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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✝️ Daily Devotional, March 4, 2024
Good morning, Dan.
Something to start our new week in the most beautiful and peaceful way 🙏🏻🕊
Beautiful!!!
The devil loves a dusty Bible, for sure!!
✝️ Daily Devotional, March 4, 2024
When God says something is very good, is it right for us to change His words and claim it is perfect?
Or did God say it was perfect and somebody already changed His words?
And is inscripturated a word? Woops, yes it is. I stepped in it. Might as well link the dispute. Note, the first article links to the second, but I had to find it in web archives.
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/the-one-legged-stool-called-inscripturation-is-not-taught-in-the-bible
https://web.archive.org/web/20210509142937/https://www.equip.org/article/a-defense-of-sola-scriptura/
I use Strong’s Concordance to check on original Hebrew (or Greek) versus the English word used in whatever Bible version I’m reading (I use and prefer the NASB 1995 version because I don’t speak or think in Elizabethan Olde English).
But here is what Strong’s says about the word “perfect” (as used in Psalms 19:7, but more examples are referenced by Strong’s) –
https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h8549/nasb95/wlc/0-1/
“… beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith” (Jude 1:18-20).
This is what Christ’s faithful do.
Others make a mockery and sow doubt.
That is what tares do.
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Mornin’ jay 🙂
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That top pic looks familiar….
R 2 coffee pot 🤠
Morning Patience! I was thinking of that same meme that you posted a couple of days ago. An R2D2 mini still. Gave up adult beverages for lent so I have to wait to run it after Resurrection Day. ❤️😍
Hello, Pa 💖💖💖🫠
Was glad ed gave cause to repost that clever meme!
Will have a bit of Irish stout for ya on St Patric’s Day😜
Note: have to do only short posts cuz the dang restart😫
Got bit several times by the reload/restart whatEVER the problem is while typing.
For a long post I started typing into the notes on the phone and the copy and paste.
Aggravating.
Yes it is! 🤪
Makes reading extremely trying as well; loads of anxiety.
Yes, yes, YES!!!!!!!!!!
…….not to mention “re-loads” of anxiety.
Sorry but it was THERE!😇
Third time trying to post this for you, Greg…so the short version…
Got a note app.
Works brilliantly.
Except in bold face which I can’t find a way to make it normal.
The end.
Good!
Betsy ain’t no quitter!
Second attempt at posting this as I got bit the first time!
Nope, Nein, Un-uh…I am not!!!
I will not be defeated!!!!!
That’s where I am, Patience!!!! “Page won’t respond” Happening more and more frequently now. Losing a LOT of comments, many juuuuust as I am putting the period on my final sentence.So my normally wordy posts are by necessity becoming shorter. In some way it’s a comfort to know it’s not just me….
Now…if I were a conspiracy theorist 🤔 🤔 🤔
I’ve resorted to meme-ing
As you well know, I’m doing a lot of that as well.
I have noticed something about the re-loads.
When it reloads after one has just made a post, that post does not appear again until you refresh the page.
It’s like it goes back in time a few seconds.
Edit: I have even noticed the screen will start to change and have hit the button to post and then gone back and made an edit to finish what I was saying.
Yup
I’m still working that part out on my device. When the cursor hesitates, I know it’s going to happen, so I take a screenshot with my phone, then go back to repost. The one good thing about autocorrect and s that I start a sentence and my t starts putting in the reply that disappeared.
Hiya Betsy! That has happened to me too but only when I’m using my iPhone.
Solution I use is to open up my Notes app and slowly compose my reply there, then copy & paste the completed / edited Reply into the CTH Reply block and Post Comment. Only takes about 3 seconds in CTH to do that, avoiding the notorious sudden page refreshes that occur without warning.
Now you’re making me drool. 😁🍻
😊😄
🤣😂
What a beauty ❣️
A snip at only $10,000!!!!
Get yours today!!!!!
Thanks all the same, I’ll stick with coffee … black.
Tried it once, Kenji…I read somewhere long ago if one drank black coffee for ten days, that person would never drink it any other way… I made it to two sips…
Lol, Betsy! I started drinking my coffee black at work when they went to artificial sweeteners and fancy flavored creamers. No plain sugar and milk. Since I was on the run most of the time I wound up also drinking it cold. It’s been 20+years now and I’m still drinking it black and cold. Dark roast Columbian mixed with a tad of chicory gets my motor running.
Sent this to a friend from WV yesterday.
Nary a word back….
😅
Reminds me of one of my favorite actors, Tom Hardy, in the prohibition era film, Lawless …
Colorado? Looks like a ski lift
🤔
Welp, pardon my manners……good afternoon Mr Jay
Morning, Monti. I think you’re right…sans snow. Loving those gorgeous daffs 😍 But I would…
Good afternoon Betsy
👍🏻 😘
California.
Recognize the location?
Well, there is a place in the gold country, along hwy 49 called … Daffodill Hill. Near Sutter Creek, and Jackson …
😍 😍 😍 !!!
One I had to memorize at school.
He was in ‘the Lake District’ when he was inspired to write it.
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
by William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
https://englishlakestours.com/discover-the-lake-district/ullswater-wordsworth-and-daffodils/
Beautiful, Kenji. One of my kids works in Sonora, lives near Lake Don Pedro. Long drive to work but it’s a beautiful one.
Good morning Jay! 😁😎🙋♀️ And Blessings to you today! 🙏
Hey stevie Blessings to you
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Mornin’, sis 😘 God’s blessings to you, dear lady.
Good morning Bet and juststevie! Already have my marching orders for the day. Before I go to work out I need to help with scanning and then uploading a bunch of stuff for Busy Lizzy. I’m happy to do it and keep her from getting really stressed. ❤️😘
Good morning, dear G. I pray she has recovered from her nasty bout of illness. Still, the older we get the longer it takes to accomplish it. Sounds as if sue may be like me in some respects. Computers and their functions stress me out. Chris is my go to man on that. He got his knowledge through his two sons who had muscular dystrophy and for whom computers were a Godsend. They became experts with them. Blessings to you both, my brother🙏🏻💕
Love my husband to pieces, and….he is marginally better than I at the computer wars for sure. More importantly, he is able to remain calm during the struggle. I have not mastered that particular skill. I look like I stuck my finger in an electrical socket within moments of the first error message.
I am so impressed with the facility with which most of you post such touchingly beautiful, interesting, and uplifting messages. I shall keep trying, but you may want to find your earplugs!
Hahaha!!! It seems your husband and mine might have been separated at birth and one (mine)moved to another country, lady… I am the proud holder of the Gold Medal for the Sitting High Jump, as PG Wodehouse, the master of the metaphor, so brilliantly described people like you and me. When calm and reasoned thinking are needed initially, I am NOT the one anyone would turn to 😂😂😂 Chris on the other hand??
Brothers from another mother! Mine will work on a complicated electrical problem for hours – I’d rather scoop litter boxes, and clean up the dog poop – which, I am about to do. Getting company for 3 days tomorrow (exactly the correct amount of time as the old adage about fish and company succinctly states!) I always wonder if company thinks your house is always this uncluttered! Ha ha
LOL!!!!! A saying I was introduced to by my mother. My husband would be the same, having learned everything from his electrical engineer father. And thank goodness for that! He has saved us thousands upon thousands be being a jack of all trades, A master of every single one.
His complaint has been ,since we moved back from Blighty, that Americans can’t build anything ? Or at least well… we used to…no more.
So page shut down on me again…
We each bring our own talents to a relationship. It sounds as if you make A very good partnership, Corny. We are the same. Hope you enjoy your company…perhaps A bit of help with your beloved animals? 😘
Ha ha. Nah. It’s okay. So hard to “learn” an animal in a short time. But, he will pet and love them and give the burros carrots. So all will be well!
The loving is important. I doubt you’ll disagree 💕
Ha ha. My late mom gave mine a t-shirt once that said, “I came, I sawed it, I fixed it!”
LOLOLOLOL!!!!
As I recall a couple of days ago you posted a very uplifting story about a burro acting like Border Patrol. 🤣 BTW, could you refresh my memory, what was your burro’s name?
Ohhh, thanks for asking Grandpa M. Any opportunity for me to remember Lordy (full name, Lordsburro) makes me smile and tear up at the same time!
Good evening sis! I’m late responding…as usual 🙄😁
Good morning, Mr jay 💕 Coffee please…lots and lots of coffee…
Maidin Mhaith Betsy xtra please 🥶🥶🥶 and rain
Prescription dosage coming right up!! That’ll warm ya 😉😘
Ma rang before sleep left me
Then this may be you, dear and patient Patience –>>>>>>> 😉😘
Yes… a fantasy.
Considering the alternative, it needs to remain a fantasy. 😊
My peeves seem to be bubbling to the surface more and more…and they are those I can do nothing about except work to ignore them. Not easy, let me tell you.
I spy a “MORGENMUFFEL”!!!!
(Someone who is grumpy in the morning 😎)
Yep…accurate 😂
Sometimes at the 3 am bell 😩
Otherwise, the fact Ma remembers to ring tempers …keeps the inner monster at bay. Phew!
I think….no, I KNOW!!!…you are a saint dear, dear friend 🕊💕
As well as being human….
Saint? Nah.
Just that “love” got hold of me.
Love ya, dear sis 😘
💞
-🫖
Ahem!!!!!!!!! Just found…coincidence?? You know what I think about those 🙏🏻💕
Often times one doesn’t know it was intervention /assistance till years later
Yet, their goodness… kindness is recognized instantly.
As was noted when first reading your posts
Betsy, that makes me laugh. So, would an all day grumpy old man be a tagenmuffel? I love him anyway!
In our house, it is before and after the tuna can opens.
😹
At least the can ‘opener’ is up first!
One of the greatest, most accurate pics of allllllll time. Shame to waste the coffee for the pic, but whew(!) I’m about to fall over. Half the day of work done, then comes overtime.
Dear Gussie, Greg….and you sleep deprived, dear sir…keep pouring. I am all sympathy 🙏🏻☕
And a Happy Bench Monday to all!!
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😂
Helping Mrs. Fengler Re- cooo-perate.
This one really touched my heart 😌💕
So 🇺🇸 Americana!
Howdy Patience thru and thru 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
✝️♥️🇺🇸
Howdy jay!
Howdy Gramps 🇺🇸🤠🇺🇸
Here in Mexifornia … the Reconquista lands of Meheeko … there’s nothing quite like a breakfast taco. Just don’t order one from Taco Bell … because it’s stuffed with “pink slime” … cooked up to resemble beef or something
If I was 90 years old I would be down with this.
I’m not 90. I’m literally a grandpa and this is too old for me. Cmon old man, get some new stuff.
It is new to me.
Everything old is new again.
When people reply to themselves, and we reply to them, I have the hardest time figuring out which comment was of interest.
It is not your fault, it is all me. But is this about the music? Or the pictures? Or what?
Keln ,
Prayers for your daughter in law and all of you.
May the soul of your departed grandchild be back with our Lord.
Heads up:
Bell bottoms are coming back……again.
Not in my house they aren’t!!
Poodle skirts and bobby socks 😂
I d forgotten about those skirts. Oh how I wanted one…😍
My clothes come back into fashion and I haven’t stopped wearing them yet!
My daughter (very fashionable) is always saying I should treat myself to more “in” clothing. I say, “why, my jeans still fit.”
Are you sure we aren’t related??? My mother always told me if I had little money, to buy one piece of quality clothing which would last and last. Soundest bit of fashion advice I ever received. And, like you, my jeans are still good 😎
Unless I am attending a wedding 😊 or a funeral 😔, I’m wearing jeans and a t-shirt. 2 years ago. 3 of my grands got married! One was Very fancy. I bought a fancy gown and new shoes. One of my shoes went flying across the dance floor and I landed on my derriere. Poor grandson was all aflutter and I couldn’t stop laughing! Good memory (hope they don’t have it on video, sis!)
I would be ever so thankful to be related to you, Betsy. ❤️ I always wanted a sister and hoped my sisters in law would be that to me. That was not to be, unfortunately.
We can be it in reality if not by biology! ❤️ 🫂 😘
Hahahaha ha ha ha … Jay, thanks for my Monday morning belly laugh with Rock and Roll polka … my only response …
Formatting appears to be a bit funky. The libk will platy, however, if you jump-start it a couple of times. Sorry . . .
Howdy Garrison 🙂
Good morning, Garrison💕 Just listened to a few minutes before I get my morning routine out of the way so I can sit with a cup of ☕ and enjoy. He’s starting with Respighi…the sound on his guitar is amazing! My goodness it is! Can’t wait for the rest 😘
Besty, this is totally you
😹
Onnit!
#2 is a toughie sometimes.
Some people, like those that host The View, should self slap or circle slap.
There’s a two worded name for them; starts with j ends with f
Haha! Does it almost rhyme with OK’s retired RINO senator, Jim Inhofe?
:p
MY gosh YES!!!!! No wonder climate cultists want to get rid of it…magic rejuvenator!! 😁👍🏻
Mornin’ Bet. 🙂 I have yet to listen to one of the Siccas guitars uploads that isn’t exceptional. It’s pretty obvious that they understand that, like their guitars, real quality is important in all thee performances they present.
I especially enjoy hearing these very talented players because I know very well that it took years of hard work (think 8 hr practice sessions) for them to reach the level of virtuosity they possess.
One of my more significant epiphanies happened at a Pepe’ master class. He played a passage that so perfect that it convinced me that making classical guitar a hobby and not an avocation was the proper course for me. The Siccas performers have serious chops.
We just looked up SICCA this morning and found this…fascinating! And yes they do have some serious chops. And are very generous in giving young talented guitarists a venue to show theirs.
https://www.ohguitar.com/product/mario-sicca-2019/
Radio WV Soul of Appalachia originals…
Heavy Feathers…
My Old Man…
Pipedream…
Live like you were dyin…
Thank you American Bulldog, great set. Hit all my emotional triggers.
Unadorned purity. Thank you, my friend. 🙂
Booger jewelry always sets me on edge. But I sure wasn’t expecting to see more nose rings on the singer than on the cattle(?) behind him.
👍👏 I like em!
The invoice for the 11-day stay of the Hamas organized crime group team led by Ismail Haniya in Doha Qatar, when hostage release negotiations were on.
At the top hotel Mandarin Oriental.
The total expenses of the delegation are $1.045 million.
Including for restaurants and bars – $315.5 thousand.
For SPA – $26.5 thousand.
International humanitarian aid allocated to the Hamas organized crime group is not lost.
https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/28548
Livin’ Large in Doha.
Blue Ridge Pkwy
Wacky kitty
If that doesn’t make you giggle, you need a laughoplasty!
Snow loving dog
Junior
Just getting comfortable
04 March 2020 Alan Cartwright, British rock bass player (Procol Harum, 1972-77), dies at 75
Procol Harum / Welcome to the Grand Hotel / 1973
04 March
Keith Flint
(1969-2019)
English singer, musician and dancer (Prodigy), found dead after committing suicide at 49
The Prodigy – Breathe (Official Video)
04 March 2017 Valerie Carter, American folk-rock singer-songwriter, and session vocalist, dies of a heart attack at 64
Ooh Child Qued from remembrances.
LWF2017 – Valerie Carter / “Ooh Child”
04 March 2013 Fran Warren [Wolff], American big band and pop singer (“A Sunday Kind of Love”; “I Said My Pajamas (and Put On My Pray’rs)”), dies on her 87th birthday
Fran Warren–Sunday Kind of Love, I Remember You, 1978 TV
04 March 2011 Johnny Preston, American pop singer (Running Bear), dies at 71
Johnny Preston “Running Bear”
04 March 2010 Lolly Vegas [Candido Vasquez], American rock singer (Redbone – “Come And Get Your Love”), dies of cancer at 70
Lolly Vegas Scatting- Redbone, Come and Get Your Love
04 March 2010 Fred Wedlock, British folk musician (b. 1942)
Tights In White Satin
04 March 2009 Joseph Bloch, American concert pianist and professor of piano literature (b. 1917)
no photo found
Alkan: Le festin d’Ésope (Joseph Bloch, pianist)
04 March 2009 John Cephas, American Piedmont blues guitarist (b. 1930)
John Cephas and Phil Wiggins – Richmond Blues
04 March 2004 John McGeoch, Scottish rock guitarist (Magazine: Siouxsie and the Banshees – “Spellbound”; Visage; Public Image Ltd.), dies at 48
Magazine ‘Shot By Both Sides’ live Belgian TV 1979
04 March 2002 Eric Flynn, British actor and singer (b. 1939)
No photo found
suzie quatro & eric flynn annie get your gun on live from the picadilly
04 March 2001 Glenn Hughes, American disco singer (The Village People (Biker)), dies of cancer at 50
Village People – YMCA OFFICIAL Music Video 1978
04 March 1992 Mary Osborne, American jazz guitarist, dies of liver cancer at 70
Guitar Shredder Chick 1958 – Mary Osborne
04 March 1986 Richard Manuel, Canadian rock vocalist and pianist (The Band – “The Shape I’m In”; “Tears Of Rage”), commits suicide at 42
The Band – The Shape I’m In – All-Star Folk Jam – 1984 – AI Enhanced 4K
04 March 1986 Howard Greenfield, American song lyricist (“Calendar Girl”; “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do”; “Love Will Keep Us Together”; theme to “Bewitched”), dies of a brain tumor at 50
434+ works currently held by ASCAP / BMI
Calendar Girl
What does ‘AI Enhanced’ mean? Is it just how they took the video to 4K? Or did they fiddle with the sound too?
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/277815870741373079/
https://www.czbrats.com/PicWk/pkwk019.htm
many a weary service man rested his head here.
I am resubmitting this post. This is not about getting responses or anything like that. It is about getting more prayer. The more prayer the better. Our God does listen to us little monkeys down here. He loves us and when we pray together miracles happen. Please, please I beg of all of you, pray for my daughter-in-law. Thank you and God bless you.
I need a prayer request from our beautiful community here.
My daughter-in-law was pregnant with who would have been my second grandchild and she rather violently lost the baby. Nobody is sure what happened or why her body rejected it like that, but my daughter-in-law seems convinced that she did something wrong and has let everyone down. She is not in a good mental state right now and was already struggling with post-partum depression after the birth of my grandson. We’re trying to make her understand that she did nothing wrong and that we all love her, but she is not taking all of this well. She had to pass the baby, which is a rather horrifying thing to cope with as a mother and she is psychologically not in a good place right now. So we need prayer, prayer, prayer. Our family would greatly appreciate any prayer you can offer for her.
Prayers for you & your family. So very sorry.
Thanks buddy
Kenn, been praying since I first read yesterday’s post this morning.
✝️
🙏
Keln, now let this be your heart.
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart
And lean not upon your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6
Amen
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My family will be happy to send prayers for your lovely daughter-in-law and your family Keln.
She is in grief. I pray for her to find peace of mind and heart.
Praying that God’s peace, love and healing will flow over your daughter in law, right now, Keln.
Prayers on the way. Many prayers. Many, many prayers!
Please see that she gets help from a competent practitioner experienced in the post partum depression aspect…and the hormonal craziness that goes on with the loss of a baby.
…as her hormone upheaval is raging due to the loss of the baby..Keeping her in my prayers.
Keln, I posted a prayer request for you at the Prayer Link. God Bless all of you.
BE WITH ME, JESUS
Be with me – take not – Your presence from me;
Let Your Spirit dwell – in me – let Him be;
My strength and solace – in turmoil of heart;
From me, Oh Lord – let Him never depart!
Without You, Lord – there is no breath of life;
Without You, Lord – the sorrow – it is rife;
Happiness eludes me – from my soul – it is gone;
Your peace in me – is vacant – totally withdrawn!
Hide not Your face from me – show me Your love;
Touch my heart with Your grace – sent from above;
Abandon me not – in my hour of need;
In Your great love, Lord – I am blessed indeed!
Fill me with your Spirit – right to the brim;
Let not hopelessness enter – faith be dim
Renew me – redo me – all over again;
Today – tomorrow – forever – Amen!
Infuse me – use me – for Your Glory, Lord;
Let me not forget – the truth in Your Word;
Raise me up, Lord – both steadfast and strong;
Be with me, Lord – where You only belong!
Strengthen me – Lord – oh, please hear my cry;
I don’t need to know the what, where or why;
I trust in Your judgment – Your mercy, Lord;
I trust in the truth revealed in Your Word!
I trust in Your Love poured out on the Tree;
I trust in Your Promise to always be;
Faithful and true for eyes that can see;
There for us all – who trust in Thee!
Be with me – Lord – refresh me – renew me;
This pain and discomfort – really threw me;
Jesus, come quickly – come quickly, I pray;
Let this doubt not take hold – unravel – fray!
Oh, precious, incorruptible Blood of the Lamb;
Encompass me – protect me – the sinner I am;
Enthrall me – befall me – change me within;
Blot my sin – from Thy sight – let it begin!
Wherein and where out – let the demon flee;
Far away – to the dry place – let it be;
Confined in the spaces – to do no harm;
To cause no distress – disruption – alarm!
Wash me – and cleanse me – pure white as snow;
Be near me – cheer me – wherever I go;
Lift my distress – give me some rest – I pray;
Be with me, Jesus – and love me Your Way!
D01: 07/14/2013
❤️ ❤️ ❤️
She and the rest of your family are in my htoughts and my prayers.
Keln, I lost a baby long ago. I can identify so deeply with your daughter in law and what she is experiencing. Sometimes things aren’t as they should be, and our loving Father steps in. This is what I eventually came to accept, though getting into that realization was not an easy journey. I am so so sorry. She, and all her family who love her, have my most heartfelt prayers 🙏🏻🕊💕
Saying prayers for her right now. She will see her baby waiting for her in heaven just beyond the Gates.❤️
Despite yesterdays post being labeled as the 4th of March they were correct for the 3rd.
04 March 1992 Christian K. Nelson, American inventor of Eskimo Pie (now Edy’s Pie), dies at 98
October 2020 RIP Eskimo Pie>>>>> Edys Pie
04 March
Harry Blackmun
(1908-1999)
American lawyer, jurist and 100th Supreme Court Justice (1970-94) who authored the Court’s opinion in Roe v. Wade, dies at 90
Biography: Harry Blackmun was an American lawyer and jurist. He served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1970 to 1994, appointed by President Richard Nixon. Notably liberal in his later years, he authored the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade.
His legal career began in Minnesota, where he practiced law and served as counsel for the Mayo Clinic before being appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit by President Dwight Eisenhower. He retired during President Bill Clinton’s administration, succeeded by Stephen Breyer.
Blackmun was raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He attended Harvard University and Harvard Law School. Post-graduation, he returned to Minnesota for various legal positions. He clerked for Judge John B. Sanborn Jr. before joining the Eighth Circuit. He became Supreme Court Associate Justice in 1970 after Nixon’s previous nominees were rejected by the Senate.
As a justice, Blackmun began with conservative expectations but evolved toward liberal interpretations of constitutional rights. His early alignment with Chief Justice Warren E. Burger weakened, evolving into a voting alliance with more liberal justices.
Blackmun became a staunch defender of abortion rights, pivotal in the landmark Roe v. Wade case and subsequently in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, reinforcing the significance of a woman’s right to choose.
Blackmun’s later years on the bench were marked by a growing opposition to the death penalty and the advancement of individual rights in cases like Bowers v. Hardwick. In DeShaney v. Winnebago County, his dissent emphasized the state’s role in protecting individuals from harm. He was also influential in shaping legal perspectives on women’s equality through opinions like Stanton v. Stanton.
His clerks, some of whom became notable legal scholars, played a significant role in his opinion drafts. Blackmun maintained a complex relationship with his colleagues, showing both camaraderie and conflict, as evidenced by interactions with Clarence Thomas and Potter Stewart.
After retiring, Blackmun remained active, receiving the Jefferson Awards’ Senator John Heinz Award for public service and performing a cameo in Steven Spielberg’s Amistad (1997). His health declined following a fall and hip surgery, leading to his death in 1999.
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Ironic…am hearing right now that the abortion pill will be available in Walgreens and CVS later this month…still need a prescription.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cvs-walgreens-mifepristone-abortion-pill/
It’s such a dangerous pill. The abortion pushers make it sound so simple. Here, take this pill and your problem will go away. They don’t talk about the second pill. So many women have been harmed or have died.
British Movie. The Deadly Affair a cold war espionage drama, with James Mason, Maximilian Schell, Simone Signoret
Story by John LeCarre
The Grunts Prayer
Oh Lord, thank you for granting me another day to stand up against the tyranny in the world today, blessing me with the will, strength and fortitude to continue walking, digging and fighting all over this once blessed United States of America. Please continue to help me carry this rucksack and weapon by walking beside me and lending your loving hand apon this yoke I proudly wear. Please bless me with a full ammo pouch and full canteen, one for the enemy around me the other for the enemy above, so that I may prevail against one and endure the other. Please bless me with the light of the moon and stars when I need them and clouds and rain when I desire cover from my enemies eyes. Please ensure my aim is true, that my creedo “One Shot, One Kill” is fullfilled, that my enemy does not suffer and their end is swift and complete. Please Lord, protect me from short rounds and friendly fire from my allies, so that I might continue to honor my oath to the Constitution of the United States of America. Last of all Lord please forgive me for what I must do, I only wished to be left alone, bask in the glory of your word and behold this beautiful world that you created for us but alas Evil has risen and I am compelled to smite it in your name.
Amen 🙏🏻
Bless-ed morning to you, DG. I always pray you and your much loved companion are well 🙏🏻💕
COULD THIS BE TRUE OF ME?
“But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself.” Acts xx. 24
It is easier to serve God without a vision, easier to work for God without a call, because then you are not bothered by what God requires; common sense is your guide, veneered over with Christian sentiment. You will be more prosperous and successful, more leisure-hearted, if you never realize the call of God. But if once you receive a commission from Jesus Christ, the memory of what God wants will always come like a goad; you will no longer be able to work for Him on the common-sense basis.
What do I really count dear? If I have not been gripped by Jesus Christ, I will count service dear, time given to God dear, my life dear unto myself. Paul says he counted his life dear only in order that he might fulfil the ministry he had received; he refused to use his energy for any other thing. Acts xx. 24 states Paul’s almost sublime annoyance at being asked to consider himself; he was absolutely indifferent to any consideration other than that of fulfilling the ministry he had received. Practical work may be a competitor against abandonment to God, because practical work is based on this argument – “Remember how useful you are here, or – Think how much value you would be in that particular type of work.” That attitude does not put Jesus Christ as the Guide as to where we should go, but our judgment as to where we are of most use. Never consider whether you are of use; but ever consider that you are not your own but His.
Oswald Chambers
March 4th Devotional
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I translated for you. Its music and it shows unity of secular and religious, various kinds of ethnic groups and a gravitation to religion. The second video is a collection of religious songs that everyone in Israel knows. It was a couple of weeks ago. The first one is a song that became the anthem of the war, that event is in NY. Also new. In all the chaos of war Israelis are strong. Don’t miss the second video. The energy is amazing.
🎶🥲😍🇮🇱😢😃🎶 David: All 3 videos touched me so deeply.
Thank you for taking the time and giving with all your heart and talent to translate the first video and to share with us all 3 videos
God Bless you and all of Israel.
Shavuah Tov and Shalom and Success to each and every Israeli.
Am Yisrael CHAI.
Thank you.
❤️ David: I just listened to all 3 videos again.
So inspired by all of Israel.
I just realized that you translated BOTH of the first 2 videos.
I have a hunch that the second one was a lot more work for you.
We are so blessed to have you here with us.
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Yes the second one was some work.
David, I fell upon this magnitude docent photograph and legend the other day. I’m sure it will move you, dear friend, as much as they t did me. It made my heart swell to bursting 💕💕
David, I apologize for the mess of a post I made above. More and more I think their are malevolent gremlins in my device…ugh.
Wow. Very touching! Thank you for sharing.
Curiosity has got the best of me.
Who is wider in the beam – Letitia James or Fani Willis?
Thank you for sparing us the comparison photos. Ick.
To Read The Bible in One Year
Deuteronomy 33-34
Joshua 1
Blessed to Bless Others
Mornin’ all!
https://i.postimg.cc/Y9gzR4Yp/bonsai20.webp
Sorry. Link is no good.
Please pray for the farmers and ranchers.
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Texas Ranches Ravaged by Wildfires Face Long Recovery
State officials estimate tens of thousands of cattle were killed in blazes burning across more than 1 million acres
Texas Ranches Ravaged by Wildfires Face Long Recovery – WSJ
I understand the need for ad revenue. What I don’t like is this new ad that blocks the very center of the page and just hangs there until it is done.
The very first thing I enjoy reading is the Lord’s Prayer and this stupid ad blocks the view.
It is infuriating, and yes, I know I can use an ad blocker, but it shouldn’t be necessary.
Faith and reaffirmation each and every day when you need it IS important. Please remove the center of the page ad. Thanks
That is the very reason why I use ad blockers. Ads shouldn’t be abusive. But they are.
And learning about us wasn’t to make our lives better or easier, it was to sell us to unsavory abusers.
And this site gets targeted by abusers more than any other. And that has been true for years. I only use Brave to view this site.
Otherwise there is never enough time to read the comments or compose a comment before ads rip me to the top of the page. Years of abuse not normal for other sites. And peaceful, abuse free, enjoyment with Brave.
Protect yourself. Now that you are on the to abuse list, that is the only recourse left you.
My Amazon Kindle will not allow me to use Brave or any other server except theirs. Believe me I’ve tried.
Ugh. I haven’t used mine for a while. Thanks for the heads up.
Might be worth getting one of the lower cost iPads, Betsy. Brave works well on them and you can download & install the Amazon Kindle Reader app so that it doubles as your Kindle…..
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Verse of the Day for Monday, March 4, 2024
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“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:38 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.
BE MY VOICE
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
CHILD NOT CHOICE
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
Duchess,
The Child Not Choice picture never fails to plant a smile on my face. I sent it to my grandson when his son was born. ❤️
🥰 I used to have a bumper sticker on my car that said:
IT’S A CHILD – NOT A CHOICE !!! (got a lot of ‘beeps’ and thumbs up)
Car is long gone – BUT – the sentiment lives in my heart !!! ❤️
Yes! That bumpersticker is an oldie but a goodie!
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
GOD’S GREAT LOVE
When God gave His Only Begotten Son;
The ransom for souls – the victory won;
He demonstrated His great love to be;
For all His Beloved – for you and me!
By the Blood of the Lamb – we are redeemed;
There’s no other way it could be it seemed;
His sacrifice was pure – untainted by sin;
Let the suffering end – His new life begin!
There is no greater love one man can give;
Than to lay down His life and to forgive;
He forgave His oppressors – yes He did;
His victory over death – all amid!
What does God want in return for His love?
Is it peace among men or branch of olive?
For what do we strive to do day after day?
What is it we need – to live only His way?
We must love Him with our mind, heart, and soul;
Serve Him through others – His heart to console;
Serve no other gods – no idols have we;
The servant of all – He wants us to be!
We must keep our Sabbath to worship Him;
Not just for one day – but surely passim;
We must honor our earthly mother and dad;
The best of caretakers we ever had!
We must not kill our brother – any way;
In spirit or slander or libel – betray;
We must take not – what belongs not to us;
Or covet the goods of another thus!
We must not covet the wife of any man;
Or lust in our hearts because we can;
No envy or malice can we keep inside;
Nor from God should we ever seek to hide!
We must love our neighbor as Jesus loved;
Do all that we can – make him so beloved;
For it is in giving that we will receive;
And it is in dying – we come to believe!
Dying to self – to follow Jesus, Our Lord;
Is that which will bring us to full accord;
Keeping His Word – we must strive to do;
For God’s Great Love lives in me and you!
D01: 07/26/2013
-Lord. Bring clarity and sanity to the confused and or evil ones.
Oh, Precious – don’t I know – had to pray for one this past weekend for a friend – and
encourage him to do the same – BUT
Your prayer above is a great start !!! 🥰
Duchess,
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I think that’s me as a child 🙂
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January 30, 2024
Psalm 91.The most powerful prayer from the Bible. God’s protection, healing
#psalm91 #psalms #prayer
Pray Everyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18c1Vk0Svvg
Breaking!!!!
Colorado Supreme Court
sided with President Trump❣️
You can’t keep a good man down!
Go MAGA, Go President Trump!
Celtic Woman – Níl Sé’n Lá
Knowing the Power of Words – Part 1 – 03/04/2024
JULIE GREEN MINISTRIES
https://rumble.com/v4go3bn-knowing-the-power-of-words-part-1.html
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Scriptures for today Monday 3/4/2024 “Knowing The Power Of Words” – Part 1
Genesis 1:1-4,6,8,9,11,26-28
2 Corinthians 4:18
John 6:63 2
Peter 1:3-5
Proverbs 15:4
Proverbs 18:20-21
Isaiah 55:11
Ephesians 6:17
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Have a blessed day my Brothers and Sisters.
GOD ALWAYS WINS !!!
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PRAYER FOR ALL !!!
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Good morning all.
Been very busy lately so haven’t been posting or in fact reading much here. I hope your all doing well. I’m fine. Just got a lot going on. Nikki is doing ok. Just spent the better part of 3 weeks down there helping out. My neighbor Steve had knee replacement surgery Tuesday last week and I’m taking care of his animals until he gets on his feet.
The new sunroom is completely done. The small bathroom is completely done. The main bathroom is a work in progress that should be done this week. Then it’s on to the living room. I am also having our well cleaned and main water come in through the garage next week. Then the water heater and water softener moves out to the new garage and a plumber will then run new lines and finally we will have newer plumbing all the way through the house and bypassed all the old galvanized pipe and thin well copper.
So much has been done but there is still much to do. And I haven’t even started on the landscaping yet.
rah❣️❣️❣️
-missed you.
Thanks for update … and that Nikki is doing better.
Yes!!! TOO TOO ADORABLE, duchess😘 Imagine him as a grandpa 😌💕
Here ya go, girl…some flowers from my “garden” to start your week off just right. These, plus myriad blessings which I pray for you 🙏🏻
O
Thanks for the lovely blooms – will be a while before they appear in my garden – so
really appreciate these !!!🪴🪴🪴
PLEASE NOTE THE PRAYER REQUEST FROM KELN ABOVE !!! 🙏🙏🙏
Keln needs your Prayerful Prose !!! Please – Thanks !!! ❤️❤️❤️
Prayers up 🙏
Good Morning and peace to all.
So many unprincipled low-lifes in politics.
It’s nauseating. Thank goodness another one exposed, who did a lot of damage and was intending to do a lot more. I wonder how much he got in his greasy envelope under the table. A man with no honor.
How many more are there hiding in the decaying woodwork, both men and women, who are two-faced backstabbers.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/exclusive-nys-gop-chairman-ed-cox-exposed-traitor/
These New World Order Imbeciles are deliberately trying to start the Third World War.
The self-aggrandizing W.E.F., the E.U., and NATO. are comprised of sociopathic ‘elites’. They are a despicable lot, as are the people who slavishly and mindlessly serve them like the good little sycophants they are. You know who they are.
They have no compassion for their own people, for the stress that scamdemics and genocidal killer ‘vaccines’ cause, as well as the invading hordes pouring in to their homeland through open borders, to name just a few of the horrors they have deliberately caused.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/nato-starts-major-drill-near-russias-border-20k/
-That’s MY President ❣️
Mine too!
EVENING PRAYER
LOL
https://babylonbee.com/news/cast-of-the-view-unanimously-overturns-scotus-decision
Oh my❣️
I can hear the Beatles singing, “Love, Love Love.”
Not being a voyeur, but had to repost this;
Awwwww. A keeper for sure.
LOL
A face that calls out for a pie projectile.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/just-maines-democrat-secretary-state-withdraws-trump-ballot/
Yep, she and the chickie from CO.
Tumble Weeds are such a trip. I’ve always enjoyed seeing ’em blow around crossing the desert-y areas out West. (Tho I admit, what’s happening in this vid. this looks like a *total* PITA!)
Is there any other place in the world that even *has* these things??
That’s great.
Thx, Bari
My old quartet used to sing that one. We had an “Old West” comedy routine of which that was one of the tunes. Yes we wore cowboy outfits and our 350lb lead singer wore chaps made from a shag throw rug, and our even bigger bass wore a “25 gallon” hat. 🤣🤣
The Deluxe room is $82/night.
Watch the hotel slide show here:
https://www.sovietsky.ru/en/
The Legendary Moscow Soviet Hotel
Celtic Woman – Mise Éire
Lyrics and translation.
Mise Éire I am Ireland
Sine mé ná an Chailleach Bhéarra I am older than the Hag of Beara
Mór mo ghlóir Great my glory
Mé a rug Cú Chulainn cróga I who bore brave Cú Chulainn
Mór mo náir Great my shame
Mo chlann féin a dhíol a máthair My own children that sold their mother
Mór mo phian Great my pain
Bithnaimhde do mo shíorchiapadh My irreconcilable enemies who harass me continually
Mór mo bhrón Great my sorrow
D’éag an dream inar chuireas dóchas That crowd, in whom I placed my trust, decayed
Mise Éire I am Ireland
Uaigní mé ná an Chailleach Bhéarra I am lonelier than the Hag of Beara