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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Lol, sounds like my diabetic husband.
nobody wants to miss out on the action
Yep, full-blown case of “Fear of Missing Out”
😂😂
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when you get up and find company on the front porch
nimrodman….. what a blessing you are to humanity, I love your creative mind, sense
of gentleness and OUTRIGHT deep down belly laughing humor. God Bless You
Thank you
thx so much for the kind words, lightworker
just a buncha photos I’ve saved in Imgur over the past couple years
glad that they entertain
looks like a PERFECT morning to me! probably need to get me some freezer mice or some whole fish to feed my adolescent eagle friends.
first I heard of freezer mice, J
… and the back porch too
Look how BIG that CAT is! LOL
a couple Treepers were talking about this yesterday
Yo ! That used to be my Favorite Move .. back in the day 😜 Wheeeeee !!!
I was a high bale champ. Landed on my feet everything. Best time was swinging out on a bridge rope and dropping into the river below. Ahh, the memories.
Now they won’t let kids go down face first on the slide. I mean… come on!!!
When teenager was just a mere pup around 3 years old’ish… her daycare director called me freaking out. Kiddo had climbed about a 10 ft tall slide and proceeded to somehow bail herself off the side of it near the top.
My response? “Is anything broken? No? Well, then… brush her off and carry on!”
My kids been climbing rock walls since she was nine months old. We call ’em skid marks and lessons learned at play. She was born in Seattle – if you don’t play in the rain, you don’t play.
Every first mild weather day after a hard winter in Central Indiana, we put on our filthy gardening shoes or throwaway tennis shoes and go mudding by the river flowing at a favorite park of ours, Holliday Park in Indianapolis. When she was finished playing… we’d head to the car and just toss our shoes in the closest garbage can. Go grab a cocoa and head home. Those were the days…
Good Mama, JWooHOO❣️
Yes…just like that, nim! I remember it well. Scraped knees and all😊
Good morning Bet! I remember that feeling, too. Also, I remember the time I went down the wooden slide with my roller skates. Had a cast on my right hand and wrist for a couple of weeks. 😆❤️😍
Ouch! Oh my gosh!
God morning, dear brother💕 Hahahaha!! You dare devil you! I can see your motto is “I’ll try anything once” 😂😂😂
I had a similar experience…only I was crawling up a twist slide when my sister was (deliberately) coming down at speed. Over I went, green stick fracture.
We have a LoLot in common.👍🏻😍🤗
Oh, and G?? Speaking of LoLs…
This was me when I landed back on these shores from “over there”…
“Bless your heart” 😂🤣😂
It needed blessing, P😖
Ha ha!!! We’re laughing now, but not so funny then. Love your adventurous Spirit though. They have skate parks for that now.
Hi there. Pa❣️
Question:
Did ya ever do it again ?
I’ll be back for you later
That ‘Ma” look
I see why you turned out so well!😉
is the big one a falcon?
I believe so, nim.
Those kingfishers are aerodynamically designed. He saw what he wanted and got them. Gorgeous photography. Lucky photographer.
Beautiful ! Wow !
Here’s a really good post that somebody wrote:
I know the state of affairs is deadly serious but my goodness all of the feigned outrage inside the swamp and the enemy MSM about Russia and the Ukraine, eyes roll. The Slavic peoples have been at war with each other since recorded history.
Just like in the Middle East, War on Terror, its not our concern. The distinction being, Ukraine has bio-weapons labs aka true WMD’s not the fake ones in Iraq, bought and paid for by you and I. (Regrettably voted twice for “W” and defended him, please Lord forgive me, I was fooled. Fool me once.)
Now the Chinese are starting to embargo Taiwan, prelude to war. Of course DC swamp rats are calling for troops in Taiwan, whatever it takes.
Note: What ever happened to “Make Love not War” counter culture freaks and their spawn (Code Pink). These same people are pushing wars that will make Vietnam look like a long camping trip. We are now openly talking about crossing swords with the number 2&3 Nuclear Powers in the world, with massive standing armies. Hypocrites and fraud.
Also, I’m confused, for 30 years the enemy MSM has constantly warned about North Korea, getting a nuke? In truth North Korea would be lucky to blow themselves up. Now Russia can hit any target in the USA and the West and China with Bill “the Slut” Clinton’s help and Loral Space can now do the same. Can you say world obliteration.
We know without any doubt now, through the Sussman fake trial and testimony, that all Russian disinformation in the past 6-7 years were generated by the Clinton campaign/uniparty pushed by the enemy MSM and the news actors 24/7 into the first term of a duly elected president, President Trump and set up for the steal in 2020.
They didn’t just attack President Trump but by extension you and I, our Constitution and our Republic.
We know about Burisma, with a myriad of other shell companies with swamp connections to the B-B-Biden’s, Romney’s, Kerry’s, McCain’s, Pelosi’s, Clinton’s et al and as rats they made their nests in the Ukraine to launder their money.
You can be certain many more of these slimy swamp rats are involved with the graft, you can tell by the glee the swamp sent, so far $120Billion, to the/their “war” effort. This would include their broods (Hunter) as well. The Ukraine is a crime scene that’s the reason for the emergency, burn up the evidence, in great haste.
These same jerks selling this hooey are the same ones that gave us the Steele Dossier, Mueller Special Counsel, all based on a fraud. Impeachment 1 & 2 fraud, 2018, 2020 & 2022 election fraud, released a bio-weapon The Wuhan Con to set up the big steal on 11/3/20 fraud, and still goes on to this day with the Jan. 6th political prisoners and now the indictment of President Trump.
We still in spots having (mostly peaceful) open riots (Atlanta), swamp sanctioned threats in American cities, all pushed by the same creeps, preying on witless BLM/Antifa/Transfreaks ne’er-do-well’s, criminals, and perverts, forming mobs, many screaming to have their private parts altered or removed and we’re told this is reasonable.
We must get this clear, all sold by the enemy MSM 24/7 without exception. They diligently push swamp false narratives and still do to this day. On 11/3/2020 the largest fraud ever perpetrated on the American people took place, a stolen presidential election.
I’ve yet to see a single news actor, including Tucker, go after this fraud directly and aggressively with the same journalistic fervor that they attacked President Trump, and by extension you and I. The evidence of this fraud is voluminous now, all one need do is look. However, their masters won’t allow it.
Because of the malfeasance of the so called ”protectors” of the 1st Amendment aka Freedom of the Press we are treated to this rolling sh_it show.
War, pestilence, privation, street violence, sexual confusion (drag queens reading to kindergartners…huh!), racial division (CRT 1619 project), runaway inflation, drugs (Illegal & Big Pharma), crushing small businesses, and arresting political opposition (Jan 6th President Trump), and on and on…
We know, they know and the world knows it’s all a fraud.
Don’t participate! Keep God and family close.
Ultra-MAGA!
Deleted… wrong thread
Hi Economist,
I replied to you and expounded… but I put it on the Presidential thread because you… and recent attendance at an RFK Jr speech really got me going.
Phew thanks for really getting my blood pressure working this morning.
But as I posted ideas to solve things… I FELT HOPEFUL.
We CAN turn this around but it is going to take drastic measures to wrest power out of corrupt hands, and make significant changes, so that no nefarious individuals ever EVEN THINK ABOUT pulling this garbage again.
My rant is on The Presidential Thread.
Man, I’m ready to SADDLE UP… LET’S RIDE!
Good morning, sis. Well one thing for sure…
The targets have exposed themselves…or been made to expose themselves, if you get my drift.
We’re not aiming into the dark anymore. We can see them. They are luminescent. That should help…
I was third in line to question RFK Jr. Only one question was taken. #2 and me, #3, were sorely disappointed.
The evil is palpable and obvious. I am not afraid. I am more afraid to do nothing.
You are right, Betsy, they are not even hiding themselves… but when you stand toe to toe with them and look them in the eyes and profess Christ – they fall like a house of cheap cards – and they do flee!
He fled to a Laura Ingraham interview.
Eye contact..or not…tells us everything we need to know.
Uh…, did he lose his voice or somethin?
-my bad (Lindsay Graham)
Not completely. RFK Jr. has a somewhat rare condition known as “spasmodic dysphonia, a specific form of an involuntary movement disorder called dystonia that affects only the voice box.”
Here’s a short article about it: https://www.distractify.com/p/robert-f-kennedy-jr-voice
Good morning JWoo RIDE AND HOPEFUL means in God’s timing. It is the
waiting now. Love your posts. Blessings
God morning, lightworkerspirit. May we all have the patience to endure our waiting🙏🏻
Good morning JWoo! I’ll bring the rope.
Yeah… we need some old fashioned butt whippins.
WOW! WOW! WOW! The Armor of GOD is piecing itself around humanity right now.
WWG1WGA Amen
And WHO is behind and/or controls all of it?
You just answered yourself, BK. WHO. W.H.O. World Health Organization – or let’s say those behind it who intend to weaponize it for totalitarianism.
Check out the list in Event 201 synopsis I posted from the RFK, Jr. speech Thursday night. Pretty sure we will recognize some names.
Bill Gates just couldn’t leave well enough alone developing computers. Now, he’s criminally insane… or it could just teach us something about those computers?
Correct!!!
Have a blessed Sunday, Treeper friends. Always know that our Lord loves us and watches over us . . . always so long as be believe in Him.
Good morning, Garrison. I am very much feeling this solemn weekend. So much given…and taken. God bless, dear friend. Thank you for these.🙏🏻😘
Good morning, Bet. 🙂 Slow morning here. Just finished a steaming mug of Bustelo coffee. . . my favorite coffee brand. Robust and “fullsome” to use a phrase picked up from a long-ago CAR magazine (UK)—definitely not something you’d hear used in common, day-to-day Texas discourse—but entirely suitable if you like strong coffee. Bustelo was introduced to me by my late wife and enjoying it now is a reminder of so many good mornings past. I’m finding that you never quite forget these things . . . Be well, love . . .
No you don’t forget…nor should you, dear friend. Ever…eventually it is the good things remembered which rise above everything else. Enjoy your tacos🤗!!
Garrison, we have been listening to some works by Joseph Rheinberger on YouTube streaming.
This playing now and is glorious and uplifting.
“Abenlied”
VOCES 8 of course…
Gorgeous, Bet. Thanks for posting this . . . 🙂
In looking for a work by Joseph Rheinberger this morning streaming Youtube, we inadvertently discovered another beautiful piece of his in this same vein…then discovered it was followed by the one above and then another similar by another…unending. Such peaceful and beautiful choral music. Perfect for the day. I felt you would lime it.💕
Morning Garrison! And a blessed Sunday to you, friend!
Mornin’ Gramps. Yes, it is always good to receive good wishes from a friend. Thank you and be well, old dude. 🙂
Good Morning Garrison ….Thank you for the parting glass song. The strong voices and words have a
resolve of strength and love encapsulated. It’s made for the times we are moving through. Blessings
I think so too. 🙂
Good afternoon, Garrison.
Hope you’ve planned a great day. You may have already discussed it. I stepped off the thread and then back on, so haven’t read all the updates.
Just had brunch of Honeycrisp and Gala apple, homemade hummus, Bavarian pretzel pieces, green olives, and sharp cheddar cheese.
Kiddo and I relaxing, listening currently to Journey.
Central IN is glorious and it’s a beautiful day for the 500 race.
A little earlier had lunch at my favorite taqueria—chicken fajita taco with a side of Charro beans. I’m losing weight on this. My belt is on its last hole and my cargo shorts are loose. This is weight I can definitely stand to lose. The key is only eating until you feel full and then stop, leaving food on the plate. I’m down from two tacos which were quite filling.
Good for you!!!! Chris lost 22 pounds post his surgery, and yes, he needed to lose that much. And while I wouldn’t recommend that way to lose, he is determined now to keep it off! YES!!!!! Now back comfortably in trousers that were shoved aside because…
Well done, my friend. I salute you😊👍🏻
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Hi, Patience 🙂
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The laryngeal / esophageal junction in the breed provides an opportunistic point to close off the the flow of air. See also, under better circumstances, loud snoring.
This year there will be 2 more empty chairs at our family table. My ex husband, Army, and my brother in law, Air Force. Only 3 of us left.
Oh, boy, that’s rough. May The Lord hold you close. 🕊️
He does everyday, 24/7.
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Me, too . . . 🙂
I feel it with you, Gramadeb…🙏🏻💕
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Gramade50 Much love to you and your family. Memorial Day is a sacred reminder and our hearts
carry them everyday. Blessings
I am so sorry Gramadeb50. May their memories be Eternal and let our hope spring forth as we all look forward to an Eternity reunited.
May God comfort you all.
🙏🏻💔
Bible Study Help #13, ‘Delivered Up‘ / Abridged
Mat. 24:9 “...and ye shall be hated of all nations for My name’s sake.”
24:9 “…Then shall they deliver you up...”
Is world peace in GOD‘s Plan?
Jer. 6:13 “...the least…unto the greatest…unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.”
6:14 “...Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
1 Cor. 10:11 “...things…written for…whom the ends of the world…come.” The Fig Tree Generation.
Mark 7:13 “Making the word of God of none effect through tradition...” Teaching traditions hides truth.
Luke 21:8 “...Take heed…be not deceived…many shall come…saying, I am Christ…go…not…after them.”
21:9 “...ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars…be not terrified.” Nuclear war, not Biblical.
21:10 “...Nation shall rise against nation…kingdom against kingdom.”
21:11 “...earthquakes…famines…pestilences…fearful sights…” Same old, same old.
21:12 “…before all these, they shall lay hands on you…for My name’s sake.”
21:13 “And it shall turn to you for a testimony.” Many ‘delivered up’, but to who?
21:14 “Settle it…not…before what ye shall answer:” Don’t think about what we want to tell Satan.
21:15 “…I will give you a mouth and wisdom,,,your adversaries shall not…resist.” GOD‘s Spirit will speak.
21:16 “…ye shall be betrayed…by parents…kinsfolk…friends…and some…put to death.”
21:18 “...there shall not an hair of your head perish.”
Those last two Verses don’t conflict, being “put to death” is better understood as ‘delivered up‘ to death, or taken by his believers to Satan, for GOD! Heb. 2:14 “…that had the power of death, that is, the devil;”
Satan had the “power of death” over flesh until Jesus defeated him by His personal sacrifice on the cross. Satan fulfilling his role as antichrist will be in Jerusalem claiming to be GOD, and the whole world will believe and worship him. Any who understand may be “delivered up” and GOD‘s Spirit will do the speaking. Example:
Acts 2:4 “…they…filled with the Holy Spirit…began to speak…other tongues...” Other languages.
2:6 “...every man heard them speak in his own language.” Not gibberish, their native tongue.
2:8 “…hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born.” Right down to their neighborhood dialect.
2:11 “…we do hear them speak in our tongues...” Words, accents, pronunciation, they understood it all.
A Brit would hear English in a native dialect, Chinese would hear Mandarin, all at the same time! Only GOD‘s Holy Spirit can do this. Ecc. 1:9 “…there is no new thing under the sun.” Everything happened previously as a tool to teach us.
Look again at Luke 21:16 “…ye shall be betrayed…by parents…kinsfolk…friends…and some…put to death.” They’ll believe Satan the antichrist is actually Jesus, so they accept the ‘mark in the forehead’ (their brain), then by working with Satan, they accept ‘the mark in the hand’. And they won’t even know it, until it’s too late! “I never got ‘666’ tattooed on my forehead or my hand!” But from GOD‘s perspective? “But you helped him deceive others!”
All the world will understand the Holy Spirit’s entire message at precisely the same instant.
Mark 13:11 “…when they…deliver you up…it is not you that speak, but the Holy Spirit.”
1 Pet. 3:17 “...it is better…ye suffer for well doing than…evil doing.” We catch flak, ’cause we’re over the target. People hate being told their ‘teacher’ is deceiving them, yet they refuse to study for their own understanding.
Ezek. 13:20 “...I am against…ye…hunt…souls to make them fly...” Teaching rapture? GOD‘s against it!
Jer. 23:1 “Woe…unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep...” GOD‘s chosen, misled.
23:2 “...thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors...”
23:3 “...I will gather the remnant of My flock...”
23:4 “...I will set up shepherds…which shall feed them...”
23:5 “...I will raise unto David…a Branch…a King…shall excecute judgment...” The True Jesus.
23:6 “…Judah shall be saved…Israel shall dwell safely...” No more WEF or UN B.S.
23:7 “...no more say, “The Lord…Which brought…the children…out of…Egypt.”
23:8 “But, The Lord…Which brought…the seed…of Israel…from all countries...”
23:9 “Mine heart…is broken…because of the words of His holiness.” Some don’t want to ‘see’.
23:10 “…the land…full of adulterers…their course is evil...” ‘adulterers’ = idolaters [traditions].
23:11 “...both prophet and priest are profane…in My house...” False teachers are the problem.
23:15 “...concerning the prophets…I will feed them…wormwood...” GOD explains;
Rev. 8:10 “…there fell a great star from heaven…” Satan coming back to finish the deception.
8:11 “...the third part…became wormwood…many died…” Still not saved during The Millennium.
8:13 “...Woe, woe, woe to the…earth...” Earth deceived. Satan even works from pulpits.
Luke 21:24 “…they shall fall by the…sword…led away captive…until the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled.”
The Adamic bloodline, instructed to teach the Gentile [ethnos/ethnic] nations, are themselves deceived.
Apostasy will occur when the Scripturally ignorant abandon the True Christ for the antichrist.
21:25 “...there shall be signs…and…distress…with perplexity…” Few understand as they observe it all.
21:26 “Men’s hearts failing them…looking after…things…coming on the earth…”
Most feel anxiety due to lack of understanding GOD‘s Word. Painful to observe, but then;
21:27 “…then shall they see the Son of man coming…with power and great glory.”
After all Prophecy, GOD‘s Plan fulfilled exactly as He foretold us.
A joyous day, The LORD’s Day!
Eph. 2:14 “…He is our peace…” Peace of mind in knowing which Christ to worship.
Matt. 11:15 “He that has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Tomorrow: ‘Prudent Silence‘ / Abridged
Nearer My God to Thee
I got to see the Vietnam Wall once; it was very moving. Something I heard when I was there; that you can see the Wall from the Capitol, and from (I think) the Washington Monument; but you can’t see it from the White House. That struck me as strange, that it should be put that way. Is that to say that the President doesn’t want to look at it out the window? I don’t know if that’s right. Some people go too easily to the hate and slander, don’t you think? There might be a part that not everyone knows, but God knows!
Anyway, Thank You, Betsy for this very powerful picture. I hope you have a good day.
Thank you, Michael. I know the feelings I get when I see photos of it and photos of those who visit it to find the names of the soldiers they knew or served with or loved and lost. I can only imagine how overwhelming it would be to stand and gaze upon the tens of thousands of names etched into that wall. And to think of many times more who were left to pick up the pieces.
I have extremely strong feelings about the war which caused this Memorial to exist, which I will not air here. Suffice it to say those who served with honour whose names are there, as well as those who did the same who returned deserve our very deepest respect.
Blessings to you, my friend.
Betsy….DITTO Amen
I’ve been staring at it for a long time…and this one…💔
Last time i visited my Dad’s grave at Fort Sam Houston, I noticed many young-looking wives camped out by their loved one’s grave for the day- lawn chair, cooler, beach umbrella,etc…
Very sad, but very loyal.
Heartbreaking, Lorrie. My own dad was head of the Burns Unit at Ft Sam when he returned home from Korea.
Not one of those ladies ever considered they would be visiting their beloved husbands’ graves when on the happiest day of their lives, they married I am sure.
No words…
God rest your dad’s soul, my friend.🙏🏻
OK, now I’m crying. Lost husband to veteran suicide 19 years ago and it hurts like it was yesterday. My kids were older, though. Son went into Army, medicaled out with PTSD and TBI from Afghanistan, has had a rough life since then. Finally getting it together, I hope. Grieving mom in picture, I pray for you and all others.
The older I get, lightworkerspirit, the more this day of remembrance affects me.
Me, too, Betsy. Terrible times, they were.
We have friends who went and didn’t return; also, those who went and returned, but never the same.
And hearts of fathers, mothers, wives, children filled with fear and sorrow the whole time.
Hubs missed this war – by God’s intervention. Although in college, his draft number was so close, but not drawn. Anxious moments.
Those who served have my utmost respect.
🙏🏻
Remember when that clump of cells that (not who) is squatting in the WH was receiving the coffins from Afghanistan and he looked at his watch while they were being carried off the plane.
I do…
No more, no more.
To think of the losses as we begin to understand what was done in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War are to me, Della, are all that more unbearable to think of.
Perhaps why this Memorial Day is weighing g so heavily on so many of us.
Yes…I believe it is that.
God rest all their precious souls.🙏🏻💔
Oh, I remember- won’t forget.
That moment in time was from the pit of hell.
The epitome of satan himself.
Because war is hell.
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Lord, please get everyone through these dark days.
Amen🙏🏻
Makes me think of this song –
Oh my goodness!!!!! I’d forgotten that one, Rileytrips!
Quite overwhelming . . . All those names . . . each one has a face they saw in the mirror every morning, a soul, a mind, a spirit, a body all its own, someone who matters to God, and to its parents and siblings and the “beloved” in their lives. God brought every one of us into the world, and has nourished us and kept us all our days; and all our members are written in His book, every hair of our head numbered.
Many names are there because they were compelled into Service; and who would have done something else if not for the corrupt ambitions and greed of a few in positions of influence. I am afraid of what is coming upon this country: “What time I am afraid, I will trust in the LORD.” I read the Bible and understand how it is necessary for times to come to what they are, and conditions before the Lord returns.
I look up with hope for the grace to endure true and faithful to the end, and to have the courage and love and strong faith, that will encourage and strengthen my brethren. But contrary to the slander of many, we do not rejoice at evil and sufferings, as if we are something better than others. As long as Jesus took on a body of humanity, we have to know that God has compassion, and we His children have the same Spirit and mind about right and wrong.
If you ever get a chance to go and visit the Vietnam Memorial, take it. Its like many things, you can only have the experience and revelation from actually being there.
Beautifully written, my friend. I as well hope for the grace to endure what at this point seems to be inevitably coming. It is with horror that we realize the depth of the evil we are witnessing in this world.
I am certain the impact of seeing the memorial in person is powerful, unforgettable. But the experience of my doing so will not happen. And I am sorry about that. I’m glad you’ve seen it, Michael and have told us about your reaction to it. Thank you.
Okay… this image. Man alive!
I interviewed here locally with a very influential architectural firm. One who is awarded the contract to design the Gulf War Memorial.
They are mining the rock out of Brazil and shipping it to Italy for sculpting to have it brought back to Washington DC for installation. Let that sink in a minute.
They also don’t require the vax, but strongly encourage it. If you are unvaxed, you will be isolated and kept from projects and jobsites that mandate vax… whether the government mandates it or not.
And the major mega hospital system that this firm and two other high profile architectural firms united and formed a single, triune entity on… possibly one of the biggest healthcare building projects in current history… mandate that anyone on the campus… employee or contractor alike… all be jabbed.
But, what do you expect when that medical project’s namesake shields and promotes such nefarious things such as the Alfred Kinsey Institute and their Table 42 studies?
I love architecture, construction, long sustaining art… but not at the cost of my soul.
The value of anything, dearest friend, is what it would cost you to lose it.
There is no price to place on one’s soul. What you have written doesn’t surprise me.
What does, however, is the unknowable number of others who seemingly put a price on theirs.
The one thing which evil wants for its own above all else.
Absent comrades . . . 🙂
Feeling it, my friend…and if I am, I’m sure there are so many who knew the losses and feel it forevermore.
Amen.
LONG MAY IT WAVE WITH THE BLESSING OF GOD.
Amen Greg1
Hi nwtex RIGHT ON!
“Let’s Go Get The World” — DJT And so now we have the MAGA movement which is happily proving itself to be completely impervious to woke. GO TRUMP!!!!
😉😎
Needs to be said. In fact, it needs to be shouted from the rooftops.
YES!
💯❣️
Thank you officer Tatum hear you on radio. God Bless You
28 May
Noah Webster
(1758-1843)
American lexicographer (Webster’s Dictionary), dies at 84
BRILLIANT! Thank you so much for posting this treasure.
What a delightful presentation: I think there should be a mandatory High School curriculum of Webster’s Dictionary. Obviously there wouldn’t be enough time to read the whole thing in a year; but to learn how to use it, and have a minimum vocabulary learned attached to the Finals.
The lack of this in this country has been devastating on so many levels. How do we reintroduce godly character and the excellency of knowledge and understanding, to generations steeped in everything ungodly and anti-Christian?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/04/never-forget-barack-obama-first-pushed-teaching-sex-education-kindergarteners-back-2007-even-pushed-sex-ed-kiddies-legislation-video/
Never Forget — Barack Obama is behind the push to teach sex education to little children
What the plan really states.
28 May 2020 Lennie Niehaus, American jazz saxophonist and film composer (Clint Eastwood films), dies at 90
Bridges Of Madison County
28 May 2017 Elisabeth Chojnacka, Polish harpsichordist, with works dedicated to her by over 80 composers, dies at 79
Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra Op. 40
28 May 2014 David Nadien, American concert and session violin virtuoso, dies of pneumonia at 88
Swan Lake
28 May 1993 Charles “Doctor” Ross, American blues singer and guitarist (Doctor Ross the Harmonica Boss), dies at 67
Comin’ in hot…………………….
he’s not wrong
Agreed. And just look at what they have planned for us . . .
Huh?
fit girl, strong legs and core, you can tell
brave too
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UNQUESTIONED REVELATION
“And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing.” John xvi. 23
When is “that day”? When the Ascended Lord makes you one with the Father. In that day you will be one with the Father as Jesus is, and “in that day,” Jesus says, “ye shall ask Me nothing.” Until the resurrection life of Jesus is manifested in you, you want to ask this and that; then after a while you find all questions gone, you do not seem to have any left to ask. You have come to the place of entire reliance on the resurrection life of Jesus which brings you into perfect contact with the purpose of God. Are you living that life now? If not, why shouldn’t you?
There may be any number of things dark to your understanding, but they do not come in between your heart and God. “And in that day ye shall ask Me no question” – you do not need to, you are so certain that God will bring things out in accordance with His will. John xiv. 1 has become the real state of your heart, and there are no more questions to be asked. If anything is a mystery to you and it is coming in between you and God, never look for the explanation in your intellect, look for it in your disposition, it is that which is wrong. When once your disposition is willing to submit to the life of Jesus, the understanding will be perfectly clear, and you will get to the place where there is no distance between the Father and His child because the Lord has made you one, and “in that day ye shall ask Me no question.”
Oswald Chambers
May 28th Devotional
Bless-ed Sunday Morning, sweet sis…I know you will love this. Sung by the Colorado All State Treble Choir, these lovely voices will set your heart soaring. Imagine walking through the lobby of this hotel and hearing these angelic voices!💕
Good morning Sis! Blessed be the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! I consider it a privilege that we are a part of His kingdom today. I pray that your day will be richly blessed!!! 💝💝💝
Thank you, dear friend. Hoping so much yours will be the same🤗😘
Good morning juststevie and amen!
Good morning Grandpa!!!! 💝💝💝🙋♀️🙏✝
Wow! Hi Betsy! Been a while, just being silent for a season. God Bless You!
Gracious Sunday morning, heather💕 My sentiments exactly! A WOW was all I could manage…..and a drop which leaked out of my eyes (or two…or three…)
And heather…. I pray for you all is well. Truly.🙏🏻💕
All is well! God is on The Throne! I pray all is well with you dear one! It is emotional as we think of all those who have given their lives for our country! My husband is a Vietnam Vet, signed up at 17….wanted to go stop the madness!
I am so glad!!! I remember those years well. I was at the University of Texas then, the hotbed of Vietnam War opposition. And being a small town naïve unworldly student who wasn’t paying attention (shamefully) I swallowed whole what was being offered by the government. My education didn’t start at UT…it began when I moved overseas at 36.
God bless your husband, an honourable patriot, dear friend…and you. 🙏🏻💕
True story: I was sitting in my graduate sociology seminar while there was a large Kent State protest going on outside. My professor paused and simply said, ” . . . Here we are, talking about sociology when it’s actually happening just outside our windows . . .”. Smart man. Full professor.
You were lucky to have studied under him, Garrison. I remember Kent State, too.
Wonder how he would have fared into today’s (I’ll call it with inverted commas) “academic” environment.
We saw how it was when God was speaking to Job! “Where were you, Job…?”
I am thankful. This also means that when we are finally Home, we will have no need to answer the “why’s?”
Can’t wait.
The book of Job is a treasure…
And my prayer is that God will help me – and others – to completely trust in Divine Providence so that we can live NOW without answers until we get to the place where we will live without questions.
(a statement made by another at Calvin Institute)
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5/28/2023 – For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that He might destroy them utterly
Joshua 11:15-20 “As the LORD commanded Moses His servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses. So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; even from the mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle. For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that He might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favor, but that He might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.”
Obviously, the first thing that stands out about this passage of Scripture, is that Joshua did what God commanded through Moses. So much for the false doctrine, that we cannot keep God’s commandments. And what was not said, about whether he did the “letter of the law” or the “spirit of the law,” has no need to be explained; because unless someone has a heart for the things of God, and pleasing Him; no amount of filtering out gnats, and washing of the hands will make him anything pleasing to God. As said Amos the prophet, How can two walk together, except they be agreed? so no one who’s will and course in life is dictated by his vanity and fleshy desires, has the constitution for walking with God. Joshua’s heart and soul wholly belonged to the LORD his God; and the righteous cause of his Lord was his whole purpose in life: so the commandment was to him, his bond and duty from the heart.
Matthew 11:12 “But from the days of John the baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is taken by force, and the violent seize upon it.”
It is the purpose of God that we should be justified by faith in the word preached, by obeying the commandment given through His servants the prophets. “As the LORD commanded Moses His servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua.” All they that are of the truth will receive the truth through God’s servants; not as it were the words of men, but as they are in truth the words of God. What God has spoken, is in force for ever; and cannot be altered or diminished by the passing of time; for time itself is merely the mechanization for making and measuring days and seasons and months and years; which all yet remain in eternity.
The next thing that stands out as prominent, is the fact that God hardened the hearts of the wicked, which He had judged worthy to be destroyed and taken away from off the face of the earth; and so they would not make peace with Joshua. The apostle Paul also spoke of this truth in Romans 1:18-32, and in 2 Thessalonians 2; how that on account of what kind men take a decision to be, God gives them up to be made into the image of their shame. Yet even being given over to the perversion and abominations of their own hearts; to work out their shame openly; they are not ashamed or disgusted with themselves or afraid of God.
Psalm 92:5-8 “O LORD, how great are Your works! and Your thoughts are very deep. A brutish man knows not; neither does a fool understand this. When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: but You, LORD, are most high for evermore.”
Brutish: brutal, cruel; gross, coarse; carnal, sensual; uncivilized; bestial, like an animal . . . in other words, heathen! There are many places in the Bible, where the abominations of the cursed people are described; and how it is because they have done all these things to their gods, that He must take them away: and even the earth itself vomits out its inhabitants, because of what they do. We have the word of Christ, that the day is coming, in the which He Himself will empty the whole earth of all the ungodly, and all their works. For us now, we are to announce the Glad Tidings of His salvation in Christ, and to teach all nations to keep His commandments; in anticipation of that day when He shall judge the world in righteousness.
For this reason, we should understand, that the hardness of people’s hearts is a judgment of God; and it is a warning sign of their imminent destruction. That’s why he says to us, that when they do not receive us nor hear our words, to shake off the dust of our feet against them, and leave them with their own choices; and go to the next place. Additionally we should understand, that whatever we are appointed to suffer for righteousness’ sake, and for our witness of Jesus; is for the judgment day to come. In Matthew 23, Jesus told His enemies, that He would send them prophets and wise men and scribes, for the very reason of their persecuting and killing them; so He could bring all the guilt of innocent blood of all time upon “this generation.”
Just as Joshua and the Israelites were to cleanse the land of all the people of those abominations; so are we to sanctify ourselves and rid God’s holy land of our souls, of every thing that breathes, without pity; and to make no covenants or marriages with them, that we might spare them; for they will be a snare for our souls, that will cost our lives. By the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we have been saved from our sins; and sin no longer has dominion over us. If however we go back to sinning, we do come under the law again as transgressors, and are in danger of the judgment, unless we repent; unless we confess our sins, AND FORSAKE THEM!
Romans 6:15-23 “What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that you were the servants of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, you became the servants of righteousness. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as you have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity, unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness. What fruit had you then, in those things whereof you are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, you have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 8:5-17 “For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if you live after the flesh, you shall die: but if you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together.”
nice bit of songwriting by Radney Foster, he’s a Nashville guy, I had his records with Foster and Lloyd in the mid-late-80s
…and for an excellent cause!!!
Good morning Nim… 🙋♀️
Every year, I recommend this movie. It has been a while since we’ve seen it, and so tomorrow, Memorial Day we will again watch. It is available on Prime and I am sorry it is not free for all who wish to see it.
For those who have ever witnessed the coming home of fallen soldier, as my son did when he was serving in the Navy…as I have one day when I was out and the long, unending cortege drove slowly by with people standing silently along a quiet shed road…it changes you forever.
Once seen, never forgotten.
I can’t recommend this movie, TAKING CHANCE, highly enough. It will go straight to your heart…
…and as with experiencing what I described above?
Once seen, never forgotten.
Here is the moving trailer.
Betsy i know of these dog tags/story when you look at this photo they look like
mini angel wings. God does work in different ways. Blessings
Oh my…I wish I could see it more clearly, my friend. But even imagining it brings me to the tears I know I’d weep if I were actually there…
I have not seen it but I saw that trailer just a few days ago and wished I could.
It would be nice if our military/politicians would extend this same honor to their soldiers and veterans while they are still alive…don’t you think? 🙄
Yes, I most certainly do, stevie. I have nothing but contempt for politicians who treat those who serve in the military with contempt, as disposables. And even the brass (small b) among which there are no Pattons. Shame, eternal shame, on all of them.
Agree a thousand percent!
A very good morning to you Betsy…it just boggles my mind how going back to Viet Nam the military has been abused to where we are today.. I really can’t find the words to describe how I feel ..growing up in 40’s 50’s ☹️☹️..God Bless them all 🙏👍
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Good Sunday Morning, Jim🙏🏻 Bless you, dear sir…I am the same. Some feelings cannot be put into words. The emotions are too complicated. I believe where we find ourselves today simply makes those emotions sharper. God knows, God hears, and Almighty God will keep our fallen men and women who served in the palm of His hand always. And we all pray for those serving today and their families.🙏🏻💕
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Addendum . . .
Oh Lord love them all…and bless them always🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Really crying now…thank you for this, Garrison.💔🙏🏻
Such an American thing to do. And so spontaneous. Those guys really meant what was expressed in Neil’s song. Good on ’em. And good on Caroline for being such a good sport. Now their moment is memorialized in ‘net history.
She looked a bit tearful for a second…if she was, I wouldn’t have blamed her.
My first born is a “Caroline”… there must be something about that name because she is as sweeeet as she can be…💕
Good Morning Betsy I totally agree this movie is sacred ground. Much love for
sharing. Blessings
You are most welcome. One of those movies made long ago which received very little notice but which deserves so so much more.💕
I was surprised and gratified with Kevin Bacon’s role. I forgot he was an actor…
And the highest compliment I can give anyone whose face is well known and the previous name making roles they have undertaken.
Good Morning juststevie…. I love this song and you for playing it for all. Blessings
Good morning Light! 💝 Blessings for you and yours today! 🙏🙏🙏
Good Sunday morning to my 🌳house family!
My heart is sad this Memorial Day weekend. So many things have changed in this country, and not for the good of all mankind. As I listened to the video below, my thoughts were…how much longer will be able to hear these patriotic songs? When will the internet scrub whatever is left of the pride in our country, no longer allowed to be heard, exercised, promoted, defended? My heart weeps for those that innocently died defending this country, but even so now for a country or military that doesn’t want any thing to do with patriotism or honor? And it’s true, as conversations here have noted…at one time we encouraged our young to be apart of the military discipline and prestige and yet, here we are that we reject the thoughts of our children joining the military only to be fodder for an regime that does not respect human life. Listen to the words…embed them in your heart…the foundation of what our country used to be.
Mine, too, dear sis, …I would say inexplicably but I know why. This was so beautiful.
I hope you don’t mind…but your poignant message emboldened me to add this performance sung by the Robert Shaw Chorale I can’t listen to without bursting into floods of tears, especially the last verse…”Great God, our King”…knowing what we had and were…
Thank you for expressing your deep thoughts which are mine and I suspect are those of every one of our beloved family here.🙏🏻💕
Oh my gosh, Stevie. Good morning to all our Tree.
We would usually be preparing for church but kiddo arrived home really late from work and it was her longest work shift yet, 9 hours, so she’s really tired. We’ve agreed that when she wakes up, we will hold church at home today and spend a quiet day.
I just wrote a lengthy response to Economist and my energy level is just at an all time high. I am certain it is the combination of witnessing the RFK Jr speech on Thursday… an active participant and leader in our legislative process… and the words he spoke… and the Michelle Bachmann post with Focus on the Family about Biden Admin giving U.S. sovereignty over to the W.H.O. this week… I have not been able to release them!
My Spirit is overwhelming my body.
My fathers, both the biological one and the Divine One, did not grow in me a Spirit of sideline, silent observer. They did not grow me to sit and do nothing. They grew me and inspired in me with a Spirit of participation, problem solving, project management, critical thinking, and quantitative and qualitative deliverables. When you gotta dig, I am a person who grabs a shovel and starts digging!
Though I took down my website – I still kept my company Liberty Through Works, LLC. open. I opened it to handle taxes in the sale of the books and media for Patriot Academy’s “Biblical Citizenship” classes that I was interested in holding here locally – to keep the IRS happy and was even insured to protect kiddo and me when renting venue space. I figured if the Fed was going to come after me for being a Patriot – they would do so through the tax system, so I was going to watch my p’s and q’s to the last penny. (Gee.. look at all those new IRS agents… talk about prophetic!)
Why did I keep it open when the classes derailed thanks to some heavy hitting grifters steeped in corrupt Central Indiana politics? What was God moving me for? How does He want me to Act and what does He want me to DO now?
I run TO the emergencies – not away from them. I just can’t let things go and passively comply.
I’ll share with you the final words of RFK, Jr’s speech – and I’ll try to share tidbits here and there… greatly abbreviated and compressed as much as possible from mouthy me. I WANT TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
Kennedy’s final points in closing his speech:
1) Whatever power the government has, they won’t give back. They have biological labs all over the world.
2) Any power the government takes, they will ultimately abuse.
3) No man ever complied their way out of totalitarianism.
He’s not wrong about the biological labs around the world.
The Russians know.
And the genocidal DoD know they know.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/russia-claims-they-collected-evidence-avian-flu-pathogens/
Stevie,
We discourage our children from once honorable professions:
1) Going into the military
2) Being a litigator
3) Going into medical practice
4) Running for political office
We have a cancer in our leadership. It’s not in our society – because there are too many of us who believe the same things and stand on honor. However, other disturbing detail from RFK, Jr. speech. (For the life of me I can’t understand how a man whose father and uncle were murdered by Establishment can stand to partner with that Establishment now…)
1) They have been running simulations of pandemics for research. “Event 201” New York City – Gates, Fauci, Avril Haines, and George Gao Director-General China Center for Disease Control – October 18, 2019
List of attendees source:
https://www.weforum.org/press/2019/10/live-simulation-exercise-to-prepare-public-and-private-leaders-for-pandemic-response
The participants in the live simulation represent a range of backgrounds and industries and include:
2) Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence, in 2021 was reported to oversee 16 intelligence agencies – Interesting background on her here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/26/avril-haines-director-of-national-intelligence
3) The last simulation performed during Event 201 focuses on people saying it’s “a lab leak” and the activation of censorship on social media and to counter that narrative with flooding the media zone with propaganda and authoritative voices.
4) CIA began conducting experiments on mind control in 1954 with MK Ultra. “MK” = Mind Kontrol. They were using it to create Manchurian Candidates and to turn normal innocent citizens into killers.
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/09/758989641/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief
5) In the Milgram Experiment (Yale University – 1960’s) – Study participants sat at a table with a knob button. They were told that the knob controlled electric shock to an individual in another room. Using an authoritative voice, the researcher instructed study participants to increase the frequency of shock administered by turning the knob. The individual in the other room would pretend to scream, weep, and plead for it to stop. Using authoritative voice and demanding of the study participant to continue, 67% of the study participants increased the shock administered past the point of death to the victim despite their strongly held principles. Only 33% of study participants abided by their deeply held principles and fled the test refusing to inflict further harm on the test subject.
Kennedy said to look it up on Wikipedia, which he also added you can’t trust anymore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
Ahhhh, dearest sis! I can hear the cry and frustration of your heart. And I do believe that you have figured out your spiritual destination which will affect your humanity! I BELIEVE IN YOU!
Even as I type those words, hesitation to encourage you raises it’s head and I wonder why? Why can’t a normal citizen fight for what is morally right and for what is spiritually right? Fight for Truth? Fight for the children? All those venues have been sharply curtailed by the present administration…with penalties for those that push through. Why do we even need to fight for these ideals? These things used to be our normal everyday thinking.
IMHO…Kennedy is saying what people want to hear. Sounds familiar? The Bible speaks of itching ears. And because he is still a iron clad democrat, it smacks of a trojan horse situation. Who can discern and reveal the truth of the matter?
We know WHO! Now, more than ever, I have turned the questions over to our God! Our God Who knows all…our God Who can teach us discernment, and how to trust Him, how to petition Him in prayer! This is the answer. God is the answer. I don’t say this lightly! The enemy (and his subordinates) are very, very powerful and unless we have a Commanding Officer leading the charge, we will fail, and fail miserably! I vote Jesus!
I know, that you know and have the spirit of victory in you! I continue in prayer for you, that your leadership and spiritual perseverance will be a weapon in the hands of God! Bless you sister! 💝
Oh Stevie, I question why I am in such places with such appointments. I am quite literally a “no one”… I am like Ma Clampett walking into these things… but, I pray before I walk into these things and I ask God to show me what He wants me to see.
I am confident to know who I am and to Whom I belong:
1) a child of God
2) a mother of a soon to be military-aged daughter
3) a daughter of a career military professional
4) an ex-wife of a career military professional
5) the victim with real life damage due to bad policies
6) a person with a voice who refuses to be silenced
When penalty is there when we have nothing left to lose? They may take our freedoms, but they will never rule over our spirits. Never, ever. God’s church will never be put an end to.
I understand the hesitation… I feel it too… however I look at my daughter and her future and her commitment to righteousness… and there are no more questions or hesitations.
I pray our spirits be ignited with fire of courage that we all can stand together and push back in our ways. Small steps for us, but mighty leaps for the collective.
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Sisters! 💝
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If you would please remove that mistaken flag I would so appreciate it. Thank you…
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May 28
MORNING
We look for the Saviour. Phil. 3:20
The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Titus 2:11-14
We, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. II Pet. 3:13, 14
Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. Heb. 9:28
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. Isa. 25:9
EVENING
So run, that ye may obtain. I Cor. 9:24
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without. Prov. 22:13
Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. Heb. 12:1, 2
Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. II Cor. 7:1
I press toward the mark. Phil. 3:14
I … so run, not as uncertainty; … I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means…. I myself should be a castaway. I Cor. 9:26, 27
The fashion of this world passeth away. I Cor. 7:31
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent. II Pet. 3:13, 14
Gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. I Pet. 1:13
Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/05/0528.html
Mornin’ all!
Morning, everyone!
As a new day begins – and a new week – it’s a good time for reflection:
Is Jesus Christ Your Savior? He loves you…
Don’t leave Earth without Him!
If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”
and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead,
you will be saved.
Romans 10:9
God morning Della!
Morning, Gramps!
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God Morning, Della. I wouldn’t dream of it!!🙏🏻💕
Morning, Betsy!
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I know I’ve responded to you somewhere amongst all these wonderful comments, dear Della…but what a joy to do it again, dear friend!!🤗🌻
Amen, Della! God’s Mercies are new every morning! Love you, sis!
There is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. – Romans 8:1
As it has been said, “When you see ‘therefore’ in the Bible, you look to see what it is there for.” Romans 7 is the well-known passage where Paul describes the struggle between the fleshly person and the spiritual person. “For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing” (Romans 7:19).
He goes on to say, “Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin” (Romans 7:24-25).
And then on to today’s verse, “There is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” It may appear that Paul is saying to believe in Jesus, but go ahead and sin. He continues in Romans 8 to clarify that this is not what he meant. From the time you say “I do” to Christ, you are saved and forgiven, but not perfect. You learn to walk in the Spirit and let the “flesh” die off.
Paul put it this way, “For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live” (Romans 8:13).
Thank God for the peace you have in Christ. Continue to follow the Spirit’s guidance. Pray for the citizens and officials of the United States to receive Christ as Savior, peace with God, and walk according to the Spirit and not after fleshly thinking.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing/?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
“From the time you say “I do” to Christ, you are saved and forgiven, but not perfect. You learn to walk in the Spirit and let the “flesh” die off.”
I like the verses that speak about this: ie; Let us therefore go on to perfection; David walked before the LORD with a perfect heart all his days; Walk before Me, and be thou perfect; . . . WHEN that which is perfect is come . . .
As long as we are in “this tabernacle,” we need to do everything to always have these things in mind, which were taught to us by the apostles and prophets, and our Lord Jesus Christ; looking away unto Jesus, the Leader and Completer of faith.. Not that we have already attained, or were already perfect; but pressing on toward the mark of the high calling of God in Christ; forgetting the things behind, and stretching forward to perfection. Having a perfect heart with God every day, and walking in the Spirit, will by its very nature continually manifest the weakness and death and worthlessness of the flesh, and so of us altogether, in and of ourselves. Yet this is not where we walk, in the weakness and death and worthlessness; but we walk by faith and love in the Spirit; as calling those things which be not, as being! And that’s the miracle of the Christian life! And that’s how He makes us His witnesses, and the living Epistles of Christ, for the world to wonder at. “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
The enemy of our souls always whispers: You have time to decide…
Good morning Miss Della! 💝
This is so true ~ because ~ we know, there is only one empty tomb, only one man who conquered sin, death and hell forever. There is only one way to Heaven, and his name is Jesus Christ!
May God Bless you today dear sis…🙏🙏✝
Morning, Stevie, and blessings!
🙏🏻💕
Archbishop Vigano has given fair warning that the time to decide is now🙏🏻 He is unequivocal. Time grows short.
And we are all dying believers, Miss Della. Praise God that He found worth in me, a sinner, and saw me as His most precious daughter worthy of salvation through Christ Jesus.
All to Jesus, I surrender
All to Thee I freely give
I will ever love and trust You
In Your presence daily live
Yes, every day we’re a little closer – to that day!
Love this old hymn – key word for me? ALL. Something to think about!
What is my fist tightly holding, Lord?
How beautiful are those lyrics!!! Thank you, Heather💕
☘️🍀☘️ Good morning friends . This pic , it’s three of the brides mades bouquets I made . They came out good I think .
Good morning my friends.
I walked my baby down the isle.
And we both had a big big smile.
I have to tell ,
When my daughter and me where standing at the back of the church waiting for them to open the doors so we could walk down the isle, the lady said ok it’s time and she opened the door for us to enter the church.
My sweet sweet beautiful Angelina turned to me and said
“ wait , Dad , I am so proud of you , I love you so much , thank you.”
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Here she was about to get hitched and she took that moment to tell me she was proud of me .
It was her time.
Her time to shine and she took that moment to say that .
What she meant was,
I’m proud of you for being sober .
Why do I tell you that ?
I tell you because it is YOU
Treepers that got me through.
I saw yours prayers.
I felt yours prayers
You were with me the whole time.
☘️Now today is another deal . I’m now setting up things for a bbq at my place . Everyone that came to the wedding is coming to my place . Right now I’m filling up this cooler table with ice and beer and sodas .
I’m very confident I can handle doing it.
I gotta set up some chaffing dishes . I’m having food brought in . Have Three small tents. Put out the flowers and make it look nice. Got till two o’clock to get r done .
Friends
Your helping me
Get r done
I did it friends
Right now
I’m cryin and shakin
Not really cryin but the tears won’t stop coming out , it’s not a making scrunched face and makin noises cryin , it’s just a lot of flow.
I gotta go
Wanted to let u know,
Todays is another big day.
Love you friends ☘️🍀☘️
💝 💝 💝 💝 💝 💝 💝 💝
There you did it…made me cry! LOL
So so happy for you…thank you for catching us up with your Joy!
May our Lord keep and Bless you and yours!! 🙏 🙏 🙏 ✝
PS: The bouquets are fabulous!!! 👍
We’ll done, dear friend, we’ll done.
Blessed be the Name of the Lord!
Autocorrect… it is WELL DONE!
“Well” done… “We’ll” done… we’ll ALL do it! Raising Molonlabe on our shoulders and hopping him around with joy!!! Praise our God Who rules our days!
Oh, Molon…🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀
You didn’t see us, dear friend, but we were most assuredly there with you, as was your Saviour, Christ Jesus Who knew what what you and Angelina needed and graciously and mercifully provided it.
I am overjoyed!! The memory of the day your sweet daughter said to you “I am proud of you” will be the anchor in your heart forever. A keepsake which will never tarnish.
The bouquets are beyond description, molon. I can see all the love you put into them.
Enjoy the day with the peace which only He can give…and has given. You with Him at your side have triumphed. Deo gratias!!!🙏🏻💕
Is that Alvin’s little foot I see??😍
☘️🍀☘️ Bruce
Hi again .
Takin a two minute break.
It’s hard . People have come to help me and they are cracking beers already.
I got this though.
The foot in the pic , that’s Bruce , one of my other four leggers.
Apparently he likes sniffin smelly things like me
Sniff sniff
Love you friend
Gotta run.
Thanks for all the well wishes you other Treepers
I see em
Be back soon
Yes you do have this!!! Because of Who has you👍🏻🙏🏻 🍀😘
Wowie wow!! Those arrangements!!😍 Inspired, my friend. What a gift you have….
BRUCE!!!! Good boy. A very good boy. You, too, Bruce. LOL
Hey Molon,
Will you do my wedding, too? I am not even dating… but figured I would get on your list now.
GORGEOUS!!!!
Book now!!!!!! Saves standing in line later👍🏻😎🍀
LOL
Right??!?!??😂
I noticed that little foot there too. He was probably supervising where all the flowers are to go. Everything is very lovely. You have a magical touch with flowers.
Amen goes right there, Bet!!! ❤️
Good morning, Molon. Hey, you did it. Good on ya. Hang in there.
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!! ❤️
Amen, sis!
Amen, duchess. The Lord must have been overwhelmed with prayers from our “treehouse”. He surely did respond and keep Molon surrounded with guardian angels.
Molonlabe, thank you for sharing what happened with your daughter! What a beautiful story!
So glad the day went well for you!
I will be thinking about you today! Your post-wedding party sounds lovely!
CONFESSION: dog’s paw in photo of bouquets is cuter than the bouquets themselves 🙂
😊😊😊👍🏻!!
My dear Brother!!!
We are so proud of you!!! The flowers are GORGEOUS and I have no doubt that the BBQ you will be hosting will be marvelous.
May I please ask one small favor of you…. you who are doing so much…. and are holding up BEAUTIFULLY?
Find a trusted friend and give that friend instruction that when the event is over – that friend take their vehicle and fill it with every alcoholic beverage left over and REMOVE THEM FROM THE PREMISES.
Never, ever… feel bad in simply offering Southern Sweet Tea, Plain Tea, Lemonade, and water based refreshers at soirees! You can do a beautiful carafe of iced 1:1:1 ratio of mineral water:cranberry juice:apple juice – infused with beautiful fruits (cut up oranges, strawberries, cranberries and mint sprig leaves).
WE LOVE YOU and our PRAYERS GO WITH YOU.
Today another big day… one small step, one at a time, add up to big, big victories – but only focus on the one small step… at a time.
P.S. loving to see the toe toes of the little furry helper.
JWoo
Check it out .
I’m in the bathroom.
Lookin at the phone .
I’m spreading myself thin .
I hear every every thing you all are saying.
There’s has been three people that have kinda latched themselves on to me .
I’m convinced they are Duchess’ angels here helping me.
Your words
I have read them so closely
They are built in to me
So much I want to say.
But I have to come out of the bathroom
My angels keep following me around
.I love you people so so much.
You will never know.
Gotta go
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So very happy for you, dear friend. You will rest easy tonight overcoming.
Tomorrow will be another day… another moment, another step… another clean mile… another broad smile.
You’re doing terrific. Stay clean and stay sober… for it is there that your heart really LIVES.
Love you, bro ❤️
Thanking God for this, Molon!
Yes, your friends helped by their prayers — we were with you in thought and spirit!
But it was the Lord God and His Power, by His Spirit, that carried you…
Thought of a well-known poem – I’m sure you’ve heard – that reminds me of you and this season of life:
FOOTPRINTS
One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.
After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.
This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
“Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You’d walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don’t understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me.”
He whispered, “My precious child, I love you and will never leave you,
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you.”
Still praying for you, Molon, and please remember this:
After all the festivities are over, keep looking to the Lord, each day for the same strength He gave for the wedding. One day at a time, one step at a time, one thought at a time – ask God to lead, protect, and strengthen you.
He is willing and able. And, He loves you. 🙏🏻💕
p.s. The flowers are lovely – you have a special talent – on loan from God!
But the little paw grabs my heart!!
BLESS and keep you straight dear friend..your success in beating back the temptation now has made you stronger .. in your daughter’s eyes you are a warrior that can leap over obstacles..🙏🙏😀👍
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Oh Jim!!!!! What you’ve written is inspired!💕 God bless, sir🙏🏻😘
Thank you ..🌹🙏😘👍
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WELL DONE FAITHFUL SERVANT
God was with you there is no doubt
As you scurried around about
Your friends rallied all about around you
Just as God’s Angels came to surround you
Did you feel renewed vigor and strength
Spurred on by powerful prayers at length
The Light of the Spirit living in you
Beamed thru arrangements of glorious hue
A blessing out of the blue touched your heart
And you sensed all unworthiness depart
The sweet sound of words in awe acclaiming
The pride of a daughter in Dad exclaiming
We Thank You, Lord, for blessings received
Pouring down from Heaven we so believed
She will remember this day with delight
And step into a future oh so bright
Those who attended were in for a treat
But far more were with you to help complete
The Gifts of the Spirit were on display
To ensure success of a perfect day
What more could we ask of God above
Than this celebration be filled with love
All Honor Glory and Praise be His
For helping Dad take care of his biz
We Thank You, Father, from all of us here
For what we have today to praise and cheer
As the scripture says and we pray it be
Well Done Faithful Servant for all to see
D01: 05/28/2023
Almighty God works in mysterious ways, His wonders to behold.
This we know.🙏🏻
But there is nothing at all mysterious about His bless-ed presence either yesterday at the wedding of the daughter of our lovely irreplaceable friend…or here.
From your loving heart and pen, thoughtful duchess, to Him Who graciously answered every single prayer for our molon.💕
Amen.
Amen goes right there, Bet!!! Every single one!!! ❤️
UH, OH -boo-booed up – 1st Stanza last word – ‘too’. * Sigh *
🙁
You are now a Charter Member of my new club…
The Autocorrect (hates me) Booboo Club 😎👍🏻
Or it could be ‘spastic finger syndrome’ – long story for another day, Bet – 🙃
Well, when you’re ready to tell, I’m ready to listen😘
LOL
MO OVERWHELMED
What can I say – I can only imagine
How this has managed to so happen
So many prayers with blessings attached
Astounded to say my heart has been snatched
Each one of you somehow in your own way
Just knew what to do – and knew what to say
Words escape me when I try to express
How much you relieved me of my distress
I am not the manager I’d like to be
So God blessed me with friends to assist me
I wonder how many Angels He sent
But three have followed wherever I went
I’m not sure what Prayer Warriors do
They came out in plain sight out of the blue
Strength came upon me in a massive flood
It knocked me right over just where I stood
The Power of God I felt in my veins
Energized I took full hold of the reins
After all my hands are His hands on Earth
Together we created something of worth
Anxious and nervous with time running short
I scurried and hurried in full press court
I was lifted up high into the clouds
Zipping and zooming right through the crowds
If you only knew how thrilling it was
To be used by God for this very cause
For months I dreaded and fretted my fate
I certainly had too much on my plate
But God as many traditionally say
Would find a solution and make a way
Without God we can do nothing at all
But through Faith by Grace we’re saved from a fall
As inept as I thought I just might be
God opened my eyes and helped me to see
Affirmed through others I found I could be
As adept as others appeared to me
No MO Overwhelmed by the task at hand
Thankful for assistance in helping me stand
Concerned not with returning in like manner
Those who arose to help carry my banner
I thank you all my brothers and sisters
For helping me thru tornadoes and twisters
For understanding my silence at times
For thinking I was just one of the mimes
For loving me when I could not do it
For chastising me to just get to it
For giving me the courage to carry on
From the setting sun to the break of dawn
D01: 05/28/2023
He will love this, duchess…🍀💕🍀
Oh, I truly hope so, Bet!!! ❤️
Oh he will…as soon as celebrations have wound down, and in the quiet moments when he returns to read all the replies, he will see it, and I suspect, as before, there will be a few tears. 💕🍀💕🍀💕🍀🍀💕
I have to say, Bet, God came through for him (and us) miraculously!!! ❤️
The people in this TreeHouse Family are the Best of the Blogs!!!
It warms my heart how lovingly they have supported MO in these past trying months!!!
To culminate in two days of celebrations is such a blessing for him and us!!!
Our God is an Awesome God!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Praise God for answering our prayers. He was right by your side giving you strength and courage to be there for your beautiful daughter!! So very happy for you. Thank you for letting us know how it went and for sharing those precious words from your daughter to you. She is so thoughtful and loves you very much. May the good Lord richly bless her marriage.
Amen goes right there, Marti!!! ❤️
Verse of the Day for Sunday, May 28, 2023
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“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,”
1 Thessalonians 5:9 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
BE MY VOICE
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.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
God Sunday morning, dear duchess🙏🏻 You never fail with your prayerful scriptures and prayers.💕
Good morning Treepers. No idea where this photo was taken. Nice looking pic wherever it is….
Good morning, Joe. It’s stunning! Looking at that glorious sun, I am reaching for my sunglasses. Am I the only one who sees suns in pictures like this and feel the same sort of effects as if I were looking into the one overhead? Blessed be your day, dear friend.🙏🏻😘
Good morning, Bet. Had that first cup of coffee while sitting on the front porch earlier this morning. Sun was out and it was quite pleasant outside. Had my sunglasses on while parked in the lawn chair.
Yesterday, I had a nice breakfast with a family friend, took care of a couple of bills, and sat with the wife for a while last night. Always something to do each day, but now I get to do it at my own pace. I’m never bored.
Have a blessed day.
Sounds like a lovely peaceful Sunday, my friend. Just ideal. Somehow I can’t imagine you being bored. Nope…cannot conjure up the image😉
Looks like Wild Dunes Isle of Palms SC 29451
Bwah ha ha!!! Whoa to the one being landed on!
This image says it all. I haven’t got the words.
I imagine this (only with a 50 cal “mother” 6’5″) when I see the local Walmart greeter as his Silver PT Cruiser is totally covered with Korean war stickers/art.
He survived the COVID era, but I have not seen him (or vehicle)in the last year.
One of the most gut wrenching paintings ever…like you…no words.
Good morning! Hope you all are having a blessed Sunday.
The race last night was good. #29, Kody Swanson from Kingsburg, CA was the pole sitter and lead the most laps, but didn’t win. # 77, Jake Trainor, from Medway, MA who started on the outside of the first row won it. Several regulars from the Chili Bowl were there including Brady Bacon. There were two red lights and several yellows but it finished about 11:30 PM. Out of 33 starters I think 180r 19 finished the race. Nobody hurt. I was in bed by 1:30. Quite a crowd.
The initial tornado season in the US has pretty much shut down. Still getting 3-5 a day but relative to averages for this time of year, the count is going down quickly. Still above average for the year, but that is looking like it is going to change. North America is in a weather pattern where there is warm to the north and cooler weather to the south and that is not a pattern conducive for the formation of tornado producing storms.
“But …. but … but … muh global warming!!!”
May 26, 1967. Beatles release iconic St. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
Good afternoon, Cuss💕
I loved this album!!!! Still do. And suddenly I am right back in my university days.👍🏻