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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Or even earlier…
From your keyboard to God’s ears …
It’s not just the prices I want back (from the bottom pic)…
You want cars … when the chrome was thick?
YES!!!!!
Must listen!!!
The European starling and his amazing talent…God given of course.
Ohhhhhhh my goodness!!! Love, love, LOVE!!!! We so miss our birds. Can’t feed them where we are now. Need to MOVE!!! Some day soon.
Dear JWoo….somewhere He has just the place already picked out for you and Savannah. It has your name on it😊👍🏻
“European starling”!
amazing
gets the consonants and the exact pitch of the phrases
I was blown away, nim. The miraculous creations of God!!
That r2d2 was something too!!!
No end to his talent, P😉
Time for an afternoon coffee…
Well in THIS CASE … I want MORE foam … EXTRA foam!!!
😂
Ha! I called them “block wardens”. In 1982 I attended the “city course” in west Berlin. It was a special operations course teaching methods of clandestine operations in an urban environment. We did practical exercises. That is when I learned that the formal established block wardens of the communists across the wall had their equivalent on the west side of the wall.
It taught me that actually public areas are better for conducting clandestine activities, such as communications and personal meetings, than in quiet private ones. There was always someone watching in every neighborhood. If they didn’t recognize you, someone had eyes on you. Didn’t matter if it was a bus stop or not. Didn’t matter your age, how you were dressed, or how you acted, there would be someone watching.
There is the sinister side of them, rah, which you point out. I suspect much of the Western world is regressing to the same.
Back in the day, it kept kids in check if they lived in small town America where everybody knew everybody else.
One day a carload of teenagers ran a light and nearly t-boned my daughter. She rolled down her window, stared directly at the young driver, and theatrically mouthed (while pointing at him, “I KNOW YOUR MOTHER!!”
He went white as a sheet.
She didn’t, of course know his mother…but she is a quick thinker, one of her many admirable qualities 😂😎
…I was so proud!!!
As a youngster I thought all of the Polish people in the neighborhood owned the sidewalk in front of their houses.
Not only did the women sweep; and broom-scrub; the walk; including the curb area,
but…, God forbid
if ya stopped in front of their house,m!
A voice would say,
“Get off my sidewalk!”
-Never saw who said it, never.
Kept kids from hanging out.
Oh I’m sure you or whoever got told off big time!! LOL!!
Of course the advantage of parents in small towns was that their children didn’t know who knew them or not…
In Britain there used to be a local bobby in every small town or rural village who knew EVERYBODY and everything that went on. Kept law and order.
And then in order to”modernize”, those eyes and ears were removed. As you can imagine after that things deteriorated. Change is not always a good thing.
Obama campaigned the first time promising “change”… but his “change” was the complete opposite of what people thought it would be…..and here we are…
I never ever trusted that man by his words.
Seriosly, what the heck did Yes WE Can mean?
As for Hope & Change?,
Bill Clinton was from Hope Arkansas and the new millennium was a comin’!
-Obama runnin against Bill’s wife; hijacking her husband’s motto. made is visibly clear that he was (is) rubbish; a scam…a sham.
As if that living document nonsense, just words and stating the US is a democracy weren’t a tip-off,
fund a mental trans formation
-frosted his half-baked 💩-cake.
Your daughter sounds like mine. I taught her to be tough … like a boy … and not to take sh*t off anyone. And she’s a perfectly sweet … readily smiling … worst nightmare if you cross her
Sisters from another mother😉😎
Cool.. Rah.
Betsy … a seminal work that gave rise to “The New Urbanism” was a book by Jane Jacobs titled “Eyes on the Street”. It speaks of an urban environment with front porches, where families … and mainly moms … kept their “eyes in the street”. Your post is far more serious than most may think …
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Sorry … that was Jane’s biography. The book I read was The Life and Death of Great American Cities
“Eyes on the Street” was the most memorable … and readily understood fabric of traditional (human-scaled) cities and towns … in the book
Thanks for that, Kenji.
It simply reflects what the estimable, admirable Catherine Austin Fitts has been advocating for …community organizing but in a good way. Getting to know those within one’s sphere of every day life.
There are I dread to think how many communities where neighbours do not even no each other, so insular have we become.
Its something to aspire to and work for. And yes, there was a serious meaning behind that meme. It struck me immediately when I saw it.
I am very fortunate to live on a cul-de-sac of about 20 homes … I don’t know how they can all afford this neighborhood … but there are mostly young, new, neighbors (I’ve lived here since 1983) … and they all have young children. There are literally 22 kids under the age of 8 on our little street. We have multiple Parties, and BBQ’s throughout the year. My new next door neighbor (a Finance exec. for a start up biomedical corp.) is a serious beer-maker and we gather often on his driveway … to sample his latest concoction. He’s REALLY good at brewing.
My little street has never been more active and full of young parents and kids. And down the street lives a contractor (an old timer like me) … and just a week ago a group of fine new illegal heespanick immigrants tried to steal his truck (packed with his tools) at 5:30 am. They chose a poor time for the theft … because Terry was awake (he’s a contractor) … he heard something going on and so he chased them as they tried to drive away. They abandoned his truck and fled in their accomplices car. Because our street has so many cameras … the police were able to ID the thiefs … and they were all arrested.
A very good street. Eyes … and cameras … on the street. I told the neighbors we should install a sign on our court that reads: “Criminal, don’t even THINK of committing a crime on B______n Court … you WILL be caught, and prosecuted to the full extent of the law”. But Unfortunately… that means a no-bail promise to appear from our Soros DA.
I no longer read the comments here.
Yes.
I’m busy.
For sure! I ain’t shit.
But the shallowness from most of you?
Makes me realize that a glimpse of Truth, truths, and our tomorrow land?
…is in BFT…
That’s the softest I can put it.
Not, “God bless America.”
“GOD! We’ve murdered sixty mil of our unborn. We’ve let the LGBTPlus crowd, (Plus being pedophiles), run rampant and unchecked in our land. Please send a second reformation, or give us what we deserve now lest we stack more sin against Your Face.”
I’ve missed you, dear bro. I figured you were just busy as you have your fingers in so many pies, but you have always remained forefront in my thoughts. I am grieved at this post.
I understand, as surely you must know, how I agree with your righteous fury…it is mine, too. So sickening that I have to shut my eyes tight when I think of it.
So I guess our roads in this life will veer in different directions. I want you to know from my heart, you have made a huge difference in mine, and I am grateful God saw fit that they should have crossed, even for just a little while.
Blessed be your life, dearest friend, and the lives of all whom you love.
I remain your friend and sister non Christ always… till we meet once more in a much better world. Bet (NOT Midler) 🙏🏻🕊😘
(PS…if you do not see this I will ask GrandpaM to send a screenshot of it to you. I would despair if you didn’t know what you meant to me💕)
IN Christ, Frank…which you will know. Too shocked to proof before I posted…😔
I understand. Many times, I read on here “WE (never “they”) deserve this.” “We have killed all these babies.” “We voted these people in.” “We still trust elections.” “We have accepted gays. ” We have stopped going to church” (or whatever other “sins” we judge each other for.) We, We, We — you would think we were all lefties, reading all the hate we MAGA folks dump on this country sometimes… and it makes a lot of us, not just you, a little speechless, too.
So we hear ya, FF, and we stand with ya and other people (because, God love ’em, there are millions of those on here, too!) who think we’re the best country on Earth and are still proud to be Americans, and sometimes (like today, just looking around while I was out on the deck) in a silly mood, sing out what a beautiful day it is and how thrilled I am to be born an American. (Yeah, silly…but….)
And while we’re on the subject (no, not about to break into a chorus of “Kids,” from “Bye Bye Birdie,” tho’ along w/ “West Side Story 1961,” it’s my other fave musical… and bust out the time machine, and I’ll go back in a heartbeat)– sometimes after pages and pages like yesterday, reading about how we’re all going to be murdered in our beds (if we’re lucky, the unlucky ones, you don’t wanna hear about: think Israel, which terrified us all), I swear I’ll never return to a political site again, not even CTH. (Speaking of “Bye Bye Birdie,” maybe we could all use a chorus of “Put On a Happy Face” once in awhile?)
But you’re here, aren’t ya, FF? Yeah, me, too. Sigh. We’ll see how it goes, won’t we? Being prepared is excellent, but I bet the Founders didn’t write the Papers with nothing but details about what the Brits were going to do to every man, woman, and child in the colonies who went against them — and don’t even mention the Indians all over the place!
Of course, it’s natural to be very, very afraid after the barbaric horrors of this week….but I hope we can remember that some people really ARE illegally crossing the border for “a better life” (yes, meaning taking our jobs) and not to kill us and worse. We’ll see. Americans have been known for their optimistic spirit….hope we don’t completely lose it now. If so, that will mean “they” won, no matter what else happens.
(Not throwing blame. Very, very close to losing hope myself. Praying constantly. God help us.)
And, Vladdy…the death of hope is the worst death. Please hold on. You spoke for most of us. You are not alone, my friend.
Dear Frank,
I am so grateful that He Is Lord and I am not. I am certainly not qualified.
If it were up to me there would be wrath and brimstone everywhere and what a terrible burden that would be. Thank God that responsibly rests solely on Him and He Is merciful to take that on.
I trust Him with His Judgements.
Whatever sin I have committed, and any and all imperfections… I’m at the ready to be in His Presence and answer for them.
I will never be perfect until I’m with Him in Eternity. I wait impatiently for that day and keep my eyes steadfast on the clouds as He said we could look for Him there.
Won’t it be something when we all see Him simultaneously?! Every knee will bow and every soul confess that Jesus Christ Is Lord.
I hope you’ll continue to contribute here, as you are the one who convinced me to stay after that unfortunate posting of pornographic images.
I value these people with all their unique qualities and it’s my honor to pray over them frequently.
I pray for you, too, friend… for you and your family.
Much love from Central Indiana, Texan brother.
Video – I will be blunt. This video is propaganda to instill fear in the enemy. It is not designed for American public. If you would rather not see bodies of terrorists then don’t watch. At the end there is a very high ranking man almost a General who left home in a rush, drove to the terror area and killed 14 terrorists by himself.
David thank you for all the time and effort in keeping the Treehouse with the latest news from Israel. I did not watch the video. I know with all by being that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Set-Apart One of Israel, is in control of all that is transpiring right before our eyes; even thought there is much that is hard to understand.
My heart goes out to the High-Ranking soldier who killed the terrorists. He did the right thing. The Book of Habakkuk seems so relevant somehow.
Shalom to you and your family.
Sorry, MY being. Good grief no excuse for poor editing!
Thank you !
I pray that our carrier group has not been sent there as bait instead of a deterrence.
American lives, and especially American military lives, count for nothing. To the inadequate monsters who send them into the wars which they orchestrate and profit from, our blood and treasure are just so much fodder for the Military Industrial Complex’s war machine.
And the same goes for the populations of the countries the United States sticks its unwanted nose into.
yep……………
War
Edwin Starr – Topic
War … hugggh … good gawd … what is it good for? Why did Hamas start this war they will NEVER win. It will take far more than a bunch of mental cripples at Harvard to fight every other rational thinking human on the planet.
http://real-man-truckworks-and-survival.com/index.php?topic=2797.0
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EVENING REFLECTIONS
Amen.
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“Sleep”
Eric Whitaker
VOCES 8
Why?
https://www.dailywire.com/news/christianity-today-staff-made-extensive-campaign-donations-between-2015-and-2022-all-went-to-democrats
Egypt did not ever warn Israel of a major attack from Gaza in the days leading up to the current war with Hamas, an Egyptian official told the newspaper Al-Shuruk on Wednesday.
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-767699
Gaza photo
https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/11/pictures-that-show-israel-is-on-track-with-aim-of-turning-gaza-into-tent-city-19645783/
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.