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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4th of 4
Blinded by the Light!❤️
The Shekinah glory of God!
Halleluiah!!
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Perhaps this cat would prefer the cards from the Wingspan board game I received as a Christmas present … the cards contain pictures of various types of birds. 🙂
I’m reminded of Tax Ritter’s cover of a song written by T. Texas Tyler, called “The Deck Of Cards”.
Tex Ritter–The Deck Of Cards – YouTube
Lyrics:
During the North African Campagne,
a bunch of soldier boys had been on a long hike,
and they arrived in a little town callled Casino.
The next morning, being Sunday,several of the boys went to church.
A Sargent commanded the boys in church,
and after the chaplain had read the prayer,
the text was taken up next.
Those of the boys who had a prayer books took them out,
but, this one boyhad only a deck of cards,
and so he spread them out.
The Sargent saw the cards and said, “Soldier, put away those cards”.
After the services were over, the soldier was taken prisoner,
and brought before the Provost Marshall.
The marshall said ” Sergeant, why have you brought this man here?”
“For playing cards in church Sir.”
“And what have you to say for yourself Son?”
“Much, Sir,” replied the soldier.
The marshall said, ” I hope so, for if not,
I shall punish you more than any man was ever punished.”
The soldier said, “Sir, I have been on the march for about six days,
I have neither Bible nor prayerbook, but I hope to satisfy you, Sir,
with the purity of my intentions.”
And with that, the boy started his story.
“You see sir, when I look at the Ace,
it reminds me that there is but one God,
and the deuce, reminds me that the bible is divided
into two parts, the old and the new testament.
When I see the trey, I think of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.
And when I see the four,I think of the four Evangelists who preached
the Gospel There was Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
And when I see the five, it reminds me of the five wise virgins
who trimmed their lamps, there were ten of them,
Five were wise and were saved, five were foolish,
and were shut out.
When I see the six, it reminds me that in six days,
God made this great Heaven and Earth.
When I see the seven, it reminds me that on the seventh day,
God rested from His great work.
And when I see the eight, I think of the eight rightous persons
God saved when he destroyed this Earth.
There was Noah, his wife, their three sons, and their wives.
And when I see the nine, I think of the lepers our Saviour cleansed,
and, nine out of the ten, didn’t even thank him.
When I see the ten, I think of the ten commandments,
God handed down to Moses on a table of stone.
When I see the king, it reminds me that there is but one King of Heaven,
God Almighty.
And when I see the Queen, I think of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Who is Queen of Heaven, and the Jack of Knaves is the Devil.
When I count the number of spots in a deck of cards,
I find 365, the number of days in a year.
There are 52 cards, the number of weeks in a year.
There are four suits, the number of weeks in a month.
There are twelve picture cards, the number of months in a year.
There are thirteen tricks, the number of weeks in a quarter.
So, you see Sir, my pack of cards serves me as a Bible,
an Almanac, and a prayerbook.
And Friends, the story is true, I know,
I was that soldier.
WY, that was so inspiring. I’ll never look at another deck of cards again the same way. I’ll see it THIS way. And I’ll think of our Great Waymaker Himself, who always provides. Thank you for these remarkable, beautiful lyrics.
Even when the cards don’t fall your way?
No one ever promised me the cards I’m dealt would all be winners, rah, as indeed many have not been.
Yea. That is life and that is cards. My parents were big card players and I played many a game with them. A family friend made a framed picture having pictures of the three houses Mom & Dad had at different places. Where he is now in Anderson. The lake house and the Florida house. The Caption read: “The Hains Whinery. Three locations for your convenience.”
😁 the Whinery!! Just wonderful. Very Clever indeed.
I think that’s where all the liberals live, right?
But back to cards…the best we can do is take the cards we’re dealt and make the most of them. Thinking of Kenny Rogers. I played bridge for years before I emigrated. A very strategic game. The players and their partners have to communicate with one another with their bids, neither knowing what cards the other has. Omar Shariff was a world class bridge player. But it really is a game of skill and translates well with life itself I believe. Making the most of what one has, be it innate talents, monetary resources, and perhaps unexpected fortuitous circumstances. All cards in our lives. Now I’m just rabbiting on…which I am known to do frequently. All the best, rah. Back to the grind for you soon I know. I hope you enjoyed your break. Heaven knows you deserved it.
Not much of a card player, but don’t you play with the cards you dealt? If poor hand, bluff.
Your turbo tornado messed up my hand. Lol
Hi Betsy (waving).
Howdy, Cat. Only in poker does one bluff, or so I’m told. I have one of those faces that disqualifies me from bluffing. Just ask my children.😂
I have a Manx which looks almost like this cat. She has a little orange streak in the middle of her head. Her name is Mona and I also call her coppertop.
Cats are the closest thing to a wild animal you would want in your house. I have 9.
The Happy Warrior speaks
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/trump-knew-100-percent-he-was-fighting-for-the-little-guy-former-top-trump-economic-adviser_4177654.html?utm_source=Morningbrief&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2021-12-27&mktids=a458b144ed00a5e09fd02867a6547f36&est=8KSix0YZ2cuwXUWHIWILUy2NfuhIYFEbpdwpvPwXtMZOacyoCrYSiOEcIwtQ%2Fi4%3D
And we knew as well …
Talk about a Happy Warrior! And no, I don’t mean our legitimate President. I’m talking about Kevin Hassett, who every time I saw him being interviewed looked as if his fondest wish had been granted. Always cheerful, upbeat, and smiling. The picture of him which accompanies this article is exactly how he looked every time he was in front the cameras. A perfect spokesman for Mr Trump. Nothing dour about this man. It was high time an article like this was written. And Kevin was just the man to do it.
Nino Rota made his reputation composing movie scores, but he also left us with some exquisite stand alone quartets. Here are two really good examples. Enjoy.
Okay, gave this a Like because obviously this music by Nino Rota is super artistic, excellently written, and excellently played.
Didn’t make it all the way through either piece (strings or piano) because it’s still the Christmas season and this music feels more like Halloween.
The piano soiree in particular reminds me of an adventure I had one time in a Bed and Breakfast Inn which bordered on creepy but turned out well. Shortly before my trip to the Bed and Breakfast in the Blue Ridge Mountains, I had visited relatives in New York State and we watched some kind of children’s horror show on TV featuring “Ella the killer doll” (if I recall the name correctly). So imagine my surprise when the innkeepers showed me to my assigned room … where there was a painting, and in the painting was a figure that looked remarkably like Ella the killer doll, menacingly holding a whip and smiling grotesquely.
Fortunately, the innkeepers then stated that they would actually be away that night, so I would have the whole house to myself, and could sleep in any bedroom I wanted. Good thing … I chose a different room, which was a master bedroom containing a fire place. The house kind of resembled a medieval castle in places with uneven grey stone floors and stone steps, and pieces of cloth hung up in front of open doorways and in the hallway instead of wooden doors with door knobs. You had to watch and be careful how and where you walked, especially at night. And there was a piano in the living room, so I played one of Handel’s harpsichord suites on it to my heart’s content.
Anyways, the piano piece posted here tonight would definitely fit the mood of that unusual and eerie Bed and Breakfast Inn.
🙂 Rota’s music tends to have definite cinematic aspects. But, then, so does Thomas Newman’s. I like ’em both.
Uh oh…silver haired batillion Unite! ❤️
Personally, wp, you just created a force to be “reckoned with”.
I will be chuckling to myself every time I hear… “0h, mom. Or oh grandma” from now on😎
I have you to thank for it😘
Just for fun, Feral Cat. From email . . .
I’m at that age where my mind still thinks I’m 29, my humor suggests I’m 12, while my body mostly keeps asking if I’m sure I’m not dead yet! If you can relate these are for you….
Don’t be worried about your smartphone or TV spying on you. Your vacuum cleaner has been collecting dirt on you for years…. I’m at a place in my life where errands are starting to count as going out…. I don’t always go the extra mile, but when I do, it’s because I missed my exit…. My goal for 2021 was to lose 10 pounds. Only have 14 to go….. Ate salad for dinner. Mostly croutons and tomatoes. Really just one big round crouton covered with tomato sauce and cheese. FINE, it was a pizza! OK, I ate a pizza! Are you happy now?…. I just did a week’s worth of cardio after walking into a spider web… A recent study has found women who carry a little extra weight live longer than men who mention it.… I may not be that funny or athletic or good looking or smart or talented. I forgot where I was going with this…. I love being ⌛️ , I learn something new every day and forget 5 other things….. A thief broke into my house last night. He started searching for money so I got up and searched with him…. Having plans sounds like a good idea until you have to put on clothes and leave the house…. It’s weird being the same age as old people…. When I was a kid I wanted to be older. This is not what I expected…. Life is like a helicopter. I don’t know how to operate a helicopter… It’s probably my age that tricks people into thinking I’m an adult…. Marriage Counselor: Your wife says you never buy her flowers. Is that true? Me: To be honest, I never knew she sold flowers…. You don’t realize how old you are until you sit on the floor and then try to get back up…. 2021 as a math word-problem: If you’re going down a river at 2 MPH and your canoe loses a wheel, how much pancake mix would you need to re-shingle your roof?…. We all get heavier as we get older, because there’s a lot more information in our heads. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it….. BUT SERIOUSLY, growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional 😄
Good morning, W_P, thanks for the devotional and for the laugh. 😂
Good morning, GrandpaM!! Headed out to my favourite “almost like small town Welsh” neighbourhood Walmart, where I can get everything I need and the staff there have become like family, Christmas hugs and good wishes included🤗…no charge! Blessings.
Hahahaha!!! Jolly good, WP😂. That will sustain me the whole day long. 💓
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Thanks WP! I knew it was for Feral Cat but my wife and I couldn’t stop laughing! Have a Blessed Day!
Good morning, FC, some of us have silver beards, also. 😀
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Gracious good morning, Cat!💓 Just popping in for a quick hello as we got a little behind this morning and I have a few necessities to do foodwise. Which means (ugh) putting on my “warpaint” as I call it before I show my face to the world. The Brits call it putting on the slap. So that being done in double quick time, I’m off and will catch up with my favourite people on my favourite thread later. All God’s blessings to you!🤗
Bet you did a better job than pelosi does doing her brows. 😉
Ha!! I never look the same two days in a row, that’s for sure. But I’ll tell you this, Cat. When I do my brows, I always think of Pelosi’s and avoid that at all costs!😊
We in this generation have a lifetime’s very useful experience and wisdom learned from mistakes to pass on to our progeny. I’m doing my part with our grands here. And for those ruling over us now who think we have outlived our usefulness, I’ve got news.
We are going nowhere until God says to us that it is time to depart. Here we are and here we’ll stay, as we still have.much to do. And that is that! Thank you for that very much needed, joyful, and, yes, life affirming reading for today. All blessings to you, WP 😊
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This video is about the beginning of a love story. I came across the Trout and Coffee channel a few weeks ago and was immediately attracted to it. Ryan is a good videographer who understand how to incorporate narrative descriptions into his images. The result is very engaging small stories which I really enjoy watching. Ryan’s girlfriend, Ellie, is more than a partner, more that an extension of his videos. She is, instead, a videographer herself with indepentent views of live that are equal to those of her partner Ryan. Here’s a good example of what she can do . . . This is about the beginnings of a romance. Wish us luck.
This video is about the beginning of a love story. I came across the Trout and Coffee channel a few weeks ago and was immediately attracted to it. Ryan is a good videographer who understand how to incorporate narrative descriptions into his images. The result is very engaging small stories which I really enjoy watching. Ryan’s girlfriend, Ellie, is more than a partner, more that an extension of his videos. She is, instead, a videographer herself with indepentent views of live that are equal to those of her partner Ryan. Here’s a good example of what she can do . . .
Garrison, your shared music, brings so much enlightenment to me. I’ve learned so much from your sharings and while, I could be classified as “uncultured”, I’d like to “gift” you and all the night posters a tune.
I “dedicate” it to all who at up at night❤️
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Yes!!! Thanks for posting. 🙂
This very same “Babe in the Manger” whose innocence and peace and joy is celebrated by Christmas in his name, meaning ,”God With Us”, has concealed His power and purpose for many who deny Him. The good news is that each of us is given today and today is the day for salvation. God treats us as individuals with no promise for tomorrow, I cannot sufficiently emphasize the comfort offered on the day when we are to stand before Him and give an account for everything we have done with what was given each of us. Easter may come upon us sooner than we plan.
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THE LUTHERAN PIETISTS
This is a good, clear, half-hour video on the rise of so-called Lutheran Pietism, which began around the mid-1600s in Germany.
Why on earth would anyone today want to spend time on an obscure movement, from 300 years ago, within a church body that is off the beaten track by current standards? As the lecturer points out, the Pietists had a huge influence down to the present day in non-Lutheran denominations. They are the ancestors of much that is in contemporary American Protestantism (but, ironically, not so much in confessional Lutheranism).
The lecture was presented as part of a course at a Baptist-heritage seminary by a Cambridge PhD, who has also been associated with The Reformed Theological Seminary and with Campus Crusade. I think the variety in provenance led to a very evenhanded analysis. Evenhanded but pretty lively, given the topic.
If you’ve got a spare half-hour and you like church history, I’d recommend this.
(Good as the lecturer was, he consistently misspelled and mispronounced the name of one of the leaders in the movement, Spener. I know, everyone’s a critic.)
Our God sees all of this
He’s the original keeper of the naughty and nice list🙃
👍💓!!!
Dear God please save us…from ourselves and our folly..as we are lost without Your guiding hand of Providence.
It’s in the holy name of Jesus I pray.
Yea and Amen 🙏
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Amen and Amen ❤️
Amen, Clay!
As Benjamin Franklin purportedly said, “If you don’t like this world with God in it, can you imagine it without Him?”
A daily contemplation during the 12 Holy Days of Christmas, Day #3, December 28, from Psalm 46:10:
Be still, and know that I am God.
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My Granddaughter is on the phone from S. Korea. The entire country is locked down. Supposedly her Sgt. Husband is the only NCO in his platoon that doesn’t have COVID. This, despite all the troops there and their dependents having been “vaccinated”.
A member of his platoon went AWOL. Went to the States and didn’t come back. Apparently the miscreant still has his cell phone with him and he is in Alabama.
Don’t know how they do it now days but if it is the way it was when I was in they’ll wait until he is gone long enough to be declared a deserter and then the FBI will be after him. If he still has his cell phone tracking him down should be easy.
Praying for all🙏
Psalm 23 esv version
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Hmm, what if he tucked in his phone in a dark seat of a cab. It will drive the 3 letter people crazy.
I read yesterday, rah, that the South Koreans are starting to rise up against these jabs which have taken their loved ones. There are protests beginning there. I understand people from that region of the world actually revere their elders, who are among those who have died though not all. May God wrap His arms around your granddaughter and her husband and all serving there and keep them safe.
CONTINUOUS CONVERSION
“Except ye be converted, and become as little children…” Matthew xviii. 3
These words of Our Lord are true of our initial conversion, but we have to be continuously converted all the days of our lives, continually to turn to God as children. If we trust to our wits instead of to God, we produce consequences for which God will hold us responsible. Immediately our bodies are brought into new conditions by the providence of God, we have to see that our natural life obeys the dictates of the Spirit of God. Because we have done it once is no proof that we shall do it again. The relation of the natural to the spiritual is one of continuous conversion, and it is the one thing we object to. In every setting in which we are put, the Spirit of God remains unchanged and His salvation unaltered, but we have to “put on the new man.” God holds us responsible every time we refuse to convert ourselves, our reason for refusing is willful obstinacy. Our natural life must not rule, God must rule in us.
The hindrance in our spiritual life is that we will not be continually converted, there are wadges of obstinacy where our pride spits at the throne of God and says – I won’t. We deify independence and willfulness and call them by the wrong name. What God looks on as obstinate weakness, we call strength. There are whole tracts of our lives which have not yet been brought into subjection, and it can only be done by this continuous conversion. Slowly but surely we can claim the whole territory for the Spirit of God.
Oswald Chambers
December 28th Devotional
Juststevie, is there no end to your insightful posts?
The hits keep coming😘
Play on juststevie ❤️
Good Morning ☀️
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NO JOKE: NASA Hires Priests To Help Prepare Humanity For Alien Contact In Center Of Theological Inquiry Program At Princeton University
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The Rev Dr Andrew Davison, a priest and theologian at the University of Cambridge with a doctorate in biochemistry from Oxford, is among 24 theologians, The Times reports. ‘Religious traditions would be an important feature in how humanity would work through any such confirmation of life elsewhere,’ Davidson shared in a blog post on the University of Cambridge site. ‘Because of that, it features as part of NASA’s ongoing aim to support work on ‘the societal implications of astrobiology’, working with various partner organizations, including the Center of Theological Inquiry at Princeton.’
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https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/nasa-hiring-priests-theologians-center-of-theological-inquiry-princeton-to-prepare-humanity-for-alien-fallen-angel-contact-genesis-6-giants/
The article comes from an interesting assumption that if there are conscious beings from other planets (real aliens) that they must fallen angels, of an evil source, even in movies generally aliens are deemed evil vampirish creatures – so it would make sense to have NASA want to consult with theologians on what they believe their flock would need once extra-terrestrial life becomes widely known.
Seems like someone at NASA is looking ahead. That seems like a good thing.
Obviously there’s life out there. The Bible all but says so, although most people don’t take it at face value. Doesn’t mean we’ll see/meet/recognize it, on this planet.
Good morning Treepers!
Family still in. I’m a scanning lurker for the next few days.
Please pray for our friends D & A:
Her mother had heart surgery last Thursday. On ventilator in ICU…still not awake.
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God Bless.
My Daughter in-law is an ICU nurse at the Indiana University Hospital in Indy. They were here for Christmas eve and the poor girl has been working a whole lot of OT during the COVID surges and says she is just tired of death. Everyday 1 or 2 patients in her unit die. Hardly any of them make it.
As one would suspect she most certainly has natural immunity on top of being forced to be “vaccinated” if she wanted to keep her job. She dispensed with wearing an N-95 mask or face shield long ago, though she still gowns. She says IU refused to go to the expense of providing for overpressure in the ICU working spaces and so every time the door to a patient’s room is opened what ever microbe they may have can flow freely out of the rooms, so why bother?
The loss of staff due to the “vaccine” mandate is the reason why she has had so much OT. Sometimes she has worked triple shifts. Doubles are common. But she will make an Extra $55,000 this year for agreeing to work an extra day per week. Indiana has called up National Guard medical personnel to work in the hospitals to try and make up for some of the shortage.
Wow. Thanks for the report. It’s difficult to get an accurate reading of what is going on and family member’s first hand account is the best source of information. The virus is hitting close to home now with family and close friends testing positive now. No deaths though.
I highly recommend this for your reading enjoyment
Devolution – Part 15 – Patel Patriot’s Devolution Series (substack.com)
read down far enough to find out what the DOD and HHS have been doing (in secret) for the past 2 years
Oh BLESS her, rah🙏. So the penny has not dropped for her employers. And she, along with her coworkers, are paying the price. All this can’t go on. Surely those who have caused this sorry state of affairs must wake up. Praying it will happen soon.
2000$ for a sunday shift out here in innscumlees wa.
Some hospitals have lost so much staff they’re shutting down whole floors.
Good morning, Frank. I’m Turbo charged and ready to go. Enjoy your family and your down time. Blessings to all there💓🙏
And of course prayers are up. I missed that on the first reading of your post. Only now seeing it. An awful situation made worse I’m sure for this time of year. I know you all are worried. I send my prayers for all and for her swift recovery🙏
Every now and then life gives you moments in which your heart flutters with inspiring performances that seem ordinary by appearance but under the surface it reveals something so deep that it brings one to tears to be privileged to witness something so beautiful that it shines with reverence of what life is capable of sometimes.
Mornin’ infidels!
And then there are the invaders of our borders.
Verse of the Day for Tuesday, December 28, 2021
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“O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.”
Psalms 118:1 (KJV)
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/verse-of-day.php
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
Oops 😬 I’m late…. gotta go.
good Morning (waving) everybody🙋♀️
❤️Love You All😘❤️
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.
Hans Mahncke fails to include HHS, and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in his list. Perhaps he’s unaware of this January 9, 2017 White House meeting that cleared the way for ending the funding ban on gain of function research:
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2017/01/09/recommended-policy-guidance-potential-pandemic-pathogen-care-and-oversight
Is Daszak distancing EHA from GoF research in China while a funding ban was active in the US?
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Amen 🙏
I have no doubt He is doing so, Sepp. 🙏
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)
rah
A touch of humor this morning. Sometimes my brain takes a while to process ‘stuff’. It suddenly occurred to me to look at your answer to my post about the SAC movie from Sunday.
I clicked your link and viewed the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin. What it was meant to do – and why the abandoned it.
They described it as diminutive. HA HA HA – i’ll bet the pilots had other, more descriptive words for it.
FTA
Flight tests showed promise in the design, but the aircraft’s performance was inferior to the jet fighters it would have faced in combat, and there were difficulties in docking
Yep! All the above true. If you have not been there before and you and your hubbie get out this way I could not recommend a visit to the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH more for someone like you. It is an amazing place for the aircraft and history enthusiast.
It is not just US aircraft. Last time I visited there was an Me-262 and Me-163 on display right in the entry foyer of the main hall. Important military aircraft from all over the world. Then there is a separate hall just for presidential aircraft. And of course a huge gallery of outside displays. Many of the aircraft are maintained to be in flyable condition.
Basically, if it’s an historically important aircraft and not at the Smithsonian, then it is most likely at this museum. The only remaining Valkyrie is there. The Goblin is there. The X1A is there. Bockscar, the B-29 that dropped Fat Boy on Nagasaki is there and set up for people to walk through. And as I mentioned, the B-36 is there.
But for those interested that cannot get there to see it themselves, here is a link to the museum site where you can take a virtual tour: Virtual Tour (af.mil)
One can do 360 degree tours of the cockpits and crew areas of various aircraft.
Thanks rah
we might take the visual tour
we’re not going east of the rockies ever again
The BIG difference between you looking at those aircraft vs ME looking at them – your background tells you their importance. I’m just looking at airplanes. Sort of like visiting an old car museum.
If I didn’t get in the plane, move the controls, push in the power and get it in the air – it’s just another machine. Beautiful to behold, tho….
When I was in DC I did get a chance to visit the Smithsonian.
Also got to see the movie ‘To Fly’ on the big IMAX screen
That’s when I fell in love with Pachelbel’s Canon in D – my home theater just doesn’t sound like theirs
ha ha
Virtual tour of the inside of the KC-97
Cockpit360 (af.mil)
reminds me of pilot looking around cockpit – knobs, switches and dials everywhere …
pilot says to copilot – would you believe there was a time when I knew what they all were for?
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I have sketched out a future post on what it was like to be a flight instructor. I mentally keep going back to your comment from days ago – how so many ‘prop’ pilots could not adapt to flying jets.
We had a ‘truism’. If the student didn’t learn -> the instructor didn’t teach.
now the visual tour is showing early airplanes – including the Jenny
Did you see the ‘checklist’ I posted for the Jenny?
Nope. I missed that one.
I don’t know how many years I have had this …
Jenny check list – 1917 – Biplane JN4D
Aviation knowledge – safety
1. Inspection – it’s best NOT to inspect it. If you do, you’ll never get in it.
2. Climbing into the cockpit after you haven’t inspected your airplane. Do not attempt to enter the cockpit in the usual way – if you put your weight on the lower wing panel, it’s gonna fall off – and besides, your foot might go thru that wing panel, which usually sprains the ankle.
3. The instrument panel. A thorough preflight of the instruments is necessary. After having carefully lowered yourself into the seat and groped in vain for the safety belt (which has been removed) look at the instruments – both of them. The one on the right is a tachometer. It doesn’t work. (That’s hand written in the margin) The other one is the altimeter. That functioned perfectly until 1918, when the hands came off. (Again, noted in the margin) Look at them right now, because after you start the engine, you can’t see them.
4. Warming up the engine. Please (in capitol letters) do not warm up the engine. It has only a few minutes to run anyway, and the longer it’s on the ground, that’s the less flying time. After the throttle has been opened, do not expose any portion of yourself beyond the edge of the cowling. It is no fun to have your face slapped by flying rocker arms.
5. The flight. After you have dodged thru the trees, the windmills, the chimneys, until you=re over a lake, you will see a large hole in the left side of the fuselage. The hole is to allow the stick to be moved far enough to make a left turn. Never make a turn to the right.
6. The landing. The landing is made in accordance with the laws of gravity. If the landing gear doesn’t collapse on the 1st bounce, don’t worry – it’s bound to on the second. After you’ve extracted yourself, chew some gum and then walk away. Never run away from a Jenny.
Years ago a woman pilot friend of mine was a great devotee of early airplanes. Her favorite was the Jenny
LOL! Your talking about the favorite barnstormer and ride giver aircraft of the 1920s. An era when the fuel level was often determined by a wire sticking up through the fuel cap that had a cork on the other end that floated on the gas.
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I also had a book on early aviation with instructions – what to do if you encounter a thunder storm
land ASAP and after slowing shove the stick forward so as to impale the propeller – lest the wind blow you away
Guy Reffitt, a 49-year-old father of three and husband of 21 years been held in extreme lockdown at the Washington DC Gulag and denied bail for eleven months and counting. Now his wife has been removed from a plane for the crime of being married to him.
The Article:https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/12/nonviolent-jan-6-prisoner-held-11-months-thought-crimes-dc-gitmo-solitary-now-wife-gets-yanked-plane/
I thought the US Constitution protected us from Corruption of Blood even if the accused is guilty of treason. Guy Reffitt has not been found guilty of anything yet his wife is punished.
This the Nancy Pelosi’s precious personal “Democracy” which is against everything our founders strived for.
Also the Constitution, a tattered and irrelevant sacred document, guarantees the right to a fair and speedy trial. That has been ignored. And his wife now being persecuted? This is now far beyond banana republic behaviour. We’re in the realms of true Stalinism. Frightening in the extreme.
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/12/27/harvard-nanotech-researcher-who-brought-home-bags-of-cash-from-china-convicted-of-six-felonies-n496155
Jen Van Laar breaks down the conviction of Charles Lieber. Stunning information.
Last paragraph:
…”But, of course, the main reason these researchers want the China Initiative to go away and any spotlight on the Thousand Talents Program and its US-based beneficiaries to dim is because any investigation into the web of money and technology transfers will reveal influence and relationships that China and US universities would rather have hidden forever. Intelligence officials here now know through defector Dong Jingwei which Chinese students in the US are also part of the TTP, which is known to be a very thin cover for the CCP’s intelligence assets, and when the dots are publicly connected there will be loud screams for a reckoning.”…
China Initiative=an investigation
Lieber is suing Harvard because they are cooperating with the investigation. Leiber caused Harvard to make false statements ??? according to the report.
In a just world, which exists no longer, this man’s ill gotten gains will be eaten up in legal fees, unless the money he received has been seized by our illegitimate government to be used for their own nefarious purposes.
He was successfully prosecuted and the shocking details are just emerging.
Leiber is sueing Harvard. Harvard is cooperating with the investigation, and has made false statements of their own according the report. Harvard blames Leiber for their false statements, Lieber cites failure of the university to indemnify him, whatever that means.
Judicial ping pong, mary. Suit and counter suit. Don’t like the judgement? There are other courts…and more after that.
“Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.” ~ Jeremiah 6:16 KJV
the old paths,
the good way,
walk therein,
find rest for your souls
How is your soul today?
Yes!!
Even though this is unsurprising given the makeup of the House, I still find it infuriating that they would even come up with such a bill.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/12/house_of_representatives_votes_to_eradicate_blasphemy_against_islam_.html
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5665/text
How about adding an amendment: Same goes for Christianity…
Hi, Leenie. That was my very first thought as well.
I am horrified by this. It has always been the intent of Islam to I emigrated and take over the US. Mark Steyn outlines the particulars of how this has been going on for decades, slowly but surely, in his “AMERICA ALONE and in his subsequent one ” AFTER AMERICA. Both are what I would consider essential reading to truly understand what is happening, and I can highly recommend these riveting books.
Sundance, remember that list of governors that Mike Pompeo had discussed that was a list by the Chinese government? I wonder how those governors look now knowing what we know. I mean, that was before all the fraud, covid, stuff. I am watching Gov Ducey, SOS Katie Hobbs and I wonder if they are bought by the Chinese.
BEAUTIFUL VIDEO – Marines Surprise WWII Veteran
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2021/12/beautiful-video-marines-surprise-wwii.html
Woman that raised wolf pups and then released them into the wild reunites with the pack.
Good morning Treepers, time for some feet shuffling. 😉
Why was the death of Brig. Gen. Benjamin Hardin Helm C.S.A mourned at the White House?
He was Mary Tod Lincoln’s Brother-in-law.
He was a graduate of the West Point Class of 1851. Lincoln offered him a commission as a Major in the Union Army but the Kentuckian’s heart was with the south. He returned to Kentucky and raised the 1st Kentucky Calvalry.
He was killed at Chickamauga Sept 20, 1863. His wife, Mary’s 1/2 sister, passed from Confederate lines to the Union side to visit her sister at the White House after his death. Lincoln himself met her carriage with tears in his eyes. This was made a scandal by Lincolns political opposition.
2022 predictions from an NBCNews article semi-acknowledging some ugly truths, in particular:
If the government still calculated inflation today using the same models it used back in the 1970s, the spike in rent costs this year would have been reflected in a real inflation rate north of 10 percent — a big reason the current inflationary climate has created greater financial challenges for renters. “This has basically never happened before. We’ve never had this kind of national inflation for rent,” Hatfield said.
https://apple.news/AUGRxF9-6TYeVOpGFeZJGJg
Thinking about the old movies that we’ve watched over past Christmas holidays, I found this wikipedia page on the movies that generated the biggest attendance figures. We are not talking about revenue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_by_box_office_admissions
It is amazing how many of the old favorites (10 Commandments, Sound of Music, Gone With the Wind) rank near the top.
I just watched Fiddler on the Roof. It brought back memories of those who passed. Many of the characters mirrored those of my grandparents’ generation.
😂 I texted my family “traditions” you tube couple months ago as a reminder of an era worth saving.
I really started to feel like #FJB. We were shopping for a new car. Since we are both retired and I don’t drive often we got rid of my car a few years ago, and having only one car seemed just fine. But then my husband got into a car accident right before Christmas and that car is no more. So, we figured, we wanted a new one anyway and it was a sign. Yay!
Well, it happens that it is almost impossible to buy a brand new car in the Biden economy because of the Biden-created crisis. Our car will arrive only in May (!) and it is not even guaranteed. Moreover, no price negotiation, even if you pay cash. They just flatly told my husband that “it is a seller’s market” so no discounts of any sort. That’s on top of everything being more expensive.
So we are without a car, lol. Have to use Uber/taxi to get around — shopping, doctor appointments, everything, imagine that. For a few months. Nice.
#FJB
got new set of tires for 4 runner today. 10 years and 77,000 miles and they were not up to our snow covered roads. new ones same as old ones were a bit less than 10 years ago.
milk gallon at wal mart $4.69 at Fred Meyer $3.16. guess where I bought milk?
Sundance asks if we see long lines in our neighborhood and we did. very long line of folks waiting to be seated at Mo’s. I could skip line as I just wanted two quarts of chowder base. I add extra clams, half and half and when people eat there is butter, paprika and parsley and french baguette.
also line of people going into the Barge Inn, Home of Winos, Dingbats and Riffraff.
long lines at ports 5 and 7 as boats selling live crab
snow here last several days (Oregon Coast near Newport) unusual. river will flood when it melts so we got enough for three weeks.
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Iowa (the Hawkeye State) became the 29th State of the U.S.A. on this date in 1846.
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. And Lord please comfort and relieve the Jan 6 protesters and their families, and political prisoners everywhere including Julian Assange and Pastor Pawlowski .
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Wooha!
American politics is very simple.
If you think the choice is between the greater and the lesser of the two evils and you refuse to vote, you insure the greater evil will be what you get.
There is so substitute for victory. You have to win first, figure out what to do later.
If you lose, you lose even that option.
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✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.