day 1169: Password Jungle

"Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!"

This has been a week lost in what I call the "Password Jungle".  It started with Facebook asking for the resetting of passwords (allegedly they got attacked and "some" people were compromised, although they never really say who) and so it goes that all of the other applications that we sign in using our Facebook username and passwords also now have to be reset, etc.  And so, it goes and goes.  The jungle is full of many vines that all look the same and are hard to distinguish.  So is the jungle of our passwords.  There are one-stop solutions for the problem like LastPass, 1Password, Dashlane, KeyPass, etc., but to go with any one of those memorized applications, we must then trust that they will also be around in the future and that they can be trusted.  It is a dilemma and one that doesn't seem like it will go away any time soon.  Every new site adds to the problem.  I sometimes feel lost in the jungle.  If you have the better solution that has worked for you, I am all ears and open to what you have found works the best.

Let's stop right now and thank our Lord that He never lets us get lost in a jungle of intertwined ways that we need to decipher to find Him!  He gives us one way and that is through His name that we can reach Him and ask Him of anything.  What a blessing that in the complication of all that is around us, that He has kept it simple for us.  Of course, simple doesn't mean easy.  He didn't create the path to Him without sacrifices to be made.  And, why should have He when He made the ultimate sacrifice for each of us!  Yet, in it all, we need only one password, one name, that if we give all in belief and faith, all of the Kingdom of God will be open to us. Let's place that name, the name of Jesus, deep within our hearts!

Reference: John 14:14 (New Living Translation)