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**THE FACE OF JESUS**

When I look upon the Face of Jesus
this is what I see,
My Lord and Saviour’s beautiful eyes
looking back at me.

We carry on a conversation
without ever saying a word,
His eyes do all the talking
with no sounds ever heard.

His face says, “I love you,
and I want you to love Me too,
For you are one who’s been given much
and much will I expect of you.”

So shower me with Your graces, Lord,
that I may do Your Will each day.
In every tomorrow may I see Your face
for this I will always pray.

And when on earth I breathe my last
it’s Your face I want to see,
With Your eyes saying, “Come My child,
come spend eternity with Me.”

Historical Trivia: Let's meet Blanche Stuart Scott, the first female test pilot.

On this day 116 years ago on Oct 23, 1910, Blanche Stuart Scott soared into history.

In Fort Wayne, Indiana, 25-year-old Scott became the first American woman to make a public solo airplane flight.

Before a crowd estimated at 10,000–15,000 spectators, she lifted off in a Curtiss biplane (a “pusher” type machine), rose to about 12 feet, flew straight across the field, and landed safely.

Already famous for becoming the first woman to drive an automobile cross-country earlier that year (New York to San Francisco in a Willys-Overland), Scott soon earned the nickname “Tomboy of the Air.” She went on to set women’s distance records, perform stunts including inverted flight and “death dives,” and become the first female test pilot.

Here she is at the controls of her Curtiss Model D, around 1910, decked out in leather helmet, goggles, heavy boots, and the massive control wheel of early aviation. It was a pioneering moment that helped open the skies to women. ✈️

Photo: Library of Congress / Smithsonian via public sources.

Should Omar be sent back to Somalia or spend time in prison?

I voted because my voice is the only one I fully control.

It’s how I protect what matters most... family, freedom, and the country I want to leave better for my children.

Sitting it out isn’t neutrality. It’s surrender.

On this day 147 years ago on Oct 22, 1879, Thomas Edison and his team at Menlo Park achieved the practical carbon-filament incandescent light bulb breakthrough. That version burned for more than 13 hours and became the basis for commercially viable electric lighting.

They had tested hundreds of materials. The winning filament was a simple carbonized cotton thread sealed inside a near-vacuum glass bulb. It burned continuously for more than 13 hours which was long enough to prove the concept could work outside the lab.

However, Edison wasn’t the first person to make something glow with electricity. Earlier inventors had shown it was possible, but their versions burned out quickly, used expensive materials, or needed too much power. What Edison’s team delivered was a bulb that was durable, relatively efficient, and cheap enough to manufacture at scale.

On New Year’s Eve 1879, he opened his lab to the public. Thousands came by train and carriage to see the lights.

Within a few years, electric light began replacing gas and oil lamps, transforming how people lived, worked, and moved after dark.