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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Cats just don’t seem to Love the Snow like the Doggos Do 😄
Ya think it might have something to do with their Little Paws getting wet ?
I swear I’ve seen my CatGirl *Tiptoe* in the Wet and Snow 😁
🙋♀️ Leon , 😊
Steve’s two outside barn cats used to refuse to come into the barn during the winter, even when the temp got down towards zero. But now that they are getting older they ask to go into the heated garage for the night when the temps get down to 20 or so.
Monday I helped Steve put the snow plow on his ATV. Since he hadn’t run it for awhile, before we put the plow on he drove it around the back field for a time. We saw Calie, his oldest barn cat in the cut hayfield hunting when we were out. No snow sticking here as yet but of course that is about to change.
His coat looks pretty warm
(Wonder where he got it. I could use one just like it!😉)
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Good morning, Mr jay. A perfect picture to use for the definition of luminescent. Lovely!
Good morning Bet. Winter is officially here. 29 degrees, overcast outside. I’d rather deal with the colder temps than the heat and humidity in the summer months. I think I’m prepared for the cold front coming in this weekend.
Good morning, my friend.😘🌲 We were about that this morning as well. I’m still debating on which would I prefer. But you made me remember this short offering from Robert Frost…
Fire and Ice (1920)
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great,
And would suffice.
We can only do the best we can do preparation-wise. Be sure to check in frequently, Joe. We’ll keep you company as things develop, though I really am hoping it won’t be as bad as is predicted (every digit crossed and crossed again😉).
We will be ok. We will get through this. And I will stay in touch here in the Treehouse as long as the internet stays up.
Excellent lines from Robert Frost you’ve posted.
Yes…as long as our grid doesn’t fail us…
First day of winter…rah said a few days back that come February here, we’ll probably get more of the same. So this is apparently a practice run.
Good afternoon Bet! Just got an email from CPS San Antonio. It said that Ercot didn’t expect any problems with the grid. CPS didn’t expect any, either.
In San Antonio today with my sister in law at her oncologist appointment.
❤️😘
You are a good man, Gramps. Prayers for you both. 🙂
Thanks Garrison, it’s her 3 months check up. She’s with the doctor now and my bride is with her. The nurse decided I had to wait in the waiting area. Too crowded, she said. 😁
Afternoon, G💕 Jolly good on the grid. It looks as if this won’t last but a few days. Perhaps they actually did what needed doing after the last avoidable problems. It’s becoming apparent even for the dumbest ideologue that wind and solar energy to replace “fossil” fuels is something a junior high school student (in his naiveté and ignorance) would present as his class project. In saner times he would have gotten a big fat F for his efforts.
I hope your sister in law is tolerating her treatments well, and that she’s on the way to getting rid of the cancer. Bless her, she really well has had more than her share of physical battles. Such a good thing she is relatively near a massive medical centre. with the University of Texas Health Science Centre so near. Prayers up, my friend🙏😘
Wind and solar energy are fool’s errands without the means to store and transfer the “free” energy. Reminds me of the stupidity of the “No Nukes” movement in the 70’s and 80’s.
That’s exactly how I see it. I suspect this cold winter might just convince even the deepest green believer will have to reassess.
Lots of two-legged lemmings in this world. And those holding the purse strings love ‘em.
Flying in a wind or solar jet.
See Alaska on the Solar Cruise line & never leave harbor. (We’ve had sailboats for eons & outside of the Ark, people seemed to know its limits.)
Quit exhaling CO2. Kill a tree that breathes it.
Prohibit EV charging stations until powered by wind … .
“…saner times…”
“…big fat F…”
Have I told you lately that I love you, sis? ❤️✝️❤️
ANOTHER…
Great post. 👌
How lovely to read tried .& true poetry.
Frost’s, while not that old, blends with word tapestries sewn centuries ago.
Maidin Mhaith Betsy, one of the best experience’s in my life was being in amongst the Northern Lights. Feels quite beautiful to be able to praise God while his creation surrounded me many times! 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
I can only imagine! The quiet (I am assuming) and the Northern Lights.
I will also assume that it made you know how really small you are. Humbling surely. The Glory of God surrounding you….🙏💕
Awesome photo. Iceland must be a spectacular place to visit.
Hey Joe saw mine in Alaska, something you won’t forget. I know people from Iceland probably the only foreign place I’d visit these days.
Exactly. I would really like to spend time in Iceland and see the Northern Lights. There is some serious volcanic activity there also. I wouldn’t mind watching an eruption from a safe distance.
Yo, jay. Looks like we’re on the same wavelink tonight. 🙂
Howdy Garrison, yes we are. Got 8 inches of snow so far this week here it’ll probably be gone by Christmas. 🇺🇸😎🇺🇸
Afternoon jay.
Howdy Gramps 🇺🇸😎🇺🇸
Two more . . .
Good morning, Garrison😊 Thought I’d leave this short beautiful little song for you this morning.
Be well, stay warm,
Morning, Bet. A beautiful carol, a second cup of Bustelo coffee . . . all is well. For now. Be well, be blessed, and be warm. 🙂
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Thank you Garrison and Jay… my day is complete. The trash is at the curb, the coffee is fully brewed and now THIS
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This channel – what a Wonderful find! Have subscribed to it. This genre is the perfect background tempo for what’s happening these days!
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Afternoon Garrison!
“It wasn’t the water He came for. It was me.”
~the woman at the well~
December 21 Oswald Chambers
Experience or God’s Revealed Truth
We have received…the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. —1 Corinthians 2:12
My experience is not what makes redemption real— redemption is reality. Redemption has no real meaning for me until it is worked out through my conscious life. When I am born again, the Spirit of God takes me beyond myself and my experiences, and identifies me with Jesus Christ. If I am left only with my personal experiences, I am left with something not produced by redemption. But experiences produced by redemption prove themselves by leading me beyond myself, to the point of no longer paying any attention to experiences as the basis of reality. Instead, I see that only the reality itself produced the experiences. My experiences are not worth anything unless they keep me at the Source of truth— Jesus Christ.
If you try to hold back the Holy Spirit within you, with the desire of producing more inner spiritual experiences, you will find that He will break the hold and take you again to the historic Christ. Never support an experience which does not have God as its Source and faith in God as its result. If you do, your experience is anti-Christian, no matter what visions or insights you may have had. Is Jesus Christ Lord of your experiences, or do you place your experiences above Him? Is any experience dearer to you than your Lord? You must allow Him to be Lord over you, and pay no attention to any experience over which He is not Lord. Then there will come a time when God will make you impatient with your own experience, and you can truthfully say, “I do not care what I experience— I am sure of Him!”
Be relentless and hard on yourself if you are in the habit of talking about the experiences you have had. Faith based on experience is not faith; faith based on God’s revealed truth is the only faith there is.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
We never enter into the Kingdom of God by having our head questions answered, but only by commitment.
https://utmost.org/experience-or-god%E2%80%99s-revealed-truth/
Got in from my run down to Owensboro, KY at 16:30 yesterday. This morning at 07:00 I take off with a loaded trailer for the TENNECO facility in Ligonier, IN. There I drop the trailer I bought in a door and hook to preloaded trailer in the door next to it and take it down to the TENNECO facility in Smithville, KY.
After a 10 hour break there, I back into a door and get unloaded and reloaded with parts going back up to Ligonier, but I just bring it back to the yard in Anderson, IN. That will be my last run before Christmas.
Receivers only think about scheduling loads to make sure they have the parts and materials to run when their employees come back from their time off over the Holidays. Thus there is always a spurt of loads dropped on the planners just before a Holiday weekend that must be covered. It is just the nature of the beast.
rah—
That snippet from your life— that you just described is what I most enjoy—here at CTH.
The day-to- day life experiences, the humanity we all share…I love it.
Just received the annual Christmas letter from a friend. We returned to our mutual home state after working together overseas.
Our families are grown.
She described discovering the pursuit of different spots by the bay to enjoy morning coffee with her husband.
Sometimes our travels are no longer so far from home. They are, however, just as endearing.
God bless.
My dad drove buses for a living. When I was about 6 I went on my first away-from-home run with my dad. I think we were going to Kansas City. We stayed overnite in a rooming house, someplace I’d never seen before, and then got up well before daylight to go down to the bus station so dad could get his bus started and warm before his 8am departure.
It was the first time in all of my 6 years that I gotten up before daylight—I was mystified that people were “already up” when it was still nighttime. What I most remember about that adventure was the all-night diner at the end of the street the bus station was on. The street was dark but that diner absolutely glowed with brilliant white light. It was filled with drivers, truckers, railroad workers, people going to work, and people coming off work. To my young eyes it was the most exotic place I’d ever been in. Dad got his coffee and I got a huge (for me) mug of the best hot chocolate ever.
21 December 2020 K. T. Oslin, American country singer (80’s Ladies), dies at 78
21 December 2017 Roswell Rudd ,American free-jazz trombonist (Archie Shepp), and avant-garde composer (New York Art Quartet), dies of prostate cancer at 82
21 December 2012 Lee Dorman, American rock bassist (Iron Butterfly; Captain Beyond), dies at 70
21 December 1992 Albert King [Nelson], American blues guitarist and singer (BB King & Friends; Blues Alive), dies of a heart attack at 69
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
A little girl asked her brother, ” What is love?”
He replied, “Love is when you steal the chocolate from my lunch bag every day…and I still hide it in the same place every day.”
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, December 21, 2022
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“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.”
Matthew 11:29 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves. – Luke 21:25
Few like to think about horrible things predicted during the end times: wars, rumors of wars, natural disasters, persecution of believers in Christ, and international distress and confusion. Yet the words in Luke 21 offer encouragement.
When Jesus was about to be crucified, He told the disciples it was like a woman in labor (John 16:21). Though they would grieve at His death they would rejoice at His resurrection. And concerning the end times, though there is distress and pain for a season, there will be joy at His return. As a mother rejoices at the birth of her baby, the church will rejoice at redemption, when Jesus returns and puts all things right.
In Luke 21, Jesus tells what His people should and should not do when these prophecies come to pass. Don’t be led astray (v. 8). “Do not be terrified” (v.9). If arrested for your faith, trust God to give you wisdom to reply (v. 14-15). Be faithful. “By your endurance you will gain your lives” (v. 19). “Straighten up and raise your heads” watching for your redemption (v. 28). Be alert and pray for strength to escape persecution (v. 36).
In troubled times it is important to focus on the overall plan, salvation in Christ, and His return. Pray for those who have yet to receive Him. Pray for the ministries who work to maintain the freedoms of religion and speech in the United States. Pray for the restoration of godly principles. Pray for strength and wisdom to stand firm in faith and trust in the Lord during difficult times.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
Merry Christmas Treepers!
December 21
MORNING
The days of thy mourning shall be ended. Isa. 60:20
In the world ye shall have tribulation. John 16:33
The whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. Rom. 8:22, 23
We that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. II Cor. 5:4
These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb, Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. Rev. 7:14-17
EVENING
Master, carest thou not that we perish? Mark 4:38
The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. Psa. 145:9
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. Gen. 9:3
While the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. Gen. 8:22
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. Nah. 1:7
God heard the voice of the lad: and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. Gen. 21:17, 19
Take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, what shall we drink? for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. Matt. 6:31, 32
Trust … in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy. I Tim. 6:17
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/12/1221.html
Mornin’ all!
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
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.
Amen, Amin🙏
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)
Franco Harris passed away, aged 72. He was one of the greatest running backs (Pittsburgh Steelers) in the NFL. I was always a Los Angeles Rams fan, but hey, Franco. RIP.
72 is no age….
I know this daily commute in Saudi took years off my life-expectancy.
I gave myself a 10% of making it a full year without an accident. I said that early on when I noticed every car on the road had dents…
….Link broke due to music infringment…
https://archive.org/details/CommuterHell
I was sorry to hear about this today. Had to update my life insurance and found AIG (American General) is now Corebridge Financial. When calling, they offshored me, so it got me to thinking and investigating.
Here’s a little more info on them. The cabal is everywhere… they own everything.
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Meet Corebridge, AIG’s ‘Bermuda Triangle’ Venture
The primary life insurers inside Corebridge are AIG’s American General and VALIC; The asset managers are Blackstone and BlackRock. The Bermuda-based reinsurer is Fortitude Re. These strategic partners have interlocking parts. Corebridge will be majority-owned by AIG, and run by the same SAFG’s CEO, Kevin Hogan. Blackstone owns 9.9% of Corebridge.
https://retirementincomejournal.com/article/meet-corebridge-formerly-aig-life-retirement
Who is Blackrock owned by?
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. purchased a new stake in BlackRock Capital Investment in the 3rd quarter valued at $97,000. Royal Bank of Canada raised its position in BlackRock Capital Investment by 5,317.1% in the 3rd quarter.
I have diversified life insurance policies. Hope you do, as well. Especially with all the additional payouts being caused by the plandemic.
Oh God, help us.
We’ve given this fraud zillions of dollars but we have to send OUR aircraft to pick him up so he can meet with the D.C. criminals?
Gotta keep the ruse “hollywood” war going.
Some day… SOME day… there’s going to be the infomercial:
“If you were a victim of the Obama / Biden / Clinton crime syndicate, you may be eligible for compensation”
Lol, my husband and my son said the exact same thing yesterday.
Posting it twice means it’s twice as good to listen to.
Harry Belafonte has great enunciation, every word is clear.
Have found this variation of the Prayer of St. Patrick to be of profound protection for many years, and thought to share it here for those so inclined to adopt their version as we, individuals, and as a nation and world, facing profound forces, may feel so inclined to have on hand.
I invoke the power of Christ
against every fierce merciless force that may
come upon my body and my soul
against incantations of false prophets
against black laws of paganism
against false laws of heresy
against spells of women, smyths, similar and druids,
against all knowledge that is forbidden the human soul.
Christ for my guardianship today
against poison, against burning
against drowning, against wounding
that there may come to me an abundance of reward.
Christ with me, Christ before me,
Christ behind me, Christ in me,
Christ under me, Christ over me,
Christ to the right of me, Christ to the left of me,
Christ in all positions of living
Christ in the heart of every person who may think of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone one who may speak to me,
Christ in every eye which may look at me
Christ in every ear which may hear me.
I arise now,
in vast might, invocation of the Trinity,
belief in the threeness, confession of the oneness,
meeting in the Creator.
Domini est salus Domini est salus Christ est salus
Salus tau Domini, Sit semper nobiscum.
Salvation cometh from the Lord
Salvation cometh from Christ
May thy salvation O Lord be always with us.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
And Lord watch over my stubborn husband whose doctor today during a visit without me, persuaded him to get a booster injection of the quackzine
Arghhh
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.