Love

When we think about love and all it entails, we are reminded of the most beautiful love chapter in the Bible – 1 Corinthians, Chapter 13. I would like to share part of that chapter with you:

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become as sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, crash scenarios.

The team took real-world crashes and reconstructed the data, performing multiple crash simulations. They started modeling with more traditional “passive” safety features, like the latest vehicle structures, and extended their work to include such technologies as automatic emergency braking, lane-keeping assistance, blindspot warning, etc. Assuming full deployment and optimal activation of safety features, such as those that were modeled, their research showed that over half of all U.S. crash es could be avoided and nearly 60% of moderate to serious injuries could be mitigated. At the same time, the research also identified what types of crashes are likely to still occur even if these safety features were deployed.

The research center has made the study’s data, found at toyota.com/ CSRC, publicly available so that au tomakers, policymakers, technology research universities and tech com panies can work together to continue to make safety gains and fill the crash prevention gap.

“While drivers can’t avoid every is not puffed up; does not behave itself rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails….”

(1 Corinthians 13:18a).

This chapter says it all! And every day we have the opportunity to put this exhortation into practice. Reach out in love to someone who is lonely; someone who is confined to a skilled nursing care facility; someone you attend church with; someone who is homeless; someone who has lost their job, or someone you work with. And don’t forget the needs of your neighbor. Look for someone to love. You won’t regret it! You will danger on the road, our research shows that safety systems have the potential to be very effective in reducing the risk and severity of crashes,” says Sherony. “It’s important to know that most automakers offer features like lane departure warning, automatic emergency braking, audio warnings and steering assist (often with additional function- ality). When you search for your next car, consider these features, even possibly opting for those that do not come standard-equipped. We hope that as drivers continue to adopt and use such technologies, we will be able to realize more of the accident mitigation and prevention benefits that they can offer, resulting in safer roads for everybody.” be blessed as much as those you reach out to love.

Remember, love is eternal, for God is Love.

Have a Perfect Valentine’s Day in our Father’s Perfect Love!!

Kay Owen-Larson is the co-founder and President of Crossroads Ministries and the founder of the Crossroads School of Chaplaincy. She has been in ministry for more than 60 years.

An author, speaker, teacher and pastor, she has a heart for the elderly and would like to see many of them come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ in their last days.

GLEN VOLLMECKE Author: "Intermission a Place in Time."

NORWEGIAN FOLKLORE ORIGINS. PART ONE.

In these revelations we’ll discover Norse ancestry of faeries, elves and goblins which is our usual subject, yet, after several hours of research, I decided to prolong this specific topic. We’ll continue next month with the amazing statistics I’ve unearthed. Additionally, my family heritage was born of the Vikings. My maiden name of Swann is from the old English name of Swein, one of the most common names in medieval Britain. Professional researchers referred to such documents as Viking Sagas, Orkney Sagas, also the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, the Inquisito and translations of local manuscripts, parish records, baptismals, and tax records. (Our newest family member, my great great nephew Archie, may one day also appreciate his Viking ancestry.)

My next column will continue specifically to incorporate my own family’s heritage, as validation of another aspect of Viking stories which I’m ready to explore.

This colorful yet fierce, sea faring race was intent on dominating the British Isles, arriving during the Middle Ages 8th to 11th Centuries, from Scandinavia. While the strong Norman presence in England declined 400 years prior to the Viking arrivals. The Vikings attributed their successes to continued development of iron, thus increasing their production of weapons, and longboats.

Even today, Scotland, the Orkneys and western isles contain evidence of Viking burials, structures and artifacts. Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the north west of England have revealed the most remarkable Norse archaeology known to modern day man.

Celtic people (the Britons) or Ancient Brits inhabited Great Britain, at least from the British Iron Age and into the Middle Ages. Universally faeries originate from all corners of the world, but these stories promote our usual Celtic folklore, and its own uniqueness.

In 789 the English island of Portland suffered the first agonizing attack from Vikings. Clearly, according to history, the Norwegians roamed the British Isles freely before launching their ominous attacks. Later was their colonization of Shetland and Orkney, in Scotland. Eventually expansion was evident. Their ships navigated the open seas expertly. The Viking objective was to rape, pillage, trade and to dominate my country of birth, Great Britain. Led by Harald Hardrada, the Norwegian king who managed his 10,000 soldiers proficiently and effortlessly. Their objective was to dethrone the British king Harold Godwinson who forcefully marched from London toward battle, subsequently he killed Hardrada and most of his army. This invasion and ensuing combat meant the end of the Viking age in Britain, and its’ surrounding islands.

Vikings mostly Scandinavians were pagan, with many gods and goddesses. Odin, Thor and Frey were major deities, (aka the head faeries,) as we know them. Odin being the greatest of the Norse Gods. In the year 1066 they arrived three hundred strong, furtively and in coordination: all 300 longboats directed toward the British Isles. A seemingly impossible feat. Our narrative wouldn’t be complete without mention of the evil lurking…

To begin with: Mare being the most ferocious within Viking mythology. A monster soul of the living body, which tortured the innocents at night. People still believe that the above-mentioned ‘witches’ inhabit souls, sometimes unable to leave their bodies. Should they contact any living creature, trees cattle or people, the touch will cause root damage and entanglement.

Another formidable creature in our repertoire is Kraken, an aquatic monster that dwells off shores of Greenland and Norway. These octopi beings with super large bodies, can resemble an island. Killing prey is easy, as intruder’s feet robotically sank in the quicksand upon arrival in the island. Dinner is served instantly! Kraken was crafty; often a strategic bowel movement in the water encouraged fish, which he devours instantly…each to his own! Kraken’s huge and sudden warped appearance on the waters’ surface caused gigantic whirlpools, allowing immediate harassment of local ships sailors and small boats.

We’ll continue these repulsive horror stories which I hope you enjoy next month in our Senior Beacon, where you’ll find more tales of Norwegian attacks on my homeland, not to mention other celestial beings and legends, currently well-regarded by the Norse people, despite their contemptuous and loathsome abilities!

Thought for today:

Keep positive and enjoy the moment as laughter relieves us of superfluous energy. When it remains unused it produces negativity.