"I have good news and bad news," the defense lawyer says to his client.

"What's the bad news?"asks his client.

The lawyer says, "Your blood matches the DNA found at the murder scene."

"No!" cries the client. "What's the good news?"

"Well," the lawyer says, "your cholesterol is down to 140." (1)

Good news, bad news. The world is filled with bad news. Too much bad news everywhere you look. Bad news in the world. Bad news in the nation. Bad news in individual homes and lives.

Pastor Doug Sabin tells about a construction worker in Lehighton, Pennsylvania who cut off his hand with a power saw while working in a basement. The pain quickly became so great that he shot a dozen nails in his skull with a pneumatic nail gun in order to try and ease the pain from his other injury.

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