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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Seen fox squirrels do the same thing on tree branches many times.
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Mornin’ jay 🙂
Howdy Garrison 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
Good morning, dear Garrison. Still in the land of body clock adjustment.😊
Good morning, Bet. 🙂 I’m slowly, haltingly, and with great reluctance . . . adjusting to the time change. Being old doesn’t help. I wonder what would happen if millions of us—who don’t have to “be” someplace on time— simply refused to play by the time-change rules? Maybe it’s “Taco.3o” instead?
A friend introduced me to a new, local taqueria — small, family owned, wonderful homemade flour tortillas, and oh!, breakfast tacos that taste like they were just made in someone’s home kitchen. So glad I live in Texas.
Good morning Garrison! You sound like my son in law. He is a Corpus Christi boy and has to have his tacos pretty much every morning. That sometimes puts him in funny situations when he’s traveling out of state. On a recent trip to California the breakfast place that he went to didn’t have any idea what he was talking about and asked him to show them how to make breakfast tacos. He thought about it for a minute then said, “nah, just give me what you have.” 😂😂😂
Morning, G💕 No idea what breakfast tacos are in California?? There’s a big business opportunity there for some enterprising restaurant owner. On second thought, they’d probably put ingredients in it that quite simply don’t belong.😂
In California they have breakfast burritos with chorizo, eggs and potatoes. Soooo good.
You need to try sometimes the Texas breakfast tacos. And you can get the chorizo, eggs and potatoes but also so much more.
Next time in Texas I will definitely get me some.
Texas Taqueria breakfasts are a regional treasure. Basically you’re eating Mexican Norteña food . . . which has migrated over the US/Mexican border. Be sure and try the Migas. 🙂
For me it’s usually the autumn time change which does for me. I can’t figure why this one has hit me so hard, but I am inclined to agree with you on its being age related.
Ahhh, new experiences always should include food. Especially if the flour tortilla is the draw. I’ve always thought that it is an art to produce simple foods, sans sauces and pretentious cookery.
What amazing, loving friends you have, my friend…and now, of course, I want a flour tortilla😁
(As for our refusing to play by the rules? I think we should do this with taxes…😎)
Re: Rules. A heart I think I’m still that unruly 9 year old . . .
I was born that way I’m afraid. 😉
We have them here in a small locally owned place near our house.
Very very good and delicious tacos of every kind you can imagine.
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I’m right there with you, Betsy. I miss living in Arizona where there is no time change.
Did I know that?? Yes, I believe I did, but forgot.
Now instead of 6, I am waking at 7 or even 7:30. I feel as if I’ve lost half the day!
Winter Wonderland!
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Prety scene…. if seen from a warm location. LOL
For the given view, it also holds the promise of coming in from the cold and making oneself warm.
I love the snow, it is beautiful like diamonds in winter.
And like you say Jim, coming into a nice warm home is lovely.
Good morning gentlemen ☘️
Howdy 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
Good morning Molonlabe!
Hi grandpa
No smoke from the chimney so I’m assuming it’s a new day at the cabin.
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Brrrr! My sister lives in Vermont in a rural area. They are snowed in, the power is out since day before yesterday, and they ran out of gas for the generator and can’t get out to get more. At least they have a wood stove in the den, so they can camp out in there and heat water and food on top. She said they have had over 30” of snow in this current storm on top of what’s already there. This picture reminds me of that – except there is no smoke from the chimney.
Lord bless and keep them, Rileytrips. 🙏🏻
Still the possibility of an even stronger winter storm hitting that area this weekend.
Hopefully they’ll be able to get more gas for the generator before then.
Now, just imagine what it would be like if all the snow removal equipment and all the utility trucks were EVs
Thank goodness they at least had the good sense to keep their “unsustainable” but oh-so warming wood stove. I remember visits to my grandmother’s house when I was a small child. She cooked on a wood stove, had a wood stove in the living room for warmth, an outhouse next to the chicken coop, and hand-pumped water from her well. I remember my mom heating water on the kitchen stove so I could take a bath in a washtub in the warm kitchen.
Such life sustaining stoves are verboten in the “climate change” cult’s handbook I think.
Stupidly and cultishly in Britain, ex-PM Johnson verboten-ed them. No updates on how that’s working out.
Years ago we spent the money to buy one of those old fashioned ( but new) wood cook stoves.
We have a modern one and the wood stove is just back up, it can also heat the house.
It was a real financial stretch at the time to purchase the thing but so glad we did now.
We also spent the money and went through the gobs of paper work to install a hand pump on our house well.
Did the best we could to prepare but something always seems to come up that we did not expect.
Did not think about getting one of those big old fashioned metal tubs like you bathed in as a kid Garrison might be a good ideal.
Oh well we can only try.
For some reason bacon and eggs always seem to taste better when cooked on a wood stove. I fondly remember the breakfasts cooked by my grandmother in that primitive but so wonderful vintage kitchen.
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Morning, Mr jay…
…stopping by woods on a snowy evening…or morning even. Lovely (if one can stay put😉)
Maidin Mhaith Betsy
I can imagine all sorts of adventures at that setting eventually ending up next to the fireplace 🇺🇸😎🇺🇸
😁 I’d beat you to it…guaranteed👍🏻
Me too jay.
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Good morning Bet! My clock is slowly adjusting, too. Heading to San Antonio today. Have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow morning so I’ll spend the night there. That way I’ll have to get up at 7 fake time. Still pretty early but beats getting up even earlier if I stay at home.
Set your phone alarm. I’m going to have to start doing that. Normally wake up at six which gives me time to visit this thread and say my good mornings before pulling myself as together as I can for the day. But now? Ugh…
Be safe, dear brother. I hope all goes well.🙏🏻💕
Good morning jay!
Howdy Gramps 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
Good morning Jay ☘️
Howdy 🤠
Bible Study Help #13, ‘Delivered Up‘
Matthew 24:9 “...and ye shall be hated of all nations for My name’s sake.”
Matthew 24:9 “…Then shall they deliver you up...”
Mark 13:11 “...when they shall lead you, and deliver you up...”
Mark 13:13 “...And ye shall be hated of all men for My name’s sake…”
Luke 21:12 “...they shall lay their hands on you…delivering you up...”
Luke 21:17 “And ye shall be hated of all men for My name’s sake.”
Three times for emphasis sounds ominous, no one wants to be hated by everyone! It’s not nearly as bad as it sounds, let’s look at the cause & effect. We work for GOD so He’s not angry with us. One person in agreement with GOD is in the majority! No one else counts, by comparison. Sure, everyone else ‘counts’ to GOD, He still loves them, but their works against His plan are worth less than spit in the ocean. What He said will happen, will happen!
It’s common to hear; “Please pray for peace.” but is peace GOD‘s Plan?
Jeremiah 6:13 “...the least…unto the greatest…unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.” They don’t understand!
Jeremiah 6:14 “...Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Why pray to GOD to go against His own Plan?
Jeremiah 6:15 “…they shall fall: at the time I visit them…saith the Lord.” They’ll be deceived until The Millennium.
1st Corinthians 10:11 “...things…written for…upon whom the ends of the world…come.” The Fig Tree Generation!
Mark 7:13 “Making the word of God of none effect through tradition...” Teaching traditions hides My Truth!
Luke 21:8 “...Take heed…be not deceived…many shall come…saying, I am Christ…go…not…after them.” False teachers claim to know what GOD has planned, yet apparently don’t understand enough to ignore man’s traditions!
Luke 21:9 “...ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars…be not terrified.” Nuclear Armageddon! Pfft, not Biblical!
Luke 21:10 “...Nation shall rise against nation…kingdom against kingdom.” Sad, but we know what to expect.
Luke 21:11 “...earthquakes…famines…pestilences…fearful sights…” So, what’s new? Same old, same old.
Luke 21:12 “…before all these, they shall lay hands on you…for My name’s sake.” For Jesus’ sake? Bring it!
Luke 21:13 “And it shall turn to you for a testimony.” Many will be ‘delivered up’, but to who? We know…
Luke 21:14 “Settle it…not to meditate before what ye shall answer:” We don’t think about what we want to tell Satan.
Luke 21:15 “…I will give you a mouth and wisdom,,,all your adversaries shall not…resist.” GOD‘s Spirit will speak.
Luke 21:16 “…ye shall be betrayed…by parents…kinsfolk…friends…and some…put to death.”
Luke 21:18 “...there shall not an hair of your head perish.”
So, if these last two Verses are both correct, we have to believe we’re gonna’ be killed, but our hair will be fine! Hmm, that’s why literalists have no understanding. These Verses actually don’t conflict, being “put to death” can be better understood as ‘delivered up‘ to death, or taken by his believers, to Satan the antichrist [death], face to face, for GOD!
Hebrews 2:14 “…that had the power of death, that is, the devil;” Yet another office he holds, death of the spirit [potentially] through deception. Satan had the “power of death” over flesh until Jesus defeated his power by His personal sacrifice in our stead, on the cross. Satan can deceive almost anyone, but our Heavenly Father has infinite compassion for His children and offers Salvation even for the deceived, during The Millennium. GOD is “longsuffering” [patient].
Satan will be in Jerusalem claiming to be GOD, and the whole dang world is gonna’ believe and worship him! Yikes! Any who understands the Truth may be “delivered up”. On the international stage, GOD‘s Spirit will do the speaking. How do we know, has this happened before? Of course, GOD always teaches us by explaining past events!
Acts 2:4 “And they…filled with the Holy Spirit…began to speak with other tongues...” Other languages.
Acts 2:6 “...every man heard them speak in his own language.” Not gibberish, but their native tongue.
Acts 2:8 “…hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born.” Right down to their neighborhood dialect.
Acts 2:11 “…we do hear them speak in our tongues...” Words, accents, pronunciation, they understood it all!
In modern time, a Brit would hear English in a native dialect, what Americanos might call an “accent”. A Spaniard would hear Spanish, a Chinese would hear Mandarin, all at the same time! Only GOD‘s Holy Spirit can do this!
Ecclesiastes 1:9 “…there is no new thing under the sun.” Everything happened previously as a tool to teach us!
Speaking falderal and claiming to ‘speak in tongues’ is not the Holy Spirit. GOD doesn’t confuse, He clarifies, to ensure understanding! Witnesses to The Acts didn’t hear gibberish, they understood every syllable! All the world will understand the Holy Spirit’s entire message at precisely the same instant! GOD is awesome!
Mark 13:11 “But when they shall…deliver you up, take no thought…it is not you that speak, but the Holy Spirit.”
Luke 21:19 “In your patience possess ye your souls.” Wait for Me, the True Christ, I will not let you down!
So let’s look again at Luke 21:16, what exactly is happening? “…ye shall be betrayed…by parents…kinsfolk…friends…and some…put to death.” They’ll believe Satan the antichrist is actually Jesus the One True Son of GOD, they won’t even know he is ‘death’, so they want to ensure their child, friend, etc. doesn’t ‘miss the boat’ that Satan is filling up, figuratively. They’re trying to be ‘helpful’, but in reality, since they believe Satan, they accept the ‘mark in the forehead’ (their brain), then by working with Satan, they accept ‘the mark in the hand’. And the really weird part? They don’t even know it! “I never got ‘666’ tattooed on my forehead or my hand!” But from GOD‘s perspective? “But you helped him deceive others!”
Rev. 20:4 “…judgment given unto them…which had not….received his mark…” Passed GOD‘s test.
Rev. 20:5 “…the rest of the dead lived not…until…thousand years were finished.” Still spiritually ‘dead’.
Rev. 20:11 “...a great white throne...” GOD will judge everyone, good, bad & ugly, but then it’s Pay Day!
Rev. 20:12 “...and the dead were judged…according to their works.” Not their ‘faith’ as many expect.
1 Pet. 3:17 “...it is better…that ye suffer for well doing than for evil doing.” We’ll catch some flak, but that’s ’cause we’re over the target. GOD‘s target is to save souls, to tear them away from the evil one [Satan the antichrist].
Ezekiel 13:20 “...I am against…ye…hunt…souls to make them fly...” Teaching rapture? Bah, humbug! GOD‘s against it!
Can we be certain we’re doing GOD‘s bidding and aren’t deceived? Yes, study and understand His Words!
Dan. 3:27 “…nor was an hair of their head singed...” The fiery furnace had no power over those doing GOD‘s work!
Dan. 3:28 “…Blessed be the God…Who hath delivered His servants…that trusted in Him...” We trust Him!
1 Pet. 4:12 “…think it not strange concerning the fiery trial...” I told you everything so you would understand!
1 Pet. 4:13 “...rejoice…partakers of Christ’s sufferings...” Thank you LORD, for Your gift of understanding!
The message of Jeremiah 23 can’t be stressed enough, it’s taught throughout GOD‘s Word. False teachers and the traditions of churches are the root of the problem, but GOD will set things right, at the start of The Millennium.
23:1 “Woe…unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep...” GOD‘s flock is misled by traditions.
23:2 “...thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors...” I’m against ‘traditional’ teachings.
23:3 “...I will gather the remnant of My flock...” I will bring them all back to Me with Truth.
23:4 “...I will set up shepherds…which shall feed them...” There will be no more confused pastors.
23:5 “...I will raise unto David…a Branch…a King…shall excecute judgment...” Key of David; the True Jesus.
23:6 “…Judah shall be saved…Israel shall dwell safely...” Both, separated until The Millennium.
23:7 “...no more say, “The Lord…Which brought…the children…out of…Egypt.” Exodus after 1st captivity.
23:8 “But, The Lord…Which brought…the seed…of Israel…from all countries...” I will bring them all home.
23:9 “Mine heart…is broken…because of the words of His holiness.” Jeremiah articulates our pain knowing our brothers and sisters in Christ don’t see they’re misled. We can’t help them understand if they don’t want to ‘see’.
23:10 “…the land is full of adulterers…the land mourneth…their course is evil...” ‘adulterers’ = idoloters. Our land mourneth all right, the ‘idolatry’ is churches and fake teachers teaching traditions instead of ‘understanding’.
23:11 “...both prophet and priest are profane…in My house...” False teachers are the primary problem.
23:15 “...concerning the prophets…I will feed them…wormwood...” A similitude, GOD clarifies.
Rev. 8:10 “…there fell a great star from heaven…” Here now in spirit, coming back de facto, to finish the job.
Rev. 8:11 “...the third part…became wormwood…many died…” Referring to the children from the 1st Age that were deceived, are again, and remain dead spiritually through The Millennium for their lack of understanding.
Rev. 8:13 “...Woe, woe, woe to the inhabiters of the earth...” The whole planet deceived. Satan really is that good at deception. He even works from the pulpits of churches. He has so many helpers nowadays, it’s surreal.
Luke 21:24 “And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive…until the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” The Prophecy will come to pass exactly as it’s written. The Adamic bloodline, instructed to teach understanding to the Gentile [ethnos / ethnic] nations, yet they are deceived in this upside down world. The apostasy will occur, Israel will be deceived, but the sword of GOD‘s Truth will prevail, just before, & during The Millennium.
Luke 21:25 “...there shall be signs…and…distress…with perplexity…” Few understand even as they observe it all.
Luke 21:26 “Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.” It will be a joyous time as Prophecy comes to pass, yet most will feel anxiety due to lack of understanding GOD‘s Word. It will be painful to observe all the deception. But then;
Praise the LORD, His plan is fulfilled exactly as He foretold us! What a joyous day! The LORD’s Day!
Luke 21:27 “And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.” After all Prophecy has been fulfilled, confusion and false teachers are going to be gone for good! Praise GOD! Come Lord Jesus, come!
Matthew 11:15 “He that has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Next: Bible Study Help #14, ‘Prudent Silence‘. Posting date; 4.1.2023
Hello KP,
Just taking one thing you wrote:
Luke 21:16 “…ye shall be betrayed…by parents…kinsfolk…friends…and some…put to death.”
Luke 21:18 “...there shall not an hair of your head perish.”
So, if these last two Verses are both correct, we have to believe we’re gonna’ be killed, but our hair will be fine! Hmm, that’s why literalists have no understanding. . .
The way I understand this, is that as far as what men have power to do, and where their power ends; is up to as far as killing the body. After that they have no power. But just taking that much; in that the Lord said, “A hair of your head shall not perish;” simply dying in the flesh does not automatically mean perishing. We have already received eternal life, if we believe in Jesus; but we still will die to this body, if the Lord tarries. I think what is meant by the verses you quoted, is that whatever might happen to us in this world for persecution or martyrdom; they have no power to put us in hell; and if not even a sparrow shall have fallen to the ground without our Father in heaven, then we can be sure that He will remember each and every one of His beloved children, who are much better than sparrows.
As far as the name “literalists” I don’t know how else God would speak to us! Whether He uses dreams or visions, a word of knowledge or revelation, all comes through His Spirit, LITERALLY. I think the word literal itself is sometimes a little over used and incorrectly applied… like when someone tries to sound intellectual, and keeps saying, “Actually,” all over the place! 🙂
Anyway, whether things were spiritual visions, as in the Book of Revelation, and much of Daniel and Ezekiel; the things described using mysteries and depictions, are nevertheless real, and LITERAL! For example, “the dragon,” that’s what God’s interpretation of that wicked serpent Satan is. Is he “actually” or “literally” a dragon? or is that what best describes him spiritually?
I look forward to your thoughts.
Good Morning, KP. Thank you!!! You have make my day happy. Have transferred this to my e-mail so that I can print it. I was just thinking yesterday that I hoped I didn’t miss any of your studies. Sometimes I am several day behind in reading the open thread. Can not always check in every day. What a wonderful surprise this am to see this. Again, Thank you and God Bless You. Your work in putting these studies together is greatly appreciated. Have a wonderful day.
Hi Marti,
I know what you mean about ‘missing’ something I find important, life is soooo busy at times. I’m glad you enjoy these write ups, GOD’s Word is alway super enlightening, I get something new no matter how many times I study the subject matter. My mentor always said [he passed in 2014] “GOD’s word is pregnant, it will continue to grow in your mind”. Remarkable how true those words are.
Sticking to the 1st & 15th for posts for the time being, to assist folks [who might be interested in BSH’s] in planning, and giving them time to absorb and explore any new interpretation or translation to traditional teachings. Also, intend to do a 6month review of the 1st 15 BSH’s before we continue. Hopefully that will give you time to catch any Study you may not have seen.
GOD bless you and yours, kp.
Thank you Garrison, love Smetana’s The Moldau. It’s a very special song in my life.
I’m teary now…
DG
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Excellent choices, Garrison.. once again. Smetna is among my favorite composers
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Czech composers have produced some of the most beautiful works ever written. And as Beethoven never heard his Ninth, Smetana suffered deafness and never heard his beautiful Moldau.
http://inmozartsfootsteps.com/1396/smetanas-deafness-and-the-moldau/
On first hearing Smetana, I read a review that called his music “nationalistic” and claimed (I think he was joking) that he could make you want to join the Czech army . . . 🙂
Nothing wrong with “nationalistic”. Would all countries return to those patriotic days.
They couldn’t do better for recruitment for the Czech military than this 3rd movement from fellow Czech Dvorak’s 4th symphony.
Heck, even I would join!😎
15 March 2021 Doug Parkinson, Australian pop and rock singer (Focus – “Dear Prudence”), dies at 74
15 March 2019 David White, American singer and songwriter (Danny And The Juniors – “At The Hop”: Leslie Gore – “You Don’t Own Me”), dies of cancer at 79
15 March 2015 Mike Porcaro, American rock bassist (Toto, 1982-2007 “Stranger In Town”), dies from Lou Gehrig’s disease at 59
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15 March 2011 Smiley Culture [David Victor Emmanuel], British reggae singer (“Police Officer”; “Cockney Translation”), dies from a self-inflicted stab wound at 48
15 March 2011 Nate Dogg [Nathaniel Dwayne Hale], American rapper (“Regulate”), dies from heart failure related to multiple strokes at 41
AKA Michael McDonald I keep Forgettin’ with new lyrics
Regulate (censored version)
nimrodman .. i’m replying to you on todays ot because once the page gets a large number of comments.. the website crashes , and i can’t load it.. i’m guessing that’s because i post from my phone?
thank you for the video of tom the tour guide , lol..
i think tom is very corny, in his story telling , but that endears him to me ♥️
and i saw stan ( my man 💋 ) lynch in that video with tom … he’ll always be the heartbreakers drummer to me.
yeah, trapper, that original from ’67 is pretty frikkin’ muscular
I reckon
thx, Annie, loved that song in ’67
love it when they come out of the rave-up section and back into that loping beat
and here’s a bit o’ Stan for ya
Episode 9: Live From My Drum Room With Stan Lynch
“Wait a minute! DEI was supposed to hurt only White Christians, preferably blue collar and poor ones,” or something like that.
Someone who is part of a group that is barely 2 % of the American population is complaining that his group’s representation at an Ivy League school has dropped from 26% in 2015 to 17% in 2021. Seriously???
(In my best Gomer Pyle voice) Gawwwww lee, Jacob Bob. I gotta handitooyah. Yessiree. You got SOME hoots paw.
https://intellectualtakeout.org/2023/03/america-jews-vanish-meritocracy/
More fun to label it DIE. 🙂
I once overheard an asian (in an IT role) complaining to another customer that she is often mistaken for “being white”. I dont even know what that meant.
There is so much division in this country now. The anti-American president who “fundamentally changed” America seems to have succeeded.
mistaken for “being white”
A lotta Japanese are pretty damn pale, from what I’ve seen
Now, you move over towards the Pakistan part of Asia and they start gettin’ pretty swarthy over there, admittedly …
It’s a big world
I think its so crazy that people identify themselves by color/race in these times! All my life if someone were to ask me how I would identify myself, I would state my relationships with others first – I’m a daughter, sister, wife, mother, Christian/child of God, etc… then my occupation teacher, housewife, and maybe my country and biological sex. That’s it! Race would never come into my mind!!
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Morning, Joe😊…meanwhile on the other side of town…
Awwwww.
Good morning, Bet. My girls jump up and down when I come back home. They’re always by the front door when I open it. Then I let out them out the back door so they can do their business.
Sat with my wife for a while last night; she was asleep when I came in her room. She woke up and we just hung out together, and watched a movie on her tv.
We might be getting some thunder storms tomorrow and rain throughout the day.
Have a wonderful and blessed day.
I’m dazed and amazed by all the news coming out about the bank failures; looks like the can has been kicked down the road again.
That was a cartoon from the New Yorker long ago. It’s a heartbreaker all right💔.
I always hope, dear Joe, for good news when you return from your visits with your beloved wife. Hoping she’s eating well, and really hoping a speech therapist will soon be with her. And always prayers for progress in recovery.🙏🏻💕
It looks as if we are due for some of that rain tomorrow, though I am going by the weather app on my phone, which is totally unreliable. We’ll see. Then for another few days we drift downwards temperature wise near to freezing once again. Spring?? It seems not…
Bless-ed be your day with your four footed family😘
That and more will happen when we walk in the door to get our Geisha from my son on Saturday. She has never been one to do an excitement pee, but I would not be surprised if it happened this time. This is the longest she has been separated from both of us.
Good morning rah.
Good morning.
Morning, Rob.
An excitement pee!😂😂😂There’s a first time for everything, so as long as she has been away from you and Sherri I am betting that first time is coming.
Prayers for your girl are ongoing, and I so hope she will tolerate her treatment which I also pray will eradicate her cancer.
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Good Morning.
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Afternoon rah! I have been here on and off the last few days so I have missed some posts. Will be praying for your daughter’s healing.
Thank you. We are still in limbo here. Treatments have not started yet though she had a port put in Monday.
Wow. I’ve never heard that one before. Love it.
Btw good morning Trapper.
Good morning, Joe.
Good morning Treepers
Good morning Joe!
Good morning GrandpaM.
This picture reminds me of what a sunrise/sunset looks like in CA during fire conflagration season. The sky is red, the sun is red, the air is orange – everywhere.
3/14/2023
The matter of Baal-Peor and the Second Numbering of Israel
Numbers 26:1-4,63-65 “And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt . . . These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.”
From the day that the LORD said, that none of that evil generation would be brought into the promised land, but that they would wander in the wilderness forty years, until they all waste away and perish, which have despised His mercy and rebelled against Him since the day He knew them; they did nothing but fight against that word, and rebel. A small sample of what those forty years was like, was written to testify against them, from Numbers 13-21:12 (see Deuteronomy 2:14); so that by the time they came out of the desert, from along the back side of Edom and Moab, towards Arabia; there were none of that generation remaining, who came out of Egypt, but Moses, and Joshua, and Caleb: making a number of perhaps close to a million which perished, who were in the beginning chosen to be saved; but their names were blotted out, because they were not worthy of the LORD God of their fathers, who had redeemed them.
The matter of Baal-Peor actually began with Balak the king of Moab, and all his princes, with the princes of Midian, conspiring to to curse Israel through Balaam the soothsayer; which curse, God turned into a blessing. Moses however forbear to write what then happened, after God intervened for His people; and only picks up at the place where the Midianites had sent their women into the camp of Israel, to entice the men to commit fornication, and eat things sacrificed to idols. The falling into sin by the hand of the Midianitish women, was by Balaam’s instruction to Balak, how to gain the advantage over God’s people, by enticing them to sin against Him. So the princes of Midian sent in their women, to invite the men of Israel to their pagan feast, which was consumated with a public orgy. In order to understand what happened, we are given other Scriptures for reference, (Revelation 2:14; Micah 6:5; Jude 1:11; 2 Peter 2:15; as well also the secular history recorded by Josephus, in Antiquities 4.6.6).
Twenty four thousand died in the plague, because of the sin of Baal-Peor; especially of young men, who were enticed into participating in the feast dedicated to the gods of Midian, with the promise of fornication completing the idolatrous rituals. When the whole congregation was gathered to the door of the tabernacle, weeping there because of the horror of wickedness they were witnessing; a man, a chief prince of the tribe of Simeon, named Zimri, took a woman of Midian, Cosbi, the daughter of a prominent man of Midian; and boldly went into the tent in front of Moses and all the people weeping. And Phinehas the priest, the son of Aaron took a javelin and went in after them into the tent, and ran the both of them threw with the javelin, and killed them; at which the LORD stopped the plague, and praised Phinehas for his zeal for God, and made a special covenant of an everlasting priesthood with him for his great virtue.
The plague ended with twenty four thousand dead of the sons of Israel. After this God commanded that the armies of Israel should be numbered again, all who were of age, able to go to war; and there was found a telling result from the difference in the number formerly taken under Moses and Aaron in the wilderness of Sinai. The total number of all the tribes combined had lost one thousand eight hundred and twenty souls. But looking at at each tribe’s gains or losses, gives us something important to think about; namely of the ‘tribal’ influences that tended either to strengthen the true and faithful, unto increasing; or contrariwise, to cause many to be rebellious and sin, to be hardened against the truth, fall away, and be destroyed.
Of those who increased, they were: of Judah, plus 1900 numbered; of Issachar, plus 9900 numbered; of Zebulun, plus 3100; of Manasseh, plus 20,500; of Benjamin, plus 10,200; of Dan, plus 1700; of Asher, plus 11,900.
Of those also who were diminished from the first counting, these are the tribes: Reuben, minus 2770; Simeon, minus 37,100; Gad, minus 5150; Ephraim, minus 8000; Naphtali, minus 8000.
These numbers would reflect the children too young to count at the first; plus whoever was born during the forty years; which were the larger number, as they did not circumcise those who were born in the wilderness; but all who came out of Egypt were circumcised. It appears then, that the punishment and plague over the matter of Peor, God used to mark the dividing of time; for the end of that which was past, and had to be destroyed; and the commencement of the elect taking possession of their inheritance. Those who were remaining, were given a holy charge for consecration to the wars of the LORD; after the wicked and unbelieving had been removed from among them. The lingering of the wicked, in the succeeding generation of rebels, was judged and cast out over the sin of Baal Peor; which the LORD used as the place of separation from that generation for ever.
The newly numbered armies of God represented in a figure, two important things, for signs and instruction of that which God will do at the end of the world. First, they are a sign of all the holy angels who are coming with the Lord Jesus Christ at His coming; who will rid the world of everything that breathes of the ungodly, and all causes of sin; for establishing the kingdom of God over all nations under Christ forever. The second sign, is that of the elect whose names are yet found in the Book of Life at the second coming of Christ; will be the ones to whom the government of the world will be given; and who will teach the nations and rule over them by the law of the Lord, in the Regeneration, when Jesus sits upon the throne of His glory.
What the “second numbering” of the children of Israel should make clear to us; is that while they were all genuinely numbered, accounted for, as the Saved Elect Redeemed by the institution of the Passover, and their departing out of Egypt; (and there should have been no reason for them not to realize the fullness of their Salvation on God’s part); the mere fact of their having been in the Presence of God, and having heard His voice from heaven speaking to them; they could not help but manifest what kind they really were; and condemned themselves.
We all know well the Scripture which says, “that having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, He afterwards destroyed them that believed not.” These were written for the benefit of all generations which would come afterwards; to the end that we absolutely MUST be diligent and in earnest, to make sure our calling and election of God; that we not let it slip.
The names which are found in the Lamb’s Book of Life, at His return, will be the ones ready, and who will be welcomed into the Wedding. Those who knew their Master’s will, but did not what He said, and didn’t prepare; shall be rejected and cast out into the outer darkness.
The reason the Lord Jesus mentions in His messages to the churches, that they repent and do those things they can to save themselves; is because they are in danger of having their names blotted out of the Book of Life… which tells us CLEARLY, that it is possible, and will definitely happen to many, that they will once be saved, but afterwards be lost, through their own disobedient and impenitent heart.
At the Day of the LORD, when He comes to judge the world; then truly shall every tree be known by its fruit.
Just went over this in my Bible in a year podcast.
Very Good Brother; Any remarks you’d like to add?
First Rule of The Wild:
“Don’t look like lunch“
Pretty Kitty!
I switch to green tea.
After my forth cup of coffee ☘️
Morning, molon😘 First cup in the morning for us is tea. One black tea bag plus one of green tea with lemon. There is no rule which says you have to have green tea on its own. Works for us😉
I been doing that too, Betsy, after I read green tea and cinnamon are particularly good for the heart and circulatory system
2 cups green tea with cinnamon and just enough honey to make it a paste
first thing in the morning while firing up Treehouse and having an initial browse
2 coffees later with breakfast, double espresso strength with a little milk to knock the edge off
1 black tea in the afternoon, straight
because I read that green and black have slightly different assortments of polyphenols or something
Cinnamon is definitely good for the heart, nimrodman. And yes, on the differences between green and black teas.
So that cup for us, peruse and comment on this beautiful thread…if my brain cells fire up. Then my special recipe coffee. Another around one. And Sleepytime tea with valerian plus a melatonin about an hour so before bed.
Though that final cup seems not to be working lately. Too much rolling around in the old upstairs…alas.
Yogi brand has a blueberry green tea blend that is really good. I’m not a tea drinker much and I really like it. Supposed to be for weight loss.
cool
I tried a drink from some Youtube health guru
1 whole lemon
1 cup blueberries
water (forget how much, maybe a cup or half-cup)
blender
it’s a bit pithy (the white part), so next time I’ll look for the thinnest-skinned lemons I can find
but s’pose a bee real good for ya, 1st thing when waking is the recommendation
Amazing Benefits of Eating WHOLE Lemons – Peel, White Part and Seeds
that last line is a link, my bold and underline didn’t stick
I drink half right away and save the other half for later or the next morning
Amazing Benefits of Eating WHOLE Lemons – Peel, White Part and Seeds
How do I upload a photo?
Hello Trapper,
I wrote down the instructions someone posted for me when I asked the same question. Here goes.
go to postimmmages.org – register (completely free). Once you’ve been notified that your account is open upload your photo, selecting direct link option (click copy at the end of the ‘line’ this acts as your CTRL+C function) …. come back to CTH select direct link icon (third from right). I think I’m missing a detail – Patience? Can you help? I think I wrote better instructions to you.
Good morning Nimrodman…that is too funny. lmao.
mornin’ Joe
been enjoying your photos as well
hmph
Thoughts on money in small banks ?
Wish I had some ☘️
Better than money in big banks
Unfortunately too many…
I don’t know if you’ve ever seen this movie, IMO it was interesting. And yes, Kevin Spacey’s in it along with other notable actors and actresses.
The scene where Zachary Quinto stares at the computer screen in shock after looking at the projections for the toxic loans is chilling.
I have not. Looks very interesting.
I couldn’t survive with the stress of that profession. Some can and thrive on it. I would not be one of those.
I have quit several jobs sis, as soon as I realized the boss was looking for a fall guy….😌…it doesn’t take long…
Smart, juststevie. A case of your being people smart. And watching and listening. You’re right…it doesn’t take long at all.👍🏻💕
Madoff on Netflix. 4 episodes but interesting details on the whole thing
If I remember correctly, this is the book where Ralph Epperson talks about the ’29 Wall Street Crash. It was no accident, according to Epperson.
Thank you for that recommendation, my friend. It wouldn’t surprise me. Hoover at the time was anathema to many. Dreadful times then. Wondering if we will again have to remove them.
yeah, here’s a thought:
Failed Silicon Valley Bank Gave Black Lives Matter over $73 Million
Mornin’ all!
perfect
Good morning Wee ☘️
THE DISCIPLINE OF DISMAY
“And as they followed, they were afraid.” Mark x. 32
At the beginning we were sure we knew all about Jesus Christ, it was a delight to sell all and to fling ourselves out in a hardihood of love; but now we are not quite so sure. Jesus is on in front and He looks strange: “Jesus went before them and they were amazed.”
There is an aspect of Jesus that chills the heart of a disciple to the core and makes the whole spiritual life gasp for breath. This strange Being with His face “set like a flint” and His striding determination, strikes terror into me. He is no longer Counsellor and Comrade, He is taken up with a point of view I know nothing about, and I am amazed at Him. At first I was confident that I understood Him, but now I am not so sure. I begin to realize there is a distance between Jesus Christ and me; I can no longer be familiar with Him. He is ahead of me and He never turns round; I have no idea where He is going, and the goal has become strangely far off.
Jesus Christ had to fathom every sin and every sorrow man could experience, and that is what makes Him seem strange. When we see Him in this aspect we do not know Him, we do not recognize one feature of His life, and we do not know how to begin to follow Him. He is on in front, a Leader Who is very strange, and we have no comradeship with Him.
The discipline of dismay is essential in the life of discipleship. The danger is to get back to a little fire of our own and kindle enthusiasm at it (cf. Isaiah l. 10-11). When the darkness of dismay comes, endure until it is over, because out of it will come that following of Jesus which is an unspeakable joy.
Oswald Chambers
March 15th Devotional
Good morning Flyover!
Have you read the book, Hinds Feet in High Places, by Hannah Hurnard? The story of a journey by a pilgrim called Much Afraid. In that book, she experiences many dark passages in her travels to become a beloved sheep of the Shepherd. OC’s devotion today has a similar feel.
NOT EXAMPLES FOR IMITATION!
“Dark Passages” are the result of having bad eyes! The single eye makes the whole body full of light, and no part dark. Whenever ANY of the true saints in the Bible went through times of testing and trial, where the LORD withdrew to prove what was in their hearts; there was nothing like what OC or Hannah Hurnard wrote in them. Why isn’t it good enough to follow Jesus’ example, or Job, or Abraham, or the apostles? Why is it more attractive to be drawn to writers who express disdain and repulsion to the Spirit of God under trial?
Have you read the book Michael…Hinds Feet in Hight Places?
Yes, many years ago. I thought it was good at the time. But what about ALL the points I bring up? I have never been open to that kind of ugliness pretending to be humble and honest. Who thinks such things about Jesus? What did Peter do in his hour of trial and darkness and fear? He denied that he knew the Lord three times! That is not our model! When he thought about it he went out and wept bitterly, because he really did love the Lord.
I think that if someone wants to bring out for example, what are the dangers and pitfalls and psycho traps of the devil, when we’re weak and vulnerable, because of our own unbelief and carnality, then those should be the things focused on, so as to come to the point! All I get out of such things as this “brother” so often and easily resorts to, is that he lingers a lot in bad places, and is not bothered by saying such ugly things about Jesus and how to go through common temptations and trials. Like the Lord said, “We speak that which we know, and bear witness to what we have seen . . . ” Is that then all that is seen and known about walking with God in the Spirit, which is by divine appointment, for proving and sanctifying us?
Good morning Flyover
Maybe that’s a good thing,
Not knowing where he is going . You had to stop and figure it out .
You picked a good starting spot for the day ☘️
Have you ever heard the story about the man who was travelling through a certain country, and came upon a city where everyone was blind; and found there a girl, that he fell in love with? But in order for him to be able to marry the girl, he had to put his own eyes out!
“Maybe that’s a good thing, Not knowing where he is going . You had to stop and figure it out.”
? ? ?
I think you’re right with that, Flyover. But instead of coming to the light that he might have found his way out of the muck, he turns inward to a kind of psycho-babel, and then dares to put it int words . . . of skepticism, doubts, estrangement, etc. What in the world is that for someone who is supposed to be an example of the BELIEVERS? NO Christian gives place to ugly wicked thoughts against Jesus on account of the cross! He is actually teaching the weak and the simple and those who are already inclined to give in to the desires of the flesh which are forbidden, to think that its normal! And still, there are those who keep publishing these things apparently with no discernment or conscience about their Beloved, who is being slandered!
It would be “Uncharitable” to just look the other way, and let them continue to pretend it was actually something holy.
The frightening thing about this, is that eventually the LORD has to throw His hands up and say, My Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh! And the willfully unperceived departure of the Holy Spirit will be their own fault, and the cause of many to fall and be lost.
🏹 🛡 Warrior Wednesday ⚔ 👑
Greetings 🌳 family! May our Lord Bless you richly today…🙏
Greetings sister ☘️🌸☘️ Today is prayer warrior day
Warrior Wednesday🙂
I recall the day you first thought of it .
Thanks friend ☘️
God morning, dear sister💕 How glorious!
(I was about to correct my typo…I think I’ll leave it🙏🏻)
LOL…I think that was an excellent decisions sis! 🤗
…and Good Morning…have a Blessed day 🙏💝☕
🤗!!!!
Adding to your beautiful Warrior Wednesday.
Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
🤗!!!
Good morning juststevie!
Good morning back to you Grandpa! 🤗
Hoping this day will bring you Joy in Jesus!!! 💝 🙏 👑
. . . 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.
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)
Great Lenten Prayer of Saint Ephraim the Syrian
(with prostrations and bows)
“O Lord and Master of my life, . . . .”
Wednesday of the Third Week of Great Lent
Holy Virgin-Martyr Euthalia of Sicily (+ 257)
Holy Martyr Hesychios of Antioch, the Senator (+ ca. 304)
Saint Chad, Bishop of Lichfield (England) (+ 672)
Saint Joachim the New of Ithaca (+ 1868)
Several more Saints, including Martyrs, are honored today.
March 2nd – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
March 15th – civil or commercial calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
Blessed is the man
Psalms 1, 2, and 3
Septuagint
Good morning sepp ☘️
Grüß Gott!
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Bless-ed morning, dear duchess. All of a sudden these you’ve placed here this morning brought to mind that sweet poem about friendship which I hadn’t thought of in such a long time…💕
Make new friends
And keep the old.
One is silver,
The other gold.
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.
All dressed
Ready to go
Thanks duchess
☘️🌸☘️
I see you, Molon – 😄 Good on you!!! 🌹🥰
Duchess
Hope your day was a good one friend
God bless
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Babies lives matter the most ☘️
They are little bundles of potential.
Awwwwww that is a great idea that someone made those t-shirts! So precious!
Made me smile…broadly😁
So good
that’s cute as can be
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
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“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:”
Hebrews 10:24 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. – Romans 13:12
Alarms make many different sounds, though some make no sound at all, merely gently illuminating the room with light. If the apostle Paul were choosing one, it would probably not be a quiet one! In his letter to the Romans, he almost shouts “wake up!” exhorting followers of Christ to godly living because soon Jesus Christ will return to claim His church.
Paul writes of the last hours of night (this age) giving way to the dawning of a glorious new day. He wants you to get ready by putting off the garments of your old life in darkness, like sensuality, quarreling, jealousy, and immorality (Romans 13:13). He instructs you to put on the armor of light instead.
While armor is usually an implement of battle, interestingly, in God’s Kingdom war is no more. Isaiah provides a glimpse of that wonderful time: “They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore” (Isaiah 2:4).
Why is Paul telling you to put on armor in preparation for THAT peaceful day? He clarifies, “put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires” (Romans 13:14).
Dress in preparation for life with Christ, “having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness… shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace… take up the shield of faith… take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” (Ephesians 6:14-17).
Pray for those sleeping in darkness in America to wake up to the opportunity to know Christ as Savior before that day arrives. Ask specifically that military leaders will hear the gospel of Christ and put on God’s armor of light.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
March 15
MORNING
Perfect through sufferings. Heb. 2:10
My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. Matt. 26:38, 39
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. Luke 22:44
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Psa. 116:3
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. Psa. 69:20
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. Psa. 142:4
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Isa. 53:3
EVENING
The Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is. Ex. 20:11
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Psa. 19:1
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. Psa. 33:6, 9
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. Isa. 40:15
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Heb. 11:3
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy ringers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? Psa. 8:3, 4
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/03/0315.html
Amen
Gods Eye Nebula-Helix Nebula
Tchaikovsky-Hymn of the Cheribum
A similar one is named the Cats Eye nebula. Both are remnants of Super Novas.
The halos contain the stuff of life being broadcast across the universe. We, and every living thing we have so far discovered are made up of star dust.
Rob
Love the cats eye nebula
Definitely one of my favorites. ☘️
We are stardust, we are golden
We are billion year old carbon
And we’ve got to get ourselves
Back to the garden
Woodstock/Crosby, Stills & Nash
then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. Ecc. 12:7
🤗
They are planetary nebulas, and someday our Sun will do something similar. They are short-lived, maybe 10,000 – 20,000 years, as their central star shrinks into a white dwarf and begins the final cool-off. The intricate ones have two stars in their centers.
They are beautiful; I could look at them all day. Thank you for posting these.
http://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/21b259148b66f4ce3d473bc02a452c4e11356aea914ee87f8143346ef1c24bc9.jpg
Not Andromeda, but don’t know which it is. Probably a Messier Object though.
I was unsure. And there was no identifying legend with it. But my goodness…it took my breath away.
Wow! Beautiful! This is one of the nicest pictures of a spiral galaxy I think I’ve seen. Thank you!
(This is NGC 1398, about 65 million light years away, in the southern constellation Fornax the furnace. The European Southern Observatory took the picture.)
Oh thank you, Following.
I can only gaze at these and wonder how much in the heavens we still don’t know of, if we ever will.
Or as a meme I placed here said sick toy and accurately…we don’t know what we don’t know.
I get lost looking at that one . God is a good artist
Good Morning Warrior Wednesday Prayer Warriors
Prayer Warrior-Heirloom
Greetings Molonlabe! 🤗
Perfect! Love this! Thank you!
Greetings to you on this fine day .
My your day be a filled with the Spirit ☘️
Fill it up
Prayer warrior
You help me fill it up
Thanks friend
☘️🌸☘️
Good morning, dear molon.
As with the hands in this serene picture, hold tight to the Cross, hold tight to faith in Christ. 🙏🏻
Good morning my dear friend ☘️
Hold on tight
We could be in for a bumpy ride.
Could be !!!
We are !
I’m just going around the bumps
Not over them.
Jesus is my Rock
Pebbles in the road mean nothing
Faith in Christ is everything
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It is everything, dear molon. He is everything. We have bumps, too. Turning the navigation of them over completely to Him.🙏🏻💕
Good Morning all!
Joe Bastardi says this could be one of the coldest starts to Spring on record.
You that live in Texas and the heartland really should take a look at this map. It is showing up to 31 deg below normal in West Texas.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrQf4RCWAAMCzNy?format=png&name=medium
Good morning rah and everyone.
For sure low temperatures for this late in March in Southeastern US.
Sunday 19th Mar forecast low is for 30 for our area of Virginia.
Much worse further west according to the European model which” sees” cold and winter storms much earlier than the US models generally do.
Morning…well, afternoon, monticello. We in Texas are getting a dose as well. Mid to low 30s coming within a day or so. It’s the accompanying winds which make us really feel it.
Yes the wind.
It’s windy here in March but nothing like the winds out west.
The worst straight line winds I ever saw was in Wyoming where it was blowing very small gravel off the highway embankments into the vehicle. That was an early Spring blizzard.
Rob
I’ve got ice in my birdbath
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I do miss Florida
I miss the warm waters of Stump Pass .
The things I have seen and found at the pass I will never forget . Don’t know if you’ve ever been there , it’s like a little channel that connects the Intercostal to the Gulf.
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I like Joe Bastardi
He is one of the few good ones
Here in MS each year about this time we get a very cold spell. Seems it’s winter’s last hurrah. Several years ago temps dropped into the teens and took out the peach, plum and nectarine crop at our local orchard. Having smudge pots throughout were no help.
It’s a family run orchard and their income source. I keep them on my prayer list.
Down here in Daytona Beach we had a “cold front” come in and temps have been down in the high 50s and low 60s. Serenity the hairless cat got cold last night and cuddled up under the covers against my back to keep warm.
Cats always know who their friends are.
US Maple Syrup production has more than doubled in the last 10 years.
What the NYT said 10 years ago about maple syrup production.
Wrong again…as usual.
Illinois State Representative Katie Stuart (D-Edwardsville) filed HB1286 which would legalize multiple occupancy gender neutral restrooms in the state of Illinois.
This could result in situations where some establishments may elect to only provide one gender neutral restroom instead of separate men’s and women’s restrooms.
These gender neutral restrooms would be an awkward, uncomfortable, unpleasant, and unwanted invasion of privacy for most people. They are also an open invitation for sexual predators.
Women would be the most adversely impacted by this bill, yet oddly most of the sponsors of this bill are woke women along with a few woke men.
This bill has already been passed by the Human Services Committee, but you can still voice your opposition by filing a witness slip as an opponent. Anyone, even non-Illinois residents, can file a witness slip.
Link for filing a witness slip:
https://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/143396?committeeHearingId=19738&LegislationId=143396&LegislationDocumentId=179933&fbclid=IwAR1WfsS8gsoyPBuZI04Q09CLEefr6eAl7yZ4NTfcogntuj78cESfSiPmW1o
You can also email or call Katie Stuart to voice your opposition:
[email protected]
Springfield office: 217-782-8018
Collinsville office: 618-365-6650
Description of HB1286:
https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1286&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=143396&SessionID=112&SpecSess=&Session=&GA=103
Webpage showing number of witness slips filed for and against HB1286. As of 9:15 AM Central Time on March 15, 2023, there were 2,574 opponents and only 352 proponents.
https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/Witnessslip.asp?LegDocId=179933&DocNum=1286&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=143396&GAID=17&SessionID=112&GA=103&SpecSess=&Session=&WSType=OPP
This is not the first time that Stuart has filed a bill of this nature.
Stuart is one of the state representatives responsible for requiring all Illinois schools with grades 4 – 12 to stock free feminine hygiene products in men’s restrooms.
Stuart is also one of the state representatives responsible for requiring all Illinois universities to stock free feminine hygiene products in men’s restrooms.
Stuart tried to have similar laws passed for state parks and interstate rest areas, but those bills thankfully did not pass.
Madison-St. Clair Record article about HB1286:
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/639928906-rep-stuart-proposes-all-gender-bathroom-legislation-calls-opponents-out-of-touch-extremists
It grieves me to say this but Virginia’s Republican governor is in favour of the same. Madness and depravity knows no party.
As best I understand it…..
The Va gov is stating that school kids compete in the sports sex they were assigned at birth and the same with bathrooms. But he does make the mistake of stating schools should have one stall gender neutral restrooms also which of course partially accepts the premise which is always wrong.
The statue of Saint Michael in Zejtun, Malta.
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
Good afternoon Treepers. Spent some time makin babies. Succulent little babies. Had to . Jilly knocked a few over . She gets very anxious when I leave her. She will get into things she is not supposed to . Dr recommend anxiety meds . I said no . But she has to stop putting things in her mouth. Kinda like me , gotta watch what I put in my mouth. Have a blessed day friends ☘️🌸☘️
Love your planters!!😍 I’ve always been partial to blue and white pottery and picked up quite a few pieces at antiques fairs and shoppes when we lived in Wales.
I am so sorry for Jillian’s anxiety, my dear friend. I’m starting to get it just worrying about her💔
Thanks my friend
Jill needs to chill.
See the one to the left of the cactus. I got that and the cactus I couple days ago. I come home one day and the thing is on the floor half eatin. Had to give one her of these , hold her lil nose and point right in her face , tah tah tah. I can’t get mad at her so I pretend Im mad for a few. Then we laugh and I tell her , “ why didn’t you eat the cactus. She didn’t touch that. Also the next day I see more red in her droppings , I’m like , ok , here we go again more blood. But it wasn’t blood , it was red and blue ink from a handout I got at a show I went to the night before at the in town cultural center . Good show . Irish girls and guys kickin up a storm . She ate half the program I brought home. She still my best girl . Drive me crazy.
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I’m smiling the whole way through it so , don’t worry too much 😊
Have a great evening my dear friend and friends ☘️
Bett
You noticed my pots.
I’m very fond of planting in old things that are not pots. Like this old ships lamp . If I can get the top off , something goin in it.
Oh niiiiice!! I love unusual planters as well. It’s amazing to see unexpected ones. All it takes is a little imagination. The Brits are very good at it.
perhaps i have a lil brit in me
as far as i know , no
its the spirit of the brit i got
#meetoo😎
May drive you cray-cray, as my daughter says, but so worth it😉💕
Paris, France, March 31 2017: Interior view of the Opera National de Paris Garnier, France. It was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera house.
The Phantom of the Opera – Emmy Rossum, Gerard Butler
Magnifique!!!!
I really liked this film version of ALW’s musical. Ms. Rossum’s voice is enchanting. And I did see the musical live in the Majestic Theater on 44th St. off Broadway in the late 90s (was awesome of course).
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Thank you, Bessie. Brilliant.👍🏻
Thanks Bessie.
Woodstock, Vermont, USA at the Middle Covered Bridge
Via Revolver
https://americanmind.org/salvo/hicklibs-on-parade/
Hard to read, but I recommend it.
Yikes, that was sad
If this is anywhere near being truly representative of “flyover America”, then there is little hope left that this country can be brought back to the “traditional values” many of us have thought still existed in red states outside the blue cities.
It would be no surprise of the Lord looked at the U.S. and acted in the same manner that He dealt with Sodom and Gomorrah.
same type of thing going on.
flamin flamboyant flames flamin out
Fourth on the list in this short piece.
Justice Kennedy opened the door. This is his legacy. All of it.
What is tolerated one gets more of. Texas is my state.
I am disgusted and ashamed. No legislator or government official gives a tinker’s damn.
or a tailors damn , for that matter
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Amen.
Amen
Amen
Amen.🙏🏻
twinkle twinkle
Amen.
Amen.
Amen
Amen.