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Proverbs 16:3 “Roll your works upon the Lord…”. What does that mean? Solomon tells us both how and why. But what does it mean to ‘roll our works upon the Lord’? Does it mean the very foundation of what we do is His Righteousness, His Truth…His Will and His Way? Is it confirmation we’re not our own and the plum line for our works is Goodness.. His Goodness? In Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth, he doesn’t suggest, he tells them, without apology, to do everything for the glory of God. If…since we ‘roll, our works on the Lord’, we consider Him before we do anything, we sift our thoughts…our deeds through His fingers before we speak or act…instead of allowing our human nature to influence our next steps. The more time we spend with God, the more we can know Him, we can hold fast to the passionate pursuit of His Righteousness, His Goodness. When we commit what we do to Him, when we trust Him for wisdom and strength, courage and boldness, He causes our thoughts to become agreeable to His will…God silences the enemy that stands in opposition to His Righteousness. We commit our ways to Him, He leads us in the path of righteousness and brings us success in what we do. How the flesh views success, and how our spirit understands it are two totally different things, it could be said they’re on two separate ends of the spectrum. Solomon‘s not talking about worldly success, he’s talking about kingdom success… Growing His kingdom, growing in faith, finding a strength we didn’t know we had, and more courage than we could ever hope for. His success is wisdom and understanding, even when things don’t make sense. It’s having a never-ending supply of His love, joy, and peace. Lord, thank You for laying the foundation upon which we build our house…the foundation for who we are and what we do. Thank You for providing a never-ending supply of love, joy, and peace, and hope for what’s yet to come.

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On this day, Americans gathered around their TVs and radios as President John F. Kennedy revealed the unthinkable: Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from Florida. Marking the 64th anniversary of that address, JFK’s calm, steel-edged words announced a “quarantine” of the island and a direct challenge to Moscow—an extraordinary gamble short of war. What many don’t realize: the speech came after days of secret debate in ExComm meetings where even an airstrike was on the table, and a last-minute line was trimmed to avoid boxing the Soviets in. The address shocked the nation but also steadied it, giving the public a clear course while leaving room for back-channel diplomacy. Within a week, Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles; quietly, the U.S. later withdrew its own Jupiter missiles from Turkey. The crisis didn’t just avert nuclear war—it birthed the Washington–Moscow “hotline” and a new urgency for arms control, proving how words, timing, and restraint can bend history away from catastrophe. #AmericanHistory #USHistory #OnThisDay #History #JFK #CubanMissileCrisis #ColdWar #Kennedy #WhiteHouse #ExComm #NuclearHistory #Diplomacy

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On March 20, 1811, Napoleon Bonaparte faced a frightening moment unrelated to war. His wife, Empress Marie Louise, was struggling through a difficult childbirth. The baby was in an unusual position, and her doctor, Antoine Dubois, feared that the delivery could be dangerous. He warned Napoleon that he might not be able to save both mother and child. Napoleon had waited years for a legitimate son who could inherit his empire. But when asked whom to save if he had to choose, he said, save his wife. The doctor continued the difficult delivery, using forceps to help deliver the baby. At first, the newborn appeared lifeless. Then he began to show signs of life. Both mother and son survived. The baby became known as the King of Rome. Napoleon was reportedly so shaken by his wife’s suffering that he said he would rather never have another child than see her go through that pain again.

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On 4 July 1885, nine-year-old Joseph Meister was attacked by a rabid dog in Alsace and bitten fourteen times. In 1885, once rabies took hold, it was considered a death sentence. His mother, Marie-Angélique, refused to accept that outcome. She treated his wounds as best she could, boarded a train, and traveled the length of France to Paris seeking a scientist she had only heard about in rumors: Louis Pasteur. Pasteur was 62. He had developed a promising vaccine tested successfully on dogs, but it had never been given to a human. He was not a licensed physician. If the boy died after treatment, Pasteur could face legal consequences and the destruction of his reputation and life’s work. Two physicians examined Joseph and confirmed that without intervention he had no chance. On the evening of 6 July 1885, the first dose was given. Over the following weeks Joseph received thirteen injections, each prepared from the spinal cord of a rabid rabbit that had been dried for progressively fewer days—each dose slightly stronger than the last. The goal was to gradually train his immune system to fight the virus before it could reach his brain. Pasteur barely slept. He monitored every fever, every cough, every quiet hour. Joseph remained well. After the final injection came the hardest part: waiting. Days turned into weeks with no convulsions, no paralysis, no symptoms. On 25 August 1885, Joseph Meister left the Pasteur Institute and returned home to Alsace—the first person in history to survive confirmed rabies exposure. Word spread quickly. Desperate parents from across Europe brought bitten children to Paris seeking the same treatment. The results continued to hold. The breakthrough also reinforced Pasteur’s broader proof that invisible microorganisms, not miasma or divine punishment, caused disease. That insight transformed medicine:

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