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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Trusting the military team he competed on, the prince brings them into the palace as security. Which is how his friend meets the prince’s sister. Not willing to admit that he, like her, has fallen in love, the friend still makes himself the princess’ protection, something desperately needed when she is kidnapped and crippled. While the prince fights to save his throne and fiancée, the emotionally damaged princess must take on the regency, a task made harder by the death of her love.
King 2 Hearts – Dear Friend – Laura Browne Sorenson
I’m kinda missing Star Trek these days.
STTNG – Tapestry – Carole King – Data/Yar
Star Trek 2009 et al – Rambling Man – Allman Brothers – Kirk
Star Trek – Slipsliding Away – Simon and Garfunkel – Sarek
Star Trek – Engineers Hymn – Leslie Fish – Scotty
Star Trek – Country Road – John Denver – McCoy
I always liked the Green Women of Star Trek – they were very sexy (if I am still allowed to say such a thing?!?!!?)
It was up there with Kirk losing his shirt, in my humble, female opinion.
Speaking for women of yellow n blue, yes!
Oh, and thank you. 😜
you didn’t mention the ‘silicon mamma’ protecting her eggs in the mine.
love gene roddenberry’s tales of ‘other’ civilizations and creatures
You ask, I attempt to deliver. Two fast cuts.
Star Trek – Bones – Julia Ecklar
God Bless America 🙂
Morning jay!
Good morning, G.😘 Greeting today? Blessings always.
Howdy Gramps 🙂
Hi there, Jay.
-Good choices this Sunday.
Bless you Patience 🇺🇸🌷🇺🇸
Thanks you, Jay❣️
God bless you. 💕
Awewwwesome!
Hi, Pa ❣️❣️❣️
Hi Patience!❤️
All blessings to you, Mr jay🤗
Blessings upon your house as always Betsy 🙂 🙂
Thank you😊…you find the most beautiful pictures. Balm for the soul in nature’s realm. Again, God has his paint box out with this one.💕
Good Sunday morning, Betsy❣️
-🫖
Hi Bet! Just got back from a birthday party for my favorite 8 yo granddaughter. ❤️😍
I hope it was so special she’ll remember forever.
How many scoops today, G,.hmmmmm? 😉😘
None, just a thin slice of cake and no pizza. 🙂 And that was all I had during the day until I got home.
One more . . .
1968 heard Judy perform this wonderful Sandy Denny song . . . I was instantly captivated. Still am . . . 🙂
Howdy Garrison 🙂
Yo, jay. Have a good Sunday.
Saw Judy Collins at a Chicago coffeehouse. Absolutely captivating.
🙂
Good morning Garrison!
Mornin’ Gramps! 🙂
Good morning, Garrison😘 Hope you’re going to your favourite place for a Sunday brekkie (breakfast in Britspeak) Blessings, sir.
Mornin’ Bet. Leaving in a bit to go for some breakfast tacos. The little neighborhood place I like is family owned and very local—I’m usually the only Anglo in the place.
Sorry I’m late (again) with the Sunday benediction. The past couple of weeks have been tough. That said, I’m finally pushing through the estate stuff—no more depressive episodes I hope—and can actually think about getting some quiet time. Be well, love.
Do not worry, Garrison. You’ve had so much to deal with during a time when I know it has been difficult to put one foot in front of the other. You have no idea how I, from a distance, have traveled every minute with you, with no means to help but with unremitting prayer. As everyone here, your family, have also done.
I am so thankful your episodes have abated. A bless-ed relief I know. Long may they be far far away.
Enjoy your breakfast with the friends who know you, and no doubt surround you with love and comfort. There is nothing like, I find, routine where you can find it. Very calming in a world which is constantly changing. Take care, my friend. 😘 Off to listen to the much loved benediction for which I’m so grateful.
Amen 🙏🏻
🤗
Garrison, May this be a blessed Sunday of calm, fond memories, and joy💕
Thank you….. I loooove Judy Collins’ music. It brings to me what I wish for you.
-My Father
Great picks, Patience! Thanks for posting these. 🙂
Oh, Jay!
This one seeeends me.
It always brings on a great sense of my partial Irish heritage. Can you say Flynn n OBrian? Yay … it’s like Smith n Jones.
-Thanks for the song😍
Thanks, Patience. This just seemed like a good time for some Judy Collins music. 🙂
❤️ Who knows where the times goes…..
In a darkest … saddest and trying time ….
while driving a certain song came on the radio.
Oh my…., I could hardly see through the tears …
– And it took , I don’t know what, all my inner strength
(There must be guardian angels) to keep me driving safely…
Suddenly, I sat up tall, composed myself,
turned the radio up to blast
and said aloud
(with absolute hope),
“Life goes on and it WILL get better!”.
My God, it took some time….
And life is good!
– Even when it’s hard.
Oh my heart, Patience…who of us doesn’t understand that in our own lives. You’ve got strength I bet you never knew you had. And of course your guardian angels…I know I have one, and I am so grateful.
I heard and felt every word of your beautiful post.😘
If we are to experience this gift from God it seems we get to experience all that life on earth offers and imposes.
It is with, by and through God that we endure
-and continue the gift.
You are a bonus gift, Betsy💖
-Thank you, Sundance❣️
💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖….was going to write something…can’t…thank you, Patience.
. . .turned the radio up to blast
and said aloud
(with absolute hope),
“Life goes on and it WILL get better!”.
Patience, this is what it means to be a grownup. We can wallow in sadness, piss and moan about how unfair life is . . . but there comes a break-point where we just have to stand up straight, put on our big boy/big girl pants . . . and simply get on with life.
This ain’t your first rodeo and it sure ain’t mine, either. What I’ve learned from my wife’s recent passing is that the hurt we feel never really goes away. We just have to get used to it. And you’re right—life is good, even when it’s hard. Thank you for your kind words, friend. Be well. And be blessed. 🙂
Amen…
Live our best lives
– one moment at a time.
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You make ( yes, make) me smile, Garrison.💖
Good Sunday morning, Patience and Ma😊🙏😊🙏. You’ve been busy! Going to listen to every one of your links😘
🤗
You have no idea how busy.😎
I pray in a good way…🙏
Thanks …. Ha! …
Reading Menagerie’s “ two sentences” today was a reminder that, yes, all is good. ✝️❤️
I was so glad to see her post….needed.
Yes, They are always (always) so worth her sharing; on multiple levels, informative… and much appreciated.
To me this is one of those verses that’s rendered best in the King James Version with “lively stones.”
For me, G, the King James version, never fails to elevate…as in towards Heaven.🙏
🙏🏻 ❤️ 🙏🏻
LORD JESUS CHRIST, WITH US ABIDE
As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him, rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.
For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily, and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power.
Colossians 2: 6-10
1. Lord Jesus Christ, with us abide, for round us falls the eventide.
O let Your Word, that saving light, shine forth undimmed into the night.
2. In these last days of great distress, grant us, dear Lord, true steadfastness.
That we keep pure til life is spent Your holy Word and Sacrament.
3. To hope grown dim, to hearts turned cold, speak tongues of fire and make us bold.
To shine Your Word of saving grace into each dark and loveless place.
4. May glorious truths that we have heard, the bright sword of Your mighty Word,
Spurn Satan that Your Church be strong, bold, unified in act and song.
5. Restrain, O Lord, the human pride that seeks to thrust Your truth aside;
Or with some man-made thoughts or things would dim the words Your Spirit sings.
6. Stay with us Lord, and keep us true; preserve our faith our whole life through —
Your Word alone our hearts’ defense, the Church’s glorious confidence.
…
Since many Christians celebrate the Reformation this weekend, this hymn seems timely.
Its writer is Philip Melanchthon, the author of the Augsburg Confession. That writing, an early- sixteenth-century outline of what Lutherans “teach, preach, and confess,” is a major document of the Reformation. It is a part of the Book of Concord, which is still regarded by traditional / conservative Lutherans as a faithful exposition of scripture.
Thank you!
Many today would call Luther brusque or brutal or belligerent in his treatment of the humanist Erasmus.
I found him an irresistible force of logic as he used his big Scripture soaked brain in his remarkable “The Bondage of the Will” which I wish all would read.
Coram Deo!
1530:
Five short minutes to whet your appetite for a great read…
https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts/5-minutes-in-church-history-with-stephen-nichols/the-
bondage-of-the-will
Frank, thanks. Although the link didn’t work for me, I’ll put Bondage of the Will on the reading list — to be preceded by a few youbute videos to get into the subject. I’ve read the Small Catechism, Augsburg, and the Formula of Concord, but nothing past that from the BOC. So now I know what is next. Thanks for the suggestion.
Good morning 1530 and amen
Good morning to you, Grandpa and Frank.
30 October 2013 Pete Haycock, British blues-rock guitarist, vocalist, and composer (Climax Blues Band – “Couldn’t Get It Right”), dies of a heart attack at 62
30 October 2009 Norton Buffalo [Phillip Jackson], American singer-songwriter and country and blues harmonica player, dies of cancer at 58
30 October 2002 Jam Master Jay [Jason Mizell], American rapper and musician (Run-DMC), fatally shot by an unknown assailant at 37
I’m sorry if I missed something here .. has anyone seen Leon and his Great Cat Pictures and Titles ? I’m missing him .
Thank You for any Help .
Yes, he has been gone for days. I am praying that all is well with him and he returns soon.
Patty , I too am Praying .
Thank You for Your response .
I didn’t know if Leon had mentioned a *planned absence* and I missed it Or if he is just missing .
I’m unsettled when You Peeps I am used to seeing every day go missing . It is upsetting . That might seem silly but it is just my way .
Thank You again , Patty 💐
GodSpeed , Leon .
Not silly at all. It’s a normal human reaction in a world of abnormal communication and “relationships”. Over the years, there have been many who have felt like friends, but suddenly vanish without goodbyes or explanations. There are no funerals, no memorials, no grieving. I too often feel I do not belong in this world anymore. It’s foreign.
I remember one Treeper in particular who was dying and shared his story, but was blocked and the mention of his name got any post blocked. It was so bizarre and unnatural. The poster found another blog and those of us who were “close” were able to converse with him until his passing. May his soul be soaring along with our other brothers and sisters who have gone missing.
Thank You , Oldschool .
Yes , I remember also ..
Thank You for recognizing my feelings and putting into words what I could not .
You are most welcome, Ryder. A shared journey. God bless and keep you.
This place is an anchor for me, oldschool, in ways I could not fathom when, after years of lurking I tentatively put in one small comment. It’s a home, a church, a meeting place, a source of comfort and camaraderie. A family first and foremost, which every day keeps me grounded and, yes, sane in these physically and spiritually perilous times.
I know our friends have lives which are private and often troubles that sometimes are shared but most probably not. I pray our Lord will watch over them all when they are absent from our sight, and His angels surround them, keeping them in His care….and doing for them better things than we can hope or pray for. 🙏
I am grateful that you decided to post “one small comment”. Your posts are some of the best, both content and style. Although there are many here who I enjoy reading, there are those who personally touch me in spirit, thought, humor, etc. You are one of them. Go with the Lord🙏
How kind you are, oldschool. I am incredibly touched by your words. They mean so much to me…locking them in my heart where I keep all precious treasures. Bless you always.🙏
Altogether Amen !!
Amen, Amen, and Amen🙏
I noticed this a couple of days ago, Ryder, and mentioned his absence yesterday. So sudden. Like Levi who also was here every day, then wasn’t.
We are so tight knit here in this church of ours. Praying mightily for all who were fixtures on this thread, but are seen now only in our hearts. There are so many. And as a worrier par excellence, I am praying for all, especially today for Leon, hoping this is simply a break. God be with you, Leon. We hope you’ll be back with all your gorgeous cat pictures soon.🙏
Thank You , Betsy and Good Day to You 💐
🤗
His last post was on Oct 25 I think. The picture is a cat
walking out the door with caption, “I’m gone.”
Oh dear….I remember that…how astute of you to make a connection, unwelcome as the message may indeed be. I hope you are wrong, though I suspect you may very well be right.
It was a different photo on the 25th than the one mentioned above.
Yes , Sepp , You are
correct . The picture mentioned by Dream is on the 26th and I Did see that picture , although I never made the connection that Our Leon might be
leaving !
I sure hope and pray that isn’t so !
Thank You for Your Response , Sepp 😊
I hate to ask because I know Everyone has their Lives to Live . And I sure don’t mean to pry ! It is like a Team Member is missing 😕
Everyone here is important to us all. We look after each other. Can you think of another site as beautiful as this in that regard? I can’t.
I’m so glad Sepp, bless him always, has corrected that misremembering. Hoping, like you we will see him back soon🙏
Thank You , Dream .
I’m going back to look now because I don’t recall seeing that , which is odd .
Sometimes the only thing I look at on this thread is Leon’s pictures and they always make me say something out loud or laugh 😊
Been wondering the same thing.
Did see a post or two by Leon in pres thread yesterday (I think) .
Thank You , Patience 😊
Good morning all. Have a blessed Sunday.
It appears that Sherry and I will be blessed with a full house on Christmas. My Girls with youngest Granddaughter are coming up and so is my oldest granddaughter, her husband, and a friend of hers that has no family. We could not be happier.
Cool! 🙌✝️🙌
That’s one big Hallelujah!
What a gift, rah!!! Joy!! And it brings tears to my eyes to know that your granddaughter has included someone with no family to be with you all. Really, that has gone straight to my heart. So so happy for all of you.💕
❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
It also means that Gabby the Cat is going to have a bit of a rough Christmas. Corbin, my oldest Granddaughter, will be bringing her Beagle and the girls from Daytona Beach will be bringing their 6 month old tea cup terrier schnauzer mix up with them.
But we have a baby gate set up at the entrance of one of the bedrooms which serves as my office and where Gabby’s litter box and food are set up in the closet so she will have a haven where the dogs can’t go.
Allyson, my youngest Granddaughter is 7 now and man has she been growing up and is gorgeous! It is obvious that she is going to grow up to be a real heartbreaker.
I hear you on grandchildren growing up. Makes every moment as they are now more precious. Enjoy them all at whatever age they are. Flying out of their nests comes too soon.
I was remembering the other day the times when my three grands near me would all be able to relax comfortably on our queen size bed, watching movies while they had their lunches. Pretty certain it was only yesterday.
Now? I believe not one of them could fit singley on it.
When did THAT happen??
(sigh…and sigh once more)
October 30 Oswald Chambers
Faith
Without faith it is impossible to please Him… —Hebrews 11:6
Faith in active opposition to common sense is mistaken enthusiasm and narrow-mindedness, and common sense in opposition to faith demonstrates a mistaken reliance on reason as the basis for truth. The life of faith brings the two of these into the proper relationship. Common sense and faith are as different from each other as the natural life is from the spiritual, and as impulsiveness is from inspiration. Nothing that Jesus Christ ever said is common sense, but is revelation sense, and is complete, whereas common sense falls short. Yet faith must be tested and tried before it becomes real in your life. “We know that all things work together for good…” (Romans 8:28) so that no matter what happens, the transforming power of God’s providence transforms perfect faith into reality. Faith always works in a personal way, because the purpose of God is to see that perfect faith is made real in His children.
For every detail of common sense in life, there is a truth God has revealed by which we can prove in our practical experience what we believe God to be. Faith is a tremendously active principle that always puts Jesus Christ first. The life of faith says, “Lord, You have said it, it appears to be irrational, but I’m going to step out boldly, trusting in Your Word” (for example, see Matthew 6:33). Turning intellectual faith into our personal possession is always a fight, not just sometimes. God brings us into particular circumstances to educate our faith, because the nature of faith is to make the object of our faith very real to us. Until we know Jesus, God is merely a concept, and we can’t have faith in Him. But once we hear Jesus say, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father” (John 14:9) we immediately have something that is real, and our faith is limitless. Faith is the entire person in the right relationship with God through the power of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
We all have the trick of saying—If only I were not where I am!—If only I had not got the kind of people I have to live with! If our faith or our religion does not help us in the conditions we are in, we have either a further struggle to go through, or we had better abandon that faith and religion.
https://utmost.org/faith/
Good morning, Cat😘 “Coincidentally” I was standing out on the front step last night late thinking about everything in this fallen and unfamiliar world. “We know all things work together for good…” was the exact thing that came to me, when I hared off into wondering how such devastation and sorrow we have experienced and seen in these past two years with no end in sight could possibly have a “good” end.
Of course if ever a test of faith were set, this time is it, I believe. Recognizing that we are promised that “there will be joy in the morning” is enough to strengthen my faith every day, knowing that Almighty God keeps all His promises. Blessings, my friend(s)🙏
OK! Joe Bastardi says that the tropical storm season is not over. The current development in the Caribbean is most likely to track more or less due west and go into S. Mexico or Central America. BUT he is saying that there are hints that in about two weeks there will be development and Florida should be paying attention.
The flip is coming. Mid November both the US and Europe are going to start seeing colder than normal temps for that time of the year.
The snow pack in the Rockies is going to start building and you folks in the NW US are going to get hammered by heavy precipitation. Rain lower and snow higher.
All in all it looks like it is going to be another great ski season for the US just as it was in Australia during their winter.
The rest of the Saturday Summary was about climate. Joe goes back through the years showing sea surface temperatures and the obvious correlation between the hot spots in the Pacific waters and the Pacific ring of fire. He has become convinced that the prime driver of the warmth has been and is increased volcanism along the Pacific ring of fire. He says the research into this is being done but is being ignored or suppressed.
Right now it is really highlighted because of the substantial La Nina. That Cold water coming off the coast of S. America is surrounded by warmer than average SSTs.
As usual click the link and scroll down to the free video.
WeatherBELL Analytics
Good stuff. Dig it!
It’s amazing that good science is suppressed in order to promote the global warming religion.
Just sayin’
The joys of snow to come ☺️
Annnd one more
Always take the weather 🎶
One more thing. You all are going to most likely see some vary variable longer range forecasts from various sources.
That is because the weather models are confused because the indicators are mixed. The La Nina points one way and the EPO (Eastern Pacific Oscillation) and MJO (Madden- Julian Oscillation) are pointing the other.
Since July Joe Bastard and the Weatherbell gang have been forecasting the flip to colder than usual temps for most of Western Europe to come in mid November and are confident that they have it right. I’ll go with his forecast simply because they do not rely strictly on models. They look at weather patterns in the past and enter the data from those past years with similar patterns to the current ones into their forecasts.
our mountains and nearby ‘higher hills’ have their heads covered in snow. i think they are prettier now than later on when all is white
and yes, the skiers are cheering. snow making machines are being fired up. snowmobiles and skis are coming out of storage, tuned up, waxed and all.
it’s a little too early, but hope springs eternal
Greetings Treepers!
Hey Poyeema!
I got your 📖 book!
Yeeeeeeeehaaaaaaww! 🤟🙏🤟
Rah n Gramps:
I’m creeping into the woods behind my home in a few minutes. I’ll have my bow.
I love these conditions because it’s wet. It’s quiet. It’s just cool enough to keep the mosquitoes off me as I slowly creep into one of my morning sweet spots. I can go full dark because I know every square yard of my hunting ground.
The wind will favor me as I seek to put some meat in the pan.
Shhhhsh. Gotta go….
https://www.weatherbug.com/weather-forecast/hourly/log-cabin-tx-75148
Good hunting!
Good hunting from another hunter! Nothing like fresh meat for the pot and to make some mincemeat for cookies and pies.
Mornin’ all!
No! They’ll ruin McDonalds! Besides, they’re underqualified!
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Beautiful…and hopeful. I think we all need to top up our supply of it every single morning. Blessings, duchess…and Amen🙏
Thanks, duchess…I really need this today.
May your Sunday be richly Blessed!
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
-Bless the Beasts and The Children
The older I get, the more these old ones affect me.
Verse of the Day for Sunday, October 30, 2022
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“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:”
Matthew 28:19 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Thank You , Duchess 💐
and may Our Lord Bless You Mightily 😊
Amen!
A former Twitter employee?
“The Five Solas”
Thank you for this, WP.
Deep state liberal Ron Desantis pretends to endorse Lee Zeldin.
https://nypost.com/2022/10/30/desantis-bashes-new-york-dems-at-lee-zeldin-rally-0n-long-island/
The Lord’s Prayer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhNk0j2H-Zs
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
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)
Twentieth Sunday of the Epistles
Sunday of the Three Hundred and Sixty-Seven Holy and God-bearing Fathers of the Seventh Œcumenical Synod
Holy Prophet Hosea (+ 820 B.C.)
Holy Royal Martyrs Ethelred and Ethelbert/bricht, Princes of Kent (+ ca. 640)
and several other Holy Martyrs and Saints, especially of the atheist yoke in the 20th century
October 17th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
October 30th – civil or commercial calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
Have a blessed Sunday, Treeper friends. Sorry I’m late with this (again) lots going on here and when there’s too many moving parts I tend to forget things.
🤗🙏
Finally . . . 🙂
😁👍!!
I bought a new log rack at Lowe’s yesterday for inside the house. I then assembled it and loaded it up, testing each log for moisture before doing so. If it has a moisture content of 12% or less I brought it in. Those above were set into a different row. The logs being inside will cure faster in the warmth of our abode. I figure I have enough in the house now for about 4 days of continuous burning.
I also bought a new coal scuttle. The bottom of the old one is rusting out. A scuttle is perfect for putting the hot ash in that is cleaned out of the insert when one is using the insert heavily and must clean it when it is hot. Unlike a plain metal bucket the bottom of a scuttle has a raised base so the hot bottom of the vessel does not contact the floor.
They are going to take my daughter-in-laws mother off the ventilator on Thursday. No telling how long she will last but probably not long. It sounds to me like she is ready to go. And bad news usually comes in threes. The 2nd piece for my daughter-in-law is that her oldest sister’s cancer has metastasized. Now waiting for that third piece. Rough time for that family.
Prayers, rah . . . 🙂
Thank you.
May the good Lord give your family an extra dose of his Holy Spirit to comfort in this time, in Jesus Holy name. Amen
Thank you.
I am offering prayers for them all, rah. You are so right. Troubles come not in single spies but in battalions. I am so so sorry.
Thank you Betsy.
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Thank you.
Yesterday my wife and I were in Meijers grocery shopping. Out of the hundreds of people we saw that day the only ones I saw wearing a mask were a mother and her kid which was about 5 years old.
My look at her conveyed my thoughts I’m sure and she saw it, we made eye contact. And those thoughts were: Your an idiot and I feel sorry for your son.
To this day when I make runs up to the Chicago area I sometimes see people walking along outside down the sidewalk with a mask on or people in their cars with a mask on or pulled down on their chin. What a shame!
deer hits the jackpot in Kentucky:
He ate the face off the Jack-o-lantern!
Now that he’s discovered how delicious pumpkin is, every Jack-O- Lantern in town is in danger!
Hope he doesn’t lead his deer friends to his new discovery!
Today at church, our last hymn was the Christmas carol “Joy to the World”. (The carol’s words went with the sermon, so why not sing it in October?)
I really like to sing “Joy to the World”. So while we were singing it, I started moving around just a little bit, in time with the music. (Nothing noticeable to other people.) I moved in different ways. Then I settled on pumping my left fist just a tiny little bit forward, then my right first, etc.
Then I realized that that’s how Pres. Trump dances to the YMCA/MAGA song. I made sure again, that my very slight dancing wasn’t noticeable to the people near me. Those dear people are all Democrats, and I didn’t want to get into politics of offend them, lol.
Correction to the last sentence: “OR offend them.”
There is a lovely phrase in Britspeak I picked up when I lived there. I have mentioned it before.
Take me as you find me.
I love it. I am what I am, and as Popeye said, “That’s all that I y’am.”
Be yourself. I adore that story and your joy. Maybe you’ll infect someone that needs a good ole dose of what you have…😊
I am beyond now wanting to offend them. They are voting for people that want to turn us all into peasants and serfs on their manor.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen…and another Amen on Casco’s behalf, whom we’ve not seen in a couple of weeks. (Be well, my friend 🙏)
Bless you my friend.Been working weekends on the west coast helping friends by replacing screen enclosures damaged by Ian…just got in right now. Casco 🙂
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Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.