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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“Down By the Riverside”
Good morning, Garrison💕 Oh so nice!!!! And an appreciative audience as well. 👍🏻😊
Good morning to all our Treehouse crew! Coffee brewed with extra for our night owls😁
A fresh cup of Bustelo starts my day. Going for hand x-fays later. My GP’s nurse/P wasn’t all that interested in my hand injuries so I’m moving on to another step.
Really?? Not interested? So I’m reading it’s not improving, my friend. So good on you for getting it x-rayed. You’ll know then if there is something broken, which I pray there isn’t. Keep us up to speed please 👍🏻😎😘
Didn’t trust the billing comments coming from the emergency clinic. Going to urgent care tomorrow for x-rays.
Looks very inviting but I need cream for mine, if you don’t mind, I hate to be a nuisance 🙂 I fancy a couple of Jaffa Cakes with that too, do you happen to have those in your cupboard?.
Mornin’ Bet 🙂 ‘Hoppy” is a real treasure. He lives in Switzerland, now.
Morning, bro😘 He chose a very nice country. I visited years ago and it was so beautiful! I remember fondly the delicious bread. My gosh, I could have made a meal on that alone😍
PS..I was almost run over in Zermatt by an electric car. We were told to look in the opposite direction from the way we would in the US. I didn’t, and it was only the quick hand of my friend across the front of me which kept me from being squished…because that car wasn’t slowing down. There may have been a guardian angel involved as well…
Good morning Bet! So glad that you didn’t get splattered.
Yesterday I got fired by the cardiologist. In the good sense 😁. He doesn’t need to see me unless there’s a problem. Hallelujah!
Oh PRAISE BE!!!!! Such wonderful news, dear healed friend!! By the Hand of Almighty God! You’ve just made my day… Rejoicing…and smiling as well 🙏🏻💕😁!
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Congrats, Gramps. My GP wants me to go for an electro-cardiagrm. Low heart rate. May be time foe a meds change.
Be a good patient, G. Will be looking forward to the radiologists report on that hand. One step at a time. Try to rest tonight friend.
Congratulations, M. Rejoicing for you!
Morning Garrison!
Afternoon Gramps 🙂
Mood for a Day … because he first learned the Lute Concerto in D Major
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I am beginning to think that my cats do not need the moon to be “full” for them to behave like it is. The black cat was acting the fool and managed to pull the tablecloth off and completely wrap himself in it to the point of needing extrication. Lord Have Mercy. These jokers are going to wear me out. Have a Blessed Day, Treehouse Family.
so funny. mine are on high alert, too. halloween posture.
Morning, CR and linwik💕
At least they aren’t on the road…
Truth. And not just for cars either.
When parked in a truck stop I used to stay up and watch as the parking spaces filled up. Some of the best entertainment to be had was watching rookies come in late when the few spaces remaining were some of the toughest to hit and watch. If one definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again even though it hasn’t worked, then there are a lot of insane drivers out there.
Sometimes I would have mercy on them and get out and help them. Especially in situations where they were blocking the route into the fuel islands.
In many cases it was a matter of getting them to slide their trailer tandems to the rear to get rid of the overhang on their blind side. In others is was just a case of ground guiding them in.
My dad could parallel park his Trailways bus almost within irs own length. For him it was as easy as me parking my little VW.
Chris can do the same, Garrison. Precision. And that’s a good comparison. Which was a good thing driving through smaller European towns with his coach. Watched him thread that big beast through a small hotel archway in Windermere in the Lake District with about an inch either side of his vehicle.
I on the other hand? Failed the parallel parking part of my drivers test decades ago. A big burly Texas State Trooper sat beside me. I got my back wheels into the spot, and he knew it wasn’t going to happen. When he said, “OK, enough…drive on,” I knew it was a big fat fail.
I am all admiration for anyone who can safely and competently drive big rigs and coaches.
Well it is said (not by me, mind) that women tend to lack the same levels of spatial skills that men typically have. If true, then please explain why I can never get the bed sheets right? 🙂
Ha!!! Thought of you instantly, rah, when I saw this. I can only imagine what you’ve seen. Funny…not funny.
That look gets even more intense when they’re trying to back in next to your rig.
Oh I’ll BET!!!!!!!! Waited ing for the sound of metal. Although having said that, I’m sure you wouldn’t let it get that far.
Being ready to reach for the big horn lanyard.
Hand hovering… I just knew it! 😂
A very dignified and astute -looking feline. Interesting how they like to work out of boxes.
Compendium of cute kitties
Unconventional method to descend stairs
Ah yes, the 5th of hard liquor method. I remember it. Sort of.
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Those Bengal cats are somethin’ else.
Happy dogs
Hmmm
3:24AM. Up half an hour and the coffee ain’t getting it done.
Mighty quiet in here so far.
All y’all get up and post something before I gotta go to work!
Have a good day!
That’s the worst – when you have some extra time and there’s no new posts on your favourite sites.
“All dressed up and nowhere to go..” 😉
Indeed.
Except now, I have somewhere very important to go – I have to go and catch some sleep.
See?!?
You understand!
Over at Faux, NPR etc, it is being reported that the actor, David McCallum has passed away at the age of 90. He played Ducky on NCIS, along with other roles, in his long career. RIP and thank you for the memories.
26 September
Daniel Boone
(1734-1820)
American frontiersman and explorer (US Hall of Fame 1915), dies at 85
26 September
Levi Strauss
(1829-1902)
German-born American clothing designer who founded the 1st company to manufacture blue jeans (Levi Strauss & Co.), dies at 73
Sadly … most of what I learned about Daniel Boone … I learned on TV. The TV never told me about The Alamo, or his Political career. Nope. Just stories about how Indians stole his children and how he got them back.
Don’t confuse Ol’ Daniel with Ol’ Davey Crockett. It was Davey at the Alamo and he also had a political career.
But Fes Parker played both Daniel Boone and Daniel Boone on TV.
Oops … see what’s happened to my brain after all that TV. Sheesh … I’m a dunce … or it was just a pre-coffee error
Thank you for sharing this. Many who surround me are from his lineage, and he has been a source of inspiration since early childhood.
Daniel Boone………a relative of mine.
A biography of Daniel Boone is here.
Historic Missourians
http://www.historicmissourians.shsmo.org/daniel-boone
26 September 2021 Alan Lancaster, British rock bassist (Status Quo, 1967-85 – “Pictures of Matchstick Men”), dies from multiple sclerosis complications at 72
Pictures Of Matchstick Men
26 September 2021 Commander Cody [George Frayne], American singer and pianist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen – “Hot Rod Lincoln”), dies of esophageal cancer at 77
Hot Rod Lincoln
26 September 2003 Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (“Addicted To Love”; The Power Station), dies of a heart attack at 54
Didn’t Mean To Turn You On
My Magic Wand: I did not know that Palmer died so young, and 20 years ago.
Yes, I see that alot myself here, remember a Sunday funnies cartoon of a man reading the obits and each one was # older that you…. YOUR age…… # YOUNGER than you.
I’m in the older than Palmer category … I dismiss the youngsters that committed slow suicide from lifestyle choices & direct intentional (or “unintentional”) suicide.
Jerry Seinfeld could have been a member of The Matchstick Men !
Dear Magic, this is the original version, I know it’s about the people, not the song, for you, and that’s very important too. so many great people gone. But the song is very special when you know what its all about. The school children in the background also have connections to some of my family. thanks, for listening..
The song is about the art and the artist, the artist is about the Industrial North of the UK, and Manchester and Salford in particular. Home to the industrial revolution and the ‘Dark Satanic mills'(William Blake)
https://secondhandsongs.com/work/138180 (sung in the Manchester Dialect)
video re the art work of Lowry.
It’s about the people that streamed in to the cities in the 1800’s when those U.K. Northern Cities grew massively. Thousands of desperately poor Irish fled the Irish (1840’s to 1850’s) famine to get work, and at last were able in provide a little for their families.
It was long hard hours of work, for children as well, for very low pay poor crowded living standards, little hope for the future, but making it from one payday to the next, and just surviving and hoping the next generation would have it a little easier. wearing Clogs and Shawls referred also to their poverty. The men wore cloth caps.
They were matchstick men because they were poor and scraped along with small meals. among smoke blackened buildings/factories, cotton mills, and tiny homes with few facilities, and always the poverty. While the rich factory owners grew fat and lived in large luxurious homes away from the coal smoke chimneys and noise. No wonder the Labour movement started and was strong there.
My ancestors on side of my family were part of those people, the first one who left Limerick an Irishman who came before most of them in the 1830’s a blacksmith/striker. He died young. Didn’t they all,? working himself to death literally for his wife and children. Generations later some of them still live in that area.
So I admire and love those Matchstick men, and the artist who thought they, and their way of life deserved to be remembered, and honored in a way.
https://100percentfedup.com/president-trump-in-less-than-5-months-were-going-to-defeat-biden/
Good morning.
First the good news. The disturbance in the Gulf moved west into sheer and dry air that ate it alive and is no more.
The bad news is that TS Philippe is headed west. Joe believes that it will weaken into a tropical wave and the has a good chance of reorganizing off the coast in the SE US in 9 to 12 days. Keep an eye on this one.
Good morning dear Treepers. If you have time, please meditate with me on this beautiful song played by two masters. Shalom
To the power of friends seen and unseen. Those of you here mean much more to me than you will ever know. Probably more to me than I fully appreciate. It is through friendship that we reflect the Glory of our Creator.
In the words of our Creator: ““As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. 17 This is my command: Love each other.”
Thank you Sundance, thank you Jwoo, thank you Patience, thank you to the wolves who prowl the perimeter fostering spiritual rest, thank you to those who watered the Tree of Liberty, those who stand ready to do it again, and those who with us, are preparing to do so.
Good morning, Doc. Don’t underestimate how important you are to our loving community of like souls here. Our arms are wrapped around one another every day.
Keep going, good sir. The power of Almighty God is infinite and omnipresent. Blessings to you.
That is so beautiful Country Doc. Thank you for posting that.
…… Thank you, Doc!
As written once before, you were one of the reasons I initially stayed to lurk and learn here.
Doc, I must also thank you for that rendering of Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Floating in my kayak on a very calm lake… feeling the water gently slushing one foot as it ebbed in and out of the water; having enjoyed some pineapple juice and Malibu rum.
-meditation is good for the soul
The Outsiders –
Time Won’t Let Me (1966)
The Association –
Along Comes Mary
God morning, Treepers,
The gym ladies sure know their talents. My newest elder matriarchs let the cat out of the bag on who the tough water aerobics teacher is… and we haven’t met her yet. Yikes. She has a penchant for stringing along the exercises and instead of changing up – she just makes you go faster – in a high-pitched, sing songy voice. We may have to avoid her.
These women really get along well with one another. Three are leaving for an Aruba trip together for two weeks here soon. I offered to carry their bags for them, but let’s face it, these chicks are out gunning me at every turn. Wow. What power houses. If you have aches and pains and joints that don’t work as they should, I highly recommend water aerobics. If you can, find a gym with a bath warm therapy pool. Ours has that, but last night was in the big pool, which felt more like a polar plunge. Makes one appreciate the hot water shower afterwards.
Water Aerobics runs from 6 to 7 PM during the weekdays with the Saturday classes running a full hour and fifteen minutes. The chatter and the giggles make the time fly by, but your body the next day or so will remind you of why you are attending in the first place. My butt hurts and I’m feeling muscles that I’m pretty sure are new, as they’ve never properly introduced themselves before in such a violent manner. Buoyancy and splashing with childhood rigor sure does trick the mind. Ha ha. The girls assure me – THIS IS the best thing for my body.
The high school kids are having their homecoming festivities and yesterday included a trike race – kiddo competed and was only dumped off the trike twice. It was a relay and kid’s team came in second. Seems only the girls had trouble keeping their backsides in the seats, as it was only the ladies to suffer fall outs.
I gave kiddo a fun sports watch that monitors 122 different athletic features, body functions, O2, blood pressure, body temperatures, steps. It’s cute and she’s so sporty with every kind of high top fancy tennis shoe on the planet. She’s the Imelda Marcos of athletic shoes. The girl has lost 35 pounds post COVID and is looking svelte, energetic, and happy despite all the evil in the world.
When we went to a taco place last week, the waiter made her a very special virgin Pina Colada drink, with a ribbon of dark chocolate, with a custom-made little twisty straw decoration. He was a bit over the top with his attentiveness and asked her where she was attending college to which she responded she would likely be more interested in attending flight school. On and on with the questions, which made us a bit uncomfortable as we were trying to have a private, rather serious discussion of our own. Then he told her “When you learn to drive, give me a call, and we will go driving together.” I don’t think he heard me exclaim “THE HELL YOU WILL!!!” to this mid-30’something pervert trying to pick up on my 17 year old daughter with his multiple gold crucifixes on heavy gold chains hanging around his neck. Maybe he needs extra protection??? That seems fitting.
Off to the shower and time to pop a few Aleve to begin my day of numbers, reports, reconciliations, quoting, and customer service driving an office chair for 10 hours. Glad I am not in a job where they can see me prop my throbbing leg up.
Placed a call to one of the gym girl’s orthopedic surgeons. It’s looking like it’s time to have a fresh MRI of the car accident damaged hip. Maybe now at 50 years old, I am adult enough to have that hip replacement done that fourteen surgeons said I needed, but couldn’t have, because of my age at the time?
I wish I could try the stem cell injections – Joe Rogan said they healed his torn rotator cuff completely and I think it would work for my hip. Plus, I wouldn’t mind a trip to the beaches of Mexico – if I could assure we wouldn’t get kidnapped and sold into slavery by the cartels. Escalating pain since 2018 is getting old and I don’t like taking pain medication. Only an Aleve (or three which is the max daily) occasionally when there’s a great need for long term mobility.
I bet the nut jobs are going to try to take Aleve off the market, the way they are screwing around with Sudafed. Sudafed has been around at least 40 years and worked for decades… but for the nut jobs, if it works (or if he or she works), it (they) must be stopped!!!
They should shut their faces and put down their pens, cell phones, and laptops and go to water aerobics. That’ll teach ’em.
Blessings upon your persons and homes. Love to you all and for those feeling owies – a special hat tip to you.
“Yo ho yo ho – it’s a pirate’s life for me”
Maybe this is why we have an affinity for tacos after class?
Definately the funniest thing I’m going to watch today and I plan to watch two episodes of Reservation Dogs this evening.
Thanks, J-Woo for turning your pain into a thing of beauty.
Ha… Smelly Dave… not so sure about the “thing of beauty”… yet. Working on it. Stay tuned!
Good morning, Jwoo. My gratitude for your support here. You are priceless.
It is my honor, CountryDoc. My honor.
Mornin’ all!
No problem! Just strike all of that from the Parliament’s record …
Bingo! Perfect. Thanks WeeWeed!
I was just talking this morning to someone about that Globalist, that slithy Tove, after I saw him on a short video doing what he always does, lying his face off and being a hypocrite. Actually being arrogant enough to think he can blame what he did as being ‘Russian Disinformation’ but carefully not saying it actually is Russian Disinformation… he was just implying WHAT? … that in general, we should all be careful, to be aware of all the nasty Russian disinformation around us, in our everyday lives? His contempt for the intelligence of ‘the little people is astounding’.
As I said this morning, I know there is a video out there somewhere , where Trudeau was hurling random inappropriate insults like, ‘NAZIS! ‘at the Canadian truckers who just wanted him to stop/consider ending the over-the -top shut downs and mandates for Covid. But he was so insulted by these upstarts, these peasants wanting to question his rule. I am sure he thinks of himself as a royal personage with the ‘Divine Right of Kings’. You found what I was thinkin of, if not the actual video. Thanks, people need to know he hurls that insult around.
Jesus Paid It All
“Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.” – Matthew 25:21
When you think of the face of your Heavenly Father, what do you see? Do you imagine the sternness of an impatient Father, or of a Father who is disappointed with His children? Do you envision stoicism that is neither happy nor sad, like an expressionless statue? Do you see sadness, as he weeps over the human condition? Or do you imagine a joyous expression?
Today’s verse says that, when you have done the Lord’s will, you enter into His joy. Try this view of Nehemiah 8:10 which says, “The joy of the Lord is your strength.” You might take this to mean that God gives joy to you which strengthens you. But what if it means that you know God is joyful over you?
He both expresses and possesses that kind of joy when He sees you walking in His truth. Realizing this as His view of you would certainly strengthen you. and you would desire to draw even nearer into a closer walk with Him, whatever circumstances you may be facing.
In 1 Timothy 2:1-3, where you are instructed to pray for those in authority, among others, you are reminded that this pleases God. Take time to contemplate His joy at your alignment with His will as you intercede for this troubled and divided nation and those in positions of leadership today.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing
September 26
MORNING
A God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He. Deut. 32:4
Him that judgeth righteously. I Pet. 2:23
We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. II Cor. 5:10
Every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Rom. 14:12
The soul that sinneth it shall die. Ezek. 18:4
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd. Zech. 13:7
The LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isa. 53:6
Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Psa. 85:10
Mercy rejoiceth against judgment. James 2:13
The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom. 6:23
A just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Isa. 45:21
Just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Rom. 3:26
Justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Rom. 3:24
EVENING
Death is swallowed up in victory. I Cor. 15:54
Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. I Cor. 15:57
Forasmuch … as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. Heb. 2:14, 15
If we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom. 6:8-11
In all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. Rom. 8:37
Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/09/0926.html
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
Amen. Amin🙏🏻🕊
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Verse of the Day for Tuesday, September 26, 2023
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“…A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.”
John 3:27 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
I read Fr Chad Ripperder who is an exorcist for the Catholic Church, never cared to dabble in demonology but the guy brings clarity to the influences that surround us at all times. Many books written on these issues, definitely worth the effort to inform oneself on why and how people are tossed around. But, you must be confident in the written word of God to look. Many temptations that are within reach that some may find appealing.
I don’t want to discredit by any means holy angels or the spirit of God, they are at work also, it’s our permission that repels or attracts.
Anyway, the hard facts are, demons are controlled by God, nothing new and all influences are by his admission. All things are his admission.
Wrath of God? Well there are multitudes of opportunities for evil to destroy us God is holding back the onslaught constantly. Job is a perfect thumbnail of Gods sovereign will.
All things are taken through faith, and faith falls freely to evil as well as just. One would be deceiving oneself to think demons don’t instruct people on faith in the negative or harmful ways. Gods mercy is the miracle of beauty for ashes, oil of joy for mourning. All things for Gods purpose.That’s why Satan is a defeated foe, everything he does turn the glory to God. A slave to Gods will, vs. a bond servant which is a holy angel.
1 John 4:4
“Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
King James Version (KJV)
God’s control over demons is limited
God’s control over demons is limited, and the demons have their own freedom to act. God’s control can be seen only as a limitation of devil’s freedom, in the sense that God will not allow these spirits to affect the freedom of humans or other creatures1. Satan’s power is limited, and God being omniscient, He already knows ahead of time what Satan plans to do2. Nevertheless, Jesus Christ has power over demons, and He can demand demons to veer away from us in an instant3.
https://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/how-god-limits-satan-and-demonic-powers/
I watched a video of this exorcist priest last night. It was very interesting. I would like to have heard more. Fr Chad R. is an affable pleasant man who takes his work all in stride. He explains things clearly. Demons are limited in what they do. But they are malicious. It is a fascinating subject. It is too bad the interviewer seemed to find the whole subject hilarious, grinned all through the interview, and whose questions seemed infantile. Perhaps he was fearful.
I saw another video some time ago, a much stronger discussion of possession etc. about a man who worked in law enforcement in Los Angeles years ago. He had a Latin name ‘like Garcia?’ and he said he had written a book .
I cannot remember the details but I remember he said that in this huge prison in L.A. where there are some really dangerous and evil men incarcerated, psychopaths etc., he thought many of them could be possessed by demons.
He said, if you asked one of these men; ‘will you agree to repeat the words I say (one sentence) if I get you a special treat, like a steak dinner from outside the institution?’ They would of course say , ‘Yes’. (What could be easier than that?) But when the time came they simply could not say these words ; ‘ Jesus is Lord!’ Fascinating.
So maybe that is a test.
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
RENEW OUR MINDS, LORD
Let us not concentrate on the evil of the day
Let machinations of the enemy hold no sway
Free us from manic mind manipulation
Let Your Holy Word be our contemplation
Fashion our minds with Your Holy Grace
Fix our eyes on the splendor of our space
Breathe on us Your hallowed breath of life
Release us from daily sorrow and strife
Let us reflect on the beauty of Your creation
With awe and wonder without hesitation
So much more to appreciate aptly akin
That brings warmth to the heart herein
Cleanse us, Lord, from wayward thoughts
From worldly concerns and jackpots
From fleshly fetishes that only distract
Keep our minds wholly on You intact
Prepare our perspective to reach higher
Patient perseverance blessings acquire
While we all do fall short of Your Glory
Tis not the end of our earthly story
Infuse our minds with rich refreshment
Help us acquire accrued assessment
Give us the key to heavenly access
Secured by You will be our success
Help us grow closer to You each day
To the Life, the Truth, and the only Way
Purify our hearts minds and bodies ado
From anything that separates us from You
Refined in the fire we all shall be
As we strive to be more holy like Thee
Renew Our Minds, Lord, we humbly implore
Guide us to eternity evermore
D01: 02/13/2023
Good morn, dear duchess💕 It’s early but I am refilling my lamp. Must keep it filled…
Amen goes right there, Bet !!! ❤️
HAVE A BERRY BLESSED DAY !!! ❤️💙💜
Dinner tonight with our daughter and her three almost grownies. Haven’t seen them in a while. Our granddaughter was practicing gymnastics maneuvers with her volleyball teammate and fell on her face the other day. To the ER. Nothing broken, thank you, Lord. But apparently she looks as if she’s gone ten rounds with Mike Tyson. Guardian Angel was standing by no doubt 😉🙏🏻 Blessed be your day, dear friend 💕🌞🌷
Good Lord, Bet !!! Never a dull moment with children
and/or grands no matter the age !!!
Your patience is perpetually poked !!! Geee..
Enjoy your time with all of them to the MAX !!!
I know someone out there somewhere who
would wholeheartedly agree with me !!! 🥺
❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Love ya, girl💕 Amen🙏🏻
Back at you, Sweet Lady !!! ❤️🧚🏻♀️❤️
As of this morning, Outlook email will not load CTH posts. Sends up a message saying “this service is unavailable”.
SD, you warned us.
Whoa!!!!!!!!!
https://media.gab.com/system/media_attachments/files/148/800/441/original/8fa237290337aff7.webp
Meat or veggies?
Morning, Patience and dear Ma! 🌞🌷🌞 Rising and (almost) shining. Brought some of this to help…
LOL
That’s been my question for years!
A wedding dress made out of a WWII parachute
Now THAT’s some fabulous “repurposing”
Amazing, but I guess it was silk. It is really very lovely and romantic. Some young woman in the war time must have felt like a queen.
Fabric was hard to come by in WW2. People had a clothing ration just like for food items
Hence the short knee length skirts with no pleats. It was all about Utility.
People saved all scraps of cloth to remake things. Patchwork quilts, doll clothes for their grandchild’s dollies (all used and battered most from the 1920’s and 30’s), very few toys available toys in WW2.
Wool was re used after being saved from old sweaters. Some wool was, as you can imagine, was made into warm socks for relatives serving in the war. All scraps of wool were used, eg multi-colored scarves and hats, for cold days, s fuel, mostly coal was limited/rationed so it got cold. Nothing was wasted.
Actually rip stop nylon in most cases.
Anthony Watts busts the NOAA/Media narrative on “extreme weather”.
NOAA and the Media Continue to Misinform About Climate Change and Extreme Weather • Watts Up With That?
swelling in hand is going down. Yesterday I was afraid I might be coming down with a case of Cellulitis, but last night the swelling went down considerably. Sill a little pain when I clench my fist. But the sign of cellulitis is “pitting edema” which means when you push your finger in the swelling the skin is very slow to pop back. And that sign never manifested.
BTW if you ever have that don’t fool around. Get medical attention right away. You will need a cephalosporin antibiotic. Typically Cephalexin is what I treated it with but there may be other newer forms now.
BTW pitting edema is also a sign for other conditions, any of which need to be addressed immediately. But if you’ve had an injury due to a bit or from in a fight where you were cut by the teeth of the person(s) you we’re fighting, then cellulitis is the most likely diagnosis.
What could be. Latest CFSV monthly shows cold like 1978 for the winter.
However it does not show precipitation like we had in the winter in the late 70’s.
I’ll keep watching. These long range models change frequently and sometimes drastically.
If you vote for Biden you hate the troops. Full Stop.
The GAO report shows ‘horrific’ military barrack conditions: Gen. Keith Kellogg | Watch (msn.com)
When my friends and I were outside playing “The Man From Uncle” … I always got to be Illya Kuryakin … because I was the blonde kid. He was the cool one … really boss … with the exotic foreign-sounding accent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illya_Kuryakin
Oh well … another icon of my youth meets his maker … yes, someday my name will go into the obits. No time soon, I hope … I still need to impart some wisdom (and rock history) on my grandkids.
Yes. I too watched TMFU in the ’60s. In more recent years David McCallum played the character “Ducky” in the crime series NCIS. My better half loved that series and was surprised to hear of McCallum’s death..
I LOVE the ballet! Especially do I admire and appreciate the athleticism of male dancers. Mikhail Baryshnikov is my favourite. Here he is in a short compilation of some of his finest from “Le Corsaire” in the film “The Turning Point”.
Feeling more energetic after a cup of coffee…
But not THIS energetic!!
Enjoy!!
“Yablochko”
Igor Moiseyev Ballet
And some younger ones…
The costumes!!! 😍
DAY # 2 – MIDDAY PRAYER
Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. Pray it seven times. God’s protection, healing.
Dedicated to Dreamboat Annie … and all the other Rock and Roll women here …
Quit drinking coffee few months back and had a cup the other day, I was craving it. Well, all day and into the next my kidneys were killing me. I used to drink 2 or 3 cups of coffee every morning no issues, quit and now it’s poison to me.
And if you are anything like a Vegan … you’ll be protesting and trying to BAN coffee … because you’re better than us mere mortals and demand we live like you do.
But I know you’re nothing like that.
Trudeau.. . Notice!, how can anyone miss? the pathetic way Justine used the implication that’ Russian disinformation’ was responsible for his idiotic actions/involvement with the Nazi ‘Award and Groveling’ event.
Sensitively organized for Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, (Oh, those mean Russians and their ubiquitous disinformation.)
He carefully avoids a direct accusation. He is too timid for that, even if he had actually believed that silliness about Russian involvement for one second. He is distancing himself again (he thinks) from the whole matter, which is what he usually does when he is caught in an embarrassing situation.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/canadas-nazi-celebration-goes-viral/
Baroque Music – Classical Music from the Baroque Period
HALIDONMUSIC
Oh, give me a break. Biden postures on a UAW picket line? Talk about pretense!
He does this while he intentionally openes the border to flood America with millions of low-wage workers to satisfy the oligarch’s demands for cheap labor.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Alone again Or …
You know that I could be in love with almost everyone
I think that people are
The greatest fun
And I will be alone again tonight my dear
EVENING REFLECTIONS
LOL – the first is like one I very nearly bought (and would have been a disaster), the second of course is what I dream/ed of, and the third would probably make me a very happy man indeed. Naturally, we’ll assume the seas remain as depicted – those big scary grey and cold mountains are enough to make one quite content with a nice cuppa, a fire and a trusty friend – be it human, canine or feline – maybe listening to this one – ALL Along the Lee shore – CSN
The Lee Shore (Live)Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Wheel gull spin and glide
You’ve got no place to hide
It’s ’cause you don’t need one
All along the Lee Shore
Shells lie scattered in the sand
Winking up like shining eyes at me
From the sea
Here is one like sunrise
Older than you know
It’s still lying there, where some careless wave
Forgot it long ago
When I awoke this morning
Dove beneath my floating home
Down below her graceful side in the turning tide
To watch the sea fish roam
And there I heard a story
From the sailors of the Sandra Marie
There’s another island eight days’ run away from here
And it’s empty and free
From here to Venezuela
There’s nothing more to see
Than a hundred thousand islands flung like jewels upon the sea
For you and me
Sunset smells of dinner
Women are calling at me to end my tales
But perhaps I’ll see you the next quiet place
I furl my sails
Songwriters: David Van Cortlandt Crosby. For non-commercial use only.
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Wooden Ships
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Oldspeak, I actually DID buy a sloop in ’89, a 12 year old, 8.7 meter Columbia. The very first time I ever sailed on a sailboat was when I took that boat from its previous owner’s marina, just north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on the western shore, out into the bay and than north up into the mouth of the Patapsco River (which is where the Port of Baltimore is located) and into an estuary creek just east of the Francis Scott Key bridge.
The only problem was that there were small craft warnings posted and it as in the midst of a strong Nor’easter with 5 to 7 foot waves… The craft handled beautifully though, after we double-reefed the mainsail and the jib. Boat had a 3,000 lb lead-filled keel and she was very steady, laterally. By the time we turned from the bay and got up into the river, we were soaked to the skin. And then the rain stopped and the sun came out. Best sailing experience I had for several years. Of course I did not take her out in bad weather any more. Sold her about 7 or 8 years later since we had to move too far away from the bay.
Fall Jazz Music https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/svg/2615.svg Upbeat your moods with Relaxing Jazz Instrumental Coffee Music & Bossa Nova Piano
Coffe Bossa Music
This Romantic Music Makes You Happy And Calm https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/svg/2764.svg THE 100 MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES IN GUITAR HISTORY
Love String
Classic Folk Songs – The Best Of Classic Folk Songs 70’s – Simon & Garfunkel, John Denver, Bob Dylan
Folk Songs Official
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Good Night Psalms. Heavenly Father, as I lay down to rest, I find solace in Your presence.
Pray Everyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62_brTyf6H0&t=915s
As we all put a close on this day, never to return to it… I pray we keep in mind that whatever evil schemes may come, The Lord can turn them and use them for our ultimate good. The boomerang effect.
Differing weights and differing measures – The Lord detests them both. Proverbs 20:10
Sharing a little song that’s a favorite of mine. We sang it at the Riverside Cathedral in NYC in 1989 when my small choral group traveled to NY to sing in Carnegie Hall with John Rutter and the New England Youth Ensemble.
Blessings, joy, and love to you all.
Many different speeds – the first is slower, which is how we sung it. We were almost melancholy and it was glorious. I really like how Karen Matheson sings it, too. So pretty.