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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Amen!
Thank you WP. These words are always true, but no more appropriate occasion for them than today.
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Radical leftist crazies in the federal government are actually getting away with this: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9975007/National-Archive-recommends-removing-charters-freedom-description-founding-documents.html
The criminal globalist fascist cabal who have seized control of the federal government are no longer operating in the shadows.
We cannot say we weren’t warned about them wanting to destroy and get rid of the U.S. Constitution, but too many thought that warning was just hyperbole…..
11 September 1957
Jerry Lee Lewis hits the number three position on the US record charts with “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On”. The song had already been released by a handful of artists and Jerry Lee had been using it in his live act for several months. He would later recall, “I knew it was a hit when I recorded it.”
11 September 1975
Janis Ian is awarded her first Gold record for the album “Between The Lines”. The LP contains her biographical single “At Seventeen”, which was still climbing the charts and will peak in the US at number three.
11 September 1982
John “Cougar” Mellencamp becomes the only male artist to have two singles in the US Top Ten as well as the number one album. “Jack and Diane” was number 4, while “Hurts So Good” sat at number 8. The LP “American Fool” stayed on top for nine weeks, eventually reaching multi-Platinum status.
Whenever I see qualified accolades, the qualification begs to be explained.
‘Only male artist’, sounds singular does this exclude groups? And how many female artists pulled off the same thing?
And that thing has a restriction piled on. Two songs in top ten while holding number one album spot. Does that mean that lots more had two songs in top ten at the same time without having the number one album?
Sometimes, even with the restrictions, an achievement is still a great thing. But sometimes they become so restrictive that it is no longer special. Well, at that level of talent and success, he’d be special even without this ‘unique’ achievement.
Funny. When people used to ask me what I do, I would tell them that I was the top independent practitioner of a specific craft working in a specific industry. I never told them that I was the only one that was independent, knowing that craft and in that industry.
11 September 19xx – 1stgenpatriot is born. The first born in the USA to a fine German dissenter family.
Happy Caturday. A few years ago on this thread, I asked for prayers for my sweet Trump Cat who developed a rare form of cancer in her inner ear, near her brain. (She’s the one who LOVED the Trump rallies, heh!)
Y’all came through, like a miracle, and I hope you saw my posts of gratitude. Prayer works. She’s had difficulty and surgery since, but is still now happy. She’s sweet, funny, smart, loving, and…an old soul.
Thank you all so much for praying for this wonderful little being, who has inspired many others to be better humans.
As this is 9/11, please don’t mistake this as trivial. (I have an extra insane day of work tomorrow, so took tonight to pray, cry, and reflect.) It’s all connected.
Those who are able to pray together are going to keep us together. In every way, for every good. Please continue praying together for all that is good. Those who pray for the little animals, also pray for humanity, freedom, the innocent, the elderly, veterans, and the USA.
Thank you, and God Bless.
Great news!
Thanks, doll. In such awful times, it is amazing what a blessing a funny little creature can be. I know it was the collective prayer that has bought her these extra years.
People can be awful, but the power of those who are good and believe in God is a much stronger force. I’m grateful for all the kindness I’m seeing around these days. There are always going to be a few loud voices of negativity, but I think Americans are starting to pull together to save our beautiful nation.
Thank you and God bless you.
Thanks, Hayseed. These are rough times, but I really believe Americans have the faith to prevail over the evil that has set upon us.
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Awesome news!
No way is that trivial. Report on anyone or anyone’s loved pet overcoming cancer is always important no matter what day we read it..
O God, our hope and refuge,
in our distress we come quickly to you.
Shock and horror of that tragic day have subsided,
replaced now with an emptiness,
a longing for an innocence lost.
We come remembering those who lost their lives
in New York, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania.
We are mindful of the sacrifice of public servants
who demonstrated the greatest love of all
by laying down their lives for friends.
We commit their souls to your eternal care
and celebrate their gifts to a fallen humanity.
We come remembering
and we come in hope,
not in ourselves, but in you.
As foundations we once thought secure have been shaken,
we are reminded of the illusion of security.
In commemorating this tragedy,
we give you thanks for your presence
in our time of need
and we seek to worship you in Spirit and in truth,
our guide and our guardian.
Amen.
– Rev. Jeremy Pridgeon
Manuel Ponce was a personal friend of Andres Segovia. He was also an important composer in Mexico. His music tends to reflect traditional themes which he felt were best expressed by the guitar.
My wife of 49 years, who is of direct, 100% Spanish (not Hispanic) descent, absolutely loved these selections. Said they remind her of the tunes she heard her mother (on the piano) and father (on the mandolin) play when she was young.
Incidentally, she says that from her background and experience, Mexican music tends to be more folk-oriented, more romantic, and often has lighter themes than music that originated in Spain.
Thanks for posting.
Again, Sooper Catholic St. Joseph Biden, father of St. Beau, insults Americans for having critical thoughts about islam after 9/11 and other demonic atrocities. I don’t remember any major backlash at all. I do remember a lot of “hoax” hate crimes backed by unindicted-co-conspirator terror group CAIR. All the liberal elites (who have NEVER read the koran, even Blair who brags about having read it every day) seem to only care about this mythical backlash…but never the initial LASH!
It is NOT a “peaceful” religion. Just ask “austere scholar” Caliph al-Baghdadi. Ask Sultan Erdogan. Ask Ayatollah Khhhhomeini. Ask the Pope’s new BFF Grand Imam of al-Azhar Sheihk al-Tayyab.
I still have not seen any concessions made by any American imam during these blatantly one-sided ecumenical kumbaya religious convocations. It’s always impressionable public school kids led by progressive white women liberal school teachers who have to visit the mosques and unknowingly recite the magic ‘shadada’ or read new progressive history books that devote pages to whitewashed islamic history. Or “wear a hijab” in solidarity to a “victim” of a hoax hate crime at their schools. Have we seen a reformation of islam yet in response to make it even more “peaceful”? Surely, after so many converts and jihadis have “misinterpreted in the exact same way every time” the peaceful message of islam by massacring innocent crowds, you would have grand moofties and imams putting on hours of PSAs telling their believers to “not do that crap anymore”. Why have not the commandments sanctioning the murdering of apostates or blasphemers been publicly discarded at pan-islamic confabs at Mecca or Medina or al-Azhar? Surely even the most marxist liberal in NYC or DC can notice that prominent order by Big Mo violates the Convention of Human Rights composed after WWII? Crickets.
Does Pres. Bush still think ‘islam’ is arabic for “peace”?? Or did the go-to moderate imam in Houston teach him that since Bush doesn’t understand the “intricacies of Old Arabic” like a gen-u-ine Saudi wahabist cleric , it really doesn’t mean “submission”.
One of the most under-rated mezzo sopranos. Jill Gomez. What a warm and incredible voice.
“After being canceled by the NFL to perform the Anthem at the season opening game because of my Vaccination status, I decided to sing anyways. Except this time not for the theatrics of a football game.
This time I sing for America.
To remind her who she is — the land of the free and the home of the brave.
This is dedicated to anyone that has taken a stand for freedom.
I STAND with you.” ~ Victory Boyd
Beautiful on several levels! Absolutely beautiful!
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Outstanding…and a beautiful voice that God has given her.
Beautiful rendition of our national anthem.
Thank you for posting this today.
I could be full of sht.. and then again.. it all could be true..
The final years of the greatest diving company in the world..
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1987..
living legends..
I was living in Houston and working on call-out directly from the Louisiana base..
and now meeting and working with other veterans in The Company..
normally.. living and working away from base was only a perk for full-fledged divers..
but I was the last Diver/Tender from the former Houston base that was still out here.. the only one..
Houston will always be my home base.. it’s where I was hired.. it’s where I had worked..
it’s where I live.. and I had already proven myself..
so I was given the exception to the rule.. just answer the fck’n phone..
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the phone rang..
Texas waters.. it was a summer evening.. I remember we were headed out to another sat job..
the sun was setting over the horizon as the crewboat throttled up and headed out to sea..
me and the North Sea veteran saturation supervisor assigned to this job were standing outside on the back deck..
both in the privacy of our own minds.. contemplating the disappearing world behind us.. and the calculus of the dark sea that lay ahead..
from a distance we passed one of the barrier islands along the coast..
suddenly the sat supervisor looked over toward me and inadvertently introduced himself..
“..look at that.. doesn’t that just make you want to invade that island.. just waste the men and rape the women.. ..lol..”
he was international.. former British SAS.. or something like that..
a fck’n legend or something.. I could hardly keep up with them all..
this Company was absolutely overrun by them..
another fck’n badass.. just like all the others..
I really liked him.. we worked well together..
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a couple of years later.. we were still working well together..
the night of the hurricane bell run.. we had divers in sat that were still seven days out..
“..go check the pinger on the bell..”
Memoirs of an Oilfield Diver
The Epic Archive
1984-1992
late 80s, sat wells in deep water, amazing technology only appreciated by those doing it….enjoy your memories.
Verse of the Day for Saturday, September 11, 2021
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“A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.”
Proverbs 29:11 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
Sounds like something to say when you can’t come up with a good rejoinder. I should remember it.
But one question. If you keep it in till afterwards, does that mean that you still utter all your mind?
I’ve NEVER broken that Proverb.
Wink ?
I’m so glad I’m a forgiven sinner!
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.
Trump-Decertify Election?
https://diannemarshallreport.com/trump-decertify-election/
President Trump said, “I DO BELIEVE THEY ARE GOING TO DECERTIFY THE ELECTION.”
[Excerpt] Read more at the link above…
You can bet, if this is a fact, that Obama and his minions are sitting back and laughing , knowing that their plan is working….meaning setting up the USA for more destruction.
Mornin’ infidels.
Cruel – but true.
What lack of civics class looks like……. the commies have done a bang up job…..
Good Morning all
Truckers report.
Monday afternoon I took an empty trailer to the company garage and drop lot at Paragould, AR. There I was to hook to a preloaded trailer and deliver it to the Toyota Service Parts Distribution Center (DC) in Hebron, KY which is just over the river from Cincinnati.
When I arrived at the facility in Paragould I still had 3 hours left of my drive time and I figured I would get down the road a good ways towards Hebron before I had to stop and take my 10 hour break. I found the trailer I was to hook to had a blown airbag in the suspension. I wasn’t going anywhere with that and some SOB had dropped the trailer that way without informing anyone of the problem. No excuse for that BS! I called breakdown and they said I would just have to wait for the garage there to open to get it fixed. They didn’t open until 07:00 Central time.
I was at the door when the first mechanic showed up and pulled the trailer to where they wanted it to do the repair and stayed hooked up and crawled into the sleeper and took a nap. They didn’t have me ready to go until about 11:30 eastern time.
On the way to Dyersburg, TN via I-155 there was a temporary inspection station open. I pulled in and as I approached the cop he just gave me the thumbs up and waved me on even though there were no other trucks in there. I reckon the 1 million mile safe driver decal on the truck had something to do with that. He had the creeper out so he was doing inspections, but not on my rig that day!
So I dropped the trailer at the Toyota Service parts DC and then hooked to an empty and brought it back to the terminal in Anderson, IN.
Wednesday afternoon I took off to pick up parts for Toyota automobiles from a facility in Vincennes, IN. From there I took the parts to a new Toyota mega complex in Madison, AL (Near Huntsville). You haven’t lived until you have tried to find a place at 0’dark30 that is so new that it is still under construction and that even my new updated Rand McNally truckers GPS doesn’t have the new roads for it. Even Google maps didn’t have it all.
When something like this happens all a driver can do is poke around to try and find the way in. After taking the rig through some places where a big truck should never go and having to back up over a 1/4 of a mile to get out of a dead end, I finally found what I was looking for. The gate guard had me drop the trailer in a particular spot and then I had to find the new company drop lot where I was to go and take my 10 hour break. It too was so new that one drives over a curb to get on the gravel entrance road.
After my break I was supposed to do another load for them but it was canceled and I bobtailed all the way back from Huntsville, AL to my terminal at Anderson, IN.
The line is drawn here! I emailed my employer and told them if they mandate the shots I will clean out the truck and be gone in a heartbeat.
This country is already short by about 40% of the class A CDL drivers needed. Every trucking company in this country is scrambling for drivers including the one I work for.
I’m a salary on-call driver. The job is to go when and where needed and do the troubleshooting to take care of various situations that arise to get the loads through. There are a total of 9 of us salary drivers at the terminal I work out of. They want 10 but nobody signed up for the last position the last time they posted the bid which was just two weeks ago.
Since yesterday I have talked to two other salary drivers and both said they will also leave if the company mandates the shots. I am sure that a significant number of regular drivers would also leave if the shots were mandated.
The key to stopping this crap is federalism. Having enough States that will not comply regardless of what the courts say is the way it can be stopped since relying on the Federal courts, including the SCOTUS, to rule justly on Constitutional matters these days is like relying on a 50 yard Hail Mary pass to win the game.
Regardless, I will not comply and I will do my best to throw sand into the gears of the system that tries to make me.
Just to be clear, I am not an “anti-vaxer”. I have had all the regular stuff most people get plus as an SF soldier I was vaccinated for stuff like Plague and Rabies. The difference is those were true vaccines and these COVID shots are not, and have not gone through the proper FDA testing and approval process. But even if the they had the facts as I understand them are:
1. Your a carrier and transmitter even if you have been vaccinated.
2. No viral contagion in history that has an animal reservoir has been eradicated by the efforts of mankind and this one is transmitted directly by aerosol.
3, The efficacy of the shots is highly questionable.
In addition to the above I will not have anyone tampering with my genetics. The shots are supposed to alter the mRNA so that the virus cannot penetrate and replicate in the cell. mRNA is the coder of genes.
I will not make them fire me. I have no intention of drawing unemployment or suing them. I have never drawn a day of unemployment in my life and will not start playing that game now. That is not who I am. I can find another job in no time if I so desire. Besides those that may recall my recent illness know that the company stood by me and did me right when they could have screwed me.
I qualify for full SS next month. However, I like what I do and have intended to continue driving a big truck. If one looks at it, their SS payout increases quite a bit if they even work one year beyond the time they qualify for full SS. Also it is a great thing to have very good medical insurance which is what we have where I work.
So my intent was to continue in this on-call position for as long as I am able to do it and then take a dedicated route that gets me home every day that is just enough to qualify for a full time position and thus the great insurance.
In response to my email one of the bosses responded and said that the company has no intention of mandating the vaccines at this time. So it seems at least for now, I’m good to go.
Next week I have been told I will be up at the Romulus, MI (Detroit) terminal all week doing loads for them. They don’t have the drivers to cover their own loads, just as Paragould, AR didn’t have the drivers to cover all their loads, just as Madison, AL didn’t have the drivers to cover their own loads.
Here is a trucking song for you all:
just got to say that anybody that can back up an 18 wheeler over 1/4 mile is a STAR!
(the rest of your comment was good, too!?)
I once had to back over 1/2 mile along a winding gravel road with trees on each side to deliver Carrier furnaces and Air Conditioners to an apartment complex under construction in Savanna, TN. No ground guide. Then once there I had to do a 90 degree back up to another trailer there in a manner that allowed enough room for the workers to get in and transfer the load to their storage trailer.
But backing up that far at night even in a straight line on a road with no lines can be a challenge.
i once had to back up a 12 horse hitch about 100 yards into a field packed with vehicles….
and i couldn’t do it. ? ? ? ?
had to go around! ?
so, a humble man you may be, but what you are describing takes a very special skill set that we mere spectators can only marvel at!
enjoy the ride, sir!
Really folks, OTR drivers that have to go different places have to do that kind of stuff. It is what it is and there are plenty of drivers out there that have the skills to do that.
I learned to drive semi’s in the Army at Ft. Eustis Transporation Traning Center near Williamsburg VA. Of course THAT training involved operating semi’s off-road as well as on paved roads and sometimes over dirt roads cut through very rugged and steep terrain. It got real interesting at times when we were forced to back up while off-road and on uneven terrain….in the dark. I pushed over more than one sapling tree a few times……
At the end of the course, they held a driver rodeo. One of the competitions was backing a semi (6×6 multifuel 10-speed tractor with a 38 ft. stake & platform trailer) through a twisty slalom created with big 50 gal barrels, about 300 ft.. I won that competition that day (zero bumps) and drove big rigs for the Army for the rest of my service, even when I was also a battalion armorer (carried our loaded weapons racks on the rig).
I never drove commercially once out of the service though, but I deeply respect the good and safe drivers out there who I see on the roads trying to avoid the immature and idiotic 4-wheeler jockeys. Too many POV drivers seem to think an 18 wheeler has the same maneuverability and stopping distance of a sports car.
Hey Rah,
Always enjoy your ‘ On the Road Report with Rah ‘.
Your employer would be shooting themselves in the foot if they mandate the vax, and lose 3 vital employee drivers.
Just wondering what you might listen to when you are driving..
Rah, you have an excellent work ethic and VERY impressive driving skills ! That 1/4 mile rig in reverse, was an awesome feat. Not an easy thing, but only a skilled driver can accomplish !
Keep your eyes on the road, lol. And best wishes to you and Mrs. Rah !
I used to listen to I-Heart radio but the new stereo they put in my truck does not have Blue tooth capability and my I-phone does not have the provision for hooking in a mini RCA plug. So I will have to get blue tooth ear buds and then I can once again listen to I-Heart and audio books.
I have blue tooth earphones but can’t use them when driving.
Getcha a BT speaker. I used one for years before I could hook up directly to my stereo. I listen to audio books too. I quit radio years ago. Over 400 books in my library. I also have a music database of 160GB of music.
Really enjoy your “trucker” weekly reports ?
Rah, we’ll be thinking of you next week, as we live just south of metro airport (romulus) and I-94.
Just a heads up that there’s lots of construction back-up around I-94/275 interchange. Hopefully you might come through at a good time.
Did you know that the portion of I-94 from Willow Run to Detroit was laid down in 1942? Ford built the largest production facility in the world at that time at Willow Run to manufacture complete B-24 Liberator heavy bombers. A multilane road between Detroit and Willow Run was essential for logistics and for the huge number of employees required.
Didn’t know the year/specifics, but know all about willow run (WR) during WWII.
I flew on a B-17 out of WR in the late ‘90s when Ford was having a ‘fundraiser’-type event with a historical group (or similar). Best thing was, not flying in it per se, but that my WWII veteran dad was with me for it!!! I have it on videotape. For what it’s worth.
My dad and his three brothers were all born and raised in detroit, all WWII veterans. Their dad (my grandfather) worked on the railroad as an engineer. He walked to the (michigan central) train station every day.
my dad’s upbringing is very similar to the upbringing the brothers had in the movie “the fighting sullivans”, which, i’m sure you know, is about the five brothers (raised by railroad dad) who perished together during WWII.
very heart wrenching but lovely story.
The Sullivan Brothers were from Waterloo, Iowa.
Among the ways they are honored is with an Iowa Veterans Museum named after them.
http://www.groutmuseumdistrict.org
The Navy would not allow family members to serve together on ships after that.
Yes. I vaguely remember seeing a photo of another set of brothers who died together in battle during WWII. I don’t recall their names now.
Thanks for posting the link to the museum! I did not know about it; very nice tribute to veterans.
Niiiiiice.
Backing up our 30 ft motor home with dinghy in tow is not near the challenge you describe – We had one to drive and one to guide – and not near the distance
But – we can sure appreciate the challenge – oh – we had the advantage of daylight too.
We had a new to us GPS and drove thru Salt Lake when they were prepping for the Olympics. Neither GPS nor maps matched the new roads, exits and markings. You probably know driving thru Salt Lake any time of the day or night is a challenge.
MISSIONARY MUNITIONS
MINISTERING AS OPPORTUNITY SURROUNDS US:
“If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.” John xiii. 14
Ministering as opportunity surrounds us does not mean selecting our surroundings, it means being very selectly God’s in any haphazard surroundings which He engineers for us. The characteristics we manifest in our immediate surroundings are indications of what we will be like in other surroundings.
The things that Jesus did were of the most menial and commonplace order, and this is an indication that it takes all God’s power in me to do the most commonplace things in His way. Can I use a towel as He did? Towels and dishes and sandals, all the ordinary sordid things of our lives, reveal more quickly than anything what we are made of. It takes God Almighty Incarnate in us to do the meanest duty as it ought to be done.
“I have given you an example that ye should do as I have done to you.” Watch the kind of people God brings around you, and you will be humiliated to find that this is His way of revealing to you the kind of person you have been to Him. Now, He says, exhibit to that one exactly what I have shown to you.
“Oh,” you say, “I will do all that when I get out into the foreign field.” To talk in this way is like trying to produce the munitions of war in the trenches – you will be killed while you are doing it.
We have to go the “second mile” with God. Some of us get played out in the first ten yards, because God compels us to go where we cannot see the way, and we say – “I will wait till I get nearer the big crisis.” If we do not do the running steadily in the little ways, we shall do nothing in the crisis.
Oswald Chambers
September 11 Devotional
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
The 50th Psalm (Septuagint)
Psalm 51 (KJV – Masoretic)
Not giving up on the murder. Just “incremental” democractic actions. In other words, eat you from the inside out. Anyone for tolerance? https://www.straitstimes.com/world/taliban-victory-in-afghanistan-may-spur-militants-in-s-e-asia
Saturday of the 12th Week after Pentecost
The Beheading of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John
August 29th on the Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
September 11th on the civil or commercial calendar
Matins / Orthros Holy Gospel according to the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew 14: 1 – 13
Epistle Reading from the Acts of the Holy Apostles 13: 25 – 32
Holy Gospel according to the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Mark 6: 14 – 30
On the Orthodox Christian Church Calendar, the day of the Beheading of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John is a day of fasting from meat, fish, and dairy products.
Since the days of the Holy Apostles, most of the Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the year are also fast days because those are the days on which our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ was betrayed and crucified.
Saint Nikolai (+ 1956) who was born in Serbia, but reposed in the U.S.A. wrote this in his books “The Prologue from Ochrid” for this day, the Beheading of Saint John.
“The death of John took place before the Passover, but its commemoration on August 29th was instituted because it was on this day that a church, that had been built over his grave in Sebastia by the Emperor Constantine and the Empress Helena, was consecrated. In this church were also placed the relics of John’s disciples, Eliseus and Audius.”
Day 28 of 30 Collective Fast
Rejoice in the Lord always: again I say, Rejoice!
Rejoice in the Lord always: again I say, Rejoice!
Rejoice, rejoice, and again I say, Rejoice!
For the LORD is good, His Mercy endures forever
This cat is the most dangerous creature on the planet ? sound on.
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I give up. Lol. It was a cute kitty
I’m old enough to remember when we all thought the Bush family were “conservatives”.
I publicly confess my sins of voting for “Dubya” and his daddy. I repent and turn from those sins, and beg your forgiveness.
So the taliban and isis wrote the speeches given by past presidents? Figures.
I was in that same naive zone you were.
I easily forgive you, but I cannot forgive myself.
I literally thank God for TCTreehouse.
Lights are on now!
“some military sites reporting this to be a fake story”
Aren’t we by now long past believing whatever our government tells us is real or fake?
For some time now, I have personally considered almost if not every statement the government publishes as FAKE, FALSE, or MANIPULATIVE at its best….unless it’s about their ignoring yet more laws and trying to remove even more of our liberties. Those stories I believe..because they keep being proven true..
IMHO, of course the military leadership desperately wants to persuade people into not believing that the rank and file are pushing back against the Woke Brass and White House tyrannical covid FrankenVaxx mandates…
Is Russia trying to rig an election too? Need that something to blame https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/09/10/russian-foreign-ministry-summons-u-s-ambassador-over-alleged-interference-in-state-duma-elections
neil young ~
Let’s roll … !
https://twitter.com/btcgandhi/status/1436787049713967104?s=12
And for sure this one by Whitlock
We would say he is a weasel, but that is un-fair to actual weasels. Weasels serve a purpose in the balance of nature. “Dubya” serves no useful purpose. He consumes air, food, water that could go to actual Americans.
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.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
I’d like to make my own slogan t-shirt. I’m interested in hearing options for my gear I plan to wear October 9th to the Trump rally in Dead Moines.
It should be a pretty fired up crowd.
“The Diamond Must Be Returned”
Fascinating
Pastor Dan Fisher – Bringing Back the Black Robed Regiment
not sure where to put this,
but has anyone else seen the creepy “we’re doctors, trust us” ad?
ran every commercial break on wgn 10p news.
“the vaccine is safe, it works, don’t hesitate.”
then repeated 6 or 8 times: “we’re doctors, trust us”.
it played like brainwashing 101.?
The vax is Fake and Defective, such “doctors” are profoundly corrupt.
that was my first thought –
why should i trust anyone who is telling me the vax works and is safe??
but this ad was just over the top, more like a psy op,
conditioning the “masses” for obedience to anyone with a lab coat and stethoscope.
scary!
if i can find an internet source, will post.