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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handsome boy
And tuff too!
Howdy Frank! 💪
Sunbeams are popular at our house year around but right now a spot in front of the insert is the place that Gabby the cat is enjoying.
Niiiiiice
When I bring in the wood for the insert both Gabby and Geisha have to inspect the firewood I bring in and supervise while I stack it.
Of course they do. They want to make sure it is done right. 😁
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Good morning Patience and Bet! Was gone all day yesterday to New Braunfels to watch our 10 year old grandson’s musical “Into the Woods”. He was the youngest one and was cast as Jack. I was impressed how well the whole thing was done. The rest of the cast were all teens but watching it you forgot that those were kids performing.
😍 ❤️
Good and glorious Sunday, Pa❣❣❣
There’s nothing like watching, listening to …and being part of
the young; the promise of tomorrow.
Good morning, G…please tell me you got plenty of video. And yes, I’ll bet you were impressed. I’m thinking of school productions our now teens were in when they were about that age. Surprisingly professional.
The videos I have of those long ago performances are precious to me. Hope you got lots!!! Wonderful!😘
Didn’t know if taking videos maybe a problem since it was not school but CYT – Christian Youth Theater but they will have available for download soon the best snippets from all the performances which were twice a day for 2 weeks. The thing is 3 hours long. 😘
Oh good!!! Our school didn’t have that option. Three hours?!??? Twice a day?? Oh bless them all for their dedication. I bet each performance just gets better and better.
I forgot to say my youngest and her husband, the one with the triplets plus one lived in New Braunfels for a couple of years and loved it. The kids were only young then, but if they were still there, I know they would have gone to see it.
Congrats to your new thespian. I bet he had the time of his life😍
I didn’t proofread again. 🙂 Meant to say for 2 weekends. They still have school. Our grandson enjoyed it a lot, and so did all the other kids.
😂😂😂!! When I post sometimes and go back to read what I “wrote”, I think, well, surely I didn’t write that! Even after I esit, mistakes get through, and then I’ve been timed out so.I can’t correct them. Ah well…I just put either it down to age…or no coffee.😊
See what I mean???
Edit…not esit…
A benediction from Heaven.
Gooood Sunday morning, Betsy. 💕
And a sweet Sunday morning to both you girls, Patience and Ma🤗🤗…😘
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How and where did you take this picture of our “Tiger” cat?
God Bless America 🙂
Mornin’ jay 🙂
Howdy Garrison 🙂
Bless-ed Sunday morning, Garrison. Enjoy your breakfast tacos and coffee with your friends this morning. Hope they have the heat on…brrrrrr😉
Mornin’ Bet. Blessings on your and yours. lunch with some dear, oldest friends today. Had a scare with another dear friend but, happily, all is now well. We’re all gettin’ old, darlin’ . . . 🙂
We are…are we ever… Saw this yesterday…
“I finally figured out what I want to be when I get older…
…Younger.”
I’m so glad the scare has passed, my friend. There always seems to be one lurking around every corner for us of a certain age, reminding us to treasure every single moment we have with our friends and family…such as you will have today. Have a most wonderful time. Makes me smile just thinking about your day ahead.😘
Praise God! Garrison, I call it getting growed up. 😁
Here ya go, my brother….
“I officially resign from adulthood. Decisions will be made using the Eeenie-meenie-minie-moe method, and arguments will be settled by sticking out my tongue.
I’ll be at recess if you need me.”
😉😘
LOL! That reminds me yesterday during the intermission my granddaughter Violet dragged me to “the bakery” and proceeded to hold the line by choosing her cookie by the EEEnie- meenie method. “The bakery” was a room where they were selling baked goods to raise funds.
Oh Lord bless her heart😂😂😂 How else is a girl supposed to choose, I ask you!! Good for her. My type of gal😍
Gracious Sunday morning, Mr jay. I always look forward to your choices for this day. 🤗
Blessings upon your house Betsy, was feeling my roots so Bluegrass is todays genre. 🙂
There is nothing that speaks to the heat of America than Bluegrass…fact! Thank you for this stunning photo, sir. I can feel God right there💕
Good morning jay!
Howdy Gramps, always enjoy tidbits about grandkids Family is so Important! 🙂 😉
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Blessings Patience 😉
Thanks, Jay❤️
Mr pumpkin is frozen but still lookin good out front.
The Great Rush Limbaugh simply nails it on the 2022 mid-term elections. (Yes, it was my call)
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/videos/video-clips/wake-the-hell-up-and-understand-what-we-re-up-against/
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Said the largest radio audience ever!! RIP El Rushbo.
BLEST BE THE TIE THAT BINDS OUR HEARTS IN CHRISTIAN LOVE
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love, being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all, and in us all. But to each one of us, the grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Therefore he says,
“When he ascended on high,
he led captivity captive,
and gave gifts to people.
Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.
He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ, from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts. They, having become callous, gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
But you didn’t learn Christ that way, if indeed you heard him, and were taught in him, even as truth is in Jesus: that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another. “Be angry, and don’t sin.”Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, and don’t give place to the devil. Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear. Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
— Ephesians 4
Have a blessed Sunday. This is a day that reminds us how much our Lord loves us, how He sacrifriced for us. Those who have faith and who believe never forget this. Trust in the Lord and He will trust in you. Honest. 🙂
The most soothing music ever written.
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I instantly recognized that painting.. Edouard Leon Cortes..
but I have to give credit where credit is due.. three credit hours to be exact..
[Art 1310: Art Appreciation; University of Houston]
Three credit hours not wasted, Texian, as I’m sure the older you get the more you appreciate. Blessings to you.
you are a wise woman Betsy.. yes.. you are correct.. I pondered that very thing after I saw that painting.. a work of art can reveal many things.. thank you..
You are most welcome, sir.😊
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My Sundays are not complete without The Parting Glass, Garrison. Bless you always for the gift of introducing me to it.😘
My pleasure, Bet. As soon as i heard it, I knew this version would make a perfect Sunday benediction for us. 🙂
It does, it absolutely does. In so many ways….🙏
Good morning Garrison! Satie and Cortes, a perfect match.
Mornin’ Gramps. For me, I can just thank whoever it was to first have the great, good taste to put these videos on Youtube. What a gift for the world! 🙂
ahhhhhh…..
Thanks, Garrison💗
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Some scientists think killer whales like to follow boats and get the propellor wash in their noses, all frothy and bubbly like
Scientists hypothesize that orcas like the water pressure produced by a boat’s propeller.
“What we think is that they’re asking to have the propeller in the face,” de Stephanis says.
So, when they encounter a sailboat that isn’t running its engine, “they get kind of frustrated and that’s why they break the rudder.”
Killer whales are ‘attacking’ sailboats near Europe’s coast. Scientists don’t know why
Scientists don’t know the reason, but they have some ideas
it is simply an autonomic behavioral mechanism..
they swim toward the stern area until they feel the pressure stimulation they seek.. and don’t stop until they feel it.. hence running into the rudder.. because it is that pressure stimulation that triggers them to stop and enjoy the rush..
[MARB 400: Biology of Marine Mammals; Texas A&M – Galveston]
(I attended some coursework there too..)
Dr. Dave McIntyre, Director of the integrative Center for Homeland Security -(RIP sir) loved that campus and their work.
Yes Aggiegirl.. it is a special place.. Sea Aggies..
years earlier as an oilfield diver I had interacted with some of them during the onset and implementation of the Texas “Rigs to Reefs” program..
I absolutely loved that campus and enjoyed their professors.. because they enjoyed what they were doing.. it was a part of them.. a part of their lives..
I really really wanted to graduate from there.. but the sixty mile drive each way from Houston every day had taken it’s toll..
Texian, during the several trips I’ve taken to the Texas Flower Gardens I always looked forward to the stop for a dive at an oil rig. those rigs are like an aquarium. And of course, those dives were nothing like what you’ve done.
wow.. well I never thought that another Treeper would have ever ventured that far out into those waters.. it’s beautiful out there.. right on the edge of the continental shelf..
yes sir.. every platform is a living reef.. you can tell how long they have been there by observing the trophic levels of sea life around them..
if you go just northeast of the Flower Gardens.. you will find “Angel Reef”.. an artificial reef we established in the “Rigs to Reefs” program..
it is the resting place of platform West Cameron 624-A.. we placed her there..
be careful.. laying on her side.. the highest point of the structure is at approximately 180 f.s.w. ..
it’s best she not be disturbed though.. she is for viewing.. not touching..
They are magnificent animals and super intelligent. But it is tough to watch them cull a humpback whale calf.
One More . . .
Garrison I ran across a meme/picture of a guitar with this explanatory note…
“When your cable guy drills a hole in the side of your house, into the closet, through a guitar case, and right through your Martin HD-28V.
I thought of you. I am glad I can’t post the picture. I didn’t want you to cry harder. 😭
When I accidentally stepped on my old Gibson C1 guitar, breaking the top, I felt the same sense of loss. Sure, it was a very cheap guitar but it was all I had and I couldn’t afford to buy another . . . H&H music told me to take it to Guy Clark who lived in an old Victorian house not far from me in Montrose. Guy knew I didn’t have much money so he only charged me 5 bucks for a much more expensive top-repair. We became friends, then.
I remember this story and love it all the more for hearing it again. I never ever tire of being reminded there are people in this world with good hearts…those generally being the ones who have been where the person they are helping is, and have been before themselves.
You were doubly blessed for your $5…guitar repaired with a friendship thrown in, no charge😉
Whoops…what a messy last sentence…I repeated myself…which is what happens when I haven’t had my coffee. Fixing that right now!😁
Killer! Thanks for posting. 🙂
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~nailed it
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Fired Twitter Employee Applies For First Real Job
“Don׳t Stop Believing” — Journey
Liam Clancy singing “The Patriot Game”
“The perverse wish to hide a bad motive underneath a good one permeates human affairs from top to bottom. This subtle and elusive kind of self-righteousness can underlie the smallest act or thought. Learning daily to spot, admit, and correct these flaws is the essence of character-building and good living.”
― A.A. World Services Inc., As Bill Sees It
I believe Ive never done a good deed I don’t need to repent of because of my motivation tainted with sin.
Absolutely no doubt in my forgiven mind.
Did I just virtue signal? Maybe a smidgen? Yup. 😁✝️😁
. . . 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.
Amen, Amin🙏
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)
they told me that i never would recover
still some say they knew me well ..
i said ……..
Another Blessed Sunday! Enjoy it because for all you that live in Central Ohio and points east next Sunday there is likely to have a bit of snow on the ground.
A couple inches is the current forecast but Joe Bastardi says “I am very, very suspicious that this storm, when I’m talking to you on the next Saturday Summary, is going to be quite a storm.” It is going to rain in the coastal areas but from the Appalachians westward into Ohio look out! So those travelling home in that area after a Thanksgiving with family somewhere, keep an eye on the weather because you may want to adjust your travel plans.
There is no let up in the cold for us in the Eastern half of the US and in fact relative to averages it is going to get colder. The much colder than average temps will continue right through the first couple weeks of December. The coldest regions will be in New England but the cold covered pretty much all of the eastern US. However, those to the will see a warm up and will have higher than average temps during the last week of November with it getting even warmer during first half of December.
For those of us in the East we’ve been seeing Arctic air coming down and now the pattern is developing to push even more Arctic air further south and that is what is bringing us what is going to be the coldest last two weeks of November and month of December we have experienced in quite some time.
so keep one eye .. on the weather
God bless all those enduring or trying to survive this cold, rah. Especially as this wretched government with its sick adherence to high oil and gas prices makes it ruinously expensive to stay warm.
They have it worse in the old Country even though I have heard reports of firewood theft here in the states:
As Green Policies Cause Energy Prices To Explode, Deforestation In Europe Accelerates – Watts Up With That?
There was a plan to eliminate much of what is known in Germany as The Hansel and Gretel Forest. You will know it I am sure.
Plans to construct a massive hideous inefficient wind farm were scuppered when the outrage beat the lunatic green cult worshipers into abandoning their grotesque plans.
And then came the unsurprising consequences of trying to freeze everyone to death.
Firewood theft and the chopping down of thousand year old trees, some no doubt in this beautiful forest. Who could not see this coming?? And when the trees are gone? There’s always next year’s European winters with no trees to chop down.
You reminded me of my husband’s telling me that after WWII when austerity in Britain was taking its miserable toll on so many, that his father would sneak out in the dead of night to pick up loose coal which had fallen onto the railroad tracks.
Had he been caught doing so, he could have gone to prison, as the British government, then as crucifyingly stupid and cruel as they are now, made such activity a crime.
But although he was employed, the wages were so bad and his family had no heating save a coal fire. It was existential for them that he be turned into a criminal by the government. Thankfully ministering angels stood around him …and others…as they did what was necessary to keep their families from freezing.
Lots of GIs during the war were criminals also for cutting wood from the Kings forest to feed the single stove in their Nissan huts.
American soldier seeing a swan: Hey what is that?
British civilian: That’s a swan. All of the swans belong to His Majesty.
American soldier: Are they good to eat?
Yes…swans are under the protection of kings and queens. I remember when one was killed. The outcry! And unless I remember incorrectly the man who did it languished for quite a while at Her Majesty’s pleasure in one of her many prisons.
Swans mate for life, as I’m sure you know….
20 November 2021 Billy Hinsche, American pop musician, singer, and songwriter (Dino, Desi & Billy; The Beach Boys), dies of cancer at 70
20 November 2012 Michael Dunford, British guitarist and songwriter (The Nashville Teens, 1960-63; Renaissance – “Scheherazade”), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 68
20 November 2005 Chris Whitley, American blues-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter, dies of lung cancer at 45
Daughter sent me this link about winter gardens “the lazy way”. A gardener in Wales, UK describes his methods for growing leeks, kale, potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, beets and carrots with minimal fuss and muss from November to March.
Thought Betsy especially might enjoy. I found it inspiring
I absolutely DO!!! How thoughtful you are, Wondering.😘 I had never tasted a leek before I moved there, nor a parsnip. What I’d been missing!!
I never expected a gift of a trip back home this morning. Bless you for this.
November 20 Oswald Chambers
The Forgiveness of God
In Him we have…the forgiveness of sins… —Ephesians 1:7
Beware of the pleasant view of the fatherhood of God: God is so kind and loving that of course He will forgive us. That thought, based solely on emotion, cannot be found anywhere in the New Testament. The only basis on which God can forgive us is the tremendous tragedy of the Cross of Christ. To base our forgiveness on any other ground is unconscious blasphemy. The only ground on which God can forgive our sin and reinstate us to His favor is through the Cross of Christ. There is no other way! Forgiveness, which is so easy for us to accept, cost the agony at Calvary. We should never take the forgiveness of sin, the gift of the Holy Spirit, and our sanctification in simple faith, and then forget the enormous cost to God that made all of this ours.
Forgiveness is the divine miracle of grace. The cost to God was the Cross of Christ. To forgive sin, while remaining a holy God, this price had to be paid. Never accept a view of the fatherhood of God if it blots out the atonement. The revealed truth of God is that without the atonement He cannot forgive— He would contradict His nature if He did. The only way we can be forgiven is by being brought back to God through the atonement of the Cross. God’s forgiveness is possible only in the supernatural realm.
Compared with the miracle of the forgiveness of sin, the experience of sanctification is small. Sanctification is simply the wonderful expression or evidence of the forgiveness of sins in a human life. But the thing that awakens the deepest fountain of gratitude in a human being is that God has forgiven his sin. Paul never got away from this. Once you realize all that it cost God to forgive you, you will be held as in a vise, constrained by the love of God.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The measure of the worth of our public activity for God is the private profound communion we have with Him.… We have to pitch our tents where we shall always have quiet times with God, however noisy our times with the world may be.
https://utmost.org/the-forgiveness-of-god/
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
~1 John 1:9 KJV~
There’s no atonement other than the one accomplished by the shed blood of Jesus on the cross.
Good morning Treepers and God Bless all of you!
Puppy day pushed to Tuesday morning, one more vet appt on Monday morning…
Hooray!!!!! Only two more “sleeps” as we used to say to our young ones when they had something they were looking forward to. I am so excited for you, Aggiegirl! A new chapter for you, a new life for this lucky pup….😍
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I am still working through Lamentations. I have found it to be a fountain of God’s wisdom. It is a tough format from a difficult time in the life of Jeremiah. In Chapter 3 there is this difficult triplet of rhetorical questions that give the answer to much of life:
37 Who has spoken and it came to pass,
unless the Lord has commanded it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that good and bad come?
39 Why should a living man complain,
a man, about the punishment of his sins?
The Lamentation addresses life in terribly difficult times, times much harder that anything we are enduring. The prophet understands why they are where they are and the source of what is happening. Everything, good and bad, happens because of God. And, since God is perfectly just, a man cannot really complain when he faces the punishment for sin.
Lamentations has sections about the pain that is being suffered, but it also has passages about the love of God for His people. It is a difficult study for me because it is stark in its ability to show the vast power of God and His righteous justice. “Why should a man complain. . .?” I want to complain. But I cannot justify complaints about anything God does.
Your post speaks to me in ways that are too complicated to put into adequate words, Vibeman. Mainly because one question leads to another…and another…and…
Thank you for this.
Speaking of questions, I’ll ask again, what happened to our Feral Cat??? Hoping that someone knows the answer.
I think she has gone somewhere for a while…and she has organized someone to fill in. That’s the only thing I can think of. I hope is a nice break and nothing else, G. 🙏🙏🙏
#Metoo
Hoping…every digit crossed.
Greetings Treepers!
Bet! Thanks for your kind words yesterday (as usual). ❤️
Zoe is stable and is being lovingly attended to by Rhonda, her oldest sis, and the HH agency we engaged.
I’ve successfully launched a new tree surgery outfit. Today we are taking down a tricky and dangerous water oak. The customer is very particular. I’m the only one offering a “zero footprint” option…no trucks or heavy trailers will be used to haul the debris offsite. We’ll be using small tow behind carts and golf carts to haul the debris to my staged trailers 400 yards through their palatial grounds.
I’m feeling my age as I’m compressing my schedule as tight as I can to prepare for Thanksgiving.
My two favorite days are Resurrection Day and Thanksgiving Day.
Oh! Give thanks to the Lord! His manifold mercies endure forever!
🔥✝️🔥🙏🔥
The Amish celebrate Ascension Day. I sort of like that idea.
As for the “zero footprint,” that can be difficult, particularly for the stump removal. I once had a neighbor that wanted a new sidewalk but no one would do it without damage to her perfect yard. She saw my new sidewalk made with concrete pavers and asked me to do hers. I hand cut the sod and set it aside, then hand dug the base and hauled it all with wheel barrows. Everything, the sand, the dense grade, the pavers were moved in place by wheel barrow and wagon. Everything was compacted using hand tools. As the pavers were set, I would refill the edges with the sod I had retained. At the end of the job, everything was watered in. In a week, you could not tell it was new construction.
Wow!
I need to lie down after reading that, Vibeman! Well done!
If you use enough powder and place it right you might be able to blow it clean off the property, hole in the ground is much easier to fix up nice! Unless they have close neighbors! 😁😂😂
Jay, I was thinking a stick of dynamite. 😂
A long while ago I used to help an old powder monkey now and again and his standard method was an extra stick never hurts! He could get them stumps several hundred feet in the air or just enough to barely come out of the ground.😂😂
I wish I had just one stick. Last year we had a guy and his sidekick cut down a bid hackberry tree in my mom’s front yard. They did but left a 6 foot tall stump. Found out why when I brought my chainsaw and try to cut it down. It was like cutting iron. After a few attempts I left it alone.
There is stump killer. We have used it. If I remember rightly, my hubby cut a deep cross in the remaining stump and poured the mixture in. It took a couple of times. But our stump was at ground level and was starting to regenerate. Up against the house and the roots were invasive under it. One of those pretty but destructive red robin bushes that grow like mad.
You need Frank’s outfit to get rid👍
Good morning, Dear Frank.
I remember from long ago you were working on a new enterprise (your third, if I remember correctly?). You sound like our excellent tree man Jeremy who removed a monstrous Bradford pear from our front lawn, stump and all…no heavy equipment. I was expecting a massacred lawn and debris, but I left to do some errands and when I returned, I wouldn’t have ever known there was a tree there. I was impressed I can tell you. Best of luck, my friend. Knowing you I suspect this particular customer will feel his/her money will have been well spent.
And you be careful!! We agree about age. We are feeling it as well and we don’t have your physical commitments.
I take that back..my go get em nothing he can’t do husband is feeling his mortality as his endurance shrinks. He gets you…
And what wonderful news about Zoe, in a place I’m sure none of you thought she’d be in from your original post about her severe health problems. God is so good. We were heard. And Thanksgiving for you all will be more wonderful for His mercy. May His blessings continue for you all, dearest friend.🙏😘
November 20
MORNING
When I sit in darkness the Lord shall be a light unto me. Micah 7:8
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour. Isa. 43:2, 3
I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. Isa. 42:16
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psa. 23:4
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. Prov. 56:3, 4
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psa. 27:1
EVENING
One God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. I Tim. 2:5
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD. Deut. 6:4
A mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. Gal. 3:20
We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies. .. . Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. Psa. 106:6, 7, 23
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. Heb. 3:1-3
He is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. Heb. 8:6, 12
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/11/1120.html
Amen.
Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. – Romans 6:13
Neil Armstrong’s flight to the moon in July 1969 included his steps on the moon’s surface, only possible because of the space suit he wore that protected him from the environment in which he otherwise would not have been able to survive.
Do you realize that, as a believer in Christ as your Savior, you are clothed in His righteousness? God’s grace is a gift. The apostle Paul helps you check your thoughts about this gift in Romans 6:1, “Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?” God’s grace brings transformation so that your words become edifying, your hands generous instead of grasping, and your thoughts reflect God’s heart for others to bless and comfort.
Theologian and author Dr. Stuart Briscoe writes: “The believer must understand that ‘in Christ’ he is no longer totally at the mercy of the inhospitable environment of sin but is alive to all the power and life of God Himself… the believer must make some decisions to ‘let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body.’” You can now present “your members to God as instruments for righteousness” (Romans 6:12-13). Use your tongue to say something encouraging and helpful… to share your faith in Christ. Serve others with loving kindness.
You live in the “benevolent atmosphere of the grace of God,” as Briscoe says. You are justified by faith and released from the bondage of sin. Pray now that the leaders of this nation come to know the saving grace of God and then seek to do His will in all things.
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PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
We must “fall on our/your knees”….
“His gospel is peace…”
blessings to you Duchess!
A most bless-ed Sunday, the Lord’s day, I pray for you, dear duchess.🙏💕
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Verse of the Day for Sunday, November 20, 2022
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“I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Acts 20:35 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Oh amen and amen!!
Mornin’ all! How it’s done…
Good to see he included RINOS. Grifters all.
FDA gave approval this week to a lab grown chicken flesh production process.
UPSIDE Foods is the First Company in the World to Receive U.S. FDA “Green Light” for Cultivated Meat as FDA Accepts UPSIDE’s Conclusion That its Cultivated Chicken is Safe to Eat (prnewswire.com)
Oh joy! /s
I don’t find any discussion of “exercising” the meat, just moving it from initial small cultivator to larger cultivator, saying it takes the initial shape of the cultivator but can be made into any shape.
Our Science – UPSIDE Foods
So ugh! Wonder if you even need teeth to eat it.
I would like to point out that a cell needs all the same things whether it is grown in a lab or grown in a body.
And it produces all the same waste.
Except the body has mechanisms to process what it needs and supply that to all it’s cells, removing the waste to be disposed.
The same must be dealt with in the lab. Lab meat must produce CO2. Amongst many other things.
Is this meat not the same as pre-processed food, such as wieners, salami? How much salt and nitrates does it contain? Does not seem healthy. I like grass fed, free range, organically grown foods. It’s time to get rid of the World Economic Forum and out of the EU & UN.
If you want a nightmare, read up on mechanically separated meat. It is real meat, grown on hooves or chicken feet etc that is processed in such a way that stuff we normally don’t eat is indistinguishable from stuff we normally do eat. Pink slime. Mechanically separated beef is banned because it contains the parts that can give the eater mad cow disease.
This stuff goes in highly processed meats. Hamburgers are lightly processed. Hot dogs, bologna and similar meats are highly processed. Try finding hot dogs with chicken that don’t have mechanically separated chicken in the ingredient list.
It is unclear to me if this new stuff is similar to pink slime in form. They do have video of Richard Branson eating what is shaped to look like a chicken breast, but they never show the internal surfaces after cutting or biting. And since it is all “save the world” hype, they never mention texture. Is it no different from what is in a chicken nugget, or is it like a real chicken tender with strands of muscles?
My hunch leans to the chicken mcnugget. That is why I mentioned the omission of lack of ‘exercising’ the meat. If so, it will all be ‘tender’ since it has no muscle.
Preservatives like salt and nitrates are not discussed. They will need them if they really intend to feed the world from industrial vats. But they imply that you will be eating it in fancy restaurants. Refrigeration to preserve. And salt is pumped into processed things to get us to eat them repeatedly. So, they will likely be doing that with this too.
No!!
Not just no! HELL NO!
Video on how to can a whole meal that does not need refrigeration.
I said mine with a Southern stare…believe me I’m told it’s enough to stop anyone in their misguided tracks from taking another step forward.
Today we break out Christmas. I’ll move the furniture and set up the tree for Sherry to decorate at her leisure. I’ll drag the totes containing decorations and various lights down from the attic for Sherry to decorate as she pleases and then when she empties the totes I’ll put them back up into the attic.
We don’t do much outside decorations or lights anymore but do decorate the windows on the inside for viewing outside.
Yep, kicking myself for not stringing the outdoor lights on all the spruces before this cold weather arrived!
You weren’t to know this was coming, Slowcobra. It has been an odd weather year for us in Texas…much colder than is normal for November here, and no acorns on our oaks which are usually laden with them. Not a one.
Betsy, I remember you mentioned the lack of acorns… I will keep an eye next year on our oak. We didnt have any this year either.
Glad whatever has been killing spruce trees around here isn’t in your neck of the woods. my 80′ tall blue spruce is dead and I noticed that down the road from me another yard has two that are almost dead with the bark pealing off. Something is killing them but I don’t know what.
However since my property is bordered to the south by a row of big old western pines with the long needles we are not devoid of conifers.
Funny you mention that rah. One of our 13 CO blue spruces is starting to die. We think it might be a fungus and we will be spraying all of them. I think we have to wait till spring.
we planted all 13 ourselves six years ago, so hopefully they make it. We’ve watched them grow over the years!
You should be getting some warmer than average weather in a couple weeks so all is not lost.
What a team you and Sherry make, rah.
Yes we do, and it is the only way.
Amen, my friend.
Jamestown Revival, “These Days”……….
Southern roots? Easy going Sunday listening…enjoy.
Thank you, Ugly Cuss. Blessings to you.😊
Tree is set up and all lights working. All decorations, ornaments, nativity scene, pictures, etc that we used last year are down from the attic though since there are another 5 or 6 large totes up there with Christmas decorations we did not use last year and Sherry is a woman, I’m will most likely be up there again. But for now, she has plenty to keep her busy.
Of course Geisha the Cocker and Gabby the cat had to supervise and make sure we were doing it right. Gabby is especially interested in the tree as always. We have to watch her around it.
Getting things set up gets all of us in the Christmas mood and that is a good mood to be in. Before long Christmas music will be playing and that too adds to the mood.
Nice. Care to give us your top 5 favorite Christmas music?
Top Five though. But my #1 is this one is easy. It is primarily instrumental and I have always loved it.
I couldn’t possibly list a top 5. All of mine are European and/or choral.
I did hear on my Holiday Pops Sirius channel, which is so sublime (terrible name for that exquisite channel) a new version of “Away in a Manger” sung by Virginia, Matteo, and Andrea Bocelli which was so sweet it actually made me cry. It has a slight country and western sound that at first I was unsure of, but was quickly disabuse of for that misplaced skepticism.
I would try to link but my Kindle is very unkind when I leave links to music I love and wish to share.
Worth finding if you have a few minutes.
Is this it?
Nice.
YES!! Oh yes oh yes. I could kiss you🤗 What a darling you really are!!
Can’t explain why it makes my cry…but it does.
I am sure I’m not done for the day. It is my job to put the lighted animatronic angel tree topper on and then push the decorated tree back towards the wall where it will sit. I will also make one more trip out the lean-to top off the log rack before the work week begins so Sherry has plenty of firewood while I’m gone.
Tossed Word Salad recites “competition” as what Refried Obama and the other reheated holdovers desire with the CPC and Winnie the Xi.
‘US doesn’t seek conflict with China, welcomes competition: VP Kamala Harris’
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/11/20/US-doesn-t-seek-conflict-with-China-welcomes-competition-VP-Kamala-Harris
Oh brother
‘Show Kamala Harris some respect’
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/11/20/opinion/show-kamala-harris-some-respect/
The bites coming from this visit will be comical.
‘US VP Kamala Harris arrives in the Philippines’
https://www.rappler.com/nation/united-states-vice-president-kamala-harris-arrives-philippines-november-20-2022/
Stealing more to make us poor.
https://www.asiafinancial.com/kamala-harris-announces-20-mil-clean-energy-fund-for-mekong
Thank you
It’s 3 o’clock somewhere. I decided to reward myself with a Guiness Stout for my labors getting Christmas down and the tree set up.
👍👍👍
Anyone here ever hear of a “Delmoico cut center Chuck roast”? That is what we had for dinner. It was a small roast that was just enough for Sherry and I but it was perfect. No knife needed. Potatoes done in the crock pot with the roast and spinach rounded out the meal.
The quarter cow that I bought a couple of years ago had a Delmonico cut steak but never heard of roast cut of it. BTW, still have a couple of big roasts of it in the freezer.
I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving:
These guys are relatively lucky since the ones engaged on the front line were liable to just get a cold turkey sandwich despite the best efforts of the cooks.
Now back from the lines it was a different story. And in Britian the US military often brought the local British kids in for a dinner that some had never experienced due to the stringent rationing.
Those British children’s eyes would have been as wide as saucers, rah. Food the likes of which they wouldn’t have seen in a long time, if ever…
Notice that the “most failed” AG in American History, is on P erception B aloney S tinkeroo attempting to be relevant by repeating his backstabbing of PJDT. What a sad pc. of excrement is Barr.
Failed for us, successful for them.
Horrid excuses for human beings…
God has the plan. But just in case, I pray for their arteries to thicken at ‘warp speed’.
Can’t control a virus or the economy.but the “climate”? No problem.
Don’t know if you’ve seen the recently released images from the Webb telescope.
The magnificence!!! Almighty God’s universe!! Unimaginable and glorious and never ending.
And infinitesimal specks of humanity think that they control anything in His creation??
Amen
Amen.
Amen…
Amen.
Amen.
Amen!
Amen🙏
Amen
Amen.
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.