The God of the Bible is big enough to hand our doubts. Our struggles, insecurities, and shortcomings. “Come to me,” Jesus says, “all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

God is love, John says in 1 John 4:8. And if the greatest ethic is love, and self-sacrifice is the greatest example of the greatest ethic, then the message of the Gospel is the proof positive of how God is love.

Happy to share the latest. My views on the current battlefield dynamics and where the war stands in 2026. foreignaffairs.com/russia/uk…

Jews ask for signs and gentiles search for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a scandal and to gentiles foolishness. But to those who are the called — both Jews and Greeks — Christ is both the power and the wisdom of God. - Paul, 1 Cor. 1:22-24

I just want everyone to be as happy as I am. I know training isn’t easy. I know eating well isn’t easy. But I also know you’re all worth it. And if I can get you to believe you’re worth it, you’ll put in the effort that you deserve. You’ll show up for yourself.

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The number of pushups won’t matter until you change how you see yourself. If you see yourself as a lazy person, you’ll always quit. If you start to change who you are, and become someone who trains and doesn’t give up, that’s what matters. Identity change requires action. It’s the proof for your mind that you are someone different than it thinks right now. So start small. Prove to yourself that you’re someone who does 10 pushups and 10 squats right when you wake up every day. You can grow from there, but first we have to change who you think you are.

The Ukrainian Infantryman – Person of the Year

Also she is the most difficult person to sing "Happy Birthday" to.

Sama.

Tilanne on jalkaväkimiinakeskustelussa kypsynyt. Nyt ymmärrämme virheen ja sopimuksen syntyhetkellä vallinnut kansainvälispoliittinen tilanne on ratkaisevasti muuttunut. Kukaan, joka osaa karttaan katsoa, ei Suomea sopimuksesta luopumisesta kritisoisi.

Suomi luopui jalkaväkimiinoista poliittisista syistä. Suomen tulisi palauttaa ne käyttöön puolustuksellisista syistä. #yleastudio

Toimistooni pääesikunnan F-talon kolmannen kerroksen nurkkahuoneeseen tuli henkilö elokuussa 2015. Hän kertoi, että kaikki jalkaväkimiinat oli tuhottu. Noin miljoona miinaa tuhottiin Suomessa Ottawan sopimukseen liittymisen lain 22.12.2011 allekirjoittamisen jälkeen. Miinaketju

Seriously? #MolotovRibbentropPact #HitlerStalinPact

This is good.

Jon Stewart's takeaway from tonight's Biden-Trump debate

Yksi havainto Saksan eurovaalituloksista ja siitä, miten pienet valinnat vuosisadan takaa vaikuttavat vaalituloksiin. 1918. Pieni 74 000 asukkaan keskisaksalainen Saksi-Coburgin ruhtinaskunta on syrjäyttänyt ruhtinaansa ja julistautunut tasavallaksi I MS:n jälkimainingeissa

Carl Jung... Read it five or six times today. Bookshelves of truth in a few paragraphs. Do your future self a favour “People do not realize just how much they are putting at risk when they don’t accept what Life presents them with, the questions and tasks that Life sets them. When they resolve to spare themselves the pain and suffering, they owe to their nature. In so doing, they refuse to pay Life’s dues and for this very reason, Life then often leads them astray. If we don’t accept our own destiny, a different kind of suffering takes its place: a neurosis develops, and I believe that that Life which we have to live is not as bad as a neurosis. If I have to suffer, then let it be from my reality. A neurosis is a much greater curse! In general, a neurosis is a replacement for an evasion, an unconscious desire to cheat Life, to avoid something. One cannot do more than Live what one really is. And we are all made up of opposites and conflicting tendencies. After much reflection, I have come to the conclusion that it is better to Live what one really is and accept the difficulties that arise as a result—because avoidance is much worse. Today I can say: I have been true to myself I have done what I could to the best of my knowledge and conscience. Whether it was right or not, I cannot say. Suffering was inevitable in any case. But I want to suffer for those things which really belong to me. A decisive factor for me in choosing this path was the knowledge that if I did not respond fully to my Life’s purpose and challenges, then they would be inherited by my children, who would have to bear the burden of my unlived Life in addition to their own difficulties. I am aware of what a heavy burden was passed on to me by my parents. Such a burden cannot simply be shaken off. You find yourself weighed down with an inheritance that you have to accept and carry around, like a snail carrying its house on its back. Being ‘smart’ and behaving reasonably are not enough to get you through Life. You may well spare yourself some trouble, but you cut yourself off from your own Life in the process. I have seen the fate of those who have not Lived their own Lives, and it is simply horrible. People who Live out their destiny and fulfill it to the best of their knowledge and abilities have no reason for regret. In a way, Voltaire was right when he said one only has to regret surtout ce que l’on na pas fait (‘especially what we did not do’). It is of immense importance that we as humans accept the debts incumbent on us. In old age it is not the wonderful things that we perhaps missed out on seeing or experiencing that we will regret, but rather the moments when we let Life pass us by.”

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OTD in 1986 absolutely nothing happened in Chernobyl. There was however a rapid, unplanned disassembly which resulted in the plant achieving its 10 year energy target in 2 nanoseconds that was according to the plan.