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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Stepping in…
These are the same devotions that were being posted
Thank You so much HEART!!! Appreciate the Assist!!!
God Bless You Real Good!!!
~~Isaiah 6:8~~
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”Then said I, “Here am I; send me!”
Good morning💓! Your generous gesture made me think of one of my most loved pieces of Scripture immediately. You’ll understand why. Bless your home and your heart…
Morning, Betsy! (Have you noticed, many of the “regulars” are more quiet than usual?)
Good morning, Leenie💓 Yes, I have. And since I make up my own stories, I am keeping them all in my prayers. Each and every one.🙏 Blessings to you, girl.
Good morning, Betsy! 💗
Good morning, G💖
Reading your reply to Leenie… Simple pleasures…one another’s company over a cup of coffee. The older I get the more those little things mean to me. But your cats?? Yuk, and 😂. Been there so many times. Lucky that you could see it and not, as I have done, walked through it before you saw it.
Last week there were the guts of some poor bird on the floor.
😬…..hate that…when we lived in Wales and had a catflap, our adopted but domesticated ( mostly…they did like their creature comforts… fires, food, and soft beds to sleep in)…they would nevertheless do their night hunting. Rabbits, alive or not, would be brought from time to time. And I’ll leave it there………..😔
Yuck!
When I find a new “web site”I lurk. I take note of names, I decide who to respond to and who not to respond to…what sites to stay on and which to get off of. It is great to see new people commenting here, but I am going “Leenie.” Watching and lurking and missing the “regular” contributors. Seems like several others are doing the same. I miss them.
Good morning, Leenie, today is the first morning in quite a while that my bride and I had coffee together and sat and spent time with each other. I guess the cats didn’t appreciate that because someone left puke on her desk. 😁
That sounds wonderful (except for the puke part!)
Do check out Garrison’s Kitty post!!! Guaranteed to make you laugh!
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That was funny 😂. ❤️
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…any word from your dog friend?
Thank you, Heart. You have made my day complete with the Bible study!!! Greatly appreciate the Assist. God Bless You!!!
Buena Vista Social Club !
Brings back memories, we were obsessed with them for a time. Love listening again. Thanks.
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Una seleccion maravillosa…Dios te bendiga amigo. 🙂
Good morning, CBB💓
Mornin’ Bet! Off to the mine as usual…stay blessed my friend! 🙂
Oh dear, Head Canary. Is this your every Saturday thing? Take care, sir. And of course, all blessings to you as well🙏💖
Unfortunately yes my friend,but it normally is a 7 day a week thing.I commonly run into spurts of 30-60 days strait,with 120-140 days strait not being unheard of,albeit not so in the last year.However,great news…I am taking tomorrow off and will leisurely eat a big breakfast,read here at “the tree” to enjoy prayers and music,and probably watch some Randolph Scott,Audie Murphy,or John Wayne movie.
I am sure I will take a nap or two,but then I will probably feel guilty for being lazy,and go outside and work on the lawn or something.I guess I’m REALLY old fashioned and obviously a chronic workaholic,but hey,it passes the time and keeps me out of trouble!
You are such a sweet soul Bet,and I always enjoy reading your comments,as well as those from our friends here.Your family is blessed to have you ma’am,and we are as well.Keep the faith!!! 🙂
I have no words for that, CBB….I’m having a hard time thinking of that sort of schedule, and I’ve known some tough ones. Lord truly love you!! And knowing that, I do so pray tomorrow will let you enjoy all the things you have planned. Because you have so few, I expect they’ll be all the sweeter. You wring out every ounce of pleasure in each one. That’s an order😉.
My husband adores westerns, but especially John Wayne. I remember the day he died. I remember where I was exactly, and I wept buckets. The passing of an era for sure, never to be repeated. Felt the same about David Niven, a gentleman actor old school.
Our favourite JW movie is The Quiet Man. I think because it portrayed an Ireland which is no more.
And thank you for your lovely comments. I’m so glad you found your way to commenting. Friends are very precious, my friend.🤗🙏
🙂 Gracias compadre.
Por nada amigo… 🙂
Many thanks Garrison. I can’t help but wonder if anyone points out to you that your full name, Garrison+Hall are 2 places that ‘hold’ people. You hold us oh, so well that we feel your love with your gifts of music. We are your grateful audience. Ovation!!
Awww, shucks . . . 🙂
Happy Caterday, Treepers!
Been missing the massive torque and reliability of my old 1693 Caterpiller from long time ago. 😉
Good morning, jay!💓
Blessings to you and yours Betsy, Good Morning! 🙂
🙂 Stuff that works . . . Guy Clark.
Computerized junk , 🙁
Good morning, Garrison💓
I wonder if they had kitty tryouts for those roles. Can you imagine?? So sweet!😁
Hi, Betsy! Very well behaved kitties, I think.
All the ones I’ve ever had would have definitely not cooperated…guaranteed!!
FUNNY!! Thank you!!!
23 April 1962
A song called “My Bonnie” by Tony Sheridan and The Beatles was issued in America on the Decca label. It was the first commercial release anywhere in the world to carry The Beatles name. John Lennon would later say “It’s just Tony Sheridan singing with us banging in the background. They’re flogging it, but I wish they’d just shut up! It’s terrible! It could be anybody.” The mono 45 failed to chart on Billboard or Cashbox.
23 April 1969
Herman’s Hermits released a song called “My Sentimental Friend”, which would become a major European hit, reaching number two on the UK pop chart. In the US however, the band was now hopelessly out of style and one of the best songs they ever recorded was ignored completely.
23 April 1983
Dexys Midnight Runners went to the top of the Billboard singles chart with “Come On Eileen”, the group’s only US #1. The band took their name from the amphetamine Dexedrine, commonly known as Dexys, and therefore the group’s name is improperly spelled when an apostrophe is used between the y and the s.
In celebration of caturday I ordered a case of fine milk. Alas 😢 all I got was a case of the sadz 😔
I’m kinda partial to that song!
NATIONAL CHERRY CHEESECAKE DAY – 23 APRIL
Yummy Cheesecake!
Happy Caturday, heerz some kittins
So cute!
Good morning. They lied and a whole lot of people have died or been injured for life.
The Pentagon’s RESPONSE to the explosive DOD medical data is an even bigger story than the data – ThinkCivics News
Caught red handed altering the data the DOD is trying to blame it on a “glitch”.
Of course there’s a cover-up, rah. The whole government is nothing but a cartel of drug pushers and murderers. I knew this was going on. There are only a couple of brave (in the truest sense) whistlelowers. They will pay the price for their morality. Sickening.
I don’t think any of us anticipated that the fraud would be exposed so quickly and conclusively that they would have to rely on the old “glitch” excuse and then alter their data to reveal the reality.
No… Nor did they, so supremely confident are they in their arrogance. Untouchable I think they view themselves. And so far they are right unfortunately. Where are the informed and moral judges? Too few and far between .
Yep, and they are trying desperately to cover the damage.
An excellent and very hard-hitting piece from market-ticker regarding what the “authorities” have done to us and what should be done to them. Time for some retribution on a large scale and if the DOD data doesn’t wake people up, I don’t know what will. This is our highly trained military…many of whom will not be able to fulfill their duties/positions.
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=245717
Considering that the military brought the virus back from the Military Olympics in Wuhan City, China in Oct 2019, they already have a lot to answer for.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: What Really Happened in Wuhan
Premiered Sep 27, 2021
By Sky News Australia
“The World Military Games took place from the 18th to 27th of October 2019 in Wuhan, China. Over 140 nations with 9308 athletes participated with over 300,000 attendees, volunteers and staff.”
Get Sharri Markson’s book ‘What Really Happened in Wuhan’ here:
https://linktr.ee/WhatReallyHappenedInWuhan
This computes with many here who got it in late 2019, like myself. I had it Nov/Dec 2019.
I also think Nitwit Tehran Nan-Xi knew very well in 2019 that it was here and that they intended to shut down the USA on a long term basis, because her long drawn out scampeachment of President TRUMP all of a sudden shifted from star chamber take your time “investigations”, to full on we gotta vote and we gotta’ get this to the Senate fast so they can vote.
Immediately after retiring all gov. employees, retire 98% of all gov’t jobs, then backfill based on merit. We need to remove the cancerous bloat and all the duties never intended to be in federal gov’t hands.
Gun map: Ownership by state
https://www2.cbsnews.com/gun-ownership-rates-by-state?utm_subid=10506144&utm_adset=4280863&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=1417877&ftag=ACQ-07-10adj1f&fbclid=IwAR2NBhCG3J8UUrryPx07TApVQLYB363wr25NGHXkmBMIeHkoSsbFbVQDkig
April 23 Oswald Chambers
The Worship Of The Work
Labourers together with God. — 1 Corinthians 3:9
Beware of any work for God which enables you to evade concentration on Him. A great many Christian workers worship their work. The one concern of a worker should be concentration on God, and this will mean that all the other margins of life, mental, moral and spiritual, are free with the freedom of a child — a worshipping child, not a wayward child. A worker without this solemn, dominant note of concentration on God is apt to get his work on his neck; there is no margin of body, mind or spirit free, consequently he becomes spent out and crushed. There is no freedom, no delight in life; nerves, mind and heart are so crushingly burdened that God’s blessing cannot rest. But the other side is just as true — when once the concentration is on God, all the margins of life are free and under the dominance of God alone. There is no responsibility on you for the work; the only responsibility you have is to keep in living constant touch with God, and to see that you allow nothing to hinder your co-operation with Him. The freedom after sanctification is the freedom of a child, the things that used to keep the life pinned down are gone. But be careful to remember that you are freed for one thing only — to be absolutely devoted to your co-Worker.
We have no right to judge where we should be put, or to have preconceived notions as to what God is fitting us for. God engineers everything; wherever He puts us our one great aim is to pour out a whole-hearted devotion to Him in that particular work. “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.”
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Civilization is based on principles which imply that the passing moment is permanent. The only permanent thing is God, and if I put anything else as permanent, I become atheistic. I must build only on God (John 14:6).
Good morning, Mrs. Cat💓 Hoping your snow has gone. The ferocious sustained winds should be enough to blow it all away. No fan needed!!😉
(Not meant as a reply to your post above!). Make sure you watch Garrison’s Kitten post….and they keep going and going!
Good morning to you!!!!
Good morning, Cat! ❤️
Hi Betsy, Leenie, grandpa, et al ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Spring may have arrived in my part of the woods. Achooo! 😝 thanks to Betsy for winds coming my way.
And Leenie, I loved Garrison’s kitties. Almost missed them. Thanks!
Yay to grandpa and mrs grandpa having a romantic moment, minus the cats gift!
Mungrel, we haven’t seen him for a while, I think it’s my fault. I’m sorry. I pwmise to keep to da house rules and never sale da doggie on eBay ever again. And feral no touch catnip mint 😜
Cat!! Our twin grandlads just secured their first jobs at a local ice cream burger place. Both interviewed and both were immediately hired.
I just sent them a few words of advice…plus the above sermon. As far as they are concerned, this fortuitous one you posted couldn’t have been at a better time!. Thank you!😘
And those winds are still a-blowing!!!
That’s wonderful!! Congrats to the twins. Yay!!!!! Their own money and budgets 😂 ps God has the best timing 🥰
As well we both know…thank you, Cat.💓
You’re fault? I find that hard to believe.
Plus, that was 🤣.
Mungrel’s gonna be pissed at me too, but the idea of putting the doggie on eBay had me in stitches!
Respect and honor to you Mungrel!!!!!!!
I got nothing . . .
Good morning marquis!
😝 😂 😂
Can’t be morning, I ain’t been to sleep yet!
Perfect! A good example of the Republican Party on the attack!
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. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
The 50th Psalm (Septuagint)
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Great Saturday
Great Week in the Orthodox Christian Church
“On Holy and Great Saturday, we celebrate the burial of the Divine Body of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ and His descent into Hades, whereby our race was called from corruption and passed over into eternal life.”
From the Synaxaria of the Triodion
by Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos (+ ca. 1335)
April 10th on the Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
April 23rd on the civil or commercial calendar
The Miracle of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem
Church of the Resurrection, or the Anastasis, also called the Holy Sepulchre
(The link uses http instead of https, so an alert in the browser might show, but is safe to go through.)
http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/general/holyfire.aspx
Blessed Pascha to you, Sepp
He is Risen!
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.
As always, thank you Duchess for the daily reminder that we have Him, because He has us.
Verse of the Day for Saturday, April 23, 2022
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“But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.”
Mark 11:26 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
For blessings received, and the blessings yet to come. Amen.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
Greetings Treepers!
Ukraine update:
Peter’s family, and many others are out of water. Bombing has increased considerably in Mikolaev.
Joey’s brain tumor update:
His surgery is May 4.
Thanks so very much for your prayer!
🔥🙏🔥✝️🔥
Good morning, dear Frank💓 Prayers, prayers, unremitting prayers for everyone🙏
Dear Frank, please know you are held in the embrace of God and whatever comes, you will remain there.
🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻
Prayers for all, Frank.
Blessings
Twitter Bans Paid Climate Skeptic Advertisements – Watts Up With That?
My response:
Obviously Twitter is not about making money. It is a tool of the government that it serves. In fact the business profile of Twitter is not sustainable anyway.
Jack’s Magic Coffee Shop – The Last Refuge (theconservativetreehouse.com)
And anticipating the nonbelievers that will ask “Then why would Musk be trying to buy it? I would first reply that Musk already said it is not about the money.
Elon Musk says his offer to buy Twitter is about ‘the future of civilization,’ not making money (msn.com)
Though I am not convinced yet that his moves are really about buying it. They may be about exposing what it is to more people, and if that is so then he has been highly effective at doing so. Because quite clearly now, for those that control Twitter, it’s not about making money or a sustainable business model. So those that think will start to ask, ‘Then if Twitter is not about making money, then what function does it serve?’ And then the next logical question is ‘Who does it serve?’
BTW they just censored Shakespeare!
Yes, they did…ignoramuses.
Morning Ya’ll , 🙂
The Sunday lesson for Isaiah is from Chapter 49. I have been thinking about this:
25 For thus says the Lord:
“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.
26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
that I am the Lord your Savior,
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Three things that I deeply desire at this point in time that seem to be only possible with God: The rescue of those captured by tyrants, saving the children, and all flesh will know God.
This morning, VM, all I can say is that I am with you.🙏
Contrary to the mainstream media . . .
No, the Russians are not bombing innocent villagers
or attacking women & children in their apartment buildings.
Psy-op and propaganda…two powerful weapons.
Good morning B – Your brief but powerful message here reminds me why I am so beside myself these days. I hate lies and it is clear that we are surrounded by them, with people who push them and with those who wish to rule us. Thank God for this refuge, filled with Hope and Prayer to Love and Serve the Lord, our Savior. He is our Truth, the only Truth.
Good morning, P💓
I know it is facile to say “you’re not alone”… but you really aren’t. I do a lot of reading, and if I say that my education didn’t start until I was 36 when I had moved abroad (having a good degree from university here), I am not being hyperbolic. The three things I learned were to look, listen, and pay attention. Since then, I now know more than I think I want to…and I’m still doing all three of those things. There is no currency in ignorance, but there is a price to pay.
And the price for me (and you as you say) is heartache and empathy and, yes, anger, watching the lies, the cruelty, the corruption, the perversion, madness, and finally the unmitigated and undeniable evil all around us. Impotence in being unable not to wave a wand to fix it all is a part of it.
That is why, for me, I find myself, talking to God more and more, praying more and more…not for me, but for those who have suffered and are suffering from all of the above. Those intercessionary prayers talked about in one of the lovely, comforting brief sermons posted here. It helps. And my faith and patience and trust in His purposes have strengthened. My heart still breaks, and the tears that come from that seem to be more frequent. I have come to consider those a sort of prayer, and I know Almighty God “hears” them.
And as you say, this place is such a blessing for me, as are the friends I have as a result. They are more precious than rubies. I am so so grateful for it. I know it has been said, but this really is my church. I would be bereft without it. And while, as Sepp says every day, Jesus Christ is my Refuge🙏. But this is the earthly place where I receive the fuel to breathe and connect with those who feel the same as I do.
So there is my heart. Good spiritual medicine to get it said. Bless you, P, for opening the door. I understand what you wrote more than you know😘
Wow parichute and Betsy really nailed it! This treehouse family is so important to me, the people here remind me that not everyone is evil thinkers, they fill my head with wonderful God speak and remind me that empathy is still alive. I’d be one lost soul without the 🌳 ❤️
Hello Feral Cat and while I’m thinking of it THANK YOU to Sundance and all Admins for this wonderful place. I feel human here amidst all the inhumanity we see and worse, see coming at lightening speed. God Help us All. God Bless You!. Note: it boggles my mind to read the repartee between you and Mungrel, I cannot fathom where you pull the words and verses from but I’m happy to be in wonder of it all. Oh, and God Bless Mungrel!
Yes!!!!l I do hope they all know…💓
Our safe space…🙏💓
Amen to that. We would all be lost without the fellowship of our treehouse family. I know that I too need to come here to remind me that there is still many God fearing people that help me thru each day. There is so much love and caring by so many on this site. God has blessed us all with a place to come and visit with other Christians.
Amen!!! 🙂
Amen, Amen, Amen B! I am more and more grateful for my parents (both gone now), who were both very faithful Christians (Catholic). They introduced me to my personal faith and despite the Catholic church and its vast corruption unfurled before my eyes over the years, my faith in God, the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit has never been lost (shaken a bit at times, but never broken). As they say in the UK, even when I was a wee little girl, I knew something was not right in the religion; I questioned much (and I know this is silly, but UNICEF boxes, for one) including the ‘man-ness’ of clergy who at-last- check were just as-flawed humans as were we. I wondered deeply if somewhere along the way the Truth was becoming more their own than His. In this Blessed forum, I see now that I am NO Biblical scholar, for sure, for example, why does Catholicism have only a few redundant scriptures??? My Protestant (et al Christian) friends were all hearing ‘the Bible’ (I used to go to Bible ‘camp’ with one) where I learned more, but not the Truths shared by Sepp and WP, and Leenie, Frank, Grandpa and all others who have so richly broadened my knowledge and scope of His Word and those of His Apostles++++++++++++. I never went to church daily like I do now but darn it I am glad my parents brought me and gave me a Christian education. I never did get that full higher education as many here have, but I was Blessed with good genetics for learning. I know about the tears as I, like you, have shed them recently with greater and greater frequency ‘at the drop of a hat’, so to speak, maybe just after hearing one news story that breaks my heart. I remember asking my husband, who was brought up in a similar set of circumstances, why his parents no longer attended church and he said ‘they stopped going in the -70’s when the priests started wearing ‘flower power’ adorned vestments. I guess it’s just personal as to why a certain ‘thing’ happens to flip the switch with such finality. Husband and I have our own ways to celebrate our Faith – Documentaries, films, videos, nature and so on… we are, to say the least, as-one in our values. Finally, on a different note, I wish I had known you when my son lived in Texas for a few years recently, I would have made the trip over for a cup of coffee and a hug. He was in Waxahachie. I hope the winds die down soon – it appears there’s more to come. Keep safe. Best – -P
Oh bless, P🤗. In the end, it is all about, I believe, our personal relationship with Jesus. I found your experiences growing up so interesting. And higher education? As I said, my opinion of what is an education has done a 180. For example, the CEO of the UK chemical giant ICI, Sir John Harvey-Jones, started there on the shop floor. No higher education than life itself. So that’s my view. Even Mark Steyn says that today most experts, such as they are, are overcredentialed and under educated. I tend to agree.
I do know this for myself. As my faith has grown…and through this daily thread… I feel more at peace. Not always, of course. But where I used to do the sitting high jump (gold medalist in that event) at the first sign of anything unexpected or untoward, I no longer do so. And I have many to thank for that journey, including all the friends you mentioned, and of course our hosts here in the Tree. And I also include those absent commenting friends from this forum whom I miss daily. A real work in progress has it been. And it continues. Onward…because this is a journey that never ends.
Never mind the distance, P and Cat and anyone else. Virtual hugs are just as important for the heart and the soul I think. And the good Lord above knows I have a never ending supply of those. Free for the taking when needed, and even when they’re not🤗🙏
Amen! Me too (no hash tag 😉 – Peace is more easily achieved since being here.
😂… No, no hideous hashtag.
Yes, the West is certainly ‘good’ at propaganda.
Russia has taken in over 500,000 refugees fleeing from the murdering Ukraine nazi battalions.
The US won’t allow more than 100,000 refugees to enter our country, yet all from other countries can freely walk in. What’s up with that?!
Russia has also been providing humanitarian aid to Ukrainians still inside Ukraine.
Ukraine battalions have been going into Russia, attacking small villages and farms.
The Ukraine military kidnapped a Western journalist, and has stripped him of his connection to family, to the world. He is not allowed to leave Kharkov.
The man’s name is Golonzo Lira.
His many truth-telling video reports from inside Ukraine, prior to his kidnapping, are posted on the Internet.
Do a search using the Brave search engine.
I just saw a photo of a Ukrainian street that had been “bombed”. Upturned cars everywhere. Soldiers walking around looking at the “damage”.
But…..the following was attached to the photo…
“I want to buy Ukrainian windows!
I would like to place an order for these high quality super tough windows frm the Ukraine that remained intact and unmarked after the explosion of a Russian bomb that turned over all of these cars. Please throw in also some of that same render as on the house that remained undamaged and clean after the explosion.”
So staged and not very well either.
I am very familiar with Gonzalo Lira, at first reported killed. He was born in America. Virtually nothing on this in the MSM. And yes, all is not as it seems, aDoozy. No matter what is put out as “news”, I know we are as much in the dark as if we had no idea it was going on at all. It’s terrible what is happening to the Ukrainian people. Our friend here, Frank Field, has his son in law’s family stuck there in a dire situation. His post is above…they have no water now. Waiting for good news, or any news, from them is agonizing I know.
And all we can do is sit and wait for it all to play out…and pray, pray, pray.🙏
I saw that too Bets…we are being fed a constant barrage of lies while an entire country of real people are being demolished in the cross-fire of the propaganda show. Frank speaks of ‘water problems’ in Ukraine where he has family. Unimaginable scariness.
In other non-headlines; dozens of food processing plants are being destroyed by crashed planes and fire, et al. Bird Flu, you say? Kill hundreds of thousands of chickens and other birds we consume to keep us from having them at reasonable prices, or at all? Pure, unadulterated EVIL at work. God be with us and all His living creatures.
Latest headline in the yellowest of yellow tabloids. The Daily Mail UK.
“PUTIN SET TO SUMMON SATAN”
And that is what passes for “journalism” across the pond.
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
Dzien Dobry (good morning)
Hi Ms Idaho 🙋♀️
I’ve been thinking/praying for your good friend who has some things going on concerning his granddaughter. I don’t think that would be considered meddling so I hope I’m not stepping out of bounds. It’s hard to stay on the sidelines, when a friend is troubled. ❤️ and I consider you, a friend 😘
Thanks for your caring comments. I gave my friend info on someone to contact. He said he would do so.
Of course, now it is the weekend – and as you know nothing happens in a hurry.
Unless and until he gives me feedback I have done all I can.
At least I let him know he has some caring folks on his side – as I appreciate the caring (praying) folks on my side.
For the moment we have done all that has been given unto us to do. You know who is really running the plot +
Dobry Wieczór.
Good Evening to you too
🙂
INVESTIGATION: Shocking new claims shed light on doomed MH370 flight
Mar 3, 2022
By Sky News Australia
And ham radios are involved…
Interesting. I wonder when this new search will begin.
Mornin’ comrade infidels.
Found this…
A day’s lunch detention was issued to one Hank Beeney, 6th grade student at an unnamed school. The reason for this?
“Student was covering his ears while CNN 10 was on. He was asked to stop and listen to the video. He replied, ” I don’t want to listen to democrats” and continued to cover his ears.”
Now that’s a boy I could take to my heart. Good lad!! A promising future awaits.
Forwarded from
Lynne, a mom whose son was taken from her:
It’s very strange to read what Alex is saying, when my experience has been the opposite. I’m a mother. And my heart was broken when my ex-husband kidnapped my son to Israel a long time ago. I spent years and all my resources trying to get my son back, trying to keep in touch with him and continue to help him with severe health issues; I had already given up my career to take care of him full-time, as he had been desperately sick since birth.
I ended up tortured and betrayed by callous, corrupt courts and predatory lawyers in an international legal battle. My son too was broken by all this. He is now virtually imprisoned for life in an institution in Israel, where he is gratually being killed by forced medical experimentation. I doubt I will ever be able to see him again. I can’t stop what is being done to my son. I pray for him every morning and evening.
Certainly Zionism played a large part in this tragedy, and continues to do so. One doesn’t usually get kidnapped Jewish children back from Israel, in fact it’s an ideal place to take trafficked and kidnapped children because there is no extradition and the Israeli courts reward psychopathy.
But it was not only Israel that rewarded criminal fraud on my ex-husband’s part; it was also America.
Although this may be an extreme example, it’s quite common for mothers to be hated and despised and ganged up against, particularly if Child Protective gets involved. Psychiatrists, social workers, lawyers, judges, all work for the abuser and against the loving mother. There are many examples both in Israel and America, and I’m sure in the UK too.
Of course there must be evil women too, I don’t doubt that men’s hearts too can be broken by a vicious, callous, abusive system of child theft. But good women, good mothers, are routinely broken by an entrenched system of child sacrifice and hatred of the feminine caring principle. Psychopaths and abusers are admired and rewarded, while good people are despised and broken.
No wonder there is so little resistance now to the psychopaths running the Great Reset; once one outlaws and despises love, any atrocity becomes possible. Note that they want to replace mothers’ wombs with artificial wombs, and caring with AI. This doesn’t surprise me, given what I’ve experienced.
Oh yes in the UK as well…I’ve seen it. Utterly heartbreaking.
In Canada…
“Quebec just passed Bill 15. This bill removes parental primacy, meaning parents are no longer the main caregivers of their children, the government is. Think about that. Parents with kids may want to start paying attention. If it’s passed in Quebec, it’s just a matter of time…”
Trudeau and his fellow Canadian government WEF travellers are implementing the terrifying agenda meant for the whole world. They are acting with speed. That country is the one to watch in order to understand the psychotic implementation of what is coming. They really do mean “your children are ours”.
Just NO!!
… a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest …
https://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/disillusioned-by-vlad/
Trapper, that is one of my two favourite Simon and Garfunkel songs, America being the second. But this one goes straight to my heart. I can feel the anguish. A small masterpiece in my view. Thank you.
Bobby Charles……..a singer/songwriter from Cajun country (LA). His roots go back to early rock and roll and connect with some of rocks greatest talents including Dylan, The Band, Hank Williams, Fats Domino and others.
Excellent U.C. 💐 !
Happy Birthday Roy Orbison. He would be 87 today.
Rock on……..
What a voice he had…in End of the Line (Travelling Wilburys), I loved how they put his part in while showing his rocking chair with his guitar in it, and his photo beside it. Heartbreaking, but what a tribute. RIP
U.C. on a Roll 😊
2 for 2 Today !
Thank You 💐
Happy Birthday Roy
and
the Wind at Your Back 🥰
“Tshiebwe, whose father was a minister, downplayed the impact of money as a factor in his decision to play another season for Kentucky. Prayer and fasting in hopes of receiving spiritual advice were part of the decision-making process.
“God says he’s not finished with me,” Tshiebwe said. “I said, I came to this place. Nobody knew who I was. Now, You carried me to the top. But my name is not in the NBA (mock drafts). Why?
“He said, if I want to put your name in the NBA, I’ll put it. I’m not done with you. I said, OK. I’m going to come back.”
When asked what he believed God wanted from him going forward, Tshiebwe said, “Keep working hard. Inspire people. Bring people to Jesus. Teach people about God. . . .
“So many people struggle right now. They don’t know about God. . . . We’ve got to motivate people. You’ve got to tell them life is not easy. You’re going to go through a lot. You’ve got to trust God.
https://eedition.kentucky.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?artguid=a1564c59-34e6-48f1-906a-290b31d2818d
Wonderful, Donna.
WOW. Every time I listen to this, it sends chills down my spine. Over a million and a half views. Thank you Jesus.
Well I went and bought the Kawasaki oil and filter for my zero turn but did not use it.
I put new blades on my zero turn. Sharpened and balanced the old blades so they will be ready to go when it is time to change again. Took the blade off my trim mower and sharpened and balanced it and put it back on. Checked the tire pressure in the zero turn tires.
It only has 71.1 hours on it and I changed to oil at 20 hours so it does not need an oil change or plugs yet. The book says change the oil every 100 hours. So I just blew out the air filter and it is ready to go. Pretty quick here I will be mowing for the first time this year. After I pick up sticks of course.
Wow!! You’re putting me to shame…I’m still picking up sticks, every time I get an acre cleared, next morning, THEY’RE BACK!!!! Thinking about cutting at high 6 this year. I can’t keep up this spring, between snow, mud, downed trees to cut, it’s been quite a challenge this year. Here’s to hoping you have all the luck/good weather this year, Rah!!! Fingers crossed!
Trim mowing done. I can feel it! Now it’s time to get a beer in a sippy cup an get on the zero turn. I’ve got an acre to do and I will be done.
Get a Jack to pick them up for you!!😁
😂 he only likes rocks 😂
Oh …. I forgot! Funny lad…😊
Today the weather in western WA. said mow the lawn , not the 1st time though. Been weeding also, me thinks I want a rock lawn. 😉
Today it’s cheeseburgers and baked beans for dinner. So after I mow and get cleaned up I will be out on the deck with Jack & non coke in hand, grilling burgers.
Made navy bean and the ham bone leftover from Easter, gonna finish it tonight.
CAUTION: Put the drinks down!
Found here, which is what I was looking for in the first place:
H.t. to NannyOgg: What beloved song of yours has been coopted into a tv-commercial?
By CameronProf
9 Oct 2021
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/10/9/2057127/-H-t-to-NannyOgg-What-beloved-song-of-yours-has-been-coopted-into-a-tv-commercial
I was looking for the Oikos commercial, and it is there if you scroll down. That is the handiwork of this guy:
WICKED GAME- The True Story of Guitarist James Calvin Wilsey | By Michael Goldberg
https://hozacrecords.com/pre-order-wicked-game-the-true-story-of-guitarist-james-calvin-wilsey-book-by-michael-goldberg
Always liked that song. Thanks for the memory ❤️
Now, after gazing at the beautiful cat, I’d say it’s a ditty for the commercial for plumber that gets to unclog all that hair 😜
Feral Cat: Hard to believe that songs such as this one a but memory. Still sounds like yesterday to me.
Is hire that in a heartbeat!💖
cute!
Christian Doctrine 101:
https://www.rt.com/on-air/554372-patriarch-kirill-easter-liturgy-mass/
Notice anything?
All the women, except for one or two, have their heads covered, a practice long abandoned in the USA, a supposedly Christian Nation.
“But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered, disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.”
Douay-Rheims, 1 Corinthians 11:4
“But every woman praying or prophesying with her head not covered, disgraceth her head: for it is all one as if she were shaven.”
Douay-Rheims, 1 Corinthians 11:5
“For if a woman be not covered, let her be shorn. But if it be a shame to a woman to be shorn or made bald, let her cover her head.”
Douay-Rheims, 1 Corinthians 11:6
Basic Christian Doctrine.
If you enter any Church and the women’s heads are uncovered, find another Church.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen 🙏