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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I do not know any cat who does not love whipped cream. Certainly all of our cats now and in the past have been easy to summon to the kitchen from wherever they might be in the house, by simply shaking the whipped cream can…….
My family was a dairy family. To us, whipped cream was fresh sweetened full butterfat cream beaten until it could peak. The invention of “whipped” cream that was made by foaming the cream with air or nitrous oxide. It created a different texture that was lighter with less body. A small amount of cream could make a huge volume of topping. It was not really whipped. Dairyman Dad called it glorified air.
Separated cream is about 36% butterfat depending on the breed of cattle and what they eat. USDA says you can sell 20% and call it cream while 10% is half-in-half. Our family sold cream right out of the separator at 36% and our half-in-half was 18%. My uncle learned about the USDA rule and immediately began selling 20% cream. Within days, cooks all over the area were bringing the cream back as it would not whip and did not work in their recipes. We pulled all remaining unsold inventory and went back to full cream.
Awesome experience!
My mother made real whipped cream using cream purchased from our local dairy back in the late 50s early 60s. It was extravagant. She made pineapple whip with it, about 3 times a year, for holiday dessert.
The dairy is long gone as is my mom. Haven’t had pineapple whip since leaving home 52 years ago.
Good memories.
Vibe, Now ya got me hunting down where I can buy real cream! Thank you for % butterfat info also.
Try Amish.
Probably why they had to add carageenan (sp?).
God Bless America 🙂
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Good morning Jay. Fitting selection. Well done. Have a blessed day.
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Good Sunday morning, Mr jay💖 Thank you for your most wonderful selections. Blessings to you, sir.
I hope everyone has a blessed Sunday. In these times we all need solace, I think. And solace may be hard to find. I don’t know about you, but I find solace in prayer. I’ve mentioned this before, but Our Lord has been in my life since I was a very small child. His presence in my life has been felt over all that time. I can’t explain why, except to say I’ve always been a strong believer and He’s always been with me. It’s as simple as that.
Today, I was thinking about what prayer actually means. My dear wife, the love of my life, has taken a turn for the worse. Alzheimer’s is a disease of the brain and, as it progresses, it causes things to fail. This week my dear wife has become unable to walk. Fortunately, with my support, I can get her to the bathroom. to lunch and supper, and to watch TV. But, sadly, she can no longer navigate by herself. When I discovered what had happened, I turned to prayer. I asked Our Lord for help. I worked out a method of supporting my wife which was both safe and practical. Did Our Lord do this? Did He answer my humble prayer. Absolutely, He did. I can’t really explain what Our Lord’s presence is like. Probably it’s different for every person. For me, it’s a feeling of calmness that comes over me as I pray. This has happened to me my whole life. And when it does I know He’s speaking to me.
Although my good friend from down-the-street would argue with me, I know He helped. I know this because I felt His presence. And this leads me to my point for tonight. When I asked for His help in a time of dire need, I felt a presence that was at once familiar and at once mysterious. I have been a devout believer for my entire life. For a very long time, I didn’t make a big deal about my religious beliefs—basically it was just me and Him. But when I needed him, he was always there. I think the secret ingredients are belief, acceptance, and faith. Our Lord is real. His blessings on us are real. But, we have to believe. We have to accept.
One More . . . Thinking of her, the love of my life for almost 55 years. Love is based on trust and loyalty. For all this time these facts have remained constant. They remain constant now.
Garrison , You are a Saint .
God Bless Your Wife and You 💐
Thank you for your kind words. Really, I’m not saintly. I don’t even think I’m very good at this. I’m just a guy who is doing the best he can. 🙂
Faith and consultation with our Lord yields a fine path. Strength and solace to you along the way.
Yes. Always. 🙂
May God continue to guide and bless you and your wife.
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God of mercy,look kindly on your servants who have grown
weak under the burden of years and grant our brothers and sisters
comfort in their suffering.
When they are afraid,give them courage.When afflicted,give them patience.When dejected,afford them hope and when alone,
assure them of the support of your holy people.
Fill them with the strength of your Holy Spirit.Keep them firm
in faith and serene in hope,so that they may give us all an example of patience and joyfully witness to the power of your love.We ask this through Christ our Lord.Amen.
Blessings to you and your wife my friend.Peace be with you.
Thank you. 🙂
😢 I’m at a loss for words Garrison 😢 prayers said for you both and a shoulder to lean on and a big hug encircling you at the times needed, I offer you ❤️ 💕
Thank you, Cat. 🙂
Thank you Garrison for your inspiration, prayers for you & your dear wife. May the Lord’s continued strength be with you.
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Heavenly Father I pray for strength for Garrison may your Holy Spirit bring peace to him and his wife in Jesus Holy name Amen.
I can relate with the knowledge that I know God is and always has been in my life guiding and keeping me through the prayer.
Once again I praise God from whom all Blessings flow.
Blessings upon your house!
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Thank you, jay. And blessings to you, too. 🙂
Good morning Garrison. Wonderful words, genuine sentiment, those are the colors of God. No doubt he has touched your life. Prayers delivered for you and your lovely lady. God bless you and yours. Thank you for sharing your words.
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Dear Garrison, as the Lord, our God, has given your beloved wife her earthly angel to watch over her on her journey, He has not left you to do so on your own. This is proven. Your deep and abiding faith is a most beautiful thing to witness for us through your sharing of these very difficult times for you both.
CS Lewis wrote “‘Being in love’ first moved them to promise fidelity; a quieter love enables them to keep the promise.”
Is there any greater comfort than knowing He knows what you both need and will provide it, as He has done and will continue to do? We all wait with you, dear friend, as your wife completes her journey…ready with with support and affection. Thank you for letting us in. 🙏 Bet
And thank you for your very moving selection of music. Voces8 has the power to reach deep, and their “Locus Iste” was a perfect example of it. I have saved it. It was more than sublime. It was heaven inspired.🙏
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Thank you for your kind words, Betsy. Ours is the quiet love CS Lewis describes. When you’ve been together for as many years as we have, some things are just taken for granted. Love, however, never is. I’ve laughingly commented that my wife is an oil-patch girl who’ll come pull you out of a bar-ditch. But knowing that is absolutely true, having experienced it, is a confirmation of quiet love. And because of it there’s never any doubt. 🙂
I always think an apt description of such a love and its path is a coal fire, such as we had in Wales.
At first while it is gaining strength, the flames leap, fly high, throw off sparks…it is a lovely thing to watch. And I’ve watched so many.
But as those initial flames settle, the coals at the bottom start to brighten and get hotter and deliver a more sustaining heat which warms all the more.
And that for me defines everlasting love. I hope that metaphor makes sense. Because reading your stories, that’s how I see the two of you. That life giving force you share with one another, born of those flames which yield a more permanent quiet relationship, the burning coals of faithfulness and trust and love keeping it so much alive after your 55 years.
You both are much loved in this church, Garrison. We all find ourselves here through His plan and His grace for many reasons. I firmly believe our paths have intersected for a purpose, one of which is to provide support along the ways of our various roads for one another. What a gift He has given us all🙏
God bless you and your lovely bride.
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My heart goes out to you, Garrison and to your wife. I fully understand the struggles you both are facing. Like you, when my wife was diagnosed with lung cancer, I prayed to the Lord. I asked her to extend her life.. to give us just a little more time with each other and he did that. At one point her doctors gave her two months to live and said there was nothing more they could do for her. We switched hospitals.. and she was graciously accepted into a clinical trial of an experimental treatment (one that has since been approved). She lived two and a half years until a broken bone in her pelvis caused her hosplitalizationa nd eventual removal from the trial. I watched as she lost strength and stability from the disease.. and yet I still treasure even those days which we could spend together. Treasure them Garrison and your time you have with her
Here is a Rodney Crowell song which has stuck with me… maybe it will that same kind of impact for you
Rodney Crowell – Things I Wish I’d Said – YouTube
Thank you, benzy. Your kind words resonate. When The Really Bad Thing happens, our job is to step in and do the best we can. Those two-and-a-half years were a true gift that would not have happened without you. 🙂
benzy, my mother always used to say, “Thank God for small mercies.”
It wasn’t until I was grown that I appreciated the importance of that small prayer.
I am so sorry you’ve had to say “until we meet again” to the wife you loved. You have a reunion to look forward to. Your prayer and hers was answered, and was no small mercy,and I’m glad she had compassionate people who stepped in to allow it. Blessings to you, sir…and for your wife, Requiescat in pace🙏
You make me cry, Garrison. Thank you for sharing part of your journey with us. It is a comfort to know you are not alone – the Lord is with you guides you daily.
Truth, Riley. 🙂
Ahhh…… Garrison,
Your words (and song selections) give cause for so many thoughts; too many to express. 💗
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Hope
expectation and desire
Solace
comfort
Prayer
request for help
hope
expression of gratitude
Trust
Loyalty
Love
The Lord is with you
-and you know that.
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You are indeed a blessed man.
Stay safe and well
-in all you do.
Continued blessings for you and your Love. ✝️
Wonderful words. Thank you, Patience, and blessings to you too. 🙂
Garrison, praying for you and your bride. May the Lord grant you wisdom, strength, comfort and peace. May He shine His face upon you and hold you both in His loving arms.
And you are so right, the Lord God Almighty has never failed us, yet!
Prayers count and are very much appreciated, Gramps. Thank you. Our Lord speaks softly but our shared experience tells us he’s always there. Learning to listen, however, is part of the deal. 🙂
Your words and belief so match what I have experienced my whole life. I think since I was 12, there was no doubt that Christ died for us; that we are owned by God and He will care for us. When I was young, I used to think I had a Guardian Angel with me all the time, watching out for me. There were times through my adult life that earthly things became a major part of my life. During those times, God was distant from me, but He never gave up on me and eventually pulled me back into his arms. I always knew He was there; now He talks to me much as you experience. Prayers get answered; thoughts that are solutions pop into my head at a time when I’m not even thinking anywhere near the subject. Sometimes just comfort comes over me knowing He is there. No rational explanation is necessary; it is he simple faith of the child that we still hold. Letting God lead us is the hardest thing for me to do, but it is the only answer. He will lead you and your wife to a better place, whartever that may be. God Bless you both.
Exactly, Barbara. And perfectly stated. Jesus is on that main line . . . And so are we. 🙂
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THE CHURCH’S ONE FOUNDATION
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Eph 2:1-10, WEB
Morning 1530, and grace to you!
And to you, Grandpa.
The story of a family of wild horses rounded up and captured by the BLM:
I never understood why certain protesters wanted to usurp the initials of the govt org that abuses Indian tribes and horses.
When I typed the description of the video I almost typed out the full Bureau of Land Management, thinking people would wonder what Black Lives Matter had to do with wild horses.
Wow, quite the touching story. Thanks for sharing patty. Have a blessed day.
Thank you, Levi. May you have a blessed and love filled day, too.
Great story, Patty. Thanks for posting this. 🙂
Thank you, Garrison. Several days ago I posted about my horse, Joey, and how when I got him at 18 months he had been wild with a herd.
When I was 18 I had the great fortune to go live in Mexico for several years. I couldn’t bear to leave Joey in a stall or small (5 acre) pasture. My Mom knew a cattle rancher down at the south end of the San Joaquin Valley who had thousands of acres of grazing land. He had a small herd of horses on his land and allowed me to keep Joey there till I returned.
After being in Mexico a year or so Mom called and told me she had bought a plane ticket for me for the next day and I had to come home to take care of some business. When I got back to the States I learned that a deadly equine virus had come up from Mexico and California required all horses to be immunized to stop the spread of the disease.
All the other horses in the herd had been immunized but they couldn’t catch Joey. I arranged to meet the State vets and help get him vaccinated. When they arrived they came with a horse trailer with two horses saddled and ready to go. We could see the herd off in the distance.
I walked out into the field and to the top of a little knoll and while waving my hands in the air I called him. He came running over to me. I had nothing but a bunch of carrots to give him. I led him by his mane over to the fence and told them they could give him the shot.
They were amazed. They then told me they had been out several times on their horses trying to rope him to catch him but they could not.
When I watched the video I was heartbroken to fully understand Joey’s loss of his family. But I will never regret knowing him, riding him, and the trust he put in me.
Have a blessed, love filled day.
Truth, Patty. Thanks for this. 🙂
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Good morning Magic. A couple of keepers. Have a blessed day.
Good morning Jay. Good mix. Rossington Collins, especially, puts the peanut in my butter. Have a blessed day.
July 17
Morning
Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. Jonah 4:2
I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. Num. 14:17, 18
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake. Psa. 79:8, 9
O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. Jer. 14:7, 20
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O LORD, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. Psa. 130:3, 4
Evening
Sanctification of the Spirit. II Thess. 2:13
Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Song 4:16
Behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! II Cor. 7:11
Fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth: proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. Eph. 5:9, 10
The Comforter, is the Holy Ghost. John 14:26
The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Rom. 5:5
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace. Gal. 5:22
In a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. II Cor. 8:2
All these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. I Cor. 12:11
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/07/0717.html
Good morning Poy. What a collective treasure. Saving this one. Have a blessed day.
“Giant Lizard Hunt” update: ( wish we had more “@Ferral Cats” … )
So, here in the SE Asia, we have these giant monitor lizards, they’re cocky, they get within 3 feet of you and scream in your ear because they know you won’t don’t anything. They are extremely aggresive and will bite ( not poisonous ) and latch onto your hand if you come close. You can only get them off if you kill them or pry them off.
We were cleaning the bird nests out the gutters because of the Monsoon season, it rains and the birds’ nests clog the gutters and then rain erodes the landscape in front of the house becuase water is not funneled to the sewage system.
When cleaning the bird nests out this morning, we pushed everything out to end of the gutter, nests, eggs and lizards.
This is weird, the birds, the same 3 that have been here for many years, lay eggs, yet we always see the same 3 birds, no hatchlings, nothing. What’s happening is, that the birds lay the eggs, and the big lizards, sleep with the passive birds right next to them, let the birds live, and eat the hatchlings when they are born, because we noticed the empty shells, but no hatchlings.
If you want to draw a parallel to life, the lizards ( Lets just call them D’s for lack of a better word ), let the passive wimpy birds live ( again, R’s for lack of a better word ), and they have this weird symbiotic relationship. Big lizards eat the birds when they hatch so the bigger birds can live, birds just keep laying eggs for the big lizards to eat when they hatch.
Big lizards are not at the top of the food chain, they are noisy, arrogant, cocky, annoying as @#$% and they attract bigger species on the food chain, snakes. So we had a snake problem. These are not gardner snakes, we’re talking King Cobras, Malaysian Pit Vipers and Pythons.
So, big lizard hunt continues because now we have a snake problem. We call security, they come by, put a bag around their hand, grab them, put them in a bag and release them away from the house. Problem is, they keep coming back.
So now we shoot them. Not the snakes, ( very bad joo-joo ), but the lizards. Can’t use M-16 because there are no Remington .223 rounds available, have to use NATO rounds which have a hardened “penetrator” in the core, you miss, the penetrator goes through house into the neighbors house. So you have to use standard 1911 .45 rounds, lead.
Neighbors are aware and taking pictures of me at 1:30 a.m. local time, hunting giant lizards. So far have not had a visit by police or military. They are Buddhist, they can’t kill life. But they see me do it, in the morning when I’m drinking my coffee and having a cigarette, they say “Hey, Farang ! Here … ” they pass me beer over the fence and say “thank you”, now we are invited to the village party on the 30th.
They don’t want the snakes, or the giant lizards, they just want peace.
Good Morning Gabriel ❤️
There’s a lot to ponder here!!! Got a feeling we (I) will enjoy your postings a lot 😘
Thank you and may your day be filled with happiness! ❤️
Morning Cat, I especially liked the part of the neighbors passing beer in the morning. 😂❤️
Morning grandpa, I thought of you all when I got to that part 😝
Gabriel sure has a way with words 🥰
Morning Gabriel. Now that’s a great story about a life I’ve never known. I imagine that applies to just about all of us here. A fascinating peek into a world outside of ours. I especially like the D/R angle of it. So apropos.
Thanks for the share. Have a blessed day.
Observing nature… analogy to D/R… excellent… whole story ..”priceless”…
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Morning Levi, I’d say the R angle apply to the average R voter, busy taking care of everyday life. I envisioned the RINO politicians as the snakes.
Soooooooooooooooo VERY true. An astute observation.
Morning, Gabriel. What a story! I’m beginning to wonder if there is any room in your house for you and your wife with all the “visitors” that abound. A tremendous analogy you drew. I like the way your mind works😉 More please! B
Good morning Bet, Gabriel looks like another great addition to our mob. ❤️
Good morning Gabriel, I’m enjoying your posts, too. Pre 9/11 it was easy to take ammo with you traveling. You just stuck a box or two in your check-in luggage. Not so anymore.
Good morning all.
We have finally gotten some rain worth talking about this weekend. Still more to come according to the forecast. Much needed. We were 5 1/2″ under the average. Generally before this the crops south of I-70 looked better than those north of I-70. The further south one went the better they looked.
I think this rain has come just in time for the farmers around here.
Since it is coming from thunderstorms, Geisha the Cocker has been sticking close to me. She hates thunder. So as I write this she is curled up under my desk by my feet snoring away. When in bed she normally sleeps down between our legs. But when thunder or fireworks are booming she crawls up between our shoulders.
Sherry appears to be sleeping more comfortably. She seemed to sleep better tonight than last night. Last night she would wake up and have to sit up to breath for a time before being able to lay down again and go back to sleep.
I’ll check her BOL this morning before I leave.
Betsy,
The MET over in Britian is lying again. I’m sure you know they are having a heatwave in your old homeland. A representative of the MET said “I think we have had the hottest June on record……” What a bunch of Hooy. What they are having now does not compare to 1976. That heatwave was hotter and lasted nearly 3 months! This one will break shortly.
Think It’s Hot Now? How Britain Roasted in TEN-WEEK Heatwave During Summer of ’76 – Watts Up With That?
Going back further. July 24, 1906 London hit 100 deg. F.
100 Degrees In London | Real Climate Science
As for our current heat wave here in the US? No relief in site according to the weather models. This week remains hot with the following week being only slightly cooler. Many Ranchers in the central US and down in Texas are selling off their stock at bargain basement prices because they can’t feed them. Grazing is very poor and they can’t afford to buy the hay to feed them.
May the healing blood of Jesus be upon your house to protect and heal, amen 🙏🏻
Amen
Good morning rah. I appreciate these insights from you. Keep em coming. Have a blessed day.
Thanks for that, rah. Funnily enough I saw a tweet which showed the maps over Britain and Europe in dark, deep red. And yes, it is hot. But the explanation for the visual and, as you say, all the hysterical headlines is all a part of the climate “change” cultish push. Scare stuff to keep their cc script running.
My sister in law attests to the heat, and for Wales, it really is. Glad you had rain. We are so desperate for it, but, alas, it seems we will have to wait. My heart breaks for the ranchers and the farmers. Gates, on the other hand, is probably jumping for joy, evil man.
I might as well throw this in here…apparently our guys and gals in the Navy are going to be part of an “alternative protein” trial. And we know what that means. Bugs for all! Their new motto…jab em then starve em. No words.
I’m so sorry Sherry is struggling. This is how my husband was when he apparently had it (he did not test). But if she’s taking all the supplements and is sleeping better, it sounds as if this wretched virus is making its way out thankfully. I prayerfully hope so🙏
Rah, continuing prayers for Sherry’s recovery and for you.
July 17 Oswald Chambers
The Miracle of Belief
My speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom… —1 Corinthians 2:4
Paul was a scholar and an orator of the highest degree; he was not speaking here out of a deep sense of humility, but was saying that when he preached the gospel, he would veil the power of God if he impressed people with the excellency of his speech. Belief in Jesus is a miracle produced only by the effectiveness of redemption, not by impressive speech, nor by wooing and persuading, but only by the sheer unaided power of God. The creative power of redemption comes through the preaching of the gospel, but never because of the personality of the preacher.
Real and effective fasting by a preacher is not fasting from food, but fasting from eloquence, from impressive diction, and from everything else that might hinder the gospel of God being presented. The preacher is there as the representative of God— “…as though God were pleading through us…” (2 Corinthians 5:20). He is there to present the gospel of God. If it is only because of my preaching that people desire to be better, they will never get close to Jesus Christ. Anything that flatters me in my preaching of the gospel will result in making me a traitor to Jesus, and I prevent the creative power of His redemption from doing its work.
“And I, if I am lifted up…, will draw all peoples to Myself” (John 12:32).
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
There is nothing, naturally speaking, that makes us lose heart quicker than decay—the decay of bodily beauty, of natural life, of friendship, of associations, all these things make a man lose heart; but Paul says when we are trusting in Jesus Christ these things do not find us discouraged, light comes through them.
Good —and a truly wonderful morning and day… Cat💞
Thanks for that song❣️
– clarity.
Good Morning patience! It’s a good song, isn’t it. Found a new radio station. You can look forward to some other shares 😉
Have a blessed day ❤️
Yes. It is, Cat. Right to the point; covers it all.
Cool beans about future songs.
Hmmm there’s a cat in the garden. 🙂 😉
Hey! I’m just window shopping 😂
Good Morning jay!!!
Enjoy your Sunday ❤️
Good morning FC. I have a clear advantage over most when it comes to decay and losing heart. Because, as you are now well aware, according to my dear friend, Seana, I was never that good looking to begin with. So I’ve got that going for me.
Have a blessed day. Live, Love, LAUGH
Good Morning Levi!
Good morning, Cat💖 What an incredible afterword, which I must tell you, these days I’m finding extremely compelling, maybe more than the devotional, which is saying something.
Christ Jesus, always abiding, never changing, our Lord and Saviour. How comforting to know he will never fail us. Blessings, girl, for this the Lord’s day.
Good Morning Betsy ❤️
May your day be filled with wonderment 🥰
Blessings to you.
Maiden Mhaith Betsy 🙂
So kind you are with your words of encouragement Blessings upon you and yours!
Morning again Cat! We shouldn’t lose heart because the Lord will give us all glorified bodies one day. No more hurt paws, heads, etc. PTL! 🙌🙌🙌
Goodaye pops!
PTL x 1,000,000 ❤️
Short and sweet.
John Christy Debunks Climate Models and Extreme Weather Hysteria With Laura Ingraham on FOX News – Watts Up With That?
Dr. John Christy is Dr. Roy Spencer’s boss. Together they put out the UAH global temperature data set.
Global Temperature: – Watts Up With That?
Both are men of integrity and vast experience in their fields. Both have testified before congress multiple times. And both are labeled “deniers” by the alarmists. This, even though Dr. Spencer believes that atmospheric CO2 does have a very limited warming effect. BTW their offices at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, were the target of a drive by shooting a few years ago.
Just to add detail to what Dr. Christy is saying.
AMS : US Supreme Court Destroying The Planet | Real Climate Science
So, the once-respected AMS has become the “American Politics-Based-on-Fake-Weather-Alarmism Society”.
No real surprise there, except anyone who would boast of being a current member endorsing that ridiculous article should be ignored in whatever they say from here out… Meteorology was once considered a physical science, not a political consensus topic..
It’s a real shame what leftwing propaganda has done to destroy the credibility of once-respected professional organizations.
AMS “Climate change is a highly solvable problem and the available solutions … ”
Really? Make it rain in Texas. Political stooges all. It’s so &^%*$# tragic that the left has hijacked the sciences for political agenda. There was, once upon a time, great promise for science in this world.
Anyone that states that the “science is settled” on an issue, screams to me that they are ignorant liars.
BAM
Oh, and good morning Riley! Have a blessed day.
Good morning Rileytrips, bullseye!
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
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Praise be to God.
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.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Verse of the Day for Sunday, July 17, 2022
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“This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”
Psalms 118:24 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
The 50th Psalm (Septuagint)
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 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)
5th Sunday after Pentecost
Saint Andrew, Archbishop of Crete (+ ca. 712-726)
Saint Ulrich, Bishop of Augsburg, Germany (+ 973)
Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia: Tsar Nicholas II, the Royal Family, and those with them (+ 1918)
July 4th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
July 17th – civil or commercial calendar
Good Sunday Morning, Everyone. This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Those words apply to everyday but are especially true on Sundays. Today is a walk about day as Mick Dundee called it. Take a stroll and take in the beauty of nature, smile at strangers, wish them a good day and be thankful I can do all of those things.
As the quote goes ““At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.”
Prayers delivered. Cap in hand. Let’s do this. Have a blessed day each of you and all of yours. Have a wonderful day. Cheers!
🙂
Good morning Casco. Keep on smiling, my friend!
Always amigo…I’m off to the coal mines…running late,but it’s the Lords day and I wanted to visit and get some “positiveness” through prayers and conversations,music,etc.It helps get the day rolling.Blessings to you this great morning Levi! Casco 🙂
Good morning, Casco💖 I am sorry to see you have to rush off. Be safe, my friend. And all His blessings be with you.
Thank you so much mi amiga.It was a great day.Got done what needed to be done.I would have loved to stick around…so many great comments I’m seeing today,but probably too late to be a part of the conversation now.Your comments I see were spectacular,as I would totally expect from someone as wonderful as you my dear.Gracias for the well wishes and blessings…may they be returned to you and yours many times over.Casco 🙂
Good morning Casco! Be blessed and safe.
Great evening to you and yours M. I hope you had a GREAT day and blessings to you as well my friend! Casco 🙂
Good morning Flyover.
Truth in that. Social media is the portfolio of Commonwood (as opposed to Hollywood). It’s the playground of the unfamous. Although I admit to being a past longtime member/participant. It was fun at a point but no longer.
I like to say that digital photos live in the dark. Or, at least, mine do. I take them, copy them to laptop hard drive and forget them. So why do I take them? Honestly, I don’t have a good answer because it is very rare that I go back and look for something.
People have strange habits and I am definitely a people.
Have a blessed day.
Good morning, Levi. And a blessed morning to you as well. It has taken me a while to get here because I’ve been summoned three times by our resident feral for feeding and extensive brushing.
You are so right. Our memory’s pictures are far and away more satisfying than any we can and do take. They feed the heart and the soul; and while it is nice to look at a photo, looking is not the same as seeing, which I find is easier in remembering. I hope that makes sense. Enjoy your day. I know, my friend, that you are indeed glad in it.
Good morning Betsy. It makes perfect sense. I have always said that photos never do justice to what the eye observes. It can’t. At best, a photo is a reminder of a moment, wherein the mental image is summoned again.
Blessings to you and yours. Have a wonderful day. I know you will.
Thank you, Levi.
A blessed day to you and yours.
As always, your words penetrate that stuff that gets in the way of life. bOoM ❣️
Good morning Patience. Thank you. Have yourself a most wonderful day. Blessings!
Morning Levi and blessings to you and yours!
Good Sunday Morning, Gramps. How did you move go? Hope you and the Mrs have a beautiful day to share with one another. God bless. Cheers!
We are all alive.
Blessings upon your house as well! 🙂
Music selection for this morning: “Welcome to the Hotel Paranoia”
Sample of the lyrics: (Parody to the tune of Eagles’ Hotel California)
“On the great reset highway, fools’ words in my ear
Warm smell of infection, rising up through the fear
Up ahead in the future, I saw a frightening sight
My health grew heavy and my rights grew dim
I got locked down for the night,…”
(Rest of the Lyrics are below the video on the Rumble page)
https://rumble.com/vs155k-welcome-to-the-hotel-paranoia.html
Good morning GB. That’s brilliant. My how times have changed. I still recall the words to this one from the back of MAD Magazine as a kid, which goes to Hello Dolly.
Hello Deli. This is Joe, Deli. Would you please send up some nice corned beef on Rye. A box of Rtiz, Deli. And some Schlitz, Deli. With potatoes and tomatoes that, you French fry.
Have a blessed day. Laugh often. Cheers!
Morning Levi! I don’t remember that funny parody from Mad, although I did read Mad as often as I could afford an issue. It was truly Funny stuff in its day.
Have a truly restful and blessed day yourself, Levi.
Hotel Paranoia and other humor plus updated information & related news can be found on Dr. Robert Malone’s Substack, found here:
https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/sunday-strip-467?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Malone is an International hero in my eye.
100% Agree!
Good Morning everyone 🙋♀️ ❤️
Had a party last night. Uncle Murphy and uncle John were jamming 🎶
Have a blessed day everyone ❤️
Excellent choice! “But what I want to know,is are you kind…”Blessings FC. Casco 🙂
Good morning again, FC. A dead head goodie, although so many are. Have a blessed day there as well. Party on. Party hardy. Cheers!
Hi Levi, casco 🙋♀️
Funny, never pay attention to this song in my kitten days. A mungrel share got me to finally pay attention. 🤷♀️
Got in to see them live with pint of jack under the bib of the alls. We was dancin in the isles.
Lol Patience. I used to sneak my Captain Morgan’s into concerts in an old boda bag (wineskin).Those were fun times I’ll never forget… 🙂
God bless our friend Mungrel.I sure hope he is doing well. 🙂
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
Truth!
Good Morning krypton ❤️
Thank you for the reminder 😘
Good…..afternoon now 🙂
Mornin’ comrade infidels.
Amen
Mornin, Wee Weed ❣️
Howdy, Patience!!! (Waving!!) I’m scrolling up from the bottom😉
One of your better ones!
And remember the third monkey 😉
🎶
Do they know??
Per the Daily Telegraph in Britain, it has been reported ALL schools in England will be required to keep a defibrillator on hand.
Yes…they know.
Clearly
Damn them all
John O’Looney laid out what he is seeing, Levi. Evil doesn’t even begin to cover it.
“Leonid and Friends” is a group of top-level musicians from Russia and Ukraine that got together to pay tribute to, as they put it, “the greatest band ever.” Leonid is the gray-haired gentleman driving that big beautiful Fender bass, and the brains and driving force behind this project.
As you watch the guitarist in this next song you will marvel, scarcely believing that a human can do such a thing. It’s made even more amazing knowing that this is a remake, and he gets it note perfect. Terry Kath would be proud.
Now they branch out to pay tribute to, as they put it, “the coolest band ever.”
I hope Garrison sees this! Wonderful!!
Really talented musicians…have watched them many times and loved ’em (loved Chicago!),but the Steely Dan cover was over the top.Thanx Jeff 🙂
For almost two years My husband, me and our children who are adults were outcast for not “following the science” with both of our families. Now that it has been proven that getting the covid inoculation is not preventing covid things are changing, so I thought. No one has apologized for the awful things that were said in the heat of the moment, but they are again talking to us. A couple of months back my nephew asked if he could have his son’s conformation party at our house. We told him yes but that he would have a porta potty installed for the day. In the 28 years of living in this house and the numerous family parties we have had here, we had never made that request before. They all know we have a septic tank. That request did not go over well.
I think he understood the meaning behind that request, and he chose to have the party elsewhere. We were not invited because the party was in an indoor setting, and we are not inoculated against covid. I really had hoped by now that all this covid hysteria would be gone and done with.
Sometimes I think because GOD knew I was going to be born to two drug addicted alcoholics he made sure I would be able to disseminate fact from fiction, sincerity from cunningness and that I would see with clarity the signs that are sent to remind me of his grace.
KBH, more and more is coming out and so far isn’t being censored. The lid can’t be kept on anymore. The evil which has been done is too much to take in, not only to those who are jabbed but also for generations which will follow.
Gates spilled the beans when he said there would a vaxxxx to reduce the world’s population, and now we know without doubt it is happening.
Thank you for your honest post. And I am so sorry you have endured a separation from those you love. There are so many here on this site experiencing the same. It is heartbreaking. Blessings to and your family. Stay resolute.🙏
I come here every day, but I don’t comment often. This afternoon while reading about The Precursor, I began to think about how much of a target Sundance is…even as is our President Trump. I want to encourage everyone at the Treehouse to surround him with prayers for his protection and mental strength, as well as the quiet inner peace to live his life in the midst of all of the evil that he probably sees more clearly than we do. God bless Sundance and the Treehouse, God bless President Trump, and God bless our United States of America!
Always, lostandfound. He is daily in our prayers for His protection. We all know the import of what he has accumulated and how there are those who would rather we didn’t. Thank you for posting.
Thanks Betsy. It seemed at that moment I needed to stop and pray for him right then (I did) and then to remember him throughout the days. After I posted and moved to his other topics, I began to see comments from so many others about holding him up in prayer.
This morning in church a 4 year old girl was given money for the offering plate. She put it in the envelope and her grandfather suggested she write her name on it. Her immediate response was “God knows my name!” I am a born-again Christ follower and “know” this truth, God know me and loves me and saved me. But hearing the child state her faith so firmly has really touched me today. God knows my name!! Blessings to you and all who gather here.
This felt right for the day
Written by an Australian Dentist… (no name, no date)
To Kill an American
You probably missed it in the rush of news last week, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American.
So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the following day to let everyone know what an American is . so they would know when they found one. (Good one, mate!!!!)
“An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan.
An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans.
An American is Christian, or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim.
In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan. The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses.
An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for
God.
An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the world.
The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence , which recognizes the God given right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.
An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return.
When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country!
As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan. Americans welcome the best of everything…the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best services. But they also welcome the least.
The national symbol of America, The Statue of Liberty, welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people who built America.
Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11, 2001 earning a better life for their families. It’s been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 different countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists.
So you can try to kill an American if you must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo, and Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung, and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world. But, in doing so you would just be killing yourself. Because Americans are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, is an American.
Please keep this going!
Pass this around the World
then pass it around again.
It says it all , for all of us
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Awesome find ms Idaho!!!!
Thank you. ❤️
This is really great Ms. Idaho.Thanks for posting this.
Good evening ms idaho! This!
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.
And prayers up for all political prisoners. Prayers up for Pastor Pawlowski, for Julian Assange, and for all the protesters of January 6 who were or are entrapped in DC.
Thank you Father, for Your love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen 🙏
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.