The world is getting darker BUT we will shne ever brighter!

In the Israel Today newpaper on Monday Nov 12, there was an article by one of their staff writers stating that some Israeli scientists at the University of Haifa had made some astonishing discovery - Microsoft's Windows2000 Operating System had many security flaws and this can potentially result in computer hackers being able to go through your firewalls and access your systems and steal anything they like including your personal profiles (userids and passwords) and thereafter commit cyber crimes.

In that article it was reported that the same scientists gave a presentation recently with the findings and had urged Microsoft to quickly come forward with solutions to plug the hole(s) in order to minimize potential damage. What is also alarming is that they said that WindowsXP was written using Windows2000 as the base for its new scripts and hence the flaws are also replicated into WindowsXP. How many of us are still using WindowsXP or Windows2000 on our computers simply because Windows Vista is still experimental and not many other software can work on Vista.

The other noteworthy point to bear in mind is that Windows2000 had also been used by a number of organizations on their servers to run some of their software programs. Now that is scary to say the least especially when these same servers in our offices are never powered off and is virtually connected to internet; so hackers galore!

Why am I saying this?
The prophet Isaiah, proclaiming hope for the Exiles, wrote in Isaiah 60:1-2
v1 "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
v2 See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.
The world will grow darker and darker because of the evil around us but there is hope for Believers - because of our righteousness in God through Jesus Christ our Lord, our blessings will become more and more glorious and this will differentiate us from the world.