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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Morning Ya’ll 🙂
https://youtu.be/6GqTEF4drdM
Morning!
Howdy 🙂
Howdy jay! I’m staying low carb this morning but that looks like a nice cup of espresso to go with the yummy carbs. 😋
Morning, bro!! What about up top? I wouldn’t say no😁
Morning Bet! When I posted earlier this morning my iPad didn’t load the top 2 pics. Definitely going for the top one. 😁
Now already dropped off Nipper at school and pedaling on the bike. ❤️😘
Howdy Gramps your welcome to all it’s my pleasure to offer up some tasty treats for the taking
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Ahh but Grampa M the carbs balance out with the yummy protein don’t ya know 😁
Morning, Mr jay!!! I spy with my little eye something that starts with “Deelicious!!” 😍
Dia Duit Betsy best thing about my kitchen is no calories 😁😁
Jay, Jay, Jay —- I wasn’t hungry until you posted the STEAK. Num Num!!!
We will bring some Tomato Caprese to the picnic!
Oh Yeah 😁😁
🙂
Howdy Garrison 🙂
What a great way to start a Friday and the weekend! Thanks for posting these musical bits of brilliance
My pleasure 🇺🇸😎🇺🇸
jay 🙂
Hey … yeah he was a teen heart throb … but Ricky Nelson actually had some musical talent. Shame they overproduced his voice with sound effects.
Always enjoyed his music 🇺🇸😎🇺🇸
Inflation reignited in a big way. They will soon realize it’s Trump. Or bust.
At one of his last rallies, he mentioned it would get worse as the economy was still running on some Trump fumes.
Please tell me where this is
So beautiful. I wnt to move from California and looking where to move.
Hint: it takes extreme cold to produce those Fall colors
We escaped to redneck country and loving it. We get the fall colors too.
Morning, Garrison. Perfect! How’s the hand??
A little better – hurts.
Be careful my friend! My wife falls a lot … and we half-joke that when she hits her head and dies after a fall … it wasn’t me who pushed her! Her legs are a mess from all the dirt and steps she’s crashed into
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X-Ray??????? Easy does it, G. We don’t want to have to start giving you points for your gymnastic dismounts!
A resounding – TEN!
Morning Garrison!
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Matthew Bourne’s ballet clips: “Ice Dance”
Alright … I admit it … I’m a Uuge Greg Kihn fan! This is arguably their greatest song that nobody has heard or have a vague recollection of it … so sweet … so true. And Greg Kihn is a local Bay Area guy … and dammed NICE guy …
Dave Carpender was a fabulous guitarist who wrote some tasty licks for Kihn … check out his solo at the 2:45 mark
BTW … Google has BANNED the lp cover from Greg Kihn Again from being shown …
ant offend “the Orientals” now, can we? I’m so SICK to death of the woke culture, I want to puke on a white leftist.
But the lp cover just looks like a crossdresser, Kenji… I’d be thinking they’d be lining their walls with it.
9/15/2023 – The spirit shall return unto God who gave it
Genesis 25:7-8 “And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen (175) years. Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.”
Genesis 35:28-29 “And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore (180) years. And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.”
Genesis 49:33 “And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.”
> see also: Numbers 20:24-26; 27:13; 31:2; Deuteronomy 32:50; Judges 2:10
Ecclesiastes 3:21 “Who knows the spirit of man that *goes upward (is ascending), and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?”
Ecclesiastes 12:5(b),7 “. . and desire shall fail: because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets . . . Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”
In the Day of Judgment shall be the commencement of the Day of Eternity. Now is the time ordained for men to be given space to repent, and to believe the word of God, the announced Glad Tidings of Jesus Christ the Son of God. This present age approaches completion. Even as the days of the “indefinite extension” are being curtailed; the doors are being shut in the streets, causing the grinders to cease, because they are few; the watchers are shrouded in darkness, and all the daughters of music are brought low.
Fast approaching is the terrible and fearful day of reckoning, and of going naked out of the world, as we came, taking nothing from out of the world. This is the doom and gloom of the ungodly, who live after the flesh; and who do not remember now their Creator. While they are in the strength and vanity of their youth; they don’t believe that the evil days are coming, nor the years when they shall say, ‘I have no pleasure in them.’ He mistakes his pride for uprightness of heart; and will not look in the mirror to see how soon he fades away; but believes because he is conscious above ground today, that somehow he is immortal.
2 Corinthians 5:1 “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”
1 Corinthians 15:19 “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.”
What then? Is this eternal house in the heavens only for the good, who shall be brought forth to the resurrection of life? Is it not also true for those who do evil, who shall be resurrected to damnation? The spirits of both the rich man and Lazarus continued beyond their time in this world. The spirit of Lazarus was “gathered to his people,” and carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom.
So also for the man who lived in wealth and good cheer all his days, while utterly neglecting his poor brother in poverty, every day sitting at his gate; who lifted up his eyes in hell, begging for just a drop of water to cool his tongue in the flames. Dives wished more than anything; besides to be comforted and relieved of the burning; but he also pined away in hopeless despair for his unsaved family members, who were likewise willfully oblivious of what was coming for them as well.
It is interesting, and very important for us to understand, what was said about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Aaron, and Moses, and that generation which came into the Promised Land with Joshua; that they were, “Gathered Unto Their People.” The spirits return to God who gave them; and each one is gathered to his own; both the good and the bad; to be kept in store until the Day of Judgment and Eternity.
What then is our life here? It is granted to us for the sake of the Hope of the Gospel. We are given a short season of Probation, and space to repent, and show ourselves to be of the truth; upon the worth of the Lord Jesus Christ coming in the flesh to redeem us to God. Now is our time to make things right with our adversary at law, and our accuser; BEFORE we come to the Judge. The wise will discern this time, and take the small window of opportunity for finding grace in the eyes of the LORD, and securing his soul’s salvation.
The folly and disaster of the hypocrite, is that he is too proud to set his account in order; but rather denies and disowns the Spirit and power of his religious profession; building his eternal house out of wood, hay, and stubble. No matter how much he wishes and imagines and clutches with both fists to the fantasy; it will all be burned: nothing will abide the fire of That Day. Everything which was not built upon love out of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and unfeigned faith; everything that can be shaken, will be shaken and removed.
But whosoever puts his trust in the LORD, shall be safe. Everyone who lays up his treasures, and all his heart’s desires, in heaven with Jesus; shall come to the “Joy of his desiring.”
We have to eat and drink and clothe ourselves, for now in this world; but we do not have to be anxious, as if we would perish. The things Jesus was teaching, were that the heathen mentality of ‘No God, just me, myself, and I, and whatever I can know by my bodily senses,’ is utterly false and foolish, and nothing for us to give any credence to, who are the children of God.
Our life is more than the food; it is from the breath of God, who made us in His own image and likeness. The body is not for ruling over our will by its desires, nor for subordinating our conscience to selfish pleasures and interests. Clothing for the body is a grace and a kindness and mercy, that we should not be ashamed. If we do good and trust in the Lord, He will bring us through this shameful existence, to His glory; and will clothe us in a robe of righteousness: and His people shall never be ashamed.
The time of our being in these bodies, all have one sentence, and one end. It is our spirits which are temporarily housed in these bodies, that make us what we shall be for ever, when we are all “Gathered to our people.”
1 Corinthians 15:48-54 “As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.”
May we all drink deep from the Fountain of Life.
Amen Victorious!
Do you recall the good conversation that Christian had with faithful, before they came to Vanity Fair?
I have to go look that up again; its been a very long time since I read Pilgrim’s Progress.
But since you started commenting, I’ve been thinking of that. (?)
Good morning Michael,
I am not familiar with ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’; though now, I will search it.
I’ll leave this song for any who need refreshment this beautiful morning.
…and one more before I leave to do my chores. I’ll be singing all day!
Hi Victorious, Good day to you too. 🙂
Yeah, you can find it quickly if you do a search – Read free online Pilgrim’s Progress. There are a number of PDF’s you can download, and read at your leisure.
The author, John Bunyan, is called the father of the English Novel, on account of this book. He lived during the 17th century, in Bedford England. At that time, it was illegal to have Prayer Meetings or any Unauthorized church or Bible-related activities. When he was having one of such illegal Prayer Meetings, and expounding the Scriptures at his own table in his own house; the Constable and the soldiers broke in on them, and arrested him. He stayed in the Bedford Jail for twelve (12) years for having a Bible Study! That’s where he wrote Pilgrim’s Progress; which is an allegory of the Christian getting saved, and his walk through this life to the Celestial City.
He also wrote a follow-up sequel, where the “leading roles” were about his wife and children, and how they came after Christian in their journey to the Celestial City. Besides those two great and important works, Bunyan wrote many other books, expounding the Scriptures, and the Christian faith.
It is remarkable, that the very first Book printed, when the printing press was invented, was the Bible; and the very first English Novel was Pilgrim’s Progress.
The Heritage of the West, being the one place in the whole world, that God has extended the greatest light, and which have brought forth the most good and benefit for the world, because of Jesus and the Bible; have now become the Great Whore, and the shame of all nations, because of their adulterous and sinful choices, to despise and reject and cheat on their Husband. The whole world sees it, and the LORD has put it in their hearts to do something about it.
But the vast multitudes, especially of so-called Christians; do not discern this time, nor do they believe that their ways and their doings have consequences with God; they really think that it applies to everyone else BUT THEM!
Anyway, I hope you will look up the things I tell you about, and derive great blessing and benefit; that you may also share the same with others like you have received.
The Lord bless you, and fulfill in you all His good word.
Good morning Michael,
Thank you for sharing these things with me.
I will take the time to read ‘Pilgrims Progress’. As I was reading the excerpts you left here, I was reminded of my earlier years of reading — ‘The Great Divorce’ by C. S. Lewis is among my favorites.
Blessing to you this beautiful morning.
For some reason I’m reminded of the conversation between Christian and Faithful, just before they came to Vanity Fair.
Its been so long since I read Pilgrim’s Progress: I should go back and read that part.
Thanks for the encouragement!
December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Can’t Take My Eyes off You
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Sherry
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
All on my playlist..😂👍..thanks ..👍👏
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Yes … Sheri was my HS love … *sigh*.
15 September
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
(1806-1859)
British engineer (SS Great Britain, Great Western Railway), dies of a stroke at 53
15 September 2019 Ric Ocasek [Otcasek], American rock singer-songwriter (The Cars – “Best Friend’s Girl”; “Shake It Up”; “You Are The Girl”), found dead at 75
Drive
15 September Harry Dean Stanton
(1926-2017)
American actor (Lucky; Alien; Cool Hand Luke; The Godfather Part II), musician, and singer, dies at 91
Help Me Make It Through The Night (A year before his death)
15 September 2008 Richard Wright, British progressive rock keyboardist, arranger, composer, and occasional vocalist (Pink Floyd – “Time”; “Echoes”; “The Art Of Conversation”), dies of cancer at 65
Time
15 September 2004 Johnny Ramone, American lead guitarist of the punk rock band The Ramones, dies of prostate cancer at 55
Blitzkrieg Bop
15 September 1985 (Charles) “Cootie” Williams, American jazz, jump-blues, and R&B trumpeter (Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1929-40 & 1962-74), dies of kidney problems at 74
Take The A Train
Good Ramones Pick ,
Kenji !
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Oh ! Ramones !!!
The percussion, the lyrics, the lead guitar riffs, the organ/synthesizer parts, the orchestration, the melodies, the message, the vocals and the backup vocals,…..everything makes this the total package of an iconic song….I miss music that was constructed with such care…Thanks for sharing it!
… let them brush your rock and roll hair …
The guitar sound effects simply MAKE the tune …
Dr. Berg Gets Censored (Silenced)
“Their definitions of misinformation are “ANY INFORMATION THAT OPPOSES THEIR VIEWPOINT”
Critical Union Pacific Bailey Railroad Yard , largest yard in America, where cars are sorted for east and west travel, experienced explosion of car containing perchloric acid. Area evacuation declared due to toxic smoke cloud. Fire was contained by local firefighters. It is beginning to look to me like sabotage attempts being made to disrupt supply lines in America.
Explosion of Train Car Carrying Perchloric Acid Triggers Four-Mile Evacuation Zone in Nebraska, Sky Filled with Toxic Smoke (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
Is there no song that doesn’t sound catchy with a Rickenbacker twang?
Good morning all.
Look at how big Lee’s wind field is and how it has grown. And it is likely to grow some more. Now imagine if it was a CAT 4 storm! That would be an example of the kind of storms that have hit the US back during much of the 19th and 20th century.
On average we see a lot smaller storms now than back in those times.
In hurricanes or any other tropical cyclone size matters a lot when it comes to the damage it does at landfall. Besides the longer duration of being in the winds and larger area there is the storm surge.
The larger the hurricane and the lower the pressure the higher and larger the dome of water under that low pressure. Longer duration winds means larger waves on top of that dome and the larger wind field driving all of that for a longer duration of time towards the shore.
The Saffir-Simpson scale is merely a measurement of sustained wind speed and does not account for anything but that. To try to make up for that fact the NHC puts out the various graphics and texts showing the size and the estimated potential surge. But that provides no single frame of mathematical reference for the comparison of the power of storms.
Joe Bastardi and others have been proposing for years now, a different way at looking at these storms that takes into account all the factors to give a realistic gauge for comparing storms and to provide a much more complete picture of just how powerful and potentially dangerous, and damaging an approaching storm is going to be. A gauge that would be far more useful for people potentially in the path to decide what they are going to do.
Joe calls his version the Power and Impact Scale. I will not bother to explain it. I am just making the point that we could be better served by NOAA/NHC. Some kind of scale like that should have been adopted years ago.
But they sure are doing their best to push the aspect of the cost of the damage a storm causes. Using the financial cost metric allows them to magnify the impact of the storms that come ashore now when comparing them to storms in the past. The fact that development and populations have grown massively over time along the coasts allows them to do this even when they present the cost adjusted for inflation when making a comparison.
I Really Appreciate Your Weather Knowledge , Rah !
I’ve learned some things but I’m no meteorologist. This post though, when you get down to it, is as much about how our government is failing us and how they are trying to sell their climate disaster snake oil as it is about hurricanes.
“……our government is failing us……” in more ways than one!
We’ll call you the middle man…from Joe to you to us 👍🏻
Was just about to post the same thing!
BTW after looking at the weather patterns Joe Bastardi has come to the conclusion that Invest 97L will develop into a hurricane but will turn north far out from the US. Basically it looks like it will be another Margo.
He is thinking that for now it is looking like if we see more development it is more likely to be a “home brew” or IOW form in closer proximity to US shores or in the Caribbean instead of be a long track storm coming out of Africa.
Good morning rah! We are way overdue for a tropical depression going over Central Texas. It’s been many years.
TS Harold hit Padre Island/Corpus Christi last month.
I thought cold waters KILLED these storms?
Gradually weakens them or prevents their further development. Converts them into non tropical storms.
Plenty of powerful storms occur in colder waters, even Arctic waters, because it is a matter of contrasts between pressures and temperatures, they just aren’t tropical cyclones.
Sandy was not a hurricane when it hit New Jersey. Nor’easters are not hurricanes. “The Perfect Storm” was not a hurricane. Just a few examples.
Rounding the Horn is virtually always a stormy passage in waters far too cold for tropical storm development.
Storms, all storms, are manifestations of a complex and chaotic system trying to achieve a balance it will never obtain. Far too many variables drive our weather and climate to do what it does, including many originating from the sun and the orbital mechanics of the moon and planets, including our own.
The sun doesn’t affect our weather or climate … I learned that from Al Gore.
A big reason that Lee is not weakening as fast as anticipated is that it has really sped up. Now moving north at 20 mph.
Pilgrim’s Progress – from Christian’s conversations with Faithful
Then I saw in my dream, that they went on very amiably together, and had sweet conversation about the things that had happened to each of them on their pilgrimage.
CHRISTIAN: “My honored and well-beloved brother, I am glad that I have caught up with you; and that God has made us so like-minded, that we can walk as companions in this very pleasant path.”
FAITHFUL: “I had thought, dear friend, to have had your company much sooner; for you started out before me—therefore I was forced to come alone thus far.”
CHRISTIAN: “How long did you stay in the City of Destruction, before you set out on your pilgrimage?”
FAITHFUL: “Until I could stay no longer; for right after you left, there was great talk that our city would soon be burned down to the ground with fire from Heaven!”
CHRISTIAN: “What! Did our neighbors really talk so?”
FAITHFUL: “Yes, for a while it was the talk of the town!”
CHRISTIAN: “Were you the only one who fled to escape the danger?”
FAITHFUL: “Though there was, as I said, great talk about the eminent destruction of our city—yet I do not think they truly believed it. For in the heat of the discussions, I heard some of them deridingly speak of you, and of your desperate journey—for so they called your pilgrimage. But I did believe, and still do, that our city will be destroyed with fire and brimstone from above—and therefore I have made my escape!”
Michael,
Thank you so much for this.
I’ll be reading it shortly.
Thank you for blessing my day.
Pilgrim’s Progress – from Christian’s conversations with Faithful
(continued…)
CHRISTIAN: “Did you hear any talk of neighbor Pliable?”
FAITHFUL: “Yes, I heard that he followed you until he came to the Swamp of Despond, where, as some said, he fell in. Yet he would never admit to having done so—but I am sure he was bedabbled with the mire from the swamp.”
CHRISTIAN: “And what did the neighbors say about him?”
FAITHFUL: “Since his coming back to the city, he has been harshly derided by all sorts of people! Some mock and despise him—and scarcely will any employ him. He is now seven times worse off than if he had never left the city!”
CHRISTIAN: “But why should they be so much against him, since they despise the narrow way that he forsook?”
FAITHFUL: “O! they say, ‘Hang him, he is a turn-coat! He is not true to his profession of religion!’ I think that God has even stirred up his enemies to hiss at him, and make him a proverb, because he has forsaken the narrow way!”
CHRISTIAN: “Were you able to talk with him before you left the City of Destruction?”
FAITHFUL: “I did meet him once in the streets—but he slunk away on the other side, as one ashamed of what he had done. So I was unable to speak with him.”
CHRISTIAN: “Well, at my first setting out, I had hope for Pliable, but now I fear he will perish in the overthrow of the city. For it has happened to him according to the true proverb: ‘A dog returns to his vomit; and a sow, having been washed, to her wallowing in the mire!'”
FAITHFUL: “These are my fears for him too—but who can prevent his downfall?”
Only God, my God. He restoreth my soul. Amen.
Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. – John 16:24
Verse one in Joseph Scriven’s hymn What a Friend We Have in Jesus underscores the fact that believers may be missing out on blessings by not praying. “What a Friend we have in Jesus,/ All our sins and griefs to bear!/ What a privilege to carry/ Everything to God in prayer!/ O what peace we often forfeit,/ O what needless pain we bear/ All because we do not carry/ Everything to God in prayer!”
The apostle James also teaches about what happens due to a lack of prayer: “You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions” (James 4:2-3).
When the disciples asked why they could not cast a demon out of a possessed young man, Jesus said, “Because of your little faith” (Matthew 17:20). In Mark 9:29, He replied, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.” In some manuscripts He adds, “and fasting.”
From these three scriptures it can be concluded that, in order to receive the blessing God has for His people and subsequent joy, it is necessary to spend time in prayer and fasting, asking and interceding in faith, and in accordance with His will.
Grow your faith by reading and listening to God’s Word (Romans 10:17). As Jesus prayed for Peter, pray for believers that their faith will not fail and that they would strengthen others (Luke 22:32). Intercede for the faith of God’s people to become like the little mustard seed which grows into a tree (Matthew 13:31-32). Ask the Lord for a greater ability to recognize His voice and leading as you intercede for the United States and its governing officials.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
September 15
MORNING
Sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. Rom. 6:14
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Rom. 6:15
My brethren, ye … are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. Rom. 7:4
Being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ. I Cor. 9:21
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. I Cor. 15:56, 57
The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. Rom. 8:2
Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. If the Son … shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 8:34, 36
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Gal. 5:1
EVENING
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. James 1:8
No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Luke 9:62
He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Heb. 11:6
Let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. James 1:6, 7
What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Mark 11:24
Be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love. . . . grow up into him in all things which is the head, even Christ. Eph. 4:14, 15
Abide in me. John 15:4
Be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. I Cor. 15:58
Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/09/0915.html
‘Alien corpses’ displayed during Mexico’s Congressional hearing on UFOs | NewsNation Now
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2023/09/alien-corpses-displayed-during-mexicos.html
I would think, that with all the pains they took to create the “DNA evidence,” and the X-rays, etc.. that they might have found a little more clever and talented sculptor or puppet-maker; they really are not very convincing! Sorry to say. 🙂
But you know, stupid is, is stupid does; and they probably could only think as high as they themselves were capable. It also shows, how stupid they think everyone else is, they they could pull a ‘fast one’ and collect some notoriety, and maybe a little money!
But there’s no shortage of people who are starving for such things, and looking for every ridiculous thing. Maybe its because we were all raised on cartoons and sitcoms?
I have a certain tune bouncing around inside my head…”watch me wallabies feed mate, watch me wallabies…”
https://wgntv.com/news/will-county-animal-control-beware-of-missing-wallaby/
Lets hope Rupert gets home….
Freedom seems like such a wonderful thing, but only if we recognize it as a gift and treat it accordingly. The responsibility of freedom humans have failed miserably.
We take the gift and use it over and over and over again to refuse how we are made for relationship with our own hearts, the hearts of others, and the heart of God.
Instead of finding full life in how God made us, we use our freedom to refuse relationship if it costs us potential pain of hurt or more hurt; we block with fierceness the very thing that can grant full life a vulnerable heart before a good God.
We initiated the tragedy of life; we chose independence from Him rather than dependence upon Him. God has never stopped pursuing us though. We initiated destruction by rejecting how we are made and thus Who made us.
— Chip Dodd
The Dog Days
by Brandon Meeks
http://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/the-dog-days
Thank you for this wonderful essay, Sepp. A marvelous piece of writing. From Arkansas to Aberdeen. What a difference! I thoroughly enjoyed this, and I am so glad you shared it with us.
Originally posted on Open Thread on Sunday the 10th. Some fun comments to read there.
Shared this with a sibling who just loved it. Thank you Sepp
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
Amen. Amin🙏🏻
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Verse of the Day for Friday, September 15, 2023
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“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”
1 Corinthians 10:31 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
There’s still a week of summer left!
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
CHILD NOT CHOICE
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
CRY OUT WITH JOY
Cry out with joy to our mighty Lord;
Heed the commands in His Holy Word;
Sing Psalms of praise and thanksgiving;
All ye who dwell in the land of the living!
Serve Him with true gladness of heart;
From His grace – pray – do not depart;
Know that He – the Lord is our God;
We belong to Him – though we are flawed!
We are His people – the sheep of His flock;
His precious, petulant – errant livestock;
In fervent pastures – we take our repose;
We are the servants He faithfully chose!
Indeed how lovingly He cares for us;
We are His children – His main focus;
From age to age – His mercy endures;
His faithfulness and constancy ensures!
Enter His gates singing sweet Psalms of praise;
Into His courts – with thanksgiving you raise;
Your voices in song – glad tidings you bring;
All Honor and Glory is His you sing!
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good;
His mercy endures – just as it should;
His Love everlasting is tried and true;
Unconditionally given for me and you!
Cry out with joy and praise His name;
His love is forever and ever the same;
He changes not from day to day;
He is steadfast and sure come what may!
Serve Him with gladness – enter singing;
His precepts are sound – ever bringing;
Correction with love and glorious peace;
Cry out with joy – His praise never cease!
Go out with joy and share His great love;
Mindful of blessings He bestows from above;
Shout from the rooftops – He is the Lord;
His victory assured – in His Holy Word!
D01: 7/09/2013
Mornin’ all!
AMERICA WILL SURVIVE
JULIE GREEN MINISTRIES
https://rumble.com/v3gj32t-america-will-survive.html
2 Chronicles 7:14. – Daniel 10:10-14
Revelation 1:8 – 1 Corinthians 2:9
PRAYER FOR AMERICA
For America In A Time Of National Crisis
Dear Father, there is much happening with our nation at the moment as we are facing a time of crises. The nation seems to be teetering on the edge of destruction and our government seems to have little ability or will to reverse what is coming upon our land and its citizens. Lord, there is increasing unrest and we ask that You guide our nation through this difficult period.
Lord, we pray for all in authority over our land and ask that You would lead and guide the decisions they are to make in this time of crises. We ask that those in leadership positions would be given the wisdom and ability to address all that is looming on the home-front at this present time. Give them grace to govern according to Your will, and may they not be motivated by self-interest, greed or party politics, but rather may they be led to guide our nation onto the path of peace and safety that only comes from You.
Protect all those that are in any way at risk or are suffering from lack or from fear of what is happening in this time of national crises. May we as a people unite together under Your banner of truth, to support and encourage each other, as we face this national crises together, as one nation under God.
Amen.
Source: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/Prayers-for-America#423
Dear Flyover,
Thank you for this good message.
Many years ago I found a print from the cover of ‘My Utmost for His Highest’.
I was so drawn to the image. I was out one day and it was hidden amongst many prints. I couldn’t afford it at the time ($35.00); and I saved enough to go back and buy it. It was still there! I believe God saved it for me.
I had it framed and then gave it to someone.
Many years later I met a young woman and we shared our faith; and I told her about this print. She went out and found it and gave it to me.
I gave my book to my sister and I no longer have the print. A time for every thing.
Thank you for the message and the memory.
DAY # 5 – MIDDAY PRAYER
Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. Pray it seven times. God’s protection, healing.
Concerning the UAW strike and the “Big Three”.
I grew up in Anderson, IN. It was a General Motors town. HQ for Delco Remy and Guide Lamp Divisions were there. Nearly 1/2 of my graduating class from HS went to work for GM. Now there is not a single GM plant there.
My family’s business did a lot of work for those plants and so I did a lot of work for them. So I learned early on about the attitude of UAW workers and saw the waste that management allowed.
When I was 17 I drove a 20′ flatbed truck and sometimes made deliveries of steel for maintenance at Guide Lamp. I arrived on time to make a delivery at the docks at Guide Lamp Plant 1. Had 20′ lengths of angle, and flat bar and rounds, and 12′ lengths of various shapes of cold rolled steel. Back in those days we used chains with boomers to secure the load on 4 x 4 wood laid on the bed and not the straps that they use now.
I backed into the dock and the foreman said “We’re on shift change, it’s going to be awhile before they unload you.” Sitting there on their fork trucks were three workers doing nothing looking at me. I had other deliveries to make, so I asked the foreman if I could unload it myself? He said I could.
I took off the chains, pulled that truck up and then drove in reverse at about 20 mph, timing jamming the brakes just right so I didn’t slam the dock too hard, And the steel slid off onto the dock leaving a pile looking like pick up sticks.
The dock foreman came over and I asked “Is that ok?. He smiled, signed my bill, and I was out of there.
I also delivered a lot to GM, some Chrysler, and some Ford during my last job as a driver. I know the attitude. I know what it is to sit for 10 hours in a hard plastic chair because they make you turn in your keys once docked. And because the UAW workers don’t give a damned about getting unloaded until the parts your delivering are actually needed on the line.
I know how so many UAW workers look down upon anyone that is not union.
So I say go for it UAW! Drive yourselves into extinction and take “the big three” with you! Someone else will make those cars.
A buncha Toyotas are made in America…..without unions…..
Hondas, Subarus, and Volkswagons too.
I have only bought Toyota’s for the last 38 years. Last GM I bought was a new 85 S10. It basically fell apart after 50K miles
Many thanks!
A friend and I were discussing this AM; he said that UAW has a 23% absentee rate–sounds like they already have their 4 day week.
WOW!
How do they POSSIBLY run their lines?!?
Enjoy!
Not a lot to celebrate related to American jurisprudence these days–so soak this in.
Verdicts announced in case of 3 men charged in Whitmer fednapping hoax. God bless this jury.
Praise the Lord.
Todd Rundgren and Darryl Hall … I saw the Light
Wait for Me
Didn’t I …
Hi Kenji,
Very nice tunes today.
BTW, pumpkin pie is my favorite. I’ll let you know when I bake some. 🎃 🎃 🎃
Reba McEntire
Does He Love You by Reba McEntire & Linda Davis Lyrics – Bing video
Hard Sun – Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder – Hard Sun (Music Video) HD – Bing video
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts.” — Richard Feynman
EVENING REFLECTIONS
“The greatest spiritual crisis comes when a person has to move a little farther on in his faith than the beliefs he has already accepted.”
Complacency! So true! The only sure remedy and protection, is to stay close to Jesus every day; and to USE the things He shows us, by remembering the word throughout the day, and acting on it as the situations warrant.
And next to that; the High Calling (like mentioned in the message which Poyeema posted); will mean, that things which many may have no problem saying or doing, we cannot say or do. The Holy Spirit holds us up to His own standard; and He jealously keeps us in the way; and His reproofs of instruction ARE our way of life.
Craftiness, cunning deceit, hypocrisy, etc; these are the things that the Holy Spirit strives with us against, AND brings up out of our past and present behaviors; in order for us to confess and forsake, and bring to Jesus for cleansing and healing.
Good message!
Hi Treepers,
I Am Here To Let You Know About A Distubing Thing That Just Happened To Me.
I read about all the sudifed medications that the Government said that they would no longer be available OTC.
So 3 days ago, I decided to stock up on my Alka Seltzer Plus Flu Tablets, that work when I have the Flu, on Amazon. They were $5 something a box, and I got three.
So today I went back on Amazon to buy some more. They are now $18 something a box for the same thing, PLUS you now have to put your drivers license # on the web site to even buy it.
If you have an OTC Flu Med that works, I suggest you get it now. This is not a joke!!!!
ADMIN
Please Check My Post!
This is scary!
Now It’s Gone…
Wierd!
Good early evening, Treepers,
Kiddo has an assignment and… you know… we are using EVERY opportunity to exert the love of God and our country everywhere possible to push back at evil and make a few liberal heads explode.
Her group’s assignment is American Dream and it has to be set to music from the 1970’s. My daughter is in charge of finding the music. Here’s what we came up with and in the order it will be used – so we are hoping you like it.
Using the lyric videos – because kiddo and her group intend to sing it when it gets to Ray Charles “sing it with me” and then dance to it when it gets to the Skynyrd. The goal is her cohorts joining in.. in a little freedom revolution.
Hope this line up hits you like it hit me helping her research for it (sorry for any ads that pop up):
Johnny Cash “Ragged Old Flag” – 1974
Ray Charles “America The Beautiful” – 1972
Lynryd Skynrd “Sweet Home Alabama” – 1974
John Denver “Rocky Mountain High” – 1972 – wanted the visuals of this one as it’s a reminder of how beautiful and pure our country is – and to end off on a mellow note for these kids who are stressed to the max with all the political garbage
Joe Bastardi says that Lee is using baroclinic processes and he thinks that it is likely that the pressure will actually drop tonight. IOW Joe thinks that Lee will actually get stronger tonight.
Baroclinic instability is a complex concept.
Baroclinic instabilityBaroclinic instability is understood to be the primary dynamic mechanistic cause for synoptic-scale, mid-latitude storms. It results from a north–south temperature gradient (which requires a corresponding vertical shear of the zonal geostrophic wind) on a rotating planet……
With today’s presentation of Paxton’s lawyers in AG Paxton’s trial in Texas
……..MAGA’s in Texas have sent a message to all MAGAs across America
………….Hit ‘em again, hit ‘em again, harder, harder!
………………..Push ’em back, push ’em back, way back, way back, all the way off the field
………………………..Faster, faster!
MAGA isn’t just our motto, it is our duty!
All hands on deck!
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A great week for Mr. Paxton’s lawyers!!!
Buzbee was like a buzz saw chewing through the rotten wood of the GOPe/RINO case.
Buzbee is great as well as the whole Paxton legal team………..shows what could be done if the supreme court would allow the adjudication of the evidence in the 2020 stolen election cases…..presented by qualified legal MAGA lawyers.
All of the activities being covered in this trial happened at the same time DeXX was becoming a double-crosser in Florida against President Trump.
The “W” team (“W” as in COW coup d’état against President Trump) was running two major “color revolution” operations in 2020 ……
……one in Florida and
………..one in Texas
………………Both were aimed at removing two MAGA giants from the playing field
……………………….G.O.A.T. President Trump and AG Paxton.
The “W” team is losing on both fronts.
Mr. Buzbee paraphrased, in a manner, two lines from Ol’ Davy Crockett
………”You can go to hell, I’m going to Texas” …([bushes] can go back to Maine, this is Texas”)
………….”There ain’t no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.” ……([this impeachment] is a political trial, a political witch hunt)
“Let’s go Brandon and the democrats and the GOPe!”
Two anecdotes to share about public opinion shifting against the upcoming COVID booster.
1) A lefty forum I visit has a “Are you getting the new COVID booster?” thread. 90% of the responses are “no.” The two most commonly cited reasons for refusing are either 1) “I got it the first time and it made me chronically ill” or 2) “I got it the first time and still got COVID.”
2) A big local employer here finally dropped their COVID vaccine requirement.
I don’t think the vaccine pushers are going to get as many takers this time around.
Liberty Counsel Action has an extensive archive on this subject.
http://www.lcaction.org/vaccine
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