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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Saturday caturday!!!!
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
https://youtu.be/NVYQQLYknUY?list=RD1tqFXXzKDBw
Good Morning jay! Thank you for the music 😊
It was fun listening to these, especially when my mind started to imagine some of you in attire of the period. You all look super groovy 😊 ❤️
Maidin Mhaith Cat , yeah funny looking attire for every generation. But I never had to hoist up my pants. 🙂 😉
The British Invasion (of rock music) spawned the “Carnaby Street”, or, “Mod” look…..
https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/carnaby-street-1960s
No fair!!!! Too many of those cool cats to be able to identify you!!! I’m guessing you’re the one jumping next to four? Groovy chicks 😂
My wife was actually there on Carnaby Street in December of 1968 and saw all this (of course outside people were wearing cold weather outerwear) but the shops and clothing visible indoors was quite interesting according to her. She was pretty entertained by what she saw in London.
She and I had actually just met in college that fall before she traveled over there with her parents and a group of school teachers, and we began dating steadily after she returned home in January. The rest is history…….😉
Glad she saw it in its modern hey day, GB.
The way it is now is very very sad. I won’t elaborate.
I’ve heard it has deteriorated into an area not worth visiting….
It has been taken over by…by…other cultures. It is so politically correct and that disease has taken over the museums, historical trusts, etc. Knife crime is epic. It breaks my heart to say the Britain your wife visited and I happily lived in for so long is no more. Pity. They were conquered by Libs, Socialists, and illegals which continue to cross the Channel no problem. Sad.
I’m not surprised, Betsy. A little saddened, but considering the foolish government policies that opened Britains doors to hordes of illegal aliens from the Middle East and many other non- western, non Christian countries, it’s expected that major areas of London and surrounding communities would be taken over by people who had zero respect for the culture and history.
Whoa. ’60’s flashback.
Teen guitar band tunes here. Simple 3-chord progressions… Reminiscent of so many bands of that era. I think every neighborhood in my area had at least one teen band practicing in a garage or basement…..
Blessed good morning to all💓 I’m watching, even at this moment.
Good morning Betsy.
Eyes on Him Who is the ‘Prize’!
Always, H🙏
Hiya, Betsy! Be well! 🙂
How are you, Garrison?💓 Thank you, my friend. Here comes the heat! Stay cool and hydrated!!
Good Morning Betsy ❤️
Please have a most blessed and delightful day, today. 😘
Good morning, Cat💓!! Do you want me to turn the fan on to blow our heat wave in your direction?😉
If it’ll help you guys. Sure!!!!
We’ve got storms forecasted for the next two days!!! Let it rip!!!! I love a good thunderstorm ❤️
Missed you.. you have the knack of worming your way into hearts. ❤️ may you never lose that ability, my friend 😘
Oh bless, Cat💓 I’ve missed you as well. It was like an integral part of our engine was missing and we knew it because it just didn’t “sound” right. I’ve discovered Corrie ten Boom quotes, millions of them. I think I’ll post one every day, because like Chambers and Spurgeon, both whose sermons are based on the Bible and timeless, hers are timeless as well, but based on her faith through her life, some of which included horrendous experiences.
So I will leave this for you…
“When people come up and give me a compliment…I take each remark as it it were a flower. At the end of the day I lift up the bouquet I have gathered throughout the day and say,
“Here you are, Lord, it is all Yours.”
Thank you, my dear friend. Now that’s a compliment I’ll treasure, and it will be the central flower in my bouquet.😘 God always be with you.🙏
Good afternoon Betsy, reading your posts brighten up my day 🌹❤️.
I’m so glad, G. Another flower to add to the bouquet, and I do thank you so very much🤗
Incoming for you, G…this may take a minute😘
We had the most wonderful surprise last night. Here comes the bragging and oh so proud granmother😉
Our daughter sent to us last night a video I’ll treasure forever. She and her husband, plus 3+1 were at a well attended Little League game last night where the boys (2 of the 3) were playing.
Their matching sister who loves to sing, was asked to perform the National Anthem. She, with her brothers, is 8. No problem. Grabbed that microphone and sang it word perfect AND pitch perfect, the way it should be sung. She belted it out, standing tall, no fear or stage fright. After she finished, the applause was overwhelming and sustained…and the smile on her face? Ear to Ear. Rightly so.
I was so overcome by that and I’m sharing because there was so much joy in it. We do not see them very often, which is a tremendous sadness for us. So that joy was doubly impactful. I give thanks to God for the gifts He has given us.
And I’m eternally grateful for my friends here to share it with.🙏
How wonderful 🥰 such confident grace the two of them had. They do say, the acorn doesn’t far fall from the tree…..grandma and grandpa are a very mighty oaks!!! ❤️ good going!!!!!?
They have a wonderful mother, but I would say that wouldn’t I?😂 And strong father who adores them. 😊
Oooo!! I left out the best part! She was wearing a sweet little shift with baseballs all over it. Something her mother bought long ago at a reduced price which had been reduced. PERFECT!
Now why do I think Someone knew the time would come when it would be just perfect?
Betsy, that’s uncanny! Delightful, perfect but uncanny ❤️
It truly was!
That is just great, Bet. You must be very proud!
We are. I knew she liked to sing…often by herself but had no idea she had the poise to carry it off.
So, G, there are 6 power stations offline in big T right now. All down apparently for maintenance. We are up to 83 in the house now but with fans, quite tolerable as long as we don’t decide to do 1000 jumping jacks. Hope you all are tolerating the heat(crossing fingers).
Awwww…. I really think I’ll enjoy all your corrie ten boom shares going forward. 😊 gives me another item to look forward to each day 🥰
Lessons in life and the faith we should all carry when we don’t know what’s coming in this life, but know without question that whatever it may be we will not face it alone.🙏
🙂 🙂 🙂
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Good Morning Garrison!
What a beautiful way to sip my coffee today 😊 thank you ❤️
Hope your Saturday is filled with happiness 😘
Good morning Cat, and may your Saturday be blessed! ❤️🥰.
Good Morning grandpa! 🙋♀️
Left you message on yesterday’s OT thread 😉
Got it! 😉❤️
Good morning, G💓!! Had a splash of unpredicted rain last night. Just enough to wet the ground. Will take it and offer thanks.
Dear friend, I said hi up thread.
You, and Cat, and our other friends here make for a blessed day.
Haven’t seen Leenie for a while. I sure hope she didn’t get canned.
Thinking the same. 😔
I’m just a guest, not my house, however I wish administrators would think of notifying us when the poster goes away for this reason. When they drop off like this, I always get a nagging thought that something horrible happens to them.
With that said, hi Leenie, hi Solomon, hi mungrel 🙋♀️
Please, if I may be indulged, only like this comment if you are one of the above mentioned people. 😉 thank you 😊
Just noticed, anyone know where ms Idaho is? Vacation?
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Hi, ‘Cat! Got up a little late this morning so I’m just now finishing a second mug of Bustelo, a brand my wife introduced me to so many years ago. It’s from Puerto Rico and quickly became our go-to favorite. Hope you have a great Saturday, too. 🙂
https://www.cafebustelo.com/en
So smooooth, so cool! Thanks Garrison. Another great accompaniment to a beautiful morning. It is my last morning to be in my 50’s. I know age is just a number, but I always thought of the 60’s as old. Oh well, the alternative is much worse.
Good jazz can make great morning music. As for leaving your 50’s . . . welcome to the downhill slide! 🙂
Garrison Hall: Great jazz. Thanks.
Good morning, Rileytrips💓
And remember!!
Age is just the number of years the world has been enjoying you!
Rileyrips: You’ll be fine. Keep working out! Vary your routine. Stength, flexibility, agility, balance, speed. Take good care of that thing between your ears, too.
I’ll hit 61 on Sunday.
Where did the time go??
The days are long, but the years are short.
True, oh so true. In case you don’t pass this way tomorrow, a very happy birthday, billrla.🎉
Happy Birthday, b!!!
Happy birthday B! Now, you’ve got your excuse to let it all out!!!! Blame it on “it’s just a senior moment!” 😂 works for me 😉
Rileytrips, to quote pastor Chuck Swindoll, “how
old would you think you were if you didn’t know your age?”
I turned 65 in December and just pay no attention to it. 🙂
I’m with you, G. Birthdays are just another day for me the older I get. You’re just a stripling compared to me. I always remember thinking my age sounded old when I turned 50. Then I thought, God willing when I’m 60, 50 will sound awfully young. And when I reached 60, I realized how right I was!!
14 May 1977
“When I Need You” becomes Leo Sayer’s second straight Billboard number one single, following last January’s “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing”.
Good Morning rebel!
Personally, I thank you for this selection today 😘
It reminded me to keep my heart open and brought smiles to my heart ❤️ 😊 💋
Happy Saturday, Feral Cat ❤😊
rebel53blog: My sophomore year in high school.
Happy Caterday, Treepers!
Garrison!!! Have you been peeking into my diary while I’ve been away? 😂
Ain’t sayin’ . . . 🙂
Love this!
NATIONAL ARCHERY DAY – 14 MAY
Archery has been around since before 2800 BC when bows were being used for hunting and battle.
In 1900, the modern Olympic games introduced archery as an official event. However, it only appeared again in 1904, 1908 and 1920. Then once again after a long absence, archery returned in 1972.
I love this day!!!!!
A long time ago, I had convinced a boy, to stand with a apple on his head, guaranteeing I would be able to hit the apple. 😝 alas, we never knew the outcome as my father stopped the game. 😂
I’ve always wanted to see a Horseback Archery Championship. One of my “not yets”.
Archery is a great sport.
NATIONAL BUTTERMILK BISCUIT DAY – 14 MAY
Before the American Civil War, biscuits emerged as an inexpensive addition to meals. This sturdier bread product soon became popular as people realized it absorbed the gravy on their plate better than plain bread. Soon a new family favorite, biscuits, and gravy, was created.
Supermarkets offer canned biscuits that are refrigerated until ready to be baked. In 1931, Ballard and Ballard patented these refrigerator biscuits.
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Mmmmmm, biscuits!
Pure heaven with sorghum molasses.
I had a boss once that was well known for his funny old time southern quips. My favorite was when he was surprised. He’d say, “Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit!”
I was working on a job in Atlanta with a an old German machinist from Chicago. Every day he would pass by a diner with a big sign that said “Cat Head Biscuits.” He was curious about this and could only imagine some form of biscuit that involved cats. I explained that it was the size of the biscuits. This next morning, he comes in raving about the fresh-out-of-the-oven biscuits that he had with a big pat of cow salve and some homemade peach preserves. He then asked what sawmill gravy is as that was one of the biscuit options. I explained that it was a mixture of crumbled country sausage in a thick grease, flour and milk slurry. The next morning, he comes in and asks, “What else do you people eat that I should know about?”
My favorite use for hot biscuits is split and topped with eggs over easy, cheddar cheese optional.
Good story!
Cornbread and buttermilk! 🙂
My daughter-in-law recently made us biscuits with sawmill gravy for a Sunday morning breakfast before our day of Bible Study classes. She nailed the recipe despite it being the first time she ever made it. Needless to say, we all were satiated for many hours afterwards… Before that, the only time I ever had sawmill gravy & biscuits was at Cracker Barrel….
Sappy Saturday ~ Andy Gibb & Olivia Newton-John
Good Morning HMPD!
Thank you 😊 I love sappy!!!! ❤️
TO GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT LET US PRAY
If you love me, keep my commandments. I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever: the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive; for it doesn’t see him and doesn’t know him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.
I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”
— John 14: 15-21
If you watch this on youtube, I think You’ll be able to see the words.
The words of this hymn are generally attributed to Martin Luther (1483-1546). Apparently the composer of the music is not known. The earliest reference to the tune is a German hymnal published in 1524.
We’ll be singing this at church this Sunday.
To God the Holy Spirit let us pray for the true faith needed on our way
That he may defend us when life is ending and from exile home we are wending.
Lord, have mercy!
O sweetest Love, Your grace on us bestow; set our hearts with sacred fire aglow
That with hearts united we love each other, everystranger, sister, and brother.
Lord, have mercy!
Transcendent Comfort in our every need, help us neither scorn nor death to heed
That we may not falter nor courage fail us when the foe shall taunt and assail us.
Lord, have mercy!
Shine in our hearts, O Spirit, precious light; teach us Jesus Christ to knnow aright
That we may abide in the Lord who bought us, till to our true home He has brought us.
Lord have mercy!
Amen 🙏
And amen, FC.
Good morning 1530!
Morning GrandpaM.
Since we appear to be a little more elective (expansive?) with our musical contributions tonight here’s a few that don’t really fit into any well-known genre (correct me if I am mistaken).
The Jim Carroll Band – People Who Died (Official Audio)[From Suicide Squad]
Lou Reed – People Who Died w/ Jim Carroll – 9/25/1984 – Capitol Theatre (Official)
Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side – Rare Video-HD
and one more
The Safety Dance (Extended) Men Without Hats 1983/2021.
Feisty: Another awesome find.
Feisty: Had not seen this video before. Love Lou Reed, especially his earlier stuff.
Replace elective above with eclectic.
Good Morning feisty!!!!
Kicking tunes ☺️
..the American Dream..
..you can’t make this stuff up..
..wanna know the fck’n truth..
..it’s written in the stars..
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I was the black sheep of the family.. and the youngest..
I was born between two generations.. I wasn’t a boomer.. nor an X’er.. I was a crossover.. in the cusp.. in-between..
and not only that.. I also was born in the cusp astrologically.. between two signs.. thrust into this world in the middle of a tug-of-war between two different planets..
I was a double cusper.. a cusp.. within a cusp.. I’m a little of both.. but don’t exactly fit in either one..
I guess you could call it a misfit.. mom and dad had always said God broke the mold after I was born..
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I was a good kid.. really.. I had good schooling.. and good parents.. so what went wrong.. it must be in the stars..
when I was a teen I was one of the star players on the football team.. and I also was a long-haired wild rock ‘n roller..
I was a little of both.. the football coaches weren’t too happy about it.. but they tolerated me..
I didn’t conform to the norm.. any norm.. even socially I was a crossover.. I hung out and partied with the jocks.. and the freaks.. pushing the limits..
nobody exactly understood where I was coming from.. I just wanted more.. more out of life.. more than this town could offer me.. and I always got the same old worn out advice..
cut your hair.. go to school.. and get a real job.. like a good boy.. like everybody else..
that’s exactly what I didn’t want to do.. I didn’t care about what was normal convention.. in fact I rejected it.. everybody thought I was going off the deep end..
without an outlet for bold adventure.. on the streets I eventually fell into destructive means of pushing the limits in other ways..
a fck’n drinker.. a fck’n druggie.. a fck’n street fighter.. and even a fck’n arrestee..
in the downtown bar alleys.. I got into a physical “altercation” with officers of the law.. with more than one.. it took two of them to finally beat me down and cuff me.. and a third one to haul me to the station.. and I was still just a teenager..
then one night something changed my whole life.. my older cousin pulled to the side of the road and had a talk with me.. he told me he heard about these divers who work in the offshore oilfields.. and he thought I would be good at it..
finally I had a real direction in life.. I had found something worthy of getting my shit together.. and still be stone cold sober.. for the most part.. and I could keep my long hair too..
it was an opportunity.. a chance.. a door was opening and I was going through it..
I’m gonna be a fck’n deep sea diver.. nobody realized I was drop dead serious..
except for Mom.. she was worried.. she knew.. this was it.. I was gone..
I left town for Houston.. and never looked back..
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fast forward.. 1989..
I was now doing the thing.. and I was making it in the big time.. the pros.. the major players.. the major commercial diving corporations.. doing work for the major energy companies..
pick one.. any of them.. most all of them.. I’ve had a hand in building their offshore infrastructure.. that is still generating millions.. billions.. for them..
but I think I got the better end of the deal..
yeah.. i wasn’t rich in money.. but I was rich in Life.. the lifestyle.. that was the real reward.. stuff money can’t buy..
a profession.. I had more freedom.. I had more control over my life.. I could live anywhere I wanted..
it was all work.. then all play.. go on tour.. then take time off.. I loved the lifestyle..
I had more time off than a daily grind career.. that I spent chasing my other dream.. scoring a position in a fck’n hair metal band..
wtf.. somebody has to do it.. it might as well be me.. it sure won’t happen if you don’t even fck’n try.. I wasn’t that good.. but I had great hair.. lol.. (search previous chapters for more info..)..
although I had survived fck’n years of training.. I’m not gonna lie.. it was tough.. it’s where most drop out.. but the harsh training had serious purpose..
when the diver is in the water.. he becomes the point man of the whole operation.. there are potentially millions of dollars riding on his back.. it all hinges on the diver..
and his fateful decisions.. sometimes split-second life and death decisions.. and they have to be the right ones.. every single time..
in the years I was there.. there were zero fatalities under their leadership and training..
this was no ordinary diving company.. and I will say it up front.. you had to be willing.. a voluntary conscious decision.. because they were going to find out how willing you are..
they made it clear to us you could quit at any time.. mentally and physically pushing our self-imposed limitations.. tolerances.. and emotions..
you had to discard them.. you had to discard lots of things.. it was a life-changing event..
some were Vietnam Vets.. the best in the fck’n world.. special warfare ones.. from every branch of the military.. land.. sea.. and air..
their names were legendary in the oilfield diving industry.. the stuff of sea stories.. the stuff movies are made of..
and now there were only around five of us still standing.. we were their final core of young recruits.. that never quit.. no matter what.. ones worthy to some day carry the torch of their Company..
my specwar Vietnam Vet Houston Supervisor.. he told me I was the worst fck’n diver he had ever hired.. I was that fck’n good..
I was eventually named team lead.. because training never ends.. I was their last one..
little did we know at the time that the whole corporate conglomerate would be ending things forever the following year..
I would be nothing without them intervening in my life..
they straightened me out.. they helped me get my mind right..
and I found out I wasn’t alone.. I wasn’t the only one..
..they broke me.. they fixed me.. they made me..
..and I am a better man for it..
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..the American Dream..
..you can’t make this stuff up..
..it’s all true..
..it’s written in the stars..
Why texian!!! What a beautifully written story!! At first I thought it was something you cut and pasted, in the beginning. But it’s not. And it’s beautiful written story (as all your postings) of your time passages 🥰 thanks for sharing ❤️
Offshore Logistics?
Offshore Logistics.. wow.. I haven’t heard that name in a long time.. choppers.. memories..
And was your mom ultimately accepting of your decision?
yes.. reluctantly.. but.. yes..
I was determined.. she worried a lot about me though.. I remember she got really mad at the Company once.. she called them when there was a hurricane that same year. The Company had told her we were in safe harbor and ok..
but actually we were caught in it and rode it out.. huge waves.. for what was called a ‘minimal’ hurricane.. it was a rapidly fluctuating unpredictable storm..
ten divers from Global Marine died that night.. their vessel capsized..
..never speed through Golden Meadow, Louisiana..
yes.. PHI.. more choppers..
14 May 1976 Keith Relf, British blues-rock singer and harmonica player (The Yardbirds – “For Your Love”; Renaissance, 1969-71), electrocuted while playing an improperly earthed electric guitar at 33.
14 May 1998 Frank Sinatra, American singer (“My Way”) and actor (“Guys and Dolls”), dies at 82.
14 May 2015 [Riley B.] B.B. King, American blues guitarist and singer (The Thrill is Gone), dies at 89
GM magic!!!
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Technically my bedtime (6am), I work 2nd and 3rd shift.
A belated Good morning to you tho..its only 14 hours ago…lol.
I’m early checking in here for any comments and news from …um…earlier this morning, work has been dead early today perhaps I will get rushed again later on tonight as was last night.
May 14 Oswald Chambers
The Habit of Enjoying Adversity
…that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. —2 Corinthians 4:10
We have to develop godly habits to express what God’s grace has done in us. It is not just a question of being saved from hell, but of being saved so that “the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.” And it is adversity that makes us exhibit His life in our mortal flesh. Is my life exhibiting the essence of the sweetness of the Son of God, or just the basic irritation of “myself” that I would have apart from Him? The only thing that will enable me to enjoy adversity is the acute sense of eagerness of allowing the life of the Son of God to evidence itself in me. No matter how difficult something may be, I must say, “Lord, I am delighted to obey You in this.” Instantly, the Son of God will move to the forefront of my life, and will manifest in my body that which glorifies Him.
You must not debate. The moment you obey the light of God, His Son shines through you in that very adversity; but if you debate with God, you grieve His Spirit (see Ephesians 4:30). You must keep yourself in the proper condition to allow the life of the Son of God to be manifested in you, and you cannot keep yourself fit if you give way to self-pity. Our circumstances are the means God uses to exhibit just how wonderfully perfect and extraordinarily pure His Son is. Discovering a new way of manifesting the Son of God should make our heart beat with renewed excitement. It is one thing to choose adversity, and quite another to enter into adversity through the orchestrating of our circumstances by God’s sovereignty. And if God puts you into adversity, He is adequately sufficient to “supply all your need” (Philippians 4:19).
Keep your soul properly conditioned to manifest the life of the Son of God. Never live on your memories of past experiences, but let the Word of God always be living and active in you.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The Bible does not thrill; the Bible nourishes. Give time to the reading of the Bible and the recreating effect is as real as that of fresh air physically.
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
Christ is risen!
Truly He is risen!
Indeed, He is Risen!
The Paschal Troparion
Christ is risen from the dead, by death hath He trampled down death, and on those in the graves hath He bestowed life. (sung thrice)
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.
From Small Compline Rejoice
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)
Still Cute.
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 Saturday, May 14, 2022
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“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.”
Romans 8:14 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
Good morning Treepers!
Ukraine update:
My son in laws brother, family in Mikolaev are still without running water.
Joey’s brain surgery update:
50% of the tumor was removed. They expect the tumor to continue to grow so they are trying chemotherapy.
His motor skills, vision, memory functions are very good! At age 13…this will be a long haul.
Massive thanks for your prayer! Grace to each of you and yours. 🔥✝️🙏🔥
Morning Frank, prayers continue 🙏🏻.
mornin’, GrandpaM!
Good afternoon Lonestar!
Mornin’ Frank.🙏
Lord, have mercy.
Good morning, Lonestar🙏💓
Holding your family up in prayer also Frank.
Lord, give these families Your strength and Your peace🙏
I just saw this article “scientists identify a new drug that halts recurring brain tumor growth” and thought of your Joey’s brain surgery update. It might be something to show his doctors:
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-05-scientists-drug-halts-recurring-brain.html
Saturday silliness:
/star
Energize!! Set phasers…and destroy!!! 😂
GGGG….: Biden got stuck in a defective transporter. Body went to one place. Brain went somewhere else.
Holy moley y’all. I was in the frozen vegetable section at Krogers and was trying to help a very elderly man find frozen broccoli. His granddaughter requested her favorite dish for the luncheon to celebrate her first communion he said.
32 ounces of plain/nothing special frozen broccoli was marked $9.99. I did a price check for him and that was the correct price. I dug around and found some smaller packages that he could afford… but we both were shocked.
It’s outrageous the price they charge now. And when I showed my kittens, who live in larger populated areas, the prices I’ve been paying, mine are creeping up slower than theirs, it gave them food for thought . How many are gouging and what’s the real story?🤷♀️
Mornin’ G
Mornin’ FC
time to check the farmers’ market?
Too early for us yet Lonestar… not even open yet. It’s seasonal here.
Our Kroger had some great sales last week here on a lot of stuff. That is why we’re eating shrimp cocktail today. I guess part of it is timing. We split our shopping between Meijers and Kroger, though we have other options if we choose to check them out.
Just saw…
“There wouldn’t be grocery store shortages right now if we ate our vegetables instead of electing them.”
And now I’ve just seen a picture of my “vegetable” senator Cornyn (small s), along side McConnell, Barraso and other assorted RINO vegetables in Ukraine paying homage and obeisance to Zelenskyy. It’s not as if there are no problems here, is it?
Bet, I’d go even further. Those clowns are what comes out after the vegetables have been metabolized.
What an elegant way to say it😂…very true!!
Mornin’ comrade infidels.
Good morning, all you ultra-maga friends.
Hope Phoenix is reading today!!!
Good Morning Phoenix 🙋♀️
Left you a suggestion on yesterday’s ot thread where you were chatting about Panko bread crumbs 😉
Mornin all!
When I got home off the road yesterday I was feeling too tired to mow. I grilled the steaks and we had our early dinner of steak and corn on the cobb and not long after that I was in bed. I figured I would mow today before the rains came in.
Steve and Betty were mowing and they did just went ahead and did my yard for me. So today all I have to do is trim mow and use the weed wacker. That will give me time to clean the valleys of my roof and perhaps hit the house with the pressure washer and house wash before the thunderstorms come in at around 16:00 or so.
We’ve been looking for a new outdoor set for the deck. Turns out my son has a very nice outside set with rectangular table with a glass top and six chairs and even foot stools for the chairs that will fit and they don’t want them because they don’t use them. So we will get over Indy and pick those up. Not a bad thing to do on a rainy afternoon if my son is not working today. Will have to call and find out.
No big dinner today. Sherry found a bag of extra large shrimp on sale. So today it’s shrimp cocktail, salad, and for desert strawberry shortcake.
The produce available here has been excellent the last few weeks. Though Sherry noticed when she went to the store to get that stuff Thursday that the shelves were indeed empty of all baby formula.
Mornin’ rah!
Welcome home.
Thank you. Been a busy week and I suspect this coming week will be the same.
Here in south central Kentucky, the strawberry crop is coming in and the yields are huge. The Amish farm we go to has gallons and gallons of extra strawberries, plump and sweet. I also love shrimp cocktail. For some reason, seafood has dodged the huge inflation that other proteins have had. . .for now.
Shhhhhhh!!!!!! Don’t let on!!!😉
The strawberries sound delicious. Here we’ve been stuck at 2.50 a pint at HEB and the taste is hit or miss.
$15 a gallon at the Amish farm.
Mornin’ Treepers
Glory to God for all things
Good Morning Lonestar 🙋♀️
How’s your garden growing?
My teaching through Isaiah continues tomorrow with Chapter 51. Three times God declares “Listen to me” and twice to “Wake up.” The first verse sets the tone:
“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
you who seek the Lord:
look to the rock from which you were hewn,
and to the quarry from which you were dug.”
“Listen to me.” God first instructs his people, but at some point there must be action.
From verse 9, “Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord;”
From verse 17, “Wake yourself, wake yourself, stand up. . .”
Often, I do something just to be doing. God’s plan is much different. We are to listen to His teaching preparing ourselves for the day in which we are called to wake up and take a stand. Much of Christianity is going to battle without preparation. Listen to God. He will make you ready.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2051&version=ESV
Amen.
One more Wake Up to come, VM. We’re all listening for it, I think.
Isaiah is the Prophet I found myself most “connected” to, particularly in the early days. I’d be interested on your take of verse 65: 18,19,20 “”Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. 18) But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. 19) I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more. 20) “Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach [1] a hundred will be considered accursed.”.
The joy of heaven will be so great that the pains of this world will never be thought of again.
A simple and inexpensive summer side dish. Also excellent for expanding the amounts to feed a crowd.
Linguine Salad
1 pound box of Linguine prepared as usual and left to cool in the strainer as you prepare the rest.
Cut up two large tomatoes
Peel and cut up one large cucumber
One large bell pepper cut up.
Spices in amounts for taste on vegetables:
Morton “Nature Seasonings”
A bit of Garlic Salt
Mrs. Dash.
Toss all together with the Linguine adding Bold Italian dressing.
Allow to chill at least an hour in the fridge.
Toss again before serving adding more Bold Italian dressing as needed.
Simple, Cheap, and good.
Thank you Rah.
Rah, thanks, this looks good. I’ll give it a try.
IMO the Bold type Italian dressing is the key to making it best.
BTW when Sherry is making a bigger batch she uses bell peppers of different colors to make it more colorful.
Poor Polar Bears.
Wandering Polar Bears Are The New Starving Bears Falsely Blamed On Climate Change: Déjà Vu – Watts Up With That?
Polar bears are showing up in places they haven’t been seen in years. The alarmists claim that is because they are spending more time on land than on the diminishing sea ice.
But the ice is not diminishing now and the bears being observed are fat!
There is more ice in the Arctic today than there was on this day in 1989 and the current level is running just below the 30 year mean.
Decades Of Fake Climate Statistics | Real Climate Science
IMO the increase in Polar Bear populations can be mostly attributed to the greatly increased restrictions on hunting that came into effect after the climate alarmists demanded they be put on the endangered species list.
Sherry and I just got back from the Main Street market. Spent $140.00 this year on hanging baskets and other flowers and some starter plants for the vegetable garden. This is an annual trip we make. The flowers are part of Sherry’s birthday present which is on May 23rd.
Soon I will once again call her “the old lady” since we were born the same year but her birthday is 3 months before mine. It just do it once a year that the appropriate time, it’s an annual joke I started years ago.
RRs National Security Advisor Bud Mcfarlane passed away RIP. Controversial to many, but paid his dues with 2 tours in Vietnam, very early years of the war, highly decorated Marine Lt Col.
Good Thunderstorm blowing in now. Temp dropped 10 deg in about 10 minutes. Sherry swept the deck this morning and now it’s covered with maple tree whirly gigs.
The rain falling sounds like a melody hitting my exhaust fan thingy. Something like this 🎶
A different one more….
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Amen 🙏
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Well we got the blow, and temps dropped but not a drop of rain. It went all around us.
This weeks weather. Craxy stuff going on.
You folks up in the NE, from central PA east, and down along the central Atlantic states keep a sharp eye out Monday. This stuff that passed by here today is likely to slow and magnify. I’m talking classic conditions for a tornado outbreak on Monday in these areas.
Later in the week those in the coastal SE better start keeping a good watch. Conditions are pretty much perfect for an early tropical storm development in the Caribbean and coming north. Florida watch out especially over the next 7-10 days.
This coming week the northern half of Texas is going to broil with little wind and thus the power grid is going to be strained. Brown outs or black outs possible. Thankfully the following week (May 22-29), though still warmer than the average for the time in that area of Texas, will be considerably cooler.
Believe it or not, Joe says that the stillness of the air in Texas is one of the things that tips him off there may by TS development down in the Gulf.
Week after next another shot of cold air comes down from Canada into the central plain states. For the rest of us for the week of May 22-29: Up in the Pacific NW you will once again have well below average temps. We’re talking a good probability of snow in Idaho ,Wyoming and in the Rockies right down to Utah and Colorado. So all the climate Karens that have been wringing their hands about how fast the snow has been melting in Colorado can now cry that climate change is screwing up the weather by bringing them a good spring snow. If it does snow at Denver next Sunday it will be the 4th latest snow on record for them.
The central states right down through Missouri and Illinois are also in for colder than average weather. My place in Indiana and over in Ohio and down into Kentucky and Tennesse should be about average. To the east in NE and along the central Atlantic states it is likely to be slightly warmer than the averages.
California? The La Nina is deepening a bit and so the drought will continue into the foreseeable future. It has nothing to do with human caused “climate change” and everything to do with the colder sea surface temperatures in the Pacific. You were wetter than average during the El Ninos and now your dryer than average during the La Nina. This is a pattern that was recognized long before they started claiming CO2 is the climate control knob.
Thanks for the heads up Rah. I really appreciate it ❤️
Taking a break this weekend, loving on my dogs.