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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“A dog is one of the few things in life that is as it seems.”
Mark Asher
Whoever you are, Mark, you are absolutely correct.
Just yesterday I heard reports that Putin likes vicious dogs and he criticized Obama for his wimpy, unmanly dogs.
Oh geeeeeeee…
Good Morning WP!
The Good Lord is speaking volumes to me today, more than ever. May my listening continue with your help. imho 😊
Thank you for your postings ❤️
Good morning, Cat💓. These days I find myself listening more intently for His voice, in whatever form it may take, if it pleases Him.🙏
Good morning, Betsy and Cat! May we not just listen but be able to hear His voice clearly. We need it now more then ever.
Blessings!
Good morning, G💓 Exactly so. You are so right.
Here’s a little solace, Treepers. Rest easy and rest well. . . . Always know that our Lord loves us. . .
One more . . .
What a beautiful way to watch the day break. Listening, watching and contemplating all the Lord’s wonders he had given us. 🥰✝️
Good Morning Garrison 🙋♀️
Thank you.
I kinda thought we could all use a quiet morning. 🙂
Big 🤗 hug!
Good morning, Garrison💓 Thank you for your faithful postings which are such a joy to listen to. I’m hoping for so many blessings and comforts to flow to you and your bride this and every day. B🙏
Good Morning Betsy ❤️
Funny, I had thought to write a good morning to mrs Garrison as well as to Garrison and didn’t. And you did 😊 that old God’s magic is working hard today?
Oh I absolutely think so, Cat. I truly do! Very strongly.🤗
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Thanks so much for your kind thoughts and wishes, Betsy. 🙂
You are so welcome, Garrison. 💓
Texas Independence Day
Texas, our Texas – Official State Song
Thank you, Cactus, for remembering. (It’s actually March 2)
Thanks, Lonestar,
Yup, you are correct, March 2nd it is.
I actually started these, in Texas, on CST, which was still 3/2.
Not an excuse, just an explanation.
“If it wasn’t for Texas”
Texas Independence Day
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Aggiegirl is all in!
Texas Independence Day
All about Texas in Kindergarten
Makes me glad I live where I live. Splendid BBQ Hill Country lunch tomorrow!!!
Good morning, Flyover. Texas would welcome you and it definitely would be a trip to remember!
Morning, Flyover, wave when you get to Fredericksburg 🤗. Definitely much nicer trip than taking I-35 down.
Garrison, native Austenite but had to leave after we lost the city. Liberty Hill now
I’ve eaten BBQ from so many Central joints I couldn’t name them all.
I smoke a pretty good brisket myself!
Impressive itinerary
Texas Hill Country is on my bucket list
Yes you are welcome in Texas, Flyover. The historic Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells is being restored. Don’t know the completion date. https://thebakerhotelandspa.com/
Blessings
Morning Garrison! It is probably very touristy of me but I love the original Rudy’s and a jaunt up to Fredericksburg to checkout Wildseed Farm and the main street. Or a trip to Gruene where I bought my first set of Music of the Spheres wind chimes. Still playing How Great Thou Art when the wind is right 🙂
parichute, last week I drove by Wildseed Farms and I think they’ve added wine to their experience.
Dear GrandPaM. Wine sounds like a fortuitous addition, indeed. Drink wine, buy more seeds. I really want one of those cowhide ‘rugs’ from up the road.
Would that be The Salt Lick ? Cash only. And for dessert some apple pie and Blue Bell.
Today’s war-mania cancel-culture will be banning the great Russian composers next.
“Salt Lick” off of 1826 has mighty fine BBQ.
New a couple of people from Salt Lick but that was 10-15 years ago. And I think I have a jar of bbq rub from there.
Well, Fyodor Dostoevsky has already been banned at some ignorant American University which name I can’t recall.
And in Munich, that city’s wonderful orchestra has fired their preeminent conductor Valery Gergiev because he refused to condemn Putin.
So it seems a purge of the worst sort is gathering pace, akin I’d say to the Nazi book burnings. Only it’s not Putin who is performing this abomination, whatever anyone may think of him. This ought to shock, but probably won’t.
“The word is about, there’s something evolving.
Whatever may come, the world keeps revolving.
They say the next big thing is here, that the revolution’s near.
But to me it’s clear that it’s all just a little bit of history repeating.”
Cats!! Cats are next!!
More insanity…from Joe Dan Gorman who reports that now Russian cats are being banned from competitions.
(We’ll skip over the inanity of cat competitions for the nonce.)
Bet, when I was a kid in the place that I was born they didn’t play Wagner because he happened to be Adolf’s favorite composer. Later they got over it.
My, how have things changed. Or not. Western commies are not any different from the Soviet commies.
They aren’t, G. It’s the mindlessness of it that appalls me. Who’s next? There will be other literary and musical greats in the firing line. Will they dare touch Solzhenitsyn for example? He’ll be given an out I suspect because his mother was of Ukrainian descent. No one doing these eliminations will recognize the irony of their actions. Horrifying.
UPDATE: The sublime soprano Anna Netrebko, owner of one of the finest voices today, has been disgracefully and unceremoniously dumped from the Met.
The unholy Nazi Purge continues. Tere will be more to add to this growing list I’m sure.
Sickening.
Unbelievable
Idiots
(And these same people probably abhorred “nationalism” while President Trump was in office)
Howdy 🤠 Catus!
What happens if you try to bite a prickly pear like a regular one? Giggles 🤭
Well we’ll, what do ya know, I’m in Texas today to be with my granddaughter while she recovers at Hermann Memorial Hospital in Houston. She has had a very bad fall.
I’d like to ask fellow Treepers for their prayers this morning for Isabelle as she undergoes her 2nd surgery this morning.
Mungrel paws crossed.
Praying.
May Almighty God, the Great Healer, who has given the skills to your granddaughter’s doctors abide with them as they work to bring her surgery to perfect completion, Coastal. So that she will return to perfect health in every way.🙏💓
Please keep us up on her progress.
Amen 🙏
Amen!
Prayers up 🙏
Prayers up, Coastal.
Prayers for Isabelle and her whole family.
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God bless. 🙏
Prayers on the way!
only one vaguely texas accent in the whole presentation?
i’d like a “howdy, y’all” in there somewhere! 😂
Howdy y’all 🤠. 😂
I’ll go one better, zoom…
Howdy, ALL y’all😊
Now you’re talking, BetNM!
You betcha!!!!!! 👍
Howdy!
Sometimes you get the dog. Sometimes the dog gets you. Happy Cursday Treepers!!! We need dogs (cats too) in our lives.
“He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.”
Unknown
Or, as with Sweetie, her…
There has been no one, Garrison, more worthy of that devotion than you.💓
The dog picks you…..hmmm thinking mungrel sent one of his pups my way couple days ago. Unusual circumstances brought an unusual dog to my home. Obnoxious cutie pie 🥰 thanks mungrel! 💋 ❤️
😉 Cats are very good at choosing as well.
Was prowling at the tractor supply store for my nikka’s food. When all of a sudden a trucker in the back lot, had the most sweetest(very high intelligent, high energy) pup. Inquired if any of same litter could be available. No, but you can have this one. He’s bouncing all over inside my cab. I can tell you’ll take good care of him. Very odd. But I did and I will. He’s now learning all things critter with 30 acres to roam. Wait till he sees the frogs and skunks in spring time. Nikka seems to like her new beau too ❤️ God has a way of providing what’s needed. 😍
Oh, Cat!!!! Meant to be!! What breed? Or as is entirely possible, breedS?
And what joy for Nikka! I bet she can’t believe her luck. Now that story has given me so much joy today, I can’t tell you. Bless you so much💓😘
Odd? I think not…
(Better reassure Mungrel. He’ll think your throwing him over)
Think he’s got two pedigrees, German Shepard and terrier. So I’m thinking mungrel is a gs. The two of them spatted for 24 hours. Nikka(the girl) seems to have won the alpha role. Like in the human world, girls rule and boys drool (lots!) 👅 😂
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Need a name now you know. I shall him Lovely Lad for the moment until you apprise us of the moniker you’ve chosen💓
Well….he came with a name. Jack and I think he’s about a year old. Don’t know if I’ll change it or not. He soars and jumps like a combination of Superman and a kangaroo, with a speed of a Tasmania devil 😂 maybe mungrel knows his name. Perhaps something he’ll grow into. 🤷♀️
Seriously, It’s been a custom in my home to leave their name as is and I get adjusted to his original. Like to keep the dog confusion to a low roar. I think it’s easier on them. Stress wise. So unsure.
As far as snip and nip, will wait to the proper age to do. May be lucky, judging by his teeth looking like they’re not his baby teeth, may be able to do sooner.
Don’t worry grandpa. Till then, I’ll try to train him to control his lipstick. 😝 Only the vet knows for sure(when I can get him there) earliest appointment is in april. Oh well,it is what it is.
Let me sub for M. His name is Skippy. 😂
Cat, our 2 current mutts both showed up at different times down at our gate. The second one showed up when we had the gate man work on our electric gate. My wife thought it was his dog and he thought it was our dog. He followed us to the house and he decided he found a home.
‘I am getting to be a softie in my grown up years so I let him keep his juevos. 😁
You’re better than me. He’s too much of a horn-dog. Nip nip is in store for this one. Sorry guys 😂
Don’t do it until he’s close to his adult size, though. Always better to let them do most of their growth with all the parts that God gave them. 😁❤️
Softie, indeed. And there is nothing wrong with that!
My Soul is Happy Tonite so I will sing 😛
His Eye Is On The Sparrow – Ethel Waters [Psalms 23]
Perfect for today!
Good Morning and thank you dogsmaw ❤️
Good morning, dogsmaw. Thank you.
The climate change disaster branch of the great reset are really getting desperate.
Since Biden occupied the WH the climate disaster hype has been ramped up beyond any previous level. And yet the people aren’t buying it!
Then along comes the Russian invasion of Ukraine exposing the weakness of the major NATO members to energy blackmail and making the obvious fact clear to even some of the dimmest wits that that energy security is a key to having national security.
So what does the UN IPCC do? Issues their most outlandish climate change assessment report EVER!
IPCC WGII AR6, More Insanity: Small Islands – Watts Up With That?
Meanwhile the UAH satellite global temperature data shows this:
That is NO WARMING!
They have completely jumped the shark.
Hundred year floods in Aussie north east, best farmer rains in twenty years mid south, lake Eire central desert filled in a thirty year cycle and the Antarctic polar ice has been expanding at a rate of 100 odd miles a year !
And by the way, Antarctica is a continant as its base is “terra firma” the “north pole”, so to speak is Barron of land.
Aussie and kiwi hold the biggest “chunks”, China is trying to “buy in” !
Another forgotten ongoing war.
Here you go Mungrel
Drought-Free Australia | Real Climate Science
NATIONAL ANTHEM DAY – 3 MARCHNational Anthem Day commemorates the day the United States adopted “The Star-Spangled Banner” as its National Anthem. Written by Francis Scott Key, the “Star-Spangled Banner” became the National Anthem in 1931.
Thank you for sharing. My daughter Fallon would be 20 today (she died of a brain tumor at 2 and 1/2 in 2004) and this is my all time favorite song AND now means even more! Did not know it was written today – and just as our flag was still there so is my beautiful daughter! Faith,family and friends will carry us through anything -❤️⭐️💙 I really miss her today And I just know God sent me this gift through you rebel53blog -many thank you’s💙
What a gift for you, Lotbusyexec. I’m as sure as you are that He did indeed send it to you. One might call it a coincidence. I’ve long since stopped calling such happenings that. May God please be with you this day. You’ll see her again, I’m absolutely certain🙏💓
Thank you very much ❤️ There are NO accidents!
No there are not. None.
I call them God happenings! Saying a prayer for you today.
Sending happy birthday wishes to Fallon who’s in heaven today ❤️
Thank you Feral cat – I just know she’s blowing bubbles and making someone else’s day – just like you all made mine. Invisible veil of grief is lifted with my CTH family! Truly love you all!!
Perfect way for me to honor her 😊 blowing bubbles! Consider it done ❤️
Jimi Henrix, the first ever time I heard, I loved it, best ever rendition I ever ” experienced” .
Woodstock, an Aussie brother from another mother !
Wonderful! Thank you, Rebel. 🇺🇸 🙂
I did not know this.
3 March 1956
Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on the Billboard charts when “Heartbreak Hotel” debuts at #68. Although many staff members at RCA Victor believed that the release was a mistake, the song would rise to #1 on the US Pop chart for 8 weeks and spend 17 weeks at the top of the Country chart. “Heartbreak Hotel” would later be ranked #45 on Rolling Stone‘s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
3 March 1966
Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Richie Furay, Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin created the group, Buffalo Springfield. Their stay on the Rock music scene would only last a couple of years before the group would fragment. Stills teamed up with David Crosby of The Byrds and Graham Nash of The Hollies to form Crosby, Stills and Nash, while Young released several solo projects before joining them. Furay got together with Jim Messina and Randy Meisner to create Poco in 1968. Palmer dropped out of the lime light while Martin toured as Buffalo Springfield with fill-in musicians.
3 March 2017
During his show at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Billy Joel brought two members of The Young Rascals, Felix Cavaliere and Gene Cornish on stage. The pair proceeded to play their biggest hit, “Good Lovin'”, with Cavaliere reprising his famous Hammond B-3 organ solo.
Niiiice 😎
Good Morning everyone!
May your morning be a joyous as mine was when I read this today ❤️
March 3
His Commission to Us
By Oswald Chambers
Feed My sheep. John 21:17
This is love in the making. The love of God is not created it is His nature. When we receive the life of Christ through the Holy Spirit, He unites us with God so that His love is demonstrated in us. The goal of the indwelling Holy Spirit is not just to unite us with God, but to do it in such a way that we will be one with the Father in exactly the same way Jesus was. And what kind of oneness did Jesus Christ have with the Father? He had such a oneness with the Father that He was obedient when His Father sent Him down here to be poured out for us. And He says to us, “As the Father has sent Me, I also send you” (John 20:21).
Peter now realizes that he does love Him, due to the revelation that came with the Lord’s piercing question. The Lord’s next point is “Pour yourself out. Don’t testify about how much you love Me and don’t talk about the wonderful revelation you have had, just ‘Feed My sheep.’ ” Jesus has some extraordinarily peculiar sheep: some that are unkempt and dirty, some that are awkward or pushy, and some that have gone astray! But it is impossible to exhaust God’s love, and it is impossible to exhaust my love if it flows from the Spirit of God within me. The love of God pays no attention to my prejudices caused by my natural individuality. If I love my Lord, I have no business being guided by natural emotions I have to feed His sheep. We will not be delivered or released from His commission to us. Beware of counterfeiting the love of God by following your own natural human emotions, sympathies, or understandings. That will only serve to revile and abuse the true love of God.
Wisdom From Oswald Chambers
Crises reveal character. When we are put to the test the hidden resources of our character are revealed exactly.
Disciples Indeed, 393 R
Musical accompaniment 😊 ❤️
Good morning, Feral!
What a wonderful day today!!
“Beware of counterfeiting the love of God by following your own natural human emotions, sympathies, or understandings.”
Isn’t this so true and I do my best to ask myself my motive(s) of heart. There are times I can see some very selfish and ugly in my flesh, pride, or the seeking of adoration can be so subtle. Thank you for the encouragement this morning.
Be well.
Every time I see your name, I think of:
Good Morning phflipper!🐬
Admitting I watched that show might reveal my age to a certain degree 🙂 A different time those days were, sometimes I long to go back if only to undo some things…
Good morning Phflipper.
Moved by God, I think. I am thinking of all my adult children, as well as so many others I know who are kind and giving and utterly selfless. Not once do they stop to consider motive before they reach out to help others as they have always done. I’ve always considered that God works through them. The joy they receive in doing so has no price, but also, I think, is a gift from on high.
Of course, we are all flawed, and being sinful humans some of what you speak creeps in I’m sure. But in general I think that the most generous of themselves simply walk as disciples without recognizing that’s what they are. His vessels in many cases answering another’s prayers.
Good morning, Betsy!
Just off reading your comments here I have little doubt the Lord works through your children. Please know I in no way mean to suggest others are similar to me.
Just a small look into who I am, flawed indeed I be. Yet I am saved! This came a later time in my life, 33 years old after living a very, very worldly life. I have been forgiven much, and there is yet much for Him to work out of me as I reflect on my heart.
Something else too, I love the word of God.
I understood exactly what you meant. I really did. It got me to thinking about motives in general and my own grown children just sort of popped into my head as examples.
I feel I know you in some ways through your beautiful posts. And I include you when I say “many others” who I can’t quite see analyzing motives before they act. It’s just a concept that is foreign to me that someone would actually have any, other than doing what is needed because others need a helping hand and for no benefit to themselves.
I’m sorry if I gave the impression that I was taking exception to anything you wrote, which was very honest and thoughtful. May we all be as introspective as you have been. There is always work to be done as we strive to be as much like Christ as is humanly possible.🙏💓
Mornin’ infidels.
Kamala looks like she has a goatee in that cartoon.
Pelosi looks like a Disney Villain.
And Biden looks and speaks like a clown straight out of a Stephen King Horror Story.
That just about encompasses today’s leadership from the Democrats.
Governor Abbot won the Republican Primary in Texas and Beto won the Democrat Primary. The numbers disclose problems in the 2020 election. Abbot got 12% more votes than he did in 2018. More Texans, More Votes. The Democrats increased the vote for President in 2020 over 2016 by 35%. The 35% is a massive increase in votes; you would expect Beto to get a lot more votes than the totals in 2018. Democrats vote totals in 2022 Dropped by 4%. So after a 35% increase in 2020, the Democrats have a 4% drop in votes from 2022 vs 2018. What happened?
May it keep happening. Houston’s voting was a mess…machine “glitches”, Republicans turned away from leading voting places (!!!) And so on. I’m hoping Ken Paxton, our AG, is all over this before November. He’s been exceptional charging fraudsters.
Our Hispanic population seems to be awake now as well. The Dems elsewhere, especially Dem governors have provided an all star show as to what happens when they’re in charge. We in Texas have had front row seats to the spectacle. Hearts and minds in transition? May it be so🙏
Howdy tomohalk , havn’t said a personal Goodaye for a while , consider it done.
I’ve got a few things to post to you and I’ll do it on OT, I left a comment on MP you might like to read, as always,
Mungrel.
Good morning, dear sir💓
I am so glad…SO GLAD…to see you here on this particular thread and enjoying all the music which Garrison and many others post, along with new mates. I knew in my heart you’d be happy on this one, which is why I recommended it for you. Truly you have no idea how it makes me smile.
News of your country has virtually disappeared from our side now. I did see about the floods, but otherwise nothing. I do hope you are mended or at least making progress towards it. I hope you have a secure bolt hole and that your travails are diminishing. My prayers as always are headed in your direction as you can tell by the list of things I pray for you. You remain my dear friend always…LBT😘🙏
I’ll go search for your comment now.👍
Bet, I sure hope that Ken Paxton does it because Rino Abbott won. I’m thinking that the shenanigans are still going on since Abbott got 70% of the vote.
Paxton, though, has been working on this for a long time…since right after the 2020 coup. He’s got a huge target on his back with attempts to charge him with I can’t remember what now. But suddenly crickets about that. G Bush failed to get the R nom for AG against him.
And yes, I know RINOs abound here. But I’ll tell you this, G…better a RINO than any Dem. I’m not happy with Abbott AT ALL! But Robert O or a Soros AG? No thank you.
“Stick with Nurse for fear of something worse” is a saying from across the pond. I’ve come to accept it as part of my lexicon. There is a lot worse out there.
Don’t forget to glance at Texas Scorecard from now till the election. My view is that so far I see it as an honest site reporting on all things Texas. I hope I’m not wrong.
Betsy, we definitely will not vote for any commies. We are stuck with Abbott, I’m interested to see if he’ll forget again about finishing that wall.
I have a different name that I use for Robert O, it is not The Fake Mexican but I can’t say it until the end of lent. If I remember i’ll post it after Resurrection Day.
What didn’t happen? A 35% increase in Dem votes in 2020 didn’t really happen. 80+ million votes for Stupid Joe didn’t happen.
I agree Jim. Unless some Texans can come up with a good reason. We had problems in TN too in 2020. Biden increased the vote over the First Possible Woman President by 30%. 4 Counties Biden got fewer votes than Hillary, 23 counties Biden had less than a 10% increase. Grouping the counties by size, small counties Biden increased the vote 10%, Next bigger counties Biden up 18%, Next up Biden up 30%, 50,000 vote total counties Biden up 50%. Big problems in TN. Enthusiasm is universal so all counties should gravitate to about the same numbers. Exceptions in Big Blue Cities and Strong Red Counties, but it ought to average out. Biden’s numbers show manipulation. What is worrisome they held down the vote in Shelby and Davidson.
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.
Verse of the Day for Thursday, March 3, 2022
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9 (KJV)
Indeed duchess.
Good Morning and may your day be a blessed one. ❤️
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
Good morning Treepers 🌞✝️🌞
Glorious almost Spring morning to you as well, Frank💓 God go with you and all whom you love🙏
Pray for our government’s employees! A very inspirational word about praying for the people in the government, especially the US Supreme Court.
Greets Treeps!
Ukraine update:
My son in law’s family is still safe in Nikolaev.
Thanks so much for your prayer. ✝️🙏✝️
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Glory to God!
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
The 50th Psalm (Septuagint)
Borrowed from an older ms Idaho post. Hope it works
I can’t lay claim to that wonderful pix.
Got me thinking about someone’s recent comment about noticing lots of black folks in commercials lately.
What’s really funny – I didn’t even notice until it was posted.
What I object to is ANYONE – black, white, pink, purple or green, male or female – acting the fool in a commercial. I also intensely dislike seeing people dancing and having fun while the ‘announcer’ recites a long list of sickening and lethal side effects.
I find myself wondering, in the aftermath of folks discovering they’ve been ‘had’ with the covid shots, if the overall sales of big pharma are taking a hit?
maybe too much to hope for – sigh
‘A chance to live longer’ / s – with those side effects I prefer to obey God’s crooking of his finger summoning me home
It’s the pharma product that makes them happy I think we’re supposed to think. Subliminal advertising of the more obscene sort.
Absolutely right Betsy
AKA brain washing. The brain registers what the eyes see while the ears ignore the words. Truth in advertising died a long time ago
Love the image of God crooking his finger. 🤭
And yes, you were instrumental in that photo posted. Although the photo wasn’t yours, It came from 50 happy positive things you posted months ago 😊 ❤️
I have a good memory – but it’s short. Didn’t remember the bears …
A similar ‘saying’ – when you are holding hands you can’t get very far apart.
To Feral, I just wrote on this page a couple of reply/ responsers, I was going to write you a response, I walked outside to my “tree” as normal and was stopped looking at the stars, extremely bright and visibility of the universe is extreme, so I stopped.
Between a 70yr old lemon tree and a young gum tree two feet from me was( and still is) a spiders web, stretching about six or seven feet, the web’s themselves glistening in morning dew with sunshine are a spectacle in itself , on a full moon though they shimmer.
I stopped at the shimmer.
If you walk into these webs all you do is destroy the web and get covered with “spider web”! Uncomfortable yes but the golden orb will rebuild as the spider mating deal goes.
To continue, I then went back to my kennel, sat down post you here and lit a smoke, from behind my computer and onto the screen a ” huntsman” spider walked 4 inches in diameter, they can bite but are not venomous.
It sits in front of me now as I type this.
Call me what you want but my perception of reality is the God given synchronicity of my purpose of this post.
I have had very little time to post here, circumstances !
I did however read both you and another posters here replys.
I want you to know that being as you put yourself down ” not bookread” Mungrel hates. Chew flesh hate.
Never ever put yourself down, you know what you know for a reason, the smartest most people I have ever met in my dirty God given life couldn’t read or write.
Fact.
Yes I am extremely well versed in a variety that most could not even contemplate, I was simply given a harder task than a lot more than most.
Don’t ever put yourself down, not to this Mungrel anyway.
One of your first posts to Mungrel I thought about when I was breaking all covidcon laws here and if caught would of most definitely ended up in jail.
Mungrel always agrees to disagree.😊
Paws ta claws .
Hugs Mungrel
Your post reminded of something I heard / read? years ago
God don’t make no junk!
I interpret that to mean there are people who muck up their God-Given blessings, but they started out as perfect souls.
Love the image of that spider in front of you 🙂
Your writings are poetry, Mungrel. They truly are. The pictures you paint are clear and beautiful in ways too numerous to mention. But even though this post was directed specifically to Cat, it really did speak to my heart and imagination.
You are extraordinary. A man with so many gifts. And it is a privilege for me to have come to know you. You are a blessing to all of us here. Please know that💓
And an most extraordinary lady helped him to stay around 😘
🤗 Not so much, Cat..but how I appreciate your thinking so. What a joy for me it has been to have your wonderful happy company to share the daily banter with. You are a complete treasure, which you need to know.😊
Shucks Betsy. I’m only nice cause I hang out with all the wonderful people at the treehouse 🌳 it’s all of you who share so much love and friendship. you all are a positive influence 💕 I’m very thankful for all of you, including the lurkers 😉 ❤️
Are you watching me in my forest at night? I too was admiring the stars last night. Could see remnants of the Milky Way. However I’ve learned not to go prowling at night down my many trails. Those spider webs up here get to about ten feet wide and as strong as fishing line. I’d hate to break them if unnecessary. They are breathtaking exquisite. As exquisite as your story telling 💋 ❤️
As far as the book read comment, no worries. Not putting myself down. Just embracing what is unique, like you do. 😎 😘
Thanks for stopping to say hi. It’s an extremely tumultuous time we’re living in. Hssss
Ps excellent memory 😉
Claws to paws ❤️
And thanks for lending me your pup 😘
I have been working with Samaritan’s Purse in Memphis this week. They are still helping clean up after the devastating ice storm. 1/4 million people were without power for several days. The work is in lower income areas where there are a lot of mature trees with broken limbs. The homeowners are just hanging on to properties they have had for years as the neighborhoods decay around them. I tried to talk with neighbors that came out to see what was going on and explain that we were a bunch of Christians just helping clean up the mess. It is things like this that breaks down barriers but it is one person, one family at a time.
What’s the vibe of the locals when you engage the neighbors?
The neighbors are curious but friendly. We only work for home owners as rental property should repaired by owners and landlords. As such, we helped a lot of older people that own their property in areas that are mostly older people. Younger people will rubberneck as they drive through, but they do not stop. I smile at everyone, nod and say hello and get much the same in return. At one house, I took an opportunity to talk with a couple of men that pulled up seats in the driveway to watch the work. It was just three old men shooting the breeze and taking about how hard work is a lot harder with old bones. We had a few good laughs and parted ways.
The work we did was to cut up and drag limbs to the curb. Occasionally it was a whole tree uprooted by the weight. It was not particularly difficult work like tornado cleanup, but everyone we helped seemed to feel like they were under a great weight to which the storm just added. For most of the people we helped, simply dragging a limb to the street was almost impossible. Whacking it up with a chain saw was like a superhuman effort.
We meet with the homeowners and pray with them before the work starts and after it ends. We give them a bible signed by the people that worked at their house. I have yet to help anyone that was not truly appreciative. Some are skeptical at the beginning but they warm up to getting a blessing. I will do this more. They get something of value, the sweat of our brow and some needed work at the house. I get something much more valuable. I am blessed as much or more than they are. There are often hugs and a few tears.
Two more things. This little crew to which I was assigned had people from Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, South Carolina and Arkansas. A man I worked with the first day was not with us the second. He was called up to go to Ukraine with a refuge mission. Second, I was surprised that there were only a handful of people compared to hundreds that showed up in Kentucky. The work in Mayfield continues. It is the difference in the type of damage and the coverage. Tornadoes are truly frightening and the news coverage was wide and significant. Not so much from this ice storm. If people do not know, they don’t know.
VM…you are that pebble in the water. The ripples you have set off will affect and comfort many. I think you are a perfect example of WP’s spiritual post this morning. Funny how that works out, no😉? God truly bless you, good sir.
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
Dzien Dobry (good morning)
How to help the Ukrainian Freedom Fighters:
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2022/03/how-to-help-ukrainian-freedom-fighters.html
Bore da, Treepers!
Glory to God for all things. ✝
Bright smiles and sunshine back at you Lonestar!
❤️
🙂
Bore da, Lonestar💓
I just stood outside listening to a tiny wren whose magnificent songs give lie to his size. For one minute I stood and counted 30 different glorious different melodies, one after another without pause, before he flew off for a rendezvous with his mate (or a potential one at least) which was answering him note for repetitive note. Giving glory to God he was, I think.
Thanks for the wren heads up. They nested on porch last year. It was special watching the whole wren community come on my porch while the young ones were learning to fly (guarding the porch edges so they wouldn’t fall off) then the whole family appeared at my patio door, looking in before they flew away in the fall to say goodbye.
Hope they come back this year. They were amazing to watch from a couple to family. Word to the wise, do not disturb the bug carcasses on porch. Mr wren has a mean look and will scold you if you do. 😂
There is a real pleasure in watching nature, especially the birds. Lucky you to have a nest so close. I hope they come back as well.
I was astounded to see a woodpecker a week ago on our seed cake which I always keep full for interested parties. First a male and after, his mate I’m sure. Yesterday I could hear the loud ratatatat on a tree in the next street but only for a second. Sounds hopeful.
And by the way…in Britain, avid bird watchers are called “Twitchers”. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen that incredibly delightful movie “The Big Year” with Steve Martin and Jack Black. About a contest to see and document the most numbers of difficult to find birds in a year’s time. Truly a movie worth seeking out. I recommend it without reservation.
Thanks for the recommendation. Will add the big year to my ever growing list of new movies to watch that you’ve shared.
Lucky you, 😊 a male and female woodpecker in your neighborhood? I’m envious. Good job on being a dependable food source 👏
I could do no less for them.
I built 5 treehouses one was 2-story. Next time bring your guitar.
If I can bring my hubby as well…he’s the guitar player.😊
Nice work on the condominium for your feathered boarders.💓
Treepers are uniquely able to express their love of God and each other…
I woke this morning thinking about a quote from my past
The Opposite of Love is not Hate, It is Indifference
so I did a web search (of course I did 🙂 ) What’s The Opposite of Love? Hate or Indifference? (movemequotes.com)
FTA
“‘Love,’ ‘hate,’ and ‘indifference’ each take a side of an equilateral triangle – each being the opposite of the other. What does this mean? It means that yes, love and hate are opposites – but it also means that love and indifference are opposites as well.
It means that when you are indifferent towards something or someone you are acting just as unloving as someone who is acting out of hate. It means that when you come out of a deep, loving relationship with another person and you act with indifference towards them, it can hurt just as bad as ending it with hate. It means that when you walk past a person in need (i.e. a homeless person) with indifference, it may be just as unloving as someone who acts out of hate. It means that the bully and the bystander are at equal fault when another person is getting chronically picked on.”
There is more at the link.
Then I remember our VSG P DJT introducing folks at his rallies – so and so really loves your state and is working hard FOR you – the active form of the verb I never tumbled to that before…
Indifference is a killer I think, ms idaho. I see it as a complicated thing. Not easy to define completely. But I believe indifference is far worse than hate. Just my opinion, of course.
the proof of your opinion is here:
https://tinkzorg.wordpress.com/2021/11/02/2740/
The Decisive Battle
I shall read it. Thank you💓 An extremely interesting topic and question.
I think hate means that you are acknowledged, that you exist, that you are there. Indifference doesn’t even acknowledge your existence. You matter not at all.
that’s how I have viewed it … can’t waste precious time acknowledging your existence
Guess who is coming to Dinner…
This was part of a cartoon posted last night on the Political thread:
Those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it.
Yet, those who do study history are doomed to stand by helplessly while everyone else repeats it
Amen
Amen ms Idaho.
Wishing you a most blessed day. ❤️
with my magic mirror – reflecting back at all of you great treepers
Sundance I found this searching for the Bio labs in Ukraine run by Deep State. The U.S. Department of Defense’s Biological Threat Reduction Program collaborates with partner countries to counter the threat of outbreaks (deliberate, accidental, or natural) of the world’s most dangerous infectious diseases. The program accomplishes its bio-threat reduction mission through the development of a bio-risk management culture; international research partnerships; and partner capacity for enhanced bio-security, bio-safety, and bio-surveillance measures. The Biological Threat Reduction Program’s priorities in Ukraine are to consolidate and secure pathogens and toxins of security concern and to continue to ensure Ukraine can detect and report outbreaks caused by dangerous pathogens before they pose security or stability threats.
Current executive agents of the Biological Threat Reduction Program in Ukraine are the Ministry of Health, the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences, and the Ministry of Defense.
The website is US Embassy Biological Threat Reduction Program – U.S. Embassy in Ukraine (usembassy.gov)
The Biological Threat Reduction Program’s priorities in Ukraine are to consolidate and secure pathogens and toxins of security concern and to continue to ensure Ukraine can detect and report outbreaks caused by dangerous pathogens before they pose security or stability threats.
violins please
Maximum pressure failed? Says who?
JoeBama is shining the shoes and putting a second coat of shine on the weaponry. https://theiranproject.com/blog/2022/03/02/vienna-talks-advisor-says-iran-wont-be-pushed-into-incomplete-deal-over-unrelated-ukraine-crisis/
Little Olaf should go the route of the fat kid in the tube of Willy Wonka
Iran deal ‘cannot be postponed any longer’: German chancellor
AFP
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2034996
I like to do a Hat Tip to Sundance because he flew about propaganda in this country about Ukraine! Thank you for being true to the truth!
Well folks, Dianne has done it again – check out this post. Its a report that Putin spoke with Trump during Biden’s SOTU…
Truth? Judge for yourself: https://diannemarshallreport.com/putin-bombs-bidens-villa-in-ukraine-along-with-biolabs-pedophile-rings/
If only the part about finding captive children is true – it’s heart wrenching
Children…fingers crossed and prayers said 🙏
Must’ve looked to early today. Didn’t see this. Thanks 😊
Then there is this on truckers winning in Canada:
https://diannemarshallreport.com/truckers-in-canada-win/
Not over yet, but on its way
ps – she has more, too – just not linking them all
Pssst. Thank you ❤️
For more on Ukraine, check out Sunnydaze comment at the Presidential thread
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/03/march-3rd-2022-presidential-politics-resistance-day-408/comment-page-4/#comment-8623080
How’d you do that. Post link to a specific post? Best I can do is take a screenshot to send to my friends
easy peasy
follow the top of the post all the way to the right. your mouse will highlight 2 small icons. one is a paperclip that says ‘comment link’. click that.
scroll to where you want to post (new post or reply) and do a ctrl v (paste)
i copied and pasted my own post – ha ha
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/03/thursday-march-3rd-open-thread/#comment-8623108
any questions?
I’m not saying I laughed …..but I’m not saying I didn’t laugh.
Face diapers for the audience and crew, but not for the stars. Who would subject themselves to that?
Czech petition wants the masses to do something that every media figure here should do when talking about the CCP
It’s the guvmint, not the people https://www.praguemorning.cz/online-petition-signed-by-hundreds-against-hatred-for-russians/
Pot calling kettle. And how is that funneling money to Iran going? https://www.the961.com/u-s-treasury-delegation-urged-lebanon-to-increase-returns-to-depositors/
Out of the mouth of babes:
My 7 year old Granddaughter that had oral surgery on Monday asked her Momma this question today.
Why can’t God do what the Dentist did? Why can’t he put the world to sleep and cut out the bad parts and then let it wake up?
Out of the mouth of babes, is the solution to all the worlds problems 🥰
Grandpa Rah must be beaming with happiness for having such a smart granddaughter ❤️
After working 6 Fridays in a row over the time I am supposed to be off I am supposed to have Friday off! Think I’ll grill BBQ chicken tomorrow smoked with hickory chips. Been a long time since I’ve done that.
Today I did what is supposed to be a 4 stop milk run up in the Chicago area. But the first stop in Skokie is delivery only and I had nothing for them so could skip that one. The traffic on I-65 S was so brutal I got off on IN 28 and weaved my way around the construction in downtown Franklin, IN (Not supposed to do that because the detour is not a truck route but what the heck, life is no fun without a challenge and adventure some times.) Then I took 28 into Elwood and took a right on IN 13. Instead of following it I went straight onto 900 W to IN 128. Took a right on 500W to cross street. Then right on Raible and a left on 53rd street and a right on Martin Luther King down to 73rd street where the terminal is.
Nite all. Off to bed. Up since 01:00. Say a prayer for Ivy please.
Ivy was born to a nephew and his wife by C-section yesterday. She was only 17″ and weighed 7lb. She was immediately transported to the Payton Manning hospital and has a colostomy bag. Her Dad and mom are staying in a hotel near the hospital but only get to see her a few minutes at a time.
They have asked not to be bothered at this time so we’re in the dark as far as knowing exactly what Ivy’s condition is and what her prognosis is. But what we do know sure doesn’t sound good.
May God look over this family and keep them under the wings of the angel he sent to keep watch over them. 🙏 ❤️
Prayers lifted for Ivy and her Mom & Dad.
Sundance, regarding the claim by CDC and the left that COVID vaccines cannot alter your DNA, you need to see this if you haven’t yet (from Zerohedge this evening):
Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Goes Into Liver Cells And Is Converted To DNA: StudyAuthored by Meiling Lee via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-goes-liver-cells-and-converted-dna-study
The messenger RNA (mRNA) from Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is able to enter human liver cells and is converted into DNA, according to Swedish researchers at Lund University.
The researchers found that when the mRNA vaccine enters the human liver cells, it triggers the cell’s DNA, which is inside the nucleus, to increase the production of the LINE-1 gene expression to make mRNA.
The mRNA then leaves the nucleus and enters the cell’s cytoplasm, where it translates into LINE-1 protein. A segment of the protein called the open reading frame-1, or ORF-1, then goes back into the nucleus, where it attaches to the vaccine’s mRNA and reverse transcribes into spike DNA.
. . .
The whole process occurred rapidly within six hours. The vaccine’s mRNA converting into DNA and being found inside the cell’s nucleus is something that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said would not happen.
“The genetic material delivered by mRNA vaccines never enters the nucleus of your cells,” the CDC said on its web page titled “Myths and Facts about COVID-19 Vaccines.”
more at the Zerohedge link
Amen
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.