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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Crazed Leftists Rent-A-Mob activated . . . and already whining about POLICE BRUTALITY.
Local fake news media, NBC, in Austin, Texas is joining in the “Use of Force” hype as usual.
What happened to the idea of needing a PERMIT for a public protest? That way the authoriiies know what group andn what specific people are responsible for the activities. It also defines the area(s) in which the protst or march are allowed to occur. It would seem that a great deal of what takes place could be eliminated or at least curtailed by requiring permits. It puts the organizers on notice and makes them responsible for the actions of the protesters.
She’s lucky she didn’t get “nightsticked” for assaulting a police officer……………
Have a blessed Sunday, Treepers. Our Lord loves us and looks after us if we just believe in Him. His love for us is absolute.
A couple of years ago I had a conversation with an old friend of more than 30 years. He asked me if I was “one of those believers who talked directly to God?” I answered yes, I talked to Him all the time. I explained that being saved requires you to make a committment. You have to tell Our Lord that you believe in Him. If you do that you are saved. I remember that he looked at me with a questioning exression, although he didn’t follow up with an additional question. What are we to make of these encounters? Sadly, he committed suicide on Christmas Eve last year. I can only hope he took my humble advice about being a believer. Belief in God requires a commitment! Be well Treepers. . . . 🙂
Have a blessed Sunday, Treepers. Our Lord loves us and looks after us if we just believe in Him. His love for us is absolute.
I am sorry to hear of the loss of your friend.
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Good morning, Garrison💓 I wish your friend had known us here in this tree, in this church. On Christmas Eve…I can feel his despair and his sense of deep hopelessness. May God in his great mercy please accept and rest his soul.🙏
Although I had known him a long time, he was a hard person to be friends with, Betsy. He was reclusive, suspicious, not particularly trustworthy. When I found that he had died I was sorry he took his life. But I wasn’t surprised.
I understand. I do. I’ve known a few people like that. They won’t let you in. This far and no further, they seem to say. I’ve also known people (I think we all do) who give no indication whatsoever that they are in a dire and most desperate place, who take that way out of what for them must be unbearable.
I’m glad you spoke of your belief to him, which was all you could do. And like you, I pray that he heard you.
Exactly. Keeping your distance is something you learn pretty quickly. Or else. I’ve never thought I’ve been very good at bearing witness. Belief, being prayerful is just so basic and taken-for-granted for me that I think when people make inquiries they’re a little disappointed. I think they’re looking for more when, for me, my experience is actually quite humble—by choice. 🙂
I am the same. I grew up in the Episcopal church which is very traditional, and where we witness by hopefully Christ-like living, if that makes sense, but I have spoken to others about what God has definitely done for me and those I love. like you, Garrison, I speak to Him all the time, many times without realizing it until I catch myself in mid thought. It has become as natural to me as breathing.
I’m still so sorry for him, and I do hope God receives his soul. .Blessings, my friend.
Good morning Garrison😌
What a special sharing and what wondrous timing it was, knowing the sad outcome.
Personally, I’d like to think your conversation with your friend was exactly what he needed and ,although his life events were too hard to bear, you gave him consolation and compassion at just the right time. 🥰 ❤️
Love you Garrison ❤️
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God Bless America , Happy Mothers Day . 🙂
Morning, jay🤗. Thank you for the lovely bouquet!! Gorgeous!💓
Good morning Betsy! Happy Mother’s Day dear friend!
Good morning, G💓 Thank you. This one feels special for some reason, even though I will see none of mine this year. The same special as this Easter past. No reason or explanation.
And a very Happy Mother’s Day to your beloved bride and to your mother, and to the other mothers with you today. I hope all of you enjoy the happiness of being together.
Thank you again my dear friend always😘
Blessings, Betsy . . . 🙂
💓🙏!!
Good morning grandpa!!!!! 🙋♀️
What a special day today is to celebrate all your multigenerational mothers. 🥰
Blessings, Cat 🙂
ihre Begrüßung 🙂
A Devotion for Today
Dearest Father Who has given us the gifts of children and grandchildren, please grant us as mothers and grandmothers grace to guide them in your ways and to teach them what is right and good, knowing through our faith in you and your Beloved Son, that you will be with us in our endeavours each and every day. And for our own mothers and grandmothers who loved us and whose own journeys on this earth are done, please grant them eternal rest. Amen.
Amen and blessings for you Betsy.
Good Sunday morning GGGG…💓. Thank you so much. And I pray for all His blessings for you🤗🙏
Amen!
8 May 2008 Eddy Arnold, American country music singer (“Make The World Go Away”; “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye”), dies at 89.
Cattle Call
If your Martian… do not play this!
May 8 Oswald Chambers
The Faith to Persevere
Because you have kept My command to persevere… —Revelation 3:10
Perseverance means more than endurance— more than simply holding on until the end. A saint’s life is in the hands of God like a bow and arrow in the hands of an archer. God is aiming at something the saint cannot see, but our Lord continues to stretch and strain, and every once in a while the saint says, “I can’t take any more.” Yet God pays no attention; He goes on stretching until His purpose is in sight, and then He lets the arrow fly. Entrust yourself to God’s hands. Is there something in your life for which you need perseverance right now? Maintain your intimate relationship with Jesus Christ through the perseverance of faith. Proclaim as Job did, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him” (Job 13:15).
Faith is not some weak and pitiful emotion, but is strong and vigorous confidence built on the fact that God is holy love. And even though you cannot see Him right now and cannot understand what He is doing, you know Him. Disaster occurs in your life when you lack the mental composure that comes from establishing yourself on the eternal truth that God is holy love. Faith is the supreme effort of your life— throwing yourself with abandon and total confidence upon God.
God ventured His all in Jesus Christ to save us, and now He wants us to venture our all with total abandoned confidence in Him. There are areas in our lives where that faith has not worked in us as yet— places still untouched by the life of God. There were none of those places in Jesus Christ’s life, and there are to be none in ours. Jesus prayed, “This is eternal life, that they may know You…” (John 17:3). The real meaning of eternal life is a life that can face anything it has to face without wavering. If we will take this view, life will become one great romance— a glorious opportunity of seeing wonderful things all the time. God is disciplining us to get us into this central place of power.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The Bible is the only Book that gives us any indication of the true nature of sin, and where it came from.
Thank you, Cat. Sometimes it is difficult to keep our faith, but I know I must hang in there and keep my trust and faith in God to see me thru the many troubles in this life. Thank you for these posts from Oswald Chambers. They really help. Bless you.
Good morning, Marti💓 It is difficult. But for myself, I think we endure testing times like this so we may put iron into our faith when it is most needed. And we need it now. To know and, more important, believe that no matter what, we are not alone in our trials…ever.
Just what I needed to read. Thank you!
Good morning, leavemygunsalone. I did as well. Blessings to you, sir.
Good morning, Cat💓 It’s as if Oswald wrote this exactly for this time. A most wonderful sermon for this day.🙏
To all mothers, actual and surrogates, lurkers and non lurkers alike, a Happy Mother’s Day to all!!!! 😘
😊🤗!!!
And a Happy Mother’s Day to you, dear Cat! 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️
Looks like a fun way to get around!
Rail bikes and Rail bike tours in abandoned tracks are actually quite a thing. There are plenty of people that use the bikes on rail lines that aren’t abandoned even though I think it is illegal, but of course you gotta know when the trains are coming and be sure your at a place where you can get the bike off the track when one is coming.
I love seeing pictures of man’s ingenuity to make up his/her own toys 🤣🤣👍
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Yes. Maybe one way we are created in God’s image is our ability to create things – our imagination and ability to create. Too bad we don’t only use it for good.
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Happy Mother’s Day 😀
Ha ha! Spot on.
Probably the best ever album Joe Walsh ever has done post James Gang.
Bad Dog!…: Whenever I listen to individual members of the Eagles, playing in their own bands, I still hear the Eagles. Each of those guys is/was great on his own and together.
The two arrogant ones that were completely dismissive of Walsh, belittling his contribution, would be very angry to hear that.
May 8
MORNING
It pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief. Isa. 53:10
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. John 12:27, 28
Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. Luke 22:42, 43
Being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Phil. 2:8
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. John 10:17
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. John 6:38
The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? John 18:11
The Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. John 8:29
My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Matt 3:17
Mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth. Isa. 42:1
J. Bagster
Glory.. Glory..Hallelujah …
What a great race!
It was very exciting to see an underdog come out of seemingly nowhere at odds of 80 to 1 steal the day.
That was so much fun! Glad we ‘took no bets’ 🙂
Purchased for just $30,000 in a claims race.
Able to be in the race because another horse exited the day before.
Owner, trainer, jockey had never won the Derby before.
It’s like The Little Engine That Could story:
I think I can!
I think I can!
Here he is during a workout~a beautiful chestnut:
I loved it!
Rich Strike surprised the announcer in the final lengths.
What a thrill it was to watch that finish. I have watched the Derby since I was a little girl (some 60 years), and this race was one of the standouts.
As you say, his owner knew only on Friday he’d be running. A fairytale for sure, even if he doesn’t win the next two races. Amazing. Plucky horse, plucky jockey.
I rewatched Secretariat’s three races for the Triple Crown. I’d forgotten how exciting they were. This one belongs in the same category.
I’ve re-watched this many times.
It seems crazy but this win reminds me of how I felt when President Trump won in 2016.
The same excitement!!!
Good morning to you all and a special good morning to all of you mothers. I hope you all have a wonderful day.
So I’m up early so that I hopefully will be tired when I hit the sack at 15 or 16:00 this afternoon. As usual I will be getting up 2 hours before my 01:00 departure.
Yesterday I went to see Dad with a big bowl of ham & beans and a one full pans worth of cornbread. More than enough for he and his care givers to eat on for a couple days. Dad Loves the stuff.
When I got back I finished mowing the parts of the yards I didn’t get finished because of the rain that came in early Thursday afternoon. You can guess what my dinner was.
This morning Sherry and I are going shopping for a new outdoor table and chair set for the deck. We saw a wooden set we really liked but decided we don’t want the hassle of covering it every time it isn’t in use. So the search continues.
By noon we’ll be home and I will start firing up the grill. Beef Shish Kabobs. Sherry has had sirloin cut and marinating since yesterday afternoon. The green peppers, cherry tomatoes, Red onion, and large button mushrooms have also been marinating in a separate container.
For just the two of us I will use the long skewers with “V” shaped tines. The “V” shape prevents the stuff from spinning and the single tine allows me to turn it so I can turn them to get all sides to the heat.
I have two of the paddles with 5 sets of double tines on each but usually on use those when I’m cooking for a crowd. Those paddles work OK for beef, chicken, or pork but where they really shine is when we do shrimp and/or scallops.
Once my belly is full I’ll lay down and try and get some sleep. It’s John Wayne week on one of the cowboy channels and I’ll see if there are one of his movies on. Sherry and I watched El Dorado last night and went to sleep watching The Fighting Kentuckian.
Funny how things work. When I enlisted to go Special Forces I first went to Ft. Jackson for Basic training. Then I went to Ft. Sam Houston for regular Army AIT to the 91B combat medic course. From there the next step was Jump School at Ft. Benning, GA. The next step after Jump School would be Ft. Bragg to start the Special Forces Qualification Course.
Coming out of AIT a few of us at the top of the class were promoted to Private E2 but I had not had a chance to get the single stripe (mosquito wings) sewn on my uniforms yet and was using the black pin on rank. Now pin on rank is a pain in a butt and if you don’t have it pinned on in the exactly right place it was sure to cause me to do pushups at Jump School.
So arrived at Columbus, GA a day before I was to report for Jump School to find a tailor to sew on my mosquito wings. I was successful and my uniforms were all done as I waited. I had no intention of reporting early so I found a motel in Columbus to spend the night in. It turned out the motel I went to had been the place where the cast of the John Wayne movie The Green Berets has stayed while filming at Ft. Benning. They had pictures of the various case members all over the place. And here I was trying to become an SF soldier.
The next morning I reported. Shortly after getting my bunk and locker set up a messenger from the Company HQ came up and told me I was to report to the Training Battalion SGM (Sergeant Major).
I had no idea what the hell was going on. Trainees don’t see the Bn SGM unless they are in trouble or perhaps if there is bad news having to do with family back home.
Now I was to be a 2nd generation paratrooper. When I was two years old my Dad was in the 101st Abn. Division. He was a draftee but volunteered to go Airborne because it would get him to Ft. Campbell, KY which was a lot closer to home than where he probably would have been sent otherwise. Also the $50.00 a month jump pay was nothing to sneeze at back then.
He had arrived at Ft. Campbell and reported in for Jump School there. He told the 1st SGT that he had to move his family and the 1st SGT assuming that he meant a local move said OK. Well what Dad did was drive all the way up to Elwood, IN to get Mother and I and put us in an apartment just off post. Obviously he was gone far longer than the 1st SGT had intended and was AWOL.
While he was gone a young trainee set up his locker and bunk for him and tried to cover for him. That young man was Art Hill and with that action he and Dad became fast friends and remained so for life. Art would babysit me when Mom & Dad would go out.
So 22 years later there I was reporting to Battalion HQ, They pointed me to door of the SGMs office, and I knocked, and entered when told “come in”. There the SGM was at his desk with his back to me pouring a cup of coffee and I at parade rest. He turned around and it was Art Hill!
He had me close the door and sit down and we talked. Told me not to let anyone know that I knew him because if they found out I would get special attention of the kind I would not like. Told me that if I liked, on the weekends I could come to his home to stay. And that is what I did.
Of course towards the end of the 2nd week called “Tower Week” the Airborne Instructors we called “Black Hats” found out and one morning I was gigged for supposedly not doing the pull ups correctly and went to the gig pit. The gig pit was a covered area with a sawdust floor where PT is done. I did grass drills and push ups and sit ups and flutter kicks to no end. I was the last one out of the gig pit. It was August and hot. Hot enough that each PT (Physical Training) area had one of those galvanized elongated tubs one sees sometimes being used as a watering trough for horses or cattle that was fill with ice water to submerge a heat casualty in. By this time I didn’t give a damn. I would die before they got me to quit. I never ended up in one of those troughs either.
On Jump week Art came out and put me to the front of the stick and I went out the door for my first military jump behind Art.
On the fifth and final jump one runs off the DZ, gets into formation and has their wings pinned on them. Dad and Mom were there and Dad pinned HIS silver wings upon my chest.
All blessings to you and Sherry, and to your dad, who is so fortunate to have a son who looks after him, and his carers. They must be singing your praises for the gift you brought to them. Be safe on the road. B
Actually I feel guilty because I don’t get over there as much as I think I should or would like to. But perhaps since it seems freight is slowing down I may be able to make up for that some the next weeks.
Hope it doesn’t slow down too much, but if it gives you a chance to see him more than you’ve been able to with your work schedule, that will be a lovely for him I’m sure.
Something different , 😉
Check out this garage band of 12 year olds:
Wow! Great for 12 year olds. How awesome that their friends and neighbors support them so much.
Thank you rah, that made me smile!
Happy Mother’s Day!
Look ms Idaho!!!
The dandy lions are flying the coop. Just blow, set them free!!!!! 🤭
Bless your beautiful hearts
BUT
DandyLions and Thistles, tho they are wispy and beautiful, especially wafting on the wind,
actually POLLUTE where they land – growing more weeds
They need to be stopped before they ruin your beautiful gardens and lawns
Not meaning to be political here (rhetorical) , but the O’Biden, admin roots need to be pulled out / killed . Praying the spread is stopped!!!!
Happy Mother’s Day, ms idaho. I hope you are royally spoiled today😍!!
Aaahhh
Lucky Lucky me – I get spoiled every day.
Things are not perfect – they never are
But I thank God every day for the wonderful life I live and have lived.
Hope you and Feral Cat get lots of hugs from kids today.
😂 the mischievous part of me imagines collecting them to scatter allll over my lefties yards…. 😂
If only they would stay there and not invade YOUR yard or YOUR flowers or YOUR veggies – especially problematic are the thistles – OUCH when your bare feet land
Wah – the voice of experience.
My good news – no yard of our own. We get to watch others do the work
They’re falling out of the sky
They are big, white and fluffy
They are NOT dandy lions
Heavenly Father, hold my mother close to Your heart as I hold her close to mine.
Let her know today and every day how much we love her.
Lord, comfort her mind and reassure her that her motherly care was everything we needed and wanted and that we love her dearly.
Lord, comfort her body as she ages and grant her health and vitality as she goes through her days here on earth.
Bring all good things to my precious mother, dear God our Father in heaven, and bless her every day, in every way.
All-loving God, we give You thanks and praise for mothers young and old. We pray for young mothers, who give life and count toes and tend to our every need; may they be blessed with patience and tenderness to care for their families and themselves with great joy.
We pray for our own mothers who have nurtured and cared for us; may they continue to guide us in strong and gentle ways.
We remember mothers who are separated from their children because of war, poverty, or conflict; may they feel the loving embrace of our God who wipes away every tear.
We pray for women who are not mothers but still love and shape us with motherly care and compassion.
We remember mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers who are no longer with us but who live forever in our memory and nourish us with their love from above.
Amen.
Beautiful prayer grrrr. Thank you ❤️
Oh how lovely!!! How poignant and so moving, Grrrr. I think as well as blessing us with children, He endowed us with an extra abundance of tears, far more than are given to others, which over our lifetimes we spend on our gifts from Him at various points in their lives. I think this is so for me. And with this most beautiful prayer, I will shed a few I’ve held in reserve. Thank you for this.💓
Well this last week saw a lot of severe weather ranging from Texas up to Kansas this week it should settle down. It was very active but not as bad as it could have been. But it ain’t over yet. Starting late this week or early next week another cold front descends and severe weather is likely to be in the news again. This time the cold comes down through the central and eastern US and so I suspect the bulk of the tornadic activity will once again shift east from where it was this week though Joe did not mention that.
There is a small chance a little later this week folks around Cape Hatteras would see a subtropical storm come ashore.
So this week the area from N. Texas arcing up through OK, MO, IA, northern IL and up to WI along with west MI along the shore line will be much warmer than usual while back to the west most of CA, all of OR and WA and ID will be much colder than normal for this time of year. With somewhat colder than normal weather extending into NV, UT, and northern UT. At the same time all the south eastern seaboard states from MD down to FL will have somewhat colder than average temps.
Central US will be drying out. Joe Bastardi and the guys at weatherbell have been and still are forecasting that “it is going to be a torrid summer for most of the US”. So prepare to water your gardens and make sure your AC is in good shape.
Mornin’ Treepers
Glory to God for all things
And Happy Mother’s Day to one and all
Happy Mother’s Day, Lonestar!💓 Blessings to you🙏
Happy Mother’s Day, Lonestar!
Verse of the Day for Sunday, May 8, 2022
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“I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.”
Psalms 118:17 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
For the women who choose to end their children’s lives before they can ever know them, I pray God in his infinite mercy enters their hearts. And that by doing so, those hearts will be changed.
Amen.
This is a text message I stumbled upon long ago, I’ve kept it…
“YungNLeveraged: When I found out I was having a kid I was 22, addicted to drugs, in and out of rehab with no place to live. Everyone said we should get an abortion.
I’m really glad I didn’t listen.”
And the answer he received?
“Good night, Dad. Love you.”
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.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Third Sunday of Pascha
Orthodox Christian Church
Paschal Troparion
Christ is risen from the dead, by death hath He trampled down death, and on those in the graves hath He bestowed life. (sung thrice)
CHRIST is risen !
TRULY He is risen !
Indeed, He is Risen!
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
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.
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Happy Mother’s Day to all the ladies here! 🌹🌷💐
Happy mother’s day to all the treepers here who sprouted little branches!
Afternoon, Slowcobra💓 That has really made me smile. Just perfect!
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With a hat tip to Jay Tyer hosting InfoWars, check out C.S. Lewis’ That Hideous Strength + see how much of the 21st century you can find in it — written in 1945. I’ll post a link as a reply which goes to an internet archive post with a 4-part BBC production of it. Highly, highly interesting…
I’m coming to realize — WW1 + WW2 were simply — Great Cullings — just like the French Revolution + the rule of Stalin + Mao.
The Western Elites broke the back of Colonial Competition + took a giant leap forward to Unity in Europe by —– liquidated tens of millions of its own citizens + breaking the backs of each society/nation involved…. whether we mean the defeated Germans + Italians or the exhausted British or French….
Historians generally understand Stalin’s Famines were part of a greater purge of Soviet society in general — but — with Mao – they talk about the “Failures” of Mao’s economic policies. I think hindsight shows —– Mao was EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL in his policies — because he WANTED to kill tens of millions of Chinese Citizens…
======= We are about to go through a similar period of Pure Evil…
It will truly be Global this time….
https://archive.org/details/that-hideous-strength.-2
Much of what I mean is — we should focus on the fact — the Early 20th Century in intellectual thought in the West + beyond was dominated by — Eugenicists.
Darwinism quickly became Social Darwinism. Futurism was part of this. Instead of the traditional Religions being the dominant thought systems — Intellectualism — became new thought — with Darwin + similar at the forefront – inspiring twisted but powerful minds beyond the West… Throw Marx in this mix. + the likes of Malthus even earlier. — It was all these minds thinking about —- the evolution of Humanity — pointing to — distant futures that would “inevitable” (if things continue moving as they are) —- Today — the same kinds of minds —- tap a lot of Data into computers with algorithms (they formulate) — called Simulations —- + tell us they have Scientifically Proven what the future will be — if we do or don’t do something….
We see in Mao + Stalin — the evil hand of a Marxist trying to force the evolution of Humanity in a certain direction.
But — we don’t look at WW1 + WW2 like that…. We don’t see it as —– Western Eugenicists — culling their own masses in a Social Darwinist endeavor…
I think we should start….
Listen to today’s Futurists…… Then go back to listen to the Eugenicists of the Early 20th Century….
The people who ran the 20th Century were in that crowd. It had 2 World Wars + almost a 3rd…as well as producing Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot + others…
The Early 21st Century is going to be even more deadly……it seems fairly clear now….
You can throw in Christian Thought in the Early 20th Century too going back into Victorianism… A very strong current – particularly among the Educated Classes – was that —- the Church would —- bring in the Millennium Kingdom. That – if the powerful Christians were allowed to succeed globally, the 2nd Coming of Christ that had been the focus prior to this era — would turn out to be an allegory of — the Christian Church leading the Social Evolution of Civilization — globally — to a man-made Utopia based on Christianity…
The focus of intellectualism in the Church became centered on Man + Science + Evolving Humanity….not on something God would do directly but what they said God would do through the Powerful Christian Leadership….
We will get a sign from the heavens next weekend.
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/total-lunar-eclipse-may16-2022/
I like sky events and things like that.
Schumann Resonance had a mega white out spike that lasted for quite a number of hours. One of the biggest I’ve ever seen – yesterday’s chart Link: shm.jpg (1540×460) (tsu.ru)
I don’t really know that much about it but there was no lightning storm activity near the station in Tomsk, curious about the cause.
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
Dzien Dobry (good morning)
Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearers
Third Sunday of Pascha
Orthodox Christian Church
“On this day, the third Sunday of Pascha, we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women; and we also commemorate Joseph of Arimathæa, who was a secret disciple, and also Nicodemos, who was a disciple by night.”
From the Synaxaria of the Pentecostarion
by Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos (+ ca. 1335)
April 25th on the Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
May 8th on the civil or commercial calendar
Good morning Treepers! I thought I’d take a moment to share my favorite author these days – Dan Walsh writes lovely stories where God is the key and foundation to them. They are available and free for Kindle users who have the unlimited option. He is prolific. Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day, parichute!! Goody! I have a Kindle. Thank you.
Hi Betsy – thoughts of you when reading his books – If you want a great first read – try The Reunion (underlined) and keep some tissue handy. Happy Mom’s day to you too!
To: Grrrrrrr
https://store.greenstalkgarden.com/3-tier-greenstalk-original-vertical-planter/
My cousin uses this system and loves it – you can move in and out of sun/shade.
Oh I got one of those! And it is working well. Lots of salad already! Lettuce, kale and more.
Expensive purchase for me, but when I read this woman’s review of their workplace (her husband worked for them while seeking his dream job… she said he hated to leave, even to pursue his career because it was such an amiable workplace)
That’s a company I want to get behind. And I like the contraption. Don’t need the wheel base but if I had it on a concrete surface instead of grass, would go for it. They also have insect nets to cover for protection from bugs.
When it frosted a month ago, I threw an old sheet over my vertical planter overnight, and nothing froze 🙂
I didn’t know this was Ukraine when I watched it. It looked like Tennessee.
This is for those who like watching two guys do weeks of hard work to build something.
Building a dugout in the wild forest from start to finish.
https://rumble.com/v13rruh-building-a-dugout-in-the-wild-forest-from-start-to-finish.-giant-dugout-und.html
Tennessee would have more red mud. At least in my corner of the woods!
Beautiful dugout. I didn’t quite understand what they were doing with the water rerouting and am curious what that was about. A sort of spring house cubbyhole for a refrigerator? Or what?
Amen.
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen 🙏
Amen.
Not sure if this is posted here or not but right now citizen free press has the movie 2000 Mules in the stack and you can watch the whole thing for free. Please let’s get everybody watching this and then talking about it. GODSPEED TREEPERS! Thank you Sundance for the BEST TREE TO PULL UP A BRANCH AT!
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.