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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✝️ DAILY DEVOTIONAL, January 17, 2022
Dr Spurgeon never fails to uplift with his joyous sermons.
Good morning, Betsy. Amen, and when the fullness of the Gentiles is complete, when that last person proclaims Christ as their Lord and Saviour we shall be changed in a moment Praise be to God!
And Amen!
Good morning, Heather!😊
Good morning, Heather!
Good morning to you, GrandpaM!💓
It was only today when I read this beautiful, hopeful sermon, which I’ve read many other times, that I realized that each of his sermons exude nothing but joy and the hope of everlasting life. Each and every one. And I made the connection which I had overtly not before of why I love Dr Spurgeon and why after reading him my soul feels lighter.
A perfect way to start any week. I know you agree😊
I do agree, Bet NM. And I just noticed that autocorrect used the English spelling of Saviour in your honor. 😁
Oh my!! Did it? Oh joy! For some reason it is a more spiritual spelling for me. I brought back British spellings for my everyday use. Perhaps a small thing, but one that for some reason is very comforting for me💓.
Any news from MIA Frank?
He’s downstream👍
Good Morning Grandpa!
Thinking of you today, it’s been a rough day in the Treehouse…
Thanks, Leenie, it sure has but we will endure.
Good afternoon or evening, Leenie. Rough indeed.
Amen ; )
Good morning Betsy! Got a pkg today, the mailman mistakenly delivered to my neighbor instead of my address. Guess what was in it?
The best of spurgeon and selections of morning and evening books. Wonderful to cozy up to the fire with a good book on a snowy day.
I know he is a favorite inspiration to some here( that’s how I found him) and couldn’t think of anyone else who would appreciate my excitement in receiving them😊❤️
I’m so excited for you, Cat!! I truly am😊. And, oh, how I share your joy. Smiling just thinking how much you will look forward to reading it. Wonderful!!💓
Amen
That verse in Esther is supposed to be acclaim from the Persian king who fought to take over Greece and all his many subjects. The 300 Spartans and all that.
Well, what one conqueror giveth, another conqueror taketh away. Or there would have been no need for a Maccabean revolt.
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After today, Leon, I think we’re all going to need a few of those. Bottoms up!
Needed this one, Mass! 😂😂😂
You got it before me!
Way to go Betsy 😂 👍
What it’s like to be an Australian…
I have been a treeper since 2012 – the days of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman (who brought me here).
I have always enjoyed the treehouse as a refuge. Today, sadly no more. I am amazed at the online vitriol that was allowed to ignite and the pile on from those who know very little about life in Australia. I hope spreading derision makes you feel better about yourself and your own life. I suspect putting others down justifies your own life as better in your mind.
Here are some real life observations for you from your Ally:
It doesn’t matter whether our conservative or lefties are in power, we will always be a US Ally (frankly we need it and we all know it).
We have been to every War you asked us to join. We will be there at the next one. We are a small force, but your military love us. Our guys are highly trained and every US military person I have ever spoken to has loved our troops.
I am fascinated that you rely on media reports from Australia, when you of all people know the media can’t be trusted.
They didn’t ‘take’ our guns. We never had them to begin with. We aren’t living in constant cultural fear that someone is trying to get us (lived in the great State of Texas, so know a little about US culture). You can have access to most guns, you just require a licence. We don’t require semi-automatics, because you don’t need 4,327 rounds and a second magazine to shoot a roo, you need one. I tell Australians you don’t know what life is like to need a gun for protection (life in the US). In our country you don’t need a gun for protection, no one carries one. You should try it some time.
There was (allegedly) a huge take up on the ‘vaccine’. Most Australians saw it as just a needle, no big deal. Most have their head in the sand about consequences. Who knows if they will get the third jab, groundswell opinion is they are over it. I am not vaxxed and there is no way in hell I will be, but I will defend everyone’s right to get it or not. I think most who did were concerned about infecting their fellow Aussie and didn’t want to be responsible for doing that, yes I understand they fell for some high level bull manure on that, serves them right for not investigating consequences.
Australians mess with the system quietly. We don’t need to brag about it. We are supposed to electronically register with a QR code every time we enter a store. Most of us don’t bother. No one even checks and at my local grocery store, no one has been checked in the past two years. Rules come in and if they actually affect us, we stop following them after about two weeks. Restaurants aren’t checking our papers, they need our money, but they do it quietly.
Yes we are wearing the masks at the moment. No, no one wants to, they are pretty much useless. It’s not actually a big deal though, we would rather wear it than pay a fine, which would take away from our beer money.
We don’t have the same type of government corruption as you do. Essentially, lobbying is illegal and every time they find a politician who took money for a vote, they are jailed. Not saying it doesn’t occur, I am sure underhanded stuff happens all the time. The US do nothing about their corrupt politicians, in fact they vote for them again when they come out of jail.
There are no show trials where somebody is charged with a crime because a politician demands it. Our Attorneys General are accountable to the law. Our judicial system is independent of everyone and whilst we don’t always agree, we are very glad nobody is allowed to interfere with the justice system.
Australians don’t believe our government is coming to get us, taking away our rights or any other such nonsense. For the most part Australians don’t give a hoot about government. We just live our lives and make each other laugh. We don’t like having to vote, but a fine would take away from our beer money.
Whenever government makes a rule, Australians immediately work on, how am I going to get around it (in a good natured way). Criminals deserve to be in jail. We deport our foreign born criminals the day they come out of jail. We protect our borders, illegals are not flooding in by their millions here.
We don’t like big noters. The tall poppies are cut down here in Australia. Novak lied on his entry form, lied about having covid, lied about where he had and hadn’t been. We love good bs, but we hate liars. We hate even more, entitled celebrities who think they don’t have to bother with the rules and can do what they like. Most of us don’t care about the tennis, its barely a real sport, much like soccer.
Those who have met Aussies, love our carefree, live your life attitude. Don’t believe everything you read. Thought of all people, treepers would have been aware of this concept.
Today the Treehouse changed, hate, vitriol and personal attack was allowed to grow and nothing was done about it.
Everyone piled on, most people having no actual clue what life is like here in Australia. I thought we would have been asked what’s life actually like down there at the moment?
Thanks to the other Aussies here who stood up for the fight, we will always defend our country.
I hope this post gives pause for a moment of reflection about how you speak to others (but somehow I doubt it).
Today was the first time I felt compelled to speak, I have always just read with fervent enjoyment.
Thanks Sundance, I appreciate the way you think and what you bring to the world. I have learned so much.
Farewell treepers, I enjoyed my 9 year stay.
I too have witnessed a change here in the “Refuge”. Followed Sundance and crew since Trayvon days as well. Lots of great articles and the comments were well thought out and respectful. Now it would seem there is a contingent of inquisitors (thought police) who are hell bent on denigrating anyone and everyone who does not bow to their superior intellect and preconceived ideas of reality. They act much like the opposition they claim to loathe. They swarm and attack any Treeper who merely express a slightly different viewpoint than theirs.
Maybe the reason for so much hostility and one upmanship expressed lately here is due to some Treepers feeling the sting of being in the political wilderness with seemingly no voice to express themselves adequately. So they lash out with vitreol and attack their own. Not really very productive and boring to a fault.
I still read the articles here but rarely read the comments any longer. I suspect that’s the case with many long time followers of S D. I just don’t see many of the thoughtful contributors that previously posted here any longer. I’m sure they still read the articles but I guess they pass on a roll in the mud with the wannabe thought leaders who use this site to find relevance in a world turned up side down.
I don’t know what reality you are from but you could not possibly not be more wrong. Please stop telling us that there is a superior knowledge out there that you are communing with—that is simply not true. The Treehouse is about freedom and liberty. We really don’t need your brand of agitprop here. If you can’t deal with this, then please leave—we don’t need your wrong opinions. Please. Go. Away.
Thank You for your kind and thoughtful reply.
“Now it would seem there is a contingent of inquisitors (thought police) who are hell bent on denigrating anyone and everyone who does not bow to their superior intellect and preconceived ideas of reality.” This is what you believe about us? Really? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong!!! Please return to your planet of origin.
10-4 Garrison. Some people just can’t see the trolls in the trees!
It proved your point.
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Wonderful post and great info; thanks. Sorry that you are leaving. We need to hear truth from our southern most friends.
I haven’t seen the hate you refer to but if it’s here, you are correct that it’s not a good thing. Sundance usually cuts that off quickly. I have noticed a few lefty trolls have landed here; I recognize their handles from other sites where they spread their venom. Again, thank you.
For years I have read posts that call out “trolls” here on this site, but I have never once seen a poster name the troll. I have seen many name call a poster a troll with zero evidence or truth behind the accusation. I know this because it has happened to me numerous times when I post a dissent, especially if it is a criticism of Trump, and it is often a personal attack, jumped on by others like a gang.
I look at the Treehouse as a neighborhood. If I knew there were intruders in my neighborhood, and I KNEW their crimes and identities, I would be sure to give my neighbors every detail. I would not make some vague comments about seeing them elsewhere and knowing they were trouble.
If there are posters here who are known agitators, then please post that information, and the other sites where they post. Otherwise, accusing any poster of such things is nothing more than a distraction reflecting an inability to partake in an intellectual debate. IMO.
“Let’s go Brandon!”
Reference:
“The Decisive Battle”
https://tinkzorg.wordpress.com/2021/11/02/2740/
Great turnout in Arizona for President Trump.
Both physically and electronically.
Thanks
IMO funny thing….I’ve been a cth visitor for over ten years, since Trayvon days, and some who say they’ve been here since then, I don’t recognize their names, changed screen names, maybe, but there sure seems to be a lot of them. Perhaps the covid brain fog is invading everyone, or at least me
Idk
Agree Feral and I think that goes to the point of the “change” some have noticed. Some posters claim they’ve been here all along and have just recently decided to post. Could be, but when I see that claim and now they put up 25 posts a day, I do wonder.
Many good posters have simply departed. Everything changes.
Morning, Cat😊
Dear oh dear. A disturbance in the force. Sad. But that’s families for you, and sometimes friends. It happens.
I’ll never understand those people who feel the need to troll, to deliberately infect a conversation with thoughtless and incendiary comments. How unsettled their souls must be. If they only knew the destruction they do to themselves above all. But that takes introspection which is a gift not given to everyone.
Ah well…forward, friend. We can do no less.
The DS would love to ruin a site like the CTH and I’m sure that it has it’s own troll factories to do it’s diabolical bidding.
leave it at that.
No question we’re in their crosshairs, G. Christ and patriotism puts the bullseye directly on our backs.
Well, we’ll just have to keep showing them what they are missing. Who knows? Perhaps we’ll manage to gain a few new recruits😊.
“We cannot force someone to hear a message they are not ready to receive, but we must never underestimate the power of planting a seed.”
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Betsy, yes it’s a very sad way to start the week..so many we have lost the ability to share with.
Funny, we can always remember the first time, I.e first step, first kiss and so on but we never can see the last time coming. And we’re left with a hole in our heart which was once filled with so much joy.
Such is life 😞
Glad you’re still here, as well as everyone I’ve come to consider my friends ❤️
Nothing or nobody is shoving me off my branch. My roots have been set😊.
Good morning, FC, my, what a mess we have this morning here.
Sure do grandpa. What a mess. So, how do we make a positive out of it?
I liked your martial arts example 😉
I think we follow Betsy’s advice- hang on to our branches.
And stay strong and courageous. 💪🙂
The winds will calm, and we’ll all still carry on. We can do no less.😊
I’m afraid my age and my naivety blind me to trolls. I see thoughtful comments, I see unkind comments (one of which I received from a normally thoughtful treehouse resident one time…I was astounded), I see comments which let me know that perhaps that person is not up to speed on the subject being discussed.
But mostly I see kind and thoughtful comments, some from people perhaps going through unbelievably bad times in their lives. If I stumble upon a harsher comment, I’ll say, I scroll right on by.
Anger and ignorance are not ingredients for reasonable diatribe. Whatever trolls are out there are experts in baiting, forming words guaranteed to trigger.
It’s distressing to open this thread this morning only to find we are losing two of our residents. I hope when the dusts settles that we will see them once more among the branches.
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I share your observations and your sentiments. Always hate to see folks leave because of their discomfort here and hope they return.
Yes ma’am. I do as well.
Hear, hear.
Betsy, do you realize where this came from? I didn’t. Go back to Sundance’s article on the Djokovic debacle in Australia. Then read the comments…Oh. My!!!!
Will do, Leenie. And no…I skipped that thread I’m afraid. Thank you.💓
Do you know where this started? I didn’t and was baffled. So I went back and read Sundance’s article about the Australia/Djokovic (sp?) debacle….then, unlike last night, I went to the comments….Oh, Holy Heaven!
It was not the usual “treehouse method of considered, well thought out opinions and sources.” It was an emotional free for all!!!!! People stating their opinions and generalizations about Australians! People stating there opinions and generalizations about “Americans.”Insults being hurled, people getting mad.
In my humble (really!) humble opinion, “Trolls try to stir up crap.” You can scroll past or pause and try to assess if this “troll” has a point. In my humble(really!) humble opinion, pausing and thinking for a moment or two before reflexively hitting the “post comment” button can’t be all bad.
On a lighter note, it seems to me the “trolls” we have here in the Treehouse are of a higher caliber that the “trolls”on other sites. That’s cause of us.
I’m certain that our two Treehouse residents will be back…once the dust settles. After all Mungrel owes us the last chapter in Granny Solace’s story!!!! (Tissues at the ready!)
Leenie, I read the same article last night and didn’t even look at the comments, kind a ew what it was going to be…
He does, Leenie. Thank you for your observations. You may well be right. Trolls I’ve seen on other sites out themselves because of ill educated grade school comments. And they try to hit all the buttons so they’ll get a rise and perhaps a threat or a response that, in anger, may be injudicious.
We must all keep our heads when commenting. As Sundance, Ad rem, Menagerie have warned, one never knows who’s “listening”.
I reread the article and scrolled through the comments. My conclusion? We’re getting played.
YUP!
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…and one more thing…do you remember in English writing class…finding your “voice?” It is the measure by which all great authors are judged. You can read Hemingway and know it is Hemingway…you can read Pearl Buck and know it is Pearl Buck..You can read Mungrel and know it’s Mungrel…it’s the “voice.” The article Sundance did that caused all the stir did not sound like “Sundance’s voice.” Once again, I was confused.
Interesting, and you aren’t the first to say so. I must go back and will after tea (Britspeak for dinner).
And yes, you are so right about literary fingerprints. There are musical ones as well. I have often commented (not here) on this, but it is so true. B 💓
Betsy, can you hear a Mozart piece and not know that is him??!
Can you tell what you are referring to?
Of course. I’m so passionate about classical music. It is a relatively easy task for me to hear a piece and know who wrote it most of the time, even if I’ve not heard that particular piece before. Cadences, notes, structure are all clues for me. Admittedly sometimes I do get it wrong. But a composer’s fingerprints carry over into all their works. Richard Strauss is a good example.
I am not a Mozart fan. As I’ve gotten older I seem to enjoy more complicated composers. Rachmaninov, Prokoviev, but always Bach.
I’m assuming that is what you were referring to?
Very interesting to hear your first hand report.
Here’s my take on some of the broader issues you’re speaking about.
There are certain niche communities/demographics that exist. For example, Americans, Australians, British, etc. Christian, Jewish, black, white, etc. And while many of us may like to think that we would come to the defense of a person in one of those communities (of which we may not be a member), most people don’t do that. I think it’s a real human failing. I attribute it to a few things: (1) not being a member of that cohort, a person just doesn’t care; certain issues aren’t compelling enough because it doesn’t touch or affect them directly, and/or (2) many people struggle with being people-pleasing and on a lot of blogs there’s a tendency to go along w/the person who writes and/or runs the blog, eager to align with them (either because they genuinely agree and/or because they seek approval and want to be part of the pack). That being the case, they are reluctant to express views that might contradict or challenge the writer/blog owner and/or what most commentators are saying.
A bit more specific to what you’re sharing, it’s been my view for a while that many in the United States are looking to Australia and are aghast at what we see unfolding, but from where I sit, a few things jump out at me about that response: (1) Political leaders in Australia are enacting truly horrifying edicts that are totalitarian in nature and it’s been shocking to see all of that unfold. (2) It may bring some (cold) comfort to look across the ocean and point a finger at some horrifying situation as a way of finding some shred of comfort in thinking, well, at least that’s not happening here, when, in fact, we’re on the exact same path and there are already cities, counties, and states here in the US that are implementing truly draconion measures that are destroying people’s lives. And (3) It’s easy to sit outside, look in, and sit in judgement, perhaps painting with broad strokes that may or may not be fully accurate.
As for your comment and perception about comments on these pages, I’ve been reading this site on and off for many years, but only relatively recently started commenting. And, for sure, I agree that there is sometimes (often?) a strident flavor of right think and wrong think with little tolerance for someone offering a different view. There is, at times, little tolerance to have areas of disagreement. I see it like a little microcosm of a window into how horrible things happen in the world, because, let’s face it, if an annonymous person commenting on a blog is reluctant to challenge group think, one can see how human history becomes littered with horrific events when people simply looked the other way because it would have required more integrity and bravery than it appears many humans possess when the chips are down.
Anyway, this is a long reply, so I’ll end it here… Wishing blessings to you as you navigate the insane waters that we all find ourselves in.
Honest, thoughtful post. Be well in all you do.
Well Assieone I came over to OT to say Goodbye only to find your post, Thankyou for saying what I was about to say, it saves me heaps of explaining.
I too have been here for over ten yrs now .my respect for this site now .
After today’s Aussie bashing I’m gone.
Sundance is actually the culprit.
I have supplied and supported this site from the beginning.
Anybody want to play games ????
Who told you mob about the peodophile connection.
Who was nearly first on this site to expose the NWO.
Who told those here what was really going on on Aussie ?
Even told you mob about the Fed, satanic rulers, elite bloodlines, hell of all things I have been loyal. My loyalty today was betrayed.
The difficulty of explanation I tried to explain on the Serb thread to no avail, as you mob here know I ain’t that good writer , I most importantly say Thank you and God bless you all.
Sundance over stepped his mark and that it.
You will have to excuse me in a sense but I am furious.
Your compatiats showed not only true ignorance but a capacity of see righteous bullshit I have not seen on this site before.
I will most likely be barred now , but before I am I’d like you all to know my love and respect by you mob I will remember.
To Sundance tell me when you were running borders, persecuted mum and children in the back ?
How about avaiding pigs to get messages through?
Runnin state lines?
What about some on ground work, like setting up medical and food outside the system , you done that?
You Sundance insulted me personally by your informed ignorance.
I am the one that informed you of the globalist plot not the other way round unless of course you were play “possum” ?
I’m done here, thanks for the site and good luck.
God bless times a million those that have helped me with the encouragement and prayer.
If I’m not barred I will say some personal goodbyes.
Check out the big S reply to Vals cartoon ? What a freaking insult !!!
Get over yourself Mungrel. We love you guys.
Well, that’s a big hole in my heart first thing this morning, dearest friend. And tears to go with it. The two are not unconnected.
This is a terrible loss for me…terrible. And I’m sure for others here who have taken you into our hearts.
I don’t know Aussieone in the same way I know you. But my world was a much better place with you in it.
While you have made your point many times about some not understanding the nuances and history of Australia (you are not wrong and this is why your presence here was so valuable), there are always some who let their mouths and emotions…and yes, ignorance…get ahead of their thinking. This is a monstrous time when, in spite of that, I feel our numbers here were benefited greatly by your on the ground reports. Truth where, with this beautiful site’s exception, none seems to exist.
You must do what you feel is right for you, Mungrel, but I will miss you dreadfully. So much so that it is impossible for me to explain how much I treasure you.
In parting, just know my woomera is safely under the bed for future use, and my tomahawk? I’ll keep it well sharpened in your honour, which is great.
You will now be my friend in absentia. Always in my thoughts and forever in my heart. And certainly in my prayers. Always in my prayers. God stay with you, M, as I’ve no doubt He has your whole life. Perhaps we will finally meet in the next. I shall miss you. With the greatest affection…Bet LBT🙏💓 (Remember…the door is never shut and bolted here. And our hearts are always ready if you decide to visit again to take up residence on the branch that is reserved for you alone💓)
IMO, Betsy eloquently said what a lot of your online friends (me) feel about you. Especially the last paragraph ❤️
I get to say good morning twice, Cat! We’ll miss him. It’s a loss all right. We’ll just have to turn him over to God now, with never ceasing prayers for his protection in the belly of the Australian beast. 🙏
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So true, so many are never forgotten and are mentioned in our prayers.
So many who have touched our lives, our hearts. We are left richer for the experience.
Oh, and this is for you, Cat, and all my deeply treasured friends here in the swaying, bending but never breaking branches of our leafy home.
💓”I love people who have no idea how wonderful they are and just wander around making the world a better place.”💓
How lucky are we?
Awww … shucks 😊
My luck turned good when I met you and all you wonderful treepers.
We are family ❤️
I know a song about that!😉 Can’t link but it’s playing in my head right now.
Can you name that tune in three notes? Lol
Seriously, if you remember the title or partial lyrics perhaps I can find it 😉
“We are fam-i-ly…all my brothers, sisters and me.”
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Quite right!
Mungrel, very sorry to hear this and hoping you will reconsider. I have been here a long time myself only reading at first and then finally signing up to say something every now and then. The list is long of people I enjoyed reading their comments and all the sudden realizing they were gone, it’s strange but I never thought something like that would make me sad but it does. I have no idea what happened to start all this but just know there are many of us here who consider you a friend and would be sad to lose you.
Times a million if I could, Tim.
I see your million and I raise a million, Betsy. 😉 ❤️
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I remember losing A2, A2 could be pretty salty sometimes but I just took it as me possibly misunderstanding a culture much different than my Texas culture. A2 brought much information to this site, I was sad when A2 quit visiting. I don’t know the exact reason but he / she was treated pretty rudely at times and I think thats what it was.
M. , just came to the CTHBto enjoy my morning coffee and what a surprise. I want repeat all that has been already said, Bet NM said it most eloquently but I’ll just say, stay here and keep up the good fight, son. We need your input and we need to be united in defeating the devils.
Like in every family there will be some disagreements but we can move past them.
A martial arts metaphor just came to my mind. When someone attack s you you don’t back away, you move towards the attacker and do a little sidestep.
Whatever your decision is stay strong and courageous in the Lord! If your decision is to split it will leave a big hole in your pop’s heart, and in quite a few other people’s hearts here.
Blessings, son!
He needs to listen to his pop, G. Fathers always offer the best advice. 💓
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Mungrel – please don’t go.
I feel a need to answer your complaint and that of Aussieone.
I have long questioned Sundances comments. It dates back to a verbal swordfight with a (seemingly) very knowledgeable source arguing about Justice Roberts ruling on Obama’s health care program. He was a lurker on a very low branch. Darn memorry – wish i could remember his / her handle.
Other sites I visit make a very clear distinction between the facts they present and their opinions or conclusions. I like Sundance’s facts, but not necessarily his conclusions. And sometimes (seems to me) his opinions / conclusions are not clearly separated from fact.
The ONLY person I trust to tell the truth is President Trump. If he makes a statement it is truth. And, as they say, silence is golden.
I share Betsy Jones’ thoughts and opinions. Few if any treepers have been to Australia. NONE have even come close to finding your trail, let alone walking in even one of your footsteps.
Besides, you can’t leave us hanging. We need the end of the ‘son of mungrel’ story. You know I am trying for a bit of humor, right? Your life is so totally different from mine.
Each of us is obsessed with our own trials and tribulations. We have trouble pulling our heads out of our behinds, looking around, and seeing and understanding how anyone else lives their life. Please forgive our crimes of selfishness.
Speaking for myself, I treasure every one of your posts. Thank You.
The unfinished son of mungrel story. What a let down. We’ll never know how it turned out ms Idaho 😔
Those were earlier unfinished chapters, Cat. His book is still ongoing. Hoping to see more.
I feel compelled to do this.
If, in fact, Mungrel, this is your final good-bye to us all…may I give a tribute?
Here’s what we’ve learned of and from you over the years:
You are a passionate man dedicated to your principals and love of your country.
You have suffered greatly in ways most of us don’t want to know about.
You feel great love for Young Mungrel and Granny and are willing to go what ever lengths are necessary to protect and defend them.
You are not above a fight.
You are not above stealth.
Whatever is at hand you are capable of using.
You are forthright in your opinions but willing to listen to others’ points of view.
You are strategic and thoughtful in your planning.
You are old and seasoned by life.
You can be “spicy’ when pushed!
You are a kind soul to people who reach out to you.
You don’t type very well. 😂. (Had to throw that in!)
This is not a “Mungrel” eulogy! It is a Mungrel “Thank you.”
(I’m not falling for the Diva thing another time. 😜) Just say, “I’ve reconsidered…”:
Me
Oh, Leenie!!! I pray with all my heart he sees this through lurking. You pegged him exactly. He would agree with you, I think. He’s all of that. I treasure principled men with chests. And he, in this world with so many men without, is a true rarity.
It’s obvious you gave great thought to this tribute, and that you took the time to post this would move him, if he only knew.
I’ll pray he is moved to check in again, if for nothing else to read this…and to understand how much he is treasured. 💓
For him..and for us!
…and he knows!!!! You know him!!!! 🤣
Betsy, actually it came fast and furious! Did not take a long time!!! Hard to not be impacted by a personality like Mungrel!!!!!! Immediately! Agree or not, the man makes an impact!!!! I’d be scared to meet him! 😂
Agree…one of life’s characters. He’s a survivor. Knowledgeable as well. His dad was an historian. I got to know him when he picked up on a comment of mine. He is easy to talk to and with. And I will miss his good heart very much.
And mungrel, if you are reading this, it is NOT an invitation to show up on my door step!!!!!!
”I treasure principled men with chests…”. Betsy! What does that mean ?😂😂😂
Leenie, it may be another word for cojones. 🙂
What a beautiful thank you to Mungrel Leenie! ❤️ 🥰
I’m playin’with Mungrel…and he knows it!!!!!
(The “tribute”was NOT Playin’. Mungrel!)
Leenie, well said. Between you, and Betsy, and FC I just can say megadittos.
Aussione, here are trolls everywhere on any and all on-line forums. There are also paid trolls from the communist enemies sent in to each conservative forum to “stir things up”.
I read multiple sites to obtain information (we sure can’t get the info from the television these days!) and I find this to be consistent. And it’s BECAUSE the treehouse has been getting more attention that those with “differing” opinions have come out of the wood work.
Censorship in ANY form should not exist in the US…NEVER. We are experiencing an unprecedented attack on our liberties and freedoms from our own government…on our our bodily integrity and autonomy, on our choices of banks, schools, right to assemble, right to worship… the list is very long.
You are drawing your line…I respect that. Sorry to lose the perspective from Australia, a place that USED TO BE on my bucket list of places to see before I die. A shame. Be well! and best of luck to you.
Mungrel, please don’t go. Who is gonna have my back in the forest if you go? The bears and coyotes scare me.
Pretty please stay?
If you do, I’ll hssss for you❤️
Don’t leave. Here is why. We have three sources of information about Australia: The Australian government, the Australian press and Australians like you. I have read the reports and I always balanced that with what you guys would add as confirmation or rebuttal. What you bring to the table is important.
We can not know what is going on unless you tell us. Your request to be civil in our discourse will be honored with the respect it deserves.
There will be people here that anger you. It happens to me occasionally with things to which I am emotionally attached and have knowledge of the realities. When it comes to Australia, it is you with emotion and knowledge. We have no idea what the truth may be unless you tell us and what you need to say may need to break down a false understanding that we have from incomplete information. Without your voices, we are in darkness.
We are on your side. We really are. We want you to be free to enjoy your lives and the pictures and stories we get tell us that there are attempts to take that away. We support your efforts whether they are overt and upfront or covert and quiet. We cannot know about the quiet stuff unless you tell us. Keep us informed.
Vibeman, so this is how it ends?
Any hope for a United front will be dashed if we have no one giving us info like Aussie and mungrel did, or any other source in other countries.
Just when we needed it them most. 😢 😿
I understand his complaint and the reason he wants to throw up his hands and just let us be. The corner of the internet that is commentary and anonymous posting can be brutal. It also may seem like one is vastly outnumbered by those that disagree.
I read every post that I came across from those on the ground in Australia to get that inside line. I hope to not lose that line of truth. We need them more than they need us.
Agree with everything you mentioned. Even we need them more than they need us
Thanks for putting it into perspective for me vibeman
What about this source?
https://www.rebelnews.com/journalist_avi_yemini
Thank you, Vibeman. I suspect that after the steam has been released, he might reconsider. Heaven knows we all need to decompress now and again. Yes, we’ve lost an important, truthful source from behind enemy lines in this world war we are all fighting. Knowledge is indeed power. We really can’t afford to lose him.
I’ll worry for him all the more now. 🙏
^^^ THIS ^^^
I read the last thread about Australia and all the posts in it. Some of your own countrymen disagree with you, so they too know what life is like in Australia. So who do we we believe? You say you lived in Texas, that is great, but you you know understanding why we Americans treasure our 2nd Amendment (hint: it is not about hunting or even self protection) And you are wrong about us and our politicians, occasionally we do get it right, and sometimes our court system does send the correct people to jail. I hope you succeed your carefree life in a good natured way
Like you I have been an almost daily “lurker” for 10 years now. Not that you asked but here’s my 2 cents: You could just read Sundance’s articles and skip the Comments. I have a feeling though you learned as much from the Comments as you did from the articles. Gab is also a free speech platform. It’s a bit shocking at first according to twatter and fakebook users. However, you the user have the power to scroll past, mute and block any content you do not want. Personally, I prefer a platform that allows the toms, dicks and whoevers getting their jollies. Yes, there are such people in this world. I just scroll on by at CTH, block/mute on Gab. I sure wouldn’t let them chase me away but that’s who I am. Outstanding vent though!
You make a good point, Barbara. Surely it is no bad thing to see what the “enemy” is thinking. They expose themselves openly in their comments. They show their vulnerable side. So the ability to see side by side arguments of any issue exposes them for what they are. No facts, emotion, denial, ugliness in their hatred and contempt for honest rebuttal, and for those who offer such. I could go on. Light vs inky Darkness.
Perhaps by seeing polar opposite views and the way each is phrased, there will be some who will realize that the side they’ve chose has nothing to offer them. Perhaps they will peep in our window and wish to be a part of what we have. I pray so. I’m sure there are a lot of Prodigal Sons and Daughters who would like to. Hoping so anyway.
Hi Barbara 🙋♀️
I don’t know why but I’ve got a feeling mungrel would have liked your description ….Tom, dicks and whoever’s getting their jollies 😉
FC, forgive me my attempt at crude humor but sometimes the Toms get neutered and the Dicks fall flat. 😸
Just couldn’t help it.
Forgive? Not necessary.
Sometimes the jokes just write themselves, you are the master of supplying the punchline 😆
Someone recently said to me something to the effect, never lose your sense of humor. As true then as it is true now
We could build on this one, but I’m a lady and not supposed to do things like that😊
LOL, agreed, FC. Better that we stop it here or we may end up in the bin, he, he.
Thank you for the kind word, but master of the punchline I am not. This one was just waiting there hanging and we were in a need of some levity. 🙂
Our oldest son, otoh is a real comedian.
GRANDPA!!! I’m Shocked and appalled!!! 😂🤣
But I said I was sorry…LOL!
Aussieone – I hope you will check back. I give you this:
Those who think they know it all are very annoying to those of us who do. —Robert K. Mueller
Please see my response to Mungrel below. We desperately need folks like you both (and other lurkers) to keep our own hubris in perspective.
Thank You for your post.
Thank you for your feedback. I enjoyed reading your thoughts.
Interesting as heck. Always enjoy seeing other’s perspectives.
The perspective that comes to mind is not much different from the characters in Cool Hand Luke, Luke was the ‘tall poppy’ (new to that phrase, so also very interesting) – and what you seem to be describing is that Australians are like the prisoners in jail, no one wants to be the first one to stand up and take on the jailor/system/consensus so find it easier to take down the ‘tall poppy’.
How is what just happened to the tennis player not a show trial? That is exactly what it was, from start to finish.
Enjoyed reading the entire explanation of how you, as an Australian, view your system, which, in a nutshell is a description of go-along to get-along. Which is exactly as Sundance’s article described it, just different words.
We all like freedom, some prefer the freedom to hide comfortably within the crowd, others enjoy the freedom to be left alone, to stand out from the crowd, tall and proud. I think your explanation helped, at least me, to understand the different understanding of what freedom means. So thank you for that.
New here, so interesting comment. I didn’t read the comments/posts on Australia, so not sure what you’re responding to. However, as a Canadian – so culturally similar in some respects, while also closer to America, I will say that there is some naivete in this post. Things like:
“Yes we are wearing the masks at the moment. No, no one wants to, they are pretty much useless. It’s not actually a big deal though, we would rather wear it than pay a fine, which would take away from our beer money.”
That’s how most people seem to feel here, except you forget that everything the government asks you to do is at the point of a gun. We have had people arrested here for not showing their vaccine passports. I have been yelled at in the grocery store for not standing on the correct floor decal. So, you think it’s not a big deal, but that is where the erosion of your rights–and again, for what?!–begins. This is simply not the pathogen for these kinds of measures. If masks don’t work, but I must comply to buy groceries, then I am (a) complicit in obeying, because I don’t want to pay a fine/be arrested and (b) I’ve unfortunately enabled the government to create laws based on nonsense, (c) I don’t see any way out because the government keeps changing the goalposts on when we can stop wearing them, despite the fact that there are MORE vaccinated people in hospital here at the moment (with COVID) than unvaccinated. So, I disagree that it is “not a big deal” – it is the tip of the iceberg, and the bureaucrats have all the power because Canadians are pretty mild and obedient. The mainstream media and the government are also basically one voice at this point.
I can understand leaving a blog or social media, or wanting to correct people on their assumptions or stereotypes, but your explanation, to me as a Canadian, sounds like what I’ve been living with. The reason the world looks to America as the “land of the free” is because to much of the world, including, increasingly, the smug ol’ Commonwealth, the US Constitution is still the only one that truly puts citizens’ rights and freedoms first AND allows its citizens to defend those freedoms from (potentially) tyrannical government.
Cello….a very interesting and factual perspective
Thanks for the ability to put the words in my head down in such a easy understandable way 😉
Excellent, cellotape. You hit all the bullet points. Hope you stay a while. Welcome.
Forgive me! I don’t recognize your name here. (Probably my fault!!! 😂)
That was probably one of the longest posts I’ve ever read from someone I’ve never heard of before. (Or perhaps your past comments never registered on my “commenters I want to keep track of.” Meter.)
Sweeping generalizations about a countries’ population without facts, data and citations come down to an individual’s personal feelings and beliefs. That’s fine, but, here in theTreehouse, we require a more stringent proof of “Fact.” You inadvertently, or not, stirred up a hornet’s nest based solely on you feelings and opinions.
May I, very humbly suggest, before you climb out too far on your Treehouse limb, you spend a little more time reading the responses and the discussions…odd that “”Today was the first time I felt compelled to speak…”. That is odd, too. 10 years with all of the lively discussion, today was the day you decided to wade in?
I’m calling BS
Leenie, I too haven’t posted in over ten years here. I took me that long to get over my perceived abrupt tone I received for a innocent comment. I felt, It had a school marm tone to it and recently it seemed the cth had rid itself of these tones. The guidelines of the treehouse seemed to iron out those wrinkles. So I began to post.
Sometimes my posts are not based in cited facts. Should I stop posting too?
I don’t understand
Perhaps you can help me to understand. 😉
Dear Kitty, I am the queen of “abrupt tones!”
No! Never stop posting! I have learned the hard way, being a very opinionated woman, that there is a difference between your feelings and opinions on a subject and the facts you know and can reliably cite about what you think and how you inform you opinions.
My rule is to clearly delineate between the two. “This is my opinion:” “This is what i have read: cite sources.”
I think, here in the Treehouse, you are free and welcome to post an opinion!!!! I think we all welcome that!
If you would like to engage in a discussion there needs to be a basis for that opinion and that takes a little work…
Private comment (i guess not, right?). In am married to the debater of all debaters. All discussions need to be thoughtful, researched, and above all cordial….(we are after all married!)
I have been plagued by the occasional rant, as we all can be
Your contributions have been very good!!
Leenie, thank you for your response for my appeal for help in understanding what you were saying.
I, too, was once the queen of “abrupt tones”. I truly understand. I have learned many valuable lessons. I cannot delineate between the two (opinions, sources) as my opinion is based on the source I read. They sorta blend for me and become a part of what my feelings are regarding the topic.
Being married to a crisis intervention specialist has taught me some of the same things your debater has taught you; thoughtful, researched, cordial and, most of all accurate with minimal damage caused to whatever the situation is
Personally, for me, it works much better to be sweeter, kinder, and always give the benefit of doubt to the situation in hand. H&ll, I wouldn’t have stayed married to the same man for over 45 years if I didn’t soften my tone over the years. He showed me how to soften my edges. ❤️
And Leenie, my name is feral. Feral cat 😉
This ‘evolved’ and came to life ‘by chance’?
No chance!
[video src="https://i.imgur.com/o68PYFK.mp4" /]
Whistling, I was listening to a radio program that was discussing the possibility of “can different species of birds communicate with each other”. Fellow did a most scientific experiment in the woods. He placed numerous speakers in the forest and played various bird calls to see if any would communicate back. His conclusion was yes.
I was chuckling as I listened because a few days ago, I was privileged to witness as well as hear the bird world unite to defend one birds nest by another bird predator. All species defending as one.
Told an environmentalist this story, couldn’t contain my delight that the all the fellow had to do was observe the bird world. That I saw all kinds of things like that all the time!
Environmentalist wasn’t amused😎
Speaking of bird calls, Feral Cat …
I once imitated a Cardinal song out in the woods. Turns out the particular song happened to be a male’s territorial song meaning something along the lines of “Hey you, this is my turf, get off my lawn!” Unfortunately, there happened to be another male Cardinal flying by at the time. So the first Cardinal heard my imitation of his song, thought the poor innocent flying Cardinal was the one singing, and attacked said poor innocent Cardinal in mid air!
… Oops! * sheepish grin *
😂 hope they both flew off unharmed. It was a innocent oops. Most entertaining 🤭
I’ve spent many years studying virtuosity. Initially, becoming friends with really accomplished with writers and musicians, having a good background in social psychology, I became interested in what made these unique people tick. I’ve had the great, good fortune to discuss and interview a number of virtuosos over a number of years. What I’ve concluded is, IMHO, a Great Truth about virtuosity: Virtuosos know how good they are. When they perform a complex a musically demanding picece—as we’re about to see here—we’re seeing a remarkable display of talent and hard-owned technical skill that few people can emulate.
The virtuoso stands alone in this—they absolutely know how good they are, are completely confident in their ability to perform.
There are few people who can match what a virtuosos can do. And, honestly, Angel Romeo shown shows just how good he is . . . The Concerto de Aranuez is one of the most demanding pieces of guitar and orchestra music. Here we have Angel Romero—on of the famous Romero family concert artists—performing the concerto with a full symphony orchestra. This is a demanding piece of music. It requires a profound degree of virtuosity . . .
A few years ago, my friend Rafael performed the concerto. When we went back stage to congratulate him, he immediately, laughingly, told us he knew we’d showed up to see if he would screw up the hard bits. (He didn’t). Here, we have Angel turning in a truly world-class performance of a famous and world respected concerto. Enjoy, Treepers. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=TPAUL-sP09o&ab_channel=MIGHTYJLY
I forgot to mention this. If you’re interested Angel is playing one of the very best concert guitars ever made—its a Miguel Rodriguez concert guitar. The Rodriguez family made guitars for the Romero family for many, many years. They are truly, world class instruments. I am pleased to say that I own one of these wonderful guitars and it is everything you might expect it to be. I am not its owner. I am simply its caretaker. 🙂
Wow. How cool.
I like the last one the best … very catchy tune! 🙂
🙂
Truly Magnificent , Garrison ! Thank You for posting this 😊 Wow !
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I became familiar with this concerto when I was 18, too many years ago. A virtuoso he is, Garrison. There are many fine guitarists, but Angel Romero is the master. His family is not too shabby either😉.
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Listening to these was delightful; refreshing, and a fantastic way to start the day!
Thanks so much for sharing.
Dear Heavenly Father we give You thanks and praise and ask for Your forgiveness in the holy name of Your Son Jesus.
Lead us Lord and we will follow. Amen
Amen
BE STILL MY SOUL
One of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are arrayed in the white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?”
I told him, “My lord, you know.”
He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.
Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them. They will never be hungry or thirsty any more.
The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters.
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
— Revelation 7:13-17, WEB
My hymnbook includes verse 3, which is missing from the video:
1 Be still my soul, the Lord is on your side; bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
Leave to your God to order and provide; in ev’ry change He faithful will remain.
Be still my soul; your best, your heav’nly Friend through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.
2 Be still my soul, your God will undertake to guide the future as He has the past.
Your hope, your confidence let nothing shake; all now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still my soul; the waves and winds still know His voice who ruled them while below.
3 Be still my soul, though dearest friends depart and all is darkened in this vale of tears;
Then you will better know His love, His heart, Who comes to sooth your sorrows and your fears,
Be still my soul, your Jesus can repay from His own fulness all He takes away.
4 Be still my soul, the hour is hast’ning on when we shall be forever with the Lord,
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone, sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
Be still my soul; when change and tears are past, all safe and blessed we shall meet at last.
Yipes!!!
Good morning all.
Hurricanes in 2021 Were Unprecedented — as in U𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱𝗹𝘆 F𝗲𝘄Hurricanes in 2021 Were Unprecedented — as in U𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱𝗹𝘆 F𝗲𝘄 – Watts Up With That?
Plywood sales will be down.
Illinois House Bill HB4244 would result in Illinoisans being involuntarily entered into the state’s immunization data registry if passed.
This bill will be heard by the Illinois House Human Services Committee on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 9:00 AM.
This bill is abhorrent and has no purpose other than being a tool for enforcing vaccine mandates.
Please consider submitting a witness slip opposing this bill: https://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/137267?committeeHearingId=18917&LegislationId=137267&LegislationDocumentId=172649&HCommittees1%2F23%2F2022-page=1&committeeid=0&chamber=H&nodays=7&_=1642392587586&fbclid=IwAR11sSb8dN_B6PODP_JoyJzkxEwOam4JoZ-aHeWNWyZ3Lt_ZADVR3LwCOKM
This links shows the number of witness slips submitted in favor and in opposition of this bill: https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/Witnessslip.asp?LegDocId=172649&DocNum=4244&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=137267&GAID=16&SessionID=110&GA=102&SpecSess=&Session=&WSType=OPP
This link contains a synopsis of this bill: https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocTypeID=HB&DocNum=4244&GAID=16&SessionID=110&LegID=137267&fbclid=IwAR384i2vRTSmWKiACb8ZQKaCFPcdOy8IL-65m1jRC2nelDfIQ2hmYE55J3U
Synopsis of the bill:
Amends the Immunization Data Registry Act.
Provides that health care providers, physician’s designees, or pharmacist’s designees shall (rather than may) provide immunization data to be entered into the immunization data registry.
Provides that the written information and the immunization data exemption forms must include information that the health care provider shall (rather than may) report immunization data to the Department of Public Health to be entered into the immunization data registry. Effective January 1, 2023.
News that isn’t in “the news”.
German Household Electricity Prices Reach New Record High In 2021…Share Of Green Electricity Falls!
German Household Electricity Prices Reach New Record High In 2021…Share Of Green Electricity Falls! – Watts Up With That?
Germany has gone whole hog into “renewables” and the effects are starting to show. It will only get worse. This is the way the democrats here want us to go.
I knew this was coming when the abhorrent Merkel ordered their nuclear power, well, nuked, after Fukishima. Foolish, stupid woman.
Angela has been a commie from her youth. Commie is as commie does. Never forgot anything old, nor learned anything new.
And childless, as so many of this type of woman “leader” is. Nothing to live for but self, self, self.
And not just the women, France’s Micron comes to mind…
Well, he almost qualifies as an honorary one, don’t you think?
He sure does. 🙂
Off to do a 3 stop milk run at Tenneco plants in Ohio. Van Wert is the first stop and I can’t remember off the top of my head where the other two are. But I should be back this evening, unless I run into the unexpected. I just hope they have their ramps plowed and salted.
If you come south into Kentucky, be careful. Our crews are working to clear the roads and they are not as well equipped as our northern friends. On the good side, the I-65 and I-75 corridors were not hit as hard as they expected.
Looks as though others are making lists of the companies discriminating against their employees…take a look; some I am already withholding my money from.
Can anyone add more?
https://nakedemperor.substack.com/p/name-and-shame-companies-discriminating?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo1MDgyMTU3OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDcyMDc0NTgsIl8iOiJlTDBkYiIsImlhdCI6MTY0MjQyNDMyMiwiZXhwIjoxNjQyNDI3OTIyLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNjAyMzczIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.nuztmj-S6sj9gSIZvGo8ZLs3SuncjRuymZpFQxfZsQE
Mornin’ infidels!
I like the sippy cup.
Probably the last one in the store.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
Great great good morning Treeps!
I just referred to you as MIA! So glad to see I was wrong. BetNM💓
Mornin’ Frank.
Morning…oops!!! Afternoon, LS😊
(smile) Good afternoon, Betsy. My how time flies…….
Good afternoon, LS.
I’ll say!!! More and faster lately.😁 On winged feet.
Good afternoon, Frank!
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 Trisagion Hymn
and the
50th Psalm (Septuagint)
It’s not what name you call him; but that you call him………..
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.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
Verse of the Day for Monday, January 17, 2022
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14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
Philippians 2:14-16 (KJV)
Good morning ☀️ duchess
Thank you for being my constant guiding star. I appreciate your postings everyday ❤️
Gorgeous flowers! Have a wonderful day! 🙂
Quip O’Day – January 17, 2022 – This seems fitting as an overall response to both Aussieone and Mungrel
Those who think they know it all are very annoying to those of us who do. —Robert K. Mueller
Read its history: https://www.va.gov/opa/publications/celebrate/pledge.pdf
Mornin’ Treepers
Let us not forget the Christian persecution in the world.
Raymond Ibrahim
Is a great source of information on the persecution from Muslims on Christians…we nee to be praying for our brothers and sisters in Christ!
https://www.raymondibrahim.com/2022/01/03/blaming-israel-not-muslims-for-christian-woes/
He is one of my favourites. Whatever he pens is well worth reading.
Here’s an open thread comment!!!! Any one notice the RIDICULOUS number of ads on Television about pharmaceutical medications?
Yes. They were quiet for awhile – now they are back in full force – with NEW drugs.
I can’t tell if they are advertising because business is OFF? Or just because …
The other one that has me scratching my head is the ads to enroll in Medicare Advantage plans. Enrollment deadline was in December. Things went quiet for a bit – now they are back too. Nearly every ad break has one or the other – or both.
I hope my poor mute button doesn’t fail me.
I am almost 69 and didn’t sign up for Part B. I still get the Advantage plans in my mail box several times a week
Oool. Did they bring the joe Namath ad back? Hope he’s in his fur and leggs pantyhose. Never forgot that image in my head 😂
MAN! Namath and Jimmy Walker! I thought we were done with those!!!
Leenie, since I fired Directv a couple of years ago I’ve been much happier.
Trying to figure out an alternative for Mom and Stepdad since that’s all that he does all day.Don’t want to cut him off because he’ll drive mom nuts. I do want to drop Directv and use something else since they are dropping OANN. Can’t be too complicated because they won’t be able to use it. If it is online will have to get them satellite internet and it still needs to be very simple.
Grandpa!!! Are you revealing that we have “greats?”
Yes, Leenie, we sure do. LOL
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I’m so happy!!! Do the greats comment?
No, tried to get them years ago to do the computer thing so they could skype relatives accross the pond but it didn’t work.
Making me re calculate your age…. You have to be as old as me!!! A young Grandpa!!!!
Now, get to work on Mungrel!!!! 🤣
I’d say you are probably right. 🙂
…and you gave me an idea! I should change my moniker to “wise old woman.” It lends an air of gravitas, don’t you think? Leenie sounds kind of juvenile…I’m stopping!!!!
Actually, statistically speaking, you must be younger than me if you have Mom and step dad still living in their home! (Unless they’re in their 90’s!!!). Blessings to you, Grandpa!!!!
Wifey and I are the sandwich generation. One of the main reasons that I retired was to help with all the doctors’ appointments.
Sandwich generation!!! All over that!! (Much to my husband’s chagrin! My most dreaded words at 10:30 in the morning from my husband: “I’m starving!”
I’m sooo over it! Healthy meals for a family of six! For years and years… Sweetheart, make your own lunch!!!
I should have known better…. My dad is 92. You Grandpa, are probably my age, who would guess!!!!! You are more blessed than I in that arena!!!!
Doctor’s appointments? You okay?
For the “children”. Mostly stepdad. I have a couple of things to tweak myself that I’ll try to take care of now that I am “retired”. Told wifey the other day that I was ready to go back to work to catch a break. Just kidding.
My husband threatens the same thing, re going back to work…and he only has me to contend with!!!! Imagine!!! 😂
Can he stream using Roku box, G? We dropped DTV, got a box, and have an endless smorgasbord of choices.
I don’t know Betsy. We live out in the boonies and their house is in a hole so very little cell signal. Will have to install satellite internet for it to work but will look into it.
depending on where they live (closer to major markets usually yields more channels),
would antenna tv work ?
simple, FREE, HD,
all local and network newscasts available,
amazing amount of programming –
many cable channels partnered with free tv channels as outlets for their programs.
no oann yet, but that could be a simple solo plug-in.
in chicago burbs, i get 86 channels with a small indoor antenna.
granted, a number are in espanol, but i occasionally watch anyway with english subtitles!😂
Thank you! No free tv signal. Too far out in the wild. No cable – too few customers. The only options are satellite tv and internet.
well, out in the wild sounds darn good,
except for the tv thing!😉😁
i’ll vote for internet – less outages. 😂
best wishes for an optimal solution!
🙂
https://vutvplus.com/
I don’t know if this might be a good option? It is internet-based as best I can tell. I don’t have any personal experience with it, but it does carry OANN.
also https://www.klowdtv.com/
All brought to you by Pfizer.
When we returned from overseas and watched American telly again, it was the first thing that struck me. Not done in the UK.
I thought how ridiculous it was to advertise a product that one couldn’t buy OTC but needed a scrip for. And how much more useful it would be for these pharma companies to use the obscene amounts of money they spent on these ads to lower the cost of their products or to help those who were having trouble paying for their medications.
And this was before they exposed themselves as acolytes of deliberate evil.
Betsy,it get more insidious…You talk to your doctor about these meds, they prescribe them, three refills, then they want to see you back in the office again when the prescription expires. Rinse and repeat. And then it dawns on you…”They’re all in on this. It’s not about health, it’s about money.” (Pretty sure you know this.)
Yao Ming throws out the RED carpet for Enes Kanter. Yao has put on the pounds.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/yao-ming-invites-china-critic-enes-kanter-to-visit-beijing
Winter driving.
It was a four stop milk run, not a three.
Going up I-69 things got crappy quick from freezing drizzle. Multiple slide offs along the way. Quite greasy from the 170 mm until I got off on I-469 around the south side of Ft. Wayne. From there roads were great. Delivered and picked up in Van Wert. OH and then headed east on US-30.
Things got bad again when I got off on OH-98 and then 598. This time it wasn’t ice but snow. Again some accidents with a couple of vehicles laying in their roofs. Bad Ju Ju. But I took my time and made it through fine.
Coming back another bit of ice on I-69 and then it got better as I headed south.
Doing the same run again tomorrow. Hopefully they’ll have it under control by then.
At least I didn’t have to pull off as Randy did up on US-31 North of Puru, IN because the road was a sheet of ice. He sat on a ramp for almost 4 hours waiting for the state to get the road good enough to travel on.
Years ago I drove harder and took more chances. Went into Boston the morning after they had received the most snow they ever had in 24 hours. Looking back at some of the stuff I did, like driving down the MA Turnpike at 60 mph even though it was closed due to snow, and bobtailing through a blizzard on I-70 and 76 to pick up a trailer at Camp Hill, PA; I wonder how God decided I deserve to still be around?
Not anymore. I will go if I can but I will take my time about it. My skills are still there and the seat of my pants still talks to me loud and clear, but I guess I just listen to it more now.
Glad to hear you made it all right through today’s winter weather, Rah!
I believe Fauci is not paid enough. $10,000,000 worth of assets in investments for a soul to burn in Hell for eternity. Especially for a crown he will never wear.
He does his bidding for the elites and shall burn for a salary of $450,000?
Pelosi is worth ten time s that for her destruction.
Our lives are but a vapor, a moment in eternity yet most never spend a minute on eternal savings.
With the same love of money and power Fauci could have built a mansion for eternal habitation.
Can you imagine the complete hopelessness when that realization is struck?
Pure agony!
I wish hell on nobody, that’s why we pray for these people.
They are our stepping stone we are their stumbling block.
The thing is, eternal rewards are like ripe cherries all around us, free. They drip with the sweet dew of Gods promises of joy and love.
They taste of the greatest of sweetness and satisfaction.
How can anyone miss that?
When selfishness creates misery after misery yet selflessness brings heaven into your world.
Why? How can we be so blind?
There is a veil ever so thin, that separates us from eternity.
You may step into it at any moment, did you know this?
You leave yourself for another. God is our goal but he resides in every human alive, kids are a gift for just that purpose. It’s why Satan hates and wishes to destroy them.
When you sacrifice something you as an ego hold dear, you step into Gods realm of eternity. You will never go back from that moment.
The greater the sacrifice the greater and deeper the reward of seeing what God sees.
Nobody can do it for you, just as death is personal in this physical form, so is rebirth. It is an individual issue. All the money and power anchors us to this corrupt world. Letting go of it is as death is except…..you live and are awakened within.
How far you wish to go is as infinite as the space. The only limits are our fears. It’s why they use fear on us.
Pale rider, the beauty in your words is inspiration to the soul💕
😊 thank you
So many confusing, sad, and questionable posts today. I read them this morning but couldnt comment because they had me upset all day.
I guess I’ll just see how things play out.
Someone suggested we’re being played… guess I’ll have to keep figuring out the players.
Mungrel, my prayers are with you always.
have you checked dexter’s twitter lately?
he does not look good. could be meds, but still….
last i saw they were thinking blasto, histoplas, or such.
just wondering if you were able to filter out anything else about his condition.
have a good evening.
I am not on twitter, and from what I could figure out, I did not see what you mention.
I know nothing of his med history so I really have nothing to go on. I keep trying to find out about him though, but i only know to click on sundance’s link.
thought i recalled you working in the field as an LVT.
last i saw on twitter, they were thinking systemic fungal infection (histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, or other.)
when i saw the latest pic, wanted to bounce it off another experienced eye.
if you have an ios device, you can read his twitter feed directly –
just search “golden advice twitter” and will come right up.
thanks for taking the time to reply.
hope the labs show something treatable.
take care.
Very confusing for me too slow cobra. I’m taking it as a practice run for the real game.
Let’s see what the next pitch will be by the other team 😉
See you all tomorrow! ❤️
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.
Amen.
Amen!
Amen. And prayers up for the relief and comfort of political prisoners, those whose names we recognize but also those suffering unknown to us. Praying for Julian Assange, for Pastor Pawlowski, and for all victimized by the January 6 event
Amen 🙏
Amen.
Amen.
more cruel and inhumane treatment of patients and families because “covid”….
https://patch.com/illinois/crystallake/parents-say-they-can-t-visit-baby-nicu-who-has-covid-19
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/suburban-mom-reunites-with-newborn-boy-after-separation-due-to-covid-19-diagnoses/
This struck me as worth seeing. We have a lot to learn about those of God’s creation we call animals
https://rumble.com/vsaq11-baby-wildebeest-walk-with-lion-in-serengeti.html
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.