There is no chapter in our experience too dark for [God] to read; there is no perplexity too difficult for Him to unravel. No calamity can befall the least of His children, of which our heavenly Father is unobservant, or in which He takes no immediate interest. Prayer, p. 11
To the poor in spirit, the meek, the lowly, and sorrowful, the despised, the persecuted, He opens His arms of refuge, saying, “Come unto Me ... and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).
In 1980
Saddam Hussein invaded Iran expecting a swift collapse.
His generals promised him that it would take three weeks at most.
It took them 34 days just to capture one city, Khorramshahr.
It was a port city, not even the capital.
The Iranians called it “the City of Blood”.
When Iran took it back, they captured 19,000 Iraqi soldiers in less than 48 hours.
Not killed but Captured..
Saddam responded to the humiliation by executing his top commanders.
The war lasted 8 years and nearly million people died.
One thing what Saddam couldn’t understand and what history keeps trying to teach us..
Iran doesn’t fight to win battles..it fights to make battles too expensive to continue.
That’s a completely different kind of war.
Every empire that marched toward the Iranian plateau eventually learned this.
The Romans never permanently held what lay beyond Mesopotamia.
The Ottomans fought Persia for over 300 years across the Zagros Mountains.
The border barely moved.
Iraq went in with one of the most powerful militaries in the Middle East
Which was backed by the Soviet Union, financed by Gulf states, and tacitly supported by America.
They got their answer in 8 years and a million graves.
You can bomb a country into rubble.
You cannot bomb a people out of their identity.
The geography changes.
The weapons change.
The lesson never does.
Day 22 and the lesson is still being ignored.
A room where everyone is a genius and no one is responsible.
Deadly combination.
Things you should not disclose at work.
1. Your family details.
Who is sick. Who needs money. Who depends on you.
2. What you do on weekends.
Travel, parties, side plans — keep it private.
3. Your future plans.
Job switch, side hustle, exams, business ideas.
Simple truth:
The less you share, the safer you stay.
Work needs professionalism, not full access to your life.
This power is not in the human agent. It is the power of God. When a soul receives Christ, he receives power to live the life of Christ. God requires perfection of His children. His law is a transcript of His own character, and it is the standard of all character. [COL 314, 315]
Solomon’s wisdom was unmatched in his field. His field was governing, judging, leadership. That’s what 1 Kings 3:12 is talking about. Daniel’s excellence was in a different category.
The Bible says Daniel was ‘ten times wiser’ than all the wise men of Babylon in science, math, literature, languages, visions, and dreams (Daniel 1:20). Even pagan kings said he had the ‘wisdom of the gods’ (Daniel 5:11–12).
Still, I never said Daniel surpassed Solomon in Solomon’s gift. I said Daniel’s intellect was on that rare level of God-given brilliance. Different gifts. Same Source.