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A team of psychologists from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan published a study with one of the more unusual experimental setups in recent memory. They wanted to know whether an unexpected event could make people kinder. So they sent Batman into the subway. The experiment was simple. A female researcher wearing a prosthetic belly to appear pregnant boarded a Milan metro car. An observer quietly recorded how many seated passengers offered her their seat. That was the control condition. In the experimental condition, the same pregnant woman boarded the train. But this time, as she entered from one door, a second researcher dressed in a full Batman costume, cape, cowl, and the iconic logo, entered from another door on the opposite end of the car. The results were striking. Without Batman, 37% of passengers offered the pregnant woman their seat. With Batman present, that number jumped to 67%, nearly double. The likelihood of someone helping was more than three times higher when the caped crusader was on board. But the strangest finding was still to come. When researchers asked the passengers who had offered their seats whether they had noticed Batman, 44% of them said they hadn't. They became kinder without even being aware of what had changed. The researchers believe the explanation lies in mindfulness. An unexpected sight, like a man in a Batman costume on a Tuesday morning commute, jolts people out of autopilot. It forces them into the present moment, and in that brief window of heightened awareness, they are more likely to notice others around them and act on it. In other words, Batman didn't inspire people to be heroes. He just woke them up long enough to be decent.

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Prayer and God does not cure everything otherwise there would not be so many dying children of cancer, my brother would not have died because he was very religious. He believed in God and prayer. People do not understand the depression or anxiety and have very little empathy, compassion, or understanding for someone esp those having it and as some people do overcome it ,often think someone can overcome it when maybe they can’t how do you tell a person whose child has died that God did not answer the prayer.? it’s good to have something to believe in. It’s good to think positive but that does not always solve problems of things like depression or anxiety or cancer or death if it did my brother and so many other people with deadly diseases would still be alive. The bottom line is nobody wants to have anxiety or depression that steals their life away no more than they want cancer

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Jeremiah 31:25 Jeremiah‘s prophecy was God‘s comfort toward the survivors of His judgment. To those who found favor in the wilderness. God tells them…“Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness, have I drawn you, and continued My faithfulness to you”. God promised Israel an all encompassing restoration, to rebuild, to plant with good… God promised a new covenant with Israel, a covenant where He would put His law within them, writing on their hearts He would be their God and they would be His people. He promised to fully satisfy the weary soul and replenish every languishing and sorrowful person… He never gave up…He’s doesn’t give up…He’ll never give up on His people. God’s judgment had fallen on a nation. A perfect example where rain falls on the wicked as well as the righteous. Israel’s suffering was ‘universal’ but not all were the same. Some would continue in their wicked ways, others would turn back to God. Included in their number would be those who had remained steadfast, those in right standing with God, regardless of their outward condition. All suffered the same judgment, but not all were the same. Like Israel, we take hold of the Hope in this prophecy, knowing God is Faithful and True. We can know we will be satisfied He will replenish us through His glory. Suffering and sorrow is part of living in a fallen world. Do we have to wait until we leave in order to be satisfied? Will we only be relieved of our sorrows when we reach heaven? God promises Israel to rebuild, to prosper, to satisfy her as she returns to the land of promise. We too, can be satisfied, renewed, our sorrows replaced with joy… just as Job was… right here and now. Are we ready to receive it? Lord, we’re only satisfied when we focus on You. Sorrows fade when overcome by the Hope of Salvation, the Joy that comes with it is power. Thank You. The words hardly seem adequate when we consider ‘who am I that You would be mindful of me?’ So hear our hearts, Lord