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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Hello Fellow Treepers,
Storybook Swimmers — Three Trumpeter Swans stately sailing across Lake Logan. Photo taken by me in October of 2009 in the Hocking Hills of Southern Ohio. Wishing everyone a Happily Ever After Friday!
Beautiful! Another picture I would love to try to paint someday.
As an artist, the first photos I sold professionally were to a painter who wanted to use them as a reference. Thank you very much for your kind compliments! 🙂
How lovely, phoenix. I suppose Sibelius had these serene beauties in mind when he composed this…
You may find it interesting to know that in Britain the reigning monarch owns all swans, but especially unmarked mute swans. This since the 12th century. There is even an official role, the King’s Swan Marker, who monitors the health of these regal birds and who advises conservation groups about their welfare.
It is against the law to kill or injure a swan, with stiff fines and/or prison sentences, as they are a protected species.
American solider fresh off the boat during WW II:
What are those?
British Citizen; Those are swans and they are all the property of the King and protected!
American Soldier: Are they good to eat?
The Kings forests also took a beating during the war. The ration of coal for the stoves for the US airmen was meager and not nearly adequate to keep the single pot belly stove in the middle of an uninsulated T-structure barracks warm enough to provide much heat. So they would sneak out at night to the local woods and supplement their fuel supply.
The ration for the British populace was nothing to write home about either.
When my husband was small right after WWII, it was still illegal to gather fallen coal off the rail cars which transported it. His father would go out at night and collect it all the same, risking a heavy prison sentence. That’s how my husband grew up in post war Britain…dirt poor and a lot of times cold.
Remembering the phrase oft used by the Brits of American soldiers…”overpaid, over sexed, and over here “.
As for eating swans, only the aristocracy were allowed to eat them hundreds of years ago. Today, only the monarch would be allowed…but of course wouldn’t.
The amount and variety was damned skimpy. US rationing was mild compared to what the Brits experienced.
But early on the decision was made that every effort would be made to supply the American soldier with the amenities that they were used to when possible. Thus the diet of the US soldier in garrison was far superior to that of British Civilians or military. US soldiers in garrison had chewing gum, chocolate bars, and even coke and hot food of a variety that far surpassed what the Brits had. About every variety of US cigarette was available and all of them superior to what was available to the Brits.
Many a soldier shared with British civilians and many others that had the opportunity would misappropriate things like sugar and flour, fruits, sweets, and sometimes beef or a ham and give them to British families that had befriended them. And then sit down to the meal with them.
Of course the kids got the gum and sweets.
But once a soldier got to the front it was a different deal altogether. K-rations were basically survival rations.
Because of the lack of barracks space many American soldiers were housed with British families. Thus the British civilians tolerated a situation that the American colonists would not!
When those soldiers boarded the trains or trucks to move out and everyone knew they were headed to war many a British Mom went to bid them good bye and cried as if they were their own son. In some cases paratrooper units returned from their time in Normandy to the same villages they had been billeted in before the went to war and there were more tears for those that did not return.
Yes…I am very familiar with the reception that was given…and any generosity was appreciated.
The arrival of American forces was not a foregone conclusion at the beginning of the war.
War was hell for everyone.
Wonderful…I think of all the animals portrayed in his “Carnival…”, this is my favourite.
This piece of music does in fact fit, Betsy jones!
The day on which I took this swan photo stands out in my memory, so I remember driving down to the Hocking Hills and hearing Handel’s Water Music, John Fogerty’s “The Old Man Down the Road,” and a lesser-known country song popular at the time that was real sad so it didn’t get much airplay.
That’s a road song all right. I knew his music but don’t remember that one.
Just wanted to thank you again Betsy jones for posting the swan song by Sibelius that you did and introducing me to it …
… my previous message to you was rushed since it was written over the lunch hour, so I’m afraid it wasn’t the most clear! Anyways, it captured the mood perfectly.
Fascinating the kinds of music a single image can evoke in different people! Thanks for sharing yours, Michael. 🙂
Whoa!!!!
Your inner Monet was at work.
Thank you very much, Patience! 🙂
No… Thank you!
Beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder
-of your camera.
I live in Southern Ohio in Adams County. The Amish Bird Symposium is taking registrations now for Spring 2023. You might want to check it out! Sorry, couldn’t get a link. I love your photos.
here you go; scheduled for March 4, 2023
https://www.amishbirdsymposium.org/
Wow Bessie2003!
Thanks for posting this tremendously helpful link! 🙂
Thanks for the information, Christine!
Whether or not I attend the Symposium, I don’t often get out to Adams County, but from the website I visited, it looks like a beautiful place that’s worth keeping in mind to explore. And it looks like they’re selling equipment I could use … 🙂
So much LOVE!
Thank you very much, JWoo! 🙂
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beautiful blackie
Looks like Bear, my beautiful black girl, who went to kitty heaven a few years ago. She was a gentle soul! 🐾🐾🐾
They certainly enrich our lives!
Happy Friday 13th
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GL_rZ65556g/UsqwTKeID9I/AAAAAAAAG2U/FKv3icEbE1o/s1600/Black+Cat.jpg
wow, those eyes
Pretty
Nice house panther.
House Panther you say!
Ha!
I’ll say that from now on, too, thanks!
I am my House Panther’s House Human
In Britain, it is considered very good luck indeed to have one’s path crossed by a black cat. We had one just like this gorgeous creature…half of two brothers which were brought to our door by our neighbour’s daughter who justifiably thought they were ours, but weren’t.
…until they marched into our home and said, “Now we are!!”
We named them after a popular dish made of cabbage and potatoes… Bubble and Squeak. Our acceptance by them as their dutiful servants was immediate, and a role we happily fulfilled.
Bubble and Squeak, cool!
A girl I once knew had a similar gift regarding cat naming.
She got a couple of cats and named them Shampoo and Conditioner.
Somewhere along the line three more cats were in her life……Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato.
Hahahaaaaa…I can just imagine the quizzical looks of her neighbours hearing her calling them home (if they were outside).
My little ‘Tink is solid black. She’s a good kitty.
I bet she’s good company.💕. Where would we be without them…
Jeff Beck, whom some have called the greatest rock and roll guitarist of all time, has died. A statement posted on social media says the 78-year-old contracted bacterial meningitis and died Tuesday.
https://rumble.com/v24z77m-guitarist-jeff-beck-dies-at-78.html
Fair winds, Jeff. And Lisa Marie.
Do not forget the works of the Lord!
What we have heard and know,
and what our fathers have declared to us,
we will declare to the generation to come
The glorious deeds of the LORD and his strength.
Do not forget the works of the Lord!
That they too may rise and declare to their sons
that they should put their hope in God,
And not forget the deeds of God
but keep his commands.
Do not forget the works of the Lord!
And not be like their fathers,
a generation wayward and rebellious,
A generation that kept not its heart steadfast
nor its spirit faithful toward God.
Do not forget the works of the Lord!
Monkey let the hogs out . . .
One more . . .
Very nice start to a Friday the 13th. Good choices, Garrison
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Good morning, Garrison. I have always loved the lyrics from The Boxer. Like The Parting Glass there is so much reality in them. Poetic.
Mornin’ Bet. Oh, I agreed. I was just thinking that Paul Simon was in his 20’s when he composed this wonderful song. What a creative period he was in! 🙂
My favourite version. I didn’t know he was in his twenties. Lyrics one would expect from someone older who had seen more of life. Very emotive.
Plus my other favourite of theirs…America. It paints a picture.
Jerry and Tommy–sounds like you should be on horseback
Ducati 350 desmo more likely 🙂
So much fuss being made over
Stay away from the garage. Might get smacked with a lead filled snowshoe.
13 January 2022 Fred Parris, American doo-wop singer and songwriter (The Five Satins – “In The Still Of The Night”), dies at 85
13 January 2021 Tim Bogert, American rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge; Jeff Beck), dies at 76
13 January 2010 Theodore “Teddy” Pendergrass, American singer (Turn Off the Lights), dies of respiratory failure at 59
Beautiful rendition and wonderful images to complement the song.
Well worth going Full Screen on this one.
Guess who’s coming to dinner?
They’d be welcome at my place! 🙂
They’re precious.
A thief, a pedophile, and a dementia patient walk into a bar.
Bartender looks up and sez: ” What’ll it be today, Mr. Biden?”
One more
Sundance is certainly busy with a variety of articles on government shenanigans.
It has been a very lively week!
Good morning all and good night.
two going
Got the call at 14:05. Load was supposed to leave at 12:00. Got in as quickly as possible. And was hooked up and pulled out at 15:00.
First stop TENNECO in Litchfield, MI. Delivery only there. Next stop Pridgen & Clay in Grand Rapids, MI. Deliver and pickup there. Seven Bills of Lading. Two going to TENNECO in Seward Nebraska, twoF going to Fauricia in Sialis, MX, one going to TENNECO in Quateria, MX, one going to Fauricia in Dexter, MO, and one going to some place in SC that I can’t remember.
Some rain the first hour then I drove out of it. Never got down to freezing anywhere during the trip.
Trailer half full coming back. Turned in the paperwork and dropped the trailer in dock 25. Drove around to the pumps and put in 62 gallons of diesel, purged my air tanks, and topped off the DEF, and parked it and plugged it in.
Came in the door about an hour ago. Ate a meatloaf sandwich and took my vitamin and am finishing off a glass of water before I hit the sack. Always try to drink a glass of water after drinking a bunch of coffee like I did this time or when not driving I have an adult beverage before dinner.
Now, Good Night! I’ve got an old ceiling fan to take down and a new one to install later today in the living room.
Busy man!
Nothing beats a meatloaf sandwich. We add a bit of Durkee’s sauce to ours…heaven. Glad you’re safely home, rah.
January 13 Oswald Chambers
Have You Ever Been Alone With God? (2)
When He was alone the twelve…asked of Him… — Mark 4:10
His Solitude with Us. When God gets us alone by affliction, heartbreak, or temptation, by disappointment, sickness, or by thwarted affection, by a broken friendship, or by a new friendship — when He gets us absolutely alone, and we are dumbfounded and cannot ask one question, then He begins to expound. Watch Jesus Christ’s training of the twelve. It was the disciples, not the crowd outside, who were perplexed. They constantly asked Him questions, and He constantly expounded things to them; but they only understood after they had received the Holy Spirit (see John 14:26).
If you are going on with God, the only thing that is clear to you, and the only thing God intends to be clear, is the way He deals with your own soul. Your brother’s sorrows and perplexities are an absolute confusion to you. We imagine we understand where the other person is, until God gives us a dose of the plague of our own hearts. There are whole tracts of stubbornness and ignorance to be revealed by the Holy Spirit in each one of us, and it can only be done when Jesus gets us alone. Are we alone with Him now, or are we taken up with little fussy notions, fussy comradeships in God’s service, fussy ideas about our bodies? Jesus can expound nothing until we get through all the noisy questions of the head and are alone with Him.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Crises reveal character. When we are put to the test the hidden resources of our character are revealed exactly.
https://utmost.org/classic/have-you-ever-been-alone-with-god-2-classic/
Morning rituals. Different for everyone but similar for all. I try to say “good morning Lord” as my feet touch the floor. Mindset is very important in how your day proceeds. I feel His presence as I wake – because He is always there for me.
1 Timothy 4: 8-9
Amen! Me, too!
That’s where the daily battle begins – in the mind.
Voices everywhere are clamoring for our attention! We must listen for the Good Shepherd’s!
Yes…first thing in the morning, last thing at night. 🙏
They’re chumming the waters in DC. The stink is incredible. The sharks circle.
How many will be fooled by the next installment of the Dark Shadows soap opera?
Strange occurrences….can they nuke Brandon and contain all the fallout? A tactical nuke or a 20 mega ton yield that gets outta hand?
All you good little housewives remember to buy your acme soap and watch the next episode.
You got it Monticello!
Our Help comes from heaven. Not the swamp.
Yeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaww!
They are clearly putting Old Joe on a shelf to clear the decks for someone else. I want to see what that old joker Carville is going to say. And it has been funny as can be to see everyone from Morning Joe and Mika to the cackling retarded hens on “The View” try to defend him.
But consider this. It’ll make for quite a distraction from Hunter, Twitter Gate, and what ever the real Republicans dredge up with their various investigative committees while keeping Trump in the spot light now won’t it?
Another one in the bin mods. Not weather this time but political. This is getting old. Beginning to think I’m not welcome here.
you are very welcomed here
You’re welcome here. I’ve always enjoyed your comments. The weather forecasts you provide are way more accurate than the Weather Channel.
Those are Joe Bastardi’s and Weatherbell’s forecasts. I’m just the messenger.
Got another one today. The flip is coming. Ends late this week for most of the US. Earlier for those effected by the bomb cyclone off the coast out east.
Yep. Cold weather on the way. I wonder what this bomb cyclone is going to do to the east coast. I take it that it hasn’t hit the eastern seaboard yet? But getting closer?
Email, rah. I think Ad rem said that was the sure fire and quickest way to get through.
Every great once in a while I think my analysis of some political situation I post here may be beating Sundance to the punch since he posts his stories later. And those posts seem to end up in the bin though there is nothing in the content offensive. And every time I try to post graphics of weather models the message seems to go into the bin.
Under this post I will try to post the Canadian model forecast for temps of the US and let’s see what happens.
Canadian model forecast for cold anomalies (departure from normal) next week.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmXsyj0WAA81IfF?format=jpg&name=medium
Hey! What do you know? I went through as a link.
Still using the same email address to register each comment as you were before the troubles began? Mods have often noted a new address can cause moderation for awhile.
I’m off checking….
Found it…yes, in the bin. Don’t see what could be objectionable about it. Obviously the “algorithms” found something they didn’t like. 🙁
I’m extremely busy tonight letting in all the new comments re the COVID thread. I haven’t been out of my chair since it went up!
Thank you Ad rem.
There are not words for the impact of your diligent work on my life.
I came here to the Treehouse to mourn the young woman Jessica Chambers when so few seemed to care and it was so disturbing. Have found years of comfort in the Treehouse. All of you are gifts of God in my life. May God bless you abundantly
Goodness….that was a while back! Thank you for being such a wonderful and supportive part of our Treehouse. Blessings…. 😀
A belated thank y0u!
Thanks for all you do.
Robbie Bachman, a co-founding member and drummer for Bachman-Turner Overdrive, has died at the age of 69.
Bachman-Turner Overdrive singer Randy Bachman announced the death of his brother and bandmate in a social media post. “Another sad departure. The pounding beat behind BTO, my little brother Robbie has joined Mum, Dad & brother Gary on the other side. Maybe Jeff Beck needs a drummer! He was an integral cog in our rock ‘n’ roll machine and we rocked the world together.”
Many will remember the song, if not the band.
It was the 2nd of their 3 huge hits in the 70s . . .
“You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet” live in 1974.
Yup. I was 15 when this hit the streets. 78 seems young now. 🤔
Oops 69
Mornin’ all.
comment on youtube:
”Sublime. A poet with rhythm and heart. Makes me almost spontaneously combust with joy. Thanks Bob”
We must obey God rather than men. – Acts 5:29
Is it ever right to disobey the law? Peter and other apostles believed so. When they were jailed for preaching the gospel, an angel set them free. The officers who checked on them found the guards in place and the jail secure, but the apostles were not there. Someone came and reported that they were back in the temple preaching. The high priest angrily forbade them from teaching in the name of Jesus.
That is when Peter responded with today’s verse, “We must obey God rather than men.”
In his letter from the Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote, “One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” However, two wrongs do not make a right. People protesting unjust laws must do so without injuring others. In both of these cases, in their protest, they suffered the consequences and did not attack others.
Recently, protests and laws have come against freedom of speech and religion. There may come a day when followers of Jesus will have to choose between obeying God or obeying people. This is a difficult position to be in. In some countries, merely being a believer in Christ is against the law.
Pray that those in authority would protect freedom of religion and speech in the United States.
Pray for those who head ministries in this country that serve to guard human rights.
Ask God to give them success in their efforts to help those in other countries who are condemned for their faith in Jesus.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
Those who hid Anne Frank were breaking the law.
Those who killed here were following it.
January 13
MORNING
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee. Isa 26:3
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psa. 55:22
I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Isa 12:2
Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Matt. 8:26
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:6, 7
In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. Isa. 30:15
The effect of righteousness [shall be] quietness and assurance for ever. Isa. 32:17
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27
Peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come. Rev. 1:4
EVENING
Let not the sun go down upon your wrath. Eph. 4:26
If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother… Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. Matt. 18:15, 21, 22
When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. Mark 11:25
Put on, therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. Col. 3:12, 13
Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. Eph. 4:32
The apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. Luke 17:5
J. Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/01/0113.html
Greetings Treepers!
MILaw update: She’s coming home today. She will need another heart procedure in the weeks ahead but is stable for now…all 109 pounds of her.
Thank for your prayer, for your comments, for letting me air my laundry here…you make me feel like family. ✝️
The Good Lord holds all of you in His hands, Frank. Please keep us apprised when she’s scheduled, so we can all add our prayers for a successful procedure.🙏💕
Well, I never saw a post on exactly what her condition was except that it was a “heart condition”. But the diuretics make me think CHF (Congestive Heart Failure) and if so, as long as her lungs are clear, meaning she is not suffering from pulmonary edema, then there is time.
Anyway, God Bless you and her Frank.
Funny how things work. Your asking the Lord for more time with your Lady, while I’m asking the Lord to take my Father. He is not really living anymore at all. Just existing and suffering. He can hardly speak and when he does try it is hardly intelligible. It has been hard to watch as the flame of life has gradually dimmed and is now not hardly a flicker.
So sorry, rah…
It’s a horrible thing to see a parent suffer – or anyone for that matter.
I have no words to adequately express the emotions a child feels when you watch the one who gave you life, lose theirs. Been there twice.
Prayers up for you and your father.
Been there RAH, but you can still hold him and let him know how much you care. My dad left us in 2001 and I still regret all the questions I never asked
That’s precious, Joe. The very sick and dying ones need extra compassion and care; it’s comforting.
It is hard not to be able to ask things of those gone on. But I believe we all do the best we can at the time. There’s always something I want to ask my parents/grandparents.
It’s been said that when a grandmother dies, the family loses a library.
It is to be hoped that those family members have checked out all the books in that library, Della…and not returned them. I love this saying.
I know, Betsy! Sadly, nowadays many families are broken, scattered or just too busy to hear stories of their lineage. And I was blessed to have both GMs for over fifty years – and still haven’t “read all their books!”
Your love for him is strong, rah. While you don’t want to say goodbye to the man who raised you, it seems that man has departed. To want him to be out of pain and suffering is the mark of your devotion to him. Prayers for both of you, my friend.
Don’t know if Dad was baptized. He was not a Church goer. But the fact is the world is a better place for his living. He worked hard, made jobs for people, voluntarily administered the county Cerebral Palsy foundation. Was a great Dad and living husband.
He is a product of the depression and like so many from that era has a grit and determination that comes from living through hard times.
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 Friday, January 13, 2023
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“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.”
James 4:10 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Amen.
. . . 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.
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 did “Rain” on the same film shoot, another great one from that Revolver period
For Christmas I got a flip up, tear off Calander from the History Channel.
Here is what the entry was for yesterday.
“Jan 12, 1888: Blizzard brings tragedy to Northwest Plains
On January 12th, 1888 the so called Schoolchidren’s Blizzard killed an estimated 230 people, many of whom were children on their way home from school, across the Northwest Plains region of the United States.
The storm came with no warning, and the temperature fell 55 degrees in just twenty-four hours. It was Thursday afternoon, and there had been unseasonably warm weather the previous day from Montana east to the Dakotas and south to Texas.
Suddenly, within a matter of hours, Arctic air from Canada rapidly pushed south. Temperatures dropped to 40 below zero in much of North Dakota. Along with the cold air, the storm brought high winds and heavy snows. The combination created blinding conditions. The storm is still considered one of the worst blizzards in the history of the area. “
Ashli Babbitt’s shooter housed at Andrews for six months at taxpayer expense!
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/ashli-babbitts-shooter-housed-at-andrews-for-six-months
“Forget the trail. I’m taking a short cut.”
Yikes!
https://www.lifenews.com/2023/01/12/tennessee-bill-would-ban-local-governments-from-funding-abortions/
“Hey, Barbara. From up here, I can see our house.”
Well I got the inside wood rack stocked up with as much as it can hold so we’re ready when real cold returns. I was given a cart for wood for Christmas. I put the cart at the end of the deck. Then I have three sling bags for carrying fire wood. I fill each of the bags and stack them on the cart and then wheel it in the house to the wood rack next to the insert.
The cart makes it easier and keeping it on the deck keeps the wheels clean so I don’t leave tracks on the carpet. The bags keep the loose stuff from falling on the floor.
Pretty good system I think as long as it is dry. If I have get wood when it snows I will of course shovel a path as clean as I can get it. If it’s raining I will wheel the cart up to the back door and then carry in the bags from there.
Man of Action
Man with a Plan
I salute you, Sir!
COLLEGE ATHLETES THREATEN LEGAL ACTION AGAINST NCAA UNLESS TRANSGENDER POLICY IS REPEALED: ‘KEEP WOMEN’S SPORTS FEMALE’
https://www.outkick.com/college-athletes-threaten-legal-action-against-ncaa-unless-transgender-policy-is-repealed-keep-womens-sports-female/
Bravo! Bout time the ladies ‘grew a set’… of ovaries.
It is beyond me, Paul, why they don’t just wait until the “starter’s pistol”, then simply, as one, walk out.
Every single time.
Money… An immense feeling of loss after years of training… But, I like your idea. Great protest; on camera for all to see.
This evil trans crap has to stop somewhere, soon.
That’s the stand they have to make…they are willing dupes if they keep cooperating, Paul. They must stand on principle. Bullies hate that.
Good tactic for PR, but I think it counts as a loss for each of them (no finishing placement at all) if they register and line up, only to walk off after the starter signal. Probably better to boycott and render the entire race invalid for lack of entrants.
On the other hand –
Meghan Proudly Announces That Harry Has Of His Own Free Will Decided To Transition Into Princess Harriet
https://babylonbee.com/news/meghan-proudly-announces-that-harry-has-of-his-own-free-will-decided-to-transition-into-princess-harriet
The penny will never drop that they haven’t destroyed the Royal Family, but themselves.
I refer you to the “benediction” as we call it which Garrison always posts on a Sunday…The Parting Glass”
“…and all the harm that I’ve ever done, alas it was to none but me.”
45 degrees and sunny outside. It’s looking spring again in my area
Atheists CANNOT Explain This Secret Code Seen in Creation
More from Dr Lisle
https://biblicalscienceinstitute.com/
Michael, thanks for your post. I guess I’m of a different mind than your last paragraph. Its first sentence certainly shows one function of the law – as a mirror to show us our sins (the other two being to show us how to live and as a basis for civil order).
But I can’t agree that repentance, although an essential and continuing process, by itself brings the remission of sins. I believe remission of sins was bought once and for all by Christ’s sacrifice for us on the cross, in our place. Salvation, the benefit of that sacrifice, is offered to all people and received by them through faith.
As Paul says, this fact does not nullify the law. But repentance and obedience to the law do not save us. They are fruits of the salvation that faith receives. At least that’s my view.
Certainly the bible tells us to avoid sin, and we should, with Christ’s help. But it is a comfort to me that my salvation does not depend on any imaginary perfection in my repentance or understanding, but rather on a perfection completely outside of me – Christ’s sinless life and perfect sacrifice.
Grace is abundant!
But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction, for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance; to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time; that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.
Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.
Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.
Romans 3:21-31
Michael, thanks for your replies. I appreciate your invitation to better understanding. I’ll try to take it up.
Even so, it appears we have a fundamental difference of belief that is not likely to be changed, no matter how many pieces of scripture we quote to each other.
A big part of the difference is the question of whether Christians can live this life completely free from committing sins. I would say we can’t, and it appears you believe we can. (Forgive me if I misinterptret what you wrote.) There may be more fundamental differences. If so, this one probably points to them.
We are fortunate to live in a time and place where each person may believe what they will about things like this. I echo your hope that we continue in love, peace, honor, and prayer for each other.
Michael, I thought you might like this summary. It shows some (and only some) of the breadth of belief on this topic. The author seems to be pretty precise in his writing.
None of these match my outlook, and that’s fine. One of them is closer than the others.
https://dwellcc.org/learning/essays/five-views-sanctification#aug-disp-view
Peace.
Mike Pence Repents After Eating Bag Of All-Female M&Ms Without Wife Present
https://babylonbee.com/news/mike-pence-refuses-to-eat-bag-of-all-female-mms-unless-wife-is-present
CARMEL, IN —
What if Hershey made the M&Ms ‘scratch-n-Sniff’? Pence could say “I did not eat that M&M”.
From the article –
“At publishing time, Mike Pence returned early from Kroger and caught his wife eating a Mr. Goodbar without a male present. The couple has sought counseling with their pastor.”
On the other hand –
With All The Female M&M’s Off In Their Own Bag, Male M&M’s Finally Enjoying Some Peace And Quiet
https://babylonbee.com/news/with-all-the-female-mms-off-in-their-own-bag-male-mms-finally-enjoying-some-peace-and-quiet
“Yeah! Um, ‘Empowered Women Empower Women’ or whatever it is, right guys?!” said the Red M&M. “It’s more important than ever to support women and give them their own space and stuff. And… I guess us boys having our own bag to stretch out in that’s chatter and drama-free is pretty nice too.”
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Looks like they each have it in the — Bag
They all taste the same in the dark.
MM I don’t think so rah. I’m not willing to ‘test’ and find out. The male ones have nuts inumm.
😂😂😂!!!! How brilliant are they??😂😂😂
The Bee is a hoot. Sometimes their satire is so good it’s prophetic.
Well, now we have a young red tail hawk that has decided my bird feeder is a hawk feeder. He was just sitting there perched on the top of the double shepherds hook where we hang our seed blocks in cages. Ran him off. Sherry said he was there yesterday and she ran him off.
Bomb cyclone off the east coast now appears it will drop blizzard conditions on the Cape in MA and down by Providence with good snow all the way into the I-95 corridor down to New Jersey and Delaware this weekend. Snow over eastern 2/3rds of PA and eastenr half of NY and all of NH, VT, CT. Eastern MD and of course DC.
Canadian model, which has been outperforming the US model, is showing come next weekend almost all of the US to have lower than average temps. Western 2/3rds of TX at 3 to 5 degrees below normal with the rest of the deep south over to the coast about normal. WI, northern IL and IN 9 to 11 degrees below normal. Up in the NW mostly normal neat the coast ranging to 9 to 11 degrees below normal at the higher elevations inland.
I would like to show a picture but every time I try that it goes into the bin.
Here is a link to the Canadian model graphic.
BTW the US model is showing the cold coming into the west first so that is what the weather channel and our phone apps will most likely show.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmXsyj0WAA81IfF?format=jpg&name=medium
HEADLINE:
The Centers for Disease Control says that a preliminary COVID-19 vaccine “safety signal” has been identified and is investigating whether the Bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine creates an increased risk of ischemic stroke in people 65 and older.
How does the vaccine know if I’m 64 or 65?
😂 😂 😂 .
Seriously, though, they probably put a code in the formula for that – among other things.
This guy talks about a lot of doom and gloom stuff; he admits it, but he is worth listening to sometimes. He’s big on prepping and has good sources for his topics IMO
I almost skipped this but…
WEF looking for non-vaccinated pilots for Davos.
One more from the Canadian Prepper. Normalcy Norman cracks me up.
Chulk this up under the category of, “Things that get lost in the constructs of the intelligence silos of the DC IC modus of operandi.
Yes IMHO, “It is very much a construct of deliberate design that enables the GRAND PRETENDING GAME.”
For sure policy heads of these info silos, “Can and will claim willful blindness, when a camera and a microphone is present.”
To which I retort…
These types of insider spoke persons have aroused to these DC beltway figurehead executive positions precisely because of their ability of their parsel tongue abilities before the camera to pretend.”
So much so, I contend that is precisely, “Their only merit for ttheir executive position appointment/ advancement within the DC beltway.”
I am calling out absolute BS on this ingrained political/corporate culture.
“That exist in within our representative Republic.
Just what is, “The type personality/psychological profile that advances career wise such a culture.”
Let me put it bluntly…
Such personality traits that can and are best described as, “Those that succeed and advance as a rising star in DC BS’isms are those that share this type of basic personality trait ..
“When they are not picking peanuts out of poop, they will throw their grandmother under a train if they can score brownie points to advance their Federal Government Careers.
It is in achieving these accolades and merits that are galvanized within the IC, aka swamp…
‘Federal careers are advanced and proven as a way forward towards career success by their own self actualization/awareness…
“That this the type of sharp elbow culture of ,”Winners can advance.”
Combine that type of career opportunistic mindset with that of the power of the corporate main stream media to amplify any of and all voices, ” At their choosing.”
Just remember all, “Don’t be surprised that the shrills of top preforming narrative engineers.
“Have come in to this public light precisely on their ability to ECHO to the COMPANY LINE.”
What a monthful Sundance.
Did I just deliver a PhD level psychology discourse on informational silos.
Sure, the several grammatically logical minsteps require a, “Read in level of discernment/discretion.”
My abolute point is, “Are they deliberate and are being deliberately made to rise to a level of a deeper take away of my overall conjecture of …
Informational/intelligencesilo’s that have an innate built-in psychological authority mechanism that, “Validates the great
pretending game.”
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What a monthful Sundance.
Did I just deliver a PhD level psychology discourse on informational silos.
Sure, the several grammatically logical minsteps require a, “Read in level of discernment/discretion.”
My abolute point is, “Are my logical points deliberate and are being deliberately made to arise to a level of a deeper take away of my overall conjecture of …
Informational/intelligence
silo’s have an innate built-in psychological authority mechanism that, “Validates the great
pretending game such that the MSM runs the cover background or is it the background cover story is being fulminated by the needs of IC to get ahead/shape the by-lines narratives.
One can not tell these days.
The sum total product /observation is those that arise to the occasion to be argumentively persuasive within the MSM community, “That they are of type of ideological personality that marches in step of fellow travelers that brook no opposition.
These are the types of corporate shrill egos that operate with the mindset of ZERO SUM GAME