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LORD JESUS!, JUST AS YOU DELIVERED the Samaritan Woman from hopelessness with Your MIRACULOUS PROVISION, we ask that You OPEN OUR EYES TO SEE YOUR HAND AT WORK *in our lives today. Help us to trust in Your promises, even when CIRCUMSTANCES SEEM BLEAK OR OUR FAITH WAVERS.* Psalms 40:1-2
I WAITED PATIENTLY FOR THE LORD; AND HE INCLINED UNTO ME, AND HEARD MY CRY.
*He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and ESTABLISHED MY GOINGS.*(ANSWERED PRAYER SUNDAY).LORD JESUS!, JUST AS YOU DELIVERED the Samaritan Woman from hopelessness with Your MIRACULOUS PROVISION, we ask that You OPEN OUR EYES TO SEE YOUR HAND AT WORK *in our lives today. Help us to trust in Your promises, even when CIRCUMSTANCES SEEM BLEAK OR OUR FAITH WAVERS.* Psalms 40:1-2 I WAITED PATIENTLY FOR THE LORD; AND HE INCLINED UNTO ME, AND HEARD MY CRY. *He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and ESTABLISHED MY GOINGS.*(ANSWERED PRAYER SUNDAY).0 Comments 0 Shares 109 Views 0 Reviews -
Lake Magado-Îombe which is located at the bottom of Magado Crater in Igembe North, Meru county is the only multi-coloured lake in Kenya.
The lake is made up of orange, red, purple and green puddles which are separated by salt moulds. Locals regularly go there to collect soda.
It has different hues (colours) due to the alkaline nature of the water and this makes the area have an acrid smell.
Lake Magado which is located at the bottom of Magado Crater in Igembe, Meru county is the only multi-coloured lake in Kenya.
An aerial view of Lake Magado which is located at the bottom of Magado Crater in Igembe, Meru county
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The source of the unique colour combinations is thought to be openings in the earth’s crusts which are known as fumaroles.
The colour changes as a result of chemical reactions resulting from the minerals contained in the lake - perhaps triggered by volcano gas activity.
According to scientists, it is however more accurate to refer to the colours as being driven by oxidation-reduction chemical dynamics.
The Ameru people have been collecting soda from the lake for thousands of years and they have also been sharing the crater with Boran and Somali people who mainly go there to water their animals during the rainy season and collect soda during the dry season.
The Magado Crater rises 73 meters above the surrounding area and has an average diameter of 800 meters. Debris blasted out during the crater eruption and formed a rim 80 to 100 metres thick and a crater with an average depth below the rim of 140 meters.
The lake, however, is not the only multi-coloured lake in the world. Other craters including Kelimutu Volcano have lakes which have different hues.
Due to their uniqueness, the multi-coloured lakes including Lake Magado attract tourists and geologists on yearly basis.
Lake Magado-Îombe which is located at the bottom of Magado Crater in Igembe North, Meru county is the only multi-coloured lake in Kenya. The lake is made up of orange, red, purple and green puddles which are separated by salt moulds. Locals regularly go there to collect soda. It has different hues (colours) due to the alkaline nature of the water and this makes the area have an acrid smell. Lake Magado which is located at the bottom of Magado Crater in Igembe, Meru county is the only multi-coloured lake in Kenya. An aerial view of Lake Magado which is located at the bottom of Magado Crater in Igembe, Meru county File The source of the unique colour combinations is thought to be openings in the earth’s crusts which are known as fumaroles. The colour changes as a result of chemical reactions resulting from the minerals contained in the lake - perhaps triggered by volcano gas activity. According to scientists, it is however more accurate to refer to the colours as being driven by oxidation-reduction chemical dynamics. The Ameru people have been collecting soda from the lake for thousands of years and they have also been sharing the crater with Boran and Somali people who mainly go there to water their animals during the rainy season and collect soda during the dry season. The Magado Crater rises 73 meters above the surrounding area and has an average diameter of 800 meters. Debris blasted out during the crater eruption and formed a rim 80 to 100 metres thick and a crater with an average depth below the rim of 140 meters. The lake, however, is not the only multi-coloured lake in the world. Other craters including Kelimutu Volcano have lakes which have different hues. Due to their uniqueness, the multi-coloured lakes including Lake Magado attract tourists and geologists on yearly basis. 
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Mitochondrial Eve is the name given to the most recent common matrilineal ancestor of all living humans — a woman who lived approximately 150,000 to 200,000 years ago in Africa. She is not the only woman who lived at the time, but she is unique because her mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), passed exclusively from mothers to their children, has survived unbroken through thousands of generations. This concept is grounded in genetics, not mythology. The idea emerged in the 1980s when researchers including Rebecca L. Cann, Mark Stoneking, and Allan Wilson at the University of California, Berkeley, analyzed mitochondrial DNA from people across the globe. Their groundbreaking 1987 study, published in Nature, revealed that all human mtDNA could be traced back to a single woman in Africa — sparking the name “Mitochondrial Eve.” Unlike nuclear DNA, which is inherited from both parents and reshuffled with each generation, mtDNA is passed down almost unchanged from mother to child, making it a powerful tool for tracing maternal ancestry. The mtDNA genome is small, with 16,569 base pairs and 37 genes, all inherited maternally. As people migrated and formed new populations, their mtDNA diverged into lineages known as haplogroups, but all of them can still be traced back to Eve. This discovery supports the “Out of Africa” model of human origins and highlights how all modern humans, regardless of race or location, share a common maternal ancestor deep in the human past. The term “Eve” is metaphorical — she was not the only woman alive at the time, nor the only ancestor we descend from, but she is the one whose mother-to-daughter mitochondrial line never broke.Mitochondrial Eve is the name given to the most recent common matrilineal ancestor of all living humans — a woman who lived approximately 150,000 to 200,000 years ago in Africa. She is not the only woman who lived at the time, but she is unique because her mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), passed exclusively from mothers to their children, has survived unbroken through thousands of generations. This concept is grounded in genetics, not mythology. The idea emerged in the 1980s when researchers including Rebecca L. Cann, Mark Stoneking, and Allan Wilson at the University of California, Berkeley, analyzed mitochondrial DNA from people across the globe. Their groundbreaking 1987 study, published in Nature, revealed that all human mtDNA could be traced back to a single woman in Africa — sparking the name “Mitochondrial Eve.” Unlike nuclear DNA, which is inherited from both parents and reshuffled with each generation, mtDNA is passed down almost unchanged from mother to child, making it a powerful tool for tracing maternal ancestry. The mtDNA genome is small, with 16,569 base pairs and 37 genes, all inherited maternally. As people migrated and formed new populations, their mtDNA diverged into lineages known as haplogroups, but all of them can still be traced back to Eve. This discovery supports the “Out of Africa” model of human origins and highlights how all modern humans, regardless of race or location, share a common maternal ancestor deep in the human past. The term “Eve” is metaphorical — she was not the only woman alive at the time, nor the only ancestor we descend from, but she is the one whose mother-to-daughter mitochondrial line never broke.
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12 Wonderful Responsibilities God Has Given to Men
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them (Gen. 1:27).
Millions of men around the world faithfully strive to honor God in all their vocations in life. Here are ten wonderful responsibilities God has given to men:
1. To Work
The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. (Gen. 2:15)
2. To Be Courageous
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” (Josh. 1:9)
3. To Be Strong
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. (1 Cor. 16:13)
4. To Love
And he [Jesus] said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (Matt. 22:37-39)
5. To Be a Husband
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. (Gen. 2:24)
6. To Be the Head of His Wife
For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. (Eph. 5:23-24)
7. To Serve Sacrificially
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. (Eph. 5:25)
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13)
8. To Be a Father
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. (Prov. 23:24)
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (Eph. 6:4)
It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? (Heb. 12:7)
9. To Be Compassionate
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. (1 Pet. 3:7)
As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. (Ps. 103:13)
10. To Provide
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. (1 Tim. 5:8)
11. To Be Accountable
But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. (1 Cor. 11:3)
12. To Be Honorable
The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him! (Prov. 20:7)
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. (Phil. 4:8)12 Wonderful Responsibilities God Has Given to Men So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them (Gen. 1:27). Millions of men around the world faithfully strive to honor God in all their vocations in life. Here are ten wonderful responsibilities God has given to men: 1. To Work The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. (Gen. 2:15) 2. To Be Courageous “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” (Josh. 1:9) 3. To Be Strong Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. (1 Cor. 16:13) 4. To Love And he [Jesus] said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (Matt. 22:37-39) 5. To Be a Husband Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. (Gen. 2:24) 6. To Be the Head of His Wife For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. (Eph. 5:23-24) 7. To Serve Sacrificially Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. (Eph. 5:25) Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13) 8. To Be a Father The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. (Prov. 23:24) Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (Eph. 6:4) It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? (Heb. 12:7) 9. To Be Compassionate Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. (1 Pet. 3:7) As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. (Ps. 103:13) 10. To Provide But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. (1 Tim. 5:8) 11. To Be Accountable But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. (1 Cor. 11:3) 12. To Be Honorable The righteous who walks in his integrity— blessed are his children after him! (Prov. 20:7) Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. (Phil. 4:8)0 Comments 0 Shares 310 Views 0 Reviews
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