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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Hi Dan, thanks for the post.
I think it is great how believers can hold different opinions and still get along. I agree with much of what you posted, especially (apparently) about modern-day Israel. But we differ in a few respects. I believe I was born again sufficiently with my water baptism. And being part of a non-millenial church body, I do not expect a rapture. In this regard, I’m probably different from many or most of the people in this forum.
I think we are fortunate to live in a place and time when these differences would not keep us from being kind to each other.
Best to you, and respect …
It’s all good. As long as none of us give cause for stumbling to Jews, Greeks, or the church of God. After all, that is how I read 1 Cor 10:32.
Since Greeks dominated the area since Alexander, and even the Romans admired the Greeks and left Greek as an official language, I assume it is safe to equate Greeks with Gentiles. Especially since Paul had Roman citizenship. But one never truly knows.
Besides, not giving offense or causing anyone to stumble does seem to be the spirit of the verse.
The idea of the Rapture of believers is such an incredible and joyous prospect that if it wasn’t in the Bible I wouldn’t believe it either!
Amen, W_P, we are delivered from the wrath to come. 1 Tess. 10!
WP, thanks for the comment. My remark was a little careless. I certainly believe that Christ will come, very publicly, to judge “the living and the dead,” ushering in the beginning of the new heaven and the new earth.
Usually when the term “rapture” has been used since John Nelson Darby, around 1830, it has carried with it the idea of premillenial dispensatiionalism, which has become a popular belief. That is the belief I don’t share.
Merry Christmas to you.
Merry Christmas 1530.
Where are muslims?
My understanding is they are a subgroup of the Gentiles. With an invitation, as all of Earth, to go through the door or gate, which is Christ – to eternal life with our Creator
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We’ve been good, but how does that fat man fit through this fireplace?
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* bad pun alert * In this case, maybe he “cat”-apults down the chimney, bypassing the normal laws of physics with a little Christmas magic!
Oh my.
Perfect, Leon! Merry Christmas and thank you for all your beautiful cats through the year. From one cat lover to another🌟😊
God Bless America
God Bless Ya’ll
Merry Christmas to everyone. 🙂
And to you, jay! Thank you🌟
And a Happy New Year. Ya’ll are welcome I’m sure.
Merry Christmas, jay!
Merry Christmas , with a little snow and temperatures going to be in the teens here in the NW.
Thank you, FDR. Merry Christmas!🌟
Merry Christmas, Treepers. Love Our Lord. Enjoy His Blessings in this very special time. And, of course, love each other! 🙂
Merry Christmas Garrison!
Good morning, dearest Frank. You’re a hard man to catch.
I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas🌟💓. You made it to Texas as fast as you could, and I can’t think of a better addition to our big ole state, because you have a heart the size of Texas. I know why God placed you here, and I’m grateful.🤗 Bet(NM)
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I just went back to yesterday’s OT and answered your lovely responses💓🤗🌟🙏
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🌟Merry Christmas, Garrison!!🌟 Thank you for your faithful musical posts which have made this thread what it is. Our go to spot first thing in the morning and then throughout the day.
Your music has brought smiles, tears, memories for us all. Beautiful gifts each and every day. And they have given us a moment’s respite in this world we must navigate…our port in the storm. Bless you.🤗
And Bless you, Betsy.
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Excellent acapella! Thank you Garrison!
A very Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Merry Christmas to you also! 🙂
Garrison posted this group singing “The Parting Glass” and I’ve kept it. A marvelous performance.
Thank you, Garrison and Merry Christmas!
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And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. (Luke 2:8-14).
it’s not Christmas without the Robert Shaw Chorale singing….
No it is not!!!!! The best there is.
It’s an old recording from decades ago but still available…muffled lyrics and all. But their ” My Country tis of Thee” breaks my heart, especially the last verse.
The most moving recording I’ve ever heard. And given that the America of today is so far removed from the America that was when this was made, my unexpected tears flowed freely.
Great to find another Robert Shaw ‘lover’.
I have 6 Christmas albums and 3 others (Amazing Grace, Battle Cry of Freedom and Great Love Songs and Ballads)
But then there are Fred Waring, Noman Luboff and The Ray Charles Singers (not Ray Charles) – So HARD to say one is better than the others.
Just have to keep listening – and listening – and listening
Merry Christmas Betsy
Thank you Miss Lady😊
I can’t decode why that Chorale is so good. All I know is that their performances strike a chord with me. I do love them.
And a wonderful Christmas to you as well!! I can’t believe it’s here. I look forward to it so much. Takes forever to get here…then POOF!! Gone. Ah well, there s another coming and another after that…🌟
My most favorite bible passage.
Beautiful reminder ❤️
Good morning, Cat!💓
I have my cup of tea and am scrolling and posting. I wonder how delayed the rest of my day will be😊?
All blessings to you on this Christmas Eve, a day in joyous anticipation of the birth of our only Redeemed and Advocate🌟
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I posted this for Ryder yesterday. Enjoy!
https://www.google.com/search?q=Pentatonix+Mary+Did+You+Know+song+YouTube&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS868US868&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8&spknlang=en-US&inm=vs&vse=1#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:c6c1d9dc,vid:trW_lD9sBt0,st:0
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Thanks for this, Frank. 🙂
Great selection Frank. Pentatonix have created a great acapella repertoire of Christmas music. This performance is by the original five members, still the best, IMHO.
You should look up the Australian group Prima Luce, GB. Their Gaudete is exquisite. Acapella. There is other Christmas music they perform as well. Pure voices.
Thanks Betsy, I will look them up.
Merry Christmas to you & your family!
Here they are, and there is a comment underneath from “Auyantepui” with the lyrics and translation.
Excellent!
Oh what a gift you’ve given me!!!! Thank you, GB, and for your lovely wishes. I knew you’d like them🌟😊
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Merry Christmas, Frank! Did you catch my replies to you couple of days ago. I posted late that evening. I did get my Mom to sing a verse from Lili Marlene in a mixture of German and her native language. Stepdad remarked, “It was such a beautiful song”.
Mungrel would pay the earth to have heard her, G. I bet it was just gorgous💓
At almost 90 she still sounds quite good. Used to be a musical ed teacher.
It’s a gift for sure, whether able to sing or to appreciate those who do…I’m in the second group.
Niiiiiice
Yessir! I posted yesterday and day before…yesterday…if that makes sense.
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Thank you so much for this one, WP💓. The thought of God incarnate, so much does he love us. No wonder there are a few tears on the Christmas Eve. But they are happy and grateful ones. What a gift!!
Merry Christmas!🌟Thank you for the year of beautiful posts which help make this place a true refuge.
Merry Christmas Betsy, thank you for all you do 🙏
Thank you, WP. I’m just a twig in this beautiful tree. I see you as a sturdy branch which gives us all spiritual support so much needed. Blessings to you.
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😊!! Oh sweeeet!! Just now enlarged your emoji! My alma mater👍
Agreed little Turbo Bet (NM) 🙌
I’m all TURBO-ed out from yesterday😁…recharging. I’m eco friendly.
Emperor Augustus thought he was a hot shot but he merely was a tiny spec of dust unknowingly executing God’s plan.
Merry Christmas, W_P!
Good morning GrandpaM!! A Happy Christmas Eve to you!
How interesting you say that about Augustus. I have thought the same about Judas. Chosen to betray Christ? I don’t know. This is WP’s to comment upon I think.
Hi Betsy, our family has an extra family celebration today, so I’m laying low for a bit until it’s pedal to the metal.
Happy Christmas Eve to you, too :)!
Isn’t the stuff concerning Augustus true about all emperors, dictators, and self appointed “rulers of the world”? Chuck Swindoll addressed it quite eloquently in a recent devotional. Caesar Augustus didn’t have the slightest idea that the Babe in the manger was the real King of Kings.
What is that said? The wrong man doing the right things? It’s true what you said. Despots think they are in charge. How little they know. Especially the ones of our times.
Enjoy your lovely day, G. All blessings to you and your beautiful family and friends🤗🌟💓
All the blessings back at you, dear B.
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Yes.
Here’s another Trout and Coffee video. Enjoy. . .
Merry Christmas to you, Garrison. You’ve eluded to it being a time of solitude and I have every faith it will be beautiful, stirring, and full of grace. The music you shared every single night on this thread is such a blessing…. each link a little gem… G-d bless you, sir.
When you are a sole caregiver, solitude is just part of the deal. This isn’t the first time we’ve just spent Christmas together. I enjoy losing myself in music. I intend to do a lot of that today. Our Lord’s Blessings on you, too, Sarah. 🙂
This is for you, Garrison, as you luxuriate in your music.
“I’m lost. I’ve gone to look for myself. If I should return before I get back, please ask me to wait here.” 😊🌟
How true. I’ll be here in a minute . . . 🙂
Well don’t keep you waiting!! 😁
Awesome videography there. Great scenery. I have close relative looking to move very near that lake.
Thanks again, Garrison.
I especially like how he blends images and narrative. He makes good stories. 🙂
Irrational fear, however, is something Christians must acknowledge and surmount. This being said, it is at once tragic and outrageous that during this Christmas season so many self-styled disciples of the babe born in the manger have in effect decided to cancel their Christmas celebrations because of their fear over the possibility of contracting a cold-virus—and, yes, SARS CoV-2 is a cold virus—with a survival rate of 99.5-99.9 percent.
It’s even worse than this, though. Far from being something new and mysterious, COVID has been with the world for the better part of two years now. Those most fearful are those who are “fully vaccinated,” “boosted,” and continue to wear masks. Their fear, which has been more or less constant for the last 21 months, has recently spiked to March 2020 levels over Omicron—which is by all accounts the mildest yet of the COVID variants.
The fear over COVID, in other words, is more irrational than it has ever been. This is no mean feat, given just how irrational this fear has been since day one.
Conspicuously, painfully absent from the scene is the spirit of “power and of love and of a sound mind” that is supposed to distinguish Christians.
This Christmas, let us pray that God continues to hold us steady in the midst of this sea of irrational fear that surrounds us. Let us pray that those who have become possessed by the spirit of fear may see the error of their ways, repent of their actions, and become free.
And let us pray as well that God may visit his justice upon the powerful who have corrupted and harmed untold numbers of human beings around the planet.
Let us pray that the truth about this ugly episode in our history may finally be revealed.
Merry Christmas.
https://amgreatness.com/2021/12/23/christ-covid-and-the-spirit-of-fear/
Amen
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Excellent post Hayseed. We need to keep these people in our prayers. Being consumed by anxiety and fear is crippling and can be deadly. Almost impossible to peel them from the ceiling. Even when they know they are being irrational, they are unable to claw it back. This type of fear can cause “frozen” type behaviors on one extreme and “overheat” on the other.
I have seen it first hand, long before COVID.
The master manipulators try to pass off lingering physical effects as “long Covid”, when the true ” long Covid” is fear…which is far worse.
There is only one cure. 🙏
So true, dear sister. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Thank you, G!!!! Question for you above vis a vis your comment about Augustus.
Just replied to it, Betsy. I guess Judas was trying to force the Messiah’s hand in his own way, not realizing that God’s plan was totally different.
My view as well. A figure condemned through history for his betrayal but necessary for the Gift of redemption to be fulfilled. Without him, there is no “It is finished.”
One of the greatest tragedies is the fear of meeting in Christian fellowship.
There are underground Christian meetings now taking place in such countries as Australia, Austria, and Germany. Who would have ever thought that would be necessary yet again? Mark Steyn was on GB television rightly excoriating the churches particularly in “Great” Britain and Canada who have turned their flocks away, while sports venues and pubs are wide open. A sadder thing to write doesn’t exist.
Thank you for this.
I just got a Christmas letter from an attorney I worked with Philadelphia. Some great family pictures, and lots of news, but the first page was nothing but COVID fear. Everyone in the family has been vaccinated, including elementary school grandchildren, with the exception of the two-year-old. He regretted the pediatrician wouldn’t do it. He’s in his 70s, and said that if it took a monthly (yes, really), vaccination to stay safe, he and his wife would do it. He loves folk music, plays several instruments, but noted that when he went to a festival this summer, he only played outdoors and then with people who’d been vaccinated. He is looking to more “medical choices” in the coming year.
Admittedly, he said he knew many people who caught COVID, and several had died, but this was not the man I said goodbye to three years ago. He was one of the most open-minded (he voted Libertarian in presidential elections as a matter of principle), was in favor of recreational marijuana, helped a trans employee do a name change, and was one of the most generous people I ever met.
He thought everyone he met was interesting and had a story to listen to. He knew I was a conservative Christian, but never made a critical remark about it, unlike the rabid, self-described “Yellow Dog Democrat” partner who was always making cracks about “Your man Trump” or “Your Fox News.” He liked Libertarian Glenn Reynolds’ Instapundit blog, and the Reason website.
I can see that living in Tom Wolf’s Pennsylvania, and working in Jim Kenney’s Philadelphia could affect a man’s outlook, and I know how much he cares about his family and his employees, but this was beyond rational.
When I get back from visiting my family for Christmas, I’ll have to write back. Don’t know what to say – I’d like to say, “What on earth happened to you?” or “That bit about monthly vaccinations was a joke, right?” but cheery “I’m fine, had a nice Christmas, miss all of you at the old firm” might be best.
Wethal, that’s the only thing you can write. The horse is out of the barn. The deed is done. For him and his family there is no going back now. Nothing can be accomplished by saying what you’d really like to say, tempting though it is. But you know this. I can imagine your face as you read this indescribably sad letter.
I have a close friend (or did until he became enraged that I supported Mr Trump and cut me out of his life…we have now reconnected but there is a miasma which separates us. It’s not the same and it’s not repairable) who is all jabbed up and believes to the very bottom of his soul that those who aren’t are walking talking mortal threats to him and other “true believers”. I dodge and weave and say nothing. What’s the use?
What a sorrow for your friendship. I’m sure you worry for him and his family, especially the littles. Pray for the best. That’s all you can do.
I wish you a Merry Christmas and a New Year full of brighter days. After the past two years, we are more than due for some.🌟
I truly wish everybody a great and Merry-Joyous Christmas and hopefully, in the face of antagonistic hatred, a surprising New Year.
Our God and Messiah is greater than all hatred and evil. Let us not forget that and look to the good of God and His Gift over and above all else, even if we have to live with the effects of it.
We are a people together that no evil thing can separate and divide.
I and mine will stand with all of you and yours.
May God bless us everyone.
God has way of scaring the stingy and wretched and them saving them.
Good morning Solomon❤️
So tonight we’re having the birthday day party, lasting all week, followed with a firework show that outdoes any other? Can’t forget to bring my present 🎁
Just want to be on the same page😉❤️
Good morning, dear friend. There is so much on this Christmas Eve to contemplate in quietness and, if possible, solitude. The Gift of all gifts about to be born, and what this birth means for us in our sinful world. How God loves us!! Merry Christmas!💓🌟B
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Merry Christmas to you, Solomon! May it be a pain free one. 🙏🏻🙂
AMEN!!!!! Asking🙏💓
Bless-ed Solomon, you are so right. Our God is a loving God. What joy there is in knowing it, feeling it. We choose Him as our Holy Standard Bearer as we follow Him in faith immutable. Perhaps next year we will pick up many more to add to our ranks who know He is our Strength and our great hope. 🌟💓
Silent Night. Elvis Presley singing.
Merry Christmas a day early, Treepers. Gonna be off the computer….
TSO live from Green Bay, Wisconsin last month.
LO, HOW A ROSE E’ER BLOOMING
Michael Praetorius, a prolific sixteenth-century German composer, is usually credited with this Christmas hymn. But as I read a bit, it seems that this hymn in various versions goes back several centuries before Praetorius’ time.
I enjoy the connection old hymns like this one give us to our ancestors in faith. At Christmastime even moreso.
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Lo, how a rose e’er blooming from tender stem hath sprung!
Of Jesse’s lineage coming as prophets long have sung.
It came, a flowret bright, amid the cold of winter,
When half-spent was the night.
Isaiah ‘twas foretold it, the rose I have in mind;
With Mary we behold it, the virgin mother kind.
To show God’s love aright, she bore to us a Savior,
When half-spent was the night.
This flow’r whose fragrance tender with sweetness fills the air,
Dispels with glorious splendor the darkness everywhere.
True man, yet very God, from sin and death He saves us
And lightens every load.
O Savior, child of Mary, Who felt our human woe;
O Savior, King of glory, Who dost our weakness know:
Bring us at length we pray to the bright courts of heaven
And to the endless day.
Watching the night skies lightening to the cusp of this new day❤️
Love this hymn
This is one of my favourites, 1530. Thank you so much for this one and all the ones you have posted through the year.
I wish for you the Merriest Christmas and a healthy safe New Year🌟
And for you Betsy and all the Treepers!
Yes. “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen” has always been a very popular Christmas carol in Germany. My paternal ancestors moved here from Germany in the mid 19th century, so our family’s Christmas traditions were greatly influenced by that old world culture. I sang this in a local German mens chorus of which I was a member in the 1980s.
But VOCES8 do a much better job …😉
Stimmt besser. Und auf Deutsch.
Frohe Weinachten, GBB!
Danke 1530! Und dir auch Fröhliche Weihnachten!
I ADORE VOCES8!! I left another up top for you to try, GB…Prima Luce…not a link though. Look for their Gaudete.
Thank you for this!💓
Merry Christmas to all. Thank you God for sending Jesus to give eternal life to all who follow Him.
🎄 Merry Christmas Woodstuff! 🎄 Praying with you for good health and a special blessing from our Lord Jesus Christ to be manifested in your present circumstances! Peace and Blessings! 🙏🙏🙏
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen 🙏
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 Trisagion Hymn
and the
50th Psalm (Septuagint)
Merry Christmas, Sepp!! God bless you. Your posts each day, so simple yet powerful, make my life better. Thank you very very much😊🌟
Mrs. Betsy, thanks be to God! A Happy Nativity!
Yes sir! Blessings to you.
Just a comment about the verdict of 110 years for the truck driver in Colorado who killed four people and injured dozens of others because he plowed through a crowded intersection at high speed after failing to use runaway truck ramps provided on the road he was driving. There is a great deal of upset and anger about the fact that he got such a long sentence, and some people are blaming the DA and Assistant DA for the verdict.
I have nothing but praise for the DA and Assistant DA in this case. They made certain that, in this trial, something DIDN’T happen which happens far too often in American trials: the victims DID NOT GET FORGOTTEN. The truck driver, through his deliberate negligence, killed four people and injured a great many more. HE IS RESPONSIBLE. If one of the dead had been a family member of mine, I would want to put this guy’s head up on a pike because the fact they were dead WAS HIS FAULT!
He was a licensed professional and was trained in how to handle a situation like the one he encountered. He just didn’t follow his training, and innocent people died and were injured as a result. The dead and wounded are just as hurt as if he had used a gun or a knife on them. He really deserves a quick execution, confiscation of every last asset he has, and to have his organs donated to worthy recipients. While none of that will bring the dead back or heal the wounded, it would at least serve the cause of justice and give the residents of Colorado at least some hope that criminals will be made to pay a price for their crimes.
What the bleeding heart libs fail to understand is that, as Glenn Reynolds says, the police aren’t there to protect us from the criminals; the police are there to protect the criminals from US. This guy deserves a rope and a lamppost, and in a truly just society, he’d get it. Instead he will get a long stretch in prison. That’s not great for him, but it is better than he merits. He’ll at least be alive and whole, able to enjoy some things in life and to talk to his loved ones, something he denied to a lot of other people through his negligence.
Far too often, I see murder cases where it seems as if no one–not the prosecution, not the press, not the judiciary–seems to give a damn about the fact that someone was killed by the perp. They all seem to be concerned that the perp’s rights are respected in the nth degree, and the fact that he killed someone just seems to get lost in the background. From the outside, it appears the thinking by everyone professionally involved is, “Well, the person who was killed is gone and there is nothing we can do for them now, so let’s show how compassionate we are by not punishing this criminal to the extent he truly deserves.”
That isn’t going to fly for much longer. We live in a country where it seems like justice is all but gone for people not of the elite class. I can tell you that a lot of people are very angry about that state of affairs and rapidly coming to the point where they are realizing if there is to be any justice for their wrongs, they will have to provide it themselves. The police and justice systems should be scared to death over this, because they are very quickly approaching the point where they have no friends/supporters in the public. Ask any police officer how well they can do their job without the willing cooperation of the public–they will tell you it can’t be done. The city of Chicago provides rock-solid proof of that assertion.
The criminal justice system needs to crack down HARD on the criminal offenders, and they need to do it SOON, before the last bit of public goodwill they have is gone. This verdict in Colorado is a start, but we need a LOT more law enforcement like that, and soon.
Mac, I read and reread you’re posting and while there are many points I may agree with, the thoughts of what would Jesus do? Whizz around in my head. For me, it’s a very complicated situation. So much so, it’ll take some time to sort it out.
Imho of course 😘
This trucker says lock him up and throw away the key. A professional driver should risk their own life before risking others as many have before. That guy cooked his brakes and had ample opportunity to run off the road before he got to a point where he killed people. Then after he had caused that death and destruction had the temerity to cry that he thought HE was going to die!
A properly trained driver visualizes those in the vehicles around them to be members of his own family and judges his/her actions and reactions upon that premise. A properly trained driver would never have cooked his brakes in the first place. Bottom line it was all avoidable and there was only one person that caused it.
Thank you Rah for you bringing this into the proper perspective for me
I’ve come to rely on your take on all things trucking.
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You should understand your dealing with an old grizzled ex Army sergeant.
When all we had were brakes ( not every truck had engine brake or retarder system ) what speed we went over the top was what we went down the other side. Even then when brake linings were getting used up lots of blue smoke and brake fires could be seen on the bottom side of most grades. Safety should be first and foremost while driving or operating equipment. 76 truck stops used to have pictures of wrecked trucks on the wall going into the drivers lounge. My Dad was my #1 so I’d say whats up with that and he said just a good reminder to be careful. I’ve seen too many mangled trucks in my career.
And that is what punch/stab braking is for. Even with an engine brake I have had to use that technique at times For those that don’t understand the mechanics. The brakes are drum brakes. When you apply them the shoes contact the inside of the drum creating friction and thus heat. Mechanical brakes convert kinetic energy (your motion) into thermal energy by friction.
When you apply the brakes the metal drums heat up and when they do they expand. Thus the more heat that builds up in the drum the less friction one can apply and the less kinetic energy they can convert to thermal energy.
To prevent over heating brakes a driver:
This works on all vehicles BTW.
Excellent explanation, rah.
When I drove semis in the Army, we (a group of drivers each driving a 6×6 5T 10-speed tractor with a 38 ft stake & platform trailer) once hauled buoy anchors from Yorktown (VA) Naval Weapons yard down to the dock in Norfolk VA. each buoy anchor weighed many tons (I cannot recall how heavy but they were strapped down to the trailer with many chains. These were for ocean buoys used just offshore in the Atlantic.
We of course did not exceed 35 mph during the run down to Norfolk on US17 and I-64 when loaded, but even then the hilly route required frequent downshifting and the exact braking procedure you described. We were driving in traffic but we were in a military convoy. Nonetheless, civilian POV drivers were cutting in and out of the convoy or crossing through at intersections. There was no room for inattention or distraction….
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“…risk their own life…as many have before.” reminds me of my Dad’s friend 70 years ago in Sinnemahoning, Pa driving truck down steep hill when woman driver with little kids in the car pulled out in front of him. Trucker had no time to stop and drove truck over the mountainside.
Good morning, Merrie. I pray your daughter is very much better. 🙏
Me too!
I read your comment.
Did the driver purposely kill the innocent ! If so he deserves all and more of the punishment you prescribe.
Drugs? Family hassles ?
I don’t know.
The system is broken I agree.
Negligence though is an entirely different matter.
One of my oldest, now retired mates worked for years as a “work safe” inspector, being called to many a scene of accidents even train derailments , he was the boss above all in the final say on all positions other than obvious other problems.
Through him I know this, the majority of work related accidents, and yes some fatal, are caused by complacency , in other words doing the same task over and over again leads to “sloppiness” in any profession, especially physical labor requiring any tools or machinery .
Personally I have been in this mindset myself.
Many a accident I have attended some absolutely horrific, some times nobody knows why but what I have learnt is anger although a release doesn’t work in the end.
Much sorrow for the loss.
Thanks for factual info.
Phantom 109 rules in this case.
I live in CO and have been following this. Yes he killed the innocent! This was no accident. Get the facts.
This driver had, over many miles. the opportunity to make the right choices- he did not. Over many miles, missed an opp to take the runaway truck ramp. Flagged down by motorist that his brakes were smoking and useless.
This guy didn’t cause an accident he created a homicide scene by by making bad choices.
110 years is the just sentence.
Mac I’m not insinuating you didn’t get the facts, just a statement. Thanks
The driver is 23 years old. That strikes me as too young to be driving a big rig. No matter how proficient he may have thought himself to be, he didn’t have years of experience on the road, as rah does, to know how to handle the things which might, and do, go tragically wrong.
As my husband said when he was teaching people to pass their driver’s exams in the UK, “I can teach you to pass your test, but you’ll only learn to drive after.”
He also taught men how to drive coaches (buses) and to pass their exams. All were over 30. He said the same to them.
He agrees with rah on this 100%.
They are considering issuing class A CDL’s to 18 year olds here. No Way! Is what I say.
Us guys don’t get a fully functional brain until we are at least 30.
AGREE!!!! I wrote my response before I saw yours.
I wrote it after you did :). When our youngest son turned 30 earlier this year I congratulated him on finally starting to get the beginning of a fully functional brain. LOL
The truth you spoke! I hope he understood…my bet is he did😁
Yep, unless a young man has had close contact with the sudden violent death of a young friend, he tends to think he’s indestructible and that nothing bad can happen to him.
Oh my giddy aunt!! My eyes are rolling hard and fast here. Remembering that insurance rates for male car drivers are higher than most until age 25. But 18!?!!? I’ve got nothing…
EXCELLENT comment.
I agree 100%,
Nothing else to add.
Agree 100%. I have read the MSM’s take on this and they unanimously want the perp’s sentence reduced or eliminated. They express no consideration for the families of those killed by his inexcusable negligence. That says it all.
The DA did the right thing. Too bad that even the judge laments the law he was forced to follow.
Wake up my fellow sleepyheads🙃.
We’ve got some unfinished preparations to complete before tonight❤️
Personally, I could use some music to inspire and get me started.
I need some music to go with my coffee to get the blood flowing…..
my request….
I think on the first week of advent just Stevie shared a beautiful rendition of o Emanuel that would be useful to hear again for me
And the story video about the lone shepherd is a new all time forever favorite of mine.
Can anyone help me locate them? I’m having some difficulty😔
Plus any other favorites you have that you think would be helpful. Keep in mind my request might use a lot of bandwidth. I certainly don’t wish to cause an overload on Sundance’s site. May I suggest, provide the link as a sentence I can copy, paste, and look up on my own?
Exception being just stevies two😉
Thanks in advance❤️ I hope my request doesn’t cause trouble.
Good Morning brothers and sisters ☀️ ✝️❤️
Dear Cat! 🤗🤗🤗 Blessings for you sis…that God will quench your thirst in a wonderful and miraculous way! Merry Christmas! 🎄💝
Salt of the Sound ~ one of my favorite groups
O Come, O Come Emmanual
🙏 thank you
I’m reminded of “ask the lord” and he always knows us better than ourselves and provides us with what our ❤️ Wants but our mind can’t put into words to ask
Blessings Stevie ✝️
You are very welcome! 💝
Good morning, FC.
The preparations are all made. Today we celebrate Christmas at my house. Tomorrow we go to Dads and celebrate there.
There was a time when our house would be full but now it will be just four of us because all the others have grown up and moved away. But the spiral cut ham is thawed and soon my bride will be getting up to put it in the oven. The Deviled Eggs are made and ready. The Cheeseballs and Shrimp cocktail set poised for their part.
The house we had before this one, my first after getting out of the Army, had a great room with a 30′ ceiling. Back then I would get a 25′ high real tree. I had to fabricate a stand for those huge trees using a 1/4″ plate steel base with a 8″ heavy wall pipe welded to it. I drilled four holes in the pipe and welded 5/8″ nuts aligned with the holes and used four bolts to hold it. This was done after learning the hard way.
Tomorrow Dad will have a house full. There are 25 stockings hung there. We will bring more deviled eggs and BBQ chicken wings. It will be a small part of a huge spread. In fact the family is so large now for the first time this year we all agreed to just buy for the kids except of course stocking stuffers. And two nieces each have one in the oven. Everyone will bring something for Dad. But for the longest time he has been tough to buy for because what do you get someone that already has all he could ask for, except his health that is. I’m afraid this will be our last Christmas with him.
I want to wish you all again a very Merry Christmas. Peace on Earth Good Will To Men.
BTW my oldest Granddaughter and her soldier husband are locked down in Korea due to COVID.
I can see your magnificent celebration in my mind What joy you will have❤️
Because of your postings I have a deeper respect for all truckers and all they go through day to day. I even imagine I might be passing you(safely of course) one of the times I’m on the road🙃
Merry Christmas Rah and to all the truckers out there🎄
Love you man! Glad you’re a fixture here!
I believe you’re this kinda trucker!
We all do
First time I’ve ever heard that. Thanks much.
Merry Christmas beloved Treeper.
Stay safe❗️✝️❗️👀
Commander Cody did lots of trucking songs. My vinyl is quite varied from A to ZZ Top.
😉
I’m jealous. 😞
My husband is as well, M. Oh how he loved the roads! It gets in the blood I think.
Merry Christmas my dear friend. With affection and hopes…oh so many…and prayers for you and all your fellow prisoners, that your Aussie world will be bright and free once more. May God make it so. This I ask Him with all my heart.🌟💓🙏
Amen!
I’m sorry, but perhaps with time the forces of liberty will prevail and the current oppression will end! I have faith that you Aussies will fight until it’s back to the way things were before. Though we have no snow, it just doesn’t seem right to not be cold over Christmas to me. The only time I lived somewhere where it was warm over Christmas was when stationed at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX.
The forecast for tomorrow a little north of San Antonio is 85.
Same here a little further north in the metroplex.
My captain surgeon dad was stationed at the burn unit there, rah. I was 4. And later my first daughter was born in SA. It was big then (and hot!)…bigger now.
Merry Christmas, son! Your pop will be thinking of you while celebrating with the rest of the family.
Merry Christmas, Rah!
❤️ (happy tears)
Merry Christmas Dora❤️
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I’m putting this list next to the cookies tonight.
Merry Christmas wodiej🎄
Sure start the water works early, quite beautiful a list.
Looking for the Star of Bethlehem from the Vatican observatory
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We human beings love to read about great signs in the sky.
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https://aleteia.org/2021/12/22/looking-for-the-star-of-bethlehem-from-the-vatican-observatory/#
Dora, to me, your posting is much more than your summary. It gave me much to ponder while I nightly stargaze. Somethings I will always remember!
Merry Christmas 🎄 Dora❤️
THE HIDDEN LIFE
“Your life is hid with Christ in God.” Col. iii. 3
The Spirit of God witnesses to the simple almighty security of the life hid with Christ in God and this is continually brought out in the Epistles. We talk as if it were the most precarious thing to live the sanctified life; it is the most secure thing, because it has Almighty God in and behind it. The most precarious thing is to try and live without God. If we are born again it is the easiest thing to live in right relationship to God and the most difficult thing to go wrong, if only we will heed God’s warnings and keep in the light.
When we think of being delivered from sin, of being filled with the Spirit, and of walking in the light, we picture the peak of a great mountain, very high and wonderful, and we say – “Oh, but I could never live up there!” But when we do get there by God’s grace, we find it is not a mountain peak, but a plateau where there is ample room to live and to grow. “Thou hast enlarged my steps under me.”
When you really see Jesus, I defy you to doubt Him. When He says – “Let not your heart be troubled,” if you see Him I defy you to trouble your mind, it is a moral impossibility to doubt when He is there. Every time you get into personal contact with Jesus, His words are real. “My peace I give unto you,” it is a peace all over from the crown of the head to the sole of the feet, an irrepressible confidence. “Your life is hid with Christ in God,” and the imperturbable peace of Jesus Christ is imparted to you.
Oswald Chambers
December 24th Devotional
This hit me like a ton of books this morning. Too personal to post.
❤️😘
Me too Cat! As I was in my waking hours before getting out of bed, I felt a drawing of the Lord to get much closer to Him ~ like hunger pangs ~ and I know He is directing me into a different path that is coming up in my timeline. When I opened the devotion to post today I was like wOw! Sometime before the end of the year I will post my thoughts about this ~ (((hugs))) and Blessings! 🙏
He’s leaving us breadcrumbs to follow the path righteously
“You take the high road and I’ll take the low road”. We’ll meet at the destination ❤️
Oh, the peace that passeth all understanding. May we all be filled with it. Blessings juststevie!
Amen 🙏
🤗 🎄 🙏
I replied to a few of you on the day before yesterday’s OT, and on yesterday’s OT.
From the bottom of my visceral matter to the tippy top of my pea brain…
Merry Christmas Treepers.
Let no created thing keep you from remembering that Jesus is Lord.
💓😊 Thank you, Frank. The joy you feel radiates from every word you write.
Betsy, I was looking for my reply to you up thread but it’s there. Frank is truly a hard man to track but I think it has to do with running a couple of businesses. Hi, Frank!
Blessings and Merry Christmas!
I think it’s 3 now. In a post a month or so ago he said he was working on a third. What a lot of energy he has! But I’ve noticed he checks in first thing and back again asking late afternoon. We’ll see him before the day is out I’ll bet.
Righteo sis.
My beloved wants me to tap the brakes on another launch.
One of our problems is finding what I call FAT people these days:
F. Faithful
A. Available
T. Teachable
In short, I was going to launch an entirely different type business which would solve our labor challenges.
I married a wise woman. She wants me to slow down a tad so I will. I don’t wanna bore with details.
I love the pressures and challenges of business development more than profit.
Grace abounds to this former blasphemous swine.
Merry Christmas one and all.
Haha!! I would expect her to be nothing else but wise. We wives keep our eyes open and are watchful, even if our precious husbands think we aren’t paying attention. I’ve got that down to a fine art, and I bet your bride does as well. How lucky you are, Frank💓 She’s a keeper.
But I understand what you mean. For a go getter such as yourself, stopping what you love doing wouldn’t suit you I think. Everything in moderation, right?
Give my best to “her indoors” as the British call us. Have a wonderful Christmas day with your beloved family! Turbo Bet(NM).🤗🌟
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Merry Christmas Eve!
😊😊😊
Catchy clever. Me likes
Ditto!
Verse of the Day for Friday, December 24, 2021
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“O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.”
Psalms 95:6 (KJV)
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/verse-of-day.php
Merry Christmas, Duchess! And thank you for your beautiful contributions through the year🌟. I look for them every and because of them, my day is better.
Me too Duchess!
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
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.
Amen duchess! Merry Christmas!
Top Christmas Songs Playlist – Best Christmas Music Of All Time – Merry Christmas Songs 2022 LIVE STREAM
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2021/12/top-christmas-songs-playlist-best.html
Strings of lights above the bed
Curtains drawn and a glass of red
All I ever get for Christmas is blue
Saxophone on the radio
Recorded forty years ago
All I ever get for Christmas is blue
When you play my song
Play it slowly
Play it like I’m sad and lonely
Maybe you can solve my mystery
Wrap me in your arms and whisper
You miss me
Weatherman says it’s miserable
But the snow is so beautiful
All I ever get for Christmas is blue
It would take a miracle
To get me out to a shopping mall
All I really want for Christmas is you
Let them ring the bells
They won’t miss us
I’ll be drinking down your kisses
Deep into the night we’ll go stealing
Underneath a starry ceiling
Revealing
White lights on the Christmas tree
Thank God you are here with me
All I ever get for Christmas is blue
All I ever get for Christmas is blue
All I ever get for Christmas is blue
Over the Rhine.
Available on YouTube
Korea Obama is attempting to gain support for his leftists in the upcoming presidential election as he pardons former president Park. She will be free from her 22-year sentence this year. Pres Moon, Korea Obama, wants unity and inclusiveness. Sounds very Obama
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-koreas-moon-likely-to-pardon-disgraced-former-president-park-geun-hye-report
Intel: It’s what we should keep inside from now on. JoeBama and the Central Commission on Puppetry, CCP, are concerned about optics so classify it as illegal importation. Yet the U.S. borders…..https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/intel-apologises-over-letter-addressing-us-sanctions-xinjiang-2399286
He leans left…far left.
Czech reporter attempts to interview Scruggle Inc.representative Andrea Jenkins and the Capital failure of bLACK Scruggle Inc reimagineers to foster a world without law enforcement. https://rmx.news/article/us-progressives-struggle-to-replace-the-police-as-crime-explodes/
Sometimes I am surprised that so much of what is happening in the US government is attributed to the occupant of the white house. He either had more advanced dementia than we knew at the time he blithely took office or he’s so used to stealing that it was totally normal to do so….or both. The rest of the democratic apparatus is very much to blame for the destruction of all that we embrace as representative of our homeland. They will have to answer somewhere, somehow and I wouldn’t like to be them, individually or corporately, when it happens. Meanwhile, he’s an easy mark but it’s highly unlikely that he has much to do with it. He is definitely suffering the consequences of his life “work” as his name is being destroyed forever. I don’t say his “good name” as a politician but as a man…horrible way to go. Bless you all for keeping up the resistance.
Biden was a crook for a long long time. But what is happening now was a long time coming and the occupant of the WH is just the sock puppet and behind him are those that have facilitated the US government agencies into the corrupt tools of oppression they have become.
Hey Hun, you going to retire anytime soon? You want your son to take over? Make sure he gains 400 lbs and gets made into your father’s likeness. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3160975/cambodias-ruling-party-endorses-hun-sens-son-hun-manet
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2237331/cambodias-ruling-party-endorses-pm-hun-sens-son-as-future-leader
Oh how we could use another Fulton Sheen. Archbishop Vigano referred to him in his latest letter to America. A worthy read, as this is.
Thank you LeeCarolyn. A very Merry Christmas to you and to your family.🌟
Blast from the past ……… Merry Christmas, 1956
Merry Xmas to all the very fine people here at the treehouse!
Merry Christmas!
I join gramps!
And to you, rob. I’m so glad to see you, as I’ve been thinking about you where you are and as things spiral downward. Merry Christmas!! We’ll pray for much brighter days next year as the truth can no longer be suppressed.
Take shelter in the knowledge of your family’s and God’s love. All blessings to you.🌟B
I do not post comments often, but I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas!
I add mine to GrandpaM’s, KBH. Merry Christmas!!🌟
I second that!
Lee – thank you for your beautiful message
2 things that bother me from my Catholic upbringing – Holy Confession and Last Rites.
The idea that you can live your life violating God’s laws (sinning), confess your sins, say a penance and be forgiven is troubling. to me. Of course, the Priest hearing your Confession or administering Last Rites has no idea whether you are truly repentent, or whether you are begging for a chance to sin again.
We all know that the final Judgement will be fair.
keep Christ in Christmas and cherish your bonds of family and friends God bless CTH and enjoy the worlds greatest tenor singing o holy night in swedish jussi bjorling gud jul och gott nytt ar
agree, JC!
sorry, but i reject santa claus as a socialist construct and prelude to welfare.
i adamantly reject efforts to replace the true meaning of the day for a cartoon character
(excluding the real st. nicholas, of course.)
same for the Easter bunny.
if you tell me it’s for the children, what could possibly be wrong with teaching them the Nativity?
far more compelling than the North Pole and reindeer.
if you want gifts, see the Three Wise Men as your justification.
if anybody is still speaking to me, Merry Christmas!
and Happy Hanukah to my Jewish friends!
Merry Christmas, zoom!
And happy new year!
Yes!
zoom ~ thank you!
This is a very contentious subject among Christians. Including rejection from my own family regarding this subject! So I understand why you would ask ~ if anybody is still speaking to me ~
If Santa (or Satan, you decide) wanted to deflect and dilute the precious Word of a Christ Child, wouldn’t this be the answer? An idol of pure benevolence for the children!
An idol! Is something to be worshipped! Santa is so ingrained into the culture that there are pictures of Santa worshipping the Christ Child. And there can be no speaking against this icon that millions of children wait for each year, and parents coaching their children to behave in order to receive gifts.
Santa ~ steals the hearts of children!!!
And gifts ~ The wise men did not give gifts to each other!
I did raise my children with Santa! And the Easter Bunny and Halloween! But after spiritually understanding the undercurrent of decline with the Santa culture, we removed all images of Santa and the affiliated culture from our household.
This was strictly our learning and understanding. I am not posting this today to insult anyone as it is very evident that Santa reigns across all cultures. This is a personal declaration before God that my household will serve only God. My hope is that someone else will read this and begin to understand the difference between the holy and profane.
Now, if anyone is still speaking to me ~ Merry Christmas! 😉
Here is a creative little video from Dr. Mercola about the Globalists attempt at taking way our Christmas to enable their “Great Reset”…
https://www.bitchute.com/video/vdjPO4V2MODX/
Merry Christmas to all the tree climbers. Tomorrow will be a very busy day with family so I figured I would wish everyone a safe and Merry Christmas know. Enjoy and cherish the time with family and friends.
Tree climbers🙂
Great description of Sundance’s tree he planted years back
I remember when it was a sapling 😎
Merry Christmas, RJS! I’ll be swinging in the branches a little longer before starting the family celebration.
Merry Christmas, Treepers!
from North Texas Horse Country
Christmas Eve Texas Tamales Tradition ………
From the Tip of Texas, up the coast to Houston
According to Breitbart, a site I visit maybe once a day if that, MORE people are returning to church this Christmas Eve!!! Glory Hallelujah!!
We’ll be watching the Carol Service from Kings College Cambridge in a minute. On Britbox if anyone has it and is interested.🌟🙏
God bless you LeeCarolynn55. My heart goes out to you.
I wish we had time to sit and talk.
Glad you’re a Treeper!
Merry Christmas!