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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Awwwww.
Sent this preciousness to my Wasband, recovering from knee replacement on Monday.
Cats were big in our marriage, keeping the relationship in divorce, cat centered.
Looks like a cat his mom had…………I’m the last to know something like that about Wasband. A very big deal, she’s been dead, breast cancer, since 1997.
We minister to each other via texts, sometimes CD’s sent, or books.
Don’t regret marrying him, 3 decades, I do regret the alcohol taking him away from me. Not a bad person, a bad problem, I was collateral damage. He’s now sober.
A request friends. Pray for my Wasband to believe in Jesus, and every Word of the Bible as Truth.
Wasband got caught up in the Bill Moyers interviews with Joseph Campbell, which I enjoyed too, but led him to believing the Bible is full of myth stories.
https://billmoyers.com/content/ep-1-joseph-campbell-and-the-power-of-myth-the-hero%E2%80%99s-adventure-audio/
I came away believing in the Bible, MORE.
Why say all this? Leon has an amazing ministry here. Godspeed this ministry, Leon. Thank you.
I’m sorry for everything you had to go through. I will pray for him, and you Sister. Keep your chin up.
Praying for your Wasband’s (learned a new word 😁) recovery from surgery, and especially for him to receive Jesus as his Lord and Savior.
Prayers indeed, Poyeema. 🙂
Adorable!
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Love the beams of sunlight. 😍
Beautiful red moon setting to the west as I write this.
Only as our Lord can do!
Even in a frigid winter, the pastoral beauty is a gift to us all!
Thank you Jay and Feisty!
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🙂 really nice!
Very nice… an amazing image
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Good morning, Mr jay.😊
And the glory of the Lord shines all around us, and will be revealed. Thanks be to God!!🙏🏻
Maidin Mhaith Betsy, Praise the name of Jesus
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Amen and amen, Mr jay🙏🏻
Good morning Bet! We are in an ice world. Everything’s covered in a sheet of ice at least 1/8 of an inch thick. I’ll have to defrost the ranch truck and go check on my mom and bring her in some firewood so that she doesn’t decide to do it herself. I’ve told her a few dozen times not to venture outside in the ice but she is one very stubborn lady. Later will have to drive my bride across the valley to my SIL’s house since the lady that helps with her during the day won’t be there today. Then I’ll split another wagon of firewood.
stay warm dear sister. ❤️😍
Morning, G…yes, it is brutal here as well. You be careful please, though I understand why you have to go. The possibility of your mother falling? Well, I can’t even….🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
My husband went out this morning for milk and Blue Bell Dutch Chocolate ice cream, which we had as a substitute for their Butter Pecan, which Walmart was out of the other day. We hadn’t had any in years so I thought, well, why not…
He had to chip the wipers away and let the window defrost, but as he is no naif when it comes to driving in weather like this per his decades driving in the European and British stuff so off he went…and returned safe and sound.
He stopped to say good morning to two police cars parked in the WM car park and said to them, “You be careful out there. We Europeans know how to drive in weather like this.”
They smiled and laughed, but I am surprised they didn’t arrest him on the spot for “hateful” language😂
Anyway, I texted my daughter to see if she needed anything. I said to her “It’s deadly out there. If we we hadn’t desperately needed Blue Bell Dutch Chocolate ice cream, I wouldn’t have made him go😉. Some things are just worth risking life and limb for😂”.
She texted back, “Desperate times…”
Of COURSE, that was tongue and cheek, and she and I have the same sense of humour. But this sort of weather for him is not off putting.
Our neighbour, bless his heart, just texted to say he’d go for us if we needed…we are truly blessed with them. 💕
Mind how you go, my brother. “Chatty Cathy”, over and out!🙏🏻
Nothing like making a Blue Bell Dutch Chocolate ice cream run. Bet you (and your husband) are the best. I got a good chuckle out of that. Cheers
😁…as needs must, my dear friend. And that was a surprising need, we discovered.
Life’s small pleasures really are the very best😎
(Dang, couldn’t even get one sentence out without having to make a correction .)
Yum, Dutch Chocolate sprinkled with salted almonds and espresso coffee crystals. 😁
Oh now that sounds delicious!!!!!!🤗
Oh yes it is. Blue Bell used to have an mocha almond fudge that I could eat my weight in and not get enough. They don’t have it anymore, boo-hoo!
Isn’t that just the way?? Find something you really enjoy, then POOF! Gone. So terribly annoying.
Mmm, I always have to add Homemade Vanilla to the Dutch Chocolate. But I agree with you, it’s worth the risk. 😁
Got my chores done. Mom has plenty of firewood now inside her house. Thank God her cats started waking her up at three am so she was catching up on sleep. She says she would have not gone to get firewood but I know better. It was fun going down our road – solid ice but no problem with the 4X4. The main road was ok.
while I was waiting for the truck to thaw I split some more logs. Now I’ll have to carry them in a few batches to the house since there ain’t no way I can pull the wagon uphill on that ice. 🥶
Oh good for her. Cats don’t wear watches, you know😉.
I reiterate, you be careful. It’s always a small patch that gets you. As it did me on that Christmas Eve 8 years ago on a tiny ramp just outside Krogers.
One teeny, weeny patch and down I went. Badly broken wrist since so well repaired surgically I have to remind myself that I ever broke it.
They did sell half vanilla/half chocolate but we are now hard core chocolate. So after WM didn’t have any, he went elsewhere and triumphantly returned…a hunter home from a successful mission.
I think I’ll keep him for a while longer.😁
Getting warm twice. Once when you cut,split and carry it in and again when you warm the house with it.
Just fired up the woodstove here, predict frosty tonight in Dixie.
If you can locate it in your area…..(Kroger distributes it) try Homestead Creamery brand Chocolate Pecan ice cream. Their Peach, Cherry Vanilla, Black Raspberry, Chocolate, Vanilla or double dark Chocolate are in a higher level than any other ice cream you’ll ever try.
(disclaimer: not associated with the business but I do know the family.)
Good to know. Thank you.
Chocolate AND pecans! How bad could it be?? We’re in! For all of them👍🏻😁
Another great one. It becomes almost abstract art then, if you mentally remove the rays, it becomes a beautiful landscape. Very impressive.
Good evening Mary
Happy to see you.
Thanks, JWoo. Have been overindulging in food porn Asian dramas. Mostly things I’d never let near my mouth, but absolutely glorious to look at.
Sushi??? And drama? Too much saki? Lol
Glad you’re back. I enjoy your stories.
40 episodes of Cupid’s Kitchen. It’s almost an art film of street food and there’s an actual music video in the middle of episode 8 as the heroine tastes the hero’s food for the first time.
A master chef is losing his sense of taste and brings in a lazy, young girl as his apprentice because of her perfect sense of taste. Trains her to rate flavors numerically so that he can cook by number based on her giving values to each ingredient. Little food lectures interspersed with a complicated plot.
But they do kill a great many fish in the drama. And cut them up into icky little pieces.
Morning jay!
Howdy Gramps nothing like cutting N splitting wood for a good workout 😅😅
When you hit it right it’s not hard at all. I didn’t even break a sweat. Maybe it was the 27 degrees. 😂
We had a splitter at the end of our wood burning days, what a difference 😁
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Howdy Garrison 🙂
Jay 🙂
Thanks for posting that wonderful piece on this icy and chilled morning. Hunker down, listen well and stay safe
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Good morning , Garrison. What can I say but ahhhhhhhhhh!! Lovely😌
Mornin’ bet. Slept in this morning. Stay warm, love. 🙂
Wanted to thank you for the Schoep video. Schoep looks like he was my beloved Corgi/Collie/Shepard mix first cousin. The story and reminder brought out some great memories. Ty & slainte
…and a hole in your heart, too, I’m betting…the same as when we remember our Penny. *sigh*
You as well, dear Garrison. You are always in my thoughts.
Good morning Garrison!
Mornin’ Gramps!
A Violent Overthrow
Mark 4:22 “...there is nothing hid…neither kept secret, but…it should come abroad.” GOD reveals on His schedule.
Matthew 13:34 “...these things spake Jesus...” He wants the Fig Tree Generation to understand.
Matthew 13:35 “...secret from the foundation of the world.” He completely explained all of this.
‘foundation’ = Strong’s #2602 N.T. katabole (kat-ab-ol-ay’); founding / foundation; figuratively, conception. From kataballo #2598 N.T. = to throw down (overthrow). Origin ballo = violent or intense. KJV – to throw (down).
‘overthrow‘ = Strongs #2647 N.T. kataluo (kat-al-oo’-o); from 2596 and 3089; disintergrate, (by implication) to demolish KJV – destroy, dissolve…overthrow, throw down.
Acts 5:39 “…if it be against God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest…ye…fight against God.” Nothing against GOD succeeds!
At a point in time that GOD calls ‘the beginning’, our Heavenly Father created all the souls of His children. Things were great! All of us, every soul GOD created since the beginning were there with Him. We were all in spiritual bodies that do not age or decay. For all intents and purposes we looked exactly as we do now, or more precicely [allowing for the aging
of flesh] the way we all look[ed] when we are/were roughly 33 years old, about what Jesus was at His crucifixion.
Satan was there too.
Ezekiel 28:12 “…thou…full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.” Satan has supernatural intelligence.
Ezekiel 28:13 “Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God…thou wast created.” He was never born in the flesh.
Ezekiel 28:17 “Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty…” Satan is physically beautiful to look upon.
Satan, was and is still one of the most intelligent and beautiful souls ever created, perhaps 2nd only to Jesus! Full of self pride, and the belief he can do everything better than GOD, Satan contrived a scheme so evil yet so convincing, that 1/3 of GOD‘s souls agreed to rebel with him. They agreed! The plan was to overthrow GOD and install Satan as the leader of all. At a time of His choosing, GOD put a stop to it.
Revelation 12:4 “...drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth...” ‘Stars’ = GOD‘s children.
Isaiah 14:13 “...I will exalt my throne above the stars of God…the mount of the congregation...” Satan wants to be GOD.
Daniel 8:9 “...came forth a little horn…” ‘Horn’ = power. Satan had ‘power’ for a while with the 1/3 that followed him.
Daniel 8:10 “...waxed great…to the host…of the stars…” The 1/3 thought Satan was going to succeed and were ‘all in’.
Daniel 8:11 “…magnified himself even to the Prince of the host…” Satan actually believes he is better than JESUS!
GOD condemned Satan to obliteration so complete that once carried out, no one will remember he existed. GOD didn’t want to immediately destroy all the children that had agreed to the rebellion since He loves them as any parent loves their children, regardless of their poor choices in life. But GOD also doesn’t want to keep children with Him forever, if given opportunity, they might commit evil again. That would be unfair to any that have agreed to honor GOD‘s laws and live according to His Plan for Paradise. There can never be true Peace, until we have both peace of mind, and peace on earth.
Prior to carrying out judgment, GOD devised a test to determine whether His children would side with Good or evil. Even souls that did not support Satan’s rebellion would be included, it’s only fair. GOD is always fair! Any that side with Satan, sign their own warrant for destruction. Any that side with GOD will live with Him in an eternal paradise.
GOD allowed Satan to enact a new plan, again attempting to overthrow Good using evil. GOD destroyed everything from the 1st Earth Age. Even our memories of the prior age were removed to ensure everyone would be starting with a ‘clean slate’. No recollection of the prior Age forces a ‘choice’ for all.
Revelation 24:29 “...and the stars shall fall from heaven…” Run for your lives, the stars are falling [not really]. A literalist might expect us to believe GOD is going to collapse the Universe and destroy the earth.
Hosea 12:10 “I have…used similitudes…” GOD knows not all of His children have the same capacity for understanding. That is no slight towards any individual since GOD made us the way He wanted us to be. He gave some children incredible compassion, others a gift of healing, still others a mind of understanding and teaching. And to all, GOD gave the ability to think for ourselves, if we exercise that gift. We must ignore man’s traditions. When GOD gives a Divine interpretation for something that doesn’t make sense when taken literally, we shouldn’t doubt His explanations. We can’t misinterpret His intent when we use our GOD given logic, reasoning, and common sense. He expects that of us!
Revelation 1:18 “I am He That liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore…” No doubt Who is speaking!
Revelation 1:20 “The mystery…The seven stars are the angels…” Example of stars as living entities, not cosmic bodies.
1st Corin. 10:11 “…all…things happened…they are written for…whom the ends of the world are come.” The ends of the 2nd Earth Age. Any who do not understand what happened before, cannot possibly understand what is foretold. GOD teaches us with mental pictures that are easy to understand.
Matthew 15:6 “...ye have made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.” Church traditions void Truth.
John 8:32 “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” GOD‘s Truth enlightens, traditions mislead.
Jeremiah 3:15 “...I will give…pastors according to Mine heart…with knowledge and understanding.” GOD‘s not man’s.
Isaiah 55:9 “...so are My ways higher than your ways…My thoughts than your thoughts.” GOD is Perfection, man isn’t!
2nd Timothy 3:15 “...from a child thou hast known…” We know fallacious teaching makes no sense, and GOD purposely exposed it to many to ensure we had a basis to reasonably question man’s [Satan’s] traditions. We will be hated for waiting for the True Jesus instead of worshipping the false Jesus that the whole world will believe is in Jerusalem. Islamists, liberals, globalists, etc. may already hate us, but many that call themselves Christian will despise us as well, through false teachings! We don’t hate them back, instead we have both compassion and frustration for their lack of understanding. They will worship Satan in his role as the antichrist, believing he is Jesus! GOD‘s Word comes to pass exactly as it’s written!
Matthew 24:9 “...and ye shall be hated of all nations for My name’s sake.” Three times,
Mark 13:13 “...And ye shall be hated of all men for My name’s sake…” for emphasis,
Luke 21:17 “And ye shall be hated of all men for My name’s sake.” by GOD!
To most, this may as well be written in an invisible font. If we understand the depth of Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 24, Mark 13, & Luke 21, we can also understand the test that’s coming. Look for ‘Delivered Up‘, a future Bible Study Help for an in-depth understanding regarding Jesus’ teaching on “…hated of all…for My name’s sake...”
Satan has power over everything in the physical world, and believes he will succeed! GOD has power over everything spiritual and He will succeed. GOD is the final arbiter of His Plan’s culmination, and will judge everyone according to our choice. Free will allows a choice, either live in the eternity or be obliterated from all memory, by our own decision!
After the attempted overthrow, GOD destroyed everything living and wiped the earth clean. He destroyed everything created by those in their spiritual body on the earth [cities, homes, etc.]. The end of the 1st Age was complete, even for the angels that sided with Satan. Wait, aren’t angels all sweet, innocent, and sportin’ wings?
2nd Peter 2:4 “...God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them to hell…reserved unto judgment.” These 7,000 worked with Satan to deceive many in our spirit bodies. They’re not ‘named’ as Satan is, but are awaiting judgment!
Isaiah 48:16 “...I have not spoken in secret from the beginning…” GOD didn’t hide His Words! To understand, we must study for ourselves! There are very few teaching GOD‘s Truth in the Fig Tree Generation! It is written!
Any alive today, and all that have passed [ancestors back to the 2nd creation], have been born in the flesh with no memory of the 1st Earth Age. Any not yet born, will still experience the same process, born as a baby through the womb, aka the ‘bag of water’. Symbolized spiritually by Baptism, anyone may choose to side with GOD and accept His True SON as their Lord and Saviour. Jesus is GOD Who also was born of water in the flesh, was baptised, and still lives in Spirit.
It is GOD‘s wish that all should side with Good and be saved to live throughout eternity with Him. But He has made clear all won’t side with Him. His emotions and His pain at the betrayal of many are displayed throughout His written Word, but He clearly explained He will not change his mind [repent] on the complete destruction of evil. GOD has assured all who side with Him, that the 3rd Earth Age will again be as beautiful and more so, than the 1st Earth Age. There won’t be tears or bad memories, as every evil remnant will be completely removed from memory during the 3rd Earth Age [Eternity]. We can’t reminisce or long for that which never existed. Evil completely obliterated!
At the end of the 2nd Earth Age, there begins a very short period of time [relative to eternity] of 1,000 years, known as The Lord’s Day, aka The Millennium. Satan will be locked in a pit that prevents his influence in The Millennium. It will be a time of complete understanding through proper teaching and discipline. Without the influence of evil, GOD will provide everyone an opportunity to earn the right to live through eternity with our Heavenly Father. Most having been misled by false teachings through traditions, haven’t had a choice even yet. It will be the choice of every individual; side with GOD, or go to eternal destruction with Satan and his angels. Satan will be loosed at the very end to test them once more.
Revelation 20:7 “...when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed…” Loosed from the pit & at it again.
Revelation 20:8 “And shall go out to deceive…the four corners of the earth…” This is the final test! No do-overs.
Revelation 20:13 “...they were judged every man according to their works.” Not by their faith! By their decision!
Hebrews 12:26 “...He hath promised…yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.” GOD originally did this at Satan’s rebellion, and He states He is going to do it again! GOD will set things right, for all that make it to the 3rd Earth Age. Satan, the problem children here on Earth, and the problem angels currently held in the pit in Heaven will be gone!
Hebrews 12:27 “…Yet once more, signifieth the removing…things that are shaken…that…things which cannot be shaken may remain.” Who will make it? We who refuse to be ‘shaken’ from our love of GOD, will remain after the Judgment.
Most who understand have a compulsive desire to help those who cannot see. That’s natural. How can we reconcile our desire for Christian fellowship with our need for Truth as explained by GOD? We never want to disappoint Him.
Matthew 18:20 “For where two…are gathered together in My name, there am I…” Our works for GOD must outweigh our faith in a brick and mortar church. We study with understanding to help as many as possible, so we won’t disappoint Him!
Side study: The German geologist, A.L.Wegener appears to have gotten his 1912 depiction of the 1st Earth Age pretty close to accurate with his Pangaean map. Proof of African animals in North America can be seen at the Ashfall Fossill Beds in Nebraska. After Satan’s violent ovethrow, GOD shifted the plates of the earth to divide the land masses. It will be interesting when we get to relearn/remember the details from GOD, after we’re back in our spiritual bodies. Links below.
1st Corinthians 15:44 “…There is a natural body…and a spiritual body.” Natural = flesh. Spiritual = after the flesh dies.
2nd Corinthians 5:8 “...absent from the body…present with the Lord.” We leave flesh & go back to spiritual with GOD.
Matthew 11:15 “He that has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Links to observe a record of these events from man’s limited perspective, not GOD‘s eternal perspective.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/167759154844625710/ Map of Pangea
https://ashfall.unl.edu/ State Park website
https://ashfall.unl.edu/file_download/06ca42f4-5740-459b-8ccd-e9bb639d80d0 Downloadable Map of skeletons.
Next: Bible Study Help #10. ‘Fig Tree Generation‘; publish date, 2.15.2023.
Luke 10:25-28 “And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted Him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how [do] you read [it]? And he answering said, You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all you strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself. And He said unto him, You have answered right: this do, and you shall live.”
All seems simple enough; This do, and you shall live. Keep the commandments of God, and He has said, that you shall live; don’t keep the commandments, and you shall die. Is that for Him, or for us, that He has told us what to do? Isn’t it because we are His children, that He teaches us how to be, for when we are grown up? Isn’t it His nature, His character, His ways, that He shows us? Like a father his children, the LORD guides us and teaches us, and makes the boundaries of what is good and acceptable as His children. Is there anything that He commands us, that is impossible for us to do, if it is something of His own nature; and we are made in His likeness?
So why do so many want so badly to complicate it? Misunderstanding, or deliberately not wanting to know, (in hopes that they won’t have to obey); many have tried twisting every Scripture on this subject completely out of its intended meaning; leaving the uninstructed and unestablished and weak in total confusion, and with a whole wrong view of God and His commandments.
The most common tool for this manipulation, is the misuse of what the apostles taught about the law and grace. Even while Jesus said, that He did not come to abolish the law; still there are tens of thousands teaching, that that is exactly what happened. Somehow they have turned the grace of God into a free pass for lechery and idolatry; because, as they say, Once someone has accepted Jesus, all sins, past present and future are automatically blotted out and forgiven: making Christ the minister of sin.
What is it then that the Apostle Paul was talking about, how that we are not under Law but under Grace? When the Lord Himself said, that He came not to abolish the law and the Prophets, but to completely make full; and that the Law is fulfilled in us who walk after the Spirit; then it is absolutely STILL the Word which God commanded in the Old Covenant, that it is in the doing of the commandments and all the Law, that we shall live and be blessed. If we say we walk in the light, while we are really walking in darkness, then that makes us liars. If we come to Jesus for deliverance from sin’s punishment; isn’t it because we acknowledge that sin is evil, and we have to stop sinning in order for Him to forgive us?
Many have taken instead for their brand of Christianity, that everything is just a free gift, that all we have to do is accept it! Really? So we are the ones in the place of Superiority, that God has to be accepted of sinful stupid arrogant stinking man? Is that right? We could go on at length to describe and castigate this Satanic stupidity and arrogance, but it might be more productive to explain the sense and meaning of the Word itself.
What did the man ask the Lord? What do I have to do to inherit eternal life? Jesus didn’t correct him, (as many modern church-people would do today); and tell him, Oh, you can’t do anything, just accept me, and I’ll do it all. Then ask Me to be the Lord of your life, so I can make you prosperous and look really good! NO! The Lord never talked like that. But what the Lord told him, was what God has said, and how God has spoken to all men since the beginning of time: “If you do well, shall you not also be blessed? But if you do not well, sin lies at the door. And you SHOULD rule over it, and its desire (lust) over you.”
The error of spirit of the disobedient Jews, is in their ignorance of God’s righteousness; so that they truly believe it is left to them to establish their own righteousness. And having rejected God’s Anointed, and having chosen instead their own teachers and doctrines over the Commandment of God; they have led the whole house of Israel in revolt against the LORD, and against His Anointed. How does one ask, And who is my neighbor? if he really had even the beginning of knowledge and understanding in him? How does the priest and the Levite pass by on the other side of the road, and just let the poor wounded man lie there beaten nearly to death and robbed, and do nothing, but try to quickly avoid the trouble? If someone really had the Spirit of God, as laid out in the teaching and statutes of the Law, then he would immediately feel pity and horror for what had happened to his neighbor!
So, if we have to ask, What must I do to inherit eternal life? while having the Bible and reading it every day; then there’s something radically gone wrong with our whole idea, of what we think we are, and what God meant when He gave us His Word. The answer is simple! What do you read, how do you read, the Scriptures? Okay, then do it, and you will live! Period! Not hard to understand: sometimes difficult to do! But easy enough for a child to know what is right, and that he should do it!
“So we are the ones in the place of Superiority, that God has to be accepted of sinful stupid arrogant stinking man? “, what a sentence. Made me laugh. You go Michael. In fact, let your self go MORE !
Saying prayers in bed last night, had to back up, and admit something quite similar to God…my sinful stupid arrogant stinking…self, forgive me, and then continue praying.
Widowed not too long ago, went to Strong’s Concordance. How to live my life now? Had advice for younger and older widows. Several Bible passages inform what a widow my age should do. Provide hospitality, best not to remarry.
Hilarious. Have always been an introvert. God keeps getting us, where we need to be gotten.
Offered my home to my pastor/wife, their commute over an hour, if weather or any issue, to spend the nite, as if it is their personal AirB&B. Have come in contact with women experiencing domestic abuse, and invite them to dinner and spend the night. Huge change over previous introverted life.
BTW, learned there is a large contingent of older married women experiencing domestic abuse.
Would have never thought to do any of this without the Bible.
Hello Poyeema, good afternoon. Yeah, it made me laugh too writing it; but its so true, right? We have to keep it real! I believe that the better we understand, the easier it is to think clearly; and having good understanding makes a our faith stronger: everything that brings out the sense and the meaning as God intended when He said it; to communicate those points; this is what we should try to do.
I have to apologize, I didn’t know your former husband had passed, I am sorry for your loss. Whatever the struggles you two had, and how the devil tormented you both; it is still a loss; and I offer my condolences.
A far as marriage again, the Lord will lead you in peace; and I think Paul’s advice is very wise and worth paying attention to. Its best to keep ourselves undistracted, so we can attend to the Lord. But if one finds a Christian mate, then there shouldn’t be judgment and censoring on the part of others. We are all the Lord’s servants.
Bless you Poyeema.
You are an inspiration.
In wintertime, when the roads are icy, there are also home health providers in my area who commute from rural areas farther out. It is safer for them to sleep closer to work, and return to long shifts the next day with a five minute drive instead of close to an hour. I knew a couple of LPNs who had set up sleep arrangements closer to work for bad weather times.
An excellent softball coach, daddy and medical doctor, along with his wife, sheltered a local young woman with terminal cancer and her baby, and arranged for the baby to be safely adopted after the mom passed on.
Hospitality is huge, huge. You make a big difference
If you are going to save yourself by what you do, keep the commandments. Clear enough. Is there a 2000 year old lawyer living in Jerusalem? No. Why? Because he did not keep the commandments. There is a simple test as to whether or not we are keeping the commandments. If we do, we will not die. If you are aging–loss of strength, vision, hearing, mental acuity, etc.,you are dying. Why? Because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified in his sight. The wages of sin is death. The gift of God is eternal life. Isaiah was just as blunt when he said that we are all unclean, and all our righteous deeds are filthy rags–literally menstruous cloth. Our righteous deeds are the best we do, not the worst. Quite the indictment. We have to prove to God that we are so holy that he cannot find fault with us. I’ll plead the blood of Christ, since the Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all.
I think you missed the point. The reason we are saved from our sins, is so we can be reconciled to God, and from now on, do what He commands us with a pure heart. There are too many Scriptures which show this to be so. “Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbid! How shall we who are dead to sin live any longer therein?” We come to Jesus to begin with, because we are guilty sinners and are going to hell, unless we quit sinning and get right with God! So what do we quit sinning for? For keeping God’s commandments. Jesus said, in no uncertain terms, at the close of the Sermon on the mount, that only those who did all that He says, shall enter the kingdom of God; and whoever doesn’t do what all He says, will fall, and the ruin of the man will be great.
Romans 3:23, 1 Peter 1:18-19 and a lot more. I can only speak of myself but this old sinner cannot keep all the commandments, especially in the light of the Sermon on the Mount. I praise the Lord that He died on the cross for me and shed His Precious Blood to cover all my sin. Go back to the Garden of Gethsemane, there’s no other way to be saved. If you can save yourself by works then Our Lord died in vain. Shalom.
Words of Divine Wisdom, GrandpaM. Amen
Afternoon JWoo! 🙂
You speak for me, too, G.
No other fount I know, nothing but the blood of Jesus, can wash away my sins.
Salvation comes from Him alone, and by faith alone, because of His death and resurrection.
Nothing I can do but call on Him for mercy and forgiveness.
Yes, yes, and a most grateful YES again, Della.
(I hope you are feeling much much better🙏🏻💕)
Thank you, we’re plowing through it. I’m on backside, now watching dear hubs suffer. But we’re fine. It could be worse. Thanks be to God.
I’m so glad to hear your are on the way back, and sorry to hear your poor husband still has a ways to go. It’s not nice at all being ill. And you are right. How much more do we appreciate good health when we don’t have it. It is everything, as my surgeon father said..
Thanks much, B. Your father knew it best, didn’t he? You can buy medical care but not health. That comes only from God.
And, not being boastful here one bit, but we’re tough. Been through a lot over the years, take care of our bodies (best we can) and still pushing hard.
Also, thinking of your son. Praying he is feeling stronger each day.🙏🏻
He had a scary moment when he moved wrong and it brought on excruciating pain, but that has passed now thankfully. Thank you for asking, my friend. First post on check tomorrow.
If there is anything useful which came out of this past three years for us, and it is that in became educated on the appropriate use supplements. We’ve worked out a regimen which seems to have helped us stay healthy and out of doctors’ offices, which really is a blessing.
That’s all we can do. My father would be crushed to see today the state of the “practice of medicine”. I can just see his face now. Like thunder…
I’ll continue to pray for him in days ahead…
Yes, we can do our part, and the rest is in God’s hands.
And He has His purposes for everything, even our sickness.
A brief story: Eight years ago, I got flu which turned into pneumonia and hospital stay. I was very ill and antibiotics were not working. Scary time.
One night, an old man in room beside mine began hollering “help me.” All night long this went on and quite irritating.
The nurse said they couldn’t keep him quiet. Several nights this continued until finally the Lord got my attention to pray for him. The Holy Spirit brought a Scripture to mind:
“And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
Esther 4:14
(Except I heard the word “hospital” instead of “kingdom.”)
The remaining time there, I would pray for the agitated man (tho I certainly did not feel like it and needed prayer myself!), he would calm down.
I don’t believe I got pneumonia to pray for this man, but I do know that it was no coincidence his room was next to mine.🤔
🙂
And Della, now you’ve got me singing Nothing but the blood of Jesus…:)
Awww – sing it with gusto, Grandpa! Can you think of a better tune right now?
I was raised on all the old hymns, and they never fail me. Every morning, I’ll get one going.
I still have a few old hymnals (no, I didn’t steal them 😅) and they’re wonderful to just include in devotional reading time. The lyrics are full of wonder and truth.
Enjoy, G.
Amen, G. This sinner joins you in knowing, trying, and failing. Thank His Blessed Name that His mercies are fresh every morning as we ask for forgiveness and try again.🙏🏻
Good morning, dear Betsy, thinking about all of you Texans! Hope you’re not too frozen – but I did see your post about ice cream, so you must be keeping warm.😂😂
😁 Doing our utmost for sure! Looks as if it will be passed by Friday. A bowl of tomato soup and a grilled tuna sandwich for me tonight, and just a bowl of soup for Brit hubby with fresh French bread for dunking, one of his favourites. More Poirot as well. We are going through all the series again. Just like being home once more. And of course(!!) ice cream! What could be better?😘
So far, we’ve not had any ice this year in Ga. Every few years, either that or snow comes and it shuts the place down. Sounds like your storm is a long one! Try to remember your last summer heat wave and this may be more enjoyable.🥶
Love those easy suppers – soup and sandwich! Or do you call it dinner?
Hahaha!!! Funny you should say that…
While I was brushing my teeth this morning, which were chattering, I posed myself the question, which would I prefer.
I never decided😂
Dinner, supper, I alternate. I know there’s a difference, especially in Blighty. But a it’s one of those social distinctions which I never mastered.
One I always loved was one used by well heeled people in Britain.
I had a dear friend, a single man with impeccable manners, who worked in an upmarket London hotel, but lived eventually in Llangollen. We became good friends, and when we moved, he said, “I would like to give you dinner.”
This was arranged face to face. But the next day he dropped by the shop I was working in to deliver handwritten invitation.
The envelope was addressed properly to me and my husband, and in the upper right hand corner was written “by hand”.
The appetizer which he prepared was, he said, was Mrs Thatcher’s favourite.
I never asked how he knew, and I wouldn’t have, but such a question would have been indecorous. But I always suspected😉
I miss him.
What a wonderful story!
(You had impeccable manners, too – called by another name: discernment and good judgment. And the Mister knew that!)
Praying that you will meet him again up yonder…🙏🏻
Amen Bet!
Amen.
This is what I am reminded of in this discussion.
“8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast”
Eph 2:8-9
God bless.
✝️ 🙏🏻 🙂
I understand how these things have been fed to the Lord’s people for a long time; but the Testimony of the Scriptures says all otherwise. We are made New Creations with the New Birth from above. The old man is crucified with Christ, that the New Man in His image and likeness, and presided over by His indwelling Spirit, is a fact done, a miracle of God’s doing, a sign and a wonder for instructing the world unto Christ; bearing witness, by the fact, that Jesus has risen and is glorified at the right hand of God.
I just want to encourage you to ask the Lord to give you understanding of these things, and not to look to men to guide you, but God and His Spirit. The Lord bless you Grandpa.
I want to thank everyone who responded so magnanimously to my post yesterday. You are all so wonderful, and I appreciate one and all. Along with my daily Bible Study, I thought these might be interesting. A little diversity, so to speak.
Tender And Very Juicy Steaks Cooked Between Two Hot Logs! Mountain Life
Chris Laveen
12 hours ago
This man eats much better living out in the ” wilderness” than most people do in the cities. Super !!!!!
Tribal People Discovering Cheesecake Will Make You Grin for Hours
Tribal/Villagers try different International Food for the first time. They give pure reaction to the food/things they have never tried.
All the Participant are from Punjab, a province in Pakistan.
North Korean Soldier meet U.S. Soldier For The First Time
Hello from Dimple,
We have a very special video today that we prepared for a long time. Finally we were able to invite an American Soldier to come in to meet Haneul, a North Korean Soldier. It was more than just a production, but a touching bridging of the gap that we thought could never happen. We truly hope you enjoy.
And, Just For Contrast . . .
These Homeless Camps In California Are Beyond Belief – Nick Johnson
I’ve seen a lot of homeless camps in my day. I travel a lot, and if you’ve been following along, a lot of my focus has been on this mess, right here in the good ole’ USA. California has by FAR the biggest homeless crisis. It’s just out of control here, and keeps getting worse.
French Pups
Triggger me ya did! And its not even Cursday!
Such a sweet little litter!
Hebrews 13:9 “Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; . . .”
There are many voices in the world, and none of them is without meaning. There are voices which come from other spirits than God’s; and always seek to overthrow the weakened and unestablished. There is a pattern that these ‘other spirits’ always follow. First they look for one who has been compromised by sin; who has caved in to some secret temptation, and has broken a hedge of protection. Two things typically can happen to these: because the sinning has come back, the freedom of conscience has been wounded, and peace comes not at all anymore. Prayers are hindered, Bible Study doesn’t open the Word, fellowship is a forced stage-playing to conceal what’s really going on in private. Even when trying to mimic great saints and servants of God from old time, is obvious to everyone, to be a disgraceful sales pitch, with no Holy Spirit anywhere around all the religious performance. At the same time, while trying so hard to get some sign from God, ideas come into the head, and strange things interpreted, which seem to fit to their desires, even if they are clearly way out of context and nothing in agreement with the whole of Scripture or the Spirit of Christ. Now this one thinks that they have an “in” with God, and are now His chosen “knowing ones” even though they can’t get freed from secret sins, and nothing they think they see, agrees at all with the rest of the Bible, and established Christian doctrine.
As they say, It takes one to know one; what may sound harsh and judgmental to some, who have never experienced these things; those of us who have experienced these thing know, that they are nonetheless very real, and very serious issues that need to be addressed. If we run across someone, maybe a younger brother, for example; who seems to be all “hopped up” on some strange ideas about meanings of the Scriptures; it is all our responsibility to first pray, but then also to try to help in whatever practical way is appropriate. We need to talk to him or her, and we need to very carefully and with compassion, try to confront what’s wrong with our brother or sister. Most are like the priest and the Levite, who see the robbed and wounded half to death lying on the road, and nervously pass on the other side; when it is in their power to help in some way. They may just need some loving and kind word from someone who doesn’t condemn them, but tells them straight about the sin; and we need to explain the sense and meaning of the Scriptures. They may need to have a demon, or demons, cast out in the Name of Jesus; which has got them bound and unable to get loose. However we can help the fallen and wounded one, we have to try. One on one, with one or two other Christians together approaching that one, or with the whole congregation united; we must remember what lengths the Lord went to to find us, and continue the same love to others, as we also have received.
01 February 2022 Glenn Wheatley, Australian rock bassist (The Masters Apprentices), and talent manager (Little River Band; John Farnham), dies of COVID-19 complications at 74
Talent Manager for Little River Band
Master’s Apprentices
01 February 2020 Andy Gill, British guitarist and record producer (Gang of Four – “Damaged Goods”), dies from multiple organ failure and pneumonia at 64
01 February 2018 Dennis Edwards, American pop and soul singer (The Temptations – “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”), dies following a stroke at 74
Solo
Temptations
01 February 2009 Frankie Ervin, American R&B singer (The Three Blazers -“Dragnet Blues”; The Shields -“You Cheated”), dies at 82
01 February 2003 Nancy Whiskey [Anne Wilson], Scottish folk singer and guitarist (“Freight Train”), dies at 67
Most enjoyable magic!!
Good evening/goodaye!!
Thanks, Good night/morning SJ.
We are not alone in this fight against evil, some true hope for all, right now:
The Lord of our longing has conquered the night! Oh comfort my people!
February 1 Oswald Chambers
The Call of God
Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel… —1 Corinthians 1:17
Paul states here that the call of God is to preach the gospel. But remember what Paul means by “the gospel,” namely, the reality of redemption in our Lord Jesus Christ. We are inclined to make sanctification the goal of our preaching. Paul refers to personal experiences only by way of illustration, never as the end of the matter. We are not commissioned to preach salvation or sanctification— we are commissioned to lift up Jesus Christ (see John 12:32). It is an injustice to say that Jesus Christ labored in redemption to make me a saint. Jesus Christ labored in redemption to redeem the whole world and to place it perfectly whole and restored before the throne of God. The fact that we can experience redemption illustrates the power of its reality, but that experience is a byproduct and not the goal of redemption. If God were human, how sick and tired He would be of the constant requests we make for our salvation and for our sanctification. We burden His energies from morning till night asking for things for ourselves or for something from which we want to be delivered! When we finally touch the underlying foundation of the reality of the gospel of God, we will never bother Him anymore with little personal complaints.
The one passion of Paul’s life was to proclaim the gospel of God. He welcomed heartbreak, disillusionment, and tribulation for only one reason— these things kept him unmovable in his devotion to the gospel of God.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
We are not to preach the doing of good things; good deeds are not to be preached, they are to be performed.
https://utmost.org/the-call-of-god/
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
Amen. Amin.🙏🏻
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
From the wisdom of Padre Pio:
“When the enemy roars around you, it shows that he is not in you.”
“When the assault of the enemy increases, you are closer to God.”
“There is joy in the spiritual battles. Learn how to fight and you will be certain of victory.”
God Bless all in the Treehouse!
Boomerang LBT ——pomme morning tea !
No Matilda yet .
Still Waltzing dance !
Many see many not .
White ant is just that .
Sun is deadly kill .
No Waltzing yet – no Matilda met !
Explain me now now .
White-anting is Aussie slang for eating a structure from inside out !
Trump is ‘White-anting’ —–simple !
Bla, bla,
Enjoy your tea LBT .
Cuppa served!!!
Niiiiiiiice, spicy. I think this may be one of those “don’t try this at home” jobs for little ole me.😁😎👍🏻
Good morning, much missed friend. Big smile on my well maintained boomerang back to you which you should be seeing any minute now…well, you are a long way away. But that’s only physical distance. You are always near in my heart, and nearer still with prayer. Tea in hand.
Posted yesterday in two spots about Lara Logan investigating atrocities involving children in Ukraine. Truth or not? Thought of you with each word I typed.
Is this why I find your message this morning? Just a gift to receive your boomerang. All blessings sent and gratitude to your Go Between for her wonderful delivery service, which is very much appreciated. Be well, the pair of you. You make a good team.😘 LBT
There is a good reason “Mungrel” was banned and it wasn’t for a one time comment.
I’ll say this, Boogywstew, and then I will leave it.
Thank goodness that we are not judged only on those times when we slip. Or I’d be in a heck of lot of trouble. I thank Almighty God and his Son for redeeming grace that I am not. Blessings always to you.
🙂
💜
Welcome my friends, to the show that never ends……
come inside, come inside.
Frantically I search utube for an ELP fix………
I couldn’t find it either. Found another one, though.
TY, Joe. Never get tired of hearing this. (19 yo first time)
I had the original vinyl of that album…. wayyyy back when.
Good morning, Joe.
If that isn’t an embarrassment of riches, I don’t know what is. Gawgeous!!😍
Good morning, Bet. Are you doing ok with the chilly weather?
Me, I don’t mind it at all. So far.
Yes we are, dear friend. See my post to Grandpa above 😁. In glad you are. I see just Stevie posted a weather outlook for Oklahoma and Texas below, for which I was exceedingly grateful. Hoping this is the worst and that it will soon depart.
It’s people without shelter and inadequate heating, the animals, birds which concerns me. Very much so.🙏🏻💕
♥️😍♥️ 😍
Wonderful shots. So many eyes leave you consumed with wonder about what they’re looking at.
Their devoted servant.😉
That made me laugh. Yes, we are, aren’t we? When we lost our dog some years ago, I managed 3 days before I succumbed to fur withdrawal and brought in a new puppy. Can’t stand to be away from something soft and fuzzy. And they KNOW we’re dependent on them, so they get their way more often than not.
Our Penny certainly did, Mary. Anything her little heart wanted. We are too soft.
Good for you. I suspect you were more chosen than the one who did the choosing.
It was that way for us. My husband said the first out of the litter to make a fuss of him would be the one. She was the runt and could barely get out of her basket. But she saw him and made a valiant effort. Miss her to this day.
February 1
MORNING
Whom having not seen, ye love. I Pet. 1:8
We walk by faith, not by sight. II Cor. 5:7
We love him, because he first loved us. I John 4:19
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. I John 4:16
In whom ye trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise. Eph. 1:13
God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Col. 1:27
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? I John 4:20
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. John 20:29
Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. Psa. 2:12
EVENING
The Lord Our Righteousness. Jer. 23:6
We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. Isa. 64:6
I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. Psa. 71:16
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God: for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. Isa. 61:10
Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him. Luke 15:22
To her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. Rev. 19:8
I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord … that I may win Christ, and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. Phil. 3:8, 9
J.Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/02/0201.html
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Joe, I think you’d enjoy these Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes.
They are extremely emotive of the sea and the ships who walked on them.
Very atmospheric. It is quite easy to sell myself standing on the shore watching the tumultuous waters of the seas surrounding Britain. Or even being on a ship like this beauty.
Very nice! Models are wonderful.
Mornin’ all!
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Powerful Scripture, one right after another. Is there a better way to start off the new day which He’s has made? I think not.
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Verse of the Day for Wednesday, February 1, 2023
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“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.”
1 John 4:16 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Amen, dear duchess.🙏🏻💕
Just stopped by to say “Thank you” to Ad Rem, Wee Weed, Menagerie, Stella, Sundance and others who make this treehouse special.
Yes! We probably do not say this often enough!
Prayers to our Heavenly Father to bless, protect and inspire our CT Team!
Amen.
Good morning CTH family!!! 💝
Here is a most current weather forecast for Texas and Oklahoma for today. So praying for those of us that the ice damages won’t be too severe. 🙏
Thank you, sis!! the December freeze here in North Texas killed all the leaves on our plants just as they were recovering from the monster freeze of 2021.
So now we prayerfully start again in the spring.
Nature’s resurrection, when all seems dead, to accompany the Resurrection of Christ our Lord. That’s how I always think of that season. A time of hope and renewal. 🙏🏻💕
Hi Betsy…missed you here yesterday! In a few days we should be back to normal weather wise haha…the trick is getting there!
BTW…so glad you pointed me to the Saker blog. Did you know that he is shutting it down? I gather from his posts that he is unwell…I hated to here that! Just thought you’d like to know if you already didn’t…
Yes I did. And I am grieved over it. It shocked me, my friend, but I do understand why he is ending it.
Nevertheless, it will leave a big hole as far as being able to get accurate information from a site run by a devout Orthodox Christian.
Someone suggested Moon Over Alabama as a substitute, and I did look at it. Does it sound silly I didn’t feel comfortable on that one? Because I didn’t.
Thank you for missing me, dear sister. We got up later than we normally do, and I couldn’t pull my brain cells together, even with tea and coffee😁. I am grateful days like that are few and far between.
I’m praying your tax season isn’t too fraught. Here it comes!😘
Kentucky and Tennesse gets it tonight!
Relative in Nashville said there was ice, but delivery trucks were still able to get through mostly clear roads. Grateful to all the people who do the trucking
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life, whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” – John 6:35
If you have been seriously ill or in great distress, you may have had a moment when everything changed. Perhaps you discovered a treatment that worked, or you found a new understanding in your circumstances, and it made all the difference.
A large crowd followed Jesus for a while. They were intrigued by His insightful teaching and enjoyed the free food that seemed to miraculously appear at His gatherings. One day shortly after this kind of event out in the wilderness, a group of religious people approached Him asking, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” (John 6:28). They wanted to feed thousands also, and have crowds listen to their teachings.
Jesus responded plainly, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him who He has sent” (John 6:29). The followers understood He was not sharing the secret to a food trick, but instead He was claiming to be God’s nourishment and provision for their spiritual needs. Some began to grumble and leave Him because they wanted a miraculous sign to display, not a humble knowledge of God through Jesus, His Son.
Today, God has heard your prayers for provision in your life and for the nation. He is answering your requests the same way He did back then in the wilderness.
The revelation of His Son is what you need most! Pray for those working in the nation’s government to recognize the Savior and so pursue God’s blessing upon America. Ask that many will seek and accept Him, and discover in doing so that knowing Him makes all the difference!
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
One of the better accurate films about the Mossad.
Shalom.
Hello David, good to see you again! I thank you for this video and have saved it for later. Also, will send to several others.
May God grant you His peace, and blessings upon you, your family , and Israel.
Shalom.
That was very kind of you!
.שאלוהים יברך אותך ומישפחתך.
May God bless you and your family.
Thank you, David!
(Adore your name – several family are named “David”)
Good afternoon, my friend. Thank you for this. I’m sharing this with my husband. Blessings to you, your family, and bless-ed Israel.
Shalom.
Thank you. Sending you blessing for you and your family.
שאלוהים יברך אותך ומישפחתך.
Thank you, dear sir.
Shalom David!
Shalom.
שלום.
Sundance your thoughts on this since the war in Ukraine is not turning out as the Deep State wants? Will there be a repeat of history with the assassination of Ukraine’s President Zelensky as Ngô Đình Diệm, the president of South Vietnam its leader to keep the war going?
By someone(s). This was alluded to in an article I read on the Saker a while back. And pronounced almost as a certainty at some point, when his useful, such as it is, is finished.
And I suspect when the propaganda about Russia is losing and is clearly debunked, and it is unequivocally apparent that the US has started a war it can’t win.
Then of course (like Nordstream 2) it will be said it was Putin’s doing, thus giving the actual assassins the excuse for ground troops. Praying not but expecting that to be the next stage, as an ex NATO is calling for exactly that now.
My opinion only.
Ovenbird. The “Thrush” Warbler. Has the spotted chest like most Thrushes and stays on the ground. Common (as far as Warblers can be) breeder in my old woods. Nest on the ground making them especially vulnerable to human activities. Has a very strong and ascending call. Easy to know imo
Ovenbird (Singing)
Thanks colkitto! Sounds of spring on a frigid day!
Added bonus was watching the nightingale sing below the ovenbird video…her mouth formations as she sang…. Stunning!
Ty for listening friend. Nothing imo beats God’s orchestra of nature. My salutations
What a beautiful piercing song of praise! Lifting his voice to the heavens. It always fascinates me that some of the tiniest birds have the clearest and sweetest songs.
Loving the bird photos.
@Bet,
Have you ever read any of her books? I have read many of Nigel Tranter’s historical novels but never her’s.
Curious if you know anything about Rosemary Sutcliff. Cheers
https://rosemarysutcliff.net/
Oh my……what an evocative truth. Are we realizing the poignancy of this now? I think we very possibly are, Colkitto.
Good afternoon, Colkitto.
Beautifully said, and an encouragement for our daily spiritual battles.
Thank you for posting.
No, I have not. I’ll read this now. Her name is certainly familiar though. Looks like another recommendation for my lot👍🏻💕
In the British vernacular, I really like her face🤗
News that isn’t being reported:
I ordered an LP(vinyl) from the UK via Discogs last night(01-31-23) to be sent to my address in the US and the seller said they can’t send any parcels because of a cyber attack that has been going on for the last 3 weeks. So I messaged this other guy in the Netherlands and they are having the same issue. How come I’m not seeing this reported. Maybe I’m looking in the wrong places, but surely this would be making news somewhere, don’t you think?
Not if it is the cyber attack Schwab and co announced would be coming. Still….curiouser and curiouser, said Alice.
I thought this was finished.
Please, please pray for Pastor Pawlowski. Almighty God, please surround him, your faithful servant, with your warrior angels. St Michael stand with him. I ask in the Holy Name of Christ Jesus, our only mediator and advocate. Amen.
https://www.streetchurch.ca/news/embroiled-canadian-pastor-artur-pawlowski-prepares-for-his-final-trial/
The Soviet government of Canada is charging him with “interfering with Critical Infrastructure under the Defense Act”, The penalty if found guilty is 10 1\2 years in prison.
He moved from communism to a country which is exponentially embracing it.
His faith is being tested. He will not be found wanting.🙏🏻
thank you for posting this betsy. geez oh pete. don’t they have anything better to do for God’s sake!!
I’d hoped you see it, slowcobra. Persecution of Christians is all too real, especially in Canada. We were told it would happen. Blessings, my friend. And unlimited blessings to the man who will not bend🙏🏻
Amen.
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Amen🙏🏻
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Amen.
Hello all. Hope you all had a wonderful day.
Today I did a run up to Garret, IN and then up to Grand Rapids, MI and then back to the yard at Anderson, where I put the trailer in dock 36. Then went and parked the truck without fueling. Got home at 18:50. The dog and the cat heard my pickup truck and were there to meet me at the door.
Sherry had Lasagna in the oven and garlic bread and a nice toss salad ready to go. Life is great!
Tomorrow at noon I take off for Lear in Indy, there do a drop & hook there and then to up to Lear in Romulus, MI and drop & hook there and then go back to Lear in Indy and drop & hook there and then come back to the terminal in Anderson. That will probably finish my week because I won’t get back in until between 01:00 and 02:00 Friday morning.
I am beginning to be glad I am nearing retirement. Too may unprofessional steering wheel holders out there. Had one come over and get within an inch of my left mirror today on I-94.
It was 6 degrees this morning when I started the big truck. The kind of cold I have talked about feeling in the New England that is more bitter and bites harder than the temperature would make you think it should.
They did put another new tire on for me to balance with the one I had put on Sunday night when I had a flat. It sure is nice.
They also finally got my idle management fixed so I can use it.
As I write this Geisha the cocker is settling down by my feet under my desk to lay down and take a nap.
I have no idea why I deserve such blessings.
I know why…
It’s time for the scientist to admit they were wrong from the start
https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/its-time-for-the-scientific-community-to-admit-they-were-wrong-about-c-19/
It’s time for the sciences to admit they were wrong from the start
https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/its-time-for-the-scientific-community-to-admit-they-were-wrong-about-c-19/
BlackRock and The WEF Great Reset
https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/blackrock-and-the-wef-great-reset/