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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That was something we didn’t do this year. No kids here to enjoy them.
Good morning Wp!
Wow! Yesterday, I felt disheartened reflecting on my personal interactions with people. Thinking, I might be better off if I withdrew to the forest so I may live in peace
Upon reading this, I’ve concluded that was stinken thinken. God would be disheartened if he reads my mind thinking like that.
Today’s post recharged my “batteries “ and has renewed me in ways I can’t describe!
BIG HUG 🤗
You made my morning. I’m so glad.
Thanks for sharing that.
Blessings 🙏
Awww….
Please don’t ever stop!
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Bless-ed morning, Cat. We missed you yesterday😥. Sometimes all it takes is one day to get those batteries recharged, which is in His power to do…plus a truthful succinct post from WP, of course. So glad to see you back. Interactions with your cheery loving self will put the others to rights, I have no doubt.
Good morning Betsy. Feel like I have an extension cord woven thru all our branches that keeps the charger connected!
Yesterday, my thoughts of our interactions, and all others kept me kept me centered ❤️ I am truly thankful 😉
You are one of the most beautiful souls I have ever the pleasure to meet🤗
That, Cat, may be the loveliest thing anyone has ever said to me. I’m sticking those beautiful words in my heart’s lockbox. Thank you. No words💓🤗
Just after WP, she did me! Good morn!
Good morning, Frank.
Good morning, dear sir!! I hope you enjoyed your Texas warm Christmas. I know one shouldn’t wish away the time, but I’m on countdown until the next one.
Onward we go! Surrounded by the loving arms of our Father. 💓🙏
Howdy Frank I left you a comment but it went missing 😞 I am in a rush today , two foxholes visited and two to go, have much info, I will reply to others when I can .
Cheers.
Good morning, FC, glad you got over the stincken thicken. 😀
Good Morning Grandpa❤️
As long as I can read everyone’s postings, I’ll have the proper tool I need to quit that nasty habit. Keep em coming 😘
Good morning, W_P, may your day be blessed!
Good morning GrandpaM! All blessings to you and yours from misty, humid North Texas! Preferable to the giant freeze in February I’d say. 😉
Betsy, I’ll take warm and humid anytime. Also, is good for the skin, they say. 😁
Yes it is. I remember when I was little how dull and boring I thought older people were…always talking about the weather..I get it now.
I also remember feeling ever so sorry for my parents at Christmas that they didn’t get toys. I get that now as well😉.
Just last night I was telling my Mom that nowadays the best present for us is no presents. This Christmas we went with no adult presents.
We’ve been doing that for years. With the exception of my daughter who always says when I tell her not to get us anything, “Too late!!” So I bet you all relaxed and enjoyed each other’s precious company, right? There is such peace in that I think.
Right!
I’m new to this post and v. 3, “petty, fruitless arguments” really struck my heart, a New Year’s resolution in the making.
Welcome, Peggy!
Hi Peggy 🙋♀️
I glossed right over that!
You’re right – that is a GREAT new year’s resolution in the making. May I copy your list?🙃
Find your branch, Peggy, and settle right in! We never seem to run out of them. 😊
God Bless America.
Glorious good morning, jay. A new year awaits and with it all our hopes that we’ll emerge a stronger nation which has realized that our God has patiently and mercifully waited for us to remember He is the Force which sustains us. Blessings to you, sir.
Amen and may God Bless you and yours.
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Have a blessed Sunday, Treepers. Always know that our Lord is always with us. He’s waiting for us to ask for Him. Do so and He’ll be with you instantaneously. This is how it works. 🙂
Goodaye Garrison, I came over here once again to check out what music you posted, am listening now to Alison , after listening to the both others you posted , as the time thing happens it is only 9.30 pm here and I have yet to have my “Parting Glass” .
Cheers.
Good morning, M. Don’t you dare have your parting glass! I love this one. Especially the part is the lyrics about all the harm. A universal truth really. Blessings to you from me. LBT🤗
Good morning, son. Guess I’ll catch up with you tonight which will be tomorrow morning for you.
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Oh BLESS YOU, Garrison. Of all the pieces you have posted, this version of “The Parting Glass” is my favourite hands down. Those voices! The pipes and drums in accompaniment make it very special…and extremely moving for me. It really is a perfect song to see out this wretched year into a new one where we place our hopes in God that it might be a very much brighter one. Thank you.
Good morning, Betsy, good to see you here bright and early. Have a blessed Sunday!
Howdy do, G!! Left a message for you up top , or up yonder as we Texans might be prone to say😊
Got it and replied.
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Of all the versions out there this one became a favorite the first time I heard it. I like to use it on Sunday’s because it seems like a good benediction.
My brain is on the fritz. I replied to you below but mistakenly left it as a reply to GrandpaM😬. Mea culpa!
Thank you, Garrison, and a blessed Sunday to you, too.
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Humm . . . Looks like the software is now removing my 🙂 thank you’s. Not a big deal. I just want you to know I appreciate your comments.
WP’s post disappeared as well when I returned to this thread. I thought my eyes were deceiving me.
It’s back 😁
Within the last week on another thread someone posted the credits of a movie I’ve never seen, “Waking Ned Devine”. One time long ago when we still had cable (satellite) television, I happened to catch those credits and was enchanted by this song…a solo voice with lovely accompaniment. But it was so long ago, I had forgotten it.
There is just something about male pure voices in beautiful harmony that I find irresistible.
And I agree with you. It is a benediction. You can just feel the strength in the lyrics. Heartbreaking is another word I’d use, at least in my hearing of it. I’ve saved it.💓
Gosh GrandpaM!! I bet you’re thinking what IS she talking about!!! I meant the above for Garrison but his reply to you instead. So sorry! My head is somewhere else and not connected to the rest of me.
No dear sister, I figured it out and second you and Garrison on the benediction.
I thought you might. All the same I do try to clean up after me😉
I wish it was like this now:
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1474565429343490049/vid/480×270/4-Iub_-C6dXA0408.mp4?tag=14
Howdy rah, I would dispute some of what you said about Churchill, as all good historians know to do so is to set the record straight, I’m up for the challenge 😜
In the meantime I can and have driven rigs, although not with your experience.
I have a great story of an outback journey I made with a real Aussie ending ….
Also a Christmas run , if you would like me to relate it I will.
You might have to look at the map to get the big picture though.
Cheers.
Dispute away, but it is highly doubtful that you will convince me that Churchill was not the exact right man at the exact right place during the darkest days, from the time he took over from “Peace in our time” Chamberlain in 1940 at least through the turning of the tide of what he correctly termed “The Battle of the Atlantic” which occurred in May, 1943.
To do so you will have to name the person you believe would have been best to have been PM during that time and explain why. No litany of perceived errors or grievances is going to convince me. I’ve read them before.
I’d much prefer the Truckin, but your on, I will supply reference, John Curtin, Aus PM 41-45,is a start or I can start at the political Churchhill appointment, Lord of the Admiltry crap or the Australian division who Churchhill sold out at Singapore, only to be left to jap torture camps, or we can move to Churchhills alcoholism or the fact that most of his radio broadcasts were made by a “Stand-in” voice .
Where shall we begin ?
Choice is yours.
Cheers.
Churchill had some of the very toughest decisions to make, having far too few assets for the multiple threats that he had to deal with. He was far more concerned about holding onto the Empire colonial assets that he knew Britian would need to have a chance to successfully prosecute the war in the long run than a single outpost for which it was impossible for either the Royal Navy or the US Navy to support at the time. And yet he reinforced the strong hold. British Naval aviation was way behind the times throughout the war and completely out classed by the IJN as most certainly so was the US and British Empires surface naval units available at the time.
Churchill ordered Lt. General Purcival to “hold to the last”, Purcival, lacking air or naval support eventually disobeyed the order after carrying out a less than competent defense. Singapore could have held out longer than it did with better leadership on the ground, but its ultimate fate was sealed from the beginning. It was the British equivalent to the US situation in the Philippines really, where MacArthur’s generalship in defense was far less than stellar. Both actions were the worst defeats those Armies had ever suffered up to that time based on the number of troops surrendered.
BTW, when the USMC 2nd Marine division invaded Betio island of the Tarawa atoll, the heaviest artillery they faced were the British coastal defense guns taken from Singapore with their ammunition stocks. Those guns crews were trained and directed by naval artillery instructors brought in from Japan. The very fact those guns and their ammo had not been destroyed before the being taken by the Japanese is singularly strong evidence of just how poor Purcival and his staff’s performance was.
It should be added that Purcival was up against Lieutenant General Tomoyuki Yamashita, whom many consider to be the very best General the Japanese Army produced during the war.
In my view, looking at it from an Australian perspective, the single greatest abuse of Australian forces during WW II lays on MacArthur’s head and not Churchill’s. Proper coordination between US and Australian Ground forces was never attained simply because MacArthur had no desire to work that problem beyond what was absolutely necessary during the time he had to rely on Australian troops in New Guinea.
Field Marshall Blamey never would stand up to the man and the most influential Australian politicos would not pressure him to do so. So, after the tough campaigns in New Guinea were done the Australian forces were relegated to holding the land won to contain the already bypassed Japanese strong points in the Solomons/New Britain and New Guinea areas when they had every claim to the right for being in on the advance towards Japan.
The offensive actions at Bougainville, where an unofficial truce between the already defeated and isolated Japanese garrison existed until Blamey ordered it be broken, was a total waste of Australian lives and Blamey is the primary offender, on whom those wasted lives rest.
According to the several histories I’ve read, Churchill’s order to “hold to the last” wasn’t outlandish. Singapore was well supplied to withstand a siege and had well trained and equipped ground forces. Yamashita, despite being a superb field commander nonetheless was at the end of a very long supply chain and had attack along a very narrow easily defended narrow front. Despite having a huge tactical advantage of falling back on a well fortified city, Purcival never attained the battlefield initiative.
For an interesting contrast compare Gen. Slim’s successful defense of Imphal and Kohima on the Burma/India border. Slim and the OZ division probably would have defeated Yamashita. If Singapore had held the course of the war would have been very different.
Japan had total dominance of the air and sea. This was not Gilbralter nor Malta or the India-Burma border. The distance from support was much greater. Reinforcement or resupply of any kind was out of the question. In the end Singapore would have fallen.
Goodaye rah, initial read good, I’ll go further when I get a chance , reply to Frank above is part, I need to make my contacts as Christmas has has allowed me to meet some I have never met ! One is a cardiologist, so this should be interesting, the others are a mixed bunch of patriots , I am the only bridge between some .
Cheers, no I’m not chickening out 😜
Back when I can, am thinking heading to ground zero, I haven’t made a decision yet .
Hope you understand.
1943?
‘black May, 1943
Black May | World War II Database (ww2db.com)
It was also the month in which the allies finally finished the campaign in N. Africa and thus from that point forward the ground campaign would focused on Europe.
Really from the Casablanca Conference (January 1943) after which Churchill was quite ill for some time, he became somewhat less stable for a time than he had been during the really dark days. At about that same time The Russians won the Battle of Stalingrad. The US was on the offensive in the Pacific and US and British Forces were sure to win in N. Africa.
With the outcome of the Battle of the Atlantic assured in May of 1943 thus ensuring that the US production and the flood of troops, equipment, and shipping coming on line could deliver the goods to the European theater, the critical time had passed. Before long the US would have the majority of troops engaging the enemy and when that happened the strategic control of the war in the west passed from Britian to the US. It was a development the Brits hated, but they were powerless to prevent.
Churchill–THE Man of the 20th Century
BTW go for it on the trucking. I have long been fascinated by the “Road Trains” that truck long distances in the outback. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, check this out.
I wonder of the mpg on all of them but esp. the last one.
Selfishly, this is a Beautiful reminder of how man can push the envelope, daring to do what one must so that we are reminded how it began.
Good morning rah! ❤️
Good morning. I may not get out of my Pjs all day. A true day of rest pigging out on leftovers.
Pjs, my preferred ensemble for a rainy day😎 enjoy your day, you have earned a months worth of days off❤️
Sounds like a great way to spend the day. I’ve been in church all morning since it’s my Sunday to be security but in about an hour I’ll be back home and plan to do nothing, that is until our youngest grandson arrives. He missed the family gathering being sick but I hope to see him today. If I haven’t seen the little booger for over a week I get withdrawals.
Haha!! How old is he, G? I’m glad he’s all mended. I bet he’s excited to see you, too. The time they are little flies by and then they are taking their driver’s license tests, like my two 16 year old grands. As I shrink and they keep a-growin’ I find myself remembering them when toddlers, then grade schoolers, and now this milestone. Too fast, too fast.., keep going but slow down.💓
6 and a half, Betsy. They still haven’t made it here but that’s some extra rest time. 🙂
Yeah, seems it was just yesterday that we were in College Station attending his arrival.
Another little Texan. And 6 and a half is such a sweet age. I don’t blame you for missing him. I’m glad they’re not on the other side of the country.😊
Little fella is only 20 minutes away. Wanted to keep him tonight but wifey asked to postpone it for a couple of days since the lady that helps with her sister is off tomorrow. We enjoyed him for a while tonight and I’ll get him on Tuesday for a sleepover. He still has the week off school.
The grands that are the farthest are about 55 minutes away. We are so blessed.
Verse of the Day for Sunday, December 26, 2021
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“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”
Romans 8:18 (KJV)
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/verse-of-day.php
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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.
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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.
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PLACED IN THE LIGHT
“If we walk in the light, as He is in the light…the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John i. 7
To mistake conscious freedom from sin for deliverance from sin by the Atonement is a great error. No man knows what sin is until he is born again. Sin is what Jesus Christ faced on Calvary. The evidence that I am delivered from sin is that I know the real nature of sin in me. It takes the last reach of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, that is, the impartation of His absolute perfection, to make a man know what sin is.
The Holy Spirit applies the Atonement to us in the unconscious realm as well as in the realm of which we are conscious, and it is only when we get a grasp of the unrivalled power of the Spirit in us that we understand the meaning of 1 John i. 7, “THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST CLEANSETH US FROM ALL SIN.” This does not refer to conscious sin only, but to the tremendously profound understanding of sin which only the Holy Ghost in me realizes.
If I walk in the light as God is in the light, not in the light of my conscience, but in the light of God – if I walk there, with nothing folded up, then there comes the amazing revelation, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses me from all sin so that God Almighty can see nothing to censure in me. In my consciousness it works with a keen poignant knowledge of what sin is. The love of God at work in me makes me hate with the hatred of the Holy Ghost all that is not in keeping with God’s holiness. To walk in the light means that everything that is of the darkness drives me closer into the centre of the light.
Oswald Chambers
December 26th Devotional
That’s why my ears feel squeaky clean? God is forever reminding me to get cleaned up I’m always rolling around in dirt. Note to self….try to avoid dirty objects!
Good Morning juststevie😘
Good morning, juststevie. Blessings!
‘Law of sin and death’, we always try to cheat. Cut corners here and there.
But, in love we desire only Gods will. Carnal love is a hint.
The confidence Jesus had knowing he was, Will, and had fulfilled all the law, led us all out of captivity. “No greater love than this.”
That confidence is ours in that same “Love” for our lord. Meditate on that! Limitless!
There’s so many meditations to pick from with Jesus in it. What to start with first🧐
Thanks palerider for pointing the direction!
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For Solomon…History of the pipe organ.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GzpZRV9Cmac
Have a blessed Sunday Treepers.
For rah… I joked with my wife while using a phrase from one of your posts yesterday regarding “increased stomach capacity.” 🤭
Ahh, one of the things I dislike most about aging. I can only eat about half of what I could as a young man. It is especially trying this time of year.
I hope you and all the Treepers had a great Christmas. This morning my wife and I watched videos sent to us from Florida of our youngest Granddaughter opening her Christmas presents. That alone makes up for my lack of capacity for mass consumption. And when I think back to remember that this time last year I had two tubes sticking out of my body and that it was all I could do to get out of bed and sit in an easy chair for an hour to enjoy the company of those that were at our house on Christmas eve and beyond my ability to go to Dads on Christmas, I know I have much to be thankful for.
Your post made me think of something my mother always said…the days are long but the years are short. A year since your illness? I bet you can relate.
He will love that! My father in law would have as well.
Mornin’ infidels.
It has practically come to that. Some of Babylon Bee’s headlines in jest have eerily become true, so I wouldn’t be surprised to actually see it one day.
whew!
just finished reading the Owens thread.
i think somebody here must have heard me wrong yesterday.
i said “may i have more ROLLS, please”…..
🤣 🤣 😂 😂 😉 😉
not “more t*****, please”!
(i guess if you have to explain it, it’s not funny….!😂😂🥴)
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
A million up votes if I could, Sepp. 🙏
Like this? ^1,000,000
Likes
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Exactly like that, Cat! Boy am I slow today😁. I’ve got to pull it together!
Aww Betsy you were pulled together with a quickness.🙃. I was just teasing and between our two “likes”, sepp ended with TWO million likes. Sometimes I don’t even understand my weird humor I’ll try to improve 😘
Hahaha…probably a record here!! 😂 Nothing wrong with your humour that’s for sure.
Amen!
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)
https://amgreatness.com/2021/12/24/why-the-left-doesnt-like-christmas-2/
The celebration of Jesus birth is an honor, a gift. Christmas was that day and moment. The world has made double time working to change that and all celebrations except those for Satan.
The reason the world must move God out is, all higher thought comes from God. No matter who you are, a thought that frees us from a burden or from captivity cannot come from anywhere except a higher power, God. “The truth will set you free.”
Satan is not a higher power, he is a thief, and twists all truth to lies. He cannot give you power or freedom, neither can this world, they steal it from you.
It is no coincidence we are in these dirt bags. It is a barrier that holds us here. And, not a curse by any means, just a vessel to study in, a protection.
I was studying Christmas Day when a word came. Notice nowhere in the Bible do we see “gather up all the stuff you can, time Is short” (it is relatively speaking. )
No, it says use all the gifts and resources to gather treasures in heaven. Eternal treasures. They are shared. Who you bless also blesses you.
I’m just wondering, maybe a question to consider for all?
If you saw your eternal bank account, what gifts would you have given this Christmas? I believe it’s the center of my discontent on Christmas. The wasted opportunity I feel in that time.
Every day is Christmas in that aspect. Give a gift that matters in the eternal bank account.
All that money and house and car and land, those trinkets, and masses of wasted opportunity we lose.
Jesus was our example, very hard to take this but, he had only his clothes. He believed God for all else, and God provided.
He now sits at the right hand of almighty God, not for his lack of possessions, no no no, his use of what he had to bless others. Poor is not blessed, or being rich.
We will leave this dirt bag and all our masses of “stuff” exchange of eternal possessions one day. Something to think about.
Puts a new twist on tithes by the way, 10%………that’s the bare minimum. I really would assume bare minimum in heaven is extravagant but how much more can w do is the focus. It also means be exceptionally careful in your giving. Just giving only means something when it matters in eternal measures. Handing a drunk $100 may feel good, but may destroy the drunk. Or a phone, to a teenager to live
on social media.
I saw this last night and I thought how true.
“I think as you grow older your Christmas list gets shorter because the things you want can’t be bought.”
I’ve never had a Christmas list… ever. But I agree on the last part. The things I want…make that pray for… cannot be bought yet have a price beyond all measure. I do hope my Father and His beloved Son will be merciful.
Betsy, you made me think of a song sung by Johnny Cash “The Old Account was settled long ago “.
I don’t know that one, G. But he wasn’t wrong. His grace writ large. The most wonderful gift of all purchased by the most Precious Currency there ever was.
Amen, sister!
“Long ago, long ago,
Yes, the old account was settled long ago.
And the record’s clear today
Cause He washed my sins away
And the old account was settled long ago.”
I hope this’s works.
Oh it absolutely did. Thank you! I watch videos like this and it makes me so nostalgic. Things weren’t perfect, but our basic decency was still in place…sigh
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Hmmm, so a smile, a kind word or look, perhaps acknowledging the existence of someone who feels invisible and saying hello could go into this account? 🤷♀️
Yes, yes… And this. ^ 1,000,000! Doesn’t cost a sou yet produces bountiful returns for the giver as well.
The Dry Bar Comedy Christmas Special
ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID’S CITY
The Carol Service at Kings College Cambridge always opens with this beautiful carol. For me the service itself is the glorious zenith of the Christmas celebrations. The opening notes of this always unleash a supreme happiness for me on Christmas Eve.
A wonderful Christmas present for a man with deformed nose.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10343565/Painter-Conrado-Estrada-deformed-nose-working-home-plastic-surgeon-Dr-Thomas-Romo-given-new-one.html
If only more doctors adopted the spirit of Dr Romo🙏. What he has done for this man is more than gratis surgery. He has given him his life back. This is a story of joy. Just beautiful, lindak. 🤗
I am enjoying the movie Strategic Air Command from 1955 with James Stewart. I am sure I have seen this movie before, but I never paid attention to the airplane. The one in the movie has the added 2 jet engines on each wing.
And movie trivia says James Stewart FLEW them (and others)
http://www.strategic-air-command.com/aircraft/b-36/b36-images/b36-home.gif
The B-36 was the largest American bomber every produced. Its 230 foot wingspan was almost fifty percent longer than that of the huge B-52 that replaced it. During its eight years of service, it one of one of America’s major deterrents to aggression by a potential enemy. It was “keeping the peace.” Its is famous for “never having fired a shot in anger.”
Development of the huge plane began in 1941 when it appear that Great Britain would soon fall to Nazi Germany. The Army Air Force wanted a bomber that could fly from the United States to Europe, drop bombs, then return (combat radius) The prototype first flew on August 8, 1946. The first operational models were delivered to the Strategic Air Command 1948. There were many problems with them and the fleet was not fully operational until 1951.
The Peacemaker achieved its design objective. Its combat radius with a 10,000-pound payload (one small nuclear bomb) was 3,740 nautical miles. With its maximum of bomb load of 86,000 pounds, (conventional bombs), its combat radius decreased to 1,757 nautical miles.
Each B-36 cost $3.6 million. A total of 388 aircraft were produced. The last one was built in August of 1954. On 29 June 1955 the first B-52 was delivered to SAC. All of the B-36s were delivered as or converted to “J” models, which had two jet engines added to each wing. (This was essentially the inboard engine nacelle from the B-47). The all-jet bomber soon took over the Peacemaker’s duties. The last B-36 was retired in 1959.
Four jets Ms Idaho. There are two per pylon. “Six turning and four burning.”
Here is the XF-85 Goblin “Parasite” fighter that was tested to provide the B-36 with its own fighter it could launch. They gave it up, too many problems and the little fighter did not have the performance that would be required to be effective in protecting the Bomber.
McDonnell XF-85 Goblin – Wikipedia
I LOVE round engines.
In honor of St. Stephen’s Day
Slimes writer places the blame for Putin’s aggression at the feet of Ukraine’s Zelensky for being inexperienced.
https://112.international/politics/inexperience-of-zelensky-and-his-team-could-become-cause-of-war-the-new-york-times-68103.html
A daily contemplation during the 12 Holy Days of Christmas – day one, December 26, Revelations 21:5:
Behold, I make all things new.
❤️
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/pfizer-covid-pills-covid-symptoms-may-risky-drugs-rcna9683
If considering the new Pfizer pill you should definitely read
Fact sheet is 29 pages. Just reading the first page. It an eua drug not approved for COVID-19 use? SMH 29 pages long😞
Took a nice long nap this afternoon. Feeling better now than I have for a few days. Tomorrow perhaps I can finally get some firewood laid in. Up until now, when ever I had the time, the weather has not cooperated. So if the ground is dry enough to reach the pile at the top of a small hill, and Steve is available, we can get it done.
When we lived in Stillwater, MN (on a lake) a tornado came to visit. Mercifully the house and we, who were inside, suffered no damage.
BUT
Our lot had trees. Several large, oaks and uncounted birch. They never stood again
A neighbor came by with his log splitter and chain saw. I have forgotten how many tanks of gas for the splitter, or how many chains the saws used up.
Good news.. We had LOTS of wood for our fireplace. And the neighbor had lots of wood for his wood burning furnace. And friends and neighbors had lots of wood too.
Sigh. Our current style of living only lets us have an electric infra red faux fireplace. We get the ‘mood’ tho…
ps. the old oak tree that was in front of our house was so big around that it took 3 of us to hold hands and circle it. Two of us couldn’t quite reach around it. We were sorry to see it go.
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.
And Lord please relieve and comfort political prisoners everywhere. Especially praying for Julian Assange, for Pastor Pawlowski, and for all those trapped in DC dungeons, by the perpetrators of Jan 6 2021 violence, still not released
Made myself a Ham & Cheese sandwich. Geisha of course was there and so was Gabby. For what ever reason that cat loves ham as long as I give it to her in very small bites. Chicken or turkey or beef she won’t eat. But get out some ham, she is right there at my feet meowing to let me know that I had better share! She will almost take it from my hand.
They just keep recycling the same old Climate BS.
‘We’re failing terribly’: Colorado’s revered slopes face a major threat (yahoo.com)
Meanwhile Squaw Valley had to shut down their lift lines due to a blizzard!
ha ha ha ha
we lived in Colorado in the 1980s.
part of the time in Colorado Springs.
They know it’s desert – they build for the years when there is snow
send the snow melt water west
Then they cry because there is not enough water to support the homes and businesses they built.
Some years there is lots of snow – skiers rejoyce
other years – not so much. Or there is snow here but not there.
talk about recycled stories…
The fire devastation is a real problem
But then you find stories about Nature’s way and forests flourish
so, there is that….
Morning Schmoe’s brother-in-law is the ambassador to Poland. https://rmx.news/poland/the-positives-and-negatives-of-ambassador-mark-brzezinski/ https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/mark-brzezinski-confirmed-by-us-senate-as-ambassador-to-poland-26832
MK thrown out of Knesset for comparing the ‘uns’ to the ‘vax’ with a heavy dose of concentration camps. https://www.timesofisrael.com/mk-likens-covid-rules-to-nazi-policies-all-thats-missing-is-concentration-camps/
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.
RIP Richard Marcinko