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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Your teaching is excellent. Thank you.
🙏 Appreciate it
“His grace” are the two most beautiful words I know. So gratefully received. Glory to God in the Highest.
Amen, sister, and good blessed morning to you! Thanks be to God for His abundant grace! 🙏🏻❤️
Good morning, early riser💕 Hoping all is good in your neck of the Texas “woods”.
Blossoms appearing on our trees as if they’ve asked if it’s all right to come out now. Appears the answer is yes!!
Blessings always, my brother.
Good morning GP
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Morning ML!
Hello Fellow Treepers!
Here is a simple orange sunrise from out my window yesterday morning in Northeast Ohio. Wishing you all a wonderful day!
To go with the sunrise, here is flute player Eddy Herier playing a traditional Iroquois “Dream Song.”
Very Lovely. Very Soothing. Very Pleasing to my spirit, and drawing me to my lord God.
Thank you and God bless you.
Thank you very much, ScarletRedRose!
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Love how the lustrous aqua color of the necklace perfectly matches the kitten’s eyes … is this what they mean by beady eyes?
Nice complement to the fur on the little critter, too.
10-4 on that 1530, that’s fur sure! 🙂
A fashion forward kitty fit for any catwalk.😊
Awwww.
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Some famous guys with vocal support for Joni.
I’m dreaming of crisp bacon and some patty sausage. 🙂
And I’m out of here again until the death merchants find another topic.
Jay ,
Those sweet little piglets are what we call
*Bacon Seeds* 🤭😉😁
Morning jay!
Howdy Gramps 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
Howdy Garrison 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
Mornin’ jay. I’m off to bed in a minute. Just a few more sips of Henry McKenna (a good, cheap, Bourbon) and I’ll sleep like a baby. Be well, friend . . . 🙂
Morning Mr jay. Rising and shining…the shining part after coffee😉
Maidin Mhaith Betsy 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
I’m rising early, too, Bet. Not sure about the shining part. 😂
Nipper morning, after. Yesterday I picked him up from school and together with my bride and my mom we drove to New Braunfels to watch his two cousins participate in their theater winter presentation.
After I drop him off at school I start two busy days which end with the Ash Wednesday service tomorrow night at church. I’ll pop in here as I can. 😘
I remember those days of productions with ours the age Nipper is. I keep fond memories of them in my heart because they come and go so quickly. I never look at my 6′ tall grandlads and their now towering over me sister without thinking of those days immediately.
Give yourself to God first, and we’ll see you whenever.🙏🏻💕
Good morning, Garrison. Needed. Thank you, dear friend.💕
Needed this one as well…
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Mornin’ Bet. So long as this is fun, love . . . 🙂
😁 They’re just talking’ and strollin’ and lovin’
The music perfectly matches the mood of the painting.
It does, doesn’t it? It’s part of ‘net lore that someone figured this out for us and then posted it on the ‘Tube. 🙂
Good morning Garrison!
Mornin’ Gramps! Since you are on your church’s security detail, I’ll tell you a gun story. Back in the mid 80’s I was principal of a private school. One day a Very Bad Thing . . . didn’t happen. One of our teachers took her students on a field trip. Her student, who I’ll call ‘Bubba, found a handgun in his book bag. His brother had gone shooting the day before, used the book bag to transport the gun and ammo, and then forgot to remove it. So, my student innocently brought a loaded 9mm onto our school bus. What happened next is interesting.
On finding the gun in his book bag my student, 14 at the time, immediately zipped the bag closed, then told his best friend to go get their teacher. My student stayed on the empty bus, bag in hand, until his teacher came. Basically he did everything right. Still something needed to happen administratively so I called a meeting with the parents and our student.
The parents and our student were obviously anxious at being called to a “meeting with the principal”. Instead, I immediately told them that I’d reviewed what happened and there would be no adverse decisions coming from our school. I went on to say I called the meeting so I could complement the parents on their excellent parenting skills and for teaching gun safety to their son.
I then turned to our student (who I later learned was afraid he was going to be expelled). I shook his hand, telling him that he’d found himself in a potentially dangerous situation but, but thinks to his parent’s lessons and his own maturity, he’d done everything right. I then told him he was a good man, that he’d done something that he would remember for the rest of his life. and that I wanted him and his parents to know personally how proud I was of him and them.
Bravo!!! Just Bravo!
Thank you Garrison! What a great story on how things should be.
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that’s a good story , good sir .
Wonderful story. I cannot imagine that happening nowadays. Anywhere.
21 February 2019 Peter Tork [Thorkelson], American rock and folk musician and actor (The Monkees), dies from complications of adenoid cystic carcinoma at 77
Daydream Believer
Higher & Higher
Im a Believer
21 February 2004 Les Gray, English vocalist (Mud – “Cat Crept In”), dies at 57
21 February 2004 Bart Howard [Howard Joseph Gustafson], American songwriter (“Fly Me to the Moon”), dies at 88
21 February 1996 Morton Gould, American pianist, conductor, and theatrical, screen, and concert composer (Pulitzer Prize, 1956 – Stringmusic), dies at 82
21 February 1992 Eva Jessye, American singer and choral director (Eva Jessye Choir – “Four Saints in Three Acts”;”Porgy and Bess”), dies at 97
21 February 1979 Ray Whitley, American country and western singer-songwriter (“Back in the Saddle Again”) and actor (Tim Holt films), dies at 77
Wow! During the interview, Peter says about the 60’s (and it is totally relevant today) “Authorities were interested in enriching the rich and the rest of you can all go hang”
Santa Monica! That was bold! What were they “marching” for? Making a public display?
Hungry puppy
where’s my food, huh
Good morning all.
Thoughts for today:
No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people.
Thomas Paine
Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
Patrick Henry
“God had written, not so much a poem, but rather a play; a play He had planned as perfect, but which had necessarily been left to human actors and stage managers, who had since made a great mess of it.”
G. K. Chesterton
True, true, true, sis.
If there were an award for “The Worst Re-write of an Original Play”…
From the very Western idea, that everything is for a show?
How many times did Jesus command us, You shall not be as the stage-players! God sent His Son to be an intermediary, a go-between, for us, who were in grave and eternal danger, because we were at variance with God. God was the One who had the initiative and understanding, that we needed someone to intercede on our behalf. The Mediator had not only to be equal in nature to both adverse parties; but also to seek fairly the righteousness of both parties, in order to bring us to reconciliation and agreement. All that God has done, He has done because He knew what trouble we were in. Man doesn’t know what trouble he is in without Jesus; and so he thinks its clever and cute to put such grave matters into boxes he can control.
Morning Stevie,
Before 1776 the colonists and the pastors were discussing were they “good enough” morally to self govern.
If you don’t have and maintain a proper foundation then your house collapses.
For all who would restore the Republic, these things have to be understood up front! “A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, in incompatible with freedom!”
Freedom just for freedom’s sake cannot hold together on it own in the empty air; because it has no moral or spiritual compass or constitution as its foundation. God is the sayer and doer of all that pertains to our future in this world; and it is His Spirit that searches and weighs and measures the secrets of men; judging either unto salvation, or to destruction, by whether we are of the truth.
Impression of Sundance
Assemble your load of Information
Take careful aim
and change todays info warfare battle
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The pen truly is mightier than the sword
lol
You gotta be crazy, you gotta be mean
You gotta keep your kids and your car clean
You gotta keep climbing, you gotta keep fit
You gotta keep smiling, you gotta eat shit
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CARRIED AWAY FOR HIM?
“She hath wrought a good work on Me.” Mark xiv. 6
If human love does not carry a man beyond himself, it is not love. If love is always discreet, always wise, always sensible and calculating, never carried beyond itself, it is not love at all. It may be affection, it may be warmth of feeling, but it has not the true nature of love in it.
Have I ever been carried away to do something for God not because it was my duty, nor because it was useful, nor because there was anything in it at all beyond the fact that I love Him? Have I ever realized that I can bring to God things which are of value to Him, or am I mooning round the magnitude of His Redemption whilst there are any number of things I might be doing? Not Divine, colossal things which could be recorded as marvelous, but ordinary, simple human things which will give evidence to God that I am abandoned to Him? Have I ever produced in the heart of the Lord Jesus what Mary of Bethany produced?
There are times when it seems as if God watches to see if we will give Him the abandoned tokens of how genuinely we do love Him. Abandon to God is of more value than personal holiness. Personal holiness focuses the eye on our own whiteness; we are greatly concerned about the way we walk and talk and look, fearful lest we offend Him. Perfect love casts out all that when once we are abandoned to God. We have to get rid of this notion – “Am I of any use?” and make up our minds that we are not, and we may be near the truth. It is never a question of being of use, but of being of value to God Himself. When we are abandoned to God, He works through us all the time.
Oswald Chambers
February 21st Devotional
Good morning stevie .
Thank you for the nice talk by Mr Chambers .
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Good morning molonlabe!
Ah…the painful process of learning how to be abandoned to/for God! I’ve most desired this in my heart for a long time, but the process of getting there is…tearful if I must say! It illuminates the garbage in me… 😥
Yes true, very hard and humiliating and painful. I believe that God puts the longing in our hearts, because that’s how He made us . . . to be His children, His people: and we cannot be anything else but grieved and dissatisfied with not being at home with Him whom our soul loves.
Do you remember what Naomi said to her daughter in law, after she had asked Boaz to redeem her? “Sit still, my child, till you see how the matter will go; fir the man will not rest until he has finished it today.” We have in a certain sense come and uncovered Jesus’ feet; and He is determined to finish the matter; and will not rest till its done. Our longing and tears, and regrets and feelings of utter unworthiness; He accepts as righteousness on our part; and it is all in His heart to do all that you trust Him for.
garbage in garbage out
it is painful.
and it is a process.
with the pain comes peace
peace of the soul
we are works in progress.
jars of clay
Good morning stevie. Images of western Oklahoma. Very scenic in my opinion.
☁ cloudy days here Joe! Needing some sun/sonlight! Love the pics! Western Oklahoma can be scruffy…but a beautiful scruffy! LOL!
45 degrees F and cloudy here also. I enjoy looking at the photos taken around various parts of Oklahoma. I figured it would be ok to post a couple of pics.
Here’s one more photo taken near Seminole. Sportsman’s Lake, not far from where I live.
Oklahoma!
You’re right. It is in the Glass Mountains near Major county in northwestern Oklahoma. Highway 412 goes through that area. I had to look at a couple of maps to see where this photo was taken. I wouldn’t mind taking a little road trip there to see some of the hills and rock formations. Not sure if a lot of that is private property or BLM land.
That is an interesting, and scenic in its own way, ride if you go from Trinidad, Co and use 412 to go east.
Stevie
I just got it .
After reading it for the third time.
I see what he is saying like this, don’t do things to make yourself better . Just do it for Him .
Let it all go .
All of it .
Everything your trying to do to be good , you shouldn’t even have to be thinking about doing them.
If you give it ALL to Him .
It’s done .
Just be like Him.
Do like Him.
Do what He has told us .
Focus on Him.
Try to imitate Him.
Love Him.
Serve Him
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beautifully said my friend….thank you for this! 🙏 ✝
Oh to be that woman that wiped Jesus’ feet with her hair….Ohhhhhh 😭
Yep Flyover…he died way too young…early forties I believe!
Something I always say in my imperfect prayers… Dear Lord, do with me what You will…and then trust that He will, most assuredly.🙏🏻
Thy will be done
Thy Kingdom come
Christ is King
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Assuredly so Betts
Morning to you B
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Oh amen…His will, not mine.
I don’t think that Mary was “carried away;” but that she was doing just as Jesus said she was doing; anointing His body to the burying. She had been sitting at Jesus’ feet and hearing His word, while the others were fussing about serving the dinner, or murmuring about what a waste of money it was, or the endless discussions about who was the greatest of them. Meanwhile, there was one girl who was listening, and understanding what Jesus was saying; and did what she could: saved up her money and spent it on the most precious and expensive Spikenard ointment, to anoint the Messiah, before He went up to Jerusalem to die for us!
Sunday I was asked about the coming weather for the SE US in March, April. The answer is, what usually happens when warm moist air off the gulf clashes with the Nanook of the North! Wet and stormy weather!
BTW, after a hiatus, California is getting wet again with super amounts of snow in the higher elevations and the alarmists are STILL yelling it is a mega drought. They only refer to the Palmer Drought Index when doing so. Precip in California has been far above the average this year but demand for water is STILL greater than the amount that the reservoirs and snowpack will be able to provide. IOW California’s problem is a people problem and not a weather or climate change problem.
Concerns and prayers still ongoing for your daughter, rah, and for you all as you wait.
Thanks so much. We leave on Saturday to go down. Her biopsy is on Monday.
…and for your daughter’s upcoming trip B – put another one in the bank (sweet piggybank emoji)
Wishing rah’s daughter a successful biopsy and even better news. Amen.
Oh thank you, parichute. I do truly thank you…in June she goes. She was talking yesterday about how she’d be away for two weeks, so it is still on…😘
EXACTLY!!
Good morning Treepers
Good mornin, Joe😊
An upper case cat and a lower case one.
Sweet!!
Good morning Bet.
😘
Hi, Bet. Had another possum on my front porch helping itself to the cat food I put out earlier. That’s ok.
Welcome to Joe’s Diner and take out food service. And of course, the dogs were barking like crazy. Haven’t seen the raccoons lately. I’m sure they’re around somewhere.
Hahaha! Catchy name for your eating establishment.
We get the same here. I put out food for our feral tom, and inevitably a possum will help himself.
And like you, I am okay with that. I like to think St Francis has led him straight to it.💕
Hi Joe,
Better outside than in… I have a dog that will run one down outside and bring it in for us. Thank the Lord they play dead, it makes it easy to tip the recycling bin over them and push them to the door and back where they belong. Frightful when it happens and boy are they ugly.
It’s dark outside now, going on 8pm. My new buddy (possum) is on the front porch again. I guess it likes Purina Cat Chow.
If it’s the same one, I think I’ll call him Pogo. Remember the immortal comic strip character? Assuming it’s a male.
Good morning Joe ☘️
Good morning molonlabe.
My favorite National Anthem after the USA!
Have a commenting good buddy on other threads. He is Glaswegian born but immigrated to the Canadian gulag decades ago. He always posts the Welsh flag at the end of his replies to me. But my ignorant Kindle does not have the Scots one.
I am saving this so the next time I see him I can go one better than the flag. Thanks, parichute. It is a fave of mine as well.
But this beats it for me…
Sir Bryn Terfel, no less😍
Oh my heart…and of course tears…
Glorious!
It really is. But I would say that, wouldn’t I!😎
One of the best scenes in this film
very nice songs joe
Thanx. If you like Irish folk music, I have a couple more lined up for tomorrow.
I’ll be lookin and listening Joe.
everyday I look to see what you play.
How I got in SF
Phase 1 continued.
Psychology/mental toughness.
The day would begin with an accountability formation at 04:00 followed by marching to the PT pit. The pit was a rectangular area bordered by sandbags about 3 deep and filled with saw dust. A raised PT platform at one end.
We would march to the pit with rucksack and weapon. You either marched or ran everywhere in the compound. No walking except during breaks from the classroom or during meal times.
We would stack arms and file into the pit. Every day either calisthenics or we paired off for hand to hand. Cadre walking up and down the rows to ensure nobody was slacking or that the moves made in hand to hand were correct.
After 1/2 to 3/4 hours of that we filed back out and put on our rucks and grabbed our weapons. 55 lb. minimum. Marched out and started a rucksack. I remember the bald heads steaming in the morning cold in the headlights of the truck that followed picking up the stragglers.
Each squad had to have their M-60 machine gun. On the first ruck I made the mistake of just keeping up with the guy in front of me. Then to my amazement I found he had fallen way behind. I never did catch up. There was no punishment that first ruck for not keeping in formation. But I learned I had to keep alert and not just put my head down and drive on. And from that time on, when we rucked in formation if I saw a gap in the file in front I ran past and filled it. We learned to trade off with the M-60.
We never knew how far or where we were going. And at the end we would march in the gate of the compound and halt in front of the flag pole. The gate was closed behind the formation and there would be an accountability formation, and there was a scale there and each man stepped up and had his ruck weighed. Lord help the man that had a ruck lighter than 55 lb.
Right off the bat we started losing people. After that first ruck if you ended up outside the gate when it closed twice, you were done and sent back to Bragg. The ruck that got the greatest number came on the 4th or 5th day. It was a long one and then we came in the gate as usual thinking it was over. But this time we did not stop or even slow down! We went right by that flag pole and right out the other gate and kept on rucking. That psych was just too much for a bunch of them. The thing was I don’t think we went another mile after going out that gate before we were back in the compound and it was over.
Every night after lights out laying in our sleeping bags they played Weird Al Yankovic’s Another One Rides the Bus, over the compounds PA System one time for each trainee that had failed or quit. The night after that psychological trick with the gates, was the one I remember that song being played the most.
It was a learning experience to see big and apparently tough and strong guys give up while plenty of smaller guys hung in there and excelled. The lesson was that it is all in your head and I took it to heart. After that night I vowed to myself I would die before I failed or quit and I lived by that code from then on.
Later we did some individual rucks. We were timed each man starting individually about a minute apart. Along the way there would be cadre stationed to indicate the turn to take. At the half way point there was another cadre that took you ID and then you headed back the way you came. Failure to make the time and you were out. But the thing was you didn’t know what the maximum allowable time was.
Col. “Nick Rowe”, and SF legend, showed up to observe one of these rucks. As we waited out turn someone asked him “Sir! What do you think about our training?”. The Col, replied that if he had his way each man would be shot in the thigh with a .22 short round before starting the ruck and still have to make the time.
This would not be my last meeting with Col. Rowe.
There were other psychological games they played. Like sneaking in to try and steal your weapon at night. Those nights and morning were cold and I just put the weapon in my sleeping back with me and zipped it up. I never had a cadre member try to get it that way.
I would say we averaged maybe 5 hours of sleep a night while in the compound.
I should add that I learned that running up and filling those gaps in the formation gave an added benefit. The further back in the file you were the greater the accordion effect and it was much easier to keep the pace regular if you were closer to the front.
Matthew 6:5-15 “Also when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, so that they may appear [so as to lighten] men; verily I say to you, that they have their reward: but you, when you pray, enter into your chamber, and having shut the door, pray to your Father who is in the hidden; and your Father who sees in the hidden will render to you openly. And when you pray, not prating tediously just as the heathens; for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard: be not therefore resembling to them; for your Father knows what things you have need of before you ask Him. In this wise therefore you pray; Our Father who are in the heavens, sanctified be Thy Name; let Thy kingdom come; let Thy will be done, as in heaven, also upon the earth; give us today our needed bread; and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil: for Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever. Amen. For if you forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you forgive not men their offences, neither will your Father forgive your offences.”
Hebrews 11:13-16 “After the manner of faith all these died, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and having been persuaded, and having embraced, and having confessed that they are strangers and sojourners upon the earth: for they who say such things, make manifest that [their] own country they are seeking: and if indeed they were remembering that away from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned; but now they stretch forward to a better, that is, a heavenly; because of this God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for He prepared for them a city.”
The first order in our charge, by commandment of the Son of God, is that we shall not be [just] as the hypocrites. By definition from the original text, hypocrite means literally; “an actor under an assumed character, a stage player, to put on to give a false or misleading appearance to conceal one’s true character, motives, nature, or thoughts; dissemble.”
Praying is not for showing others so as to “lighten them.” Prayer is for conference, or consultation, especially as a private meeting to discuss serious matters. Many places in the Psalms, David described prayer as beginning with setting in order before God; because nothing evil shall dwell with Him, and nothing unfit for His Presence. After that, he proceeded to take the lid off his heart unto God, about the kind of things he had to suffer for being good and trusting in Him; and processing in the Spirit what all was behind it, and what should be their end, who gave themselves without fear of God, to do those evil things.
There is something with knowing the Lord in such a way, as that your prayer times are no longer just an endless list of wishes and requests, as if God is a computer who needs to have His orders put in. But daily meeting with God is a sacred consultation and conference with Him, about things He is concerned with; which He has also brought you in to hear your thoughts about it. Abraham had this with the LORD, as we got a glimpse of, when he talked with Him about what He was going to do about Sodom and Gomorrah.
In the Book of Wisdom, (In the Apocrypha), there is an excellent teaching, to use to examine ourselves and give account, when we come to pray to the Father.
Wisdom 1:1-6 “Ye that deem (act as judge) the earth, love rightfulness; feel ye of the Lord in goodness, and seek ye Him in the simpleness of heart. For He is found of them, that tempt not Him; forsooth (genuine, for truth) He appeareth to them, that have faith into Him. For why wayward thoughts part [one] from God; but proved virtue reproveth unwise men. For into an evil-willing soul shall not go in wisdom; nor shall dwell in a body subject to sins. Forsooth the Holy Ghost of wisdom shall fly or flee away from a feigned man, and He shall take away Himself from thoughts, that be without understanding; and the unwise man shall be chastised from the over-coming wickedness. For the Spirit of wisdom is benign, and He shall not deliver a cursed man from his lips; for why God is witness of his reins, and the searcher of his heart is true, and the hearer of his tongue.”
Is there a thought in our heart, or a word in our tongue, that God does not know altogether from whence it is? Do we then imagine, that we can trick the Lord by some pretending and misleading show, or some acting method, as if we could command Him to respond and work according to our will? Prayer is not a for religious-looking show; nor is it a means by which we move God. Prayer is supplication according to love out of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and faith unfeigned. Prayer is a holy action with a holy God; and therefore demands of everyone who would pray, to come as presenting himself before God, and setting in order all his account of the thoughts and intents of his heart, and confession of all that our heart convicts us of. This is how we enter by faith into the Holiest of all. Then, once we are entered according to the fear and reverence of Him; we wait quietly upon Him to speak; or we tell Him what is on our heart. It is the place for close deliberation and consultation with God. The things of God will be the things on our heart, as we become more and more His familiar friends.
The purpose of prayer is far more important then many have any idea. It is our contact with our home with God. It is where we conference with the Lord in secret, in the Spirit, for executing His word in our times. God has made us His witnesses of Jesus Christ His Son; and His ambassadors of reconciliation to the lost world. This is not our home, and we should not let our hearts be seduced into loving the things of this world; and neglecting our sacred calling in Christ.
Mornin’ all!
Damn………….the truth hurts.
Good morning!
It appears that Ohio is under attack, pray for Ohioans.
Get me an M14, new batteries for the hearing aids, and a real road map and I’ll head out to help.
And now Williamsburg, NY, and Medley, Florida.
We are under attack…
Good morning wee wee
Your name is fun to say
Wee weed
St Michael statue on kiosk, Crimea
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
Coventry Cathedral in the UK
Matthew 18:20
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
Old Roman Catholic Church of St Michael the Archangel , Drazovsce Slovacia
Psalm 2
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him.
Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him
Good morning Treepers
Good morning, molonlabe.
What beautiful photos and Scripture to start a new day. Thank you.
I have been in Coventry Cathedral. It is situated right next to the original which was bombed in WWII. And while the windows in the new one are indeed beautiful, the architecture of it presaged all in British post war architecture which has destroyed the soul of a once great country.
The building itself is very modern. The remnants of the original have been left standing as a memorial to the loss of life and an era of the best that was British, but which, alas, is no more.
The little church below has captured me completely. So here I am with my cup of tea getting lost in the serenity and beauty of this well chosen photo.
Blessings for your day, my friend💕
Blessing to you also my fine friendly friend.
I love looking at pictures .
Add to that , now I know you’ve been there .
Makes me feel like I’m there cuz you’ve been there.
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Wait a minute ,
That makes no sense .
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But in my wondering mind it does .
I wonder what it would be like to be there.
You just told me , so now I know 😝
Btw
I love old traditional churches only.
The new architecture is all wrong
Just sayin
I love the old mass
I love the old churches
The older the better. To think of all those who built such beauty without machinery, and which has lasted throughout the centuries.
As for traditions which philistines today seem to abhor? There is nothing more calming than knowing things of value have survived longer than those who wish to destroy them will be on this earth.
Music, art, architecture, Christianity, and more…all of it.
You and I and those here are like souls, my friend. And that is what makes this Tree so special….and yes😊, you made perfect sense.
(As an postscript, I was fortunate enough to live two decades in that country where I was surrounded by old everything. And it was glorious.)
I’m with you molonlabe,
Everywhere I’ve travelled in the world, I always stop into a local church to stand in awe of the beautiful light, solemnity and craftsmanship. Of course, a little bit of holy water and a prayer are requisite. (steeple and stained glass emoji)
I remember standing in York Cathedral on a Wednesday afternoon. Evensong was starting somewhere within it, parichute.
All was quiet, then suddenly from seemingly nowhere rang out the most beautiful voices for the service. I was so taken aback and overwhelmed by the beauty of the English choristers who were invisible to my eye, that all I could do was grasp hold of the iron gates which separated the entrance to the cathedral from the rest of the magnificent edifice…shut my eyes and wonder if I were in heaven.
Like you, I find entering any church, small or large, in a foreign country is an indescribable experience.
Ay, and it’s a good thing for the waterproof mascara!
😂 Especially if one has waterproof mascara remover.
I take it that is Slovakia–home to my grandparents–blessings to all, have a great day
Joe
That’s so interesting you say that .
I wasn’t going to write it all out .
Then I thought , I should .
Folks like it when you put on the picture perfect post precisely placed descriptions.
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Next thing ya know
We’re talking to a Son of a Slav
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A proud one
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Love it
This is St Martins Cathedral in Bratislava Slovakia built in 1452
Oh my heart……🙏🏻💕
Here is a link to the Golden Altar in San Jose Iglesia en Panama….
https://www.encirclephotos.com/image/golden-altar-of-san-jose-church-in-casco-viejo-panama-city-panama/
During the time of the pirate, Henry Morgan…he had heard of this alter in Panama and wanted it. And had set sail for Panama. Not sure how the locals found out he was on his way but they did find out.
The legend I grew up with was the locals took it, possibly dismantled some of it…covered it in mud or burying it the bay, during low tide, in order to hide it from the pirate.
beautiful
someday soon I may have to go on an adventure.
pick two or three Cathedrals and go for a visit.
How beautiful! The church is so small and unassuming….who would think it is in the angel who symbolizes the victory of good over evil…
Good morning everyone! I’m off to work…
I’m leaving a quote from Alexandr Solzhenitsyn…
“We know they are lying.
They know they are lying.
They know that we know they are lying.
We know that they know that we know they are lying.
And still they continue to lie.”
We know/believe that God controls all things in Heaven and Earth! We can pray, but He will be the one that changes everything!
PRAY! 🙏🙏🙏✝
Be safe friend
The tree 🌲 will miss you
Have a good day at work
Prayers up today for rahs daughter .
May God be with her and give her strength.
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Thinking of you rah.
Be strong
For her .
You have to be strong for her and trust in the Lord.
☘️🌸☘️
May Gid give you strength also .
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U Huh! Forecast to get down to -31 F on Cheyane, WY Thursday. It will be a record if it does.
Major winter storm with snow, ice to spread across 2,600-mile stretch of US (msn.com)
We will be 106 degrees warmer than Cheyenne in middle Maryland this Thursday.
Verse of the Day for Tuesday, February 21, 2023
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“And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”
Matthew 21:22 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Amen, amen!🙏🏻
Such a powerful verse, mysterious, hopeful, and one to hold on to.
I think the Lord would like this track by the Eagles – No more cloudy days. (in keeping with the theme hopefully)
Glenn Frey . Outstanding voice
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
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.
Armoured up and ready for the new day!💕
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
Good morning, dear duchess. Be blessed all the day long.🙏🏻💕
And you as well, Bet!!! ❤️🧚🏻♀️❤️
Thank you, dear friend. You’ve made my day🤗
How have things fallen apart?
Chick-fil-A has introduced a fried cauliflower sandwich into their menu.
Uh….no.
Might want to delay Spring gardens.
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/disrupted-polar-vortex-brings-sudden-stratospheric-warming-february
But wait! FTA:
“Meaning, the best we can say now is a shift towards a higher likelihood—but no promises—of colder-than-average conditions somewhere in the mid-latitudes in coming weeks.”
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
Amen. Amin🙏🏻
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
somewhere over the rainbow
an old song by an old friend . his name is IZ. what is it ? IZ is what it is. IZ is who he is.Big heart big big man. heart of gold.
Sigh…what a lovely and heartfelt tribute to your friend.
Betsy
your right
it is a tribute video to IZ
he loved everybody.
fought hard every day for his people.
Molonlabe, first time I heard this song (version) and his performance was in the movie 50 first dates. It led me to buy his cd!
Too sad that he passed away so young.
Nice picture. This pic is in Sundance’s article about Matt Taibbi sniffing around senate intel. I think it’s kind of cool, it depicts Matt sniffing around like a fox on the hound’s tail. go Matt!
GOD WILL MAKE THINGS RIGHT
Whatever you’re experiencing today
God will make things right in His own way
He who knows the beginning and the end
By His mighty power He will transcend
Whatever He decides we must accept
For it is He who is the most adept
It may not be for what we prayed
For by His Will it must be staid
As we cry out to God for His healing
As we bow our heads praying and kneeling
As we humble ourselves knowing full well
It is He who will prevailingly tell
It is He who has power o’er life and death
It is He who gives us our daily breath
It is He who guides our path and our steps
It is He who teaches us gives us preps
He knows the desires of our hearts
He made our bodies and all its parts
Thus where the malfunction is He knows
How the body works how well it goes
If you are broken in any possible way
Be it mental physical emotional sway
God can and will make things alright
Just trust in Him no matter the plight
D01: 002/21/2023
very nice duchess. made me think of this song .
It Is He
I am lifted to a higher place!!! PERFECT. SONG, MOLON!!!
❤️ 🧚🏻♀️ ❤️ It is He who rescues me!!!
Oh how lovely!!!
I’m only just returning and to find this uplifting offering.
And how “coincidental”, duchess…
Because there is a line in juststevie’s bless-ed Chambers post today which struck me forcefully.
” Am I of any use?”
And all I could think of was untold numbers of people on the brink who must ask themselves this question. Who cannot see through the dense obliterating fog of depression. Who see no light whatsoever, or no way out.
I hope of any who travel through this thread see your Holy Spirit inspired poem, and know Almighty God, Abba Father never leaves them and is right by their side as they search for answers which seem to be nonexistent.
You know how I feel about “coincidences”…
Blessings always💕
😘😘😘!!!
there isn’t any
Hahahahaha. Don Lemon being forced by the Left to get his mind right.
FTA: “I sat down with Don and had a frank and meaningful conversation. He has agreed to participate in formal training, as well as continuing to listen and learn. We take this situation very seriously,”
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2023/02/21/don-lemon-will-return-wednesday-after-formal-training/
FROM 7:30 and 8:45 AM this morning – GREAT WONDERFUL NEWS
FOR JAMES O’KEEFE and I AM PRAYING IT QUICKLY BEARS THE FRUIT I KNOW MANY OF US ARE HOPING FOR:
EXCLUSIVE: Project Veritas Staffers tell Board: Quit or We Walk!
Avatar photo Jim Hoft
Feb. 21, 2023 7:30 am
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/exclusive-project-veritas-staffers-tell-board-quit-or-we-walk/
SECOND SOURCE CONFIRMS: Project Veritas Reporter to The Gateway Pundit: “Can Confirm Your Report – Today’s the Day”
Avatar photo Jim Hoft
Feb. 21, 2023 8:45 am
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/project-veritas-reporter-to-the-gateway-pundit-con-confirm-your-report-todays-the-day/
I posted somewhere else in here a few minutes ago and then finally read what Posted and it was the wrong COPY, was copied from Yesterday, NOT THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING’S NEWS IS AWESOME.
I AM PRAYING THIS GIVES US THE RIGHT AND PROPER RESOLUTION TO ALL OF THIS VERY QUICKLY TODAY, and puts EVERYTHING TO RIGHTS, and Safely and in Order and Secure and Complete, with all the New Precautions it Warrants. I believe this is going to be very quickly RESOLVED. And JUSTICE will PREVAIL. In All Cases.
All my Prayers and Blessings on James and His Wonderful Staff who loves him so much. God cover and bless them, Guide Guard and Direct them, in the Name of Jesus, and by His Blood, Amen!
First hubris…then nemesis.
I wonder if these unthinking board members ever considered this possibility.
Methinks probably not😁
There really is power in numbers. Let’s all keep this in mind for future use.
Are they grooming racial hypochondriacs?
https://www.theepochtimes.com/california-state-university-criticized-for-telling-students-to-report-professors-for-racism_5069983.html
Yes.
One more spy balloon
https://rumble.com/v2ad6s0-spy-balloon.html
Mardi Gras Mambo
Who, please, is HMM?
Haven’t seen any posts from Texian in quite awhile. Hope all is well with him.
He disappeared for a while long ago. Then returned. I hope so as well, patty…
And feral cat who simply disappeared and suddenly
Prayers always for both.
Another sudden death. Cause unknown.
UNLV football player Ryan Keeler dies at 20 (msn.com)
Wang in Hungary today hoping for a ‘win-win. But the original ‘win-win’, the CPC just wants peace in Korea. On Hu’s terms?
https://www.rokdrop.net/2023/02/21/tweet-of-the-day-china-wants-political-settlement-on-the-korean-peninsula/#comments
Amen.
Amen
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Amen.
Amen again.
Amen.
Amen
Just Butting in here, didn’t glance at the existing Thread, just have Something on my mind… Not trying to interrupt anything already going on…
Maybe sort of a Prayer Call or something of the Sort….
Just been scanning NEWS for some word on the Brunson Case that went back to the USSC by USSC REQUEST on Feb 17, 2023…. I know that it is too soon…
TIME SLIPPING AWAY FROM THE USSC on the Brunson Brothers Case regarding the FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE OATHS OF OFFICE TAKEN BY “PUBLIC SERVANTS” INCLUDING THE Office SQUATTERS who are Treasonous FRAUDS BUT ARE STILL ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CONSTITUTION.
THEY CANNOT FAIL TO KNOW that WHEN THEY REFUSE THEIR OWN OBLIGATIONS LONG ENOUGH, THE LORD HIMSELF WILL SEE TO THE MATTER, AND NO, THE MATTERS SHALL NOT SLIP AWAY UNNOTICED INTO OBLIVION AS THEY HOPE!!!
And at THAT TIME, the FAILURE of the USSC to do their Sworn Duty, FULFILLING their own Fiduciary Obligations, THE LORD WILL ALSO DEAL WITH THEM, AS WELL
FOR THEY DEALT NOT WITH THE VITAL ISSUES at a Time when they would have been SIMPLE and EASY to Remedy without a lot of Fanfare or Upheaval. Just a little Minor Housekeeping Chore requiring little or no To-Do…
GOD BLESS THE BRUNSON BROTHERS AND ALL WHO ARE SUPPORTING THEM, in the Name of JESUS – COVER THEM AND PROTECT THEM and HIDE THEM FROM THEIR ENEMIES’ EVIL ASSIGNMENTS FOR HARM and return those Evil Assignments BACK ON THE ONES WHO SENT THEM OUT, and let them LEARN an ABUNDANCE of Considerations they beforehand thought were of no serious Need for Consideration or Concern to them. Matthew 25:31-46, Amen!
BEG PARDON for so many Caps, I know it is irritating to the vast majority, but I consider this Authentic Banner Headline to be of VITAL IMPORTANCE and of URGENT Necessity to the Life and Breath of the United States of America, At This Very Time, Such as THIS.
Today In Christian History:
February 21, 1896
Walter Grand Taylor Converted in His Room
Thirty-year-old Walter Taylor was on his knees in prayer. That is where the wife he loved had often asked him to be. She had just died. Before this, Walter had had no use for religion in any form. But now he realized that his wife was already in heaven, while he was doomed to hell.
It was on this day, February 21, 1896 that Walter pleaded with God for forgiveness. There was plenty in his life to forgive.
Born in Pittsburgh, he grew up belonging to one of the toughest gangs in the city. His teachers, who gave him good marks, never suspected that outside of school he was breaking into rail cars and stealing from vendors.
Interested chiefly in money and success, Walter rose from job to job, steadily improving his financial standing. He became co-owner of a pharmaceutical concern.
He had complained when his Christian wife wanted to hold prayer meetings in their home. Now he was holding a one-man prayer-meeting of his own. Walter rose from his knees determined to serve the Christ who had met his soul’s need in answer to prayer.
He sold his share in the business, attended Moody Bible Institute, volunteered at the Pacific Garden Mission, married his second wife, Ethelwyn, and became a missionary to railroad men and miners in Colorado. But he felt God was calling him to work among city derelicts.
He shuddered at the thought. He still remembered being infected by lice years earlier when he put his arm around a drunk. God was not to be thwarted, however. An appeal came for him to take over the Old Brewery Mission in Montreal. He went. For sixteen years, Walter and Ethelwyn saw success in the previously unresponsive area.
Twenty years after his conversion, Walter and Ethelwyn became leaders of the Pacific Garden Mission. There Ethelwyn wrote the hymn “Calvary Covers it All,” while Walter, as director, expanded the mission’s work. ✝️