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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Good Morning WP ☀️
Someone brought to my attention, the initials (?) at the close of these dailys you post. ie, JDM, HMM,etc.
What do they represent?
The question was asked using HMM.
Thanks in advance. ❤️
Good AM Feral Cat,
Maybe I should post this periodically.
Thanks for asking.
😊
Good morning, Cat! I’ll see y’all later, got to drive little guy to school. After talking to him about the importance of being on time definitely do not want to be late.😁❤️
Good Morning grandpop. Don’t want to be a bad influence to the young one. 🤭
When you get bac, if you have time, mungrel said he left a hint (his birthday? Late last night. I don’t understand it. Maybe you can help me out?
I think I remember it said:
Hint: the origins of the species.
My best guesses, are feb 9 or feb 12. 🤷♀️
Maybe Darwin’s BDay? I’m on my phone right now but I’ll check later. 🤔
Darwin’s is February 12th
Duh! 😂 Most excellent thinking grandpa! 🤗 think we have a winner winner chick dinner here.
(I was overthinking, using the times he posted) 🙃
It just has to be, Cat. We’ll take it as read. He’s cryptic is our Mungrel😉. I missed his response last night. What a sleuth our GrandpaM is.
So we may be in agreement to declare feb 12th as his birthday(he’ll never confess to it heehee)? Please let me know what all his friends here decide 😉
Since he said earlier today, he would be away for the better part of day(fingers crossed), imo,figuring out the date couldn’t have happened on better day if we tried.
Lots to think about….the virtual world is an open buffet 😂
Even if we do nothing, it’s nice to occupy ones mind happily 🙃
Well, if it isn’t, then it is now!😁. We have proclaimed it so.🎂🎈
I vote for Feb. 12, now to complicate things a little we need to find out the date the Origin of Species was published. If it’s in a different month I think we are good. Otherwise we may have to make two cakes, he he.
Two cakes?? Just means more for us if there are any leftovers!!!!
Weeell…publish date is November 24. I think we’re good unless we want to make a cake then too. It is near thanksgiving. Perhaps a turkey with a candle up his _____or neck 😂
Nah, just one cake should do it. Now, gotta try to find a barker egg/kitty litter recipe for the cookies. Shouldn’t be hard🙃.
I can only imagine what the rest of you are thinking for him. Shhhh 🤫
LOL!
Morning, G!
You really are a man after my own heart. That’s a lesson straight out of my book. Many times have my three over the years heard that one…there is power in repetition I think.
You can pack a lot of life’s lessons in those short school runs😊…Go Get ’em, Grandpa!💓
Good morning, Bet NM! Decided to squeeze in an early workout and I’m definitely not an early morning person 😁.
I used to be. But no more. Nightmares last night, so real. The kind that leave one feeling uneasy on waking and tend to stick all day…ah well, such is the time we live in. I’m having a hard time summoning the words this morning.😘
I know those kind of dreams.
Since I’ve started liturgical worship, I don’t have them so much anymore.
Have been listening to Fr. Jarmus lecture: he says before one goes to bed at night, give thanks for 3 things you are grateful for. Gratitude is key to our journey as Christians.
Thank you for the tip Lonestar ❤️
“Dear Lord,
Give me a few friends
who will love me for what I am,
and keep ever burning
before my vagrant steps
the kindly light of hope…
And though I come not within sight
of the castle of my dreams,
teach me to be thankful for life,
and for time’s that are good and sweet.
And may the evening’s twilight
find me gentle still.”
Beautiful advice from Fr Jarmus. Coupled with the above, a good prescription for bless-ed rest. Thank you, Lonestar💓
Lonestar and Betsy, you two are an unbeatable team🤗
😊
Good morning LS! I too rarely have bad dreams and if I do I remember that our heavenly Father is sovereign over all of it and go right back to sleep.
Amen.
I see the nightmares as an attack by Satan or his minions and call them out on it: “get thee behind me Satan” and spit in his direction (west)
Also use the Jesus Prayer over and over when my mind won’t settle.
Jesus Prayer:
Lord Jesus Christ, son of the living God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
Amen!
The very phrase I thought about this morning, LS!
I’m sorry sis! See my reply to LS.
No problem…I did see it😊
But we made it on time, slow pokes and all! PTL!
Morning to you, Cat🤗🌟
Hi (waving furiously)!
Goood Morning Betsy ❤️
Hahaha!! I thought I saw a frantic woman in the distance🤗
Wanted to be sure you saw me. 😂 lately, we’ve been on different time spans. So I got excited to bump into you.
The nightmares you speak of, a few here know them too well. The kind, you don’t want to go back to sleep when they wake you up. It frightens you so.
Then the ones that hang around during daylight in your mind. Really hard to shake them.
Funny, personally, they’ve increased in numbers recently. Perhaps cactus’s flip Wilson vid captured it well …. 😉
Have a Bless-ed day, my friend ❤️
This is why this thread is my first stop in the mornings.
Yes, we do seem to be ships that pass in the night. Its why I revisit several times a day to respond to those kind enough into reply to my posts. And, of course, to catch any new ones.
Still watching for Garrison who is MIA today and hoping it’s a computer issue only…as last time🙏
Being here at the OT is like being in a safe harbor. 🙂
Bet, you are still the master of words, I’ll just tag along if you’ll let me.
Not tag along, G…walk beside💓
Thanks W_P, now I remember reading this introduction at least once, like they say it’s all in there but the recall is the problem. 🙂
Good morning, WP.
“Living, He loved me.
Dying, He saved me.
Rising, He gave me eternal life.”
Thank you for this reply post.
Thank you for this most excellent question. (I saw your reply from last night, thank you for that too.)
Yw. The treehouse takes care of its friends. It a very nurturing tree❤️😉
Two gorgeous songs from the British Isles, beautifully sung by an amazing group called Cherish the Ladies.
Thank you, Sarah Lee, for posting songs from the British Isles. My family roots are there.
Two more children’s book recommendations, both with the word grandfather in the title, just because!
Grandfather Twilight: A magical tale of an old man who lives in the woods. I don’t want to give a spoiler alert, so I’ll leave it at that! The illustrations are absolutely beautiful!
Grandfather’s Journey: A wonderful story about a man who immigrates to the United States from Japan. Illustrated with incredible detail and delicateness.
Oh I think GrandpaM would like those😊.
My all time favourites from Britain are the series of “Sampson and the Church Mice” by Graham Oakley. I’ve posted about them before. And I was thrilled to see them available on Amazon (yes, I know).
While each thin and beautifully illustrated book is an individual story, the first explains how a group (hundreds really) of mice who live in a small parish church overhear the local Church Committee planning to buy a cat to get rid of them, so they hire one themselves, Sampson, to be their protector.
Their adventures and misadventures are so delightful. And on each page are all the mice so numerous doing various activities that humans do. I’ve spent inordinate amounts of time just looking at the pages in awe.
Think about the wonderful British series “Father Brown” (Britbox), and you’ll have the background for these most joyful books.
Edit: I have a feeling, Sarah, it was you to whom I mentioned them.
GrandpaM definitely would, Betsy! Gave yesterday’s list of books to wifey since she’s the writer in the family and will add these to it. 😍
I so enjoy the Father Brown series.
We are captivated by them, Lonestar. I think we’ve watch the whole series at least 4 times. And now Series 9 is on Britbox, 2 new episodes each week.
I pick up our grands from school about once a week and bring them back to our house for a snack and for just chilling for a couple of hours. I wondered if they’d be interested in FB, so I put, as a tester, one of my favourite episodes on..a Christmas one…and they were hooked. I’m talking about 3 teenagers here. They so love it, and can’t wait for the day or days when they come over after school. Their favourite is Lady Felicia, who sadly for us all departed the series. And Flambeau? His appearances were too infrequent.
I’m waxing lyrical here, because wholesome shows seem to have been consigned to the dustbin. I don’t mind rewatching. If you haven’t seen the brilliant series Foyle’s War, I think you would thoroughly enjoy it. Multiple series. We’ve researched that one so any times that I can’t recall how many.
Yes, I’ve watched all of the Foyle’s War series, and enjoyed it.
Which version of Father Brown are you watching?
At the moment the new series is being trickled out…series 9 I believe. The first two in it were immensely enjoyable.
Oh…. I see. The penny dropped…not the originals. The new productions the BBC produced.
I’m going to check out those books today. It wasn’t me you mentioned them to. I think we’ve had wonderful exchanges about music, but not children’s books. I can’t wait to check these out but will have to build up my self-discipline not to buy them. (I’ll keep you posted on that!)
I’ll be interested in what you think about them, though I’m pretty certain I can imagine your reaction.
I bought all he had written as a present on the occasion of my grandsons’ birth. And of course I bought a set for myself because of course I did.
Do I dare? Yes I do dare you not to purchase them at some point.😉
Oh my word, this series is so wonderful!!! I did not purchase a single book. (Yet.) I really am in a downsizing phase of life. Not that I ever had all that much, but I love the simplicity of having even less. It’s visually peaceful and easier to keep the house clean. And it will make life easier for those that come after me, after I die. All of that said, it doesn’t mean I won’t have a moment of weakness going forward and will let you know if I break down! Until the, so far, it’s just a dare from you!
😁…I felt certain they’d appeal to you.
Three, seconds-long, thoroughly delightful animal videos. And with that, I’m done for the night and just waiting on Garrison, and others, to provide some awesome music.
The local choir is celebrating the removal of the furry lint.
hee hee hee hee!!!
Good Morning Sarah!
Awww. They’re all so cute. If I had to pick one, I’d be partial to the first one. Had my heart at the first seconds ❤️
Thanks 😊
I know it! How can anyone resist a cute and clever puppy who may be testing out whether he’s right pawed or left pawed??!!! (Nah, I don’t really think he was doing that. It was cute how he was a bit away from the mirror yet doing a gesture as if touching the mirror or as if checking out how the image was doing the identical thing. It was just so darned adorable!!!)
Blast from the past, Jan. 11, 1970
As the covid crisis hoax covering the 2020 Big Election Steal starts to fall apart, you will notice the enemy starting to run for cover ……. mandate? what mandate? shutdown? what shutdown?
When they can’t hide from the evil they committed, they will use the tried and true “the devil made me do it” excuse.
Comedian Flip Wilson’s “Geraldine Jones, wife of the Rev Leroy”, demonstrates the technique.
Note: the last line explains the 2020 fraudulent election.
Flip had a technique all his own. Very timely catus 👏 😉
Thanks Catus ❤️
Blast from the past.
The Animals,
“House of the rising sun”, 1964
I met Eric Burdon after Concert here, good bloke, at the time many here thought that the house of the rising sun was a reference to ‘Prison’ !
Imo, now the ‘prison’ is on the outside, sad to say.
GM Mungrel!
We got them where we want them FC. This time they can’t escape us.
👍 😂
Good morning, son!
Ha! When you’re this age, just about everything is a “blast from the past” eh?!
Yup, everything is relative …….
We’re looking at the WWII+ period…..
It covers a lot of interesting times in the Good Ol’ USA with the emphasis on small town America and “God, Country, Mom, Apple Pie and Chicken after church on Sunday.”
So true Sarah, so true 😎
There was a time I could belt that one out and sound good! Especially in the shower.
You had to have been a teenager in the early-mid ’60s to understand how big of a hit that tune was.
Every kid who could play a guitar new the chords to that one.
I remember there was always some disagreement among kids as to exactly what the lyrics were….
The song has a long tradition in bluegrass. It was actually originally written from the point of view of a woman working in that “House.”
Sorry this is on YT but it’s very good… The Country Gentlemen performing it…
(They use a trick I’ve learned since playing bluegrass for a few years – the first time through is slow and soulful, and then… superfast double time… Love that, it’s always so much fun to play…)
Blast from the past.
Dave Clark Five,
“I like it like that”, 1965
New slang name for the treehouse? 🤔
ALL WHO BELIEVE AND ARE BAPTIZED
Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit, in whom he also went and preached to the spirits in prison, who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ship was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you—not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
— 1 Peter 3:18-22, WEB
1. All who believe and are baptized shall see the Lord’s salvation;
Baptized into the death of Christ, they are a new creation.
Through Christ’s redemption they shall stand
Among the glorious heavenly band of every tribe and nation.
2. With one accord, O God, we pray: grant us Your Holy Spirit.
Help us in our infirmity through Jesus’ blood and merit.
Grant us to grow in grace each day
That by this sacrifice we may eternal life inherit.
Hi treepers … I need to spend more time on a few other things now, enough so I won’t be able to keep posting daily. I hope you’ve enjoyed the hymns lately. It’s been a good experience for me. I’ll drop by time to time to say hi and share a hymn. Best to you all. Love you all. … 1530
Take care and whatever you do, do it good, we’ll meet again ⛪
I’m sure we will. Best to ya, Mungerl!
Thank you for all you’ve posted 1530, and we’ll see you when you drop in again. Hope the ‘few other things’ go well.
Thank you, Slowcobra. I’m not planning to be gone. Just less frequent.
1530,
IMO, what a beautiful way to raise a parting glass!
I’ve enjoyed tour postings immensely and am thankful for the pleasure each has brought coupled with the pleasure of knowing you. I thank you for that 😊
I would like to raise my parting glass with:
Oswald chambers, my utmost for his highest, Jan 25,
Keep your life so constant in its contact with God that His surprising power may break out on the right hand and on the left. Always be in a state of expectancy, and see that you leave room for God to come in as He likes.
Perhaps one of the things that will keep you away from here is to make a little more elbow room for God. 😉 None of us know when our guest arrives, all of us know to expect him. There’s always something else we need to do to prepare for our guest
It’s been good knowing you 1530. Farewell, until the next time we meet. 💕
What a joyous parting glass toast, Cat. I think that’s perhaps the loveliest post you’ve ever left. It is truly beautiful.💓🙏
Shucks, it’s only because of 1530’s influence that the words just flowed out. ❤️
Oh yes, I understand that. If anyone can inspire, it is you, 1530. You will be sorely missed.
Oswald Chambers is fitting man to draw your farewell from.
Feral Cat, thanks for the beautiful wishes.
1530, it is I that’s thanking you for the beautiful words and hymns. Without them there would be nothing there to inspire 😘 ❤️
Grace to you 1530.
If someone asked me what I think of 1530, how would I succinctly respond?
“His music magnifies The Master”.
❤️
GM Frank!
Good morning, Frank!
I think of Bach and his prodigious musical outpourings, all of which do honour God🙏.
Thanks for the good wishes Frank.
Frank, yes, He does save. Thanks for the beautiful wishes. Til we meet again.
Thank you Frank. That is a beautiful song and YES, Jesus Saves. God bless you and all our Treepers.
Godspeed, 1530.🙏 We’ll keep a weather eye out for you. Thank you for all you’ve posted. You are such a part of this lovely thread, and I’ll miss seeing you.💓
Godspeed to you Betsy.
And love back at you 1530, blessings!
Grandpa, blessings to you, too.
Be well 1530. We’ll look for you when space and time permits. 🙂
Thanks Garrison. Best wishes for your wellbeing, too.
God bless you and keep you safe in all that you need to do. We will look forward to enjoying your hymns whenever you are able to bring them to us. Keeping you in my prayers always.
In my seven decades I’ve not seen days like these. Authoritarian government, universal deceit, and betrayal at the highest levels are our daily fare. God’s word teaches that we are not to hope in princes. There is only one Rock in whom we can find hope—Jesus Christ.
Said the same thing on March 16th(?), 2020. Never did I see, nor did my parents, nor did our history record, a total national shutdown. We are downstream from that pivotal, disasterous event.
That one required a “HELL NO!”
Got shut out of edit.
Addendum: Worship no man. Follow only the Lord, His teachings.
Amen.
Yes. I often think back to the moment it hit me deep in my gut. I think it was when they showed the graph of the line going straight up, up, up, up, up indicating unemployment that occured in the blink of an eye. It was a visual that encapsulated something that I knew was just so wrong and so very dangerous in ways I could not yet full grasp or articulate, but the dread and shock was there.
Also, when Biden cancelled the Keystone Pipeline on his first day in office, it was like palpable evil. What person does something like that on day 1? Who would make such a destructive thing on so many levels a priority. It felt like an announcement that we were in for something unthinkable.
I still think there’s a level of shock, disbelief… that what is unfolding is on such a monumental scale, moving so fast, inflicting so much needless pain, suffering, destruction…. The feeling that how could this possibly happen in America?
It’s hard to put into words…
Disbelief is an accurate description. Grief is also a feeling that fits for me. So much lost that cannot be replaced. Some days I feel like I am in mourning.
You describe my feelings exactly, oldschool.
Mourning in America (as was).
And it terrifies me to think that what type of America my grandchildren will be living in. In the end, I tell myself I must leave it to God.
I say the same. I also pray I never lose sight of His Light. God be with you.
And you always.😊
Yes, mourning. But the shock remains because unlike normal mourning as when an elderly loved one died, this was something I never could have imagined in my wildest nightmares would/could occur in America. Yet it is happening.
I suppose we took our country for granted and/or somehow felt immune. But of course we aren’t/weren’t immune.
There are layers and layers of shock, including the lack of push back against it, even from those one would have thought better of.
There’s so much one can say…. It feels like a time to do whatever one can to have a voice and to gather ever-closer those we hold near and dear…. treasure this time and pray for strength to face what will likely continue to unfold.
I often think of all the human suffering throughout history and it humbles me, reminds me that there is/was nothing to say I wouldn’t be protected from unthinkable things. And it gives me perspective. Not that I want to be subjected to any horrors, but I find some grace in a long view of history and knowing nothing was promised to me in this life on earth.
Still….
I love your posts Sarah. They touch my soul.
Sarah it has been heartbreaking to watch the deliberate destruction of our way of life. I’ve shed many a year over it.
IMO, it’s unfortunate there is this type of evil dressed up in human form roaming the world. I call them the progressive elders who spread their demented ideas on the world. They have infested everything and everywhere.A cross or a word of God repels the ones I’ve personally met. Usually they can’t get away fast enough 😉
Tear not year. Although my free college degree on all things progressive and their thinking and behaviors took a few years 😎
Yes, it was apparent you meant tear, not fear, my dear.
Amen.
Thank you for your post!
Good morning, Sierra. I wake up every morning and my first feeling is that we’re reliving that horrifying time in the last century that we all (of a certain age) learned about in history classes. I’m not speaking only about WWII. Stalinist Russia as well.
The government we are oppressed by enjoys tossing around the term “terrorist” when referring to Americans who simply want to be left alone, when it is they who are the rank terrorists. And of course, they believe that they can obliterate Christianity, so delusional are they.
How pitiful and ignorant they are. They are they Dark, and they do not comprehend the Light which is with us always.
That’s right, Betsy. This grandpa has seen it first hand and he ain’t going to submit. Someone said that ain’t ain’t a word.
But you know what, God wins and we win with Him. Blessed be His Holy Name.
Amen, amen🙏.
Ain’t always works when one needs powerful Texas emphasis. If I use it, like all Texans, I mean business! In fact I used it down thread to WeeWeed😉
Right now I’m thinking of Solomon and his friendship with Solzhenitsyn. I pray he’s all right. I wish he would return. We could use him right about now.🙏💓
Me too, Betsy, I enjoyed his input. BTW, after my arrival to the US, besides the Bible, some of Solzhenytsyn works were among the first books that I read.
Is it giving too much away, G, to ask what year yo arrived here?
1987
The year after I left for Blighty. It seems so far back.
It does, doesn’t it? And yet sometimes it feels just like yesterday.
Me too Betsy. Didn’t know about his history or his article on am. It makes him more mysterious in my eyes. I thank you for enlightening me.
Just wish he could see his 🌺🌸🌼🌻🌹🌷💐
I miss him and his perspective that he shared 😞
He is in constant discomfort, as he has allowed many times and suffered a bad fall a few weeks before his last post. He did say he was not going to post for a while but would return.
And as I think it was Frank and GrandpaM who alerted me that he had written a brief article for American Thinker which I read and which was posted in early January. The 8th if I remember correctly.
So I keep my prayers going for him and just know one day I’ll come to this thread and find him here once more.I do miss him and our conversations…sigh…
I think it was Frank. I missed it, got busy with other things.
Right. One day missed on this thread and I can feel out of the loop. It was around the middle of December I remember because I missed the chance to wish him Merry Christmas.
Rebel, imo, you’ve outdone yourself with these ❤️
Beautiful simply beautiful!
Thank you
Please pass the tissue….
Why is it that when ever I see Brian Stelter I see the actor Ned Beatty and hear this song?
Morning OT mob, I am going into commie central leaving 2am and must try to sleep allthough I’m not posting Aussie stuff at the moment I still continue the fight.
I’ll try to break through a wall here in regards to Aussie God perception venacula.
We just had a big storm , lighting means fire, rain is in bursts, the country is bone dry.
Ten minutes ago the patriarch of the family farm where I live at the moment rode his 4×4 little get anywhere cross country for a mungrel report on the situation this end.
Here’s the encounter : him, how much rain, me 3 mill tops, him, F*ck it, we got ten, me, well God stepped you over, whataveya been doing, him, ( he is 74) when I nearly died last year and the docs gave me two days to live, I had to have a word ! , me , so how’d that go, him ” F*ckin Barstad told me I haven’t done enough penance yet” 😊 !
This to me is hilarious, he doesn’t deny or mock and accepts .
Just in a different way, that’s all.
End thread posters yesterday , much enjoyed.
Cheers.
Take care mungrel.
Am I missing something or do you owe me, Gramps, and the posters here one more story plus an epilogue?
Please explain!
As we all know, M, our relationship with God is the most intensely personal one we will ever have.💓
Stay safe, son, that lightening can be a dog of a different gender :).
Good Morning everyone! ☀️
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Good morning, Sepp.
I’m a nonstarter on linking but I wanted to tell you on ACE OF SPADES HQ this morning, his Open Art Thread has 2 pieces of stunning iconography…one by Cimabue and the other by Giotta.
They are accompanied by comparative analysis which I thought might interest you, in case you have any spare moments today (uninterrupted by pre-schoolers😉💓)
I am a neophyte when it comes to icons but this is what I understand at this point:
Icons are one place where the visible and the invisible meet.
Early Christian icons taught theology, if one understands that at which he looks.
Early icons had the focal point in front of the picture, meant to confront the viewer.
Renaissance icons put the focal point behind the picture, drawing the viewer into the scene.
Giotto’s “icon” in this instance has sexualized Mary, as you can see by how he painted her breasts.
15th/16th century icons started becoming carnal, rather than leading the viewer to spiritual truth.
Sepp, can you help out?
So interesting. Your knowledge is impressive, LS. I shall revisit the site before I retire. Thank you.
I start every day listening to this song (among others throughout the day). Mr. Lewis says it in song better than I can ever say it in speech…and this acoustic version…mwah!!!!
For those who don’t want to listen:
[Verse 1]
All the talkin’ heads on TV, they sellin’ their lies
Sayin’ their way is better for livin’ my life
And I’m fed up of them set up all high on that hill
They don’t give a damn ’bout a common man, hell, they never will
[Chorus]
So say what you want to ’bout the things I hold true
And the fabric that makes up this red, white, and blue
‘Cause I’ll fight for my country ’til the day that I’m done
I’ve still got my God and I’ve still got my gun
[Verse 2]
I was raised up to stand up for what I thought was right
A tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye
And do unto others as you’d be done to
If you do me wrong, mister, got it comin’ to you
[Chorus]
So you can say what you want to ’bout the things I hold true
And the fabric that makes up this red, white, and blue
‘Cause I’ll fight for my country ’til the day that I’m done
And I’ve still got my God and I’ve still got my gun
[Bridge]
And if you want me, come get me, I ain’t hard to find
A .45 on my hip and the Lord on my side
[Chorus]
So you can say what you want to ’bout the things I hold true
And the fabric that makes up this red, white, and blue
And I’ll fight for my country ’til the day that I’m done
And I’ve still got my God and I’ve still got my gun
[Outro]
And I’ll fight for my country ’til the day that I’m done
And I’ll still have my God and I’ll still have my gun
Howdy Dwayne, this song is all about us bitter clingers…
Good morning, Dwayne. Like Mungrel on the other side of this world, you are a good man and a true patriot.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
Mornin all.
Here I sit in the dock about 5 miles east of Columbia, MO. In less than an hour they’ll have unloaded their dunnage and put their freight on.
Then it’s 47 miles to a stop in Mexico, MO. They will do the same there.
Then it’s on to Hannibal, MO about 72 miles away. I have no freight to pickup there but may have dunnage for them. Can’t tell yet because it may be buried up in the nose of the trailer where I can’t see it.
No matter I still have to go there according to the contract. But if I have no dunnage for them I just go in and tell them and head down the road.
Then it’s 247 miles via US 36 E to IL 133 to IL 1 to meet the relay driver at Marshall, IL. There we exchange trailers and paper work.
Finally it’s 276 miles back to here passing through St. Louis during the afternoon rush.
Monday I had 14 minutes of my 11 hour drive time remaining when I got here. Yesterday things went better and I ha 47 minutes of drive time remaining.
No way a driver can complete this route on time if the weather goes against him.
Rah, was watching a two-part episode of rockford files this week and thought of you.
It was “gearjammers” episode, where rockford and his dad (the great noah beery jr of course) investigate shenanigans of bills of laden , stolen cabs, and switching out expensive cargo.
Some very fancy stunt truck driving, too!
Be safe out there…
Safe travel, rah!
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)
Greetings Treepers!
I get a little concerned when I don’t see Garrison each manana.
Hmmm. Any update?
Morning, Frank. I’m with you. A little twitch of concern as I scroll and don’t see him. Well, a big twitch really🙏
All is well . . . I just got busy and forgot. I don’t multi-task well at all. I’m really, really old you know. 🙂
PHEW!!!!!
Top of the evening to you, Garrison. I know a little about being really old… but I haven’t quite reached really really old just yet.. 😉
Take care.
Good afternoon, Frank! got a song for you if you catch my drift…
Mornin’ infidels!
Ain’t it the truth, WeeWeed. Good morning to you😊
Good Evening, WeeWeed!
Maybe it wasn’t the wrong address….
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/what-does-vladimir-putin-have-on-joe-biden
My gosh, GB. We can only imagine. Probably at least as much as he does on Hillary.
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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.
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, January 26, 2022
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“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”
1 Corinthians 6:20 (KJV)
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
A tweet I found and kept.
“If you are a woman in Texas who is unable to schedule an abortion, hear this:
I will take your child. Carry him or her to term, and I will happily welcome your baby into my home. They’ll have 5 insane siblings, but I promise it will be better than death. So much better.💓”
God bless this woman🙏
Mornin’ Treepers
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
A very special Good Morning to MoPar2020! 😘
Good day y’all
Courtesy of Luce
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Looks like a painting.
Dora, it is beautiful! Love the Acropolis although the city of Athens is a mess. A little story about GrandpaM’s ancestry.
My great great great grandmother was Greek from the island of Chios. After the rebellion of 1922 against the Turks and the massacre that happened as a consequence she was sold with a lot of other young Greek girls into slavery. Some Turkish dude bought her and 5 more to be his concubines. The local Turkish overlord (kind of like the county ruler) did not like polygamy so he took the girls and married them off to men from the local Christian population. That’s hoe my great great great grandpa got his wife.. Their oldest son (my great great grandfather) became an Orthodox priest.
That should be the rebellion of 1822, duh…
What a story, G!! What grace was given to your 3 times great grandmother!! And here you are. An incredible genealogy and history. I’m so glad you told that story.
My friend in the UK is partly Greek. He had a Greek father. So now I have two Greek, or Greek-ish, friends. As my mother would say, “Who would have thunk it?”
LOL! Definitely Greek-ish. Something like 1/12th. But at a souvenir shop in Delphi, after I thanked the lady in Greek, she started talking to me. I said, “I don’t speak Greek at all, just a few words.” The reply was, “But you look Greek.”
I think she was trying to sell more t-shirts. 🙂
Once those genes get involved you had no chance! And your Greek sounds like my Welsh…the odd word or phrase here and there to give the impression I am fluent but could never be. The Welsh language is right up there with Portuguese as two of the most difficult. I hope you came away with at least one teeshirt😂.
Don’t forget the Finn and the Hungarian languages.
they are in a group by themselves.
We did get a few. Later when we got home and gave my Mom her t-shirt we found out that the ancient picture copied there had all the guys running with their wieners out. My SIL was the first one to notice and went, “Am I seeing what I’m seeing?” LOL
Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!😂😂😂
That Turkish overlord didn’t fare too well. Because of him treating the Christians well he got summoned to the sultan in Istanbul and was strangled there. He knew he wouldn’t be coming back and deflected the invitation several times but at the end had to go.
That’s quite a legacy you get to hand down to your grands🤗
Just learned it myself a couple of 3 years ago. My uncle had done all the research and finally let me read his manuscript.
Oh dear…..😬
Oh what photographs, Dora!!! Mesmerizing. I love Visegrad.
The US military is purging conservative Christians who object to abortion-tainted vaccines. Here’s proof
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https://www.lifesitenews.com/episodes/the-us-military-is-purging-conservative-christians-who-object-to-abortion-tainted-vaccines-heres-proof/
One nation under God…these poor excuses for leaders seem to have forgotten. As they have abandoned their allegiance to Him and the country which He stands watch over, I’d suggest that they reconsider their perfidy.
God bless and protect our men and women who stand with Christ.🙏
We are in a spiritual battle for the souls of humanity. Act accordingly. Pray, fast, and sacrifice for the conversion of sinners and the whole world.
Saint Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God
cast into hell Satan
and all the evil spirits who prowl throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Amen.
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Thank you, DDB. Though I’m not Catholic, I do keep this powerful prayer on my phone. It affects me tremendously and even more so when I come across it unexpectedly.
Dupree, this week, I had inquired about the mystery of St Michael’s sword. Menagerie was kind enough to post 👇.
https://thecatholictravelguide.com/destinations/the-legendary-sword-of-saint-michael/
Perhaps it would be of interest to you
Personally, that was a pleasant surprise. I understand his style isn’t too attractive to some but his lyrics(if they’re called that) are on the money and the younger ones, that I know, like his style. Independent, self made, and he’s getting the word out. I’d be proud to call him my son
I think this is his newest one.
Thank you for posting
Victims of the “J6” inquisition racketeers are pleading the 5th amendment.
Pelosi, Schumer, McConnell, and their ilk, may now try to ban the 5th amendment or claim it doesn’t apply to US Citizens, that it only applies to illegal border-crossers and convicted felons …
If these cases next go to SCOTUS, “justice” Roberts may claim US Citizens have no standing under The US Constitution …
It is not in anyone’s purview to do that.
Months ago it was brought to my attention the multiple facets of our reality as individuals. How we can use feelings or beliefs to determine factors in our world. I call it our reality’s. “It’s your world I’m just living in it.”
No other time have I been so aware of all the misconceptions in “our realities”. The Holy Spirit points it out constantly.
The truth is there is one reality, Gods. He wrote a book about it I call “the manual”. How we enter and live there in Gods reality is our life’s work.
Just like using a Honda repair manual on a BMW will gain you some success but mostly failure. Gods manual is for us alone.
Harmony, is our lives in lockstep with Gods reality. You cannot see unless you live in that place. You may see glimpses but the picture is “as if seeing through a dark glass”. 1 Corinthians 13:12
Measuring your harmony is determined in the fullness of given areas of your life. Joy, is of God. Happiness is fleeting, it’s not of God. God is eternal.
Heap your treasure. Look at it intently. Is it used for others joy and fullness or your happiness, because joy does not come from selfish pleasures. Joy is the smile you put on the face of another.
If miracles are not present through us, then we lack. God ordained us to perform miracles, signs and wonders. It is a measure.
It’s one example of measuring our harmony with Gods reality.
This seems hard, it’s not, it’s our nature to step into who we are. It’s a matter of letting go and embracing Gods image. To hold it with reverence. We cannot but God can and will.
The issue is we hold the fruit in the jar that is on a rope until we have been beaten senseless, some never let go.
And what is hidden and amazing is, that fruit we hold is nothing compared to the magnificent garden full of fruit when we are free.
It is not a loss but a gain of “all things.”
Reading this is like “have you passed by the thoughts in my mind?”
This morning, I was reflecting on a wonderful change in myself in November. One which made me joyously happier every minute of the day. It has magnified 100 times more with each day I spend a little time with ALL of you here.
IMO, you’re correct. It’s not hard to live God’s reality. For me, it’s hard to stick with it. That’s where the treehouse comes in. ❤️
Thank you palerider for posting this! 😘
Hey cat, (sorry I like texting that)
We are all connected in spirit, I see that in our harmony with God. It’s where we should all reside. We still are individuals. We reflect like jewels, as we are in Gods eyes. I see that in my boys.
Anyway, with God it’s rest, relax it’s where you find him in peace. That statement of “your sin is as far from me as East is from west” means no guilt, no shame, peace. Cause we all are missing it. God knows this. The struggle is let go of our ‘trying’ allow God to speak and direct. All higher thought comes from God, not me or you. The more you place that reverence on God, the easier and closer you will be to him.
Like your “hey cat” 🤭 just don’t call me the k or p word and it’s all good 😉
I used to proudly say “I’m a factory second”. people were perplexed by my comfortable way of describing myself. Tried to no avail to explain. It was over their heads, I guess
Very nice post, Palerider. And you are correct about the “trying”.
I can’t remember how many years ago the simplistic (as it struck me at the time) oft heard phrase “Let go, Let God” was spreading everywhere.
But then I was not in the place I am now and I’m afraid I heard it so often that it became trite to my ear. As time has moved on, however, and as I’ve grown so far away from who I was in those times, that simple phrase has become an instruction with palpable meaning for me. Four words…that’s all. And I do let go, and I leave all to Him, as instructed. There is tremendous peace in that.
Saying a prayer for Garrison who usually posts music on this thread and who is sometimes “late” in doing so. Of course he has no obligation to do it, but when someone does something so routinely and then doesn’t, it’s hard not to notice. So I hope and pray he and his loved one(s) are ok. Saying a little prayer….
Sarah, he replied upthread and said he simply forgot. PTL all is good!
Thank you. I just saw that when scrolling to see if he posted. Much appreciate your heads up because some of the reply threads are very long and it’s hard on the eyes to try to check it all.
All is well in the best of all possible worlds.
Trump endorses Ortagus, for Tennessee, who is likely a deep state plant
https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/01/26/ortagus-pledged-to-serve-biden-in-private-emails/
Honestly, trump has a weakness for pretty ladies.
Don’t throw out fifty years of trumps past because he says different now.
He is now saying he’s is running for president again.
I wish he wouldn’t. IMHO, (and that’s hated opinion not humble) he will do damage.
Wasn’t aware, thanks
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Ortagus
In order to finish Lucky’s story I needed to let you know how she got her wings in the first place. It was a publicity stunt created by an Ad agency to promote 2 businesses. To them, the fact that Lucky benefftted was irrelevant.
Because of the publicity, Lucky, as a pilot (then as a flight instructor) was thrust into the limelight: everyone was watching. Who? Well, the potential students, other flight operations at the airport, the Air Traffic Controllers and the local FAA for starters.
While this was a great adventure, as far as Lucky was concerned, you must be aware that it was not supposed to last. Lucky was supposed to get bored, get married or do something else. As the old joke goes, ‘something funny happened on the way to the forum’. Lucky’s new career persisted. I won’t say she was ‘expected to fail’, but as far as everyone else but Lucky was concerned, that was the expectation.
Teaching someone to fly is a great responsibility. The procedures, rules and regs and ways of thinking you teach (and the student learns) determine the future of that pilot, his / her passengers and those on the ground. The closest analogy is that of parents preparing their children for their futures.
As mentioned, Lucky felt a great debt of gratitude for the gift that she received. After almost 10 years and 10,000 flying hours, however, she felt it was time to move on. A future in the FAA seemed a logical course of action. FAA contacts were encouraging her, not to mention job security and $$ benefits. Instead of being on the outside of the rule making and enforcement ‘police’ (for want of a better word), Lucky would be on the inside.
The other thing that must be highlighted: at the time of this narrative, flying in the 1960s and 1970s was dominated by men. In particular, the professionals came from the military. Rah has detailed his military exploits, much to our benefit. Many pilots, those who did not end up flying for the airlines, joined the FAA in some capacity. There were and are airport and logistics type support and Air Traffic Controllers.
Bottom line – women were not participants. So along comes this joke of a girl looking for a job. By their standards I was in no way ‘qualified’. Do not misunderstand, Lucky had nothing but awe and respect for the experiences of her co-workers. She kept looking for ways to contribute. At the same time, Lucky was more than ready to acknowledge her lack of experience in specific areas. Her decline of the Border Patrol position was the first example.
Short side story about Lucky’s job interview in Alaska. The job opening was for a General Aviation Safety Operations Inspector. It would have involved (among other things) giving talks at various locations in AK – about how to fly safely. Sounded really fun. Then, during Lucky’s job interview (in AK) she was given the facts of life about the job. 2 things stand out as reasons she declined the job. 1) Try to imagine this big city girl talking to Alaska Bush Pilots about flying safely in wild country – a survival course would have been the first thing scheduled. and 2) Lucky was told that because there is very little ‘entertainment’ in remote areas, the whole town comes to the meeting. BUT… if they don’t like what you are saying they get up and leave. Now, I ask you, who’s ego can stand the thought of that?
Giving credit where credit is due, Lucky knew enough to know that bush pilots earn every penny of their ‘rewards’. No contest. Rah has posted little snippets of his experience as a paratrooper into remote areas. Gasp.
After spending a few years as a General Aviation Operations Inspector in Colorado, Lucky was given the opportunity to become the first and only (until then) woman flight instructor at the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City. The job was to provide training to prepare new FAA Ops Inspector hires That was fun because of the opportunity to fly with some very capable pilots, log some good multi engine aircraft hours, and get good exposure to some other parts of the FAA.
Higher ups in the FAA were apparently noticing. Next came an opportunity to apply for a position in Washington DC. Successful job interview, move executed. The beginning of the end.
You may be wondering about the point of the story. I’ll give you a clue. In my mind Lucky’s story has parallels with that of our VSG P DJT.
When Lucky got to DC she was one of 6 women who had ‘climbed the ladder’. They were not working together, but relied on each other for support. Someone in the FAA during the 1970s had decided they needed to get some ‘girls’ on board. Memory (reaching back 40 years) does not include any of us ‘kicking down the doors’ – as Mungrel would say. Or picking the lock. But, a la President Trump, we were definately ‘outsiders’. Each of us had the mistaken idea that we could ‘contribute’, make changes that would benefit other women who wanted a career in aviation.
Lucky found the swamp.
I’ll make this as brief as I can. One part of the FAA, Flight Inspection, has the responsibility of ensuring that when an avionics instrument on board an airplane indicates that it is over a specific spot on the earth that the plane really IS over that spot. The FAA had spent lots of $$ for someone to perform a job task analysis. In other words, what skills and knowledge does an entry level new hire need to acquire to become a journeyman? The program supposedly analyzed requirements for the pilots, the avionics and maintenance personnel.
When Lucky arrived in DC she took her place on the team that was responsible for the development of this new program. She was working with several people in DC, but also with folks at the FAA academy, to develop a computer based learning experience for new hires. Its stated goal was to provide a variable learning environment which would expedite learning, depending on how one learned best.
Contacts with an avionics (a fancy word for the instruments on board the airplane) specialist went fine. The mechanic on the team was very frustrated. The one in ‘control’ of the program had a degree in education (sound like Jill Biden?) who was NOT a pilot and in reality knew next to nothing about the flying world. In no time at all, Lucky found that whatever they were ‘developing’ had no relationship to the original job task analysis. Worse than that, the folks at the FAA Academy were ‘learning how to program’. The rule of thumb was that for 1 hour of student learning on the computer, 10 hours of computer programming went behind that 1 hour. The ‘team’ was spending 100s of hours. To top that off, the results so far would not prepare a pilot to taxi for takeoff (using an extreme analogy).
The mechanic on the team was beside himself. Don’t know if you personally know any mechanics, but as a group of people they do not pull out the manual to learn how to fix something that is broken. What these ‘yahoos’ (trying for polite here) were doing is scanning pages from the aircraft manual. The airplane being flown for this job was a Saber, a small 2 engine jet. Why anybody thought a mechanic would view the manual on a computer screen when the book (that he didn’t use) sat right nearby was a complete mystery.
I won’t bore you with more hair-raising stories that went along with this experience. But, imagine if you will, Lucky standing on a hill waving a red flag warning people of this disaster in the making. Pot shots were coming from every side. She had the backing of the others on the team, support from the folks at the FAA Academy and (most important of all) support from the folks in FAA Headquarters from Flight Inspection. You guessed it. The ‘leader’ of this disaster prevailed.
Lucky had always secretly viewed her personality as that of a tractor. Tractors DO things. They push dirt to build hills, knock over trees, pull rocks out of fields. Well, Lucky ran into a swamp. Glub Glub.
She quit.
There must have been some success from her efforts – and the other women pilots in DC then. Today you read / hear about women astronauts, military jet and helicopter pilots, women in other military positions.
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Despite what you might surmise, I did not craft this story to educate you about the joys of flying. Nor to expose you to the specific problems of working for the FAA part of the gummit. Lucky quit in 1980. That is over 40 years ago (in case your new math has you running out of fingers and toes). I wanted to present a picture of how a few people in control derail even the best of projects.
President Trump’s stated goal is to Make America Great Again. To do that, he has to ‘drain the swamp.’ I thought you would enjoy a first hand glimpse of that swamp. It is not limited to elected politicians. From Lucky’s experience the rank and file FAA employees (at that time) were talented and helpful, supportive of Lucky’s career. The swamp she ran into was in DC.
PS – in case you didn’t guess – Lucky did sink in the swamp. End of flying. It took many years to get pulled out, but by then all parts were rusted and inop.
I didn’t state the obvious: This is why, from day 1, I knew what Mr Trump was up against.
Good story ms idaho. Thank you for sharing.
When you have spoken previously of your flying lessons, in detroit, I pictured you flying over the river near the ambassador bridge/ windsor.
Perhaps from willow run even.
all of the above.
are you still living there?
Yes. Flew along the river in a B-17 from willow run. That was my big excitement that made me wonder if your early lessons took you on same path, perhaps.
I did mine during a special event. but the best thrill was my dad (WWII vet) saw me off from willow run and got to see the plane.
🙂
Detroit was a very important historical background – before my time.
Thanks ms idaho, very enlightening. I guess the swamp is the same all over the world. Some deeper than others but essentially the same.
I was told there were 3 kinds of people working in DC. Those full of enthusiasm (usually newly arrived), those who had given up and those who never did try.
Some way to keep long time employees from developing fieifdoms would help, but I don’t know if that is possible.
When unions were allowed and folks could not be fired the problems became worse.
There is (IMHO) a small benefit to a Biden Admin. He is getting rid of gummit employees – rumor has it. Whether they are being replaced I have no clue.
Quip O’Day – Wednesday January 26, 2022
“Never feel shame for trying and failing for he who has never failed is he who has never tried.”
― Og Mandino, The Greatest Salesman in the World
Similarly…”Don’t be afraid to start over. This time you’re not starting from scratch, your starting from experience.”😊
building upon what was there before
Yes indeed.
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 prayers up for political prisoners everywhere, especially Julian Assange and the January 6 entrapment victims. And Lord please protect Pastor Pawlowski and all others who speak their minds in public
Amen and amen!
Amen.
Amen.