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 need to channel my inner Dolly Parton…
🎶”Caffeine, caffeine, caffeine, cafeeeeine”🎶
-back in the saddle
Geez, I haven’t heard any MMM in a long time. My old man used to make us listen to cassette tapes of him and Dan Seals and KD Lang and a bunch of others during road trips and was all “this is what real cowboy music sounds like”. I never wanted to point out that cowboys in the old days probably sang nothing like that, much less songs like that, but he liked em. I did particularly like Murphey though. Especially “Wildfire”, “Carolina in the Pines”, “Cowboy Logic”, “Geronimo’s Cadillac”, “Land of the Navajo”,and pretty much everything off his old “Cowboy Christmas” album.
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GH
Truly like your music selections. Saw MMM when he was just starting. Playing at a bar in Bowling.Green Kentucky . Western Kentucky University. Oh my good times…..
Thank you for the memory
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Bowling Green, I have lived a few miles down the road all my life. Lots of good musicians from around here, many of them unknown except for their friends. I graduated from WKU after forty years of trying. Long story.
Happy Cursday Treepers vide. This poor dog wascued by heroic saviors. Good for them. Good for him.
Good morning, Garrison💖 We always need to be mindful , in a world full of people with no hearts or souls, that there really are some with more than enough to make up for the absence of those two precious humans components in others.
Morning, Bet. For example: There were definitely some of the latter who stepped in to help the NY governor candidate who got attacked. Those were all bystanders who immediately tackled and restrained the guy with the blade.
It’s a good one. Alert and quick. And the attacker, who should have been federally charged is out in 3 seconds flat.
Oops. It’s Caterday. . . when you get old you tend to forget what day it is. 🙂
We cheated and we lied and we tested,
and we never failed to fail,
it was the easiest thing to do.
I prefer Jimmy Buffett’s version myself.
I prefer “Beneath the Southern Cross” by Richard Rogers (“Victory At Sea”)
A favorite. David Crosby’s schooner was quite a vessel. Thanks for posting. 🙂
How to fold a fitted sheet, in 7 seconds:
Darn! Beat me to it! 😉
Welp, I’m up all night because criminals are on a rampage throughout my neighborhood tonight. Just had to report another incident. Might as well stay awake with cat videos…it’s Caturday, after all!
Have a little Dutch Treat on me!
These folks are having a lot more fun than I! Happy music, thanks. 🙂
Good morning, Maquis. I see that was recorded in 2012. Look at all those carefree people having the uninhibited time of their lives. A few years later? This. Prison planet. Hoping those times will return…
Dadgum, Peoria. I am so sorry you are afflicted with that. Truly.
Just recently moved to this area, which is MUCH better than previous (but also MUCH more expensive).
Still, it’s happening everywhere. Coming to a neighborhood near you. Crime is upward bound, thanks to the Buyden regime.
In the hood, or in the boonies, thugs are looking for anything they can get – and they have become terrifyingly brazen. They don’t seem to suffer consequences, and the understaffed rookie police dept’s don’t seem to care.
Sad, sick, and frightening. I wonder how much worse it can get before people revolt…if they even can.
We may need a citizen posse. Not vigilante. Just a show of force.
Hope your house and property was safe.
Beats my method by a million. Wonder if he hires out.
Well , Peoria , that is exactly how I fold my fitted sheets 😄😄😄
That video is Awesome , Thanks for posting 💐
From the depths of despair and starvation to the heights of triumph and victory…
Wonderful rescue story, Patty. Watched it twice! 🙂
Thank you, Garrison. Back in 08, 09 during the height of the crisis, when hay shot up from $7 a bale to $20 a bale for alfalfa, many horses starved to death because their owners could no longer afford to feed them. Selling them was difficult because everyone was suffering.
I am afraid we are entering a time like that again. I live in a rural area and have noticed many once well fed horses are beginning to look thin and underfed. Hay is now around $30 a bale and not always available.
If you live in a rural area and have the means, if you notice animals that need help, please reach out to the owners and offer to buy them some hay. Not only horses, but sheep and goats and cattle as well.
If you have land or pasture area that would sustain an animal please offer its use to someone’s animal that is in need. If we all do what we can we will get through this with as little loss as possible.
Livin’ Thing Jeff Lynne’s ELO Live with Rosie Langley and Amy Langley, Glastonbury 2016
Roll Over Beethoven Jeff Lynne’s ELO Live with Rosie Langley and Amy Langley, Glastonbury 2016
Evil Woman Jeff Lynne’s ELO Live with Rosie Langley and Amy Langley, Glastonbury 2016
and one more w/ Beautiful shuffle girls
23 July 1980 Keith Godchaux, American pianist, and singer (Grateful Dead, 1971-79 – “Let Me Sing Your Blues Away”), dies in a car accident at 32.
23 July 2011 Amy Winehouse, British singer songwriter (“Stronger Than Me”; “Rehab”), dies from alcohol poisoning at 27
Rehab
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July 23
Morning
Then cometh the end. I Cor. 15:24
Of that day and that hour knoweth no man no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. Mark 13:32, 33, 37
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. II Pet. 3:9
The coming of the Lord draweth nigh. The judge standeth before the door. James 5:8, 9
Surely I come quickly. Rev. 22:20
Seeing … that ail these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness? II Pet. 3:11
The end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. I Pet. 4:7
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Luke 12:35, 36
Evening
Brethren, pray for us. I Thess. 5:25
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up. Pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. James 5:14-18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. Eph. 6:18
Without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers. Rom. 1:9
Always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. Col. 4:12
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/07/0723.html
“I will wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in His word I put my hope. I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning.”
Psalm 130:5-6
This beautiful passage has taken on a powerful meaning for me, and I am sure many more who are doing just this with great and abiding faith, patience, and hope.🙏
“faith, patience, and hope.” – It’s that middle one that I battle -why can’t we just join the first and third, and get on with it already – lol. Here’s Eric Clapton – Running on Faith.
23 July 1966
Country star Roger Miller reaches Billboard’s Hot 100 with a novelty tune called “You Can’t Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd”. The song, which Miller later said was the favorite of all the songs he wrote, will climb to #40.
23 July 1977
Peter Frampton had the best selling single in America with “I’m In You”. Both the song and the album of the same name would go on to reach Platinum status.
23 July 1983
“Synchronicity”, the fifth and final studio album by The Police, went to #1 on the Billboard chart for the first of seventeen weeks. The LP contained the hit single, “Every Breath You Take”, which would win Song Of The Year honors at next year’s Grammy Awards.
Wow… where can I get one of those?
Back then they tended to use ammonia as refrigerant, mom still has one in her garage functioning to this day, albeit low on refrigerant & running about 55 degrees, its OK for a soda frig.
I was just reading that they are replacing HFC stuff with something that is flammable for refrigerant, sounds pretty dumb to me, we should just go back to ammonia which is safe for the environment.
Not that it will make anyone any money tho for a proprietary blended refrigerant.
https://www.goodway.com/hvac-blog/2009/08/ammonia-as-a-refrigerant-pros-and-cons/
I do not believe it is a coincidence that it is found that they are bad for the environment when their patent on said CFC or HFC is running out time wise.
CFC= Chlorofluorocarbon
HFC= hydrofluorocarbon
The competing “conspiracy theories”.
https://www.topsecretwriters.com/2015/06/the-dupont-freon-conspiracy-was-the-ban-delayed-for-profits/
“Why’s this 66 year old fridge better than the one I got now?”
A:
Xi Whiz and his Employees of the Month
Good answer!
My ’94 Kenmore side by side is still running strong!
Its a crying shame that the globalists ruined Sears and their high quality products.
I sorely regret changing out my 1983 Kenmore washer and dryer for a GE pair. I did that in or around 2005 and regret that move.
The best I ever had was a Kenmore pair. Moved overseas. Came back and bought Maytag. Rubbish. So loud I’m surprised police weren’t called. Now have LG. So far I’m happy.
We still have our Kenmore laundry pair purchased in 1977. It does the cleaning and drying jobs just fine.
My husband has replaced a motor and a couple of belts, and we’re glad he could do those repairs himself. No electronics in these machines, so nothing to easily go kaflooey.
This is just brilliant. Because it is true as well as clever.
I have a 1973 Amana deep freezer that still works like a charm. I picked it up about 20 years ago at a garage sale for $25.
I cannot count the number of refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers and water heaters that freezer has outlived in my household.
LOL… I’ve put my keys in the freezer and the mailbox…
Who were you hiding them from?!
LOL… me obviously…
I think my subconscious is telling me something…
I can’t criticize, I got both my wallet and my keys on chains, just in case!
Fridge, produce drawer.
Someone needs to counsel that kid! He/she left the keys in the car!
I get the impression the kid got schooled . . . a three hour search?
Oh yeah, there were tears to be sure.
July 23 Oswald Chambers
Sanctification (2)
But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us…sanctification… —1 Corinthians 1:30
The Life Side. The mystery of sanctification is that the perfect qualities of Jesus Christ are imparted as a gift to me, not gradually, but instantly once I enter by faith into the realization that He “became for [me]…sanctification….” Sanctification means nothing less than the holiness of Jesus becoming mine and being exhibited in my life.
The most wonderful secret of living a holy life does not lie in imitating Jesus, but in letting the perfect qualities of Jesus exhibit themselves in my human flesh. Sanctification is “Christ in you…” (Colossians 1:27). It is His wonderful life that is imparted to me in sanctification— imparted by faith as a sovereign gift of God’s grace. Am I willing for God to make sanctification as real in me as it is in His Word?
Sanctification means the impartation of the holy qualities of Jesus Christ to me. It is the gift of His patience, love, holiness, faith, purity, and godliness that is exhibited in and through every sanctified soul. Sanctification is not drawing from Jesus the power to be holy— it is drawing from Jesus the very holiness that was exhibited in Him, and that He now exhibits in me. Sanctification is an impartation, not an imitation. Imitation is something altogether different. The perfection of everything is in Jesus Christ, and the mystery of sanctification is that all the perfect qualities of Jesus are at my disposal. Consequently, I slowly but surely begin to live a life of inexpressible order, soundness, and holiness— “…kept by the power of God…” (1 Peter 1:5).
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Is He going to help Himself to your life, or are you taken up with your conception of what you are going to do? God is responsible for our lives, and the one great keynote is reckless reliance upon Him.
Good morning, Cat💖
“I will not give sleep to mine eyes or slumber to my eyelids, until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.”
May all his peace and comfort rest on you today, my dear friend.🙏
Ever think about “sanctification” “righteousness” “ holiness” where do they apply? Do you believe it’s our body, or physical mind ?
It cannot, we are born into evil. It applies to our spirit and should be addressed in that manner.
Jesus was Gods son, also son of man, which one was perfect? Through his spirit was he made perfect.
My point is this, in romans it speaks of wanting to do good but doing what is sin. Can we separate the two? We must, for worship of God is in spirit.
All those gifts of sanctification, righteousness, holiness, are immediately applied to our spirit, to wrestle against the flesh is pointless, it’s our spirit that is the ruler and must be positioned as such. Feeding our spirit, understanding spiritual things, knowingly giving all praise to God for the good we have, be it thoughts, words or deeds. Focus on the spiritual, “dividing asunder” the spiritual man from the physical.
The relationship with God is only spiritual, our physical man is a useful tool.
To focus on the outward allows failure, contempt, shame, guilt, it’s why it’s a pointless endeavor to save the flesh. In spirit we are made holy, in spirit we are healed and it will manifest in the physical.
Good afternoon Cat? When are you going to emerge out of the forest? 😍 💜
BTW that “heatwave” over in England was not officially a heatwave.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) defines a heat wave as a period during which the daily maximum temperature exceeds for more than five consecutive days the maximum normal temperature by 9°F (5°C), the “normal” period being defined as 1961–1990.
It only lasted two days.
So, a heat blip?
Climate propaganda for a country which has had hotter days and has been completely and utterly brainwashed and koolaid-ed into swallowing the deadly climate change agenda whole.
Headlines in all their papers, tabloid and broadsheet, were apocalyptic day in, day out.
Then…just like that…gone. Britain has finally had its tombstone put in place.
Good afternoon Bet! 💗
Satan’s servants have opened wide the propaganda spigots. And the sheeple swallow it hook, line, and sinker.
Afternoon, G💖 I feel the same, see the same so strongly I can’t understand how anybody cannot.
Britain is finished. It is that simple. They’ve all gone mad. Breaks my heart💔
We are following close behind, Bet. Unless most men remember real soon that God gave us juevos.
Mornin’ comrade infidels.
When the laughing hyena gets into office, meme creators are going to have a heyday. I have already seen some good ones just on the news that Diapers has the wuhan cooties.
Gavin Newsome Vice President?
. . . 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)
Holy 45 Martyrs at Nicopolis in Armenia (+ 319)
Holy Martyr Appolonios in Sardis in Asia Minor (+ 3rd century)
Holy Hieromartyr Joseph of Damascus and those with him (+ 1860)
July 10th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
July 23rd – civil or commercial calendar
Ok who blew out the margins, AGAIN?
Morning, CR (waving)💖 Enjoy your weekend and stay hydrated!!
Well, I’ll post this here because this is a rather unclassified section, but something I want to debate someone about. I’m a big fan of Thomas Sowell. I truly think he is one of the great American minds of the past century. But I take great umbrage to his use of the word “Redneck” in his book “Black Rednecks and White Liberals”.
It’s a fine book and his thesis is solid, but his terms are…wrong.
He sets the stage as people from certain parts of the UK migrating to the US during the colonial period that were less than optimal people. These, he says, were what became the people of “The South”.
Well I can’t help it but I have to call out Sowell’s immediate Yankee views of southerners. But at the same time, he is correct. These people, my ancestors mind you, weren’t the best sort of people. They were crass and had little if any appreciation for life. If they could get away with enslaving a man to do work for them, they’d happily do it as long as they didn’t have to earn an honest day’s wage from actual work. They were lazy people, plain and simple.
But “rednecks”?
That makes no sense at all. The term “redneck” basically applies to people who do work…hard…in the fields. That is how they get sunburns on their neck. White Rednecks even today bear no resemblance to who Sowell is talking about. You know the type. Generally middle class, gets home from an 8 hr day of work and still wants to work on his home, his tractor, his car, his computer, whatever. Hardworking people who also play hard. A bit crass surely, but hardly uneducated and definitely not afraid of hard work. Quite the opposite.
Sowell goes on to interchangeably use the terms “Redneck” and “Cracker” culture. I suppose I could accept “Cracker Culture”, but the man titled his book “Black Rednecks”. I find that a rather rare flaw in his over all flawless writings and speeches.
Rednecks may be many things, but lazy is not one of them. You don’t get that “red neck” by sitting on the porch. And while he further postulates that such a culture died in the South and doesn’t exist in the UK anymore…he’s wrong. White trash, trailer culture, “Chavs” in the UK, still exist. He really tries to tie it to a specific culture from a specific place to reason why modern ghetto blacks act the way they do, but it has nothing to do with that. Look at Russia and their “slav” culture. None of them are black, and none of them come from some specific place in the UK, and yet they are exactly the same.
I just feel the first couple of chapters of this book by Sowell were his worst. For a man who is always on point and well-studied on a topic, I think he really missed the mark on this one. His overall concept of southern blacks taking a lousy culture that has now died in the South up North might have relevance, but it’s not related to “redneck” culture. And it certainly can show up anywhere, regardless of origin, if a people are kept in a state of ignorance and broken family values.
I’m a native New Yorker who lived down South for about 20 years. Some people are proud to be termed “Redneck”, and some are insulted. There are lazy rednecks and hard working rednecks. You really believe in modern times that people are referred to as “Rednecks” because they are sunburned on their necks? Maybe that term originated as a description of a Coppertone poor field worker but that ship has failed. Coming up with a definitive description of a “Redneck” is like nailing Jello to a tree. Good luck!
In WHAT State did you set up your new home?
I’ve purposely not said what state I moved to, only that it is a Midwestern state. Thanks for your input.
I wish you had warned me to not ask follow up questions. That was so rude of me.
There are two groups that are called “Redneck.” One is a defined by those that wish to use Redneck as a pejorative and the other is defined by those that are Redneck by description. I suspect that Sowell’s use of Redneck is reference to what others think and use as definitive, not the descriptive. It is important that there is very little intersection between the two groups of Rednecks. The people that are accused pejoratively of being Rednecks and those that accept Redneck as a description of themselves are mostly not the same people.
You may have a point there.
“You Can’t Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd”
Reckon you can be happy if you’ve a mind to.
I grew up in Oildale, across the Kern River from Bakersfield, CA. Oildale was considered redneck territory. My idea of rednecks are those who take care of themselves and their own. They do not rely on government to fix their problems.
As an example, when a couple brothers who had a car repair shop across the street from a bank in Oildale, noticed that the bank was being robbed did not call the police. They jumped into a car they had finished working on and chased down the robbers, forced them off the road and beat the tar out of the two robbers. After beating both into unconsciousness one of the brothers returned to their shop to call the Sheriff to pick up the would be thieves. The Sheriff deputies never said a word about their means of stopping them.
Perhaps the complaints you have about his book are reflective of early symptoms of mental decline or worse problems in his reasoning, namely his signing on to National Review’s Never Trump declaration. That came later than the book issues you describe but obviously something is/was wrong with the man.
I paid no more mind to him after the Never Trump thing but I believe I saw that he “retired” from punditry, which is probably just as well considering he had turned to putrid shyte.
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Mornin’ Jay and a great morning to all our friends here on Caturday…WooHoo! I’m flying to the mines.Have a blessed day everyone! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Morning, Casco, my friend💖 It’s so good to see your cheerful face(s), even as you slog on down to those mines. Take care.🤗
Always Bet! 🙂
Be safe out there. 🙂 🙂
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Good afternoon Casco and jay.
Great Evening amigo…stay blessed! 🙂
Good morning, Mr jay💖 Blessings to you on this Saturday. Stay cool!! Just like your music.😊
Bless you Betsy 🙂
Oh! And a gorgeous fuschia!! I’m loving both those beauties🤗
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
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 Saturday, July 23, 2022
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“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”
Philippians 4:6 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
So lovely, duchess. In words and in this stunning picture. Heaven help us strengthen both…faith and patience, knowing He is doing better thongs for us than we can hope or pray for.
In a case of -can’t look away from the trainwreck, we have this stunning tale of kharma from India
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10998687/Bhagwant-Mann-Chief-Minister-Punjab-falls-ill-drinking-polluted-river-water.html
Where is levi to wish us all a “cartoons and cereal” day?
🙏, Slowcobra. Feeling a little uneasy we’ve not seen him. Hoping he and his bride took a bit of a summer break.
Thanks betsy, I wasnt sure if I just wasnt paying attention, so ok, we’ll keep an eye out for him!
I’ve been wondering the same for several days now.
Folks, I need your help. I got on the JD Gator to do some yard work and learned in a most difficult way that bumble bees have built a huge colony in the UTV, I think under the seat. I have 8-9 stings but no allergic reaction. I sprayed the Gator down with vinegar as suggested by some web sites but I still do not know if it was effective. I will be checking in more detail this morning. Any suggestions? I have no qualms about murdering the whole lot if that is what it takes.
You didn’t get into your AMC Hornet by mistake?
Nope, more of a Super Bee.
I picture you as a vibraphone or Pontiac Vibe lover?
I just checked. Still swarming around the Gator.
Wait until night–cover up–take your can of wasp/bee spray and hose down the whole thing
That is pretty much my plan.
Either at night or I go after the red wasps early in the morning when it’s cooler and they are less active.
Today after the morning work around the house I walked out the front door to find a snake there. It was a harmless checkered ribbon snake. Moved it out with the snake catcher.
A “Free Honey” sign placed 50′ away will draw them all out.
Are they wasps or bees? Cuz the bumble bees (BB) I thought nested in the ground , in / around critter (mole) pathways.
And, I thought BBs were the ‘good’ ones (i.e. pollination and all).
I know that’s not help you’re looking for… just thinking out loud.
Slowcobra, this year I have noticed red wasps in my garden appearing to pollinate the tomatoes. There we have a truce. OTOH, when the start building a nest in the tool shed or the pump house, time for the wasp spray.
Essentially murdered by the state. He’s the second. What an appalling country we’ve become. Almighty God please be with his family. Requiescat in pace and in the arms of our Lord, Mark.🙏
Indiana Sprint Week kicked off with a bang. First race at Gas City last night and things got heated between a couple of the most popular drivers. Tonight they run at Kokomo. Will be watching that with Steve in his barn.
Kokomo race called. Severe thunderstorms up there earlier today must have rained it out.
Romans 1:24-25
(24) Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, (25) who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Paul’s argument in Romans 1 is that God abandoned to uncleanness those addressed as idolaters. The term “uncleanness” indicates immorality and strongly implies sexual immorality. The context pinpoints their sin in verse 25: “They exchanged the truth for the lie.” Notice the definite articles. Here, God and His way is “the truth,” and the people’s idolatry is “the lie.”
Recall that idolatry is a sin whose fruit is almost never immediately seen. It is like a cancer that destroys by slow increments. Life’s direction and any course corrections must come from within one’s relationship with the Creator God.
Amen, Joe. All that is going on in this vein now up to and including the deliberate targeting of innocents so beloved by our Lord Jesus Christ, is clearly an attack on Almighty God and Christianity.
We are made, we are told, in His image…and that image on earth must be changed or destroyed by
satan by (DNA altering MRNA) injections or by mutilating His gifts to us. There is no greater evil than this.
These satanic acolytes in charge of all of it are worse than the heinous Mengele, whose terrible terrible deeds I thought would never be excelled.
Vengeance for all of this is in God’s hands. That there will be repayment at some point is not in doubt. But in the meantime, our faith must hold in perfect knowledge that He works in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform. So I hope with all my heart and soul that His mighty power will intervene to stop these evils. His will be done on earth before it is done in heaven.
Bet I hope that God grants us a reprieve.
Oh I do, G.
I was just thinking about the hideous Public Health Emergency powers surely coming down.
And I was HOPING, Ad rem, Menagerie, Stella…that it would be possible for Sundance to do a thread on exactly what horrors will be suddenly be brought down upon our heads. Perhaps as he has done with the putative QR codes or digital IDs in times past.
I believe none of us is prepared for the tyrannical edicts that will be involved.
For whatever good it would do, perhaps this would at least wake up those who don’t understand that such will be the death blow for this country, unless by some miracle, our God intervenes in a way of His choosing.
Just a thought.🙏
I think we are getting a preview of the coming attractions in Revelation.
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Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
Hello all
It’s time for another cat adoption update, week 3.
It looks like today’s the big day! Today I was planning to remove all the barriers and let it happen, but the issue was decided for me when Libby (the new cat) knocked over the baby gate, and I decided to go with the flow. C.J. (the older cat) was not in favor of that decision and loudly complained to Libby, to me, and to the universe in general.
Much hissing and spitting, by C.J. only, and a couple of feints, but the drama ended soon, with no resolution. Kind of a cease-fire for the time being.
Right now they’re somewhat passive, sitting at opposite sides of the living room. C.J. is glaring daggers at Libby and occasionally growling, and poor Libby, who only wants to be friends, cannot understand why this other cat keeps sending out all these “mean tweets.”
My main apprehension throughout all this has been that one or the other of the cats would be traumatized by the stress. Don’t laugh, I’ve seen it happen before, where one cat got so verklempt that she was forever changed, from a happy outgoing cat to a scared hidey cat. It was tragic.
So as I’ve been typing this, the dynamic has changed a little bit. C.J. is posted by my feet, and Libby is in the center of the living room grooming herself, while C.J. watches from a safe distance. Round Two may be coming up soon. I’ve got my can of air duster at the ready, in case of discipline issues.. Yep, Libby is investigating around the living room, inching closer to C.J. It’s about to be on! And there goes C.J. Wish me luck!
Best wishes to all you wonderful Treepers.
Waiting on the report for round two.
Jeff!!!! I have been thinking about you and your two putative combatants all week, hoping you’d post.
It all sounds as if a slowly, slowly, one step at a time is just the ticket. And I do pray with the latest progress report, all will be well. God love you for your big heart. What you’ve embarked on is not for the faint hearted and is definitely not a short term project. But it sounds as if CJ and Libby are enjoying a separate peace.
Hoping so much every day brings larger and larger steps to the pair of them becoming comfortable with one another…and much more!🙏💖
A quick addendum:
We got to the point where the two cats were sitting, facing each other, from about three feet. On guard, but mostly peaceful. Libby is made nervous by C.J.’s displeasure at the uninvited guest, but she is at full stretch laying on her side, so I guess she’s not that nervous.
Actually, Libby is not the problem here, it is all C.J. But hey, she’s old and crotchety and set in her ways, just like me, so I can totally sympathize with her. I’m just going to give her the time and space she needs.
I called a break and put them in separate rooms again; I have to go out for a while and run some errands. We’ll go again when I get home and can stay a while.
Ta
Yes…an ounce of prevention.
I’ve just thought! Do they use the same litter tray?
Hi Betsy!
For now they are using separate restrooms, but that will change when the two are fully integrated. I have this Super Duper fully automatic robot litter system thing that will handle two cats easily. It’d better, it was also Super Expensive. And may I put in a plug here for crystal litter. It’s, ahem, the cat’s meow, and I’m never going back to the old clay litter. I encourage everyone to check it out.
We’re having another session right now. C.J. is on the third floor of her cat tree, glaring down at Libby who is exploring the living room. Libby is now making her way behind the couch, about to sneak up on C.J.’s blind side who is totally unaware, because she’s staring at the other end of the couch, where Libby went in. Oh boy, this is going to be a good one.No, I didn’t want that scene, so I diverted them. But this is cool, now they’re sitting no more than two and a half feet apart, staring at each other. Both are very tense, but it’s mostly peaceful for right now.
– break –
A few minutes have gone by, and things have settled down a little bit. C.J. is in her usual spot, laying at my feet, while Libby is off poking around somewhere; I don’t even see her. No problem, I’m sure C.J. knows exactly where she is.
So that, and laundry and cleaning house, is going to make up the rest of my day, it seems. What is it that sailors say about long sea voyages? “Long periods of sheer boredom, punctuated by moments of abject terror.”
Bet, I appreciate having you as a listener, as I ramble on about my favorite topic.
Be well, and best wishes to you and your family.
The doomsday cries are never ending.
No, children, the Monarch Butterfly is Not Endangered – Watts Up With That?
My time as a commercial driver may be coming to an end.
Always before I have been able to stop smoking and drinking coffee for 12 hours and my BP has come down to right at or very near the “normal” of 120 over 80. Not this time. I am running hypertensive numbers no matter what I do.
My physical expires August 3rd. We shall see.
You seem the sort of man who just seems to get on with it, no matter what you’re facing, rah. Do you feel your stress levels are increasing? Spit balling here…
There are battles one can fight and others that one cannot. We shall see. No, my stress level is not elevated. I’m just getting old I guess.
OldER!! It’s a small distinction I realize. And it comes to us all when were not looking.
The body changes as it ages, so it might take 24 to 48 hours now.
I was able to stop hypertension medication by just losing weight. Even with doing extended fasting (see books by Dr. Jason Fung) you won’t lose that much. However, you could try it.
Rah, i had some good luck (i think) drinking beet juice. My numbers dropped to normal. Could be coincidence but dont think so.
Give it a shot
What about salt in your diet?
Oh how awful, thank you for posting about mark angust. I will pray for his family. So sad.
Evil in our country for sure.
Perhaps this is our attitude. We have no option but to win.
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.
Amen.
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Jesus Christ is Lord.