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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All I Have To Do Is Dream – Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry
“In a Class of Her Own” is the Chinese version of the Korean “Sungkyunkwan Scandal.” This video shows that after Wenxi’s scholar roommate sees Wenxi dressed as a girl, he becomes tormented by continually imagining the roommate he thinks is a boy, as an attractive girl.
Another video for the same Chinese drama, streaming off my website, shows Wenxi feels the same way about the scholar.
In a Class of her Own – Night Song – Jane Olivor
https://www.iment.com/maida/tv/guardian/video/In-a-Class-of-her-Own-Night-Song-Jane-Olivor-V02.htm
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https://twitter.com/LovePower_page/status/1377267602930606086
That is hysterical!!!!
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1377722541905735680
Payday Someday
By Pastor John Fredericksen
While our children were growing up, by God’s gracious provision, our family had a small janitorial business to supplement our financial needs. We always took the children even if all they were able to do was gather the wastebaskets. One day, the girls were less than enthusiastic about their participation. So, without really thinking it through, I told them: “If you work hard with a good attitude, when you graduate high school, mom and I will buy you a car.” I only promised that once but, they never forgot it, nor would they let me forget, nor allow me not to follow through on my promise.
Our Heavenly Father has a fantastic promise for every blood-bought believer. Referring to the time when we graduate from this life into eternity, 1 Corinthians 3:8 says: “…every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.” With absolute certainty, we are assured the Lord will handsomely reward us for service done for the Lord Jesus Christ after salvation. Reconfirming this confidence, the Apostle Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 15:58: “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”
As we meditate on this encouraging promise, we should also comprehend one key related truth. Any reward will be proportionate to our effort in service. As stated above, everyone will be given reward “…according to his own labour” (1 Cor. 3:8). If we choose to do little or nothing for the Lord after salvation, this will be reflected in little reward received. Second Corinthians 9:6 states it this way: “…he which soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.” As a high school yearbook reflects one’s participation in school, or lack thereof, our records in eternity will correspond with our service and reward. That makes it important for us to busy ourselves now with activities that will matter once we reach eternity. We can serve Christ by inviting or transporting folks to church, presenting the gospel, handing out gospel tracts, serving in the church nursery, teaching the Scriptures, assisting in youth ministries, giving faithfully, doing follow-up on visitors, befriending newcomers to church, and much more. The limit on serving Christ is only our imagination and our willingness.
Don’t be among the foolish who serve only self in this life. Choose to do something today to further the cause of Christ. Remember, there will be a payday someday.
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/payday-someday/
1 Corinthians 3:8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
1 Corinthians 15:58 ¶ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 9:6 ¶ But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
I remember listening to R G Lee who wrote and preached Pay Day – Someday over 100 times.
I was a young man and loved it. But not as much as I needed it.
He’s online. Hope you check out that sermon.
Thanks for posting. ✝️
Oops. He preached the sermon over 1000 times!
Your welcome.
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In celebration of the end of a particularly miserable week. . .
Here are three good ‘uns from Sonny Sweeney . . .
Nothing like an east Texas gal that can sing and chew gum at the same time!
Yep. My wife is an oil-patch kid from Kilgore! East Texas girls can take care of business . . . 🙂
Yup. I’ve got a Texas wonder too. Cedar Creek Lake, TX. ✝️
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen ?
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 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 (Psalm 51 KJV).
The Great Lenten Prayer of Saint Ephraim of Syria (+ 373)
“O Lord and Master of my life, . . . .”
This year the Orthodox Christian Churches celebrate the Bright Resurrection, the Lord’s Pascha, on April 19th on the Church Calendar, which is May 2nd on the civil calendar.
This is in keeping with the Paschalion and Church Calendar that were adopted by the Bishops of the Christian Church at the First Œcumenical Synod in Nicæa in the year 330.
Until a few centuries ago, all of Christendom was still using the same Paschalion and Festal Calendar.
Waiting for the announcement from the Joebama regime to announce the formation of the Federal “der Staat Coronavirus die Miliz”
Can ya’ say ” papers please”
Good morning all!
For those here interested in US W II history enough to have compiled campaign maps and such, I have a recommendation.
The US Army Center of Military History produced “Green Books”. There is a book for about every campaign the US Army was involved in during WW II and they go into great detail about strategy, tactics, weapons, and of course the chronological description of the campaign that is the subject. And they’re cheap!
Excellent references. They also have other resources reaching back through the various wars the Army fought starting with the War of 1812. Here is a link to the list of General References. General Resources – U.S. Army Center of Military History
I am currently re-reading the Green Book that covers Guadalcanal. Re-reading because these references are so full of detail that it takes me more than a single reading to get a handle on it.
Much has been written in detail about the stubborn Marine defense of Henderson Field but the subsequent campaign to rid the island of the Japanese by primarily US Army units is not a subject that is nearly as well covered in common literature. The US forces on the offensive had to deal with the same problems the Japanese had when they tried to push the Marines and US Army 164th infantry off the island. Extremely rough terrain ideal for defense. No accurate maps. Very wet and nearly impenetrable jungle. Tropical disease and debilitating heat. No roads and very few trails. Multiple rivers and streams that frequently flash flooded wiping out the bridges the engineers had constructed.
Who here knows that the Marine pack mules used for their 75 mm pack howitzer units were a failure because the animals simply could not handle the terrain and it was nearly impossible to keep them fed because of the extremely difficult logistical problems caused by the terrain?
Who here has knows what is being referred to in the terms the “Gifu” or “Galloping Horse”, the “Sea Horse”. etc… And the great difficulty in keeping the troops supplied and the extreme measures taken to try and keep the offensives going in such conditions?
Good post. Thanks for helping keep accurate history alive. ?
Thank you for the link. I will be sharing this with others who share our interest in military history.
The Army had books for everything. My father built our home (ca, 1950) from an Army Technical Manual. It’s still very viable and being lived in today.
Thanks. I live next to Schofield Barracks in Hawaii and being a military history buff have studied the campaigns of the 24th and 25th Inf Divisions and their component regiments. So I have known of the 25 ID experience on Guadalcanal. On the subject of little remembered US Army actions, the XIV Corps responsible for Guadalcanal was commanded by General Alexander Patch who would go on to command Seventh US Army in southern France. That Army (and parent 6th Army Group) has been largely forgotten or over-shadowed by Patton’s Third Army next in line to the north. Though in Hawaii we do revere the 442 RCT and our “indigenous” one-puka-puka (100th) Inf Bn (Sep). Studying the 25th ID in the Korea War led me to look at the Army’s war on the east side of the Chosin reservoir, another time where the Army has been forgotten thanks to the better PR of the 1st MarDiv.
I actually think that “Lightning” Joe Collins who commanded the 25th Div on Guadalcanal and then went on to command the VII Corp in Europe in the 1st Army ended up being more famous than Patch. Both officers provided excellent leadership on Guadalcanal. Collins would have probably stayed in the Pacific but MacArthur didn’t think him ready for Corp Command. Marshalled disagreed and so Collins was made not only a Corp commander but given the command one of the two assault Corp at Normandy.
THE GLORY THAT EXCELS
“The Lord…hath sent me that thou mightest receive thy sight.” Acts ix. 17
When Paul received his sight, he received spiritually an insight into the Person of Jesus Christ, and the whole of his subsequent life and preaching was nothing but Jesus Christ – “I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.” No attraction was ever allowed to hold the mind and soul of Paul save the face of Jesus Christ.
We have to learn to maintain an unimpaired state of character up to the last notch revealed in the vision of Jesus Christ.
The abiding characteristic of a spiritual man is the interpretation of the Lord Jesus Christ to himself, and the interpretation to others of the purposes of God. The one concentrated passion of the life is Jesus Christ. Whenever you meet this note in a man, you feel he is a man after God’s own heart.
Never allow anything to deflect you from insight into Jesus Christ. It is the test of whether you are spiritual or not. To be unspiritual means that other things have a growing fascination for you.
“Since mine eyes have looked on Jesus,
I’ve lost sight of all beside,
So enchained my spirit’s vision,
Gazing on the Crucified.
Oswald Chambers
April 2nd Devotional
Needed that. ✝️
Scenes Beyond the Grave – Marietta Davis
Chapter XXVI – Cruelties Inflicted Upon Jesus
26:1
Then with cruel hands they led him away amid the shouts of the rabble.
As this scene was closing, I turned and looked upon the infants and angelic spectators, who appeared more afflicted than at any former period. I then inquired, “Can there be sorrow in heaven? Do angels weep?” When I heard a voice say, “Well, Marietta, dost thou inquire. Angels have hearts to feel. And who in heaven could witness the manifestation of the betrayal of the Savior of sinners without a soul poured out in sad expressions?” “Amen!” uttered ten thousand voices. “and who can endure the sight? Behold the innocent sufferer. See! See! they beat him as they hurry him along the rugged way. They mock, they deride him; they cruelly treat him. Let all the heavens pause as they behold the mournful scene; for lo! the Redeemer suffers in the hands of sinners. Awake, ye spirit sympathies; lo! Divine Good whom angels adore is despised and rejected of men.”
As the voice ceased, I heard another angel say, -“Lo! from the highest heavens angels descend.” -And I beheld far above the vast assemblage that witnessed the scene, and innumerable company of superior beings. They had palms in their hands and crowns upon their heads; and their crowns represented the starry heavens, being a miniature expression of the wreathed universes which encircle the throne of the Infinite. As they drew near, a dazzling light preceded them which pervaded the spiritual atmosphere, and was so exalted in its nature that the angels of the highest order who had composed the former audience could not steadfastly behold it. The approach of this light so revealed the imperfection of my nature that I sought to conceal myself; but nothing could be concealed in that holy light. I fain would have fled, but I had no power to control that desire. Surely, I said in my mind, if this is but a manifestation of what is in the higher heavens, how can mortals ever attain to that divine abode? How can vile man hope to enter that glory, which to the unprepared soul, would surely become a consuming fire?
While thus reflecting, I heard one of the cherubic beings say, “Angels, kindred spirits, inhabitants of the exalted heavens! bow down before your Lord, for He is worthy. Adore Him from the deep and immortal sentiment of your revering spirits; for lo! all angels delight to offer praises unto Him. He is worthy of all adoration. Praise Him! Praise the Lord, the Redeemer of Earth! While fallen beings mocking gather around Him and impiously hail Him King, let the harmonious universe be moved with reverence, and all intelligences humbly adore.”
Then each bowed down in silent adoration, while feeble and bewildered men hasten him to the judgment hall. As the angels declared him God manifest in the flesh, I wondered still the more that having power, he did not exert it and subdue those who sought to destroy; and also, as there were myriads of angels, each having apparent capacity to disperse at will those who led their Lord away, that they too did not seek to avert the impending storm. Perceiving my thoughts the instructor said, “He came to seek and save, and not to destroy; he endureth the scoffs of the wicked, and offereth himself a ransom for sinners; and by his submission fulfilleth that prophecy which saith, ‘A bruised reed he shall not break – He will not harm the helpless – and smoking flax he shall not quench’ -He will not extinguish the life or hope of man. His is a mission of redemption, and not of judgment and execution.”
Then I heard voices as the going forth of many waters, saying, “Be amazed, O Earth! for thy sins have brought upon thee unutterable woe, and pity hath prompted the offering, and thy Redeemer groaneth beneath the load.”
Then said Mercy to Justice, “God, as had been written, so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, a Ransom. This is the Ransom. In Jesus the nations of earth shall have hope. Behold the offering. In this offering there is a principle for the removal of sin and unholiness; and to establish a sympathy between the depraved race and that life which is above.
Then said the angel to the infants, “This is your Redeemer. In him alone is that Life which can quicken and save, and by him you were admitted into this paradise. Let each observe the scene as it shall advance, for by it Heaven purposeth to give an impression which shall enable all to estimate, according to their capacity, the value of the Redeemer to them.” While the angel addressed them, their expression of sympathy displayed the purity of their being, and the tenderness and emotion with which they had observed the suffering Son. Then all with one accord said, “How shall we utter praises and thanksgiving to God, for this gift, the gift of life through His only begotten Son, our Savior?”
“Could we not relieve him? Can we not share his woe? Lo! he is in the midst of his foes. They know him not. They give him needless pain. Who can endure the sight? Let us fly to his relief!” exclaimed the multitude. “He is our Redeemer!” fell from the holy lips of the occupants of the infant paradise.
“He is our Lord; He maketh the heavens harmonious with the perfection of his being, and melodious with the euphony of his speech. He maketh bliss to arise as the golden morning, and shed its holy lustre and Divine Good upon the workmanship of his hands. Lo! the heavens declare his adorable name, and the peopled expanse vibrates with the soft and gentle cadence of his proceeding love. Yet in form of Divine Man we behold him hurried onward by fallen beings, as they bear him through discordant elements toward the haughty Sanhedrim of a heartless church – a church where Jehovah is named in empty sound, but not worshipped.” Thus spake one of the mighty angels in the audience of the multitude which man could not number. Then as a voice of one man they uttered, “Let us arise and beat back the mocker of the Lord.”
“Nay,” said another voice; and I looked, and behold Justice stood in a cloud of exceeding brightness, holding the seven thunders in his right hand, from which issued lightnings and tempest, and these over-spanned the globe, and enveloped the race both small and great, the living and the dead, in its awful cloud, and shook the foundation of earth, and caused the souls of men to quake with the greatness of the terror of the rolling thunderings and blackening tempests. And in his left hand he held a scroll, whereon was written in separate sections, an abridged expression of the eternal law of spiritual, moral, and intellectual being – abridged according to, and complying with the capacity of man, and in all respects adapted to his condition and necessity. Before him was the deformed being before revealed, wounded nigh unto death, and the blood from his wounds stained the earth whereon he lay.
Again repeated Justice, “Not so, the soul that sinneth must die. The result of violated law is irrevocable.” Then I saw Mercy advance, and enter the tempest, and bending over the wounded being, in a manner as on a former occasion, said, “Lo! He who was, and is, and is to come, descendeth to Earth, and by the incarnation of the Spirit, shall renew that sympathy with men which shall exalt them from their fallen condition, and restore the ruined soul, and harmonize by the perfection of his being the discordant race with eternal law; and then in him shall be perfected that reunion which shall restore the lost planet. And here,” Mercy again repeated, “Behold the ransom.”
“Even so,” said Justice, “the Offering is presented. But it is in the law of existence, and accepted in the law of grace, that he shall tread the winepress along. -And these,” addressing himself to the angelic hosts, “seek to rescue the Offering, and prevent the issue.”
Then said Mercy to the astonished millions, “Thus it behooves Christ to suffer. Keep ye the awful suspense, as ye witness the effects of sin upon the sinner’s sense and consciousness of right. Lo! the conflict heightens, and the Son of Man shall engage in warfare with the powers of death.” Then said the multitude, “Permit that we do not witness the scene. Who can endure it?”
“Nay, said Justice, “should not the heavens behold and wonder, and hades quail beneath the awful tread, as the God-Man proceeds to enter the death-gate, and conquer the foe of man, and bring life and immortality to light.” “Amen,” answered all who beheld and heard, “Even so let thy will, thou Eternal Spirit in heaven and earth, and by us and all intelligences, be done, now and evermore; ever, evermore. Amen.”
“Even so, let all heaven respond,” said Justice, “that God shall be all and over all, now, henceforth, and for ever.” “Amen! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Amen!” answered the meek observers of the scene: “Evermore thy will be done! Amen!”
To be continued…
Here is my own musical contribution for today. It is a part of me as I was a part of it. It is and will remain for me always as my greatest single individual achievement of my life time and my greatest contribution to the common good. When I am laid to rest it will be in my uniform.
At places all over this world there are still men who are doing things, good things, that you’ll never hear about:
Great ballad! ?
Thank you for your service, sir! Then and now. Be safe out there!
Aggie girl said it well. Thank you for serving, Fighting Soldier . . .
“One-hundred men [not women] will test today…”
stats weren’t that bad when I went through but a whole lot of weeded out. At least 80%. The thing is the SFQC (Special Forces Qualification Course) is not an end but a beginning! There were four of us SF medics that graduated in my SFQC class that went to 10th SFG(A) at Ft. Devens, MA. In less than one year there were two us left. One voluntarily terminated his SF status three months after we arrived. The other had his SF qualification involuntarily terminated after 10 months when he failed to perform on two different teams. You are on probationary status your first year in SF.
It would take one strong woman to make it through the initial assessment they do now. And if what I am reading is correct and they lower the standards for females then who is going to want them watching their backs.
Thanks for your service.
Go Army!
Good morning, God Bless 🙂
Mornin’ infidels!
Mornin’ WeeWeed
TGIF
Again.
Good evening, WeeWeed!
Verse of the Day for Friday, April 2, 2021
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“Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?”
Luke 12:24 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.
This is the year of the great cicada emergence. The Red-eyes are Coming! – Watts Up With That?
A few years ago I ran into a swarm on I-70 east of Washington, PA that actually caused a traffic backup. They were everywhere. I could hear them in the big truck even with the windows up and dozens of them bouncing onto my windshield. I Love to hear them when I am out but not so much on the road.
Other bugs that can cause a mess are the Love bugs down south and in Texas on I-35 south of San Antonio I ran into a mass movement of dragon flies that was so thick people were pulling over with overheated engines because the bugs had so clogged their radiators. Crickets also come in a swarm down that way sometimes.
I remember when I was a kid cars and trucks would make the highways slick from running over the hordes of army worms crossing from one cotton field to another. I suppose poison keeps them in check now.
At least, I hear, cicadas are good to eat.
A detailed map of the time of emergence for various broods. ?fit=990%2C770&ssl=1
Thank God we’re not in one of the zones this year. I hate those suckers. >_< xD
I love em when not driving. They’re sound is one of natures great symphonies to me. All kinds of critters gorge on them when they emerge until they are so full they can eat no more.
They’re not too bad up in the trees where I can’t see ’em, but I’ve been dive-bombed more than once…
Heck the dang thing don’t have their wings very long. No wonder they are less than agile fliers.
Unfortunately my county is in this year’s zone (yellow). I don’t recall a heavy infestation in 2004 since I was living here in the same house. Maybe we will get off easy….
I remember driving in Baltimore County in the hot summer of 1970 with my ’63 Impala windows down (car did not have A/C) and the red-eyed bombers were thick, flying everywhere. A few times I had left my window down and one would fly in and smack me on my ear. Of course I’d hear it coming as they got within a couple of feet and I was going only 25 to 30 mph on local streets, so I’d instinctively duck. Yuck.
For kicks I’d sit out on the back porch in the early evening before sundown with a can of Raid and a butane cigarette lighter. Raid was highly flammable and shot pretty far. I’d knock the little red-eyed devils right out of the air with a three foot long flame.
So as I was making my news rounds this a.m. i came up with a question to pose to the Treehouse:
What is the difference between what Dr Leana Wen, the public health Nazi wanting to keep society closed to entice people to get the jab, and Nancy Pelosi withholding stimulus checks over the Christmas holiday so PDJT doesnt gain a political advantage?
More importantly why do we put up with this Bravo Sierra?
Pentecostal Pastor Who Became an Apostle to the Gypsies
This Week in AG History —March 30, 1969
https://ifphc.wordpress.com/2021/04/01/clement-le-cossec-the-french-pentecostal-pastor-who-became-an-apostle-to-the-gypsies/
By Ruthie Edgerly Oberg
“When Clement Le Cossec (1921-2001) was growing up in Brittany, a province in northwest France, his mother warned him, ‘Be careful! If you are not good, the [Roma, also known as] Gypsies will come and steal you away!’ Frightened, Le Cossec promised his mother he would be good, so that he would never have to live with the Gypsies. Yet, God had a plan for him, and when this French pastor died in 2001, more than 2,000 Gypsies from across Europe attended his funeral, mourning the loss of the man who came to be known as ‘The Apostle to the Gypsies.’
“The March 30, 1969, issue of the Pentecostal Evangel shared the fascinating story of Le Cossec and his ministry to the Gypsies.”
I was recently reminded of something I haven’t seen posted for a while:
Tactics of the Left
Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals
This is just look at the tactics that are used against you. A caution:
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?–Mark 8:36-37
These tactics work; right or left. We need to elect political leaders who aren’t afraid to use these tactics…….
P Trump understood these tactics; it is why he was so effective and why the left was determined to destroy him/MAGA.
Unfortunately, everything that President Trump did is gone, erased. Nothing real changed. The people who were there are still there. And not only still there, but emboldened and stronger, at least in their own eyes where it matter most.
Alinsky’s Rules are tactics based on a certain strategy. Ask yourself first, “What is my strategy?”
“…….everything that President Trump did is gone, erased. Nothing real changed..”
Wrong. P Trump built a MAGA base that is moving forward. Stop with your over the top exaggeration and fear mongering.
Alinsky Rules are tactics used to beat your opponent. That is the strategy. Beat the other guy and his ideas.
It is that simple.
I get it, you are defeated and to you all is lost. Sorry you feel that way. I suspect, most of us here think differently than you.
I see I didn’t phrase that very well. Alinsky’s tactics are working toward a strategy of total destruction of America, the family, Christianity, all of Western civilzation. The goal is some sort of utopian socialist state.
It took more than a hundred years to get from the Progressive/Labor parties to here. Every organization and institution, educational, civic and religious, we have are dominated by these people. And I might add, financed by the globalist bankers.
Hope is a good thing to have. Hard work toward a common goal is better.
As for MAGA, I watched to growth and failure of the TEA party as it was taken over by self-seekers. Most people, understandably, want to be either followers or leaders. With President Trump still living and in control, maybe that won’t happen quite as quick.
Trump also exposed the total corruption and forced the evil doers into the sunlight for all those that are not blind to see!
Softshell Crab season………………….mama mia…………….dressed po’boy, or plain, my favorite =
I love about 2 or 3 (depending on size) fried soft crabs but not between bread. Just serve them on the plate (keep the Old Bay Seasoning shaker nearby…) with some fresh tomato slices and a little bowl of applesauce. Tall iced mug of really cold beer and just leave me be for about an hour.
Preferably this all occurs sitting at a table by one of the big open windows overlooking the Chesapeake Bay at Kentmorr Marina on Kent Island, just across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge……
(I hope MD has dropped the mask foolishness by June)
I really appreciated Menagerie’s post on autistic children. Yes, my older son is “the brat in the store” mentioned in the end of the article – the one standing in the middle of the aisle, red-faced and crying, because we did something out of order or because he wasn’t the one to put an item in the buggy. He’s the three-year-old you speak to, saying hello or asking how old he is, and he stares at you like you’re a monster from Mars and doesn’t reply.
Please be patient with him. He dislikes people, and chaos, and noise, and he doesn’t understand. He doesn’t know why strangers are talking to him. He doesn’t understand “please” and “thank you” – although you might get one of his small, private smiles if you hand him something he likes.
And whatever you do, don’t call him a brat, or spoiled. Don’t refuse to hand him something that you took away from him. Don’t scold me for handing it to him immediately once you hand it to me. Don’t, don’t think you know my family, or my son.
Unlike Menagerie and her family, I do not send my son to school; I keep him with me. Yes, it’s hard, yes, I’m tired; yes, I worry and second-guess myself and research constantly to ensure I’m doing the best thing for him, and look back in my own memories to recall what it was like at his age. I stand between him and those who don’t understand – family members, and strangers, alike. He doesn’t show how much people hurt him – I’m the only one who sees it, because (I remember) I pay close attention to all his cues. Nothing rouses this mama’s ire like seeing him withdraw further from careless, hurtful people.
He looks like any normal little boy – although he looks older than his age; most people don’t believe he’s only three years old – you can’t tell, just from looking at him, or even just from watching him interact with his father and his brother and me. You can’t see his autism. You can’t see his… not normal-ity. Your extended grace, your understanding, mean worlds. I notice. And, whether you can tell or not, he notices it too.
I can not imagine the burdens of this condition on families – commitment, tolerance, understanding, compassion, disruption, and everything else that comes with having an autistic child.
Kudos to all parents and siblings who unconditionally love these kids.
American Thought Leaders interview with Sharyl Attkisson – “How to Spot Propaganda”; 36 min.
A tale of two ‘mental’ cases in Vietnam:
Called activist against Hanoi–
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/returned-04012021192054.html
Running drugs
https://vietnaminsider.vn/hanoi-man-arrested-for-running-drug-ring-in-mental-institution/
https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/20210402/hanoi-psychiatric-hospital-director-suspended-after-patient-found-running-drug-ring-on-premises/60120.html
Understanding that we are not sinners because we sin and that we sin because we’re sinners, can provide the necessary perspective to realize that if the wages of sin is death, it would behoove one to have an advocate when facing judgment.
Understanding the breadth of what the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ accomplished, can provide the necessary perspective for the realization that if God is for us, who can be against us ?
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all [all], how shall he not with him also freely give us all [all] things? Having blotted out the handwriting of ordinances [the law/ministration of death], which was against us and contrary to us, he took it out of the way nailing it to his cross. Having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
People need to understand that there is now no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus. How many times can one be forgiven all [all] trespasses? Once, for all [all].
Their sins and iniquities I will remember no more. Heb 10:17
Man, if God can forget our sins, why can’t we?
Good Friday to all.
our vehicles licensed for on-road usually go about 15,000 miles a year. last year they averaged 5,000.
none of us went to doctor or dentist or hair cuts and usually go for check ups and cleanings and four time to sharon for hair business.
Grocery shopping not so frequent but when we go we stock up. Instead of one sack of coffee we buy everything they have. etc
anyone else experiencing the same?
Yes. I used to drive a bit over 300 miles per week for my commute . Last year, 5,000 total miles, 3,300 up until the point we locked down. One doctor visit late in the year, my dentist was working (two visits), two hair appointments (both inside, clandestinely). But I kept up the weekly shopping (at first every 2 weeks) at our local farmer’s market and small grocery store just to get out of the house!
Finally…
https://babylonbee.com/news/johnson–johnson-introduces-new-3-in-1-shampoo-conditioner-vaccine
Easter New York City 1956
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.
This Tuesday in Austria, will the JoeBama officials pull out a shoe shine kit for the demented regime from Tehran?
This driplomat says stay out
https://theiranproject.com/blog/2021/04/02/no-talks-between-iran-us-araghchi/?amp=1
JoeBama trying to make it look good
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1836506/middle-east
Lebanon knows who runs things https://www.the961.com/al-rahi-leaked-video-hezbollah/