone is fighting their way out of addiction, taking responsibility, and trying to rebuild their life, acknowledging that effort isn’t the same as celebrating the addiction. Recovery is hard. It requires facing mistakes, consequences, broken relationships, and often years of pain. Respecting that struggle doesn’t erase the damage that was done, nor does it invalidate the pain of those who were affected. You can hold two truths at the same time: addiction can cause tremendous harm, and people who are genuinely working to overcome it are still human beings worthy of dignity and the chance to do better.

🧠💡A new study from Columbia University Medical Center reveals that a daily cocoa flavanol drink can reverse age-related memory loss in healthy older adults. The research focused on the dentate gyrus, a key subregion of the hippocampus responsible for memory function, which typically declines with age. In a randomized clinical trial, participants aged 50 to 69 who consumed a high-flavanol cocoa drink for three months showed improved activity in this brain region and significant gains in memory performance. Some even demonstrated memory abilities similar to people decades younger. The specially formulated cocoa drink preserved natural flavanols often lost in regular chocolate processing, making it uniquely effective. While flavanols are found in tea, fruits, and vegetables, not all sources deliver the same brain benefits. Researchers emphasize that typical chocolate products should not replace this treatment due to their low flavanol content and high sugar. This discovery offers exciting hope for using diet to enhance brain health and combat memory decline in aging populations. It also opens the door for further studies to explore cocoa flavanols’ full potential in preventing cognitive aging. What are your thoughts on using diet to boost cognitive function? Does this research surprise you? Note: The information presented here is for general knowledge and discussion.

Some people are not suicidal because they want to die. Sometimes they are exhausted from carrying pain that feels impossible to explain. Sometimes they are overwhelmed by loss, trauma, loneliness, financial struggles, mental illness, or life circumstances that seem never-ending. A recent report highlighted by CNN found that nearly 1.2 billion people worldwide were living with mental disorders in 2023, a number that has almost doubled since 1990. Anxiety and depression were among the most common conditions affecting people globally. Behind many smiles are silent battles. Behind many "I'm okay" responses are struggles that nobody sees. And behind many suicidal thoughts is often not a desire to die, but a desire for the pain to stop. Mental health challenges are more common than many people realize, and they can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, profession, faith, or social status. Let us choose compassion over judgment. Let us listen more. Let us check in on one another. Let us create spaces where people feel safe enough to ask for help. You never truly know what someone may be carrying. 💛 Hope matters. 💛 Support matters. 💛 Your life matters. #EndTheStigma #itsokaytonotbeokay #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth