Are You Prepared If The Lights Go Out?

One of the things that keeps me up at night (of course I should have total trust in God and nothing should worry me, but having a tendency towards worry is a real thorn in my side!) is the thought that Russia could if they wanted to, hack our power infrastructure and turn the lights off.....Do they have that capability? Most probably......but a solar flare or sudden solar eruption could also cause disruptions to the electrical power grid...it's rather fragile to some extent. And of course, severe storms can sometimes cause black-outs, which I've experienced. 

So before I go to bed, I watch the Mass on TV or on my computer, I do breathing exercises and put lavender oil underneath my nose, drink my chamomile tea and repeat, "Don't think! Don't think! But does that mean I will necessarily fall asleep quickly. Nope! I wonder what's inside the head of President Putin of Russia...Is he going to invade Ukraine?.....Will we retaliate? And then will he have his team of expert hackers turn off the lights in our country or parts of it.....even for a day that would cause chaos.....

It seems news outlets have reported that the DHS has warned banks, corporations and governments offices, to be prepared just in case, President Putin decides its in the best interests of his beloved country to invade Ukraine...and then retaliate if we put sanctions against him personally or Russia, that upset him. 

I'm old enough to remember the Cold War. Diplomacy is the only way out of this mess. 

Let's pray that ego's will get out of the way and real diplomacy will save the day. 

In the meantime, you should always have gallons of water on hand, canned foods and plenty of lanterns, it's good to be prepared for every scenario.

NJA

James Webb Telescope Hopes To See The Universe's Beginnings-God's Genius On Display

 The James Webb Telescope launched on Christmas Day hopes to see into the past, our past. The $10 billion dollar telescope is not only the largest but the most expensive telescope ever built and launched.  With a price tag of 10 billion let's hope it reaches its final destination and then is able to do what scientists and engineers have built it to do.....see into the past after the Big Bang. 

As religious believers, we believe that God initiated the Big Bang and then afterwards created the "environment" for stars and galaxies to form. Matter after the Big Bang, accelerated and that's puzzling to scientists because they don't know why that happened. We know why that happened but they are trying to find out. Scientists are trying to figure it out from a scientific perspective but as believers we know by faith that God set the Big Bang into motion and then created a favorable environment for life. We live on the Goldilocks planet of Earth, (not too hot, not too cold) with the exact and necessary materials and elements to sustain life. The exact amount of carbon was necessary for life on Earth and it was there from the very beginning. Scientists and astronomers are hoping to find more Goldilocks planets in the Universe. We'll see...

We live on a beautiful, life-sustaining planet in a sweet spot in the Milky Way Galaxy because of a good merciful and generous God. 

I'm open to learning more about the Universe. I think ten billion dollars is way too much money to spend on anything but let's see if it proves to be worth the money, because that amount of money could have been life changing for poor people on Earth. But if we learn about the origins of our Universe, many will think it worth it.

NJA

UPDATE: The James Webb Telescope has reached its intended destination in space (one million miles from Earth!)..an amazing engineering feat! Pictures won't be coming until June......