It might, heck, -check that- it does seem overwhelming at times. But that is the nature of this collectivist strategy. That is the purpose of this “great reset” bombardment. We must hold strong; you must hold strong.
If you look closely at the attacks that unnerve us, most of them are weak, and almost all of them are targeting your psychology. Do not fall into the trap of despair. Step outside of your home right now; look around, do you see any threat – or is the sense of fear and foreboding created by a dark imagining? If the latter, ask yourself, is the psychological attack working simply because you are allowing it?
You have purpose. If you walk into a room, and the people within it respond negatively to your presence, it’s likely because your disposition unnerves their demons. The need for control is a reaction to fear, and you have stopped pretending. As a consequence, you create fear amid those who maintain pretending as a survival mechanism.
When I share the message, “Live your best life”, it is not without purpose. Every moment that we allow the onslaught to deter us from living our dreams, is a moment those who oppose our nation view as us taking a knee. Do not allow this effort to succeed. You might ask yourself how I can, one person, a flea looking into a furnace, retain an optimistic disposition while all around me seems chaotic and mad?
Ultimately, the collective weight of leftism is putting us in isolation. There are many historic references to this disconcerting sentiment to review with hindsight. However, ultimately the feeling of isolation first begins with a rejection of God. Defeat dark imaginings by embracing Him. Stand in the light of a loving and purposeful God. Hold faith, and evil manifest will run away because the dark whispers will fall on impenetrable ears.
Yes, it is true; I will not deny it; all around us is this great sense of foreboding, ugh, and it’s not just connected to you – it’s everywhere. Everything being created by the constructs of those in power is weird; everything created around us is less comfortable; everything created around us is intended to project less joy – and as a consequence, it requires an intensity of thought just to carry on ordinary events. It’s exhausting at times.
Diminished faith creates anxiety, a sense of foreboding, a sense of fear and worry and a sense of trepidation. Additionally, evil tribesmen know the strategy to create the environment for control is isolation.
Isolation, the tool to remove hope, first begins with a diminishment of God. A faith-filled person is never alone.
Throughout history, large armies have been defeated through the process of division. It is not a leap to see the same strategic objectives being deployed against social assemblies with ridicule, labeling, targeting, diminishment. All of it intended to fuel this purposeful division.
Ultimately, it is the currency of human connection that is the true value in our lives. We have each felt how our positive influence upon the lives of others nourishes our own sense of purpose and fulfillment. Do not lose that.
Perhaps we are in this position today because we didn’t sit still enough and contemplate the real priorities in our lives. Fellowship is the essential ingredient to a purposeful life. I fight like hell to keep this website operating, to keep our community discussion ongoing, in the largest part because the assembly is the point. The connection is the most important facet.
On our prayer threads, and within our conversations, families return to see, read and feel the words from those we and they have lost. Do you know the scale of responsibility that comes from hearing the words of a granddaughter who visits CTH every year to read the words of her grandfather who has passed away? Can you imagine how hard you would fight to keep that ability present? We are more than just a conversation!
Perhaps tears flow at times, and we struggle to understand what this unusual anxiety is all about. Then, we begin to struggle with the feelings of shame or guilt for being weak and allowing our humanity to pour out of our human selves. Then, perhaps when needed most, our faith organizations are slow to understand the importance of fellowship and community amid an upheaval that seems unrelenting.
The insufferable lack of regional or national leaders standing tall only makes the anxiety worse. Where ARE the brave?
Where are the purposeful few who know the benefit of larger messages?
Yet, I do not fault their absence; I find value in it. Why, because the void reminds me to stop, look at that face I see while brushing my teeth, and remember the greatest strength of all is from within. Nothing has the capacity to remove the strength provided by a loving God unless we allow it to, unless we allow them to.
As our grip on our familiar surroundings becomes more tenuous. As we face dictates or mandates, or financial pressures that only exacerbate the issues, the ridiculous media drumbeat becomes an incessant noise intent on destabilizing us. Perhaps we cannot quite put our finger on why the impact is worse now, but it is. This effort of theirs is more impactful. It is all ugh. It is all just ugh.
If you find the assembly of these simple words familiar to your current sense, first understand YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Second, understand there is nothing wrong with you. This blanket of anxiety is laying across our entire nation, indeed the entire world, and no matter where we stand – we are all sensing a various level of this ‘ugh’ with some familiarity. However, that said, it is important to know this is transitional. We will not be in this place long. This too shall pass.
How do we shake these destabilizing feelings and emotions?
♦ The first way we shake this ‘ugh’, is to give to others without reservation. Giving with purpose is the true spirit of human contact. The giving is not related to money or wealth, the giving is related to our human purpose. Perhaps we give a smile. Perhaps we give a kind word. Perhaps we give a compliment, or perhaps we just give time to another.
Giving, is being present – talking, engaging… giving yourself.
Perhaps send an email; or better yet, write an actual penned letter to a dear friend or family member. Or just randomly, like right now, pick up the phone. Reach out and tell them they matter and express why their place in this life of yours is important.
Remind them of your specific thankfulness and connect to the purpose of why we endeavor in this thing we call life.
Years from now, what they will remember, what will have much greater impact, is today. That random message from YOU to THEM that they matter, that they are loved, will not be forgotten.
That moment you create, perhaps those multiple moments provided by your strength, will NEVER be forgotten. And don’t be surprised when you hear, “You have no idea how much I needed to hear that right now. Thank you!”
That look in your eye or sound of your voice that reached into them and emphasized their value, their worth, their importance. That is the gift they will remember in great detail, forever. If you write it down, they will cherish that letter forever and carry it with them in every move of their life.
The important thing is to give, and to do it without any other intent or purpose than to fill their heart.
♦ Within the giving, remind yourself what this journey is all about, and look around to recognize how fortunate we are to have this life. Choose to cherish the ultimate gift from a loving God who wants joy and hope to permeate our human sense.
Hope is the one necessary human element beyond all other facets of life. Give the gift of hope and light to those you love by first reminding yourself of the gift that a loving God has given us all. It is too easy in our human sense to forget the biggest gift we have been granted, the gift of life. The ability to live and choose how we engage in the lives of others.
Remind yourself of His kind of purposeful HOPE, because that hope is pure. That love is perfect.
No politics, or false sense of security, can overwhelm the message of HOPE that a loving God has provided. No effort of man or human disposition can surmount the greatest love of all. The message of grace and faith, the message of the purest truth, is bigger and greater than any great reset or legislative battle.
“No power of hell, nor scheme of man”, can come close to the purpose of God’s intent and love for you as a unique person qualified to receive that love.
Wrap yourself in the blanket of that unconditional love. Stop listening to the dark imagining, the whispers of foreboding.
Pause in the peace of the moment that you can create within your own mind.
Set down your troubles, pray, LISTEN and FEEL.
Love to all,
~ Sundance

“Do not worry!” – President Donald J. Trump
“Do not worry!” – President Donald J. Trump, again
Trust …
He tells us this…
I believe him. MAGA
What I find interesting is that the local Black radio station plays this song regularly…I know there are some Trump supporting Black men here….I always figure they are playing it for them!
Love the man! 💕🇺🇲🦁👑💕
Trust God!!
Dan Vasc singing Amazing Grace
Holy Scriptures record 365 times Almighty God tells us to ‘fear not’ in His Word
Fear nothing on this earth.
WOW! Brought tears to me eyes. Thank you, Sundance! Just beautiful.
Amen!
Yes, he is speaking to many of us.
I just tried using the power of positive thinking to secure the border, free the political prisoners in the DC Devils Island 2.0 and make all future elections in America fraud free.
Understandably, I am now anxiously awaiting news reports confirming it all worked.
I am wishfully thinking that Gavin Newsom’s support of yet another multi-Billion $$ Bond Issue (like our “high speed” train) will end homelessness, drug addiction, and crime in CA. Yes, Proposition ONE is sure to remove all the tents off our sidewalks, under freeway overpasses, out of our parks and off our beaches!
https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_1,_Behavioral_Health_Services_Program_and_Bond_Measure_(March_2024)
Yes, the streets of San Francisco will soon be feces-free … BART will be safe to ride … there will be no more smash and grab robberies … no more smashed car windows … nope! All we need is to hire $6.4 Billion worth of mental-wellness counselors … and everything will be fixed. Thank you, God! Err, Gavin
Kenji: If it were called the “Build New Insane Asylums Bond Issue” it might give it closer consideration.
Yet, trying to “fix” the unfixable problem of “substance use” (it’s not even called “abuse” anymore, because someone’s feelings might get hurt) will just waste money.
Giving the government, especially in CA, any money is always a waste of money…
now that we know what you can accomplish; maybe try applying knees to the floor and bending your noggin in repentance
A simple “Thank you.”
Faith is unbelievably important. My faith in God, family and my fellow patriots, is rock solid.
A great, wise man offered these words in a letter to the Ephesians:
Chapter 6
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,
15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.
16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.
^^^^this^^^
Amen. And notice that the armor of God is all on the front so we shall stand and face the enemies. If we turn and run our backside is not protected.
no need to run; the gates of hell WILL NOT prevail our onslaught; as He has already overcome!
Paul was a miracle himself. I hope to have even a smidgeon of the steadfastness of this man. Thank you, Constitutionator.
“Love never fails..” 1 Cor 13:8
Love you too Sundance..
God bless America
“Fellowship is the essential ingredient to a purposeful life. I fight like hell to keep this website operating...” – Sundance
“Thank you, Sundance.” – Every Treeper ever!
Don’t forget to click that bright YELLOW button at the top right of every page.
2024 is gonna’ be lit!
I check here throughout the day for Sundance’s take on things and once again we are rewarded with a beautiful gift. Thank you.
Prayer is the most powerful weapon.
Faith is the strongest shield.
Wisdom, courage, health, safety and sustainment to all who seek the Lord in prayer.
Thank you, Sundance!!
Let go and Let God.
Am thinking of that photograph picture on line…
The Shepherd running after the little lamb all dirty in the mud puddle, looking forlorn…and lost.
And “yea I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for Thou art with me…”
AMEN!
Thank you, thank you.
Tears are just streaming with the promise of this song, and the memory of walking behind my mom’s casket as this song was sung to lead us from the church and to bring her to her final resting place.
Be not afraid…I go before you always. Come, follow me. And I will give you rest…
Thank you 💕
I have followed a casket like that 4 times. I’m weary of losing people I love. Thank you Sundance, for your beautiful and comforting words.
John 1:5
”The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
Amen!
WOW!!!! That is the absolute best rendition of Amazing Grace I have ever heard… simply powerful. Gave me chills…
Beautiful.
When all the rage in the world hits me (which is often), when I feel the despair… I just walk out of my new sliding glass doors and walk to the lake shore. The peace and beauty of the world right outside my door. So happy hubby and I prepared for this period in history…
I also bake some bread… 🙂
Thank you, Sundance, for your words of encouragement and, well, the hug! <3
Amazing Grace is an amasing song,…truly.
And Sundance and the Treehouse are, like the song, Inspired by God.
So cute! “I also bake some bread…”
I know what you mean. For me to be in my garden, working hard to keep it growing by digging and planting, is happiness.
“I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am.” — John Newton
Thanks, Sundance.
Thankyou for needed encouragement.
Wonderfully written. An intelligent and warm reminder for all of us in This. Thing. Together.
May God bless us all in the Treehouse.
From BakoCarls posting today on another site. It is wise advice in todays world.
”Our emotions are governed in large measure by what we consider — what we dwell on with our minds. For example, Jesus told us to overcome the emotion of anxiety by what we consider: “Consider the ravens. . . . Consider the lilies” (Luke 12:24, 27).
The mind is the window of the heart. If we let our minds constantly dwell on the dark, the heart will feel dark. But if we open the window of our mind to the light, the heart will feel the light.”
Beautiful…
Thanks.
Thanks Sundance. Good reminder this Sunday. We are truly blessed and divinely favored, and we must walk in the Light everyday with His grace.
Powerful words Sundance. The part about a granddaughter reading something her deceased grandfather had written in the Treehouse had never occurred to me. It had this 70 year old Papa in tears. God bless you, all my Treehouse friends, and the United States of America.
I’m pretty independent and can get quite lazy in contacting friends and extended family. Thus, I really appreciate these “fellowship” posts, Sundance. Reminders heeded!
Additionally, I like to follow David’s example in Psalm 42 and speak to my soul (mind, will, & emotions): “Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him for the help of His presence.”
❤️🙏🏼🤺🙏🏼❤️
I recently rewrote one of my songs including this line: “We’re at our best when we are helping…”
We are not here on Earth permanently but what we do to help others is kept permanently in our eternal “personnel file.” It matters A LOT to Almighty God.
The world is so dark, so very dark! I talk (read: pray) to His Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, asking her to add her prayers to mine and place them at the Adorable Feet of her Son, Jesus.
Remember, at Cana, they ran out of wine. Mother Mary brought the problem to Him. Her words to the servants were: Do whatever He tells you. Jesus performed His first miracle, even tho He had said : It is not yet My time. Nonetheless, He turned the water into wine.
Holy Mary, pray for us !
My first post here. Long time reader of Sundance here in the treehouse. Just wanted to say how much I like reading his posts. Keep up the good work, I’ll keep reading. Thank you and God bless
Sage advice, remembering our strength is in the Lord and our faith gives us confidence to stand firm.
Sundance,
You are absolutely…. beyond 100 percent
CORRECT!
Those da$turds have not
-and
will not
interrupt or corrupt
the appreciation of life
and joy of and in living.
Jesus IS king ❣️
✝️
Dear Sundance,
I wanted to express my heartfelt gratitude for the profound and inspiring message you shared in your recent text. Your words reach far deeper than the surface, touching the very essence of human existence.
Your message reminds us of the enduring strength that lies within, the power of faith, and the beauty of human connection. It serves as a beacon of hope in a world often marked by chaos and uncertainty.
Thank you for encouraging us to find our inner strength, share love, and discover meaning even in challenging times. Your words resonate on a profound level and remind us of the incredible beauty that resides within the human spirit.
With sincere appreciation
Keep up the GOOD WORK Sundance. We all appreciate it and it makes all of our lives better knowing the truth. Even if w don’t like it sometimes.
Needed to hear this right now, Sundance. You instinctively know what to say and when — thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I am connecting with fragile family members, I am praying for those around me, I am helping those in need in my neighborhood,,,and am trusting Jesus…maranatha!
My disposition can definitely stir some folks inner demons!
However, I have faith and generally seek the good in people. Most that I encounter are just folks — regular, good-hearted people. Most of these return a smile, are helpful, and are living their lives.
I am aware of the dark force that is upon us. However, I see progress as we fight back on many levels.
God bless Treehouse.
God bless this community – filled with hope, information, and prayer!
Sundance, thank you, yet again, for another soul quenching message of faith.
“Amazing Grace” is probably my favorite song — created by a former slaver who repented his transgressions against mankind. 🕊️
🙏💕🇺🇲
A palate cleanser for those of us who are of Scotch Irish heritage:
Carl Ellis has a fabulous voice.
Dee, that was beautiful! I remember one Sunday morning at the beginning of church service a member, who was a Citadel graduate, came from behind us dressed in the traditional attire and playing “Amazing Grace” on his bagpipes. I cried like a baby and certainly felt the Holy Spirit move through me and all who were there.
So beautiful, thank you Dee.
Sundance, you are the answer to a prayer. Thank you!
“Isolation” is always where the demons play. You separate yourself from God and you’ve committed partial suicide. We are the children of the most high God, created perfectly in His image, when you don’t acknowledge this you will fall prey to the evil one.
“Solitude” as opposed to isolation is when we go and speak to our Lord, when we connect with the wonders of this world.
“Community” is where we discover our humanity as created by God. This is where we must break the trance of the demons to control the vast majority of human kind. I recon we have them outnumbered at a minimum of 10 to 1. The day we understand this, Wake Up! put our foot down this insanity will end, I believe its that simple.
On the flip side stay glued to their hooey, the enemy MSM 24/7 and you will remain one of the the hypnotized ready to hop in a cattle car. Don’t participate be busy living.
“Live your best life”
Please Lord watch and keep us as we again face down evil and help us overcome these demons and cast them into darkness.
Amen!
“I must not fear…
Fear is the Mindkiller.
Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration”
Own your fear. Fear is unknowing. Become knowing.
I love that line from Dune, “Fear is the mind killer”. Fear crushes rational thought. epic quote.
Thank you Sundance, for this reminder, especially on the Lord’s Day. Proverbs 3:6, Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight
Jesus has already won, and God laughs at the men who think that THEY are actually in control.
Example: video at Tucson airport.
Arizona Border Recon Tim Foley: “The Cartel Has Control Of The Border” (12:47)
Bannons War Room
3 Nov 2023
https://rumble.com/v3th2ty-arizona-border-recon-tim-foley-the-cartel-has-control-of-the-border.html
The Fentanyl War is Worse Than You Think (16:35)
5 Nov 2023
Thank you, Sundance.
Thank you for caring for us all by working so hard to sustain this platform, giving us due warnings, and for reminding us that the battle is The Lord’s and He Will bring to fruition the Divine Purpose He Has for each of us.
You woke a lot of people up to the looming threats and gave us notice to fortify our positions and like a trusted battle commander, you remind us to stand firm and keep our eye on The Prize.
We value you and this platform and thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
I join our brothers and sisters here to bless you, yours, and your efforts and God bless the United States of America.
God does not want to lose even one soul ( that is why he delays his coming), but he also will not allow us to endure more then we can handle.
Just go back and read what happened to the signers of The Declaration of Independence. Few emerged whole,intact and unscathed. Could you go through that? Things don’t look so bad from their perspective. But we are not fools, trying times are coming. Next summer I fear will lead to the end of the Republic as we know it. We can no longer live together and a divorce is coming. Half the country hates the other half. That’s not “United”.
Only Sundance can give a reality check withOUT a lecture!
Thank-you.
I encourage everyone to listen to Joe Rogan’s interview with Tim Kennedy, retired Special Forces and overall good guy.
Due to the Obiden administration’s incompetence, he’s been involved with rescuing people from Afghanistan, Ukraine, the Southern Border, and Israel.
He has a lot to say about the Obiden policies without naming names. Fascinating stuff.
Psalm 56:3-4
Again, I am reminded of the depth and faith of Gen. Robert E. Lee after facing the total devastation of his beloved country, he pens these words to a discouraged fellow Southerner, as they each face the “Reconstruction:”
”The truth is this: The march of Providence is slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress is so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble; the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often only see the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches is to hope.”
If you want the proper perspective, immerse yourself in The Psalms, seeking to learn what it means to “take refuge in The Lord.”
*us to hope
Gave me chills reading this posting.
Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Our Lord and Savior has all power and authority in this Kingdom.
Be grateful for that and thank Him!
I can’t remember how I came to find this most blessed site…a link perhaps on another one within the comments.
It was a long time before I placed a small comment here, not ever expecting our Treehouse to become such a part of my life. I now cannot imagine how much poorer it would be without the friends who are like family to me whom I’ve met here.
Is it serendipity which has made our individual paths cross on the road Almighty God has planned for each of us? I do not believe it is.
He is always in control, even and especially when it seems we have been left on our own to face terrible trials. He is ahead of us even as we don’t know our destinations.
And I firmly believe in His lovingkindness that He has drawn each of us here for these times…for companionship, support, and comfort.
I am so thankful, Sundance, for this beautiful thread so I can say how much I treasure the company of every beautiful soul whose paths have crossed mine as we all metaphorically link arms and join one another in faith and prayer while we face an unknowable future.
This is home for me.
There really is no place like home.
I am grateful.
Blessings unending to all in these Branches 🙏🏻💕
I placed this on the Lord’s Prayer Thread today. But I think it needs to go here as well…let each of our candles shine brightly!
Thank you. Amen!
Once there was a fish swimming in a torrent of should have/could have/wished I had/ but then the best advice given from God to Israel was to ‘stand still’ and wait. Not easy, not always able to do but it makes life easier when its accomplished. Expression brings release. It doesn’t matter if the words aren’t read. Sundance lets them be written. Being a loner isn’t so bad because one is never alone with God one prayer away. Peace to all and thanks Sundance.
https://dianalarkin.blogspot.com/2023/11/november-5-2023-put-your-crown-on-you.html?m=1
Thank you Sundance!
Amen