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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Different stuff.
One more . . .
Howdy Garrison 🙂
Mornin’ Jay! 🙂
3 August 2008 Erik Darling, American folk musician (Rooftop Singers), dies at 74
Walk Right In
Wild Horse Populations Exploding, No One-Size-Fits-All Remedy Available
The majority of citizens believe wild horses live only on land maintained by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), but thousands of horses roam across state, tribal and private lands. The BLM, which manages the wild horses and burros, estimates that there are more than 82,000 equines on federal rangelands in 10 states. This number pales in comparison to the estimated 300,000 free-roaming horses nationwide that the Journal of Wildlife Management reports.
Though the problem is overwhelming, herd management has to start somewhere and must include both contraception and removal, though it’s illegal to kill a wild horse unless it is severely ill.
https://paulickreport.com/horse-care-category/wild-horse-populations-exploding-no-one-size-fits-all-remedy-available/
Stick with the contraceptives. And continue with adoptions.
Many are killed by natural means- illness, predator attacks, wounds…even lightning.
And if anyone wants a guard animal for farm/ranch—consider adopting a burro!
August 3 Oswald Chambers
The Compelling Purpose of God
He…said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem…” —Luke 18:31
Jerusalem, in the life of our Lord, represents the place where He reached the culmination of His Father’s will. Jesus said, “I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me” (John 5:30). Seeking to do “the will of the Father” was the one dominating concern throughout our Lord’s life. And whatever He encountered along the way, whether joy or sorrow, success or failure, He was never deterred from that purpose. “…He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem…” (Luke 9:51).
The greatest thing for us to remember is that we go up to Jerusalem to fulfill God’s purpose, not our own. In the natural life our ambitions are our own, but in the Christian life we have no goals of our own. We talk so much today about our decisions for Christ, our determination to be Christians, and our decisions for this and that, but in the New Testament the only aspect that is brought out is the compelling purpose of God. “You did not choose Me, but I chose you…” (John 15:16).
We are not taken into a conscious agreement with God’s purpose— we are taken into God’s purpose with no awareness of it at all. We have no idea what God’s goal may be; as we continue, His purpose becomes even more and more vague. God’s aim appears to have missed the mark, because we are too nearsighted to see the target at which He is aiming. At the beginning of the Christian life, we have our own ideas as to what God’s purpose is. We say, “God means for me to go over there,” and, “God has called me to do this special work.” We do what we think is right, and yet the compelling purpose of God remains upon us. The work we do is of no account when compared with the compelling purpose of God. It is simply the scaffolding surrounding His work and His plan. “He took the twelve aside…” (Luke 18:31). God takes us aside all the time. We have not yet understood all there is to know of the compelling purpose of God.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
It is perilously possible to make our conceptions of God like molten lead poured into a specially designed mould, and when it is cold and hard we fling it at the heads of the religious people who don’t agree with us.
Bless you FC 🌼🌼😃
Walk in inner ☮️, Cat.
– Romp❣️
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
The 50th Psalm (Septuagint)
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Wednesday of the Eighth Week after Pentecost
Holy Martyr Victor of Marseilles (+ ca. 290)
Saint Symeon the Fool-for-Christ (+ 590) and his fellow ascetic Saint John (+ 6th century)
Holy New Hieromartyr Peter of Russia (+ 1938)
July 21st – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
August 3rd – civil or commercial calendar
Ancient Egyptian pregnancy test strip
The miracle of detecting the gender of the fetus in ancient Egypt
The ancient Egyptian sonar was made up of two containers, one containing barley and the other containing wheat, to which the urine of the pregnant woman was added.
If the barley grows first, the baby will be male, but if wheat grows first, then the baby will be female.
It is said that this theory was tested by the West and proved to be successful. Thus, the Egyptians are the first to succeed in discovering the gender of the fetus.
https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-a6f746fa8118876d89efefd3c5940de0-lq
very Cool.
Imagine what was in the Library of Alexandria.
Interesting. BUT before you pee on your non-GMO barley & wheat seeds, be sure to search further on that AncestralVoices from the same site above (windowsofthepast.quora.com) which says sprouted wheat = male (not female), sprouted barley = girl (not male)
We don’t want you buying the wrong colours for The Big Gender Reveal Party!
Mornin’ comrade infidels.
Mornin’ WeeWeed! Indeed 🙂
Good mornin, WeeWeed❣️
August 3
MORNING
His mercy is on them that fear Him. Luke 1:50
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. Psa. 31:19, 20
If ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear. I Pet. 1:17
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him … in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. Psa. 145:18, 19
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, … and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. II Kings 22:19
To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. Isa. 66:2
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psa. 34:18
EVENING
Them that honour me I will honour. I Sam. 2:30
Whosoever … shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. Matt. 10:32
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. Matt. 10:37-39
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. James 1:12
Fear none of these things which thou shalt suffer. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Rev. 2:10
Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. II Cor. 4:17
Praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. I Pet. 1:7
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/08/0803.html
Yesterday I was in an antique store just ambling around with Mrs. Ausonius in a small northwestern Ohio town near the Indiana border.
The local radio station plays things from the 1940’s (!) to the 1970’s, very appropriate music for an antique store! 🙂
Anyway, on came Karen Carpenter and this song, composed by her brother:
It was fashionable to sneer at them as being sentimental and sugary, but let me note two things:
Karen Carpenter actually sang on key with her marvelous contralto voice, as opposed to the completely talentless idiots who spit and yell doggerel into a microphone with computerized sound effects masquerading as “music.”
Her brother, Richard, was similarly competent, in voice, composition, and orchestration, as this little song shows. He was not Beethoven – who is? – but he did not need to be. His talent, modest yet good enough for its purposes, went beyond the “geniuses” currently dominating the radiowaves.
Yes, the 1950’s were better than the 1970’s in some ways (e.g. Eisenhower vs. the chaos of Nixon, Ford, and Carter), which is where the song is derived.
I get saddened at the loss every time I hear her voice. And would she still be singing great at the age of 72? She was 32 when she died.
So many unnecessary deaths in the music world.
Yes, it is melancholy!
Anorexia/bulimia led to her death. Some sources blamed her mother: cold, unloving, etc. and then a lying, abusive husband. At one point she was taking 80 laxative pills a day! Apparently she was regaining weight finally a few weeks before she died, but the damage to her heart from diet pills, etc had already been done.
The mother was also blamed for Richard getting hooked on Quaaludes.
Sigh! Anyway, it is a well-constructed and well-sung song!
What a natural talent… such a pure voice.
She was a gifted drummer. She could easily have made a living as a session drummer or replaced most drummers in bands of the day.
Agent 99’s eighteen year old kid sister tearing the drums up on “Dancing In The Street”! This is the Dick Carpenter Trio and all three are superb musicians. This whole short video is interesting but jump ahead to 2:40 – 3:00 to focus more on her drumming.
The psychological issues are already well engrained. You can see how she hides behind the drums. But more so, she wears clothes that hide her figure.
But you can also feel her thirst for performing. Her joy in her excellent performances, both vocal and instrumental.
Yes, she was basically rather shy: the story I read was that Richard had to convince her to leave the drums and sing in front so that she could be better heard.
Karen Carpenter drum solos. In some of the videos there is a 2nd drum kit set up behind her which I can only assume was there for another drummer to play when she stepped out of her kit and sang. Buddy Rich and Hal Blaine both thought she was a great drummer. Buddy Rich was outspoken and would have shot her right out of the saddle if she was less than great. He couldn’t tolerate fools. She was innovative, fast and tasteful!
Thanks for the link! Great stuff!
Richard Carpenter was an avid car collector but especially MOPAR!
https://www.throttlextreme.com/mopar-heaven-richard-carpenters-exotic-car-collection/
Got married in 1965 , my wife’s 2nd , my first… back in early 2000’s made CD from wedding till then.. background music starts with WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN… fits my life perfectly 😀😀👍…wife passed 2018.. play the CD on our anniversary every year… great memories.. loved CARPENDERS..
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Sorry about your wife.
My musical tastes run from Broadway to Heavy Metal, Blues to Jazz.
I’m like you there.. have 100 songs on playlist.. it’s all I listen to as soon as I start truck..each one evokes some memory and I start laughing … I believe laughing is good for body and mind 🤣🤣
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Nice story!
How poignant that you play your favorite song on your anniversary!
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 Wednesday, August 3, 2022
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“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:”
John 1:12 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
The Great American Songbook……………
“Button Up Your Overcoat”. The music was written by Ray Henderson, the lyrics by B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown. The song was published in 1928, and was first performed later that same year by vocalist Ruth Etting. However, the most famous rendition of this song was recorded early the following year by singer Helen Kane, who was at the peak of her popularity at the time. Kane’s childlike voice and Bronx dialect eventually became the inspiration for the voice of cartoon character Betty Boop.
My Mom’s inclement weather song, I thought she made it up just for me. Thanks for the snot bubbles.
I love your ukulele posts.
Thank you ugly cuss. Peggy lee also did “ is that all there is” , which is a good one.
In here getting my drivers physical. Tired of stressing over it. What happens is what happens.
don’t stress, rah. let go and let God. praying for good results for you.
Ok rah, let us know!
Li’l Medvedev burped out part of ‘the plan’?
https://jam-news.net/russia-will-go-on-another-campaign-its-borders-do-not-end-anywhere/
Yes, on par with The Jonger https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna44252494
I passed! This morning I got fed up with stressing over passing the drivers physical and went in to take it. I passed by the skin of my teeth. 138/88 BP. Good for two more years.
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!
Porterhouses going on the grill in about 15 minutes and while grilling them I will enjoy my first Jack & Coke in a week!
Congrats rah!
Yay, for you!!! It’s really great to see your BP down. It can take up to 2 weeks for your BP to even out and not be like a bouncing ball. Enjoy that Porterhouse and the J&C. God is so good!
I nearly got into trouble while waiting for my turn. They had some loser in there for a drug check and he was whining. Kept giving the girls working the desk a hard time because they told him that he could not go outside or he automatically flunked. He complained and argued and then got on his phone to someone, perhaps his parole officer or employer. He paced. At first is it was entertaining but after about 40 minutes of that crap I was reaching my personal saturation point.
Thankfully the A-hole left before his test. He was obviously not going to pass it. Pathetic.
Congrats Rah…enjoy the steaks! 🙂
Major General Harold Greene’s death was August 5, 2014.
This is written in honor of our many unsung heroes.
I don’t know the author. My sister sent it to me to appreciate.
I think Treepers will appreciate it too:
A Man named Harold; and a president named Barack
This summarizes how most liberals view the US military:
Harold was a bright child. He grew up in America. He went to school and had a bright future ahead of him. Harold was full of life but was cut short in a violent moment. While few people had ever heard of Harold before his death, many did afterward And in death, something very shocking happened. What was so shocking, especially when it is compared to the death of someone else recently in the news?
Harold was Harold Greene, Major General, United States Army. On Aug. 5, 2014, Major General Greene was killed by a Taliban terrorist.
He was returned to America with full military honors.
It has been a tradition that the president attends the funeral of General and Flag officers killed in the line of duty.
Richard Nixon attended the funeral of a Major General Casey killed in Vietnam and George W. Bush attended the funeral of Lieutenant General Timothy Maude, who was killed in the 9/11 attacks.
While Major General Greene was buried, Barack Obama was golfing. The Vice President wasn’t there either. Neither was the Secretary of Defense.
Flags were not even lowered half-mast.
Four days after Harold Greene gave his life for America, Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, Missouri.
Brown was at best a young thug. In the minutes before his death, he committed a robbery at a local convenience store. According to other reports, Brown struck Officer Darren Wilson and shattered his orbital bone. Obama sent a three-person delegation to Brown’s funeral!
Neither Obama nor Biden would attend the funeral of the highest ranking military officer killed in the line of duty since 9/11, yet he sent a delegation to the funeral of a thug.
When Margaret Thatcher, one of America’s staunchest allies and Ronald Reagan’s partner in bringing down Soviet communism died, Obama sent only a small low-level delegation to her funeral. The snub was not missed by the British.
When Chris Kyle, the most lethal American sniper in history was murdered, there was no expression of sympathy from the White House.
But when Whitney Houston died from drug overdose, the Obama/Biden administration ordered all flags be flown at half-mast.
There was no White House delegation at the funeral of an American hero. American heroes die and Obama goes to the golf course.
A thug dies and he gets a White House delegation.
No wonder most “REAL” Americans hold Obama in such contempt, especially members of our Military.
And Biden is now expounding on how great the Obama/Biden administration was.
Stand up for the “Harolds” in America.
Thank you for sharing sedge2.
Greetings Treepers!
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Good to see you again frank!!
Now for a little something to help dispel the gloom that may be in your vicinity.
Amen 🙏
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Jesus Christ is Lord.
I was called by FedEx yesterday to set up a time frame for the delivery of the fireplace insert with flue ducting and outside air supply ducting kits. “Curbside delivery” was included in the price.
“Curbside delivery” means that the carrier does not even take it off the truck! All the truck does is show up and it is up to the receiver to get it off the truck. That saves the shipper the cost of delivering the item(s) using a truck with a lift gate.
I was ready for that BS, which is a way of making the consumer have to reschedule and pay for lift gate service. now my oak corner niche dinning set was also curbside delivery but they brought it on a truck with the lift gate so that worked out fine.
This time the whole order is on one palate and weighs 354 lb. with no liftgate service. But Steve, my neighbor has a John Deer tractor with a front bucket on it that will handle the weight and is large enough to get a 4′ x 4′ palate off. They are going to deliver today between 10-14:00. Are supposed to call to give me 1/2 hour notice. We’ll be ready for them.
The company I ordered it from is in Indiana apparently and I certainly can’t complain about the time it took to receive the items after I ordered. I just ordered it on Monday and am set up to receive it on Thursday.
I know all of you will be surprised that an organism which survived the dinosaur killer has shown an unexpected ability to cope with a degree of global warming over the last 172 years.
Surprise – the Australian Great Barrier Reef has “Bounced Back” from Climate Change – Watts Up With That?
The Great Barrier Reef, which is actually a series of different reefs, in more or less its current form has been around for about 18 million years.
Since the first hard corals appeared about 450 million years ago there have been three major ice ages. During the last one during the Pleistocene (We are still in an ice age actually as ice ages are measured in geologic time) in which major glaciations lasted between 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, sea levels dropped about 400 feet and yet the reef survived.
Later during the Holocene, the Epoch in geologic time in which we live, the earth has been warmer several times than it is now.
And yet we’re supposed to believe that 1 deg. C warming has been killing it now!