Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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The Love Of The Truth
By Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
In II Thes. 2:10 St. Paul declares that the apostates of the coming age will “perish, because they received not the love of the truth, that they may be saved.” This is something worth considering very seriously.
God calls this present dispensation “the dispensation of the grace of God” (Eph. 3:2). During this dispensation faithful Christians are proclaiming “the gospel of the grace of God” (Acts 20:24). This is the message of God’s grace and love in giving Christ to die for our sins so that we might be saved from its penalty and power.
All, however, do not believe this glorious message or accept God’s grace in Christ. These, the Apostle declares, will be left behind when our Lord comes, at the close of this dispensation, to receive His own to Himself. Because they rejected the truth, and the love it proclaimed, God will give them up “that they might believe a lie,” and put their faith in Antichrist, “that they all might be damned who believed not the truth” (II Thes. 2:8-12).
It was infinite love that brought Christ to Calvary to suffer shame and disgrace for our sins, and this love is being proclaimed in this dispensation of grace. But this dispensation may be brought to a close at any time and bring in the day of God’s wrath. How important then to accept God’s love, and trust His Son without delay!
“Behold, now is the accepted time… Behold now is the day of salvation” (II Cor. 6:2).
If you do not trust Christ as your Lord and Savior now and you are caught unawares and lost for all eternity, you will never be able to say, “It was because God did not choose to save me.” Whatever all the reasons involved in His electing grace, He does not accept the responsibility for your rejection of Christ. He says that the unsaved will perish “because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” Don’t gamble with the future. Receive God’s gift of salvation now through faith in Christ.
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/the-love-of-the-truth/
2 Thessalonians 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Ephesians 3:2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
2Thessalonians 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
2 Corinthians 6:1 ¶ We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
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1 Corinthians 15:1 ¶ Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Good Morning 🙂
Ain’t dead!
I’m doing penance. I forgot that yesterday that Cursday. Sorry guys. I’m gettin’ old. So, this is both happy Cursday and happy Caterday. The innocence of animals sometimes show through to show us what love and acceptance really mean . . . Good people who help animals who then help other animals like this little puppy show us what genuine love, affection, and acceptance is all about. I think we can learn from this. Pass it on. 🙂
The older I get the more I prefer the company of by doggos than people lol.
Rita Payes is one of Joan Chamorro’s students from his well known St. Adreau school’s jazz curriculum. As a former teacher, now happily retired, I have to say I more than a little astounded that the St. Andreu school exists and., more importantly, it is a part of public education in Barcelona Spain. I say this because this would never be allowed to exist in any American school district. Yet, here it not only exists, but producing astonishingly talented jazz musicians. Y’all are doin’ real good, Joan.
Here we have one of Joan’s graduates, Rita Payes, a multi talented, multi lingual, singer and trombonist who at the age of 21 can play on a jazz stage with just about anyone . . .
Ok, one more . . .
You did it again…….
Dead Reckoning Land Navigation. Note: The following descriptions are for navigation in the Northern hemisphere.)
At the time I went through the Special Forces Qualification Course it was recognized as having the most difficult DR land navigation course of any Army anywhere. How they are training the guys now since the advent of GPS I don’t know but I sure hope they have kept the high standards for that skill because in a real war against a another power it is highly likely that GPS satellites are going to be targeted and knocked out.
It’s called Dead Reckoning because in war time if you fail to reckon correctly you could end up dead. In reality usually the worst that could happen is you get lost usually but SF soldiers never get lost, they just get temporarily misoriented, Just a joke there.
Anyway to Dead Reckon over land the military way all one needs is a map, compass, a special multifunction protractor, and something to write with and of course the knowledge of how to use them, keep a decent pace count, and recognize terrain features. Sometimes in the mountains an altimeter is also a very handy thing to have to find one’s way. .
The maps we used for the training were standard Army issue topographical having a 1:50,000 scale. New York 1:50,000. West Point & vicinity | Library of Congress (loc.gov) Later, once on a team, in some instances we would be able to get 1:25,000 scale maps which were better for urban or more heavily developed areas. On these maps the grid squares are 1 kilometer square.
The grid is based on geographic (True) north but geographic north is not the same as magnetic north. The magnetic pole slowly wonders over time as the center of mass of the magma in the mantle moves about. So one must adjust for that using the declination which is the angular difference between True north and magnetic north. The declination varies of course based on ones latitude. The further from the pole one is the greater the declination. The declination for converting is given on the map sheet and conversion is accomplished by adding for a westerly declination or subtracting for an easterly declination. LARS. (Left Add Right Subtract)
Compass. The Army issue Lensatic compass though I used my personal compass which had a dial face easier to read and graduations on the edge that could quickly be used to do some of the functions done with the protractor.
Protractor. Simple clear plastic. Amazon.com: GOTICAL Military UTM/MGRS Coordinate Scale Map Reading and Land Navigation Topographical Map Scale, Protractor and Grid Coordinate Reader Pairs with Compass and Pace Counter Beads by GOTICAL: Home Improvement
The protractor serves several functions, straight edge, measuring distance on a scale map, etc. But the most vital function is plotting coordinates within a 1 kilometer grid square. I won’t get into how that is done. Suffice it to say one uses those little triangle cutouts in the protractor to do it and that while technically one can plot to one square meter, in practice being within 10 square meters is doing great in most situations. Plotting ones location is vital as is plotting the location of things like enemy troop concentrations, facilities, etc.
Pace count. How many steps one takes to go a given distance be it 100 meters or 1,000 (1 kilometer) This will be different of course for every person and will vary depending on terrain. One has already figured the distance between terrain features or other landmarks, like say a road intersection along ones chosen route. And the pace count is usually started at over again as one reaches one of those land marks. Though I know is sound crude in practice some of us could be very accurate in gauging the distance we had traveled simply by our pace count, When patrolling with the teams I was on I was quite often the guy maintaining the pace count because I was very good at it,
Terrain features. To dead reckon one has to be able to identify terrain features and match them to what is shown on the contour map. Hills, saddles, ridges, draws, etc, This skill is not only necessary for navigation but is vital for tactical movements and deployments and of course plotting targets etc,
The SF land navigation testing was tough. A whole lot of SF wannabes ended up on trucks headed the back to pack up their stuff. I can’t remember exactly but I would say we lost about 40 guys for failing.
The testing was done out in the back woods of Ft. Bragg. They had points set up we had to navigate to. A point was a single drive in post as used for a fence. It was painted white on the top foot or so. Attached to the post was a simple punch stamp. Each point had a stamp that perforated a different pattern on a card that the person being tested carried with them.
The points were usually located at a terrain feature. They were 3 to 6 kilometers between them. The testing was done in two stages. A daylight stage and a night stage. The maximum one could get was 3 points per stage. So you started from a start/finish point. There they started the clock and gave you the grid coordinates of each of the three points. It was up to the trainee to plot the point locations and then figure out what order he would navigate to the points in understanding that he had to be back to the finish before the time ran out or none of his points would count. The same was done for the night stage. In order to pass one had to get a minimum of 5 points. Since navigating at night was generally much slower the trainee had better get all three of the points during the day stage so he only had to get two during the night stage to pass. If you failed the first time you were retested the next day and night. I passed on the retest with five points. Only a couple of guys got all six points.
‘We were supposed to move tactically using noise and light discipline. Cadre were out all over the place watching roads, intersections, fire breaks and such since we could not use them. Being caught was an honor violation and meant termination with no change to recycle. At night they would be using night vision goggles but we had none. However, some allowances were made since it was deer season and there were hunters all over the place. So during the daylight stage we were allowed to sing out our pace count as we moved so no trigger happy hunter would shoot us.
https://solearabiantree.net/namingofparts/judgingdistances.php
We did our field camp in Utah. 3 weeks in Vernal, and 4 weeks in the Deep Creek Mountains (Gold Hill). It still brings on fond memories.
For several years after going through that testing I had scars on the back of my hands and on my forearms from crashing through heavy thorny brush. At one point I walked across a beaver dam to stay on azimuth and avoid having to box a pond. When ever one stopped to check their map at night you went under a poncho.
The reason why I failed the first time around was because it was raining like hell all day. One of my points was located by a stream, which due to the rain was swollen so I had to walk out into the water to punch my card. After I punched the card I dropped it in the water while trying to put it back in my water proof map case. It turned to mush.
Of course I did not get into triangulation or some other techniques used when recognizable terrain features are few and far between or in low visibility conditions. Basically, in a desert the best way to find ones way is by celestial navigation, just like on a ship. Since your out in wide open spaces and it’s hot as hell during the day, movement during the night and laying up during the day is standard practice.
If one can’t do celestial navigation for whatever reason, then one has to work it another way. A lead element in contact goes out on azimuth as far as they can and still be able to see the main body. The navigator shoots the azimuth and directs the lead element to move right or left so that they stop right on azimuth. The satisfied, moves the main body up to the lead element. This technique is also used in limited visibility situations such as dust storms, blizzards, and white out conditions. We also used it to navigate across basically featureless tundra of very flat open ground when there is snow cover. Speaking which, one can also learn to maintain a descent pace count while on touring skis on flat or slightly rolling terrain.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen ?
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm Septuagint (51st Psalm KJV)
I miss my Grandpa…
Grandpa, tell me ’bout the good old days
Sometimes it feels like this world’s gone crazy
And Grandpa, take me back to yesterday
When the line between right and wrong
Didn’t seem so hazy
Did lovers really fall in love to stay
And stand beside each other, come what may?
Was a promise really something people kept
Not just something they would say and then forget
Did families really bow their heads to pray
Did daddies really never go away?
Oh, Grandpa, tell me ’bout the good old days
Grandpa, everything is changing fast
We call it progress, but I just don’t know
And Grandpa, let’s wander back into the past
And paint me the picture of long ago
Did lovers really fall in love to stay
And stand beside each other, come what may?
Was a promise really something people kept
Not just something they would say and then forget
Did families really bow their heads to pray
Did daddies really never go away?
Oh, Grandpa, tell me ’bout the good old days
Oh, Grandpa, tell me ’bout the good old days
The Judds
Legal stuff, I guess:
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Jamie O’hara
Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout The Good Old Days) lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Good find, redline. This is pure gold. Thanks. 🙂
The Great Reset Has Already Happened
https://youtu.be/rYutY0m7l_l
Well played!
you’ve been found out … no longer available
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Ephes 4:2
Pray for Sidney and Lin for their task today.
The sun is out in Texas, should be great weekend. I see a lot of chatter else where.
Morning Treepers. Evil and cowardice always spread. And I ask myself why these prolife Democrats can’t see that even their participation in the party, their support of it, is a counter testimony to the values they espouse?
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/democrats-for-life-some-pr-firms-fear-backlash-for-working-with-pro-life-candidates-81329
Worse are the pro life Republicans like Pence–who had a chance to set things right and protect the unborn and he sided with the Democrats.
I am sure every representative that put their name/state as cosponsor has a mental disorder and must submit to a mental examination to prove me wrong…
No Glory for Hate Act
California Democrat Rep. Linda Sanchez and has 13 cosponsors, all of whom are Democrats.
Cosponsors to the legislation include: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Rep. André Carson (D-IN), Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Rep. Rep . Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Rep. Nikema Williams (D-GA), and Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA).
Hmm…maybe what Biden has is catching???
https://twitter.com/casalettoalbert/status/1362637429862133762
Wishing I’d kept jumping around maybe wouldn’t snap crackle and pop so much.
THE INITIATIVE AGAINST DRUDGERY
“Arise, shine.” Isaiah lx. 1
We have to take the first step as though there were no God. It is no use to wait for God to help us, He will not; but immediately we arise we find He is there. Whenever God inspires, the initiative is a moral one. We must do the thing and not lie like a log. If we will arise and shine, drudgery becomes divinely transfigured.
Drudgery is one of the finest touchstones of character there is. Drudgery is work that is very far removed from anything to do with the ideal – the utterly mean grubby things; and when we come in contact with them we know instantly whether or not we are spiritually real. Read John xiii. We see there the Incarnate God doing the most desperate piece of drudgery, washing fishermen’s feet, and He says – “If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.” It requires the inspiration of God to go through drudgery with the light of God upon it. Some people do a certain thing and the way in which they do it hallows that thing for ever afterwards. It may be the most commonplace thing, but after we have seen them do it, it becomes different. When the Lord does a thing through us, He always transfigures it. Our Lord took on Him our human flesh and transfigured it, and it has become for every saint the temple of the Holy Ghost.
Oswald Chambers
February 19th Devotional
Scenes Beyond the Grave – Marietta Davis
Chapter XI – Christ Revealed as Suffering on the Cross
11:2
Again they were folded in the arms of their protectors; and again the choir chanted a loud anthem, which, being echoed by the surrounding spirits, filled the city with one volume of holy melody. Then the Cross and Sacrifice disappeared, and the angels returning, whence they had come, the city was restored to its former appearance.
During this manifestation, my guide had not moved nor uttered a word, but appeared to enter into the spirit thereof, and to realize that a scene of absorbing interest had been presented.
At length I inquired, “Is there no heaven without the Cross and the Sacrifice? Each scene moves around its manifestation. Each spirit reverences it with holy awe, and each hymn of praise utters the name of the Sacrifice.” She replied with suppressed accents, “The Cross is ever before the vision of redeemed spirits. In every circle is seen the Cross. Every flower, every artistic production, has the Cross, as by an invisible hand, inwrought throughout. And all instruction is based upon that blessed symbol of redeeming love, and it is the duty of the guardian angels to instruct the spirits of their charge, in the great truth of redemption, through Jesus, who suffered upon the Cross, and for this purpose each class of spirits, as they pass from their first guardian protectors, to the care of others, are in like manner congregated. And by this means the Cross and the Sacrifice are imaged and enstamped within their interior sense; and hence its nature and likeness grow into higher life and more exalted being with them. All redeemed and sanctified spirits are thus made to appear. No guile can in any way be found in them. All angels can behold the Cross as it shines forth from the soul which has received its impress. From this cause malicious spirits or beings cannot conceal from angels or the spirits of just men made perfect, their real nature. Where the Cross does not shine, there is no pure love; and the heart whereon it is not visible, is not at peace with God. Marietta, in heaven there can be no guile. But this, with other manifestations, is only an introductory view of the principles represented, which, in due time will be more perfectly unfolded in manifestations more specific and enlarged.”
To be continued…
I’ve been listening to this Bible In A Year podcast. I highly recommend it. It takes about 20 minutes a day, sometimes a little more or less, and the commentary included is to the point and very helpful. The readings follow a timeline, not chronological order. You can start the podcasts any time, old episodes are available.
The first half of the interview is about the podcast, the second half branches out with more general inquiry, and is equally good.
https://www.churchpop.com/2021/02/14/ben-shapiro-interviews-fr-mike-schmitz-about-1-podcast-bible-in-a-year/
Mornin’ infidels!
Mornin weed! Head of dept of labor?
Mornin’ WeeWeed
TGIF once again
Tempus fugit
Verse of the Day for Friday, February 19, 2021
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“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”
Philippians 1:6 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE – I AM A CHILD – NOT A CHOICE!!!
watch this video about Corona Virus and CDC
Time To Wake Up And Smell The Coffee!
Holding media outlets accountable for comments on their sites https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-news-portal-malaysiakini-guilty-of-contempt-rules-federal-court
When trying to be humorous falls flat https://www.the961.com/tiktoker-beirut-blast-offensive-video/
Water boils at 212 F sea level. Are we there yet?
This “wokeness” isn’t even started as of now. We have a moron in the whitehouse, excuse me, corrupt moron, and these leftists keep jabbing the bear.
Jack Reacher, ‘the villain’ ,”it’s never enough, we take because we can.”
You can put a lot of faces to that quote.
In a perfect world, this murderer would be down here with Joseph and Teddy Kennedy today… and you’d still have Rush behind the golden EIB microphone. IMHO
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/new-york-assembly-begins-impeachment-proceedings-for-gov-andrew-cuomo-over-covid-nursing-home-deaths-scandal/
Good news! (More informative than the CDC)
First paragraph. Biden is ‘acting US president’ https://www.dw.com/en/munich-security-conference-joe-biden-tells-europe-america-is-back/a-56629322
Had my most active day since I got sick.
Got all cleaned up and dressed and fed the birds and cleaned the snow off the FJ. Then drove myself to the Hospital to get an ultrasound of kidneys and bladder. This is a standard precautionary step.
Then went by the bank to get the PIN changed on my debit card. Then went and got my haircut. Then when shopping and bought a full cart of groceries and brought them home and loaded them into the house.
As far as I know the only thing that showed up was I am still not completely voiding from the bladder. Read out on the rest will have to wait for report from radiologist. However I suspect that if something really bad had shown up the girl doing the exam would have given me a hint. She was very nice,
My first grandchild, Lucas Joseph, was born this morning. Cheers!
oh my gosh, linda, Lucas must be baby boy? weight? length? any hair. Luke the lucky!!! congratulations!!!
Congrats. My wife got to be the babysitter for our youngest grandchild for her first 5 years before they moved down the Florida. Every weekday from 07:30 until 14:00 she was over at our house. When they moved to Florida it just killed my lady. But the fact is that by working on her that little girl knew her ABCs and basic math and various other subjects before she even started kindergarten and now as a 6 year old has been moved into an advanced class. She reads and comprehends at 7th grade level they say.
??? Congratulations!
Thank you!
Linda, can you post his picture?
This should be President Trump’s response to CPAC..”I can’t make you love me if you don’t, You can’t make your heart feel, something it won’t” as sung by Bonnie Rait.
Yep, and he can’t make RINOs love us, if they don’t…
My first epiphany.
When I was living out in San Diego before enlisting in the Army I had a pretty cool experience. The apartment I was in was pretty close to Torre Pines state park which is a beach side park with good sized cliffs over looking the ocean. Para sailors loved it for the updrafts.
BTW my apartment there was right under the landing pattern for Miramar Naval Air Station. Home of the top gun. I had all kinds of cool military aircraft flying over all the time.
I would frequently go down there for nice swim in the ocean. One time I just started swimming away from shore and was so far out I could just barely see the top of those cliffs which was of course the only way I had of orienting myself. I had stopped and and was dog paddling lookinh back towards shore when I felt a rub on one shin. Looking around I realized I was surrounded by a pod of dolphins and some of them were rolling and looking at me as they swam close by me, each headed in the direction of shore as they did.
I got their message. It came through clear as could be. They were indicating that I should follow them towards shore. They stayed with me, seeming to be surrounding me, right up to where I could stand in the water near the beach.
It was only then that I had an epiphany penetrate through my thick skull. Those dolphins were protecting me from some threat that they could see but I did not. I had not seen any shark dorsal fins or any other sign of sea life other than the dolphins but those waters are know for great white sharks hunting seals and I suspect that you have seen that when they attack they stalk from below then swim up with great power to hit their prey. Several people have been attacked and killed by those sharks in those waters over the years.
rah, that is mind blowing. lucky you
last time I was swimming san diego ocean beach and felt a rub on my skin it was a sailor home from vietnam. sailor assured me he thought I was drowning. he was pretty cute but not a cute as dolphins.
That’s awesome, rah.
🙂
rah…outstanding experience…and I betcha you’re right. I read once of a pod of dolphins finding a small dog way out in the Ocean, and bringing it back ashore.
They are quite remarkable!
Coca-Cola Forces Employees to Complete Online Training Telling Them to “Try to be Less White”.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/02/whistleblower-coca-cola-forces-employees-complete-online-training-telling-try-less-white-photos-video/
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I try to be as White as possible. Just to stick it to coca cola I’m going to be extra White today, maybe even watch some Lawrence Welk or something.
USA, me too. Not only extra WHITE but a WASP. I’m DAR married to SAR one of our patriots is the same for us both. Ancestors from England, Scotland, Switzerland and Wales. Our grandaddies also fought in the Union Armies and don’t tell us about reparations. One of mine killed Spotslyvania the other deaf (heavy artilery). Husbands’ was a prisoner at belle isle went in at 16 flag boy. so full of shrapnel/bullets could find him with metal dectector.
lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and his family as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
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