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 †
.
Posted in Uncategorized
.
.
.
Looks like there’s a spring in your step!
That ‘global warming’, you unnerstan’ …
Report: Mt. Washington Hits 89-Year Low of -47 Degrees; Windchill Breaks U.S. Record
sorry, comment out of place
I meant to remark about the black kitty: “beautiful creature”
I miss those buttered hard rolls. I also the best hamburgers in the world from White Diamond
The central and eastern US is in for a warmup for a couple weeks with the MJO moving into warm phases. But as I write this a strong stratospheric warming event over the Arctic is forecast, for later this week. Just as has occurred twice this winter about two weeks before the Arctic air punched south.
IOW look for winter to return in late Feb into March. Not talking pipe freezing stuff yet. Just significantly colder than average temps. Joe thinks that it will stick around generally through the month of March.
Oh, BTW. For those in S. California and over into Nevada and Arizona the cold reloads this week as we in the east warm up,
Look at it’s eyes. Beautiful.
The mighty panther! Which a trip to the Exotic Feline Rescue Center educated us that there are no panthers really. They are a form of cougar, leopard, or jaguar born with the characteristic black fur often with spots still. Beautiful beautiful God’s creatures.
Here is one of our elder boys. Danny (the Russian Blue) and Timothy (the DSH Blonde) – litter mate brothers at birth. May Danny rest in peace. I miss him so.
Look who’s posting pictures!! Thanks, Magic Wand, for the instruction.
Good morning JWoo, handsome boys 😻. I know you miss Danny, saying a prayer for you this morning. Congratulations on posting the picture! I still resist learning how to do it, don’t know for how long. 😁
God morning, GrandpaM,
I had to take a screen shot of Magic Wand’s instructions. I’m still learning about sizing photos so sorry for the big ones. I posted Harry Houdini below. One more of my Dan-O-Man and I’ll knock it off.
We are blessed. We truly are. The kiddo asked her dear friend to a Sadie Hawkins dance for this coming Saturday night. Her first dance with a boy! They are going as friends and this young man is such a fine, Christian, Eagle Scout, upstanding gentleman.
So… I will take the younguns to a posh little restaurant near the school and set them loose for two hours… to cut loose… Footloose (queue the music)… while I hover close by. These kids are very reserved, so I don’t have to worry about them being a little Danny or Rizzo (Grease)… my daughter is very much a Sandy.
She had to ask his Dad’s permission first, before she asked his son. She was so red and embarrassed… it was awesome!! These are the days of God’s Mercy and Joy.
The son’s had some health troubles lately, so prayers in his direction are most appreciated.
Mornin’ JWoo Good job on the kitty photos. Can’t have enough of those! 🙂
She’s growing up, JWoo. The same with our grandlass. I believe she and Savannah would get on a treat.
I hope she has a wonderful time with her friend. I don’t know how things generally work here with lads and lasses in high school. Do they pair up, girl and boyfriend in general?
Or is it like it was in Wales where they all mingled or went out as a group of friends, which I loved. No pressure, no complications.
Her friend sounds like a wonderful young man, and just the kind who she’d be friends with. And of course prayers will be offered for his return to robust good health.
I always think of this as I watch our babies and grandbabies grow too quickly. Before I had children I regret to say I rather sniffily dismissed it as schmaltz. Life, children, and grandchildren have made me ashamed to remember how little I understood.
Now? I really do keep a stack of tissues to hand when I watch Fiddler on the Roof and year this…true, true, oh so true.
Blessings, girlfriend. Your joy is shining through😘
Hi Betsy,
Yes, growing indeed. They do sometimes go as a group, but my daughter is a bit of a loner being somewhat immature for her cohorts. Her learning difference sets her about 3 years younger than her age and that’s a-ok.
She has friends, but the parents do not know each other nor seem to want to take the time to. The kids I’ve witnessed have little respect for parents.. (wonder how that got built in? Sarcasm)
I have a strong rule that I must know the student AND their parents before she gets to do things like this.
One has 24 hours in a day… spend them wisely and with the right people. The things we learn are shocking so we must be careful that we invest time with good influencers and minimize the drama. She hates distractions and just wants to go there to learn what she can.
She had unwelcome attention from two boys and it was a war to help her realize the differences between unhealthy and welcome attention. I won’t repeat the things those boys tried… but I’ve got a red line into the Principal… and I’m an excellent marksman. Lol
Yes, I feel a kinship to you and yours as well. Such as the family here in the Tree.
Blessings dear one!
Her maturity level being behind other girls? I’d be perfectly okay with that as well. In general. I’ve found girls her age to exhibit a cruelty and cliqueishness that is so horrible. There is a power (some girls think) in “many as one” at this age which only signals the rampant insecurity of each individually.
Before all three of my grands entered high school, I offered this small bit of advice…and it may sound cliche but it is true…
Be kind to everyone. But keep your eyes open for that one who seems to be really on his or her own and be kindest to them.
That’s all. In other words, be aware of others who probably feel just as they do…a little unsure in a new environment. And the best part was I know they followed through on it.
Sometimes it’s impossible to get through to these teens that their high school years are really just a drop in life’s bucket, especially as tomorrow is about as far as they can see.
I love your solid no exception rule, my sister. Keep your weapon polished and loaded. I’ve not a doubt that you are indeed a crack shot. May the good and gracious Lord love you both.😘
Being L/D is tough. I’m dyslexoc (among other deficits). I couldn’t read until I was 9. My teachers. using questionable “See And Say” pedagogy had given up on me and so my wise parents found a retired teacher who was teaching kids to read using phonics. By the end of the summer, I could read comic books but, like most L/D kids, due to developmental lags effective reading didn’t kick in until I was about 13.
Then, it was like a big switch was thrown in my head and I could READ! From that point on I read voraciously and lived in our little Andrew Carnegie library. Still, I wasn’t a very good student. What saved me was our HS debate coach who discovered I was a good public speaker and could win debates.
So here I was a dyslexic kid, a poor student at best, mixing with the smartest kids on the school’s championship debating team. I probably would have dropped out of HS had it not been for my debate coach. I went on to have a long academic career where everywhere I went I ended up working with L/D students who all reminded me of . . . me.
Oh, yeah. While I’m glad you took care of business, those two boys you mentioned need to have their butts kicked.
When we lived in another part of our neighborhood, we had a long driveway leading to our front porch. There was a small calico kitty living in a brush pile up the street that we began feeding. Soon, we began receiving small “food” offerings, lizard and mice carcasses, from “Calico”. Then, each time my wife got home from school little Calico would run down our driveway to meet her for a brush, some petting, and a little food. She did this with such regularity than she was finally noticed by a large owl. The subsequent contest was looking deadly with little Calico running toward our porch and a large owl diving down to grab this small kitty. This went on for several weeks until we bought our current house and, of course, little Calico joined our other 6 kitties. She lived a long a happy life with us.
I was told that calico cats are always female. Perhaps this is common knowledge but it was news to me.
I learned that as well. My first cat was a calico who came up to our door amongst many similar doors within a housing complex. Bold as brass she came and settled right in. That’s when I learned.
We named her a most uninspiring name…Kitty. We figured she’d come when we called her. And as with all our others, I miss her still.
Hello, Cortie! I’ve read that as well – that it’s genetic.
Years ago we had a calico named Callie.
Besides being a beauty, she was small yet mighty! And loved to hunt.
Her sister, Shelby, was lovely gray cat with white trimmings. Shelby, on the other hand, had no interest in hunting, but rather sleeping on my daughter’s bed.
Callie would try very hard to teach her sister about hunting, to no avail.
She would bring a little mouse or chipmunk to her for play, and Shelby would simply stare at it.
It really was comical, and hard to believe they both came from same litter. So different.
Here’s a pic of calico:
That could be my beloved calico, Della. Long hair and all. For some reason, I’m getting very teary eyed this morning…..
Me, too. Gotta stop. But weren’t they beautiful … Gifts of God.
Thank the Lord, for what He gave.
Yes….all gifts from God, as all His creation is. Thanks aplenty for them all🙏🏻
Very pretty.
Thank you, C. God made some beautiful creatures, didn’t He.
She was a real beauty!
Thank you! Miss her!
Are you a cat person?
I grew up with cats, but as an adult I have always had dogs. I think they are all loveable though.
Awww your little calico knew where to run in times of trouble. They just… know.
I’m so glad there was a happy ending to this, G. What can I say but 😍😍😍😍😍!!!
Me, too. We can always use a few more happy endings in our lives. 🙂
As many as He will grace us with.
Alright, Jwoo – you’ve inspired me to (try) posting my kitty, Abbie, a rescue.
Yea – it worked!!
Thanks, JWoo, AND MWand!
(oh brother, this could open a can of worms. 😜)
Let the open can of worms overfloweth!! Tee hee tee hee… meow!
Now that’s funny – may have unleashed a cat-war pic posting here!
A cutie. Cats are so, ………………………royal.
Thanks, C, she’s got me wrapped around her little paw.
Yes – royal! Great description.
They’re definitely in a cat-egory by themselves…
That’s because they have “Cattitude”, with a capital ” C”!
😹 😹 😹
You know it’s the truth!!!! An endless supply of it as well.😁👍🏻
Yep, it’s written all over their faces!
I’ll say! 😂
Now what do you know. As you’ll see from my post below, Della, we also had an Abby, with a “y”.
The expression on your lovely girl is priceless…inscrutable
We love that name, Abbie.
Our little granddaughter, at four years old, named the kitty, Abigail, years ago when we got her.
They had a special bond, too.
Abbie is no longer with us – she went to Rainbow Bridge several years ago.
And our granddaughter is no longer with us either.
Still processing both losses.
They both took a piece of our hearts. 😿
Can’t answer, Della….weeping.🙏🏻
So sorry to hear that about your grand daughter Miss.Della.B
We also have a sweet grand daughter waiting patiently for us in Heaven.
We lost her when she was four years old, several years ago.
Thank you much, C… we’re left with a big hole.
I’m so sorry for you, too.
May God continue to help you and your family…🙏🏻
What a GORGEOUS girl!!! 😍
Awwww … as handsome as your boy, Danny!
They might have been a good match, hmmm?
Beautiful and nice to hear such a story of 2 teenagers of today. Enjoy and be proud.
Sounds like great fun for the kids and you. Prayers up for the boy’s health.
Morning, G! Sun is shining and much warmer. Come on, Spring!!!
Good morning Bet! Greeting today at church and finally had Nipper last night and he’s with me today. ❤️😘
Auntie Bet approves!!!!!!!!🤗💕
Good morning, Bet. 52 degrees and sunny outside. Looks like spring again.
Cross fingers, Joe. Our temps are climbing as well. Plus the birds are singing brighter songs, calling to one another. Glorious.
Begone cold weather!!! We don’t want you here no more! 😘
Hi, Bet. I’m back from visiting with the wife. This time she was in the dining room and eating pretty much on her own. I helped her finish most of the meal and took her back to her room. Sat with her for a while and gave her some halo tangerines. And bottled water. I’ll bring her more Hershey’s Bars in a few days, but need to keep an eye on her blood sugars. I don’t want to overload her on the candy bars.
Looks like it’s going to warm up this week; temp forecasts show 50s for most of this week. And rain.
Huge full moon outside. I saw it when I left the nursing home. Amazing.
Have a blessed evening.
Good Morning JWoo, Very handsome boys. Sorry for your loss of Danny. I have always been partial to the blonde or as some call them orange kitties. M y blonde boy passed away 3 months ago. It was heart breaking, I still look for him to come in the door and get up on my lap. I feel your pain losing Danny. I do still have four kitties, but none are like “B”. He was so special. God bless you and help you thru this sorrowful time. He will always be in your heart.
(and now come my tears for you both, marti, you and JWoo)
Your crew sound the size of our Welsh contingent as was. Abby, Decker, Polly, Buster (who ate the top off my perfect cheesecake while it was cooling, the cheeky sod), Bubble, Squeak, Sammy. Plus one litter that just happened with Polly, the dirty little stop out😉💕
They had the world to roam in and food to eat and a place to lay their heads. We miss them all.
Mornin’ Bet! 🙂
Good shining morning to you, my friend💕
They await you. The Rainbow bridge leads to Heaven. All of mine are there waiting for me
Go with God my friend
I’m convinced they are, dear friend. Playing, chasing, observing. As is in the John Lockridge poem, all of ours are now God’s cats as they were mine, with stardust in their hair.💕
Bless you, Colkitto…always🙏🏻
I saw a cartoon meme, which I pray I can explain.
A man lying in a hospital bed, clearly waiting to go to God, with his arms outstretched. And from a heavenly beam comes a dog who was his once and who was loved, obviously being sent to escort him to his eternal home.
The text below said, “This the way I hope it is.”
There weren’t enough tissues available for me when I saw that…
Richard, not John…
Back to the (Brit) Dictionary for me – thank you B!
stop-out
[ˈstäpout]
NOUN
BRITISH
informal
Bingo, dear parichute! And accurate. So much nicer than others I could use. I don’t think she wore contacts. But she could have and I just didn’t notice.😁
Remembering “Men don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses.” She didn’t have any of those either.
And one more for your dictionary😉💕
My condolences. I lost my pal of 16 1/2 years a incredible Corgi/Shepard/Collie mix that came from Petfinder.
In many ways she rescued me. I loved all my dogs & cats but she was on another level. I am glad you still have 4 others to blunt your grief some friend.
I’ve seen your description of a much loved friend so many times, Colkitto. Though all are special, there are…really are…some who are on another plane. This is so true.💕
Thank you, Colkitto. I am glad for the 4 others too. AnnaBelle gets in my lap and just looks into my eyes like she is there to cheer me up. Elsa sometimes gets in my lap and kneeds my stomach and then reaches up with a paw and touches my cheek so gently. Krystal just looks for treats and Krissy (the only male) just goes out and brings in body parts. I know too how you feel with losing your beloved pal. We have 4 dogs too. Lost our 13 year old Kandi in October. Raised her and her brother from my Kristine dog. I still have the brother, he looked for her for a long time.
I loved all our dogs and cats. Many of them were born here in the kitchen. Makes the eyes water just thinking of all the great dogs and cats we have had. Miss them so much!!
Marti, so sorry for your loss of your blonde friend. They are a source of deep comfort and a few laughs. We need all the laughs and joy we can muster.
You’re right.. each is distinct and few are like the others. We take joy that we were blessed while we had them.
JWoo, we had a blonde six toed male many years ago. His name was Barney and he would let our dog pick him up and bring him to us. He was fantastic. He liked to get into cars, did ‘t matter whose it was. Everyone checked their car for him when they left here.
We have much joy with our animals. God really blessed us with them and gave us comfort when they went home to him.
Your welcome!
Like the Russian Blue! Not really a cat fan but had a barn cat offspring of a Russian Blue named miss pretty that I really liked. Have a good day Jay.
Bookends, JWoo. And VICTORY!! Posting photos!
I feel your missing to the bottom of my soul, dear friend. We’ve been there too many times.
Ty for posting. They are both very handsome boys and I can see sweet & intelligent. You were/are blessed to have them.
Niiiiiice. Looks like our pregnant lady.
Greetings Treepers!
24 one hour chunks
48 half hour pops
96 15 minute clips
One life. Passing fast. Only what’s done for Jesus. Will last.
I long for the day of His return.
Maranatha! ❤️🔥✝️🔥❤️
Love it, Frank! Blessings brother!
Thought-provoking when our day is broken down this way, F!
Yes, time is flying …
Here’s a beautiful Scripture about importance of our time on earth:
“So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.”
Psalm 90:12
How true!
Matthew 25:34-40,
Contrasted with verses 41-46.
Too fast, dear Frank. We must make the most of every minute in His service.🙏🏻
Spring? I’m busy looking around every corner, just in case I stumble across it.
And I really do hope it comes soon, because I was outside and saw that there are some red bud blossoms threatening to burst into flower. Another freeze will decimate them.
Gorgeous lad above…just like our Bubble.
Love this song by Enya! And the video it goes with is masterfully elegant. For one thing, it reminds me of watching Lord of the Rings movies.
Here’s a fine art photo of the Party Tree in the Shire that I took during a winter visit there, from a height, seems like an age ago.
Very painterly. I love it.
Good morning phoenix, great picture!
I am a little less Pollock and more of a Renaissance girl, myself, Phoenix. Your pictures delight the senses nonetheless. Blessings to you, Ohio pal.
Good Morning, phoenix. Wow, looks like the Shire! I enjoyed the Lord of the Rings movies. When we had a litter of puppies at the time of the movies we called them all after characters from the movie. I really liked Sam Wise and we have had several Sam’s since then. Loved our German Shorthaired Pointers.
As timely a devotional you could post in this world today, WP. Amen.
Please pray for my friend in St. Petersburg, FL. There is a Detective assigned to his case, so I won’t say anything more, nor give his name. I fear the worst.
Please pray for his soul. He is/was a very patriotic American, who knew more about the truth of global politics than the vast majority of citizens now. He immigrated from Poland as a child.
Praying for your friend’s safety, Peoria. May our Lord cover him, sustain him, and reveal his whereabouts in due time. I pray a peaceful resolution in this matter. In Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, AMEN
Thank you JWoo and all others following who will pray for his soul. He was one of us, but I just can’t say anything more. Know that God hears us all. <3
Prayer Warriors, tune into Relevant Radio at 3 CST or on their app, for the Chaplet…it has been known for miracles…I will add this intention…
Amen, I will pray also.
🙏 Praying!
Prayers going up for your friend in St. Petersburg, Florida, Peoria Jones! May God bless him, and all patriots who stand up for what’s right.
Praying for Your Friend ,
Peoria , and also Praying
for Your Strength .
He is Blessed to Have a
Friend in You . GodSpeed
prayers up and done.
Prayers Up – 🙏🙏🙏. 🧚🧚🧚
Praying 🙏🙏🙏
Praying now, P. and in days ahead…
“Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”
Psalm 50:15
Peoria, prayers for your friend. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I am adding my prayers for his safety, PJ. It’s not difficult to understand your anguish for him, the not knowing. Almighty God knows exactly where he is and will keep Him in His sight and in that palm of His hand. 🙏🏻
Praying for his safety and for his soul.
I hope/pray he is ok. I hate hearing when things like this happen.
WE PRAISE YOU AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOU
These two videos contain the same modern setting of the Te Deum. One is a quiet solo sung at home. The other closes a worship service at a youth conference.
Our little congregation will be singing this prayer today, echoing them, echoing Christians through the centuries – and echoing the cherubim and seraphim.
Happy Sunday, folks.
______________
After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. They cried with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God, saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
One of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are arrayed in the white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?”
I told him, “My lord, you know.”
He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb’s blood. Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.
They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
— Revelation 7: 9-16
1 We praise You and acknowledge You, O God, to be the Lord,
The Father everlasting, by all the earth adored.
To You all angel powers cry aloud, the heavens sing,
The cherubim and seraphim their praises to You bring:
“O holy, holy, holy Lord God of Sabaoth;
Your majesty and glory fill the heavens and the earth!”
2 The band of the apostles in glory sing Your praise;
The fellowship of prophets their deathless voices raise.
The martyrs of Your kingdom, a great and noble throng,
Sing with the holy Church throughout all the world this song:
“O all majestic Father, Your true and only Son,
And Holy Spirit, Comforter — forever Three in One!”
3 You, Christ, are King of glory, the everlasting Son,
Yet You, with boundless love, sought to rescue everyone:
You laid aside Your glory, were born of virgin’s womb,
Were crucified for us and were placed into a tomb;
Then by Your resurrection You won for us reprieve —
You opened heaven’s kingdom to all who would believe.
4 You sit in splendid glory, enthroned at God’s right hand,
Upholding earth and heaven by forces You command.
We know that You will come as our Judge that final day,
So help Your servants You have redeemed by blood we pray;
May we with saints be numbered where praises never end,
In glory everlasting. Amen, O Lord, amen!
Both renditions of the song are lovely! 🙂
One more . . .
Pachelbel’s Loose Canon is intriguing and timely, had been earlier in the day watching a video describing how modern rock songs have incorporated this tune and use it to their advantage in coming up with mega hits.
🙂
Is that Dave Matthews???? Sure looks like him! Hate his politics but a junkie for his music. Lots of my life written to those tunes. #41
Dave Matthews Band – #41 (Europe 2009) – YouTube
Not DM, but I had to look that up! Doppleganger.
The Loose Canon was enormous fun to listen to. So many styles and such talent! I’ll try to catch the others a bit later.
Thanks Garrison.
🙂
Good morning Garrison!
Blessings Gramps 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
Afternoon and blessings back jay!
Mornin’ Gramps! 🙂
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet … I was gifted with one of their CDs that has the “Nutcracker Suite”.
I’ve heard them on my Symphony channel. They really are excellent.
Have a blessed Sunday, Treeper friends. Always know and trust that our dear Lord is always watching over us.
Blessings to you, my friend. And thank you for your devotion in posting these beautiful voices every Sunday. 💕
Blessings to you, too, Bet. Have a great day. I’m off for morning tacos . . . 🙂
Thx G–it never gets old
Mmmmmmm…have one for me please.😊
May I offer this for our Sunday please?
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s “Ave Maria”, a work so beautiful, I could weep every time I hear it. I have this CD, a most treasured possession, filled with joy, hope and beauty, an offering to Almighty God Who surely inspired the composer.
Razorbill. One of our flying penguins. (though not really related. But that’s how I think of them)Seen them on the coast in the winter.
Good morning, Colkitto. May I say this lad looks happy? I can’t put my finger get on it, but there is something about this photo which get much attracts me.
Good morning. Beautiful aren’t they? They nest in colonies with Puffins & Murres mostly on Coastal islands.
Here’s one in winter plumage.
i remember flying into Goose Bay, Labrador and looking down as we approached land and thinking I saw an iceberg. It wasn’t an iceberg. It was a rocky island covered in white bird poop!
Somewhere I did have a picture taken out the left side window of a C-130 showing a feathered prop and an iceberg down below. There were no worries though. A C-130 could fly just fine on two engines with the light load our team and it’s equipment were and we were the only cargo.
Cool story rah. I will have to do a post on North America’s penguin that was sadly wiped out in the mid 1800’s. The book was highly influential to me as a kid. I took a extinct & endangered wildlife class in college in part because of that book. They used to use that guano as fertilizer
I very nearly mentioned puffins. Cousins surely. That was my instant impression.
The jays in Britain, for example, are exactly like ours here except for their colouring which is cappuccino with black touches. While I can’t remember what they sounded like, my husband assures me they even sound different, more like crows.
Here is another one for a Saturday night. Top off your scotch, settle into your favorite chair, slip off your shoes, enjoy the end of another busy but productive week, close your eyes, and drift off to rural Vermont in a haiku evening daydream. Yeah. Just like that.
The piano music definitely provides a good musical mood for tonight. 🙂
Indeed, trapper 🙂 Laphroaig single malt tonight, a bit smokey but perfect for a last dram before sleep.. And if I may, I hope there’s room for another version . . .
Howdy Garrison, I received as a Christmas gift a bottle of The Dead Rabbit that mungrel had suggested some time ago. Very nice it was. Blessings my friend 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
I miss Mungrel. I hope he’s good there down under.
Ditto
His Go Between left a message last week. He sounded good.
Btw…where is Spicy?? Its been a couple of days at least…🙏🏻
Howdy Betsy Blessings to you!! I transcribed the coded message the other day 🙂 😉
Hey Mr jay…been looking for you!! Good for you😁💕
In the mor-nin’
🙂
I really enjoyed this version. Thank you Garrison. Have a great day!
🙂
Thank you trapper. Very relaxing on a beautiful Sunday morning with a nice hot cup of tea before getting ready for church.
Kate Hudson absolutely owns this scene . . .
Good movie.
🙂 Agreed.
If you haven’t watched Almost Famous I can highly recommend it. Great film about 70’s music culture. Kate Hudson ownes the whole film . . . 🙂
I just finished watching “The Third Man”. Lots of twists and turns in the plot. It was hard to recognize Trevor Howard in his role as Major Calloway. Good movie.
🙂
Joe 12 pack: We started watching “The Third Man” last night. Have to resume later today, as it was getting late. Great characters, dialogue, set design, scenes, cinematography, music; the full package.
I enjoy being immersed in “old,” classic films. Same feeling as when watching “Casablanca.” The films create little worlds of their own.
Most of the scenes filmed in “The Third Man” were shot in Vienna, post World War 2. I can only imagine what it was like living in post war Germany and Austria at the beginning of the Cold War. All that rubble left over from the bombing raids. Black markets must have flourished everywhere. And starvation. The German civilians suffered greatly and most of them were living hand to mouth.
It could happen again over there with the high costs of energy combined with an extremely cold winter.
Matthew 5:3-12 “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”
These are the fruits of the Spirit, borne through persecution, affliction, and tribulation in this present evil world; and all come on account of our calling and election of grace in Christ. The hostility of the prince of this world, that comes through the ungodly men of the world, comes because God has given us to His Son, and has severed us from other people that we should be His. All these are tokens of being His Blessed ones in the earth, and the proof of our faith in Him; for which we stand contrary to the spirit of the world.
This division we encounter is the law which God made for the world, on account of Christ coming in the flesh to redeem and to restore us to God. God ordained that there be enmity between the devil and his seed, and the Elect and her Seed, which is Messiah. The cross, which so many have come to despise and fear in their own lives, and have made as an enemy; is in fact that by which we shall be saved, and how God will judge the world. If we deny and denounce the cross as to ourselves, then we excommunicate ourselves from being Jesus’ disciples. The separation, the despising and contempt, the cruelest hatred and hostility; all comes because we are not of the world, just as Jesus is not of the world. For us to want to have no part in the cross, means no part in Christ.
Philippians 3:18-19 “For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.”
We can certainly think of these things, as comfort for those who cannot defend themselves against their oppressors; and for hope to everyone who longs for a world of love and peace and goodness. But in the context of the entire discourse, and that Jesus is teaching His disciples; we should better think of them as character traits, and the spiritual development, that comes with being Born from Above into the kingdom of God. For as the whole rest of the Sermon progresses, Jesus is teaching about how we shall be, because of doing, or not doing, all that He says, both now in this time, as well as how we shall come out when we all stand before him at that last day.
When we look at all of these “Blessed” character traits and behaviors, we know that they are things we choose to do under obviously bad conditions. Jesus says; that our reward (more exactly, our hire), shall be because they treat us just like they treated our brethren the prophets who came before us. God raised up men and women, and gave them the words to say to the people for Him. That is what the Lord does with us also. The grace which He has wrought in us, having delivered us from the power of sin and darkness, and giving us the Holy Spirit into our hearts to help; and the word of Life in the Gospel we preach, is what we bring for God to the world. As His ministers then, we receive for Him, all that is the response and retaliation of those who hate the Light. Thus it is then, that we exercise the gifts of the Spirit, and the nature of the New Man in Christ, by being poor in spirit, meek and lowly of heart, mourning over the evil, longing for God’s righteousness and making all things right; and that which moves us to take the whole armor of God, and seek pureness of heart.
When we have a trial or temptation, any persecution or tribulation for Jesus’ sake, we are put to the test how we will react. The pressure to get angry and be proud opposes being poor in spirit; the hardness and pride opposes the meekness; indifference wants to preside in the thoughts, to protect itself against righteous mourning over evil. The devil is behind giving up on the belief, that we can keep God’s commandments, because our past experiences of cowardice and failure and lack of personal integrity, have effectively contradicted and opposed purity of heart, and hungering and thirsting after righteousness, cannot make the truth of the power of Christ’s resurrection of none effect. Everything that comes against us from the world, the flesh, and the devil, wants to stop us from exercising love out of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and unfeigned faith. These Beatitudes are the Light of Jesus living in us, which the unclean spirit of the world hates and wants to put out.
Smith Wigglesworth – Ever Increasing Faith
Chapter 8 – Righteousness
It is written of our blessed Lord, “Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.” It is the purpose of God that we, as we are indwelt by the Spirit of His Son, should likewise love righteousness and hate iniquity. I see that there is a place for us in Christ Jesus where we are no longer under condemnation but where the heavens are always open to us. I see that God has a realm of divine life opening up to us where there are boundless possibilities, where there is limitless power, where there are untold resources, where we have victory over all the power of the devil. I believe that, as we are filled with the desire to press on into this life of true holiness, desiring only the glory of God, there is nothing that can hinder our true advancement.
Peter commences his second epistle with these words, “Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.” It is through faith that we realize that we have a blessed and glorious union with our risen Lord. When He was on earth Jesus told us, “I am in the Father and the Father in me.” “The Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works.” And He prayed to His Father, not only for His disciples but for those who should believe on Him through their word, “That they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me.” Oh what an inheritance is ours when the very nature, the very righteousness, the very power of the Father and the Son are made real in us. That is God’s purpose, and as we by faith lay hold on the purpose we shall be ever conscious of the fact that greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. The purpose of all Scripture is to move us on to this wonderful and blessed elevation of faith where our constant experience is the manifestation of God’s life and power through us.
Peter goes on writing to these who have obtained like precious faith, saying, “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.” We can have the
multiplication of this grace and peace only as we live in the realm of faith. Abraham attained to the place where he became a friend of God, on no other line than that of believing God. He believed God and God counted that to him for righteousness. Righteousness was imputed to him on no other ground than that he believed God. Can this be true of anybody else? Yes, every person in the whole wide world who is saved by faith is blessed with faithful Abraham. The promise which came to him because he believed God was that in Him all the families of the earth should be blessed. When we believe God there is no knowing where the blessing of our faith will end.
I am listening to Mendelssohn’s Psalm 42, which Robert Schumann called the most perfect work. I may have posted it before, I love it so. And I seem to remember that you were not familiar with his spiritual outpourings.
But I felt compelled to post it again this morning on the Lord’s Day.
It is as uplifting as the Psalm itself. Blessings to you.
Thank you Betsy, you are very sweet and thoughtful. I will listen and enjoy. 🙂
Also heard his oratorio Paulus. A masterpiece.
Good Morning !
Here’s some Tennessee Whiskey
05 February 2021 Alan Scott, American lyricist (Candid Camera theme), writer, TV host (Spin the Picture), and actor, dies at 98
05 February 2020 Buddy Cage, American pedal steel guitarist (New Riders of the Purple Sage, Great Speckled Bird), dies from multiple myeloma at 73
05 February 2019 Guy Webster, American celebrity portrait photographer, album cover artist (The Byrds; The Mamas & the Papas; Taj Mahal; Rolling Stones), and educator, dies of liver cancer and diabetes complications at 79
05 February 2013 Paul Tanner, American trombonist (Glenn Miller Orchestra), developer and player of the Electro-Theremin (The Beach Boys – “Good Vibrations”; “I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times”), and educator (UCLA), dies of pneumonia at 95
05 February 2012 Al De Lory, American session pianist, arranger, and record producer (Glen Campbell), dies 82
<130+ works currently held by ASCAP/BMI>
05 February 2000 Barbara Pentland, Canadian concert pianist and composer, dies at 88
05 February 1998 Timothy “Tim” Kelly, American guitarist (Slaughter), dies in a car accident at 35
05 February 1989 Joe Raposa, American composer and songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51
Here is a story about how they came up with that MASH song, ‘Suicide is Painless’.
MASH Notes: The Story Behind “Suicide is Painless” – Neatorama
Strange.
Knew most of the lyrics, never knew his 14 yo son wrote the lyrics which made him a millionaire…… and all dad got was a measly 70k to direct the film and perhaps a cool t-shirt.
MASH will probably run next to forever… the checks will probably still come after he is long gone.
Good morning all….Made it thru Cursday and Caturday and the glorious Friday in between….!
Love this song…yes, the night shift….for ever more…on the night shift…long night…ah…yes a memory song! Right now, puppy and I have our days and nights mixed up…me working nights does not help!
He’ll get there, Aggiegirl. 💕
Good morning Treepers
ahhhhh…cuteness overload! 🤗
Joooooooe…
He wooks wike da widdle brudder to our Harold. Gimme gimme!
Harry Houdini. Herald. Harry. Haywaaarld!!! He is the Supervisor and stealer of warm work chairs. Three-year-old little romeo cuddle bug. Master soccer goalie… nothing gets past him. Plays catch. Hasn’t learned to throw back yet. Killer of all spiders. Prefers payment in salmon and chimkin.
da toe beans
I’m sure he thinks of himself as royalty and looks the part.
Absa-rooten-toot-ly. Lol
And we must defer to his reality😁
Or alternatively…
“Whaddya mean were out cat treats?!!!!?!?!??????”
Good morning JWoo. What a pretty kitty. Say hello to Harold for me.
Done. He asked if you had any fish?
Out of curiosity, I dug around in my freezer and found a large package of talapia and a piece of salmon. Who knows how long they’ve been in the bottom drawer of the freezer; I hope the fish are not freezer burned.
Ewww Joe don’t eat bad fish.
I’m probably going to end up throwing it out. Freezer burned fish doesn’t sound too good.
Good morning Joe!
Good morning GrandpaM. Just woke up (again) a little while ago. Coffee’s brewing and I’m going to have a cup and sit here in the dining room. Nice spring like weather outside.
Hope you’re having a blessed day
I am Joe. “Greeting” at church. In Texas you can’t be security unless you’re licensed by the state. It’s a communion Sunday and I get to have two doses, one in each service. The second one will be together with my bride and my grandson Nipper, named so by our dear friend from down under Mungrel.
Best “Greeter” in the State!!! 👍🏻
Thank you, Mungrel…
Wait a minute! Is GrandpaM also Mungrel? Did he used to post under the Mungrel handle?
No!!! It was Mungrel who gave G’s grandson the name Nipper. It’s a perfect name, and I was just thanking him for it. 😁
Of course that’s what the Aussies call children. Little nippers.
Nope.
Why do you persist in this charade? If I could post a dozen or so of “Mungrel’s” disgusting, degenerate posts in his last month or 2 here, I’d think it would, should, cause you deep shame. You continue this charade like he mis-spoke one time.
I’ve been here about 10 years and never in that time did anyone approach his depravity.
For the TREEPERS here who he grossly insulted, it must be consoling to see you speak so highly of him.
I wouldn’t post his depraved posts but anyone here could probably go back to early 2022 and late 2021 and see for themselves.
Where were you? I never saw you, not ONE time, call him out on his language? I thought the Open Thread was a place of beauty so why are you dragging out this extremely hurtful subject?
He was banned for a reason. Has he ever apologized? I am not an administrator but don’t you think the administrators know what they are doing?
Maybe Betsy isn’t privy to the things you bring up? And if what you say really happened, have you complained to the Moderator? In any case, I think you are way out of line to attack Betsy, or anyone on this platform. Have your opinion in peace with God; I think is the only way it can work. But we do not have the right to start flailing around and threatening others, because we have been hurt or offended. Jesus gave us that example to follow, and it is God’s commandment.
I don’t know what you’re talking about, as I have only been here a short while; and it really shouldn’t be my business, since I’m not a witness. But I am witnessing your abuse of my sister, and you should tell her you’re sorry and stop.
She knows. She responded to the moderators banning “Mungrel” at the time.
What’s your thinking? Calling a woman in your life the “C”word is OK? Defending the person calling that woman the “C” word is OK? But criticizing the person who is defending the person who called that woman the “C” word is now “attacking”?
Calling women the “C” word is only a small portion of “Mungrel’s” theatrics.
You think I’m making up “Mungrel’s” banishment? The moderators know, they banned him.
I never bring up “Mungrel”, ever. I only respond when people here pull revisionist history out of a hat and make him a martyr.
I posted an answer to you but it has disappeared. I’ll try again…
My dear Boogywstew…
I must correct you. I did not personally see the comments you refer to. And while it has been made plain why the action was taken by Ad rem and I understand completely, I am put in mind of this from CS Lewis…
“One must forgive the unforgivable in others because God has forgiven the unforgivable in you.”
A wise man was Mr Lewis.
This will be my final post on the matter.
Blessings to you…and I do mean that most sincerely.
The final “Mungrel” comments and the ones that got him banned, I believe were posted on a Sunday. You knew about it no later than Tuesday. You talked, right here, with the moderators about why he was removed.
The story you’re going with is that you wouldn’t even try and save your friend and get him re-instated by scrolling back 2 days to see for yourself? You were that incurious? You are all over this thread multiple times a day and on the other threads as well. Yet, “Mungrel’s” bad behavior escaped you? “You weren’t curious if things were being exaggerated? I would do that for you, even now.
I asked you if, even ONCE, you reprimanded him for his grotesque language and insults? What’s your answer? “Mungrel” is banned from this site, yet one of your friends posted a long comment from him, 2 days ago. You personally acknowledged “Mungrel” as being the author. Someone is forbidden to post here and they ignore the moderators and post it anyways? You’re OK with that? Isn’t that just a little bit of an insult to some of the people here?
Has “Mungrel” apologized to anyone here? Maybe “Mungrel” should study the writings of CS Lewis. Nothing would please me more than for “Mungrel” to straighten his life out but pretending things didn’t happen is a poor start.
All through The Treehouse it is a common sentiment …”That for evil to triumph, all that’s necessary is for good people to do nothing.”
Thank you, Michael. Please see my answer below.
Actually above…
Dear Bet, I’m actually starting to get really amused that every time we talk about Mungrel we trigger a response from a certain person. I think we should talk about Mungrel daily just to get her triggered. I think her whole existence is about to trash anything Mungrel. When you really stop and think of it, it’s actually very funny. I don’t know if it’s a guy or a girl but with my sincere apologies to you and to all the ladies here I’ll keep calling her a her because a real man would never act like this.
🙂
It’s very odd to me, G. …
You mentioned him above as have others. Yet it is only when I do, that the daggers come out. I can’t figure it out.
Anyway, which of us hasn’t had a bad chapter or two, or made an error. I just wonder what he makes of Paul…
Much love to you, my dear brother in Christ, who forgave us all through His sacrifice on the Cross.🙏🏻💕
You’re OK with someone calling your wife or daughter the “C” word? Do you doubt “Mungrel” did it? That’s just for starters. Where were you when this happened? Why didn’t you step up and admonish him?
You’re half right … a real lady OR a gentleman would have intervened. It’s probably all still available for Treepers to research, if they’re curious, and you did nothing.
On second thought I stand corrected. Real ladies would never act like that, either. We should refer to it as it.
Morning, dear Joe. Look at those eyes and those ears! All the better to see and hear us with, right?💕
Good afternoon, Bet. It is now 55degrees and sunny outside and I’m seeing that the days are getting slightly longer.
I ‘ve always what cats think about when they stare at us.
I dread to think, but mostly “Where’s my dinner!!” Betcha😉
Nahhhh… I know his looks and the first picture… is all ❤️
Have always loved this song from the first time I’ve heard it. Would also make a great karaoke song, just be a lot of fun to just belt out. 🙂
You should prove that. We need video. Lol
There’s an even better video than that of me dancing at a Star Trek convention in full costume … can’t post it of course, that would be doxxing …
That would be awesome to post!
Here is another of my favorite Van Morrison songs, performed by John Mellancamp.. a wonderful version of Wild Night
Niiiice. Great video. Here’s an all time fave from John Cougar Mellencamp.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Thank you, dear duchess. My day is so much better when I’ve seen you.🙏🏻💕
“Every promise of Scripture is a writing of God, which may be pleaded before Him with this reasonable request, ‘Do as Thou hast said’
The Heavenly Father will not break His Word to His own child.”
~Charles Spurgeon~
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.
Yes, through God’s Grace please protect us “…against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.” There is much goodness and light. However, one can clearly see the rise of demonic rot. Together let us pray and caste these dark forces from our world. 🙏🌟🇺🇸💕
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Verse of the Day for Sunday, February 5, 2023
✟
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
Psalms 119:105 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Hope you all have a blessed Sunday. I have taken it easy this weekend and did nothing but a little grocery store run yesterday as my Bride made a dinner of meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, and peas.
Today I run up to Newaygo, MI and take a break. Then I hit docks in Newaygo, Holland, Grand Rapids, and Battle Creek. I then take that load to the terminal in Vandalia, OH before coming back home.
Who knows what runs I will be doing later this week, but they have been keeping us pretty darn busy, so I’m sure there will be more to do later this week. Wouldn’t be surprised at all to be sent up to run one of the milk runs up in the Chicago area.
Morning rah, and a Blessed Sunday to you! Stay safe out there.
Blessings upon your house Rah 🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸
A down home meal – fit for a King. You are lucky man Rah.
“…………..meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, and peas.”
Thank you all. I’m laying in the sleeper at my first stop in Newaygo.
And yes I am a lucky man. A can of Campbell’s Chicken Pot Pie soup warming up for dinner and excellent zucchini brownies Sherry made from scratch for desert!
LOL hope this vid plays
https://sendvid.com/bfai9pib
Greetings on this Lord’s Day!
PRAYER: The world’s greatest wireless connection!
Thanking my Father in Heaven today for His faithfulness and protection for those in great need today. So many hurting people! Please Father, be with each one that needs your special touch so that they know you have visited them in some way!!! Amen 🙏
Claudio Monteverdi ~ Magnificat (full version 18:30 mins)
Amen, juststevie! Have a Blessed Sunday!
🤗 💝
So many commenting here today, juststevie, I completely missed you!
I adore Monteverdi! This is so beautiful among so much which he wrote.
Blessings on the Lord’s day, my friend🙏🏻💕
Thank you sis! Yes, the Open Thread has become very popular LOL! Which is so wonderful…but I’m finding myself lost here and struggling to keep up!
The Magnificat is one of my most favorite pieces…but I have a list ha! Blessings to you my dear sister in Christ! Luv and hugs…💝
Oh how you have made my heart grow three sizes too big🤗!
I made an observation before Christmas about how I wished nor would find this beautiful thread.
And then…suddenly, it happened!! I’d love to think that I was heard and roadmaps were sent out. It certainly seems that way me.
This thread above all others is a sanctuary, A haven for me. So many wonderful posts and friendship… and yes, family. Is there another better!??
No, there is most assuredly not. Love and hugs sent back by express dear sister😘🙏🏻
Praying/listening to the Daily Office? We are blessed by Fr. Michael Thorn Jarrett here.
https://thetrinitymission.org/
During WW2 did the Japanese send a trial balloon over the Western USA before launching their “attack” on us?
I wonder if the Chinese are “testing” before they launch Covid type biological attacks or “electromagnetic pulse (sp?)” shut down our electronics” type attack…………………with balloons.
Especially scary since our government ALLOWED the Chinese balloon to drift across our country…yes, I’d say the TEST worked…and that they won’t hesitate to send another…now!
You may find this interesting, even plausible. I’m not sure.
All I know is the deeds to this nation have been signed over to China…for an appropriate sum of course.
Just saw there is a third balloon and the traitors who run this government aren’t saying where.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/chinese-spy-balloon-story-manufactured-crisis-alternative-reading
I know right? A visual of the balloon, but it’s a nothing burger, right? Right! 😲 Everything is a test today…sometimes to fool us into believing we’ve been wrong with all our controversial thinking…and other times they say what is really going on knowing we won’t believe because we KNOW they lie! What a convoluted mess…BUT! God knows and that is my safety net…
The only one we should ever rely on, my friend.🙏🏻
Mornin’ all!
Exactly WeeWeed… exactly!!! Regarding my story about being a Christian in public school. We can’t hide from the lunacy, so best stand and take ground and space! If we could all stand so boldly and not merely in safety.
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. – Benjamin Franklin
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
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)
Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
The Triodion
Holy Hieromartyr Clement, Bishop of Ancyra and Holy Martyr Agathangelos (+ 296)
Saint Dionysios of Olympos and Mount Athos (+ 1541)
Holy New Hieromartyr Seraphim (Bulashov), Abbot and those with him (+ 1938)
January 22nd – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
February 5th – civil or commercial calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
Sunday of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia
(They are commemorated on the Sunday between January 22nd and January 28th – Church Calendar since 1982 and the Glorification in 1981 led by Saint Philaret, Metropolitan of New York.)
Hey all,
I’m not sure if people here recognize my name at all. I haven’t commented in a while, but became a Treeper back in 2015. Conservative Treehouse has helped me see truth immensely through the years.
I’m commenting right now because the Lord’s Prayer caught my eye this morning. I often pray it repeatedly when I can’t sleep, which is often now.
I read through some of the posts here and saw Peoria’s and the follow ups. I know more by knowledge now, instead of faith, that God is in every detail of our lives. Nothing will happen to your friend that God is unaware of.
My 24 year old daughter passed away December 23 suddenly and unexpectedly. God was in details that you couldn’t imagine both while she was passing and afterward.
In January, I felt led to begin a public grief journal that I hope will be comforting to those who mourn, as well as bring people closer to Him and those who reflect His light.
I put the substack name in the below field, but I’ve never had reason to put a website name in before so I don’t know if it appears, so I’m typing it here as well. Please know it is “out there” should you or someone you know need it.
https://icantimagine.substack.com
Good morning, Broken Pottery. I found this site after you departed, or I would have definitely remembered your name.
I am so sorry for your overwhelming loss and grief. But yes, I can well imagine that Almighty God’s presence would have been felt. Which I pray was a strong comfort for you and others who loved her. He has her now, and may she rest eternally in the arms of our Lord and Saviour.
I won’t be on my own in thanking you most gratefully for this site. We simply do not know the day when a loss such as yours will befall us. To have this for a reference is invaluable.
We are all broken vessels waiting to be filled, and we know absolutely He will use us for His purposes. Your placing this here is surely one of those. And I pray most sincerely that the peace which passeth all understanding is with you.
All blessings to you. You are always a Treeper, and I very much hope we will see you once more. B🙏🏻
Broken Pottery, I thought of this after I posted..
For any whom you know, and perhaps for yourself if you didn’t, CS Lewis wrote a small tome entitled “A Grief Oberved” after he lost his wife and could make no sense of Who he, as devout Christian, understood to be a loving God.
He chronicled his journey through his terrible grief. I know many who have read it have said it helped them in their journey with theirs. I will leave a link just in case.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Grief_Observed
I’m so sorry for the loss of your daughter, broken pottery.
Prayers for you and your family.
Dear Broken, my deepest sympathy goes to you along with prayer. May God continue to strengthen and comfort you, and grant you His peace.
I’ve followed a Christian blog for past twelve years, written by Tim Challies. Mr. Challies is a Canadian pastor, well known and highly respected.
Challies and his wife lost their college-aged son unexpectedly in 2020, and he has recently published a book about this.
It may be a helpful resource for you: 🙏🏻🙏🏻
https://www.challies.com/seasons-of-sorrow/
God knows! And heals the broken hearted! Praying for peace and blessings and understanding to come your way! And that in your blessing, your website will reach out and help others struggling with grief and anguish! 🙏
Tears…
I have noticed an increased propensity by commentators here on CTH to demean the U.S. military in its entirety.
I understand slamming on the military leadership and the misuse by our politicians.
Bewildering way to treat a force made up of fellow citizens containing our most patriotic Americans.
I hope that such comments are due to misunderstanding and frustration.
Let me just say this….if you hate on a group they will most definitely hate you back.
Perhaps its time for some to really assess who you’re frustrated with?
The demeaning is a natural outgrowth of the anti-American pro-World Governance stance of not just the military but every aspect of governmental bodies that outgoing President Eisenhower spoke of.
We waste energy by trying to assess where to outwardly direct our frustration when the cure is to look inward and take responsibility for our choices, as John Adams so truly said “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people; it is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
Don’t you mean a force from which our most patriotic Americans are driven and replaced with an awful mess.
Sort of like WeeWeed’s cartoon post above. The left has hated on us and the military so long, and now they are acting on that hate.
There are the “Brass”, incompetent ideologues without a George Patton amongst them…
And then there are those who serve under them, maltreated and considered utterly dispensable. Don’t even get me started on our patriotic vets, of which my son is one.
I make that distinction, monticello.
I’m sure most treepers make that distinction Betsy.
It really makes me wonder about the other views of those few posters?
The question is, my friend…
How indoctrinated are those left after Christians and patriots been kicked out? I know the repellent Obama made it his mission to debride the military brass of any and all who weren’t willing to bow to him and his communist agenda.
Are remaining troops willing to inflict a tyranny on their fellow Americans if their commanding officers give the order? An unanswerable question until that moment arrives…please God that it will not.
I do, however, take your point.
I did not understand: Where are these commentators at CHC you refer to? On the “Open Thread?”
I haven’t read any bashing of the military “in its entirety” here. May have missed it.
I highly respect our military and all of its patriotic citizens. Our family has had six members who’ve served.
It is the military leadership of which I have a low view.
Probably already posted on this sight could be on every comment on all sights and it wouldn’t be enough.
https://thepostmillennial.com/satanic-temple-opens-abortion-clinic-where-patients-undergo-religious-ritual-before-pregnancy-termination?cfp
All these years Christians have explained exactly why abortion should be banned. Go through society and get the percentages of who has abortions. It won’t be a surprise but will validate answers.
Pagans sacrifice the lower occupants of society not the upper class.
When you see a tattoo it is to mark a person who is pagan. Pagan is not our lord, and he strictly acknowledges that in his word. Look around, how many people with tattoos do you see? Just like this abortion issue ignorance is not an excuse. People were alerted decades ago the intent that this is.
I knew some really wonderful people who were adopted, who would have been more than likely murdered as infants if they were born later. Interesting about the tattoo’s, I do not have any.
Me either, C.
What in the world would one do if they go for a tattoo that says: “No regrets”
And the finished product says: “No regerts”
😢
https://www.theepochtimes.com/2-rare-pallass-cats-found-somehow-living-on-mount-everest-and-their-grumpy-look-is-still-adorable_5019226.html?utm_source=InspiredNewsletter&src_src=InspiredNewsletter&utm_campaign=inspired-2023-02-05&src_cmp=inspired-2023-02-05&utm_medium=email&est=3Ng5La1hcJP4EDbHX4d4rSX5eYVkwQ9A8Yr1/Gd3oJLZW6ZmANCPGv5LNl4Ombfx2Q==&
If I lived on Mount Everest 24/7 I’d be grumpy, too.
Has COVID Backlash Sparked A Movement
Friends of freedom generally agree about four points:
(1) Protections for expansive individual liberty and respect for limited government are essential for the promotion of human rights, self-determination, and prosperity.
(2) Over the course of American history, the U.S. government has strayed far beyond the original limitations of its enumerated powers as set forth in the Constitution.
(3) Globalism, international government, plutocracy, rule by the “elite” experts, unchecked bureaucracy, and the steady erosion of inalienable rights all work to maximize the power of centralized authority while minimizing the power of individual citizens.
(4) The most important conflict raging today is between individual liberty and coercive State control.
Where defenders of liberty disagree is in their assessment of the future. Some believe that so much ground has now been lost in humanity’s centuries-long struggle for freedom that centralized government control over each individual is all but certain. Technology’s rapid intrusion into the private sphere, the exponential expansion of the national security surveillance State, the rise of government-directed mass censorship, the successful efforts of multinational corporations and banks to influence national government directives, and the Intelligence Community’s vast programs for manipulating public opinion on a global scale all lend support to this admittedly pessimistic point of view.
https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/has-covid-backlash-sparked-a-movement/
Read more…l
I do pray that the monster despots may, through their hubris, have gotten ahead of themselves. Plans haven’t worked out quite as they were sure they would. Plans never do you know..
Man proposes, God disposes.
So true Betsy jones.
I can not quite remember this old Jewish saying word for word but it goes something like “Man plans, God laughs”.
Exactly, Chloe. His will supersedes man’s. 🙏🏻💕
Is Webster Hubbell Chelsea Clinton’s dad?
Does a bear **** in the woods?
I see a strong family resemblance; my answer to both questions is yes.
Sundance Predicted this probably 2 years ago. The FILTHY LIBERALS scared Nestle out of our frozen food aisle.
It’s a link to Small Dead Animals my favorite blog
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smalldeadanimals.com%2F2023%2F02%2F05%2Fhe-admires-their-basic-dictatorship-73%2F&ia=web
Sundance Predicted this probably 2 years ago. The FILTHY LIBERALS scared Nestle away. Link to a great Blog, Small Dead Animals
https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2023/02/05/he-admires-their-basic-dictatorship-73/
The EU has given the go ahead to incorporate ground bugs into pasta, pizza, flour, bread. This is manifestly criminal and potentially deadly, as there are parts of crickets which are indigestible by humans, and which contain parasites.
I see pizzas are amongst the foods withdrawn. It does make me wonder if Nestlés is reconfiguring their recipes to include the same ingredients that are now going to be in the foods I mentioned, and then will resupply for Canada.
This is how my mind works.
And I can guarantee that Castro Jr will have given the go ahead for bugs to enter the Canadian food system…without telling a soul.
Here is an article from Natural News which explains exactly what parts of these nutritious and delicious ingredients contain.
And I do warn. Do not read if you intend to have your dinner.
https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-02-02-exclusive-natural-news-releases-high-magnification-cricket-snacks-flour-microscopy-photos.html
Mike Adams is ALWAYS richly intense in his research!!! 👍
He certainly is that. Most thorough. And he links at the bottom of each article to his sources if he has them. That’s a plus.
Thank you Betsy. Your comment has propelled me to place an order with My Patriot Supply for their freeze dried foods which lasts 25 years. Everything on their website looks much more appetizing than your natural news link. I’ve been thinking about it for a long time but your comment finally caused me to place a significant order. So while everybody else eats the bugs, I will be feasting on gourmet foods. (Just joking, their food is not gourmet but it is basic down to earth (not in the earth) food). I might not have to even go to the grocery store ever again which would make me very happy.
I suggest we find Bill Gates and force him to eat a whole box/bag of that delicious food for reptiles)
I am glad to see you here ma’am. My regards
Beautiful.
He is so lovely, my friend.
And while I was looking at your puffin’s cousin above, suddenly there appeared in my mind this little chap with his feathers (coat) of many colours.
Is that strange? Are we telepathic? Or is it possibly something else…
No coincidences, remember😉💕
You are so welcome, Dixie. It is clear they failed in their objective once.
As is said, if you at first do not succeed, mutate and try again. This is what they are doing. I firmly believe that.
I’m all in for your suggestion.
lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and his family as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall. Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
And prayers up for all political prisoners. Prayers up for Julian Assange and for all the protesters of January 6 who were or are entrapped in DC. And, thank you, Lord, for restoring Pastor Pawlowski.
Thank you Father, for Your love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Amen.
Thank you, Andeclain. I carried my alarm clock to my bedroom so I would be up in time for church, and forgot to bring it back into the livingroom to remind me it was time to post the prayer.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen🙏🏻
Amen.
Amen
After reading about an AI program that can predict your next sentence while writing a novel based on having access to every written word and it still wouldn’t be plagiarized. I believe it is time to start using our vast legal database to determine decisions since our judiciary is completely compromised.
Replacing lawyers with AI might not be such a bad thing.
Prayers for those in Turkey:
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureId=us6000jllz&extent=12.12526,3.60352&extent=58.67694,70.40039
The first quake was a 7.8 magnitude, followed by a 6.7. This happened a couple of hours ago. Strong aftershocks still occurring in this region.
Turkey’s quake deaths reach 38; death toll in Syria 62 (msn.com)
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.