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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Witness – Amish Paradise – “Weird Al” Yankovic
Harry Potter – Snape Memorial – Time in a Bottle – Jim Croce
Criminal Minds – Angel – Sarah McLachlin
Smallville – Forgiveness – Sarah McLachlan
Beautiful selections to start the morning, thank you.
Some of my favorites. Worked on Angel with a friend by phone.
Great choices, Mary. Y’all done real good! 🙂
The great music and great old shows out there really make themselves. I’ve been vegging out with a 36 episode Chinese drama, but the video editor is all set up with the song lyrics all written as subtitles and the movie in source ready to go. Once I start, it will be about 3 hours. If you know Ghost and Mrs Muir, you can make this video in your head before I do. The song is one of regret for what was missed and that is the general theme of that movie for the widow who lost the Captain.
Yesterday, When I was Young – Charles Aznavour
Yesterday when I was young
The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue
I teased at life as if it were a foolish game
The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame
The thousand dreams I dreamed,
The splendid things I planned
I always built, alas, on weak and shifting sand
I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day
And only now I see how the years ran away
Yesterday, when I was young
So many drinking songs were waiting to be sung
So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me, and so much pain
My dazzled eyes refused to see.
I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out
I never stopped to think what life was all about.
And every conversation I can now recall
Concerned itself with me, me, and nothing else at all.
Yesterday, the moon was blue
And every crazy day brought something new to do.
I used my magic age as if it were a wand,
And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond.
The game of love I played with arrogance and pride, – the bigamist writer
And every flame I lit too quickly, quickly died.
The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away
And only I am left on stage to end the play.
There are so many songs in me that won’t be sung.
I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue
The time has come for me to pay for yesterday
When I was young
Young, young…
When you write about video editing, I’m returned to the editing booth with sync-blocs, magnetic tape, and scotch-tape. Wasn’t much good at tape editing back then. We were mainly doing narration pick-ups. But still . . .
The Ranger graphic equalizer got a lot of use . . . The real film-editors used to go nuts. 🙂
I’ve done a lot of audio editing. My boss at IBM Research was the big computer science boss. Brilliant. Marvelous. And Israeli with a major speech hesitation problem. It was essential that he sound assertive, so I used to take out frames between words in his narration to force assertion. Then I’d have to shoot B-roll to cover. Would have crawled over glass for that man.
But boy did we need better graphics. He later hired a graphic artist for my videos and the quality increased immediately. Most of my music I got from a fellow researcher who had had a song in the top ten in Ireland. But for quite a while they did also hire a musician to compose for my little videos.
IBM Research Computer Sciences Department – Abe Peled – 1989
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Okay, follow the leader! Here’s a parade for you! 🙂
Looks like he snagged one from left field and is about to throw the runner out. A left paw, surely.
How do you get these pictures? 🙂
I really, really like this one Leon!
I swear…sometimes I think they have no bones.
Hello Fellow Treepers,
“Ice Water 5” … An abstract art nature photo taken by me in New York State while visiting family two years ago. Their pool cover in the backyard was covered with ice water, and the trees were reflecting in it. God creates art everywhere in nature, providing me with pictures. Wishing all here a Happy and Blessed Sunday. Enjoy the beauty of winter!
Thank you. I really like photos like this that look like paintings.
Funny thing – much as I respect the skill that goes into them, I don’t care so much for the opposite — photorealistic paintings.
I’m with you, 1530. Agreed.
Good morning 1530,
Thanks for your kind comments. Now that I’m having coffee I’m still not fully awake but will try to post a fitting answer for you. 🙂
Maybe photorealism can seem too perfect. In Native American culture, the tradition is to always purposely work in a flaw to their art or craft … like adding a single bead of a color that doesn’t match the rest of a beaded necklace. Sometimes the flaw can be very subtle and a challenge for someone else to pick out, almost like a game. The reason behind it? Only the Creator is perfect.
Good morning, Phoenix. Missed seeing you the other day. I am a big fan of blown glass. This picture looks like a close up of a Chihuly. One wonders how these artists are inspired and then we see the works of God in nature – and we know.
Good morning JWoo, 🙂
Good to see you, I missed you too … posted a message to you in the Prayer Thread section that I’m not sure if you saw.
You raise an excellent point. Ice is a winter wonder whose beauty is apt to melt too soon, Chihuly and photos can help preserve it. And God provides us with so much! “Ice and snow, bless the Lord!” — Daniel 3:70
Love that scripture! It made me chuckle. I’m sure Daniel meant to say “oh YAY” instead of “oh ye”… ha ha! The snow is pretty and it sounds like Rah is giving us the low down on our February. Such is the life of midwesterners. We see beauty in all of it.
Depending on what device I am on, I don’t always catch and see responses. I always have to pray that no one thinks I ignore them. You all are very dear to me. I’ll look for your post.
I’m just catching up on the Diamond memorial service. It’s playing behind the scenes.
Especially Midwesterners who grew up in the Buffalo, NY area during the Blizzard of ’77! 🙂
The Diamond memorial service was so beautiful and so meaningful … She is a Patriot in death as well as life, seems to me God will continue to use her and her sister Silk for good. And it seems to tie in with the prophecy that Trump will lead America back to God. Watched the whole thing yesterday, was worth every second!
As someone referenced the Monet like quality of some of your photography, I can only concur.
Thank you very much, Betsy jones! Hoping that all your impressions of today are beautiful! 🙂
Thank you🤗
Craziest sport I’ve ever seen, and it’s the Finals from Las Vegas!
@RealDirty
10h
This slapping match may be one of the most brutal things I’ve ever watched. This is absolutely amazing.
(23 minutes)
So they just keep taking turns slapping each other in the face until someone “surrenders”?
I guess. Finals in Vegas makes sense. Gamblers will bet on most anything.
Hitting up loses so much momentum. All I can think of, seeing this, is cauliflower ear. The guy on the right appears he has been competing in this sport a while — and always on the left side of his face. He looks a little lopsided. Ouch.
Never discount the inventiveness of man–I wonder who started this–looks like an eastern European “hold my beer” origin. I think we should get the NFL involved, looks like a good fit for inclusion.
WE PRAISE YOU O GOD
The Te Deum (We praise you O God) has its origins in the fifth century. It is traditionally used in the Matins service and as a hymn of celebration. Here it is in a fairly modern musical setting.
(I thought the ASL interpreters signed beautifully. You can see them better if you click the youtube logo for a larger window.)
We praise You, O God we acknowledge You to be the Lord.
All the earth does worship You the Father everlasting.
To You all Angels cry aloud, the Heavens, and all the Powers therein.
To You Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry:
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of Sabaoth;
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of Your glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles praise You.
The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise You.
The noble army of Martyrs praise You.
The holy Church throughout all the world does acknowledge You;
The Father of an infinite Majesty;
Your adorable, true and only Son;
Also the Holy Ghost the Comforter.
You are the King of Glory O Christ.
You are the everlasting Son of the Father.
When You took upon Yourself to deliver man
You humbled Yourself to be born of a virgin.
When You had overcome the sharpness of death :
You opened the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.
You sit at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father.
We believe that You will come to be our Judge.
We therefore pray You to help Your servants,
Whom You have redeemed with Your precious blood.
Make them to be numbered with Your saints in glory everlasting.
O Lord, save Your people and bless Your heritage.
Govern them and lift them up forever.
Day by day we magnify You;
And we worship Your Name forever and ever.
Grant, O Lord to keep us this day without sin.
O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.
O Lord, let Your mercy be upon us as our trust is in You.
O Lord, in You have I trusted; let me never be confounded.
If you stay for the prayers at the end, you ‘ll find this one:
Almighty God, You have given us this good land as our heritage. Grant that we remember Your generosity and constantly do Your will.
Bless our land with honest industry, truthful education, and an honorable way of life. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion, from pride and arrogance, and from every evil course of action. Grant that we, who came from many nations, with many different languages, may become a united people.
Support us in defending our liberties, and give those to whom we have entrusted the authority of government the spirit of wisdom, that there may be justice and peace in our land. When times are prosperous, may our hearts be thankful, and in troubled times do not let our trust in You fail; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Just beautiful, 1530! 🙂
As the video is rather lengthy to watch just after midnight, I’ll enjoy a bit of the music and then read along to say the prayer … Thank you very much for posting the prayer text!
Thanks for the reply, phoenix. I hope you had a restful sleep and will have an excellent Sunday!
It’s just starting to lightly snow, which will add beauty as I head off to church shortly. Wishing you a wonderful Sunday as well, 1530! 🙂
We performed “Te Deum” in Carnegie Hall – 1989. Another student in the group’s father worked at RCA at the time. He smuggled a recording device into the venue and recorded the entire performance with John Rutter the composer leading us accompanied by the New England Youth Ensemble. I still have two of the tape cassette recordings. I kept all the sheet music and have John Rutter’s autograph on the marquee poster announcing our performance. I need to dig out those tapes and have them transferred to something more reliable.
Sounds like an awesome experience, JWoo! A journey both musical and spiritual! 🙂
Definitely save those tapes! We need to hear the “Te Deum” in our society now more than ever.
Wow!
Beautiful prayer, 1530. Thank you.
Oh my! John Rutter! What a gifted man. It’s a shame the performance is preserved only on cassettes, Jwoo. What a tremendous experience to perform in that storied hall.
He looked like Albert Einstein with the crazy hair. He would move his hands with the quarter notes, tap his feet with the eighth notes, and his head and body would bob erratically to the sixteenth notes. He was amazing and it was an amazing time. Then, a midnight sail on a cruise ship around Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.
Mental cocktails my friend. Drink up!😉
Beautiful prayer, 1530. I’m saving it. Thanks.
Hello Wp, I like this message that you posted. I wanted to take a closer look one time, at all the kings listed, and compare; why there were only fourteen generations from David to Babylon, written by Matthew. Not for questioning what the Apostle wrote, but to understand how he came up with that number. As it turned out, there were three generations that were removed from the genealogy; between Jehoram and Uzziah. And what happened was, Jehoshaphat had “joined affinity with Ahab;” he gave his son Jehoram in marriage, into that wicked household, for making a league with them. So God removed three generations out of the line of David. Interesting, isn’t it? Very serious punishment for really unbelievable lack of discernment, and completely inappropriate attachment to natural relationships. So Jehoshaphat’s unwillingness for divisions for Christ’s sake, ruined his son, and three generations following!
“You woke me. Why did you wake me?”
What a wonderful picture. Many, many, many thanks. Can’t you just feel its round, little tummy?
Round and fuzzy. So cute…
But not entirely pleased with the situation.
Good morning, Joe. I’ve seen so many faces just like this. And I’m melting all over again. A bless-ed Sunday to you, my friend, and to your much loved wife.
Have a blessed Sunday, Treeper friends. If you simply ask you will receive a blessing from Our Lord and Savior. Honest.
Garrison, thanks for this. Like many, I don’t have time to listen to all the delicacies the Treepers offer us here. But I always try to take time to listen to the Parting Glass. I appreciate the routine of doing this each week and thinking, “Well, pal, we made it through another week.”
“Good night and joy be to ye all!”
“Lullabye” my daughter’s favorite childhood song by Billy Joel. I would sing it to her every night along with a personal rendition of the Lord’s Prayer. Maybe my legacy to her. This rendition sounded like angels singing it. The acoustics are phenomenal.
Good morning JWoo! That is something that your daughter will always remember.
A peaceful and joyous way to start our Sunday morning. Once again, thank you, Garrison
Good morning, Garrison. You are right. Every time I hear this benediction I feel it more deeply. A Sunday with the perfect voices of VOCES 8 is more serene as befits the Lord’s day. Be exceedingly well, my friend🙏💕
Good morning Bet! Nipper time last night and today. Going to church in a bit. He loves his Sunday school and children’s church. Then I see in the afternoon a trip to the skate park with his scooter. ❤️😘
Gracious Sunday morning, G. Love that Nipper looks forward to his time with the Lord. Much love to him and to Violet…and of course to you as well, my friend 🤗
1530, JWoo, Gramps, benzy, Betsy . . . Thank you so much for your kind words. When the songs are sung and the stories told . . . you can encounter lore. Lore is remembrance of special things, things that we don’t want to forget. The first time I heard “The Parting Glass” it just seemed to be a perfect fit, a Sunday benediction, for the emerging lore of the Treehouse Open Thread (which more than a few of us see is the “Treehouse Church”). In the performance of lore, context is important. That’s why we always start this moment with “The Parting Glass” followed by (usually but not always) familiar selections from Voces8. Blessings and be well, friends. 🙂
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Morning Garrison!
Good evening, GrandpaM. Hope you had a fun time with Nipper.
Every Nipper day is a good day. 🙂
Blessings on you today, G.
May His peace cover you.
✝️
@Bet, here is the story of the Silmaril of the heavens, that Earendil carries.
Star of Eärendil
https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Star_of_E%C3%A4rendil
Thank you, Colkitto, for the reminder of the Chronicles of Narnia. The girls enjoyed watching it Saturday morning.
You just made my day JWoo. Thank you for telling me that.
I wanted to say, thinking of your Danny & co stories, do ‘We’ rescue Dogs & Cats, or do ‘They’ rescue us?
In my case many a time have they rescued me.
Or, to put it another way . . . Sometimes you get them but, then, sometimes they get you . . . 🙂
Both, one way or another😊
When we adopted the brothers… we were going after Danny in all his cobalt blue glory. Such a soft angora fur kitty. A Russian Blue of the finest disposition and quality.
However, the woman was pregnant and rehoming ALL of her animals due to an emergent allergy. There was a Tula, the French Bulldog… and all the kit cats.
So we determined to bring home two, and as we were placing them back in their kennel to age a bit longer… Danny’s brother Timothy reached out his paw and grabbed my finger.
“Please, don’t go yet. Take me, too. I have my eyes and heart set on the little red haired girl.” (If I were to put words into their meowy mouths, but I’m 100% positive it’s what he meant. Their love is legendary and he is her pal.)
The rest is history. Timmy is doing okay. He has looked for his brother but seems resigned to the reduction in numbers.
They have definitely saved me.
Again with the beautiful heartwarming story. Sophie the dog that was kicked around before I said enough and took her in, decided that it was only going to be me that she would trust fully and the rest was history.
She broke my heart when she had an internal organ cancer that was misdiagnosed and I had to put her to sleep and she was only 13 (my Brownie girl, she was a hound mix,very brown colored)
So I was so devastated that I got my Corgi mix from Petfinder, who became the greatest dog in the world and got my heart broken again 161/2 years later. Such is life as Ned Kelly said
Good morning, my friend. Thank you very much indeed for this explanation, as you mentioned it yesterday. As beautiful as your words were yesterday, this gives them more meaningful depth, if that’s possible Bless you always…🤗
I was looking for an appropriate place to put this uplifting part of Bach’s cantata BWV 209 “Riceta Gramezza”. Completely by chance (or not) you’ve provided the most sublime opportunity for me to do so.
“Do away with anxiety and dread,
like the sternsman, when the win is calmed,
who no more fears and turns pale
but content on his prow
goes singing in the face of the sea.”
🙂
Sundays suit Bach.
I read the Tolkien’s Silmarillion many times in my youth. My book reading friend could never read it, said it was to confusing. I found it fascinating, and frustrating, while reading it.
My favorite of Tolkien’s is the Appendix to the Return of the King and Unfinished Tales. Anyways, the Silmaril’s are the central theme of the Silmarillion and I was always intrigued by Earendil & the Silmaril he carried that shined like the brightest star in heaven and gave the suffering peoples of Middle-Earth hope. More than a gem, a star.
I can just see your boyish imaginative mind constructing the scenes as you were reading. Much as Tolkein’s obviously was. How much he must have enjoyed writing these books.
I always remember that and CS Lewis were great friends. Not hard to imagine why. Their philosophies and thinking were similar. Thus Narnia….
How perceptive you are (aunt) Bet. I wanted to be a writer for a time. Slainte and go with God our Treehouse Silmaril!
Ditto JWoo!
The littles coming in few weeks for several days – we’re tuning in the Chronicles!
Thanks, C.
Enjoy your time together, Miss Della B. XXXOOO
Thanks, J. You, as well, relish these days with your girl.
They fly too soon!
(and love the “excuse” to watch these movies with them…) 😉
My pleasure. Gets some popcorn and snacks and you all are in for a couple of great family movie nights.
Best to you and all the great people here.
It’s been ten years since I’ve watched the Chronicles – it’s definitely time!
My older GCs grew up with them. They adore Tolkien, too, Lord of Rings.
My GD, in university, is planning her birthday party, theme LOR.. 😂😂
(Love CS Lewis and Tolkien.)
And best to you, too! It’s a pleasure and delight to see you post here.
Very nice Joe ….
Thanx. Glad you liked it.
One more . . .
Good evening Garrison.
Love these blues songs you shared…. Getting into them with a fine glass of wine.
DG
Good Kentucky bourbon “sippin whisky” for me. I especially like Snowy White. Glad I found him.
Freedom and Whisky! . . . David E. Davis
Garrison, are you a fan of Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs)? He has a Knobel whiskey named after his Grandad on his mother’s side.
Highly recommend for all the ladies, Peggy’s books:
“About my mother”
“About your father”
And there’s a new one whose title I won’t share here.
I was certain that I should have married Mike Rowe. I would make him the perfect Mrs. Lol
That family will make you hoot and holler and belly laugh until you cry. It was great respite through trying times. Maybe the whiskey is good, too?
Seems like all this family touches is excellent quality.
Why I fell in love with, pursued, and then married a “girl from the oil patch”. Yes she was a professor but she could also pull you out of a bar ditch on a cold, wet 2am with a pickup and a tow-strap. 🙂
Here’s one from the Neville Brothers… to close the Sunday ceremonies.
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Black-throated Green Warbler, (m). If you happen to be at the right place at the right time during migration, they can be plentiful. I had a good bunch of them come through this past spring. They go high, mid, and low. They were looking at my pond and waterfall.
I was looking up breeding bird surveys done in the 40’s and 50’s and saw they had breed in my local woods in NJ back then in the Hemlock gorge down near one of the streams that ran between the 2 lakes. Ironically it was near that Louisiana Waterthrush nest I had found but 40-50 years before. Most of those Hemlocks died because of Wooley Adelgid a parasite from Asia. So they were really just migratory. Its interesting to read old breeding bird surveys and see the extirpations and expansions due to habitat changes and forest fragmentation.
Started out with two full seed blocks this morning. The ones about 2″ thick by 4″ x 5″, and the 8 lb. feeder full. One seed block completely gone and the other about 1/2 gone. The snow sure makes them go to town on those blocks.
The Roman Pilgrimage, Vol 1, Part 1 (Romans 1:1 – 1:17)
Absolutely a MUST Listen for sincere Christians, and everyone seeking to know the truth more accurately! These things are good and profitable, and well worth the little time spent to pay attention.
Begins with an overview and summary of the book of Romans, and then begins to bring out the sense and meaning, starting with the first verse.
“Through Whom, we have received grace and apostleship, to bring about obedience of faith among all the Gentiles, for His Name’s sake.” (Romans 1:5)
What a powerful and wonderful word that is! Paul was raised up by God, and made to be a leader and example for us to follow, “as he follows Christ.” The things he says are in his calling, are in our calling. However the Lord has for each of us to be what He made us, is not that we are curtailed or deprived of any of His grace, or the Authority of His having sent us.
As Brother Derek Prince is talking about how Paul refers to himself as a slave; it got me to thinking about slavery altogether in the world, and that with respect to man’s condition altogether in this world. The fact that we are born in slavery as a result of the fall, makes all of us equal. The wickedness of the heathen and Antichrist spirit, which sets itself up as if it were superior to others, while treating them with cruelty and injustice and without mercy; makes our idea of slavery skewed. Not to say anything is good or acceptable about slavery; for Jesus came into the world to make us all free indeed; and that is the announced good news from God, that our captivity is ended, and we can return with joyful acceptance to God.
Obedience must be out of faith, or it will only result in frustration. Don’t measure “Prosperity” by modern western culture’s view of what is prosperity! God’s ways always prosper; and so we also always prosper whichever way we turn; regardless of, and apart from, whether we are comfy and cozy and things are good! Are we doing the will of God? Then it doesn’t matter if we get in a shipwreck, or even get bit by an adder; being in the will of God is not measured by what men think is good luck. Much of the way which Jesus leads us, will mean difficulty and hardships, and often times being opposed and attacked out of the ambush. That’s not because we are out of the will of God; but most likely because we are in fact doing the will of God. Much of the beautiful Christ-like character traits of the Beatitudes, are worked out only under adversity and opposition and persecution, for simply believing in Jesus.
We don’t come to Jesus because “we” decide; but because God has told us to, and we respond. What God calls us, is what He is going to make of us; no matter what anyone thinks of us, or what we see ourselves to be at the time, or even think its possible, He will do it Himself.
“If you can’t thank God for someone, you shouldn’t pray for them.” You have to strike at the heart, at the capital city of a place, and everything will go out from there, to the places all around.
The Holy Spirit separated Jesus from all other men who had died and been buried, declaring Him to be the Son of God. Jesus was perfect in holiness in His nature, and not merely by cleanness of living; but because He is singularly sacred and holy, and nothing of this world, except in His human nature through His mother.
Ron Wyatt talking about JESUS blood sample
What’s the mark of the beast and when will it come? Ron Wyatt spoke
Brother Ron Wyatt believed that he would have a part in showing these things to the world at the right time; but God has a plan to do it by His own power. There is also a prophetic word, that When the Beast laws are enacted, He will show these things to the world. There is also the word in Revelation 11, that the Two Witnesses (I believe will be Enoch and Elijah) will be here at the time of the Antichrist coming to worldwide power; and so it may be at that time, that the ark and the video evidence that God had Ron Wyatt make, will be made public. I believe also, that this will be part of how the 144,000 will come to be saved; and that it will be a prelude to the Lord’s coming, at which the whole nation of Israel will be converted in one day.
Just now we know in part, and we prophesy in part; and however a servant of the Lord interprets the prophetic word in his own times; God will accomplish what He has said; and we shall all know that He is the LORD, when we see these things come to pass.
All the Satanic push right now, for making everything perverted and an abomination to God, protected and promoted by force of law; is for grooming the world to move right into the Antichrist’s laws. Being strong and very courageous now, will help set us up stronger to face what is coming.
“The law of our God is in our heart; none of our steps shall slide.”
Amen, Michael.
1/21/2023
Mark 4:33-34 “And with many such parables He spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear, but without a parable spoke He not to them; and privately to His disciples He explained all things.”
So then in this the message is clear enough; yet, let us break it down a little for better understanding, what all is being said.
First, we know, from where the Lord first started teaching on that day, when the disciples asked Him, why He taught the crowds in parables; and He answered, that because it was not given them to know the mysteries, the hidden things of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it was given. And so He explained why it was not given them to know; because of their present condition, “lest they should be converted, and I should heal them.”
With that then, we have to ask two things: 1) What is a parable? and, 2) What is the Word, (which they were able to hear)?
A parable, as we know, is the use of familiar and ordinary things, to illustrate moral and spiritual things. It was the way for Jesus to still be able to get to them, so that they could comprehend, if they were open to it. It was Jesus’ wisdom and kind-hearted way, and His determination, that the word be sown in all places indiscriminately; that no one should be neglected or overlooked or ejected, based on how far away they are, or how incapable. Jesus despises no one for being uninstructed, nor for being even as a beast in mental capability; but He searches still for all of God’s lost sons and daughters, in whatever condition.
In the Old Testament it has been written innumerable times, how “The Word of the LORD came” to this one and to that one: and it says in the first verse of the epistle to the Hebrews, “In many parts, and in many ways, God spoke to the fathers . . . ” The Spirit of the LORD moved in the holy men (and women) of God, and so they expressed what God wanted to communicate, in so many parts, and many ways, according to the needs and circumstances. The Spirit of God is never bound to structures of words; so that He would only be able to say what exactly was said before: as is insisted upon by those who demand strictness over the words used, but do not hear what the Spirit says. But it is the Spirit and the Life in the Word, that is God’s eternal power and divinity; and not the graphic held in a celestial data base.
So then, the Word, which the Lord spoke to the crowds, “as they were able to hear it,” was Spirit and was Life; although He was not actually quoting Moses and the prophets per-se, nor explaining to them plainly, as He did to those who were closest to Him. But the Word was the same Word which He began to preach and to teach: He spoke the same thing all the time to every one; just in the way that they should hear it best.
Just as how Jesus answered the inquisition of the high priest, who was looking for something to accuse Him; “I spoke openly to the world; and in secret have I said nothing. Ask those who heard Me, they know what I said:” whether it was to the doctor of the law, or to simple townsfolk in the market places, whether to a Roman Centurion, or a woman from Syro-Phoenicia; whether to the multitudes who came for who knows how many reasons, or to His closest companions and disciples; Jesus was consistent and single-minded in His purpose. And the Word He spoke, in whatever level appropriate; was the same Spirit-filled and Life-giving word; whatever words He used.
“The wind blows where it can find a way; and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell from what place it comes, or where it goes: so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8)
” . . . He spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear,” shows both His determination and love for souls, and His ingenuity in the Spirit to find a way, and words, in the same Spirit, to reach everyone, if they can be reached.
Great lyrics and of course guitar work
Mountain / Theme For An Imaginary Western
Nice.
22 January 2022 Don Wilson, American rock guitarist (The Ventures – “Hawaii 5-0 Theme”; “Walk, Don’t Run”), dies at 88.
22 January 2021 James Purify, American R&B singer (“I’m Your Puppet”), dies of Covid-19 complications at 76
22 January 2017 Pete Overend Watts, English bass guitar player (Mott the Hoople – “All Young Dudes”), dies from throat cancer at 69
Since I posted a MtH song earlier this week. A little something funny, too bad its not caturday.
22 January 2017 Jaki Liebesit, German rock drummer (Can), dies at 78
22 January 2002 Peter Bardens, English keyboardist (Camel), dies of cancer at 56
22 January 1997 Ron Holden, American singer (b. 1939)
Love You So
22 January 1997 Irwin Levine, composer (Tie a Yellow Ribbon), dies at 58
478+ Works currently held by ASCAP/BMI
22 January 1994 Rhett Forrester, American singer (Riot) (b. 1956)
Especially like “Walk Don’t Run” by the Ventures. It’s amazing how the music your father introduces to you when you’re a kid so that you play it over and over on the record player stays with you the rest of your life … when you really admire your father. Thanks for posting, My Magic Wand! 🙂
Queen David Bowie, Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson – Heroes (Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert)
Eric Clapton,Jeff Beck,Jimmy Page-Layla
.B. King, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins – Sweet Little Angel – Live 199
Saved the Best for Last
JEFF BECK with B.B. KING – Key To The Highway
Feisty: The talent and skill of these men was off the charts. Six-sigma, plus.
The Sinking Pleasure of a Bath
And how I’m finally learning how to rest.
https://thaothai.substack.com/p/the-sinking-pleasure-of-a-bath
Models are showing a winter storm coming across the lower plain states into the south with snow in N. Texas. Maybe 2″ in Dallas this week. This will follow potentially violent weather as the cold air pushes in.
Strong stratospheric warming over the Arctic. Another dive of Arctic air down through the plains states reaching the Lone Star is still present. This current bout not likely to head south but the bounce back in a couple weeks is likely. Anyway one cuts it. February is going to be a rough month for most of the US with some strong winter storms in the offing.
That is interesting! How about the pacific northwest? I try to keep an eye on the jet-stream; and that helps connect the dots of the 10 day forecasts.
Interesting. What part of PNW are you, MIKE?
North Snohomish County almost to Skagit County
Generally drying out in the NW with colder than average temps. But your also in for some snow, and some of it heavy at the higher elevations.
Thank you. Dry is okay once in a while 🙂 Snow maybe not so likely where we are, but its still January. As long as its these beautiful dark bluish grays and (what most people think as Gloomy) cool rainy; I couldn’t be happier!
Got the call. Going out Monday morning. Lear load. Take an empty to Lear in Indy then take a loaded trailer up to Lear in Romulus, and then bring an empty back down to Anderson.
Should be an easy route. Next month I doubt it will be so easy.
The Lord keep you (and everyone else) safe on the roads.
January 22 Oswald Chambers
Am I Looking To God?
Look to Me, and be saved… —Isaiah 45:22
Do we expect God to come to us with His blessings and save us? He says, “Look to Me, and be saved….” The greatest difficulty spiritually is to concentrate on God, and His blessings are what make it so difficult. Troubles almost always make us look to God, but His blessings tend to divert our attention elsewhere. The basic lesson of the Sermon on the Mount is to narrow all your interests until your mind, heart, and body are focused on Jesus Christ. “Look to Me….”
Many of us have a mental picture of what a Christian should be, and looking at this image in other Christians’ lives becomes a hindrance to our focusing on God. This is not salvation— it is not simple enough. He says, in effect, “Look to Me and you are saved,” not “You will be saved someday.” We will find what we are looking for if we will concentrate on Him. We get distracted from God and irritable with Him while He continues to say to us, “Look to Me, and be saved….” Our difficulties, our trials, and our worries about tomorrow all vanish when we look to God.
Wake yourself up and look to God. Build your hope on Him. No matter how many things seem to be pressing in on you, be determined to push them aside and look to Him. “Look to Me….” Salvation is yours the moment you look.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
We are apt to think that everything that happens to us is to be turned into useful teaching; it is to be turned into something better than teaching, viz. into character. We shall find that the spheres God brings us into are not meant to teach us something but to make us something.
https://utmost.org/
I find one of the biggest challenges I’ve had, is disciplining my mind. Everyone who is determined to be their best, at whatever they want to do; has to discipline their mind, at least as much as train their body. Controlling what comes into our thoughts is absolutely necessary for walking in the Spirit. I believe it is an actual spiritual muscle that needs to be trained properly and exercised regularly, to develop properly. Getting in the habit of daily (first thing) having quiet time, and setting in order our account before God, is an important part of how we learn to do that. When we read the Bible every day, and write down what we see, we grow; and we also get the necessary nutriments for becoming strong spiritually, in the practical sense. Contemplation cannot substitute actual doing of what Jesus says; but prayer and meditation are essential, if we really want to have these things always in mind; especially during our ordinary routines, where we tend to slack off thinking.
. . . 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)
Sunday After (also the Afterfeast of) the Holy Theophany of Our Lord, God, and Savior, Jesus Christ
Holy Martyr Polyeuctos of Melitene in Armenia (+ 259)
Saint Adrian of Canterbury, Abbot (+ 710)
Holy New Martyr Parthena of Edessa in Macedonia (+ 1375)
Holy Hieromartyr Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow and All-Russia (+ 1569)
Saint Joseph the New of Cappadocia (+ ca. 1850-1860)
Saint Jonah, Founder of Holy Trinity Monastery in Kiev (+ 1910)
January 9th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
January 22nd – civil or commercial calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
My prayer…
To You My God, the
KEEPER OF MY FLAME
With reckless abandon, I unceasingly watch for You
From my waking up to my lying down
Shifting in and out
From the present ~ to the future
From the past ~ to the present
Recalling history and the benchmarks it entrusts
To those that will not eliminate or dilute Your Word
Wondering why ~ why is Your Truth so beaten down
Why are there no unreserved defenders in our day and time
No fixed and rooted guardians that stand and proclaim!
Where are the Jeremiah’s, Elijah’s and Paul’s of our day
To stand and speak, to convey Your righteousness
Regardless of consequences!
Where is the heavenly drive and backbone
To fight and stand for the principles of heaven
To uphold heaven’s celestial proclamation of eternal salvation
That we may STAND and watch the Glory of the Lord BURN?
I seek only the Keeper of the Flame
For only You can fill my empty lamp with Your precious Oil
The Oil that continually and passionately offers me the gift of Life
Every single day on Terra that is covered with darkness
So that I stay ready and waiting for the coming battle
Recklessly throwing myself into Your Divine, Holy realm
Only to find that my sufficiency is determined
By the pre-requisite of devotion from my heart
For the movement of my emotion is born of dedication
Bestowing promises that belies earth’s life as it is now
Knowing that most will never understand what or how
A human life can even achieve an ascension
Belonging to and experiencing the culture of dreams
And having the courage to admit
That dreams can exist within this dimension
With hidden portals of Truth
And the terrifying ability to believe that anything can happen
For I know I am not the only one to wonder
If our dreams have the capability to be real at times
For You have said, eternity lives in the hearts of men
For how else can we explain the imaginations of men today?
That portray epic battles fought with many lives lost
Revealing hearts that have been sacrificed
And presented to Satan by fallen shepherds
So…how can I proceed with words?…knowing that
The art of separation educates one into the Grace of Faith
The high calling of a soul into the gates of election?
My soul weeps with wonder that one can attain Your help and comfort
If only our hunger for You can overcome
The tantalizing favors of this world
I am emotionally removed beyond description
Knowing that the continual acute longing that I feel
Will, in the long run, be graciously rewarded
With the heavenly evolution
From grafted…
To ungrafted…
To be
Eternally Yours…
11.27.11
From my Dear God Journals
11.27.11
Stevie
Thank you Stevie for your very personal thoughts. They are too precious for just lightly reading over; but contain volumes concentrated, and yet in a fine mist dispelled almost without direction. I can take parts; but God knows the whole. He created us in His image and likeness, and in many parts and many ways, He distributes the aspects of Himself in each and every one of His children, as replications of Himself. We will one day soon, see His face, whom we have only ever been able here to futilely try to imagine; and we will look into the eyes of Him,alive and in glory brighter than the sun, who once hung dead on the cross for our sins.
But you know, to your question, Who? You! The prophet Isaiah saw the Lord Jesus Christ high and lifted up on His throne; and His glory filled the house; while the cherubim said to one another, Holy, Holy, Holy is the LORD of hosts, the whole earth is filled with His glory. Then when He had purged the prophet with the burning coal, He said, Who for us will go? We answer, Here am I Lord, send me! And He sends. How long, we ask; Until the cities are wasted without inhabitant, and there is a great forsaking in the land, and the Lord has removed men far away; and yet in it all shall be the tenth, the LORD’s tithe; His holy ones and watchers, which are the life thereof when all is dormant and asleep in winter.
Your poetry is a very special gift from Him. We are all His poems, each with a part of Himself.
Thanks for sharing. The Lord bless you.
“We answer, Here am I Lord, send me! And He sends. How long, we ask; Until the cities are wasted without inhabitant, and there is a great forsaking in the land, and the Lord has removed men far away; and yet in it all shall be the tenth, the LORD’s tithe; His holy ones and watchers, which are the life thereof when all is dormant and asleep in winter.”
A profound answer Michael ~ thank you! And so prophetic! I have another prayer/poem that addresses the Winter Soldiers…God keeping His soldiers for Himself even when there is nothing left of humanity.
Praise God…for He is Faithful and True 🙏
Please, yes! You know, Paul referred to Poets, when he was speaking to the men of Athens; and the prophet Elisha called for a minstrel when he was about to prophesy before a wicked king of Israel, whom he couldn’t stand to look at.
I think that God is much greater than even many Christians consider; in that He is not, and can never be, challenged by the arts He puts in men. How often have we heard for example in music (which we know is not Christian worship) that there are things that are true? God made man’s soul, with all its attributes, as well as all the things that the devil perverts and manipulates to turn men away from the Lord. Just to be clear, I believe that what Jesus said, is true about us all our lives, that “All they which are of the truth, will hear My voice.” That doesn’t make us cattle or machines, who have no choice; but to say that there is something He has put in us, to “hear His voice” in many ways, that eventually work to bring us to Himself in the Word. I think that has been my experience: many parts and many ways, all the voices in the world have some meaning: we have to hear God’s meaning in them.
Also, to answer, Where are they? Well, when they do come, they are not heard; and everyone thinks everything else is more important. What is even worse, is how that the days when God no longer sends to tell them any more; no one lays it to heart.
Amos 8:11-12 “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.”
There comes a time, when God no longer sends His messengers, because there is no more remedy, no healing anymore possible. The lack of hearing the true servants of God in these days, is a grave warning to this evil generation; that NOW is the end! Also, the multiplying of the ungodly is a sign that God is about to bring it all to an end.
Psalm 92:5-7 “O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this. When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: but thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.”
Michael I really appreciate your replies…your bringing forth another perspective…which is very good! You should be a preacher…😊! I do believe, that as these last days come around, that God will send help from the Sanctuary, help that will strengthen His beloved people that are waiting on Him!
Isaiah 59: 14-15
Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands afar off;
For Truth has fallen in the street,
And equity (honesty) cannot enter.
So Truth fails,
And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.
Then the Lord saw it, and it displeased Him
That there was no justice.
I know this is OT, but it truly fits our world today. God will not be silent forever and when He does speak it won’t be as the silent lamb before. I tremble to think that we may see Judgment from Heaven in our day and time…
Mornin’ all!
Oh Man! Isn’t that just it!
Well we will see won’t we, who’s really down for it.
Raise a hallelujah!!!!🎶
Beware of narcissists in sheep’s clothing. They are filthy liars and they… like liberals… destroy all that is good. They are an evil to be purged and they cannot co-exist with good. They destroy everything.
Joke from ACE OF SPADES HQ
IT SNOWED LAST NIGHT
We received about 2 inches of snow yesterday and
8:00 am: I made a snowman.
8:10-A feminist passed by and asked me why I didn’t make a snow woman.
8:15 – So, I made a snow woman.
8:17 – My feminist neighbor complained about the snow woman’s voluptuous chest saying it objectified women everywhere.
8:20 – The gay couple living nearby threw a hissy fit and moaned it could have been two snowmen instead.
8:22 – The transgender man.. women…person asked why I didn’t just make one snow person with detachable parts.
8:25 – The vegans at the end of the lane complained about the carrot nose, as veggies are food and are not used to decorate snow figures.
8:28 – I was being called a racist because the snow couple is white.
8:30 – I used food coloring to make one of the snow couple a different color and be more racially inclusive.
8:37 – Then accused of using a black face on the snowperson.
8:39 – The middle eastern gent across the road demanded the snow woman be completely covered.
8:40 – The police arrived saying someone had been offended.
8:42 – The feminist neighbor complained again that the broomstick of the snow woman needed to be removed because it depicted women in a domestic role.
8:43 – The ‘council on equality’ officer arrived and threatened
me with eviction.
8:45 – The TV news crew from ABC showed up. I was asked if I know the difference between snowmen and snowwomen. I replied “Snowballs” and am now a sexist.
9:00 – I was on the news as a suspected terrorist, racist, homophobe, and sensibility offender, bent on stirring up trouble during difficult weather.
9:10 – I was asked if I have any accomplices. My children were taken by social services.
9:29 – Far left protesters offended by everything marched down the street demanding that I be arrested.
9:45 – The boss called and fired me because of the negative association with work that had been all over social media.
10:00 – I cry into my drink because all I wanted to do was build a snowman…
Moral: There ain’t no moral to this story. It is what this world has become because of a bunch of snowflakes. (H/T Hrothgar)
Well we have an inch on the ground here at my central Indiana home and it is still coming down.
Yesterday the funeral went very well. I saw a lot of people I haven’t seen in years. The Masonic ceremony was impressive. The stories people told at the dinner were great. Mom & Dad had a caretaker with them 24 hours for 7 years. All of the care takers that had been with them for 5 or more years spoke and said wonderful things. They are now a part of our family. They all Loved Dad & Mom.
I brought home from the funeral a large potted Peace Lilly plant that is just beautiful. Sherry is going to try and keep it alive. I also brought home a beautiful set of chimes with 1″ diameter tubes.
The only relatives we have left from my parents generation are four aunts by marriage. Only two were in a position and a state of health well enough to attend. Both are frail but still have it going on upstairs.
It was a very long day, but at the same time a very short day.
And so now life goes on. I intend to keep trucking until about the end of this year but I can hang it up anytime I desire.
Glad it went well…there’s a certain joy in celebrating a life well-lived, that passing is exactly that, a passing.
Similar to what is now happening in America….
The Secret History – Underground Dungeons, Murder, Demonic Visions and the Death of the Roman Empire
“hippie” counterculture in full swing
This is when it imploded. Altamont December 1969
On Brandon’s claim about the need for F-15s and nukes for success in battle, talk to the Taliban. BTW, I hear they now have a very large number of the fully automatic military versions of the AR-15 which were given to them for free by some idiot. Also, talk to the Vietnamese about the need for F-4s, F-105s, B-52s, nukes, etc. But, seriously, we need to excuse Brandon by taking into account the total absence of critical thinking skills within his political constituency.
Whether or not Fraudway Joe (Obama’s favorite vegetabe) is prosecuted for the classified documents found in his garage, he is still in a world of..
I love Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s old shows, “Life is worth Living”…they are old but his topics still apply today.
I caught a blurb earlier today where he spoke to communism does not allow people to ‘think for themselves”, immediately, my thoughts ran to the mandated jabs.
He was very outspoken in his beliefs about communism.
Here is more:
https://www.azquotes.com/author/13447-Fulton_J_Sheen/tag/communism
Happy Sunday!
This is a link to Bing celebrating beautiful photos from Britain.
A field of bluebells in Dorset, England – Search (bing.com)
Enjoy.
Has anyone else noticed that their VPN often is blocked except when run through certain US cities?
Meaning access to many websites is blocked.
Yes, currently using Proton free….. thinking of renewing the old PIA vpn with an upgrade to a private IP as they have the same issues, just not as bad.
Thinking that a IP that I purchase thru them dedicated to me might avoid the problem, extra I believe 2.50/mo.
Waiting to Alex Baldwin the trigger tho for monetary reasons, since you have to buy 2-3 years in advance.
Mine expired in December, looking for new service.
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 Sunday, January 22, 2023
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“…Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things…”
Matthew 25:23 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Alec Baldwin will not be charged with shooting Rust director Joel Souza (msn.com)
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Jesuit Father James Martin Says Gay Marriage Is Marriage
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2023/01/21/jesuit-father-james-martin-says-gay-marriage-is-marriage/
Kick this clown to the curb.
✝️ Lord, thank You for the day. Amen.