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This year I’m determined to grow closer and more consistently with God. I know that my life is better with Him in it and that the last year of my life I had not consistently read, prayed, worshipped and praised. But I believe that God is able to change my life and I believe that I can make it a habit to go to Him.
I hope and pray that all those that follow me here has that same desire and that they have much success in drawing near to the ever present Lord.
New Optipess comic!
“Deep Impact”
An Orion spacecraft, secretly constructed in orbit with repurposed Nasa, ESA and Russian equipment, the Messiah's mission is to travel to a comet and alter it's path away from Earth, avoiding an extinction level event. Deep Impact. One of two 1998 summer movies that featured astronauts-flying-off-to-destroy-an-asteroid-thus-saving-earth theme. This is the one without Steve Buscemi suffering from SPACE MADNESS though.
Guo O Dong, “The Persistence of Chaos” (2019)
A laptop running 6 pieces of malware that have caused financial damages totaling $95B.
The piece is isolated and airgapped to prevent against spread of the malware.
Malware:
ILOVEYOU
The ILOVEYOU virus, distributed via email and file sharing, affected 500,000+ systems and caused $15B in damages total, with $5.5B in damages being caused in the first week.
MyDoomMyDoom,
potentially commissioned by Russian e-mail spammers, was one of the fastest spreading worms. It's projected that this virus caused $38B in damages.
SoBigSoBig
was a worm and trojan that circulated through emails as viral spam. This piece of malware could copy files, email itself to others, and could damage computer software/hardware. This piece of malware caused $37B in damages and affected hundreds of thousands of PCs.
WannaCry
WannaCry was an extremely virulent ransomware cryptoworm that also set up backdoors on systems. The attack affected 200,000+ computers across 150 countries, and caused the NHS $100M in damages with further totals accumulating close to $4B.
DarkTequila
A sophisticated and evasive piece of malware that targeted users mainly in Latin America, DarkTequila stole bank credentials and corporate data even while offline. DarkTequila costed millions in damages across many users.
BlackEnergy
BlackEnergy 2 uses sophisticated rootkit/process-injection techniques, robust encryption, and a modular architecture known as a "dropper". BlackEnergy was used in a cyberattack that prompted a large-scale blackout in Ukraine in December 2015.
NC10-14GB 10.2-Inch Blue Netbook (2008), Windows XP SP3, 6 pieces of malware, power cord, restart script, malware
10.3” x 1.2” x 7.3” 2.8Lbs
(Final bid received: $1,345,000)
Courtesy of the artist and Deep Instinct
What would you do if you were kidnapped? Nine-year-old Willie Myrick knows: trust God. Believe that He sees your darkest circumstance. Call on Him in faith. Take courage. March 31, 2014, Willie was playing in the driveway of his Atlanta home, when a stranger in a car offered him money. The stranger grabbed Willie and pulled him into the car. For three hours his kidnapper drove. For three hours Willie sang. The stranger cursed him. Willie kept praising God. Finally, the kidnapper, annoyed, convicted perhaps, let Willie out and drove away. Great faith can help give anyone great courage. Young David stood before Goliath with great faith. Old Noah showed great faith as he built the ark. The Canaanite harlot Rahab revealed great faith when she sided with the Israelite spies. Queen Esther exercised great faith when she requested her king spare the Jews. Willie showed great faith when he proclaimed God’s goodness in the midst of his own tragedy. Great faith makes for great courage for Bible characters and modern day people alike. Do you need courage? Start with faith. Take your first step and give your dark circumstance to God. Watch Him grow great faith in you.- Heather Tietz
Today in my devotions I read Psalms 73 (“Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works.” Psalms 73:17, 23-26, 28 KJV)
which to me is exactly what I needed to hear in the face of the aftermath of our corrupt government’s decision.
-To know there is an incorruptible God ( “And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.” Romans 1:23 KJV)
-who loves me and who saved me (“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.”John 3:16 KJV “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” 1 John 3:16 KJV)
-who promises to protect (“Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.” Revelation 3:10 KJV “I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;” Isaiah 42:6 KJV “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.” Matthew 10:29-31 KJV)
-and to provide (“Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Matthew 6:25-34 KJV)
-and to never leave (“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Hebrews 13:5 KJV)
- to know that that is Jesus and that Jesus is and always will be king (“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.” Colossians 1:16-18 KJV)
-and that He is coming to reign for eternity where there’ll be no more crying or darkness (“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” Revelation 21:4 KJV, “And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.” Revelation 22:5 KJV)
-to know in spite of everything that may happen on this earth it is only temporary in the face of the endurance and eternal quality of God (“They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.” Psalms 72:5, 7-8, 17-19 KJV)
As Christians we often get caught in the day-to-day things and forget there is a happily ever after at the end of our story, that our Hero on a steed is coming and going to save us from the villain, and He will be Victorious so go ahead consider their end, they might have won this little skirmish but the battle isnt over so keep the faith, keep the hope, because it still lives, as long as there is God there is always hope (“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.” Jeremiah 29:11, 14 KJV)
“And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.” Revelation 22:5 KJV
the beauty of knowing that even though we are in darkness right now doesn’t mean we will always be. He wants to light our way, to help us find Him. We just have to search, and He’ll find us.
