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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You mean BS like this?
No kidding .
Waaaay Over There !
It’s either ingenuity or it’s why women live longer than men😎
Sometimes I think there is a special place in Hell for architects. At that place they must forever live or work in the places they designed. Or forever back a truck into the dock using the area they designed.
I’ve got a husband here who has built many structures in the UK…a steel building for his coach company to accommodate their vehicles for maintenance and repair, the conservatory on our house, etc.
When we moved to Texas and he was taking everything in (bigger and “better”, doncha know😎) he said much the same as you, rah. Sometimes even saltier.
Accompanied by a LOT of head shaking 👍🏻
Engineers!
I am a mechanic and Honda’s I love, built to fix like a race car everything makes sense. Ford is horrible, take a motor out to repair a coolant line, or just rig it until you replace the motor.
Airplanes? Boeing is good, airbus is bad, the French should give up.
Ever see a kid invent or build, a new writer write, an amateur race, a new Christian, always make it too difficult but they think what they are doing is beautiful. KISS, keep it simple stupid.
My husband would absolutely agree with you, Palerider. He started with engines when he was 14 in Britain, and could repair anything which was made up until computers became part and partial of new builds.
I’m pretty certain you both could sit down and spend hours discussing modern day engineering as opposed to the type which was tried and true and could be easily fixed if/when things went south.
He’d agree wholeheartedly with your KISS philosophy😎👍🏻
And why did they replace the regular wiring with Soy based wiring which I am told has a pleasant vanilla taste to small chewing animals like rats, squirrels, and even rabbits. In cold weather they even move into the spaces in the motor and build nests in there. It’s a bonus for them to find something to nibble on close by. There are a lot more fires in cars due to this wiring according to insurance people.
I read, it started with Japanese cars, now they all use it. I guess it is supposed to be ‘green.’ What nonsense when one’s car sets fire to itself and burns, making the nasty poisonous fumes from the plastic. Not to mention the inconvenience of being without a vehicle that one had made sure was regularly serviced, all in vain.
I just repaired a focus with rats work all over the top of the motor, I have a Mazda with the same that they didn’t make it to anything substantial. Mazda is Ford by the way, that nice ranger is a Mazda.
That’s like saying Honda cars are known for fires or my ar is a killing machine, responsibility falls on the owner. I saw a Honda with a dipstick looked like bacon left on the stove for a day full heat. Girl ran it dry on oil. NowYOU would say “Honda uses oil, bad engine” I’d say “ check the oil at least weekly if you drive it everyday replace when needed.”
The cam on that one seized and stripped the key, (which is meant to strip under extreme stress) I put a new key in, filled with oil, cranked up first try.
Different girl driving my son on the highway to school, no power, knocking started, slowed stopped 100 degree heat on a turnpike……no oil. New motor…..Hyundai.
Not all cars are good but Toyota and Honda kick everyone’s azz. Tesla……booo, Toyota Prius 300,000 miles is nothing. And…. they don’t blow up and catch fire.
I drive a tundra, wife tundra, son, Toyota and Honda. No muss no fuss. I have had all types, I love cars period but when reliability comes in I want Toyota or Honda.
As for technology, yeah we are going backwards, not Toyota or Honda but America. You pull all regulations off Toyota and Honda we would see 100 plus mpg or better.
These new 787 all fly by wire servomechanisms, plastic composite. Boeing is great but I think we are in for some issues as they age. Plastic doesn’t like heat, or sunlight.
Yup, …… a big mistake……working over water, he should have had on his government approved yellow life vest.
Not his first rodeo.
… and another thing on my grateful list… that I am smart enough to not try stupid #$@% like ^^^^^.
“Awww “attrition”, I’ve got some politicians I want you to meet.”
Lol, reminds me of my husband on a small ladder balanced on top of our suv cutting off a tree limb.
It comes from Rube Goldberging stuff your whole life–whatever works.
Vivek: “I don’t believe the government has told us the truth” about 9/11
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-9-11-dont-believe-government-told-truth
He’s halfway there. Now he needs to come to the realization as to who strategically & stealthily planted the demolition explosives in both of the twin towers AND Bldg. 7……
Let’s watch a little ‘Pappa’ Heyden. What exuberant joy is in this piece and in the performance. Enjoy, Treeper friends! 🙂
I’m in!!! Cup of tea in hand. Gorgeous, Garrison👍🏻🤗
Glad you enjoyed this as much as I did. I was trying to decide between a Bach cello performance and then turned to Pappa Heyden. Every time I listen to Heyden I find myself smiling (same for Bach, of course, only different). I’ve had my cup of Cafe’ Bustelo this morning but Pappa went up last night as I was finishing off a final glass of good Henry McKenna bourbon. Slept like a baby . . . 🙂
Chris took cello lessons for a short while from the one time first cello of the Liverpool Symphony Orchestra. The cello has a sound that can really elicit some emotions from me.
Here is Braham’s Double Concerto with two of the best that ever were…
David Oistrakh on violin and Mistslav Rostropovich on cello.
The second movement is a true masterpiece.
🙂 A favorite. Next to the classical guitar, of course.
😁🤗😘!!!
Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters
A little too Laurence Welky for me I’m afraid, although in period this may have been what audiences wanted. That said, it’s probably wrong to impose contemporary values on historic performance.
Sadly, this is what too many TV producers thought about their music, about country music in general . . . Barbara, for instance, was a killer pedal steel player. The sister’s definitely had serious chops. . . Just sayin’ . . .
“And a one, and a two, and a three….”
“For your listening pleasure here are the Lennon sisters.”
Every blue-hair in America was tuned in on Saturday night……. for 50+ years…….an impressive record.
He beat a lot of one-hit-wonders.
Those kind of variety shows like Hee Haw were popular back then
Good morning, y’all!
Hey!!! When I was a little bitty thing, I LOVED the Mandrell sisters. Truth told, my mother loved Lawrence Welk and if it brought peace and music into our home back then – then I was all for it. Plus, regarding the Mandrells specifically #hairgoals. LOL
I could dance to it. LOL
“#hairgoals”
Bwaaaaaahahahahahaha!!!!
You just made my day, and it helps as lousy as this one has been so far!
Just a little Miss Breck and Aqua Net – good to go! #hairgoals
I hope your day turned out better, Greg1. Snuggles with the Maine Coon and the Mrs. will help! I think everyone had an unusual day. Sinister things we are witnessing.
Battling against it all with optimism. If our President can do it, so can we!
Appreciate that!
Snuggles (Snuggs for short) the large Main Coon was happy to see me when I got home. The cool thing is she actually LIKES me, so I got that going for me. The Mrs. is usually less enthused to see me!
The day did end up going a bit better, thank you.
I’m still jaw dropped by the optimism President Trump displayed with his post about getting arrested to Make America Great Again!
The man does not.back.down.
I’m amazed at his optimism and enthusiasm and clear love for us, and this country.
I can only imagine how ticked off he made the left with that statement!
That “#hairgoals” was comical, thanks again for posting it.
I wouldn’t mind having 80’s Greg back around. Had a bit more hair then myself. On the plus side I’m not as bald as I thought I’d be by now.
On the minus side I now have unobtainable #hairgoals!!!
I seriously did not know your cat’s name is Snuggles… that made me laugh a little too hard. 🤣
Awww Greg1, let’s just embrace the aging and falling apart process.
We have to take a queue from the Bible and laugh at the days ahead. That’s in the Proverbs 31 woman, but I’m sure laughing at the days ahead should be universal.
This is all utterly absurd.
What I hope is that Trump doesn’t run out of money. Yeah he was worth billions but I met most was wrapped into real estate and maintenance of such. He’s taken a pretty major hit from his political aspirations. God love the man and his family and staff.
We don’t have problems. (Yet)
Well said!
Glad you got a laugh from the name Snuggles! When I saw your post I got tickled and thought “yeah, I need to tell JWoo the name of the cat”.
You are correct regarding taking the passage about the Proverbs 31 woman and laughing at the days ahead. Proverbs 31 is excellent, and anyone who would not want such a woman in their life is undeserving of such a blessing.
An oft quoted and yet slightly misquoted verse from Proverbs goes along with what you said:
“A joyful heart is good medicine,
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.”
Proverbs 17:22
Proverbs is my favorite book in the Bible. Followed by Ecclesiastes. The wisdom in there, and the timeliness of it, is worthy of daily reading. You NEVER go wrong reading them.
Watching Trump withstand all he has, and still keep fighting back is inspirational.
It blows my mind. I hope God is using him for the good.
Oh, the aging process is one thing, but I’m fighting back on the falling apart process. Even with the back issues since 1997, and the much worse ones since 2018, I get a kick out of out working people much younger than me……..and seeing the look on their faces when they realize I’m old enough to be their daddy.
The body is capable, by the Grace of God, of MUCH MORE than people think it is.
Never quit!
Thanks for the uplifting!
By the way… Maine Coons are the bestest cats. Harry Houdini has adopted me as his person and Timmy Two Toes has Savannah.
As much as Savannah tries to win him over, Harry never cheats on me. Lol.
He was a rescue and I think abused by teens and kids… he “tolerates” her.
When she comes around, he plays “possum” and pretends to be asleep, so she’ll leave him alone. The minute she leaves the room… he looks up again totally awake and alert.
Smartest cat I’ve ever seen and the funniest.
He comes to me and gives me the “what for” to go to bed. I think he thinks I’m his litter mate.
Well said again!
A cat that plays possum?!?
Cooooool!
Yes. From a musician’s standpoint I always knew that there was a lot more to the Mandrells that sometimes shined through all the glitz . . . Still, I also knew that this was their gig and, like Willie playing county fairs, the folks were going to get 100%. They were real pros, with serious chops. But, a gig was a gig, and they were gittin’ paid.
And, also, we’re talking about 40-50 year old performances.
I remember one early morning (about 1am at Mi Tierra) when a couple dozen mariachis showed up, having worked various gigs around town. They formed an instant choir and sang the most beautiful rancherias. It was real magic, ending of course in “Volver, Volver”.
The folks in the hotels and bars where they worked really missed something special . . . Sigh.
Yeah, it was a gig – but geez – what about the outfits!!! LOL (horrid, but funny to get a cool outfit with a twirly skirt)
As for Mi Tierra – ay yai yai yai – the mariachis were ALWAYS there when we were there – whether that was a 6 AM BOMA committee breakfast, a Caterpillar luncheon for out of state “tourists” business meetings, or a late, late night dinner… just because it was so tasty. But that was 25+ years ago.
Stop it, Garrison. I’m now wanting enchiladas and some escabeche, man!
Happy Cursday, Treeper friends. Successful puppy rescues are absolutely ‘golden’ experiences. This loving dog’s life was completely transformed by the care and affection of his new people. They saved a wonderful dog . . . Bless them all. 🙂
I just can’t imagine how anyone could throw away an injured puppy. Thankfully there are those who step in to right the terrible wrong.
Thank you Garrison !! Bless all the people who rescue and love all the poor animals who have been neglected and abused. They are truly angels here on Earth !!
If I ever won the lottery I’d buy a huge property, build kennels, hire a live on the premises vet, and take in every stray I could find💕
There are just sometimes ya gotta do the job yourself💕
You are channeling GrandpaM now, “if you want something done right, gotta do it yourself.” ❤️😁
Amen, G!!!!! Looks as if this sweet little mite is giving it his very best💕
♥️🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾♥️
My dream too, Betsy. I have the land but no money for the kennels . So God sends me critters that don’t need kennels – cats, chickens, a few ducks, geese, etc. Life is always interesting here.
Patty, every little waif and stray which has crossed our paths has never ever gone hungry or unsheltered (if needed) or taken to a rescue/adoption centre. Never!
All the fantasies I’ve ever had about doing great things I call my “dreams of glory”.
The one I mentioned above is the biggest one of all🤗😘
Except for, Susie, my very first puppy all of my dogs have been foundlings who found me. My wife found little “Scamp” a terrier-poodle mix running through our neighborhood in a thunder storm and trailing a 30 foot chain. When I took him to a rescue facility, they poked his anus, got snapped at, and then pronounced him “a biter”.
We were sitting in the waiting room waiting for a real vet to come explain their rules. The little guy got more and more nervous and edged ever closer to me. I looked down . . . and decided he was coming home with me. He immediately got along with our (then) 7 kitties who treated him like a funny looking cat. He was a great companion who died quietly some years later knowing he was much loved by us.
Bless, Garrison for giving him the last part of his little life which was filled with love and security, a beautiful home. I often wonder if about some vets…just as I do about some doctors. If you take my meaning.
We had a lovely one in Chirk, a spring village in England just over the Welsh border not far from us. His “surgery” as vet’s offices are called there, was an old building with Heath Robinson shelves in the exams room to hold all his medicines.
If any American walked into such an establishment I’m sure they’d turn tail and disappear.
But this man so loved, truly loved, every animal which came into his care. And his knowledge was second to none. He treated our beloved Jack Russell Penny. And he eased her way out of this world with compassion, as if she were his dog.
I know I’ve told this before, but a couple of days after we lost her, we received a lovely handwritten condolence note from him and the ladies who worked with him. Every sentence told us they grieved with us, so full of humanity was it…
This is a day it seems for memories…and lots of tissues💔
That’s what Emmylou Harris has done. She has a rescue facility on her Nashville property. Bless her. 🙂
Now that’s something I didn’t know, dear friend. I’m still reeling over the news that she has left this world. Yes, bless her sweet soul mightily 🙏🏻
It’s a hoax as far as all my searches show
I couldn’t figure out why I’d heard or read nothing so momentous, Patience. Let’s hope so.👍🏻
Well, it looks like I (and we) got scammed by a Youtube click-bait spurious post. I finally checked Emmylou’s site and she’s got a gig coming up this month in Martha’s Vineyard. Emmlou is not dead. 🙂
Celebrate the glorious news, Garrison!!!😁😁😁👍🏻
Hiya, Betsy…
That’s my version of Heaven, too. Kennel, corrals and pens.
Hello, you!!💕 I’d hope St Francis would approve.
Both my daughter’s want to do that.
Wonderful rescue story, Garrison. Thanks for posting. Amazing recovery from skin and bones with tufts of hair to a beautiful dog full of life and love.
A basket full of happy!!
that’s hilarious, he’s scratching up a blizzard
I thought it was just brilliant! Because it’s so true!!
Are we sure that those are NOT a basket of Furbees?
I don’t know, Feisty…
Probably😎
But they certainly are happy😁👍🏻😘
Decisions, decisions!!! What’s a girl to do??
Get pink undies?
PINK!!!!! Every little girl’s favourite colour🤗 I’m positive it’s a determinate gene we ladies are all born with and use up by the time we reach our teen years.
😂
I love this. You can spend all kinds of money on the newest fad toys and kids are still more amused with the diaper drawer and the kitchen cabinets that hold the pots and pans!
We always found that when things got very quiet, it was time to go find out what had entertained our kids so pleasantly.
My kids were born in Costa Rica and we lived there for the first four years of their lives. My daughter came running up to me when she was just a year and a half old and was saying dog. I followed her and sure enough there was a beautiful lab puppy behind the fence in the coffee plantation. We put out notices for lost dog and after a while he became our dog. He was the most glorious dog I’ve ever had. When I left Costa Rica we had to move to the city and I didn’t want him to live that life. I had to leave him with my brother in law who rented our country property. He waited at the gate for me to come home each afternoon. It tore my heart apart.
You used a very special word yesterday that I will remember. Also thank you for your kind words.
“hiraeth” surely expresses that longing for a time that is gone.
Stay well Betsy. I enjoy reading your posts each day.
DD
Good morning, Dan😊 And you are so welcome for that beautiful word. It’s pronounced “here-rithe” just in case you wish to refer to it.
Oh dang…..and now my eyes aren’t just leaking, my friend. There’s a flood here. Console yourself that you did what was in the long run best for him. You rescued him and made a judgment irrespective of what you knew would be the cost to you. That’s devotion.
My son had to find a home for his chocolate lab when he joined the Navy. It tore his heart into pieces.
What a good man you are💔💕
Kipling asked why we always give our hearts for a dog to tear. Those who have done know the answer and so understand the sentiment very well. Blessings and peace, Dan, always🙏🏻🕊😘😘
Here is his poem.
Grab the tissues.
https://poets.org/poem/power-dog
And this regarding your pots and pans…
When my oldest was new, I used to take her downstairs to be with my mother in law while she made breakfast. She had what she called a “car bed” so my wee bairn could sit with her.
I could hear the precious conversation from upstairs, my mother in law’s of which I understood ever word, and my daughter’s which was, at 6 months old, unintelligible except to her.
When I’d join them, there she sat in the car bed waving a whisk around and maybe a small bowl, helping her grandmother prepare the first meal of the day.
I don’t think my heart was ever as happy as it was on seeing this beautiful duo enjoying one another’s company…
…and now the flood I told you of above has turned into a torrent…
💕💕💕💕💕
WP’s
AMEN, AMEN, AMEN! We are expected to do what Jesus left with us to do!
John 18:33-37 “Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto Him, Art Thou the King of the Jews? Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of Me? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered Thee unto me: what hast Thou done? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if My kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is My kingdom not from hence. Pilate therefore said unto Him, Thou art a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.”
We are the disciples, and Jesus is the Teacher; we are the servants, and Jesus is the Lord: we are not greater than our Teacher and our Lord; but when we are perfect, we will be like our teacher and our Lord. As the Father sent Him into the world, so has Jesus sent us into the world; and He continues to intercede on our behalf; not to be taken out of the world, but to be kept from the evil; that we may be one, even as the Father and Jesus are one; that the world will see in us, that God has sent His Son into the world.
2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
Psalms 119:46 “I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.”
Psalms 119:78 “Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.”
2 Timothy 3:16-4:5 “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.”
Cop Arrests Street Preacher for Reading Bible, Evangelizing During LGBT Pride Event
That put me in a Van Morrison kind of mood… but with a John Mellencamp twist
Daschund
Awww, 10×10. I have a big chocolate standard dachshund. I didn’t get to see him as a puppy but I’m sure he was just as cute.
Belly Rub
goes to all that effort just to slug his brother
“Brotherly love” right. 😊 🙃😉
🧐🫣😮
shopkeeper needs to swap out that ineffectual closet rod for a regulation baseball bat
or a tire-lug breaker bar
I enjoyed this and watched it 3 x.
People who were raised with God, family, and community do not behave like this. Our government is encouraging and rewarding the destruction of God, family, and community.
So…this is divine justice IMO. The cockroach who destroyed and stold got what he deserved.
Perfectly stated, lorrie.
GIT SUM!!!
Did you notice juuuuuust how quickly the one guy went from “there’s nothing you can do til the cops come” to “that’s called whuppin’ yo ___!”.
You let that scenario play out a few times and people will start to reconsider crime.
The first video is the story of the Beautiful Jim Key, a horse that was famous in the US from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. It’s also the story of his owner who lived an amazing life.
Beautiful stories/ videos, Patty .
Thank you, GB. I thought the story of the horse and his owner was very intersting.
👍👍
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“…Donald Trump understands it that’s important”
Some may remember this from a few years back. RIP Nana.
And a different Nana. 😍 The lady knows how to live and enjoy life that’s for sure. 👏🏼
The “news” verses reality.
A lot of cognition on display in that little vignette
— he observes
— he ascertains a trend (confirming cognizance of time and future)
— he decides he doesn’t like the future state that will result from that trend
— he intervenes (before the future amount becomes smaller than he’d like)
03 August 2019 Joe Longthorne, English singer, impressionist, and television presenter, dies of cancer at 64
In The Morning
03 August 2008 Erik Darling, American folk musician (Rooftop Singers), dies at 74
Walk Right In
03 August 2006 Arthur Lee, American psychedelic rock musician (Love; National Recording Company), dies of leukemia at 61
Alone Again Or
03 August 2003 (John) Roger Voudouris, American singer and songwriter (Get Used To It), dies of liver disease at 48
Get Used To It
03 August 1999 Leroy Vinnegar, American jazz and session bassist (Shelly Manne; Teddy Edwards; Les McCann), dies of a heart attack at 71
Damn! Somebody Stole My Pants
03 August 1991 Jackie Verdell, American gospel singer (The Davis Sisters, 1955-66), pop singer-songwriter (“Why Not Give Me A Chance”) and session vocalist (Wilson Picket; Van Morrison), dies at 53
You’re Gonna Need Him
The Arthur Lee — I got to see him touring that show with small orchestra
San Diego Street Scene (outdoor music festival downtown), 2002 or 2003
The Twelfth of Never – Lyrics –
Johnny Mathis
One of the first long play albums I received as a young teenager was Johnny Mathis. I have loved Twelfth of Never since the first time I heard it 60 years ago. Thanks for posting, Cactus.
GISELE MacKENZIE sings The Ballad of Davy Crockett – 1955
#1 song of the week – Thanks Fess Parker
Music, art and a history lesson in the classroom
& a dunce cap drawing on the blackboard.
https://youtu.be/z94ldk8LB8k
I was 5. I remember, loved Davy Crockett.
It is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment. – Philippians 1:9
The apostle Peter wanted the early Christians to be “partakers of the divine nature” so they could escape the results of the corruption of the world. “May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence” (1 Peter 1:2-4).
Paul expanded this thought to say, “If I have all faith… but have not love, I am nothing” (1 Corinthians 13:2). Christian love is divine in nature and comes from God, quite different from the tainted perspective of the world.
John MacArthur describes it as decisive because it takes the Word of God and applies it to conscious, intentional actions to love God and people; and it is dynamic because Godly love has the capacity to abound, overflowing in the life of the believer.
As the believer grows in the love and understanding of the Lord, he becomes discerning, and able to apply the knowledge of God’s revelation in a wise and judicious way. Having “the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16) allows you to make wise assessments instead of being naïve and gullible.
The prophet Hosea cried, “There is no faithfulness or steadfast love… My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:1, 6). Ask the Lord to draw you deeper into His love and knowledge and develop a discerning spirit in you.
Pray for those in positions of authority in the United States, that their hearts would turn toward God, seeking His truth and applying it wisely with godliness.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
August 3
MORNING
His mercy is on them that fear Him. Luke 1:50
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. Psa. 31:19, 20
If ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear. I Pet. 1:17
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him … in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. Psa. 145:18, 19
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, … and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. II Kings 22:19
To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. Isa. 66:2
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psa. 34:18
EVENING
Them that honour me I will honour. I Sam. 2:30
Whosoever … shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. Matt. 10:32
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. Matt. 10:37-39
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. James 1:12
Fear none of these things which thou shalt suffer. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Rev. 2:10
Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. II Cor. 4:17
Praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. I Pet. 1:7
Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/08/0803.html
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Mornin’ all!
Good morning WeeWeed
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Verse of the Day for Thursday, August 3, 2023
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“The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.”
Psalms 12:6 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.
BE MY VOICE
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
St. Michael and the Dragon by Antonio del Pollaiolo
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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.
AMEN
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
GOD ONLY KNOWS
From the beginning to the end et all
God has observed our rise beheld our fall
He has seen how sin has so tempted us
Into wicked acts of debauchery plus
Disappointments so grave that beat us down
We tried hard to escape not be around
An attack of the heart has lead us astray
Where we drown our sorrows and hide away
Distilled spirits and drugs do dull the pain
They work for a while but we still remain
Undercover secretly changing naught
In a raging battle frantically fraught
Nothing we do heals mind body or soul
We arrive full circle at the grassy knoll
Around and around to a dead full stop
Accomplishing nada all effort a flop
What’d we expect to change under the guise
Of a drunken stupor and phony disguise
Did we think we would awaken brand new
Without a care in the world not feeling blue
Did we honestly believe a solution we found
To stop this rollercoaster spinning around
We can never return to the way it was
We cannot restore what we lost because
God only knows where we rightly belong
He definitely knows where we went wrong
He need not punish we did that quite well
So let us refrain from the demon spell
D01: 08/03/2023
Good morning duchess
Your poem is quiet nice
I’m sure it will help those that are struggling with addictions
Thank you dear friend
You are so thoughtful
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Morning, MO !!! 💚💚💚
Thank You !!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
It is God’s way of of reaching
out to them – letting them know
He knows and understands what
they are experiencing – and
reminding them – there is
another way !!!
We all fall short of the Glory
of God – we all try to silence
that voice in our heads that
tells us we are unworthy !!!
Addictions come in many forms
mental – physical – emotional
and we deal with them all the
same – by taking it out on
ourselves – as if it is our fault
when it has nothing to do
with us – we have no power
or control over what happens
to us or others – it is a lack
or deficiency in us that
causes us to act out – BUT
Mostly it is our inability to
go to God for a solution !!!
JMHO here – I know God
can change hearts – solve
problems – resolve any
situation that occurs – we
just do not like hearing
what God has to say !!!
Thanks for listening !!! 🥺
HAVE A BERRY BLESSED DAY. !!! ❤️💙💜
He shows us where, sis. He even provides us with a fail proof road map to direct the way.
And what do we more times than not do? We use our own which is filled with potholes, diversions, sorrows, and dangers.
Bless-ed be the Holy Name of the Lord for His infinite and loving patience with our mortal frailties. And for His faithfulness in staying with us as we find our way back to the only safe route which exists, no matter how long it takes.
Another gem this morning, dearest friend. You’re on a roll!!!😁😘🤗🙏🏻
Exactly, Bet !!! He knows the desires of the heart –
good and bad – and Yes – He is patient with His
wayward children who think they have a better way
of dealing with whatever they are facing !!!
If only we knew how much easier life would be
if we trust solely in Him – we would not
do stupid things to resolve our problems !!!
Thank you for your thoughts, Bet !!!
All Glory Be His !!! 😉
HAVE A BERRY BLESSED DAY !!! ❤️💙💜
So late getting back.
Couldn’t agree more, dear friend. We all have those “A Work in Progress” signs draped around our necks.
I read the following and, first thing, think of y’all here at CTH. It’s from Matthew Henry’s commentary on the great Sixth Chapter of John’s Gospel. So here ye go:
“Christ did not come into the world as a private person, that acts for himself only, but under a public character, to act for others as an ambassador, or plenipotentiary, authorized by a public commission; he came into the world as God’s great agent and the world’s great physician. It was not any private business that brought him hither, but he came to settle affairs between parties no less considerable than the great Creator and the whole creation.”
https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/mhc/Jhn/Jhn_006.cfm?a=1003001
Amen goes right there, Max !!! ❤️
Doubling up on your Amen, dear friend 🙏🏻🕊🙏🏻
This ties in so beautifully, maxx, with silent reader’s reposting of devotionals which you see above. Almighty God’s Great Ambassador to us from Him. How indescribably grateful we should all be🙏🏻
47 minutes ago
THE GIANTS ARE FALLING
JULIE GREEN MINISTRIES
https://rumble.com/v32nwo4-the-giants-are-falling.html
PLEASE READ PSALMS 8 AND 18 – ❤️❤️❤️
Powerful reminders of how God
created us. – what God gave us
the power to do – and how we can
garner strength from His Word
to fight all that plagues us
in our world today !!!
He gave us ALL we need
to prosper and be happy
in spite of what we face
on a daily basis !!!
GOD BLESS YOU. ALL !!! ❤️❤️❤️
The Adoration of the Name of The Lord by Francisco Goya
The Lords Prayer
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.
Amen.
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Blessed be the name of the Lord
AMEN
Summer, or The Harvest by Francisco Goya
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Matthew 18:20
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
AMEN
Good morning, mo🌿🤗🍀
Mo, I think you will love this…
Your right
Feels so good
Just looking at it
Thanks friend
Good morning
Oops
Afternoon
I have been in the garden
all morning
Your pics are grande
Love them all soo
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Such a great place this is to hang out while being out
Time of day flies by
And I’m just getting going
Outside is my place
This is OUR place
So good to come in
Relax
And take things in
Thanks pal
You’re telling me the day has flown!!!!!!
I just got up…or so I thought.. and discovered it was near dinnertime!!
Just finished…tacos and they were delicious😁
Public Service Announcement:
Don’t eat them if you’re wearing a white shirt!!
Class dismissed😎
Duchess of Alba, The White Duchess by Francisco Goya
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Psalm 84:3-6, 8, 11
How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!
My soul yearns and pines
for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh
cry out for the living God.
How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!
Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest
in which she puts her young—
Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
my king and my God!
How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!
Blessed they who dwell in your house!
continually they praise you.
Blessed the men whose strength you are!
They go from strength to strength.
How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!
I had rather one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I had rather lie at the threshold of the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!
AMEN
Has everyone seen this latest about Disney’s Woke crusade? Disney “has mandated that employees keep Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) diaries which determine whether employees would receive promotions, raises, or even keep their job.”
Keep a diary of your virtuous actions that demonstrate that you got your mind right. And who is mandating this? A person named Latondra Newton. yeah
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/disney-whistleblower-reveals-how-woke-company-systemically-persecuted/
Saturn Devouring One of His Sons by Francisco Goya
Zip A Dee Doo Dah
Try not to worry too much about it trapper
its not like they are gonna bite you head off
ignore em
find Joy
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Sounds exactly like what Communist China’s leaders probably do.
Disney’s Execs still kissing Xi Jinping’s rear end……
I just read that the new board at Disney has ditched the DEI suicide/lunacy.
I’ve always said the best way to bring amoral corporations down is to hit them where it hurts.
Their bottom lines and stock valuations.
Looks as if there at least a few working brain cells still at Disney.
My hope is that they’ve damaged their brand irrevocably. Perverts don’t change their spots.
Here ya go, trapper 👍🏻
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/new-disney-board-eliminates-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-programs
Rules to a fight!
A fight is adversity, we make rules for professional fighting.
What are the rules in a marriage? It’s the covenant itself. “Will this damage this covenant?” The covenant is with God ultimately. (Marriage is a constant fight or there is no movement forward, it’s dead)
Humanity, not society, is based on Gods rules and laws to not damage others. Society loosely adopted those principles and as they neglect them they fall to ruin.
Imagine George soros seeking whom to bless and lift instead of destroy. That is humanity . Apply liberally and you find heaven on earth.
The Swing by Francisco Goya
Swing Time – Pick Yourself Up
cheer up p rider
pick yourself up
And then what happens?…..
The Age of Elegance, GB.
Of masculinity and femininity…
Of chivalry and manners…
Of civility and decorum…
What ever happened to it?
*Big Sigh*
God morning (almost afternoon) to all y’all Treepers.
Would love to start a string on what we are most thankful for today. (They cannot steal our JOY or our HOPE through Christ Jesus!)
Me:
and most of all… I am grateful that TODAY, I can profess my faith in God and not be put in prison for it. Today.
It’s the small things…
you
JWoo
and thats no small thing
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Lovely To See You
Aw, Mo… big hug back atcha, brother! Thanks for the uplifting song.
You are such an exceptional edifier. And you know that gifting is reciprocal – what you send forth into the world – you get back in spades.
Keep rolling, brother. I was no big Moody Blues fan – but this song is pretty groovy and I like the video.
A long lost friend contacted me yesterday with updated pics of the God-given “miracle” babies – and one was wearing the special fairy and princess dresses we sent her. The kiddos look just like their dearly departed Grandma (who was my most precious friend who passed of neuroendocrine cancer and broke my heart into a million pieces and started us on the crapiest 3 years of our lives).
But that crazy Greek momma – was OBVIOUSLY in God’s Throne Room and petitioning The LORD and would not let up – sending BABIES to her kids – and one especially to her very barren and medically compromised daughter. BABIES – I had to have a talk with her, cause I’m way too old for that nonsense and frankly I don’t play in those realms anymore. Don’t be sending any of those kids to me, Kristine! (Though for me they would be immaculately conceived!) I am content to enjoy vicariously.
The kids all resemble their very Greek Grandmamma… and my heart REJOICES. MORE to be grateful for!
She did, however task me with way too many house plants. She giggles as I labor. I welcome their blooms from my dearly departed friend. She keeps living… in the plants…. and In Spirit.
☘️☘️☘️ sight and smell
☘️ I am thankful for
The gifts God gave me
The gift of sight
The gift of smell
Thanks for sharing your joys JWoo
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☘️ I got plenty of room for any plants you don’t have room for 😊
Shhhh… Mo. If my plants “hear” you – they will immediately pack their little potting soil bags, gather their blossoms, and head over.
Your green thumb is their version of Heaven. My home is their version of perseverance.
Afternoon JWoo! The Greek Grandma says, “Now eat something!” 😂😂😂 Now you got me thinking of Greek food. Thankfully, will have a bite tomorrow. My mom just finished the baklava for tomorrow’s promotion celebration for my daughter. We are having it here at the ranch and I’m taking a little break before the craziness begins. We are expecting about 65 people. In about and hour and a half our son in law, our oldest grandson and a friend are coming to start moving furniture around to make room for all the chairs.
Although, I don’t think it will be necessary , my daughter insisted to have a mike, so we’ll be pulling out one of my guitar amps. I got the mike and the stand. The only thing I couldn’t find were my mike cables. They are missing together with my DB box and the distortion pedal. My hunch is that they are all snuggled together in a bag that someone (cough, cough) stowed so well that’s nowhere to be found. 😂 My daughter is buying one today.
Grandpa
I didn’t know you played
I wish I was there
I would join you for a tune or two
We could get Garrison to join in also
What fun that would be
Have a good day my friend
Haven’t played in quite a while but need to get back to it. Yeah, we could get a band going. 🙂
I’d pay to see that show!
Hi GrandpaM,
Sounds like an AMAZING TIME!! I’m sure if you can’t find your cables, there’s a rental store close by that can help out. In San Antonio – which I know is a bit far – there’s a DJ company called Cutting Edge Entertainment – tell Ron Peene Joan Woods sent you and maybe they could help out?
He might help out – or he might charge ya double if he remembers me the right way. LOL
Bless you and your big shindig! Your granddaugher is a lucky girl.
She is JWoo, and one hard working girl. Very proud of her. However the party this weekend is for her aunt’s military promotion. Our granddaughter decided to delay her party so that it didn’t interfere with her aunt’s celebration. So tomorrow after the official part (I am honored to give the invocation) we party hard. Then on Saturday early afternoon we drive to San Marcos for the graduation after which the whole family will head to a restaurant most likely n New Braunfels. The best part is that I don’t have to worry about the details, just have to show up. 🙂
Thanks for the cable tip. I just asked my daughter to grab a mike cable on her way back home from base and the mike and amp are all set up and ready to go if anyone needs them. Not me, I usually can project my voice pretty well. And so do most military. 🤣🤣🤣
Always, JWoo!!!
I feel for myself that the more discombobulated the world gets, the tiniest things take on inordinate importance to me.
They are my peace, and I’m clinging onto it as tightly as I can.
You are as right as you can possibly be 😘
Awww Bets…
Wish you were here. I’ve been wheeling and dealing ebay with kiddo’s China set.
Inventoried all the pieces we have.
Created a box of just a 4 place setting group for small dinner occasions.
One box with tea and coffee, tea cups, saucers and Poetry dessert plates… for small dessert gatherings.
Then one box of platters and another box of the balance of 12 piece settings.
All told she has 99 pieces and I would like to piece together 22 more. That will give her a full 12 place setting, plus one each piece for replacements.
I’ve swept Ebay and my bank account…lol… so I’ll have to let the dust settle to see what more I can muster together.
She loves it, but she won’t truly appreciate it until she seats her own family at a table and serves them. Told her to celebrate everything and celebrate often.
It’s our way of building HOPE and looking forward to the future… come what may.
If you were here.. I would serve you a proper tea and scones… in yoga pants and oversized t-shirt. Can’t be “too proper”.
DAY # 4 – MIDDAY PRAYER
Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. Pray it seven times. God’s protection, healing.
The Straw Manikin by Francisco Goya
The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers
HA !!! Somebody else has a case of the Sillies !!!
Wonder if it is contagious !!! 🙃
Dance of the Majos at the Banks of Manzanaresby Francisco Goya
Fred Astaire – I Won’t Dance, from Roberta
LOL
Phil Collins – You’ll Be in My Heart /Tarzan(ターザン)
Love this vid Dutch
Thanks
The Little Mermaid | Kiss the Girl | Lyric Video | Disney Sing Along
Boys playing soldiers by Francisco Goya
Cyd Charisse Dances to Tchaikovsky – 1956
Delightful !!! ❤️
Lot of folks don’t know that Cyd Charisse had polio as a child…recovered…and became a famous dancer!
That’s determination…along with God’s grace!
I never knew that!!! He knew his plans for her, even when she and her parents did not, my friend.
A water tight example of why we must always keep and strengthen our trust and faith in the Almighty🙏🏻💕
The news is not that the Left has pro-Fascist sympathies – that has been rather obvious since the aftermath of 9/11. The news is to what mind-boggling extent the Left has been ALLOWED to act upon its pro-Fascist sympathies since 2020.
And those of us wondering why this has been ALLOWED to happen still have no conclusive answer…
ALLOWED is seriously the right choice of words. Wasn’t it a “republican” G.W. who was President at the time? and all the manufactured reasons for bringing war still more and more to the world?
I think the “conclusive answer” is the one staring us right in the face: that we are entering the final kingdom of the time of the heathen, described by Daniel the prophet. And if God saw this as what must come to pass; as much as we hate it, and wish it wouldn’t be; we have to understand, that it is for bringing this evil world to an end, to bring in the everlasting kingdom of God.
Now is the time to repent and be saved, and to prepare to meet our God.