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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looks like a custard-y oat pastry
or mac-n-cheeze with a crumble crust of some sort
— either way, I’m in
shepherds pie ?
Definitely not, annie…that’s a lamb and potato dish😊
i thought that thats what it looked like , mashed potatoes possibly, covering something underneath .. i have an aussie friend that puts sliced tomatoes 🍅 on top of his ..
Minced lamb, covered with mashed potatoes, some add carrots…that’s Shepherd’s pie.
Cottage pie is the same except with ground beef.
Americans have misnamed Cottage pie, calling it Shepherd’s pie instead.
Here are the recipes for both😊
Shepherd’s Pie
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/recipes/0/traditional-shepherds-pie-recipe-perfect-family/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_psc_ppc_us_news_dsa_life&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIurm-rJST_wIV8AOzAB3pFgLaEAAYAyAAEgKg6vD_BwE
Cottage Pie
https://www.curiouscuisiniere.com/cottage-pie/
right.. i know what shepherds pie is 🤗
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Looks like an egg and cheese chili relleno omelet topped with green chili. Yum
oh thank you , lol
Scrambled eggs with a smattering of refried beans…. I’m starving.
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Gawgeous, Mr jay! Good morning.
Good morning Bet! Yesterday’s plan worked. Even though last night I still got an extra burst of energy, being out and about helped me fall asleep so I’m thankful for 7 hours of sleep. My bride thinks that she forgot her iPad in the loaner car so I’ll be calling the dealership this morning. Hopefully someone turned it in otherwise I see a trip to Best Buy in my near future. ❤️😍
Morning, dear brother! So glad..7 hours is big, BIG! Excellent. Crossing fingers on the IPad. Hoping that Best Buy trip won’t be needed. Here is me this morning😎
LOL! I’m having my peach with turmeric and something herbal tea.
Good for inflammation…such is my brain this morning (only half working) that I almost wrote “good for inflation”. Coffee should help😏
Good morning, Pa❣️
Only boo booed a pinky this am. Cleaning pavers and sanding the cracks is waaay too much fun🙄, but that dang edging!
Keep ❤️🩹 healing❣️❣️❣️
Morning Patience! ❤️ Put a bandaid on the boo boo. 😁
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Oh…. so….. ME and such a funny little me is she! 12 hour work day today – I am pooped.
Good evening, GrandpaM!
You tried to chat with me yesterday, but I was in and out and then didn’t get home until way late – so I feared responding would be fruitless, as you likely wouldn’t see it.
I know doc said for you to lay on your back – but does it count if you are upright in a comfy recliner? I would think it would be good for your lungs and relieve some pressure on your core? Maybe a nap in a laz-y-boy?
Maidin Mhaith Betsy 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
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Good morning, Betsy🐣
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Follow morn…well…afternoon, Patience and Ma🌻🌻
After your boo boo this morning, thought you might appreciate this😎💕
That’s Patience right there, Bet!!! Giggling here – 😃
Thought of her first, sis. Hope she doesn’t block me😁
And see?? Half my brain working…Good.morning!! Not “follow morning”!!!
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https://www.google.com/search?q=ernest+t+bass+throws+a+brick+through+a+window&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:f4e958c3,vid:REbHvFWBn2s
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Ya know I love ya, girl!! 😁😉
Uh huh
-like a 👞 loves a 🕷️
Betsy – are you some kind of social media provocateur? Where do you find all this stuff? I think you’re on Sundance’s payroll to keep us all captivated!
Teehee…I find them here, there and everywhere, JWoo-Hoo…I collect them knowing at some point I’ll be able to use them…sometimes, oddly, the time arrives immediately after I see one. Other times it could be weeks. But that time always arrives😎
I have a very unusual sense of humour, by the way😁
You have the best sense of humor ever… and impecible timing. Definitely a GIFT.
You are so sweet, JWoo…love ya!🤗
Mornin’ jay – Mornin’ Bet 🙂
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Hi Garrison – good day to you, kind Sir. Glad you’re making headway with zee bugz. Maybe you just catch ’em and put ’em in your freezer for the hunger strikes? LOL Have your own Bubba Gump Shrimp Company
Bed bugz a la king
Bed bugz etoufee
Shrimpz and bugz
Bugz Bourguignon
Bugz and beanz
Bugz and rice
Bugz and puddin’
Howdy jay!
Howdy Gramps 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
Wild Thing:
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Is you that Wild Thang, Patience? 🙃
Hee hee… 😁
Never pluck wild hair
comb it back to tame it!
Duchess, you have no idea how impactful your lovely and prayerful daily posts are to me.
-Wishing you a grand and blessed day❣️
Can we have some morning pics??? 🙃
Happy to hear you get a jump start from the dally posts – If God is first in our day – the rest of the day just seems to go better – Yes?
Have a fantastically fabulous and fun. Day, Dear!!! ❤️🧚🏻♀️❤️🧚🏻♀️❤️
YES!!! (just jumping in here because I had to😉)
Why? You looking forward to morning pics, too??? LOL
You betcha!!!!👍🏻
Here’s a likeness
– in a few ways.
https://www.thecut.com/2012/08/tribute-to-phyllis-dillers-zany-looks.html
She was something else….
She was indeed!
Some people just didn’t get her self-deprecating …“Fang” , out of this world laugh…. humor.🤪
Her moo moos were the best!
LOL
😎😎
You make my Heart sing😎
Nice, Jay!!!
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Now, if you would just pick me a little bunch… I will trade you a bowl of ice cream
guys on the ends are havin’ a rough time of it
“snap that damn picture already!”
The Lee Harvey Oswald Band, playing soon at a municipal underground parking garage near you
We saw it on live TV …….. just one of the “one-hit-bands” of the times.
Produced by “The Company”
Lead “heavy metal” performer: Jack, The Man, Ruby
Then it was always very curious to be Ruby was “allowed” to get so close to do the deed. Now? Not so much…
The Dead Oswalds.
Mt St Helens eruption May 18, 1980 as witnessed from Mt Adams 33 miles away. It took 2-1/2 minutes for the sound to reach them
Cool picture , Nim !
I have never seen that one .
I was 168 miles due North when St Helens erupted ..
Sleeping 😳 Didn’t hear a thing 🤫
I was in Portland, OR the second time Mt. Saint Helens erupted… it was stunning the amount of ash that came down. I used up an entire windshield washer reservoir of fluid on a five mile trip. It was if it was snowing, except it was gray ash and not show that was falling.
pretty obscure, Annie, you’ve sure got wide-ranging tastes
– had to look ’em up
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/christie-mn0000123841/biography
evening nim ♥️
have you gotten moved yet ?
not yet
I dunno Nim…. It can’t be too obscure ’cause I remember hearing that tune played repeatedly on the radio (Baltimore stations). And that means it had to have been in the Top 40 for a short while.
Thanks nimrodman, never fails, seeing with great amusement God’s landscape design work !! AS IF, any mortal could have possibly thought this bit of Garden Design up. Then, God uses it beyond beauty into the feeding of His earth and people.
Now that is art by Almighty God!!
Betsy..just wanted to jump in here to show the start of my bucket veg garden…🤣👍
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Wow!!!!😁 Can’t wait to see your harvest! 😊
hi nimrodman… looks like a beautiful marble how exquisite to look and marvel.
hi, lightworker, glad you enjoyed it
Hi lightworkerspirit,
You also messaged me yesterday. I am so sorry that I wasn’t able to respond. By the time I landed – it was so late – I feared you wouldn’t see my message anyway. Welcome, welcome to our little glorious Tree – where some of the kindest, conservative, simple and loving townspeople they be!
There are some warrior Spirits here and sometimes we just perch a little while to recharge – before we CHARGE!
thank you nwtex for posting this video it smacks right into the middle the
war between light and evil. Ricky is a light beam. Amen
Good man . . .
My aunt lived on Point Dume in Malibu. It was a Spiritually dark place.
Howdy Garrison 🙂
Yo, jay 🙂
Good morning, Garrison💕 How lovely are these selections. Thank you.
Mornin’ Bet 🙂 GSI is a major guitar shop in LA. They’ve put up a number of very good guitar videos over the years.
Morning Garrison!
Mornin’ Gramps. Good to read you’re getting more sleep. 🙂
Very nice choices, Garrison… a great way to musically start the weekend
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Top of the afternoon Garrison!
Excellent performances by Marc Teicholz. He brought out the very best of that 1936 Ignacia Fleta guitar despite its smaller size and being ~76 years old at the time. Amazing how much of each piece he does with his eyes closed, often making 7 or more fret jumps without even a glance…
A great rest of the day to you !
Bible Study Help #11, ‘The Plan‘ Part 1 / Abridged
Everyone will be back in their spiritual body during the LORD’s Day, aka The Millennium. Prior to judgment by our Creator, we spend our time on the left side of the gulf [lost], or the right side [saved!]. Life in the flesh body boils down to one decision, side with GOD or side with Satan. Are we learned enough in the word of GOD to make the correct choice? Can we be certain? Satan is clearly described to aid understanding.
Ezek. 28:3 “...thou art wiser than Daniel…” High praise from GOD, but he’s already judged.
28:8 “…shall bring thee down to the pit...”
28:12 “…thou…full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.” Supernatural intelligence.
28:13 “Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God…thou wast created.”
28:14 “...the annointed cherub..covereth...” To protect the Mercy Seat, he wanted to sit there.
28:17 “Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty…”
28:18 “...I will bring forth fire…it shall devour thee...” Consumed from within.
Most have observed:
* Our country has been stolen by evil people.
* Children are murdered daily through legalized abortion.
* Some religions have glossed over evil done by clergy.
* Christians are ostricized publicly.
* Elected officials outright lie.
Anyone can add another 100 examples.
Yet many also believe they could not be misled, deceived, or unaware of, Satan’s supernatural control of the physical world, or the Plan of GOD, Who has stated this is all at His command.
Isa. 55:9 “...so are My ways higher than your ways…My thoughts than your thoughts.” GOD‘s plan is perfect!
GOD calls people living in the flesh “Little children” [ref. John 3:7] and “sottish” [ref. Jer. 4:22 (stupid or foolish as from too much drinking)], not as disparaging remarks aimed at His children but as observable characteristics of His children.
Hos. 4:6 “My People are destroyed for lack of knowledge...” Lack of understanding.
Some make time to understand, after all He explained it all, yet many won’t give it any thought until it’s too late.
Consider just two of GOD‘s teachings;
1 Cor. 14:33 “…God is not the author of confusion, but of peace…”
2 Thes. 2:11 “…God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.”
Any confusion arises from lack of understanding, not from GOD.
Verse 1 shows; GOD provides clarity, salvation, and peace of mind. He always provides a second witness, and often He provides many more witnesses, it requires study to understand.
Verse 2 shows; GOD is angered by children who choose not to study. He even allows them to be deceived if they prefer deception [e.g. ‘once saved always saved’, ‘rapture’, etc.]. GOD allows false teachers to prosper.
Amos 8:11 “…the days come…that I will send a famine…of hearing the words of the LORD.” GOD warned us.
Isa. 28:10 “...precept must be upon precept…line upon line…” To understand His truth.
It’s fine to offer a series of thoughts connected through Scripture, quoting various Verses, if one confirms said Verses are not in conflict. A seed of thought can grow in the mind of the student[s], but not without study blessed by GOD. We can’t learn truth from a Longhorn Preacher; Make a point over here, another point wa-ay over yonder, and nothing but a bunch of bull in the middle. GOD states;
Eze. 44:13 “...they shall not come near…Me…shall bear…shame… “You’re gonna’ fly away.” That’s not Biblical.
Luke 16:26 “...there is a great gulf…neither can they pass…” Shame on the left side of the gulf for 1,000 years, because they refused to study to understand during their lifetime in the flesh.
Rev. 20:5 “...the dead lived not…until the thousand years…finished.” Waiting until the end of The Millennium.
GOD knows the count of all souls saved. If we could count all that passed, and all the unborn souls that are yet to live during this 2nd Age, and all the souls alive at this time, as Carl Sagan would say; “It’s bill-ions & bill-ions“!
Rev. 13:8 “...all…upon the earth shall worship him…” Any not ‘sealed’ don’t understand, this evil disgusting piece of garbage commonly called Satan, goes by many other appellations:
Lucifer, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the greek tongue hath his name Apollyon, the great dragon, the accuser of our brethen, the destroyer, Beelzebub the prince of devils, the abomination of desolation, also the beast, the false prophet, the desolator, the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, has the power of death, a murderer from the beginning, a liar, the father of it. All from various Scripture [not cited for brevity.] All of those are the antichrist! It’s an office he holds, to perform his evil duties to test us! He so hates the One True Living GOD, that he wants to deceive as many of us as he can, just to cause GOD pain! So we fight back, we study.
Satan the antichrist has control of our physical world. Spiritual is GOD‘s realm. Of course GOD ultimately controls both, but HE gave Satan control over the physical world as a test. GOD teaches using similitudes, parables, symbolism.
Eze. 3:18 “When I say…’Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest…not warning…to save his life; the same…shall die…but his blood will I require at thine hands.” Everyone dies in the flesh, “save his life” means save his ‘soul’. Any who understand yet don’t share truth, GOD will hold responsible. When we warn others, we are no longer responsible.
1 Pet. 5:2 “Feed the flock of GOD which is among you...” Help others learn.
5:14 “...Peace be with you…in Christ Jesus...” Peace of mind if we understand.
Rev. 4:11 “…Thou hast created all things…for Thy pleasure….” Do we please Him?
2 Tim. 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God...” Study to understand, it pleases GOD.
Mat. 11:15 “He that has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Tomorrow: ‘The Plan‘ Part 2 / Abribged
same song, different better version, i think ..
i love all of the instruments ♥️
They’re layering effects make me feel like I’m on vacation when I listen to them. Acquainted with them in a very very good time in my life.
Sadly… he’s agnostic and a raging liberal. I find his music captivating and sublime. Makes me sad for his soul. His sister was murdered – I hope he acknowledges Jesus as His Lord and Savior soon… and he shakes his head loose from liberal loon tune ideology.
“You can tell the World” ….. The Seekers (1965)
thank you cactus I love the seekers and this song is perfect everyday, Blessings
My favourite of theirs…
“When the Stars Begin to Fall”
Good morning all! Have a great Friday!
You really couldn’t make this stuff up, but “climate scientists can, no matter what the reality is or has been! Their whole history is a pack of never ending lies. All of this kind of dung is based on climate models which have NEVER been correct. EVER!
Snowpack predicted to retreat in California’s mountains due to climate change (msn.com)
Good morning rah!
Good morning Gpa.
I join you in your assessment of the “liars” regarding climate change..they use it as reason for government edicts just like they are doing with Covid pandemic..all about control.. wish more would see it 🙏👍
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Any paper or article on climate which starts with weasel words like “could” or “may” is almost always based on climate models and should be disregarded as nothing more than fictional propaganda out of hand.
They can’t really accurately model weather more than three days out and yet they call computer models of climate projecting out years and decades that have never once proven to be correct, “science”.
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If their claims weren’t so damaging to our economy and national well being, they would be quite humorous. That “climate change” which they are predicting will cause California’s snowpack to retreat is something the rest of us mere mortals generally refer to as “the annual Spring melt”, and yes, it is “predictable”
Benzy, I’m reading Macron has backed off the “Net Zero” insanity. In Germany, all decommissioned nuclear facilities aren’t going to be standing idle, nooooo…the lunatic Greens are going to destroy them. I’m getting the feeling that the unachievable suicidal “climate” goals and the total destruction of life they will cause are suddenly awakening more and more. No more pretty pie in the sky slogans.
Cold hard reality is starting to seep through for some.
“In Germany, all decommissioned nuclear facilities aren’t going to be standing idle, nooooo…the lunatic Greens are going to destroy them.”
*WOW*!
Invincible Ignorance!
Surely there will be some adults that gain power in Germany before this happens.
Surely….
This is a CULT!
“Jim Jones Does Germany”
Here you go, Greg.
I can’t recommend this site highly enough. And in articles like this don’t miss the translator’s comments after. Very incisive and raw.
And I agree…cult is right. It’s shocking to me that Germans still don’t see it…or the Brits come to that.
But cracks are appearing. One day when the full consequences come crashing down on the heads of those who didn’t understand what ‘carbon reduction” actually meant to these psychopaths, I really believe that terrible retribution will come.
https://gatesofvienna.net/2023/05/returning-germany-to-the-stone-age/
Also this from Principia Scientific, an excellent British site…
https://principia-scientific.com/german-govt-agency-plans-to-ration-electricity-as-power-crisis-worsens/
Well, you knew that was going to happen, Greg1. Can’t in retrospect think they made a mistake and recommission them. It’s not enough to take them offline. They must remove them totally from the landscape. Ejits.
When you are never right, and the media never calls you out, and the government gives you money to lie….
26 May 2022 Andy Fletcher, British synthesizer and bass player (Depeche Mode – “Just Can’t Get Enough”), dies of an aortic dissection at 60
26 May 2022 Alan White, British rock drummer (John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band; Yes, 1972-2022; solo – Ramshackled), dies at 72
26 May 2021 Patrick Sky [Lynch], American musician, folk singer, songwriter, record producer, and uilleann bagpiper (Songs That Made America Famous), dies of cancer at 80
26 May 2008 Earle Hagen, American big band trombonist (Isham Jones; Tommy Dorsey; Benny Goodman), and Emmy Award-winning television composer (The Dick Van Dyke Show; The Andy Griffith Show; I Spy; The Mod Squad; “Harlem Nocturne”), dies at 88
Original Andy Griffith Theme
26 May 1998 Linda Hayes [Bertha Williams], American R&B singer (Yes I Know), dies at 74
Yes I Know
26 May 1995 Ron Weatherburn, British jazz pianist, dies at 61
Buddy Bolden Blues
26 May 1994 Warren Harding “Sonny” Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (Last Exit), dies of a heart attack at 53
Full Concert
26 May 1992 George Morrow, American jazz double-bassist (Max Roach and Clifford Brown; Sonny Rollins), dies at 66
26 May 1933 Jimmie Rodgers (born James Charles Rodgers, September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s.
With Memorial Day coming up, I thought I’d mention some information about a great source of historical information about each Army soldier.
The source can provide you with great detail information about your relatives who were in the US Army or Army/Air Corp. One of my uncles was KIA in WWII. I was able to get the report that listed the last mission he was on and what happened to him.
The source is called the Morning Report…….
“In the United States Army, the ‘morning report’ was a document produced every morning for every basic unit of the Army, by the unit clerk, detailing personnel changes for the previous day. The morning report supported strength accountability from before World War II into the 1970s.
The report was signed by the unit’s Commanding Officer, and submitted to the appropriate higher administrative unit. It was the source for tabulation of the Army’s centralized personnel records.
The morning report detailed changes in the status of soldiers in the unit on the day the change occurred, including for example, transfers to or from the unit, temporarily assignment elsewhere (TDY), on leave, promotion or demotion, and other such events. Familiar abbreviations such as KIA (killed in action), AWOL (absent without leave), WIA (wounded in action), and MIA (missing in action) were the authorized notations used on the morning report for those statuses.
When a soldier was transferred to or from another unit, his or her orders specified an Effective Date of Change of Strength Accountability specifying the exact date that the soldier is counted as leaving one unit and officially joining the other. The morning reports of the respective units will show the soldier transferred out, or in, on that date, as the case may be.”
Below is a link to a video of morning report information.
https://www.goldenarrowresearch.com/morning-reports-locate-army-veterans/
Though a great source, those reports are not always accurate. In fact the more intense and sustained the combat action a Company is in, the less accurate they tend to be. The fog of war has its effect even at the Company level and so reports written the next day or even during the action often do not accurately depict the units movements or their casualties. All combat is chaotic and when it really gets so, there may be no morning reports at all, just as is the case for almost all of the Companies involved in the first few days action on Omaha beach or those that took the brunt of the German attack in Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge). To this day we don’t have accurate daily casualty figures for most companies involved in those actions and we never will have.
Very true rah. Thanks for your service.
I have seen thousands and thousands of these reports, first hand, during the mid 1960s in the far east.
True, there are gaps caused by the operation the troops were involved in, but the reports leading up to the chaotic period and those catch up reports after the period tell a lot.
It is an imperfect tool, but when you look at one of those morning reports you know you are looking back into time when your relative was serving America ….. on Memorial Day we recognize those who gave their all …… my uncle was a young sergeant, tail gunner, who did just that.
God bless all of our service members, past and present, and President Trump and the USA.
Thank you for this cactus.
My father-in-law and three uncles served in WWII.
Two of my uncles suffered terrible physical harm.
All of our warriors – including loved ones at home – suffered during this horrible time.
I’m guessing hubs will be watching Band of Brothers again this weekend😩
thank you cactus and rah for your posts on military life especially for generations coming forth.
Cactus when you mentioned all those abbreviations I can’t imagine how they were branded into
the hearts of mothers. Thank you rah for your service sir. Blessings
Good morning, lightworkerspirit💕
THINK AS JESUS TAUGHT
“Pray without ceasing.” 1 Thess. v. 17
We think rightly or wrongly about prayer according to the conception we have in our minds of prayer. If we think of prayer as the breath in our lungs and the blood from our hearts, we think rightly. The blood flows ceaselessly, and breathing continues ceaselessly; we are not conscious of it, but it is always going on. We are not always conscious of Jesus keeping us in perfect joint with God, but if we are obeying Him, He always is. Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life. Beware of anything that stops ejaculatory prayer. “Pray without ceasing,” keep the childlike habit of ejaculatory prayer in your heart to God all the time.
Jesus never mentioned unanswered prayer, He had the boundless certainty that prayer is always answered. Have we by the Spirit the unspeakable certainty that Jesus had about prayer, or do we think of the times when God does not seem to have answered prayer? “Every one that asketh receiveth.” We say – “But…, but…” God answers prayer in the best way, not sometimes, but every time, although the immediate manifestation of the answer in the domain in which we want it may not always follow. Do we expect God to answer prayer?
The danger with us is that we want to water down the things that Jesus says and make them mean something in accordance with common sense; if it were only common sense, it was not worth while for Him to say it. The things Jesus says about prayer are supernatural revelations.
Oswald Chambers
May 26th Devotional
Good morning juststevie !
This ties in so beautifully with Della’s lovely offering below, sis. Funny how that happens, no? 🙏🏻😉
Is this you???💕😎
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😁…back atcha, GB😘
And I love you, too, little toe beanz.
Ooooo….do I have one for you tomorrow!!!!!😍😍😍
(tapping fingers – waiting impatiently) – No really – I will look forward to it manana. I wouldn’t want to miss it.
GTY Treeps! ✝️
Hello everyone – It can be hard to wait on God for something …
Here’s a comforting promise of His to hold onto:
“The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him.”
Lamentations 3:25
Good morning, dear Della. What a lovely thing to read first thing. A needed reminder that when we lay our burdens all on Him, His will will be done. And so we wait very differently indeed. How beautifully does this go with stevie’s Chambers today.🙏🏻💕
Seeing below your appointment with the doctor. Hoping so much you receive glorious good news, Southern Sis🙏🏻💕
Thank you!
Morning Betsy! Yes, casting all our cares upon Him is the most excellent way to begin the day!
I’ve learned that we’ll always be waiting on something!
Once our desire is satisfied, along comes another!
So, just accepting that God knows when to answer gives peace.
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Amen! All in (His) good time.🙏🏻
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WOW! that is potent. Morning Miss Della, this is the lull humanity is living in “wait differently.” Blessings
Good morning light!
It is powerful, I agree!
Was thinking about the words “wait differently” and remembered, followers of Christ should do “everything” differently!!
Because they are not of the world.
Hope your day is filled with blessings!
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So love that, Della – good evening dear one!
This brought back memories!
My Grandma always had this white bread by Merita.
Merita Bread was a sponsor to The Lone Ranger tv show…
(don’t like this white bread today…)
Ha!!! We still do that!
Yes! It works!
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Too right it does😂!!
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you forgot snack–something I still do
Yes, of course!!
Hopefully with little butter smeared on. Yummy
Butter makes everything better…and onions…except desserts and other confections😉
By th way…in the UK, no sarnie (sandwich) is ever made with putting butter on the bread first.
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Should be “WITHOUT putting butter…”
Agree! We love both! Onions are a staple in the house …
Hubs cooks a large sweet onion by coring, and filling with a half beef bouillon cube and pat butter. Wrap in foil and bake till tender.
Delicious, esp with meat dishes. I prefer over baked potato. We split it in half.
We just getting those Vidalia sweet onions in for summer … (grown in GA)
Yummy!
Thanking God for farmers!
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Writing that down!!!! Yum!! And yes on a baked potato. Love the Vidalias.
I found when I returned to the US that the bouillon cubes here were waaaaay too salty.
The first pot roast I made I used the same number of cubes as in the UK, and when I tasted it???? I had to throw it all out. What a terrible and infuriating waste.
We have a British Emporium nearby so I was overjoyed to find my stock cubes there. Pricey compared to what I paid for them in the UK but I didn’t care. I cleared out their entire supply and hoard them as one would gold.
Can’t wait to try with a Vidalia onion!
Yes, Wylers bouillon cubes are too salty … I got small jar of Beyond Bouillon, a paste.
Haven’t tried yet. It doesn’t matter what form — it’s for flavor.
When coring, leave the bottom of onion to hold juices. Just make a hole for butter.
Cook 325/350 one hour.
Hope you like!
Oh I will definitely like! Thanks, Della.
I just went to Amazon to see if they offered OXO beef bouillon cubes…they didn’t…
BUT!!!
I did find them here. It says meat free (something to do with US regs) but these are the ones I get from my British Emporium. They are delicious!!!
https://www.foodireland.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=580705&utm_source=Google%20Merchant&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=product_links&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI86Sf5tKT_wIVvuXjBx0Ntw-NEAQYBSABEgJQoPD_BwE
And they are 2/3 the price I pay… for what it’s worth😉
Thanks for the link – will save this!
Pretty sure I’ll like anything Irish!
My ancestors, and hubs’, originate from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England.
Have always wanted to trace our heritage to the exact country, but guess it doesn’t matter.
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The Lone Ranger …….. fights for law and order.
Awww! Thanks for these —gonna watch today!
They never grow old …
If you close your eyes and listen you will experience what I did as kid… no tv just radio..thanks for reminder..🤣🤣👍
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Hello there, Mr. Jim! Hope you’re doing well – and enjoy the weekend!
I’m not far behind you – we only had black and white, fuzzy t.v.
Good days, tho, right!
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Then you must remember The Shadow!
Ok….have to insert this here, my friend, remembering your funny post yesterday.
I always told my grands here QUESTION EVERYTHING!!! Looks as if this child was eavesdropping😂
Hahaha! That child get A+ … either teacher got the question wrong and child noticed, OR, it was trick question to see if child was paying attention. Need more thinkers like this one!
I really like these kids’ school tests – they make me laugh – and need more of that these days!
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I don’t know how far back this goes, but Mom used to make “buttered sugar toast” when I was a kid.
Slather the bread with a fair bit of butter.
Put a LOT of sugar all over the bread slices.
Bake until the bread is crunchy on the edges, but the sugar and butter have not fully gone hard.
It’s good. I kid you not, it’s good!
Oh.My.Word!!
Had forgotten about that but LOVE it!!!
I sprinkle cinnamon on it, too.
And not just one slice, but several… 😂😂😂
Della, I mix up and keep ready a small container of sugar with cinnamon. I do add lots of cinnamon. Then it’s ready for whenever…Ta Daaaaaa!!!!
Back when kiddos were in house, I made this frequently and “tried” to keep a small container of the mixture. Finally, gave up. Had to refill every day! 😂😂
WITH CINNAMON mixed in with the sugar!!!!! I still have that!
Bonus: Cinnamon is very good for you.
McCormick makes it already mixed. I think it’s for those who can’t figure out how to do it themselves. 😁
Did ya’ll get milk toast when you were kids? I still love it and will make for a bedtime snack.
Hahaha! Love the “bonus.”
Who are you trying to fool?!
We had that too. Sometimes with brown sugar and cinnamon. Soooo good.
Acts 14:22
Perseverance is the badge of true saints. The Christian life is not a beginning only in the ways of God, but also a continuance in the same as long as life lasts. It is with a Christian as it was with the great Napoleon: he said, “Conquest has made me what I am, and conquest must maintain me.” So, under God, dear brother in the Lord, conquest has made you what you are, and conquest must sustain you. Your motto must be, “Excelsior.” He only is a true conqueror, and shall be crowned at the last, who continueth till war’s trumpet is blown no more. Perseverance is, therefore, the target of all our spiritual enemies. The world does not object to your being a Christian for a time, if she can but tempt you to cease your pilgrimage, and settle down to buy and sell with her in Vanity Fair. The flesh will seek to ensnare you, and to prevent your pressing on to glory. “It is weary work being a pilgrim; come, give it up. Am I always to be mortified? Am I never to be indulged? Give me at least a furlough from this constant warfare.” Satan will make many a fierce attack on your perseverance; it will be the mark for all his arrows. He will strive to hinder you in service: he will insinuate that you are doing no good; and that you want rest. He will endeavour to make you weary of suffering, he will whisper, “Curse God, and die.” Or he will attack your steadfastness: “What is the good of being so zealous? Be quiet like the rest; sleep as do others, and let your lamp go out as the other virgins do.” Or he will assail your doctrinal sentiments: “Why do you hold to these denominational creeds? Sensible men are getting more liberal; they are removing the old landmarks: fall in with the times.” Wear your shield, Christian, therefore, close upon your armour, and cry mightily unto God, that by his Spirit you may endure to the end.
Spurgeon
I keep asking the same questions, and no one can tell me; Who are these always ready to give up and go back from following Jesus, that this fellow always talks about?
Is there not anyone here who recognizes this?
Comfort the feeble minded and strengthen the weak, YES! But NOT in my view, by continually magnifying and repeating how great a temptation it is. You know the Hymn, Turn your eyes upon Jesus? or the verse in Hebrews 12, Looking away from the easily besetting sin,etc. unto JESUS . . . who for the joy set before Him, endured! That’s what we want to do; is ENDURE true and faithful; not always be beating back temptations to quit. Haven’t we already decided that Jesus is worthy of whatever we have to go through?
If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ; no one who has been called into service, entangles himself with the affairs of life. The ones who had no root in themselves, were quickly offended and fell away, as soon as affliction or persecution arose for the word’s sake. We receive the word in a good and honest heart, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Hebrews 10:37-39 “For yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.”
2 Peter 1:3-11 “According as His divine power has given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that has called us to glory and virtue (moral perfection): whereby are given to us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust: and beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue (moral perfection); and to virtue (moral perfection) knowledge; and to knowledge temperance (self-control); and to temperance (self-control) patience (endurance, abiding under subjection); and to patience (endurance, abiding under subjection) godliness; and to godliness brotherly love; and to brotherly love charity (benevolence, ‘agape’): these things truly then being in you, and abounding, make that you shall neither be idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; but he that lacks these things is blind, short-sighted, and has forgotten the long ago cleansing of his sins. For this reason the more, brethren, give diligence to make sure your calling and election; for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall; and thus an entrance shall be ministered to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
“No man having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
If we read in the Gospel Narratives, there was only one traitor; NOT all twelve! Peter had to learn the hard way about the cross; but was afterwards converted. Judas was the only one “tempted to turn back.”
Thank you, my beloved brother🙏🏻💕
Morning bro!
Good morning Treepers
I have something personal going on.
What it is I cannot say.
I will be back another day.
But for know there’s some things needs to be done.
Till then have fun.
I will be back with you soon.
Please pray for me .
I must stay sober to get through this .
I need you to please say a prayer for me.
I guess I will just tell you what’s up.
My beautiful beautiful baby girl is getting married on Sunday .
I can’t screw this up .
I have to stay straight.
I stood in front of the computer yesterday for a half hour just staring at the open thread trying to think what to say.
I couldn’t , so I just put it down .
Miss you terribly.
Will see you soon .
Love you all soo much
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Good morning, molon! And a delight to hear from you!
Congrats on the wonderful news!
I will pray for you – is it okay to post a prayer on prayer thread?
Will wait for your return.
You and God have got this, molon…
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Yes Thank Della
Your are a great friend.
I would appreciate that .
Thank you so much .
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Will do later – in traffic headed to doc.
God is going to pour out His goodness, lovingkindness, and blessings on you, Molon and your precious daughter.
Trust Him..
Good luck at the doctors
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Morning Della, praying for your doctor’s appointment.
Thanks Gramps! Just follow up – cardiologist. No problem now – he keeps watch!
Biggest headache today is metro traffic — think everyone in U.S. has moved here!
Take it easy if you’re chomping at the bit!
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I always wished I could be like Samantha in Bewitched, Della, when faced with the same sort of traffic…twitch my nose and be there. Time was it didn’t bother me. Now? Like you…ugh. Hope all goes well😘
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Godspeed, dearest friend🙏🏻 That you are still in your branch and well is a prayer answered…many prayers answered. And those prayers will continue. I know the day will be a mixture of many emotions for you and for her, but I also know that the Lord, our and your Saviour, will be by your side holding you up on the most joyous day of your daughter’s life. Keeping you all in my heart …when the time is right for you, we will celebrate your return. With much love, dear friend…🙏🏻🍀💕
For the occasion, here is the flower which symbolizes love and renewal. May your beloved daughter and her husband be blessed with many years together, through all that life brings, knowing that Almighty God has made two souls as one.
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Thank you Bet and Jim.
Guess who’s doing the flowers for the reception.?
Yours truly !
She asked me to do it.
Thank you friend.
Gotta run
Have a great day
See you in a few
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Your gift to them. I can’t think of a more beautiful one. Oh my! How utterly gorgeous!!
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I am at the church .
I made these for the the pews . Puttin em on now
Sigh…..goodness!! Can’t find the words… you are doing her so proud🍀
Amen to that ..what a talent 👍👍🍀🍀😀👍
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Our Lilac bushes have now lost all their blooms. Every one of the 9 bloomed though two were a bit later than the others. Now the Peones are replacing the Poppy blooms which are about done.
Our cactus in the raised flower bed around the base of the large Chinese Elm tree in our front yard has 24 buds on it. It is simply gorgeous when it blooms. I was started 4 years ago and I think it does so well because it is in a raised bed that drains very well.
The other day a fox squirrel made the mistake of jumping off the trunk of the tree onto that cactus. He did what looked like a triple backflip with other contortions jumping off that cactus down to the ground. I bet he doesn’t make that mistake again! It’s needles are about 1 1/2″ long.
Reminds me of a time year ago when my stepdad sat in a prickly pear cactus. My mom pulled needles from his butt checks for days. 🤣
Hahahaha!
Salma Hayek “I’m gonna go get the tweezers”
Wish I could help you!
I LOVE doing that!
Did the flowers for my daughter’s wedding years ago, along with a friend who did the bulk.
It was so fun!
It’s good to put your creative energy there, too. And your mind…
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Breathtaking! Just breathtaking!
Great to hear from you friend…I was taught God doesn’t give you a test that you can NOT handle.. you have stated what you need to do ..so execute ..
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Good morning, Jim!😘
Howdy Molonlabe, praying for you . With God you can do it.
SOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooo good to see you Molonlabe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thinking and praying for you very much these past couple of days!
will now direct more prayers for you, for your special day coming up on sunday (and your daughter’s of course).
God go with you as you prepare, plan, do the flowers (!), and culminate on the special day!!
Thanks Cobie
Pulled the car over to say
Thank you very much☘️🍀☘️
Feels good knowing my friends are with me.
I should have done this yesterday.
You give me strength friends
Sometimes the words won’t come when you need them most (I’ve found).
As I’ve said before…something impelled you to start posting when you did, my friend.
As if He knew this time was coming when you’d need the support, prayers, and love of friends for this moment…all of which you have in bounteous measure. He knows what we need before we ourselves do.
That’s my view…and I will not be dissuaded that it isn’t true.💕🍀
Amen goes right there, Bet!!! ❤️
Smiling, smiling, SMILING!!!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💕
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Thank you again Cobra
All ready for tomorrow.
Well , almost ready 😊
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Oh ok, it’s tomorrow! Sorry I thought it was sunday, but saturday makes more sense and explains why the beautiful flowers are in place!
I will focus for tomorrow then, and wish special peace and a place beside you in spirit for your precious Babe.
It looks like you got the duds well laid out and ready!
peace and God’s strength be with you on your daughter’s special day
xoxo
Oooooo!!! A waistcoat! How marvelous you’ll look as father of the bride👍🏻🍀
God Be With You, MO!!!
Good morning my sweet friend.
I’m out and about and I’m doing something by myself right now.
I need you to be with me friend , ok.
I need you.
I am getting through this with your help .
Am thinking of you .
Constantly
Have a great day friend
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I am with you wherever you go – Sending Angels of all Ranks and Divisions to assist you…
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TRUST God – LEAN Not – ACKNOWLEDGE Him first – He will make your path straight
BE NOT WISE in your own eyes – FEAR God – and DEPART from evil
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BIG HUGS!!! 💙💙💙
Somewhere along the line the first stanza of this fortifying prayer was altered to the way we hear it today.
I love the original phrasing, duchess, which I had never seen. I am so glad you’ve posted it. A prayer for any of the situations we all encounter in our lives for which we need the serenity which the world cannot give. 💕
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For many years now, I pray the serenity prayer often!
But, I add another statement made by a devoted missionary, Amy Carmichael (1800s).
“In acceptance lieth peace.”
So, when faced with a bothersome issue, I meditate on the steps in the prayer. If there’s nothing I can do to change the problem, I accept it.
Then God gives me His peace…
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And therein you live your faith and trust, Della… as it should be.🙏🏻💕 What a beautiful and comforting addition.
Yes, need all the additions available!
Already said this to myself five times today…
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Duchess
Thank you
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God bless you Molonlabe, and Godspeed all your endeavors with your daughter’s wedding.
And, congratulations !!! These are the good days. You’ve got this. We know your partner in life, Jesus.
Big Hug………….
Got your hug friend
Thank you
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Look to the strength that allowed you to share this here
Amen, Joe. What incredibly powerful advice.
Yes!
Praying that God will give you the strength to be able to make it thru this most blessed time in your daughters life. I know we are ALL praying for you. We love you and want to hear from you about the wedding. So buckle up your armor and go into this knowing the Lord and all us here are behind you one hundred percent!!
Amen goes right there, Marti!!! ❤️
Sending a prayer your way, Molonlabe, that you successfully give her hand away and share in her joy.
Looks like you have a big cheering section here supporting you!
PS – the flowers look terrific.
Our Father has given us fairly simple, straightforward instructions that cover this ….
Jeremiah 29:6 – “Take wives and father sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may give birth to sons and daughters; and grow in numbers there and do not decrease.”
Alas…I am late here 🙄 but thanking God everyday for you…and I know, HE WILL sustain you! He knows you Love Him! Relax and let God! 🙏🙏🙏💝
Amen!!!
You can do it, I know you can. Take Jesus’ hand and hold on tight. Prayers continuing with all here gathered.
Congratulations, Molonlabe. Your baby is happy. Can’t ask for more.
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Molon,
I am so DELIGHTED I was able to jump on tonight and see you here. Do you have a dear and trusted friend who can go with you to keep you company and help you hold up?
Do not be dismayed that this is difficult. It is. This is a stressful trigger point and getting a trusted friend who can look you in the eye and keep you focused – and drinking club soda with a splash of fresh lime with a sprig of mint – may be just what you need!? Don’t do it alone. It’s when we are alone (even in a crowded room) that things get tricky and the devil seeks to isolate – especially in a crowd.
You can do this. This is your daughter’s most important day and YOU CAN DO THIS. Take us along in your pocket if you must and hide in a corner and connect to us if you need us. We will be here. We are your friends. We care about you and support you.
May our good Lord bless your daughter’s union. May He give you honoring and loving words to share with her… your beautiful girl… and may you remind her how proud her mother would be of her. Tread softly and when you don’t know what to say – or think you will say something wrong – say nothing at all. Sometimes just a gentle touch to her shoulder and a gentle warm hug… is all the dialogue you need. Remember… let her let go first. She’ll tell you in her gesture how long of a hug she needs.
God be with you, brother, as we will all be in Spirit. Angels coming to tend to you, and take a good faithful buddy along.
Let no weapon formed against you prosper. Your sobriety and your good health are too precious. No matter what! Stay above any triggers and if you get weak – remember, God gives you the strength and the way to flee! But do so gracefully and in honor of your precious daughter’s day. Graceful, graceful.
For some reason, I am thinking of this phrase – so I will write it down. “Slowly, slowly catchy monkey” Meaning: Also used as “Softly, softly, catchee monkey”, this old English proverb means that if you do not rush or if you avoid being too hasty, then eventually you will achieve your goal – in other words, be patient.
And don’t forget to beam with JOY for the camera when captured with your beloved daughter. Big, big day. And one that you both will cherish for the rest of your lives. YOU CAN DO THIS and we want to hear all about it!
Holy Spirit inspired words and advice, dear friend. Beautiful🙏🏻💕
This was in NY… In how many other States are rolls corrupted? AZ? GA? MI?
https://www.uncoverdc.com/2023/05/25/catastrophic-loss-of-control-data-breach-in-ny-elections/
Thank you, Carlos for the link (and welcome). It seems that one way or another computers and the manipulation of them will be selecting who sits in the White House.
Mornin’ all!
IOW the Republicans will fold like a cheap card table, just as probably everyone here has expected all along.
McCarthy has his last chance here. What I suspect is that this “strong, unbending, resolute” posing is all part of the same pantomime we’re subjected to every single time. And that, as usual,”spending cuts” are the same as they’ve always been…a decrease in the rate of more spending.
Aaaaand here it is…
Just reading that one of the spending “cuts” is taking $10 billion off the already allotted $87 billion budget for the IRS to persecute us with…
Big whoop…and as I suspected.
Like.they.always.do.
Good morning again and it is a glorious one again.
First cup of coffee going down my gullet. Still buying and drinking Tim Hortons regular grind. Buckley in the dog bed beside my chair. Geisha back in the bedroom where Sherry still sleeps. Both dogs have been out and done their business.
Another dry day here starting out cool but the forecast is for it to get up to 75 deg. F. More importantly the wind has weakened some, so before the end of the day my flags will be flying. My largest colors above and my Gadsden flag below. Will pick up the sticks laying in the yard, brought down by the winds we’ve had the last couple of days.
Though we haven’t had any rain this week and I mowed on Tuesday the grass is growing at it’s usual springtime pace and so I may get on the mowers today, just to have it done so I don’t have to fool with it this holiday weekend.
It is looking like those along the SE coast from Georgia up into the Carolinas are going to have a wet and stormy Memorial Day. It may not be named but it will have rotation and bring some winds and a lot of rain. It is looking like it will be wetter along the north flank of the disturbance but windier on the south flank as it comes ashore.
Cyclone Mawar has strengthened to a powerful CAT V. Classic well defined Eyewall that it did not have when it hit Guam. However, Joe Bastardi is saying that by the time it reaches landfall it is not likely to be stronger than a CAT II.
NWS is showing a slight chance of severe weather down in West Texas and up into the panhandle. My own sense is that if really severe weather develops today it will be along I-20, probably in the Odessa and Midland area. But that is just the guess of an ole truck driver.
Speaking of Old. Yesterday there was a 73 year old sprint car driver trying to qualify for the Little 500. He was actually qualified for 32 in the 33 car field at one time but got bumped out late in the day. His car has “Ole Yeller” on it. He will have another shot of getting in the field today. The first 5 rows (15 cars) are locked into their starting positions but the rest of the field can be bumped. Hope he makes it.
The Gadsden Flag, 13 rattles symbolize the 13 colonies
https://www.patriotwood.com/blogs/news/the-true-history-behind-the-gadsden-flag
Speaking of coffee I recommend Chock Full of Nuts at the moment since Kroger and other grocers have been running specials on it and its fair coffee. If you like really dark strong coffee its not for you but I enjoy it.
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New York City! Is the lament of anyone wanting authentic food.
Well, like everything else….Big Corp…..Zanetti (sp) beverage company out of Suffolk, Va produces it along with MJB, Chase & Sanborn and others.
What are you talking about? I drank Army coffee black! I love strong coffee but Tim Hortons is about the strongest Sherry can stand. And when she make it for herself she uses the Dunkin Donuts regular because it’s a little milder than the Tim Hortons.
Yeap, hear ya rah.
Drank mud that had been in the urn most of the day. Life’s blood was no joke when you were trying to finish your day or start a new one.
We used to joke that the USAF runs on JP-4 (jet fuel) and caffeine.
What I tried to say is that their original is on special in Krogers and its only a medium roast so if you like stronger coffee it won’t satisfy.
Let him seek peace and pursue it. – 1 Peter 3:11
A significant portion of books written today promise a path to inner peace. Whether the claims for obtaining peace are founded in self-discovery or improved cosmic alignments, inner peace appears to be the holy grail of human existence. For many, it is an elusive quest with disappointments and broken promises along the way. However, for the child of God, the disciple of Christ, inner peace is a gift.
When the Spirit of God comes to live in a human heart, He fills it with Himself. And He is amazing! The more one allows Him to fill mind, body, and soul, the more peace and wonders of God Himself will be found in that person. The key is to recognize the necessity to put “self” and things of the world aside, focusing on the kingdom of God first, and letting God’s Spirit have more and more room in your life.
Jesus says, “My peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you” (John 14:27). He is talking about Himself there, inviting you into His presence to find the serenity you have been seeking.
You can take a different path than the world in the quest for inner peace. If you have trusted Christ as your Savior, you are already on it. Open your Bible, shift from self-focus to learning about Him, and invite Him to fill you with His Spirit. He will wrap you in the peace that passes all worldly understanding.
Pray for public servants in America to be surrounded by people pointing them toward peace and spiritual knowledge in Jesus Christ.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing/?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
May 26
MORNING
Our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep. Heb. 13:20
The chief Shepherd. I Pet. 5:4
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. John 10:14, 27, 28
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Psa. 23:1-3
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isa. 53:6
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. John 10:11
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick. Ezek. 34:16
Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. I Pet. 2:25
EVENING
The city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. Rev. 21:23
I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me. And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. Acts 26:13, 15
Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. Matt. 17:1, 2
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself. for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. Isa. 60:19, 20
The God of all grace…. hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus. I Pet. 5:10
Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/05/0526.html
Verse of the Day for Friday, May 26, 2023
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“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.”
Ephesians 6:10 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Amen, dear duchess…times a million and then some!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💕
BE MY VOICE
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.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
The Serenity Prayer in full.
You saw what was needed as always, dear sis…😘
Have a great weekend. Best to you and yours my friend.
Gray Catbird. I unfortunately do not have them as a yard bird here, but did up north. I also have not seen the pair that nested at my workplace as a few acres of woods was cut, and they may have moved or been killed as they had moved down lower, but the habitat is not as wide and dense as the upper woods that was cut down. Habitat fragmentation that is called. I enjoyed watching them as I ate lunch.
Good morning, dear sir.
So that’s a Catbird!! Made me think immediately of that old phrase “being in the Catbird seat”. You probably knew this…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catbird_seat
I pray they moved…the other I can’t bear to think about.
Hoping you’ve got the weekend plus one to relax, Colkitto. I bet you need it😘
Have no clue what these beauties are, but saved it for when I saw you next…😊
Another…
Hey isn’t that a little Kestrel ? Smallest of the falcon family in the states? This one has magnificent colors!
I’m sure the it is. With his Sunday best on…
Good morning Bet. Getting a new roof on the house. Workers are replacing shingles on the whole roof, not just a section of it. Hopefully they finish the job sometime today. Lots of racket above me while they hammer and walk on the roof. As least the dogs are quiet (for now).
Nice and sunny outside, 76 degrees F. Days are getting longer as we head towards summer season.
Hope you’re doing well. Have a blessed day.
Hey Joe😘!! Well just excellent! I’ve been thinking of you strongly. I do hope all is well.🙏🏻
Yes, it can’t be done without the noise. But there is such a good feeling knowing you’ve got a secure roof.
The last time we needed a Jew one, a young man was sent out by our insurance company to assess. When it came time for him to leave, we asked if He knew not an honest good roofer.
He hemmed and hawed and said that he felt uncomfortable but that he and his dad did roofing. I liked him at first glance, so I said, “You’re hired!!!”
The job his people did was first rate, and he (Joseph…who looks like our son) has himself become like a son to us. He has helped us out with a few repairs and paint jobs and other small jobs, too. He has been such a blessing and we love him.
That was our last roofing, but if we need another there is no question we’ll call him.
I hope Kerry is eating well and doing as best as she can, my friend🙏🏻
(Has the fence been replaced, or are you still having to walk your dogs??
Also, don’t forget to check for rogue nails after they finish your roof. This was something Joseph did and found plenty that we could have picked up in our tires.)
Still need to replace the fence, so I’m walking the dogs around the front yard and down the street.
Kerry’s ok as far I know; she is usually asleep when I drop in on her. She’ll wake up for a few minutes, then goes back to sleep. She knows that I’m there and smiles at me before going back to sleep.
Yes, it would be a good idea to check the area for any roofing nails. Last thing I need is a flat tire. I know how to change one, and I have a good sized hydraulic jack just in case. Still, a flat tire is an annoying when we’re trying to get somewhere.
I don’t know what it is with tires…they seem to have a homing device which locates even a solitary nail.
Good roofers use a rolling magnet to pick up stray the nails after a tear off.
“The last time we needed a Jew one…”
As opposed to a gentile one? ROFLOL – couldn’t help myself! Snorting over here, Bets. Which I happened to actually do in the middle of a quiet moment in the Robert F Kennedy JR presentation. No joke. Savannah turned beet red and I about died. (where did THAT come from? I never snort! Unless it’s right now… giggling with you.)
Who makes good roofs? Jews or gentiles – I hear Hebrew slaves make pretty good bricks.
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Oh shoot😬😬😬😬😬…Dang!!!! I didn’t catch that!😂😂😂
Name me a daughter who has never been embarrassed by her mother! Years from now both y’all will be howling together😂
I can hear RFK, Jr telling Laura Ingraham (who was interviewing him after our event)…. “there was actually someone snorting in the back of the room… those damned animal Republicans!”
Tranhauser BOOOOOsh should donate all that beer to the Tranny generals in our military.
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WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE “YOU CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE” PART 2
JULIE GREEN MINISTRIES
https://rumble.com/v2q4wn8-what-to-do-when-you-feel-like-you-cant-take-it-anymore-part-2.html
Great Good Day to everyone!
We are billion year old carbon! (reduce carbon = reduce life)
I got to get back to the Garden!
(the lyrics aren’t bad but of course it was a very hedonistic time …. who do you think was influencing all that ????)
Of course on a day to day note….I have to get back to my vegetable garden….my food, my freedom!
Morning, monticello. Hard to contemplate how long ago Woodstock was.
Hope you are getting some good nourishing rain for that glorious garden of yours. 😊
Good afternoon Betsy,
Too young for Woodstock myself and parents were against rock and roll. But Crosby, Stills and Nash were great. Young not so much. lol.
Rain forecast for this weekend and we really need it. Three tough years in a rough for gardens here but maybe this year!
Blessings to you and all the others cutting monkey shines in the tree today!
I wasn’t too young. There…I said it! But like you I loved that group and had a couple of their albums. Seems like yesterday…
Hahaha…yes, we are cutting monkey shines all right. And I am LOVING it.👍🏻😊
Afternoon monti! Today we picked 3 banana and 3 Anaheim peppers. I have never had before banana peepers that size. Thought they might have cross pollinated but there’s not even a hint of heat. Also, picked a tomato.
Wow, you’re way ahead of me! Have to try some banana peppers. Frost free date here is 15 May and due to weather just finishing up planting.
Howdy, Monti!
Howdy JWoo!
Time for something light! Recognize the yodeler ?
Monti, I love Laurel and Hardy. However, I do not know the singers in question. I am a youngun’ here. I turn 50 years old June 19th.
We planted again March 15 and didn’t get a freeze. Sometimes it can freeze up to the end of March. Already had couple of rounds of zucchini with several more coming.
I remember the first year we had a garden we planted a bunch of sweet and hot banana peppers. Well, they cross pollinated and turned all hot. 🙂 Just had an Anaheim pepper as a side to a piece of baked sockeye. Really good, mild heat but very tasty.
That does sound good. I make salmon cakes with peppers also! Just enough to give it a little edge.
Jamie Oliver would approve. He puts hot peppers in most of his dishes. Aren’t they anti-inflammatory, too? Good eats right there! I make a homemade Escabeche that is excellent with fresh jalapenos and carrots.
So yummm… I have an excellent Zucchini Lemon Bread recipe. I’ll try to think to share it.
Betsy.. just wanted to show 10 days growth ..added cucumbers this am ..still playing with posting pics 😂🙏
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Oh Jim!!! They are coming along very well indeed! Cukes and tomats!!! Nothing like fresh of either.
My mother in law used to make her own mayonnaise and taught me how to do it. Nothing like it on homegrown tomatoes. Yum!! Keep posting updates as those plants grow please😘
Will do ..😀👍
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Love your potable gardens, Jim!
Thank you …JWoo.. it’s a first … have to start somewhere 🤣👍
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gotta be a bug somewhere in that scene
Good morning Treepers
Beautiful Joe.
Wow!!! The size of that sun!!
On the day we were going to the ER with my husband, it was early and the sun was just coming up. I have never seen one like it.
It was HUGE! Proportionately the same as the one in your picture… and it was a deep orange, something that I’d also never seen. It seemed almost prophetic, a sign, if I can put it like that. More than a little disturbing.
Hi Joe… swoon. God is the Master Artist
Sundance, I’m wondering if you caught this regarding the Missouri v Biden case. It’s the government censorship case. Apparently CISA/the Biden Regime believe they have control over American’s thoughts.
“The most widespread and troubling discovery? CISA has designated YOUR THOUGHTS part of the government’s infrastructure. They call it “cognitive infrastructure.””
From Tracy Beanz at Undercover DC – https://www.uncoverdc.com/2023/05/24/the-lead-up-to-the-hearing-missouri-v-biden/
Purple Martins. If you have ever seen a large apartment style birdhouse high up on a pole, or a string of gourds, more than likely they are for them. I have a few on the way to work, but I have never seen them in my yards ever. They are great to have as they are natural mosquito catchers. I’m heading up to the mountains for the weekend, so best to everyone.
Love to watch these guys. They follow the tractor and rake when raking hay catching all the insects stirred up.
Have a great trip.
I have two martin apartment houses but have not put them up. One is made out of sheet metal and another out of wood. They have roofs that are hinged because you have to clean them out each year for the birds to return. That means constructing a pole that has a swivel so you can lower it, clean it, and raise it again. Since that pole is usually about 25 feet long it is a multi person job to get it down and then back up.
Steve has an unused chimney on his garage. About a dozen Chimney Swifts nest in it each year. During the summer they come around us when we’re mowing flying low and fast to pick off insects kicked up by the mowers. At near sunset they come in to roost. They fly in a circle pattern just above tree top height. Then two or three peel off and go down the Chimney. Then after another circuit two or three more will come down into the Chimney. They continue until their all in a bedded down for the night.
I was expecting some coverage here on the “Default Cri$i$”. I didn’t know, until Wed. that McCarthy tasked a unit named Patrick McHenry (NC-10) as the “-R” point in these “negotiations” (trannyslation: Sellout). I’m still researching McHenry, but first was to the always reliable Dan Horowitz Liberty Score site. It’s sickening when you read McHenry’s point by point voting pattern back through 2017: https://libertyscore.conservativereview.com/patrick-t-mchenry. Today (Friday) reports indicate yet another cave. McHenry’s is nothing more than another McCarthy-ite… stone Neo Con Cuck. No surprise McCarthy picked him. And today they cut Swalwell loose of investigation. No matter what ANYONE says including Gaetz, Greene, others, McCarthy is every bit what he’s ALWAYS been. And does not McHenry’s physiognamy tell a repeating story? …..
And the bow tie… a complete pantomime.
And yes, as predicted, McCarthy has indeed caved. Past is prologue.
Old Glory representation affixed to the tire swing – ready for the lazy days of summer. Neighborhood kids love this!!
(10 ft. ladder with about 15 ft. of rope above)
Afternoon, Error! Where you been?? Oh boy!! Reminiscent of those days in our childhoods. What a stunning setting. Oh yeeeah… yours will be THE place to be this summer all right. Well done, sir👍🏻😊
With all things going on Kim’s cold anger was heating a bit. A seabreeze, white sand and umbrella cooled her down for now.
The fire in her belly still glows – but not to the point it ignites our furniture.
Thanks for asking, Betsy!!
Hopefully your weekend will be full with kids and grands!
How lovely. Hahaha!!!
All ours are cast in every direction, far from us, except for our twin grandlads who will be working. We hardly see the others, which is a hole for us. But such is life…as Della said “in acceptance lieth peace.” So a quiet weekend and that will be just fine🤗 Hope yours is full of friends, family and the laughter of precious children…there really is no sound like it😌
Well my flags they are a flying. Flagpole finally functional. However my light is a different matter. When I put the system I have in I ran cable underground direct wired into an outlet on the side of the house out to the raised bed around the pole. The raised bed has treated 4 x 4s inside with red castle blocks on the outside and the bed. The two plug electrical outlet and the ballast for the existing spot light was mounted at inside of the top 4×4 along the top edge. Even with all that electrical stuff being 18″ above ground level it still got flooded out. I think what happened is that during a very heavy rain water built up faster than it could drain from the box and flooded all of my electrical stuff out.
Neither Menards or Lowe’s has suitable 110 V flood lights as I need. Everything is going low voltage Halogen or solar. No solar lights are going to come close to providing adequate illumination for the flags so the only option is low voltage of go pay for a commercial set up.
So I just spent $350.00 on a transformer and two low voltage spotlights of the maximum wattage that Lowe’s had supposedly equivelent to 100 watts . Plus a new 11o V water proof outlet box and silicone and silicone filled wire nuts, and a few other things I will need to wire in the system. I am going to put a 4×4 post in by the poll and will mount the transformer on it. The waterproof electrical outlet will be mounted on top of the top 4×4 in the box. The transformer will be plugged into that box and the from the transformer low voltage wire will be run to the two flood lights that will also be mounted on top of the top 4×4 diagonally from each other.
I’m going to make a couple drain channels through the 4x4s with 2″ PVC pipe running through it so that water can never flood my electrical out again.
I’ll be going to the75th running of the Little 500 tomorrow. The widow of Steve’s best friend who had a heart condition and passed away when he got COVID in the early days when they were putting everyone on ventilators buys a lot of 15 tickets and then her friends pay her and they all sit together in the top row of the stands at turns 1&2.
One of the regulars begged off and so I bought the ticket. Well worth the $45.00 to me.
They have a cookout with Hamburgers etc at her house just a 1/2 mile from her before going to the race.
The Green flag drops at 8 PM and that race lasts about 3 hours so I will need to be well rested.
Here is what the start of the race looks like.
To Molon:
Hope you sleep well and restful …
I pray that you enjoy your daughter’s wedding tomorrow, and that it will be a happy, memorable time in her life.
I left a prayer for you on the prayer thread if you want to read — but it is already in heaven at the Throne…
Shalom, amigo
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Beautiful Prayer, Miss Della!!! You. are such a blessing!!!
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!! ❤️
WITH YOU IN SPIRIT
Can you feel the love surrounding you
When you thought by yourself you must do
While we cannot physically assist
Your charming samples we could not resist
Your heart is heavy and weighing you down
You are dragging your feet over the ground
We see it’s not easy to let her go
And something you did not already know
So buck up buddy and just get a grip
Do let go and let God give it a rip
After all our children belong to Him
Be proud of your care to properly prim
The love of a father will never wain
It’s meant to endure and ever remain
The special bond of a parent to child
Is precious and most perfectly compiled
Be not dismayed of what might come to be
Remember the joyful days at your knee
The happy times when she saw her first bee
God’s outdoor creation surrounding the sea
Put aside reminiscence of past days
When you were stern and so set in your ways
She needs you more now like never before
To move on with her life and open the door
If you remember when you stood at the door
It was exciting scary and much more
You were breaking away from what used to be
That your young ideas and eyes could not see
To whom did you fly when things went awry
Not to your partner you went to a guy
If she has partner problems where would she go
She’d check with Dad who would be in the know
So do not think tomorrow is the end
To your relationship with her attend
It’s just the beginning of a new page
In the story of life you must engage
We are with you in spirit and truth be told
We are praying as your plight takes hold
We’re not leaving no not for a minute
Any which way you may want to spin it
As God is Our Father and always will be
We’ll gather together and take care of thee
We understand why you needed a break
We now know fully what was at stake
There’s no person here who cannot relate
At some level of understanding abate
Thanks for sharing your story with us
You’ve added to our lives a perfect plus
D01: 05/26/2023
Beautiful and thoughtful, dear sis…
Yes…our children are only passing through.💕 We don’t realize how fast until those years, seemingly slow sometimes, are suddenly gone.
“Sunrise, Sunset”
Topol (RIP) ~ Fiddler on the Roof
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I want to post about the RFK, Jr event last night, but I’m running out of daylight hours and I’ve yet to read through Sundance’s work today. I’m in the parking lot awaiting my CFA employed daughter to bring her home. So I’ll be up early in the morning and share details with y’all later. ❤️ and 💋
Can’t wait!!
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.
Amen.
Bless you, Andeclain. My new alarm will be here Monday. 🙂
Amen and Amen
Amen🙏🏻
Amen
Amen.
Amen
A little act of kindness or thoughtfulness has the potential to change someone’s life.
Good night everyone. God bless you all🙏🏻💕
Hitting the crib myself ..restful nights sleep to all😀👍
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Jill Murphy, FBI’s deputy assistant director of counterintelligence, said she has not “had time” to read the report that was released early last week, though she intends to get to it.
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The Dan Bongino Show
Streamed on: May 26, 11:00 am EDT
Troubling video surfaces exposing their plot (Ep. 2019) – 05/26/2023
https://rumble.com/v2q637m-troubling-video-surfaces-exposing-their-plot-ep.-2019-05162023.html