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 24, 2022
Amen! Bone crushing joy for forgiven vermin like me!
Titus 3:5,6 ESV
Thanks, DD!
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Good Morning ☀️
If we come across someone who can’t reach the fountain, would it be alright to offer them some of your water? Or would that act of assistance be considered interfering with Gods plan, ie giving a destitute person money.
Perhaps. Having difficulty expressing my question.
If the fountain(water) represents all things God, and an individual needs to find their own way to and surrender to God on their own to receive the Lord, would I be interfering if I did anything else other than point the way?
Note to self….need to study more
Thanks for helping my understanding ❤️
Christ has no body but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which He looks
Compassion on this world,
Yours are the feet with which He walks to do good,
Yours are the hands, with which He blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet,
Yours are the eyes, you are His body.
Christ has no body now but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which he looks
compassion on this world.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
— St. Teresa of Ávila (attributed)
Think I got it now 🤗
Thanks menagerie 🥰
I think the message is simply “Do not let pride get in the way of salvation.” The message is for the thirsty ones needing a drink and not doing what is needed to get it. I can point to the water, but I cannot drink it for them. At some point they have to overcome self and just drink. For many that never happens.
Good morning, Cat!!
Who’s to say that in giving that assistance we are not being used by Him for His holy purpose? Which of us is to know His plan? Are we the answer to somebody’s prayers, placed in a position by Him to do His will? All unanswerable questions, I know.
Do what good you can as you walk by. I believe it is that simple🙏💓
Gracious good morning to all my peeps!!
Thank you, Dan. A very much needed Dr Spurgeon today… and every day. A joyful reminder that, yes, it is that easy to start the journey with Him, no matter how far down life’s path one is. Neverending blessings to one and all.🙏
Good morning, Betsy. Waiting at the hospital with stepdad to have a bunch of tests done. Has been so far 1.5 hour wait. Getting a lot of are we there yet. Old guy is getting quite inpatient especially after a lot of people that came later have been called in.
Oh golly, G!! What a mess our medical system has turned into. Gone is compassion and healing. I don’t think there is anything more annoying or infuriating than watching people “cut in line”. The corporatist hospitals and doctors time is valuable. Yours is not. That’s the message and it is rude and condescending. I am so sorry you are both being placed in that position. Shame SHAME on them!!
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Sweet dog shows how it’s done!
Amen dubuyuh p!
I needed that devotional. It hit the sweet spot.
Thanks 🙏🙌✝️🙌🙏
Amen, W_P!
Wp, 👆 is holding hands with 👇, it seems like a partnership made in heaven!
My upmost for his highest, Jan 23. Hope my link works:
https://utmost.org/transformed-by-beholding/
Be interested in what you think if you’re so inclined.
Many years ago, I was working on a nasty ink pump. It was probably the most hated job in that maintenance shop, but I liked it as people did not bother me. I was up to my elbows in ink and just working away. I may have been whistling as I often did. I stopped when I saw one of my coworkers standing there watching. “What’s up?” He answered (as I remember it), “I was just watching you work. No one I know seems happy when working on those. There something different about you and I am trying to figure out what it is.”
From time to time people see. They just do not say that they see.
Love this example.
You are right. People are watching – and noticing. That’s wonderful that your co-worker could put it in words.
Shine on!
A story that says so much about you, VM, and your life philosophy. Perhaps your colleague was changed by being so honest with you and your outlook. Clearly an impression was made.
I appreciate your story all the more because my son and my husband are just like you. Both are familar with the types of jobs you write about. Attitude is all. Plus the knowledge that any work they do they are actually putting their reputations and names on it.
That used to mean everything. Pride on what was done which is always done better because of their attitude. It doesn’t, in the end, matter who notices or acknowledges a job well done…any job, dirty or now. You know. No price can be put on that.
There was one thing to remember when working on ink pumps: scratch your nose before you start because without fail you will need to once you start.
😂😂😂!!! But of course. It was ever thus.
Ernest Shakleton’s famous expedition is so remarkable. Here’s a link to one of several videos that tell the story, but I like this one because it uses actual footage from the journey.
Of all the books out there about this journey and incredible story of survival I think this one is the best with the most comprehensive amount of photos.
We were actually taught this history in school !
Douglas Mawson was also an Antarctic explorer of note, I believe he helped fund Shakleton and provided guidance .
Fun fact : Fossil evidence shows Australia and Antarctica were once a single massive continent, apparently separation occurred 30 million yrs ago, this continent is referred to as Gondwana.
I was taught this at approximately age thirteen, now days a university coarse and a hundred grand earns you this information!!!!
de-evolution at play !
Wow, very interesting. I’d never heard of him until there was a museum tour many years ago that had the actual boat he traveled in to get to the island to seek help. It inspired me to learn about him and this incredible tale of survival. I’ve often wondered since reading about it: Are there men like this anymore?
There still are men’s men here, I think you would find the same said of woman as well.
The good ones on both sides get “snapped” up pretty quickly !
From my personal observations numbers are dwindling.
I nearly went to Antarctica in my early twenties, as a carpenter by trade with top qualifications a family freind (ex army) persuaded me to go for a job on ocean liners as a matinence carpenter, what I didn’t know was the company also had the matinence contract at Australian Antarctic bases!
I came 9th out of 350 odd applicant’s, they then dwindled it down to three for three positions , I was the third, all I had to do was pass the psych and physical tests, I would of done that easy.
There was a problem though, at the time it was huge but now not so much.
Mungrel fell in love.
The end.
Great story! Kinda bittersweet.
Oh my goodness, you told such an incredible, touching, and humorous story in a very short space. That is amazing! All it was missing was, Once upon a time….. and then we get: Mungrel fell in love. The end!!!Oooohhhhhhhhhhhhh so fantastic!!! Great story so beautifully told!
Nowadays if you were taught this, you’d be told Shackleton was a racist colonizer drawn to whiter than white snow for all the obvious reasons and that the crew were a bunch of misogynists because there wasn’t a woman on board.
You forgot the dog handler into beastiality and they tyranny cook, but otherwise correct .
Thanks for the facts fellow mongrel. Hehee
I’ll read this this eve n report back. Can’t wait 😊
I watched an excellent Shackleton documentary a number of years ago. Among the amazing skills that saved Shackleton and his crew was a 800 mile voyage in an open boat, navigating by the stars, and then landing at a tiny spot called South Georgia. His ship was named “Endurance” but the real endurance was Shackleton and his crew.
Exactly. And that little boat was part of the museum exhibit that was the start of my journey reading about this amazing feat of strength, bravery, and, yes, endurance!!!!!
Oh boy! Love the spirit. Can never go wrong with Count Basie.
Funny (ish) story: Garrison, I saw a comment of yours on a thread today and since you don’t comment very often, it jumped out at me and I thought, wait a minute, he lives over there (meaning the Open Thread). And it reminded me of a time many years ago when I was working with very troubled children and one evening as I was about to leave to go home and was making the rounds saying good-night to everyone, one of the children (probably around 4 yrs old) looked at me with surprise and said, “Don’t you live here?” (And, believe me, many days it felt like I lived there!) And I had to gently explain that I didn’t live there, taking great care because she was clearly thrown by the idea that I was not on site all the time and that I lived/had a life somewhere else. Anyway, when I saw your comment and my mind made a brief pit stop and thought, wait a minute, Garrison’s over there, I thought of that child…
Tears! We never know the deep impact we may have on the little one’s The Lord places in our paths.
I’m POSITIVE you were a blessing.
Thanks much for your post
Well . . . despite being such a creature of habit, I do occasionally wander onto other threads.
One thing I love about big band music like Count Basie is its distinct American character is enjoyed and respected all around the world. You can go to a 5 star hotel in Shanghai and find a Chinese band doing a pretty good imitation of the Count. But you won’t find much Chinese music anywhere outside of China. Must make the CCP politicos envious.
What a fabulous observation. America has produced some much timeless music that cuts across all cultural barriers because it’s just that good.
Oy vey! Who doesn’t love Count Basie?? His music grabs your feet, and your soul; as you ascend heavenward, dancing on cloud number nine! Thank you, again, for the beautiful music, you share!
Blast from the past…..
Righteous Brothers Soul & Inspiration, 1966
Righteous You’ve lost that loving feeling, 1965
When I first saw a picture of those two I was amazed. I had always liked their music but I had always thought they were black. Talk about “blue-eyed soul!”
Me and Nolan Richardson had the same experience, except in reverse. He first heard of Larry Bird when Bird’s Indiana State team was playing New Mexico State. Richardson was driving at night and listening to the game on his car radio. Bird, as usual, had a great game and Richardson said to himself, “Man, that brotha can PLAY BALL!” His comment upon seeing a picture of Bird in the paper the next day: “DAMN!”
If ya’ll want a really eye opening lesson about the music of the 60’s and 70’s, watch the documentary ” Muscle Shoals “. Catch the long version if you can.
It starts off slow for 5 minutes with background of the area but, wow, does it forever change your mind about those songs we all grew up with and know the words to.
It’s also the tragic story of 1 man from dirt poor to wealth through hard work and determination and kids who just happened to be in the area. Ya the “Swampers”. Just a hint from the song Sweet Home Alabama.
Take your mind off things tonight and go back in time for a great and rewarding history lesson about rock and roll and story of hard work and determination.
Mark,
Thanks for the tip. I’ll do that and be looking forward to it.
YW Mac. Make sure you watch the end. Talk about gold and platinum!! Have a blessed day y’all.
Rusalka (Moon Song) sung by Frederica von Stade. So incredibly warm, lush, passionate, intense, and full of grace. Enjoy Treepers!
Sorry guys. For some reason my posts are not showing up.
Sorry….I had to take a belated dinner break.
What if I told you in was a reheated enchilada that DH brought home 3 hours ago? 😀
Ha! I’d say you’re well on your way to preparing for the impending disaster. What next, dehydrated chicken? (And I have no idea who “DH” is but can only pray it’s someone who treats ya’ good!)
DH = dear husband. 😀 (Ugh…it’s prolly long since out of date in our brave new world.)
Ad Rem,
We may be a rough bunch to deal with sometimes, but I promise you that NONE of us would be so craven as to want to deny you dinner! Bon appetit!
No worries Ad rem. Glitches happen. We know you are keepin’ an eye on things.
Babylon Bee has a video out… “Murderer considers whether he will follow new gun control laws”. Its pretty good…. Featuring a An Eastern european mafiosi character musing about the problems he will have obtaining guns legally LOL
I must jump in here before some illinformed idiot say “Australians gave up their guns” every American site touts this bullshit*t and I get sick and tired of it.
What Happened : A now proven false flag incident in Tasmania, big bro government response was a gun “buyback ” my own example is ,I took a fully rusted under and over shotgun that I found in a river( been there 50yrs) to the local copshop and received 250$, the good stuff went to ground and most “sold” their old worn out, even unfireable long arms to the government for ten times the value !
Full auto were banned, these are easy to make though.
Nobody knows how much is “stashed” mungrel has an idea but uuummmm!
Now the laws they bought in are definitely overeach but we got around them.
Take into consideration that previously no firearms had to be registered , full auto excluded.
No real “official” records were in place.
All you needed was a gun “licence”, except if your criminal record was real bad.
Working on one gun to
one owner principles, every registered gun owner has FOUR firearms, this figure takes into account population growth.
Read between the lines !
In the last twenty five years Australian’s have spent 1.4 billion dollars on guns !!!!
With the exception of my personal all of the above can be researched and found.
It would be nice if some here corrected their fellow countrymen.
I really do get sick of incorrect Aussie information.
Cool Cheers.
Hey!
I’m not only glad you bowed up on us, I’m super glad you and yours have a personal stash!
Happy happy
Mungrel,
I have a mate who lives in Perth. He told me that there are more guns privately held in Oz now than there were before the buyback. He also said that the real problem is getting ammunition because the paperwork involved in crossing state lines is miserable and the penalties for getting that documentation wrong are really harsh. He told me he didn’t have a certain caliber of cartridge once and I looked into buying some from a dealer in Sydney and having it sent to Perth. The dealer was very kind in his response, but told me he just simply couldn’t ship ammo to Perth because of the governmental regulations on dangerous goods, etc. He would have helped me out if he could but it just wasn’t possible.
Goodaye mac, your mate is right about about gun quantity, four times what it used to be .
I have heard of ammo shortages at times but nothing to serious , most here will buy small amounts of ammunition all the time so eventually you end up with a nice little stash !
Crossing boarders is normally OK as long as your guns and ammunition is secured, they don’t check normally and anyway half the dumb pigs wouldn’t know a .303 from a .22 😜, sending by post would be different, I’ve never done this but would imagine it difficult.
You can make or re-load your own ammunition here.
Cheers.
Good afternoon, M. You’re posting today a lot of good info that we’d never know otherwise.
And as a reply to an earlier post of yours from this morning, I agree, you run into a lot of real men and real women here.
Cheers
Goodaye Pop, I have lots of Aussie news, had one of my uuummm meetings, seems I was correct when almost everybody here was wrong ! But I did what you taught me pop, I let them flap their gums while I smile inside 😜 we have a 6-7 month plan and at the moment all is falling into place !
I even have a military assessment but I must now expel the bullshit written about our boys being part of force jabbing aboriginal people , IT DIDN’T HAPPEN ! I must say though pop I’m still p*ssed with that one.
Like I promised you though I’ll bite my tongue for now.
Cheers.
🙂
Great stuff pop, I’ve never heard of this bloke before !
Looks wise this bloke could pass as my brother !
Same eyes except mine deeper blue and I have all my hair 😜
Thanks!!!!!!!! I’ve been wanting to ask you that for quite a while!!! Why does that falsehood perpetuate?????
I replied but seems to of gone missing !!!!!!
No it didn’t. 3:04 a.m you answered my question!!!!!!
I made another comment !
Good evening, Leenie! 🙂
Thank you Mungrel. I don’t know enough about guns here,
Let alone in Australia… relying on other Treepers for ongoing education about weaponry and much more. Appreciate you (and I hope the video gave you a laugh)
Cheers 999, yep liked the vid, if I was in America there would quite a few arms I would purchase that are unavailable legally here.
Illegally you can get just about anything, so the argument that making guns illegal only sends them underground is true .
Cheers.
From JFK being killed…to Reagan being shot…to the horrible day of 9/11……this country has never been lower than it is right now. I suppose it will be survival of the fittest. With that said….See you at the finish line.
I took a break from the threat of thermonuclear annihilation (sarc I hope) due to a stolen national election and came across this pleasant diversion:
Sweet quote and seems so true.
Good to take a break from the threat of thermonuclear annihilation from time to time.
Glad to see the cat having fun.
We had some smart Tom cats “in the family” over the years like this one that was determined to flip over the base and did. I haven’t seen that toy mouse setup before; but it sure works. One of our cats tried to turn doorknobs but of course always failed due to its paw structure.
I hadn’t heard about the Ocicat registered breed.
A little catnip can go a long way with a cat or he/she/zhe/they was just enjoying manhandling the fake cisgender mouse.
OK. First. I’m an idiot. I misread your handle and thought it said “Ocicat,” hence the video selection. Second, your comment about the cisgender mouse cracked me up so bad!!!
That is one Bee-oo-tee-full Kitty!!!!!!
We saw him at a live show and met him back stage. He was exactly the same person you see on TV. That is not always the case.
It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it .
Morning all.
The devil, the world, and our own sinful nature.
Absolutely 1530.
Yyyyyup
As I said elsewhere the devil isn’t hiding anymore, and people still can’t see him.
THROUGH JESUS’ BLOOD AND MERIT
For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him, and through him to reconcile all things to himself by him, whether things on the earth or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
— Colossians 1:19-20, WEB
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Even as it is written,
“For your sake we are killed all day long.
We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God’s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
— Romans 8:35-39, WEB
The hymn, Through Jesus’ Blood and Merit, echoes these bible passages. It was written by the German layman, Simon Dach (1605 – 1649). The biographical quotation from hymnary.org, below, tells us Simon Dach faced much hardship in his short life. Yet he left us several hymns that confess his trust in God and that help us confess ours.
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“Dach was much of an invalid, and nearly broke down under the hard labour and poor pay of his early tutorial work at Königsberg, but found a true friend and generous patron in R. Roberthin (q.v.). In his later years the effects of the Thirty Years’ War made themselves visible in Königsberg by depression of trade, famine, &c. In 1648 he lost Roberthin by death, and in 1649 many of his fellow professors fell victims to the pestilence, while during the last year of his life he suffered from a lingering consumption. These facts explain the sombreness of much of his verse. …”
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Somber or not, this hymn is a gift that touches us four centuries after it was given. Thanks be to God!
👏✝️👏
Blast from the past……
Surfing Bird …… 1963
“Everyone knows the bird is a word.”
The Trashmen
This song is generally accredited with the slang meaning of calling a young woman a “bird” and then later a “chick”! nobody can ever prove this of course but it makes sense looking at evolving urban venacula.
I thought a young woman was a Shelia? (Sp)? (I know I slaughtered that!!!)
Many spellings, most common is ” Sheila “.
Mostly this term is used in a nice way : “she’s a good looking Sheila”, bird and chick are the same, all are mostly used in reference to young woman.
These terms can however be used in conjunction with derogatory adjectives but not often.
Your spelling means “blind” well I gotta 😂 at that !
Mungrel, thanks for your kindness! I’m not a good speller (sometimes!) and I knew immediately I had gotten that wrong! Seriously?! Blind??? 😜
I’ve always wodered how this guy managed to find a Mexican whore named Sheila.
My reply is upcomments ,
No I haven’t been drinking!
Blast from the past…..
Dion and the Belmonts
I Wonder Why, 1958
Rejecting Hollywood Liberals, Dennis Quaid Shares The Gospel In A Song He Wrote
https://www.themix.net/2018/03/dennis-quaids-faith-new-song/?fbclid=IwAR1mo2wr-VZUIjm35LvC1qJABL3Mfc1_EDoZEsQmeN0GcN35M-YxrpID-h0
I’ll circle back around for this this evening. Thanks
The Criminalization of Christianity in Finland
This is what America will soon enough become if Biden gets his way.
https://spectator.org/the-criminalization-of-christianity-in-finland/
Unfortunately this sort of crap is going on in all Western Countries now, it does have an upside though, more people are seeing persecution , even agnostic people are taking notice more.
It’s not much but it’s a start.
Just last week, in a conversation with my 87 year old pastor friend, I predicted this for America.
He agreed.
If you’re not ready, be prepared.
If that came across as demanding or terse…it was meant to.
“The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church”.
Tertulian
Okay, time to get my fingernails filthy.
Ye like I said in previous posts here , the Aussie Christians were MIA for a long time but now are on board outside of church structures , point being the peodophile scandals done so much damage and if you add the fake pope even more damage , in my opinion this is why they took so long.
I’ve been following this and like stories from previously deeply Christian Nordic and Scandinavian countries for a long time. Sweden is lost and the rot started with their open doors welcoming of people from a culture and cult completely antithetical to Christianity. Women “priests and bishops” in their churches only sped up the process as they in particular became rabid enablers of unholy decimation of God’s churches and faith, the latter being replaced with the twin cults of “climate change” and “science”.
When one sees, as I did, a picture from one the aforementioned countries at Christmas of a lovely country church on a snowy night, with its spire reaching into the heavens, lights ablaze in the windows… but outside hundreds of parishioners singing carols because they were banned from warmth and worship inside for lack of ” papers”, it becomes clear that persecution for being a Christian cannot be denied.
These countries have turned their backs on God. There is no other way to put it. They are reaping the consequences, as are other countries…Canada, Australia, and yes to a growing degree, America. The story you linked to, Dora, should horrify us all. Jesus warned this would be the case. I never thought we’d see his prophesy so starkly, so shockingly come to pass in our time.
Betsy, MANY years ago, when I was a teenager, I knew I would be willing to give up my life before I denounced Christ. In my mid twenties, I told my husband that, and he looked at me like I was nuts. Now in my 60’s, the proof may be in the pudding…
Leenie, you’ve given me the opportunity to post some Bob Dylan lyrics. I stumbled across them the other day.
“But you’re gonna to have to serve somebody, yes you are.
You’re gonna have to serve somebody.
Well it may be the devil or it may be the Lord.
But you’re gonna have to serve somebody.”
I’ve made my choice as well. So those who have made their choice which is so obvious will have to do their worst. I will not be budged from mine.
Betsy, my point being, in my teens, that scenario was unfathomable!!!!! Even in my mid 20’s…. But now…one may have to look that scenario in the face, and make a decision.
I agree. I was agreeing. And like you, I’m prepared to do the same.
Dear Betsy and Frank, please don’t attribute to me things I didn’t say. My sole point being, we are getting nearer to a place when we may have to put up or shut up. It’s easy to “put up” when there is really no threat, but the threat is getting closer and we may yet all be called upon to put up or shut up.
Think! You’re willing to be tortured, and die for your beliefs? My point being, what are you willing to sacrifice for you beliefs? I fear we are getting closet to that choice, and I pray I will not be alone…and will have strength…
Every single person is different, covidcon has proved this, some I thought would never cave caved, and others I thought would didn’t .
I have seen much in my life, to much for my liking but the one thing I have learnt is when the time comes to stand, stand you must, denying them consequence while disregarding your own I have always found to be my path.
Like I said everybody is different.
Mungrel dies fighting.
Leenie, when a person has contemplated a situation beforehand like you have it is more likely that when it arises they will stand up for their convictions.
So us discussing it here helps to make up our minds and be ready for the occasion.
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!
You inspire.
No! See above…
Love you sis!
💓
Great Grace Guilded Good Morning to yuh.
Acts 20:24. ESV
Morning Frank, kick back and enjoy the day.
Good afternoon, Frank, and grace back to you.
Hi Gramps.
Hi 🙋♀️ everyone. Here’s hoping for a fun day for all.
Especially for the ones who veered off on different pathways (you know who you are) 😉 🌸
Wondering if anyone here has heard of something called The mystery of St Michaels sword? Heard mentioned of it, sounds very interesting but haven’t locate any info on it. Still looking.
Here’s a slideshow about it. There is a lot of information out there. Google apparitions of the sword of st. Michael.
https://aleteia.org/2017/05/31/7-sanctuaries-linked-by-a-straight-line-the-legendary-sword-of-st-michael/
Thank you, Menagerie, for this and the one below. I have on this day been enlightened. I’m grateful💓🙏
I just wanted to say thanks for the work you and all of the ad rems do….
https://thecatholictravelguide.com/destinations/the-legendary-sword-of-saint-michael/
Mornin’ FC. See my comment to Betsy up thread. Really hard to keep the old guy content.
Especially since the nurses don’t wear dresses anymore. Used to be a good diversionary tactic. Perhaps a conversation reminiscing those good old days would divert him for a couple minutes idk
Thinking of you grandpa. ❤️
Worse is the current habit of medical personnel walking outside in their medical garb exposing themselves to who knows what germs etc, then returning to their environs.
My husband used to see this all the time in the very upmarket motor car establishment where he worked…doctors in their greens WITH a stethoscope hanging around their necks. Talk about virtue signaling.
One time when he was filling out finance forms for a purchase by a doctor dressed like this, he asked for the man’s first name. “Doctor” came the supercilious answer. My husband said, “No, that’s your title. I asked for your first name.” The correction was completely lost on his client.
Betsy, I remember a study quite a few years ago that determined that the single piece of attire the doctors wore that was a literal germ factory was the tie. Made sense to me as I’ve never seen a tie in the washer. At the most you are dry cleaning them.
My surgeon father knew all about infections and germs. He would be appalled today. You and your stepdad obviously are out of hospital (or doctor’s office). I hope he wasn’t discomfited by the tests. Bet his BP was up though after the inexcusable wait. Mine would have been off the charts.
Edit: so sorry…should have scrolled down further. I see your answer to Cat.
Thanks, FC. We were trying to get him evaluated for a certain surgery that potentially could have saved him a lot of trouble down the road but the surgeon decided that the risk outweigh the potential benefits by a lot so the answer was no and our day at the hospital was cut short.
Had to get up at 5:30 this morning so I’m chilling now.
Evening grandpa!
Thought about your ordeal all day. You’re real special and have a heart of gold.
It takes a special individual to care as much as you do about all things. Not many left in this world. I’m honored to have “met” one ❤️
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Hey, it looks like the comment disruption has been fixed and the Internet demons banished back to hell.
Stay cool pop, sonny says !
I am son, have to catch some sleep because we unexpectedly ended up with our youngest grandson tonight and tomorrow morning got to run him to school bright and early and it is a bit over 20 miles drive.
I don’t know about the dresses but I do miss the starched nurses caps. I remember my Mum soaking them in starch, letting them dry and ironing them to that beautiful crispness!!!!
…and anyone remember the nurses’ capes? (Definitely dating myself!!!)
Hi Leenie 🙋♀️
Thanks for jarring my memory.
My mom used to describe the caps and capes and the big mirror disc the doctor wore around his head. Doctors looked like a character on Groucho Marx 😂
Oh, holy cow, Feral cat!!!!! The big mirror discs!!!!!!! 🤣. What were they for? Do you know???
Had to look it up
https://www.straightdope.com/21342128/why-did-doctors-wear-metal-disks-with-holes-in-them-on-their-heads
In Britain, before they turned everything upside down,thus ruining compassionate and rigid care, the wards used to have a head nurse who was called Matron.
Every ward had one. She made certain all was correct and proper as far as the care of patients was concerned. And woe betide any nurse under her auspices who dropped the ball. Those days are no longer, and the NHS and any poor patient who has to be in one are definitely worse off.
Mornin’ infidels!
This link is to a listing of several articles on Orthodox Christian Icons. The link uses http rather than https, but is safe to visit.
http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/general/gen_icons.aspx
thank you, Sepp
Good morning, Treepers
Howdy, Lonestar..from one Texan to another🌟😊!
Good afternoon, LS!
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
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 Trisagion Hymn
and the
50th Psalm (Septuagint)
Psalm 51 (Masoretic)
This should be the motto of everyone fighting the evil which has shown its hideous face everywhere we look.
“I want to see what happens if I don’t give up.”
Can see you as a guerilla type Betsy Ross. Camouflage dressed, armed with tomahawk and boomerang, amongst other various tools. 😂
My answer to you has become bin fodder I fear. It happens.
What I said was that image will stick with me all day, Cat.😂😂😂 and that I’m so short that dressed like that I’m more liable to be stepped upon than to be seen.
Mungrel would definitely approve, I think 💓
My daughter is petite too. She says it has it advantages, no upper cut needed, just start swinging and she’s right on target 😂
I’m trying to think of an advantage! I’ve been reduced to climbing on shelves in Walmart, or spending a good few minutes hunting for a tall person to get what I need.
I find as long as I cam get a toehold, I’m not a bad climber😊
In Aussie we would call you a ” Pocket Rocket “😊
Scaling the wm shelves like mt Everest lol. Is there no end to your talents Betsy?
Ill see that image every time I have to go to that godforsaken place. You just made it fun for me 🤗
Pssst. When you can’t reach the item you want, I found the store is stocked with items that you can use as an extender to pull whatever you need off.
If you’ve got one of these, it’s adjustable 😉
Certainly do 😂😂😂, except I add the “warpaint” !
Hahahaha!!! That’s what I call my makeup!!! 💓
Amen
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
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 24, 2022
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“For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.”
Galatians 3:26 (KJV)
| We Have Done Everything We Could | MIKE ADAMS 2022 |
“Health Ranger Mike Adams puts out a very timely and important statement – it’s time to stop trying to convince anyone of what’s really going on. Those who are not willing to see it now will just hold you back.”
https://www.brighteon.com/3de7df74-fe5f-4a37-b709-e3241f780d56
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.
Things are quiet on the Open Thread so I thought I would slip this in – just for it’s potential entertainment value – Ha Ha
Once upon a time in a once-great-city…lived a very ordinary girl.
This girl was dumb enough to get married, have a baby, and get divorced at a very early age. With no support – financial or otherwise- the game for survival was afoot. So far this story is in no way unusual. Happens to lots of young women (girls).
After a number of very sink-or-swim years, our heroine (we’ll call her Lucky) had a door open for her. Not one to ignore an opportunity, Lucky ‘lucked into’ a real career. Because it was not anything she had ever imagined for herself, she worked to be worthy of this golden opportunity.
Come fly with me
Many years and a lifetime later, it is difficult to reconstruct what this new life was like for Lucky. Not only had the majority of Americans never been up in ANY airplane in the early 1960s – nobody ever heard of a person of the female persuasion PILOTING an airplane. Women airline pilots and astronauts were not even imagined.
Over time Lucky acquired a number of different airplane ratings and FAA Licenses – including the coveted Airline Transport Pilot. Not that she ever piloted an airline transport airplane – just that she was legally licensed to do so.
After almost 10 yrs and thousands of hours as flight instructor it was time to move on. Lucky’s mental outlook was to find a way to pay back, somehow, the gifts she had been given. Because she had a good working relationship with the local Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) folks, there were discussions about some future pathways.
Problem: The FAA wasn’t hiring. What to do?
Lucky took a clerical job with US Customs. Not a 9-5 type worker, needless to say she was a source of frustration in the department. Following a suggestion, Lucky went across the hall and interviewed for a pilot job with Border Patrol. Even tho that door opened, it was not seen as a good career move. The hours, weather conditions and other hazards were not considered ‘benefits’… so path not taken.
And what do you know? The ‘other’ job came thru. Lucky moved from teaching folks how to fly to telling them where to go (as an Air Traffic Controller). And it was at her ‘home’ airport, so relocation wasn’t necessary.
Imagine if you will – this girl pilot now moved into another male-dominated work environment. I am sure all the men were poised for her to fail, to wash out or quit. Didn’t happen. Lucky was able to learn new skills that were augumented by her years of flying – knowing how important it is to provide an environment where pilots can do what they want to do – take off and land safely.
After a couple of years there was another opportunity for Lucky. A job opening in the West for a General Aviation Operations (GADO) Inspector . Job interview was fun, opportunity tempting. But moving from ‘home’ with not-yet-teenage son was daunting. Fear of the unknown – you bet. But, Lucy took the job and moved. Now she got to tell the pilots HOW to go – small inside joke.
To be continued …
Your freind lucky 😜 sounds like a real fighter and pilot ! One door opens when the other shuts, recognising this to me means if no door opens a good kick then works !
Looking forward to the continuation .
Does lucky meet Mr lucky?
Some dudes are lucky 😁
Thanks Mungrel.
I’ll answer this on Tuesday’s thread
I wasn’t going to, but I think I need to tell the start of the story.
It is nowhere near as exciting as your James Bond type adventures
Closer to Cinderella – but with no mean stepmother, no glass slipper and no prince charming
Lucky did meet and marry Mr Lucky – but lots had to happen in between
and flying had to end before that chapter started
Meet the UK’s alleged Putin Puppet for Kiev. The warmongers are digging deep for 007 https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/01/25/who-is-yevhen-murayev
https://ukranews.com/en/news/828804-ukraine-s-foreign-ministry-u-s-embassy-decision-on-its-embassy-employees-leave-from-ukraine
Thank you as always for foreign news I don’t come
across otherwise.
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.
Amen.