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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Thanks, kitty cats, for all the master classes on relaxation!
There’s no more peaceful site than a sleeping cat which cares not what the world around him is up to.
….sight…
Good morning Bet, we got it. Didn’t even notice that autocorrect strike. 😍
I figured you would, G😂…it’s the pedant in me that couldn’t let it stand. And so you know, I’ve passed that gene on to my nearby grands…poor things. Standards, doncha know.😉
My daughter bought me a t-shirt that says, I’m not a control freak but you are doing it wrong.
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How about this???
Me: I need some help around here.
Also me: No, not like that…here, I’ll do it.
(I have posted that here before, but I just love it so much because it IS me…and “Also me”.
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Just had to throw this out there , 😉
Morning Jay. Appreciate the inclusion of the BBs. Too funny. Have a great one. Cheers!
Mornin’ Y’all – been so busy this week I’ve hardly had time to lurk, never mind chime in, so even thought this isn’t Rawhide, your posting these made me think of Glenn and this piece… enjoy Treepers!
Morning P!
I’m old enough to also be that kid whose hero’s were radio characters…. Imagination was developed picturing Silver galloping towards danger…🤣🤣👍
Only the *Shadow* knows…. 🙂
Mornin’, P!! Long time no see! There are just weeks like that. So glad to see you have surfaced.💖
There are people who play guitar, and there are *guitar players* – Glen was the latter!
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Ah, my beloved Jake and Elwood! I have walked those hallowed halls of Joliet…for real! Tower 7 is haunted, too.
Here’s some selections from Barrueco’s Sometime Ago CD. IMHO, this is probably one of the best classical guitar CD’s ever made. It is up there with recordings by Pepe’ Romero and his brother Amgel, Segovia, Bream and Williams. When you hear it it is so captivating—at least for me—I knew should immediately purchase it for my guitar CD collection. I think it is still available on the ‘net. Highly recommended.
Good morning, Garrison💖 It must give these masters of their instruments so much pleasure and peace to just sit and play. They are at one with their guitars.
I hope the day treats you both more gently and showers your home with many, many blessings.😘🙏
Hi, Betsy! Hope you have a good day too. 🙂
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Morning Garrison, have a blessed day!
Tom Cruise Forces James Corden to Skydive
After taking some shots at Tom Cruise doing his own stunts and skydives in “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” Tom takes James to the California desert to show him jumping out of an airplane isn’t as easy as it looks.
The Southern Baptist Church leader’s statement in the recent investigation on the church’s sexual abuse scandal…
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The reckoning of the Lord
https://wng.org/opinions/the-reckoning-of-the-lord-1653303105?twclid=2-7k5orcskbfocicfpp65n0qyfy
Thank you for posting. I am Baptist but our church is not affiliated with the SBC. I have long avoided the slams against the Catholic church over their sex scandals as I knew that no denomination is immune to depraved people on the inside using their power to satisfy their personal desires. This problem is a society problem and the churches are a part of that. It should not be that way, but it is. Jesus warned us about the weeds among the wheat. We are finding those weeds.
It’s not just the SBC…the whole past two years have shown us that so many churchmen have lost their way and true calling…the pastoring of Christ’s flock. Is He in the Temple overturning tables? To my eye it certainly seems so.
Very True…..Sadly
Albert Mohler is a good man and I think highly of him.
There’s is a divide in Southern Baptists…..Liberal/Conservative.
He’s conservative.
I can’t stand liberal Southern Baptist Churches. One relative looked for a church after moving into a new condo. Next door was a large (very liberal) Southern Baptist church. She decided to drive to a church miles away, then to walk next door.
I remember many years ago, he stired up a “hornet’s nest” when he made the rule:
The people teaching at the Southern Baptist Seminary had to be a Christian.
(Imagine That!)
There were people that taught students that were not Christian. If I remember correctly most were from the social work department. He stood his ground and they had to go.
27 May 1957
“That’ll Be the Day” by Buddy Holly And The Crickets is released. The song would reach #3 in the US and was later ranked at #39 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. In 2005, the recording was placed in the National Recording Registry, a list of sound recordings that “are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States.”
27 May 1971
The Canadian light Rock group, The Bells were awarded a Gold record for “Stay Awhile”, thanks in part to the sexy, breathy vocals of singers Cliff Edwards and Jackie Ralphs.
27 May 1994
The Eagles reunite at a Burbank, California concert, ending a fourteen year break-up. The two-and-a-half-hour show ended with two encores capped by “Desperado”.
Morning rebel. All good stuff again. However, I do chuckle when I hear “Stay Awhile”. It’s that first line “into my room he creeps”. That’s got to be about the strangest opening line for a love song I know.
In fact, I recently heard it and was singing it (not well I might add) and the lil lady cut me off, telling me how creepy those words are. Nonetheless, it is a pretty song after the opening chuckle.
Have a great rocking good time today! Cheers!!!
Awwww…shucks. Rebel stumbled on jills love song about Brandon 😂
Good Morning ☀️ Levi/rebel 🙋♀️
LOLOLOLOL…………….look at you, so tricky and spry in the morning, FC. Good to see you’ve got your motor revving already.
Good morning Cat ❤️!
😂 Happy Friday, Feral Cat
Good morning Levi! My bride let me know quite a few years ago that she didn’t care for me playing and singing “Delia” by Johnny Cash or even playing it from the cd. Methinks it has something to do with the lyrics about shooting Delia a couple of times.
Good morning Gramps. Funny. It’s such a blessing to have a “bride” of many good years together and even more so when we can appreciate their sense of humor. It fits so well into the Live, Love, Laugh way of life which moves to keep the marriage solidly comfortable and enjoyable.
You and your bride have a lovely day. Cheers!
Good morning, G💖 As long as she wasn’t say this, you’re good……..
“Anyone getting to the point where it would be ok if Jolene came and took your man??”
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😂 I’d be dead and neutered first. Preferably in that order.
That’d be the order I’d choose…LOL!! (Lots of Laughter AND Lots of Love…Amerispeak and a dose of Britspeak thrown in)😘
Have a great weekend, Levi
NATIONAL GRAPE POPSICLE DAY – MAY 27
In San Francisco, California, in 1905, 11-yr-old Frank Epperson was outside on his porch, mixing water with a white powdered flavoring to make soda. Upon going inside, he left it there on the porch with the stirring stick still in it. That night the temperature reached a record low and the following morning, Frank discovered the drink had frozen to the stick.
Years later, in 1922, Epperson introduced his treat at a fireman’s ball where it was a huge success.
Then in 1923, he made and sold his frozen treat-on-a-stick at an amusement park in Alameda, California. Epperson applied for a patent in 1924 for his frozen confectionery, which he called “Epsicle” ice pop. He then renamed it “Popsicle“.
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Thank you, rebel!! Makes my mouth water just looking at that beautiful popsicle. It is a long time since I have had one. Hope they still have them at the store. Yum, yum.
When I was a kid we had those ice cream vendors that rode a three wheeler bicycle.
The ice box being up front between the two front wheels with a line of bells across the very front. I always ordered a root beer popsicle and never have I found any that compared to those.
Peace on Earth. A real treasure.
Good job here by this young lady.
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Thank you for setting the tone with Our Lord’s Prayer. 🙏🏻🇺🇸♥️
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Morning angus. I still kick myself in the arse for NOT going to any of their concerts, especially since I consider them a top five all time R&R band. Cheers!
May 27 Oswald Chambers
The Life To Know Him
…tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high. —Luke 24:49
The disciples had to tarry, staying in Jerusalem until the day of Pentecost, not only for their own preparation but because they had to wait until the Lord was actually glorified. And as soon as He was glorified, what happened? “Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear” (Acts 2:33). The statement in John 7:39— “…for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified”— does not pertain to us. The Holy Spirit has been given; the Lord is glorified— our waiting is not dependent on the providence of God, but on our own spiritual fitness.
The Holy Spirit’s influence and power were at work before Pentecost, but He was not here. Once our Lord was glorified in His ascension, the Holy Spirit came into the world, and He has been here ever since. We have to receive the revealed truth that He is here. The attitude of receiving and welcoming the Holy Spirit into our lives is to be the continual attitude of a believer. When we receive the Holy Spirit, we receive reviving life from our ascended Lord.
It is not the baptism of the Holy Spirit that changes people, but the power of the ascended Christ coming into their lives through the Holy Spirit. We all too often separate things that the New Testament never separates. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is not an experience apart from Jesus Christ— it is the evidence of the ascended Christ.
The baptism of the Holy Spirit does not make you think of time or eternity— it is one amazing glorious now. “This is eternal life, that they may know You…” (John 17:3). Begin to know Him now, and never finish.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Defenders of the faith are inclined to be bitter until they learn to walk in the light of the Lord. When you have learned to walk in the light of the Lord, bitterness and contention are impossible.
Maidin Mhaith FC Blessings upon you! 🙂
Good Morning jay!!!!
And blessings to you as well ❤️. Those roses are beautiful. Shame they would be deer appetizer up here 😝
Good morning, Mr jay💓 All blessings to you, sir.
God Bless you! 🙂
How gorgeous!!!!! Thank you!!🤗💖
Good morning FC. “Begin to know Him now, and never finish” – AMEN!
As for bitterness, not a chance. Nothing ever but undying gratitude. Every single day is a day of God’s ever giving grace. All one needs to do is notice it.
Beautiful share. Thanks. God bless and have a wonderful day. Cheers!
Gracious good morning, Levi💓 How lovely it is to have you in this Tree.
Good morning Betsy. Thank you for that. And thank you for being among the first, if not THEE FIRST to welcome me here.
Truth be told, I feel much more comfortable in this forum than in the main story comments. This is the world I prefer to dwell in, in the air of great faith and spirit.
You have a wonderful way with words and expression of thought/sentiment. I am honored to be among this group. God bless. Cheers!
I feel that as well. Most definitely. Though my feisty nature does mean I can’t help but make a point or two on the other threads as well😉.
I start here every day. This morning I woke up, looked at the clock and thought “Oh my goodness!! I’m late for church!!!”
Because that’s how I feel about this place and all the “parishioners” in it. It simply feels right, and my soul feels restored after I’ve checked in with friends and God’s words. Thank you for our kind words.😊 May all His blessings be with you.
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I apologize in advance but I feel compelled to share this story (it’s a you had to be there) based on your “late for church” comment.
Years ago I was heading down to Lauderdale for business. At the last minute two meetings were canceled leaving me one on my calendar. So, with a light calendar of just one meeting left, I bought a last minute ticket and took my son with me. He was about 14.
We checked into an oceanfront room in Deerfield Beach and on the elevator to our floor/room came a guy packed with personality named Rusty. He had a drink in hand and quickly introduced himself, one person at a time to everyone on the elevator “Hi, name is Rusty. Navy Seal. Just retired. 29 years. Pleased to meet you.”
Later we headed down to the pool deck. There’s Rusty, drink in hand. Glass I might add with signs everywhere stating “no glass on pool deck”. What is he doing? Running around person to person introducing himself in the exact same manner as we received on the elevator. And YES he reintroduced himself to us yet again.
He became the side show for our three nights because he was partying it up round the clock. Quite the retirement party for him.
Anyway, the last morning I woke my son up early, in the dark, to usher him out front to watch the sun rise.
There on a bench was Rusty and before him was a street Preacher who was in the process of attempting to SAVE Rusty. It was clear to me, pretty quickly, that Rusty was still nursing his good spirits from the night before.
Anyway, as the Preacher continued through his Jesus will save you, Jesus will forgive you litany of words, Rusty started to break down saying “I didn’t want to kill anyone in Iraq but I had to kill them”…….words to that effect. Tears now streaming down his face.
The Preacher finished his saving words, assured Rusty that Jesus would forgive him and moved on down the boardwalk.
At that point, Rusty turned to my son and I and said, with his face still streaked in tears “I came out here to watch the sunrise, I didn’t come out here to go to church”
I still laugh my fool head off recalling the whole scene. Live Love LAUGH!
And now while tears are not streaming down my face, I can still feel them starting, Levi, but for a different reason. Thank you for that story…so much.
The thing that struck me was that while he said he didn’t come out to go to church, that’s exactly where he was…with God and his sunrise.
“We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him.”
And as we all know, God, Christ, and His angels often travel incognito. Rusty for all his bonhommie, I suspect, was carrying a very great burden…one as a man of honour who does the needful thing must bear by himself.
Is it my very fruitful imagining that the surfside preacher might have been a Messenger? I’d like to think it’s a possibility. A very great one.
What a wonderful few days for you to have with your son. Fourteen is a pivotal age when strong fathers can make all the difference to a lad on the cusp of manhood, especially with the topsy-turviness of the teenage years. How lucky is your son?? Very, I’d say.💖
Strange, as much as I believe in those things in life, exactly as you stated it, for all these years I never once considered it. But, YES, that is an extremely keen observation.
To be thorough, what he said to the Preacher that morning also included a “They made me kill them.” confessional.
BTW, I never did run into Rusty again during my many subsequent business trips there but I remember relaying the story to someone there and them telling me that Rusty lives there now and is often seen riding his bike around the beach. He earned that little slice of paradise the hard way.
He did…he definitely did. I think he phrased it right. Under what circumstances we’ll never know. But your story made it clear it weighed extremely heavily upon his conscience. I’m so glad you posted it.
I’ve just been listening to Frederick Delius’s “Florida Suite”, Levi. If you’re not familiar with it, I strongly suggest the next time you need about 20 minutes peace, give it a listen. It starts out with “Sunrise” and ends with “Sunset”.
It is sublime and calming and so beautiful. After reading your post I had a deep need to hear it. As you mention Florida, I’m pretty certain you’d find it soul renewing. And as I listened, visions of Rusty were present, taking some solace in watching God bringing in the new day. I commend it to you.😊
Excellent, thanks Betsy. Listening to it/watching it now. The vids remind me of my childhood memories. My grandparents (Mom’s) side had a farm in Jacksonville. It is now an exit to an Interstate, different times. I grew up in Michigan. Mom and Dad met at a dance on his aircraft carrier there in the Jacksonville area (Mayport )and somehow he talked her into moving North. We’d visit my grandparents every other year.
Their farm was my Disneyworld. It was everything the suburbs of my youth were not. Livestock, gardens, gators, snakes, wild boar, there was no shortage of magic and mystery and imagination to the surroundings there.
Very much in line with the scenery in the vids.
We now live about 40 minutes south of their farm, St Augustine. Anastasia Island to be more precise. I fell in love with the city as a child. The old Spanish Fort appealed to my childhood imagination. Several years ago my wife fell in love with the city and beaches too and here we are.
We, thankfully, experience the display God’s awesome greatness each day with the sunrise. My pic is our view. our path to the beach. It is beyond words and never tiring.
Remaining on the Florida theme and including the “it was meant to be” theme, we were first going to move in 2014. In fact I sent my wife down to visit our daughter and place a bid on one of two homes we agreed met our interest.
As fate would have it, the realtor included a third home that was out of the range we had been looking in, still affordable but we had not looked at any other property in the range of this one. Of course my wife fell in love with it and I got cold feet, wanting to see “what else” there was at that price.
Next thing we know I have stage 4 cancer and a 30-35% chance of survival beyond 5 years. Long story short. I am still here, considered cured and as my wife always reminds me “it was meant to be” because of the hospital and team that saved my life.
I’ll enjoy the balance of the videos and I’ll be sure to share them with my aunts here in state. Just to see if the scenes remind them of the farm life as they do I. Guess I’ll have to play the sunrise vid at sunrise.
Levi, glad that you are still here and sharing this church with us.
BTW, love St. Augustine, visited it a couple of times when our daughter, sil, and kids lived for a few years in St. Marys while she was doing her Air Force thing in the area.
Indeed, Gramps. It’s a small place packed with history and charisma. Touristy downtown but still fun to visit. An interesting assortment of restaurants, beautiful beaches. The Sawgrass TPC nearby each March. We even have a nice amphitheater (The Amp) that brings in some occasional good acts, the stuff you and I grew up with. I’ve been pleading with them to book Tommy James while he is still performing. So far they haven’t complied (LOL).
God bless and thank you to your daughter for her service! I’m betting you have an abundance of reasons to be proud of her.
Oh Levi!! I am also a great believer of “meant to be.”
And I have to say thank our Bless-ed Lord that if you had to have cancer, you hadn’t a few years before the medical profession threw away their ethics. And before the covid debacle shut down hospitals in such a way that your treatment would have been delayed. So much to be thankful for. Deo gratias!! And here you are on this thread where, I think, you were “meant to be.”
I am pleased you like the Delius. Try it when you’re not looking at the pictures, charming as they are, together with the memories. Take in the beauty of the music and fill in your own memories.
My Navy vet son was based in Jacksonville. He joined and actually did see the world per the recruitment ads from long ago.
I’ve not seen St. Augustine, but I am familiar with it through pictures I’ve seen. It IS lovely, I have to agree.
What a wonderful conversation we’ve had. I’m so grateful you are doing well, and are here as well as here (in the Tree!). Blessings to you, Levi. I think you’ve been surrounded by them for quite a while.💖🙏
I can promise I will be a listener time and again. Thank you for sharing.
To your Navy Vet son I say Semper Fortis and thank you! We swear that Mayport shrimp are the best. Hoping he got a good diet of them.
Haha..he got a good diet of everything. He’s my eater and always has been, though I’ve offloaded him now to his sweet wife.
Talk about meant to be…
He was despairing of ever finding a “nice girl” and had turned to computer matching. Every one he met didn’t measure up to his idea of the perfect woman. He was just going to give up when he told himself “one more time”.
His final try was a young woman who likewise was on the cusp of giving up her search, when her friends encouraged her to try “one more time”.
They’ve been married for 9 years and have two gorgeous children. Meant to be? I believe with all my heart that Almighty God arranged that match. I really do.
I’ll certainly pass your message on to him. Thank you!!💖
That is BEAUTIFUL. It fits right in with “everyone loves a love story” AND intersects with “meant to be.” I don’t know if there is a better XY axis for a marriage. God bless them both and may they live long and love long side by side and in one another’s arms.
And you and yours always enjoy those two gorgeous grandchildren.
And this…ever since you first arrived in the branches here, Levi, I’ve noticed how upbeat and joyful you are in all your greetings to everyone. I felt there was just something in your life that made you so. And now I (we) know what that is. I’m so pleased for you that good health has been restored to you. Keep on shining, my friend.🤗
Good morning, Cat💓
“To have faith in Christ means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him.
But trying in a new way, a less worried way. Not doing these things in order to be saved, but because He has begun to save you already. Not hoping to get to Heaven as a reward for your actions, but inevitably wanting to act in a certain way because a first faint gleam of Heaven is already inside you.”
~~Clive Staples Lewis~~
Thank you Cat! Interesting timing for your post. Today we mark 40 days since stepdad’s passing. That’s part of the tradition of the Orthodox Church of the old country and it has to do with the ascension and glorification of our Lord.
So your posting of today’s devotional is another one of this God happenings to me. 🙏🏻✝️😻.
Now off to the doctor’s office to have my next vein procedure.
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Goodaye everyone 🙋♀️
Levi, you’ve got a way of cutting to the chase. Indeed this is a place where we(me) can finally feel content in being alongside kind minded people 😘
Betsy, well how can you describe a pint size heart of gold who can throw a mean tomahawk/boomerang who always says the right things at the precisely time. 😘
And then there’s grandpa. A sweet gentleman, great seranader who has a mean double punch strapped on his hips (good luck today).
I’m just getting started. Someday I’ll share how the rest of you look in my mind
Cant get the image out of my head of ms Idaho hopping along scooping up everybody and bopping them on the head though 😂 you know, like rabbit fufu? ❤️
Have a blessed day everyone 😚
Aw shucks, now you’re making me blush.
Blessings back at you dear Cat. 🙏🏻😻
And I am very happy to have found it as well as honored to be here amongst the kind minded.
Cutting to the chase! That’s funny. People who know me from the professional world refer to me as “long tooth”
My meetings were known for me saying, as the last person entered the conference room and closed the door behind them, I’d always say “I LOVE a captive audience”.
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Oh bless, Cat… what a good heart you have. Pint sized is right!! You’ve made my day with your sweet words. May God smile on you always 🙏😘
mornin’ FC! Blessed Memorial Day weekend to you and yours
Good Morning Lonestar!!
And you, I see you peeking through the magnificent tall vegetables you’re growing. Muck boots, overalls and a big brim hat! Quite the fashionista you are 😘
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Amen!
Well,.Mr jay, you have outdone yourself today with the floral offerings.🌷 It has added some real beauty to this thread. Thank you!😊
Always, duchess…
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 Friday, May 27, 2022
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“For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.”
1 Corinthians 3:9 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
May 27
MORNING
The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. Nah. 1:7
Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. Jer. 33:11
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psa. 46:1
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Psa. 91:2
Who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! Deut. 33:29
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? II Sam. 22:31, 32
If any man love God, the same is known of him. I Cor. 8:3
The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. II Tim. 2:19
The LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Psa. 1:6
Thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. Exo. 33:17
J. Bagster
Good morning everyone. Happy Friday, especially to anyone still in the working world. Congrats, you made it through another week.
Hope everyone here reads Feral Cat’s Wisdom post this morning. That’s a hum dinger. Extraordinary wisdom.
Folks, we are on the cusp of Memorial Day Weekend. Whether you have plans for a family get together, just relaxing or regular household chores inside and out, I hope you all have a most enjoyable, peaceful and safe holiday weekend. God bless each of you and all of yours. Cheers!
Memorial Day ALREADY?? I swear I just took down my Christmas decorations!
🙂 Oh heck, at this stage of life, why bother taking them down? The Roomba can clean up under them year round.
😁 Made me think of this Lewis quote, which I’m sure everyone will recognize as truth…and an eternal one at that…
“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different.”
Yes and yes.
Chuckle…….so aptly stated!
mornin’ Betsy. Blessed weekend to you, too. Looks like it might not be TOO hot here in N Texas.
there is a cure for that problem
don’t put them up in the first place
i know – you’ll call me scrooge
mornin’ Levi. Wishing you a blessed weekend as well.
Good morning, Lonestar💖
I hope all is well in your little corner of Texas. Sun shining here. Looks as if this will be the last moderate day temperature-wise. It surely has been nice having a week of cool. All blessings to you.
Good morning Lonestar. Hoping your day is over-the-top fantasimo. Blessings to you and yours! Cheers!
Mornin’ comrade infidels.
Ain’t that the truth! Justice for “Just Us”.
same jurers for the Hale trial only jury of his political FOES. one of the J6 political prisoners said since Solzenitzen could take the Russian Gulag he was proud to be jailed for his correct political beliefs against a sea of evil
Mornin’ Treepers
Glory to God for all things
Good morning Lonestar!
mornin’ GrandpM! Praying your procedure and recovery go well.
Have a blessed weekend.
Thank you, was scheduled for 9:30, still sitting in the room in the fancy paper shorts they give you, waiting on the doctor. Usually they are much faster than this.
Blessings to you.
How is your garden. This year we started picking tomatoes May 15, zucchini and peppers even a few days earlier. PTL!
Google the definition of cowardice and you might come across:
What is an example of a coward?
A person who lacks courage. The definition of a coward is a person who lacks courage and turns away from danger. An example of a coward is a man who runs in the other direction after seeing a person who needs help.
>>> Don’t be a coward.
Good morning, Phflipper.
The DPS could use that in a group email this morning. I am as disturbed by Sundance’s thread on the naked cowardice of that department as anything else which has been swirling around us. The last gasp of our decaying civility and civilization.
Morning, Betsy! I imagine much shame roaming the halls of many agencies in govt today. May it work in hearts to change them into a more civil servant. Ahem!
There should be. Is shame a thing anymore??? God works miracles. One can only hope this will stir something in those who feel none (apparently). I assume they all have mirrors in their houses.
Bet, I don’t have words to describe how I feel.
I would have told those …. to shove it and would have gone in.
I am not using any particular word describing that group of LE people until all the facts are out. Still giving them a tiny benefit of the doubt.
I know as surely as the sun rises, G, that is exactly what you would have done. Based on knowing where you grew up and what you saw and experienced, and also based on your deep, abiding faith.
It’s not looking good at all. Except for the border agent who actually ran to the scene, past those LEOs metaphorically on their knees. I don’t know if you read a lot. I’ve slacked off lately, but I can suggest “America Alone”, written by Mark Steyn in 2006, when we were on the cusp of Obama’s Reign of Error.
In it he addresses the demise of masculinity in the face of appalling events. An exceptional read for all the rest of the issues he addresses. And, using my own made up word, it is so “unputdownable”, you’d be disappointed to find yourself on the last page.
I reread it every couple of years to see how what he has observed and, yes, predicted, has played out. Sorry to say in most cases he was completely spot on.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Christ is risen!
Truly He is risen!
Friday of the Fifth Week of Acts / Pascha
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.
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)
‘Biggest fake news story in Canada’: Kamloops mass grave debunked by academics
https://nypost.com/2022/05/27/kamloops-mass-grave-debunked-biggest-fake-news-in-canada/?utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=SocialFlow
Something’s missing today.
Perhaps this? 🎶
Goodaye!!!
❤️ 🐕 🐈 💋
makin’ WHOOPEE
LADS AND LASSIES ALL VERY YOUNG. WHERE ARE THE OLD LOVERS?
we’re still here – hanging on for dear life – moving slow and with care not to fall
Good afternoon ms idaho! hope you and Doc are well.
Yes, John. Perfect.
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
There you are!!!!!
🙋♀️ 🙋♀️ 🙋♀️ waving furiously !!!!!
Hope you and doc have a very blessed and happy day today, ms Idaho!
here I am
see you waving
having a very slow morning. Jeep is being serviced – waiting to do some laundry.
yesterday and today are decent wx wise – with the promise of rain and colder temps for the holiday. You would not expect it to be otherwise, would you? Not in Idaho….
Found myself wondering last night whether Mungrel drops in to read – even tho he can’t post.
miss your fun back and forth with him.
Our days are (as Betsy posted above) the same – but looking back things are very different. And about to get even more different I fear.
Please wear this mental hug all day.
Good afternoon, ms idaho💐. Just now getting to scrolling down. I hope he does. He’s never far from my thoughts and always in my prayers.
And yes, like you, I believe as we go through the hottest months we will see things worsen, as intended of course. Oh for some serious, effective, selfless congressional opposition instead of what we’ve got.
Laundry day for me as well. Sheets changed on Fridays, and the rest.
I hope you and Doc are maintaining an equilibrium, if not actual improvements in your health. I pray so in any event. Blessings to you, my friend.🙏
Wait… you guys saying it’s Friday? So tomorrow’s caturday!!!! Horray!! I can eat all the m &ms I want and leave little meow muffins for someone to track. And do patrols all around my forest looking for new scratch marks. I thought I spied one earlier. And sniff the purple flowers he left and place one in everybody’s hair! Oh it’s going to be the bestest of all days!!!!! And lucky, you can leave little candy nuggets like the bunnies do. We’ll all have fun boomeranging to the heavens and throwing tomahawks at the target, Betsy will show us how, and pops can strum the guitar!!!!!! And we’ll parade around and dance and dance till the moon sets. What fun we’ll have tomorrow. 🥰 I won’t be able to sleep tonight. Someone needs to be sure I don’t oversleep tomorrow. Don’t want to miss it 😉 ❤️
You’ll be what we call journey proud, Cat…that’s when, if you didn’t already know, you’re so excited about a journey to be taken the next day you can’t sleep. I think this qualifies, don’t you?😉🤗
I’ll answer you like this 😉
I can dream and fantasize tonight. 😉 ❤️
I miss him too ms Idaho. Sure could use a good playful romp. Ya know?
He seemed to really care about those he loved. I’d be willing to bet he still reads here. Perhaps he’s somewhere where he can’t communicate with us. Doesn’t mean we can’t send notes of hi to the heavens for him. Like this, may I have a piece of paper? Scribbling a hi m, forming a paper airplane and sending it heaven bound. What would you write as a m message?
simply – we miss you
Sundance,
You hit the nail right on the head. They are now claiming the rate of inflation is slowing.
Reuters headline today.
Cooling U.S. inflation builds case for September slowdown in Fed rate hikes
They claimed that a while back. As if saying it would make it happen. I believe no one at the Fed or elsewhere has a clue. And yes, Sundance is on top of things all right.
Harvard’s commencement speaker today? Why none other than the Wicked Witch.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/05/political-commentator-josie-pagani-hits-out-at-jacinda-ardern-s-savage-dig-at-keyboard-warriors.html
Managed to grill Shish Kabobs between rain showers here at my central Indiana home and boy were they good. First descent meal I’ve had all week. Now the kids are making a DQ run and bringing back a Banana Split Frosty for desert.
I have to share this
a hummer nest with a leaf roof
labeled boredpanda.com
It came as one pic (in an email) called great photos from nature.pdf
hope I properly credited it
Beautiful!
🥰 thanks for sharing ❤️
Please take time to read this link regarding finding baby fawns. I was on another site today where three separate reports of people finding these babies and taking them away. I live in the country with a lot of deer. This is sad to know a mother deer goes out to replenish her milk by grazing and comes back to find her little one gone.
They have to leave their babies who are too young to follow mom. She does not go far.
I watch this process every spring and at this very moment I have a baby deer nestled in the pasture under a bush.
Here is the link.
https://www.wildlifecenter.org/baby-deer
Amen 🙏
Amen
Amen
Amen.
Amen.