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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Perfect opening, tex, for the day which belongs to our best friends who love us no matter what!!
CURSDAY!!
💕 💕 💕 💕 💕
A bit naughty…never mind 😉
Love, love, love it, Betsy!
Where would we be without all these joyful, rotten little critters in our lives? 🐶😻
Our four legged antidepressants 🤗💕
Classic! The Best of the bunch! 😍👍😁😎
I thought so, too, Feisty 💕 Some just bear repeating 😘
😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣
Love All the Doggos Betsy ,
Thank Ya 💐
🦮Happy Cursday All🐕
And to you, Lorrie 😘👍🏻
Now on to the good stuff –>>>>>>
☕ ☕ ☕ ☕ ☕ ☕ !!!!
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Betsy,
The bar gets higher each Cursday – yet you clear it with room to spare! 👏
Corny, every week I run through my “inventory” worrying ed that it will peter out with nothing for the next week. Same with Caturday which would be an unmitigated tragedy!!!
And yet little treasures always show themselves.
Funny how that works, no?
Or maybe not…😉😘
Not. ❤️
Ha ha ha. Needs a little slobber and mud!
I think he thinks he’s working on that 😂
nwtex, I needed this to lighten my 💓 this morning!
Bless her little life 😌💕
Wow, nwtex
I think my mouth is actually hanging open! Wonder if she’d like to come stay with her Grandma Soazburrolady a while!
Does a magnetic personality work?! 😛
mighty!
Some supurb playing here. I noted how deftly she makes those 5 fret stretches and, equally, how easly she plays the opening piece’s harmonics. This ain’t easy. The lady’s got some serious chops. . . 🙂
Those Eastern European girls really feel the music, Garrison. Something I’ve noticed for the ones you’ve posted. Such a pleasure to hear her 💕
Agreed, Bet. 🙂 Some seriously good players. . .
garrison ♥️
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Blessed morning, Garrison!
Absolutely NO SLEEP to be had in my household last night. The elder kitty who the Vet says is showing signs of Alzheimers (never knew a cat could have that) was the master of pandemonium. He’s been beating up the gentle giant, Harold the Maine Coon. So, we tried to keep each away from the other. The buggers meowed and begged all night to be let out. Think we’re just going to put up a wrestling ring in the living room and let ’em go at it!
Tomorrow is kid’s 18th birthday. We have a small tradition in that I bake something in the middle of the night and wake her at 12:05 AM to sing happy birthday to her. That was the time she was born and what started as a fluke – she has come to look forward to such attention. My plan tonight is to bake a homemade angel food cake with some frozen berries I have been saving and a stabilized whipped cream frosting. (Hope I don’t oversleep – my wagon is draggin’.)
How are you doing? Is your hand all healed up and feeling better? Hope so and that you are doing well and looking forward to a pretty Spring.
Thank you for all the fine music. It is enjoyed immensely.
Oh Woo,
What a unique sweet tradition! 🎂 You two are so good together. I bet there is a video out there with Savannah cleaning up while you crash!
Yes, on the kitty senility. I have one now who leaves the bed and just wanders about the house mewling at 2am. I scoop him up and bring him back to bed – I think he gets lost. 😿
Soazburrolady,
Blessed day to you, friend. I wish I could say I was some kind of “perfect” mom, but in all honesty – my mother was not a perfect mom. She died when I was 9 years old and, in not so responsible a fashion, thus creating an overachieving perfectionist in me. My father was never home due to his military service. He retired and in the time between May of 1981 and September of 1982 – my parents divorced, got back together the last day the divorce was final, we went on a family vacation for two weeks to Washington DC in July of 1982 and in September, she was hit and killed by a car.
Dad never had children other than me, he adopted her three but he was never around, nor did he have much experience with marriage or child-rearing. He broke down 400 men a year for a living and rebuilt them to serve in the military as police officers. I was nine years old, so that process didn’t go so well for him. Maybe I was a bit more stubborn and set in my ways then those men were? Or maybe it was that I really didn’t know him well, therefore he had little street credibility with me? Frankly, I think he just saw how “fragile” I was as a horribly shy little thing, and he truly had no idea what in the hell to do!
So – I have been on autopilot my whole life. Every decision I make for my daughter and for us – is going off of what I think is the best stewardship I can do according to The Word of God. What am I supposed to be doing? Everything is a risk assessment. How do I help her feel valuable when I had a lifetime believing I wasn’t? How do I mend her broken heart and her sense of abandonment from her dad? Overachieve – for better or worse.
We were so stinking poor for many years together, that making her a silly cake or something from scratch and waking her in the middle of the night was just a way to make extraordinary from ordinary. It’s not the grandiosity of the gesture – just the thought and effort behind it.
Now, though, we do have grand overtures. Especially around the holidays since we don’t have family. We make adventures and those are in lieu of a lot of material gifts. Like the weekend we will take in St. Louis to see Billy Joel and Sting perform together in September. We have a nice hotel and will stay the whole weekend in luxury. We are making memories from our ashes.
And that fancy trip? My daughter actually used her savings from her earnings to secure it for us. She was so hell-bent on us going and the timing wasn’t right for my budget – however it is now worked into our budget, and she will be receiving all of that money back this month.
She and I are more of an allegience now since she is older. However, I have always made sure that she could be the kid and I, the adult. I have done my best to shield her when need, but also to take her licks when needed too… because adversity will come. She’s immature for her age – 18 but acts more 15 – and that’s okay. She’ll catch up as her mind matures.. but, her soul is deep and God is merciful.
I appreciate your care for your elder kitty – that is indeed what’s happening with ours too. He gets “lost” at night and wanders around mewling. I scoop him up and bring him back to his mom’s room (my daughter) and she helps keep him content. Sleep comes in 2 hour increments here – if I am lucky.
You are such a joy to get to know, Corny. So blessed for you to be here with us on this Tree. (Big hugs)
And if there’s a video of Savannah cleaning up while I sleep – I would like to see that! That would not be the case in our household, though she does share in the chores. Living with her is like living with a tornado – that randomly touches down, here, there and everywhere! I like things neat and tidy and she is perfectly comfortable in her clutter and she saves ev-er-y-thing! (GAHHH!) We truly are yin and yang. We are really oil and water, but thankfully the love between us binds our differences.
Woo, remembering Julie Andrews singing 🎶”I must have done something good”🎶
You done good, dear sis.
Trust me on that 😘👍🏻🤗
Proof is in the puddin’, Bets. Let’s grow her another year or two and see. So far, so good. (Prayers up!)
Maybe it’s a “good” thing we are surrounded by all the insanity, because her eyebrows furrow and she gives the side eye when something craptastic happens! Keeps her on the straight and narrow and inclined to less drama when she can see nonsense act out in the public square.
You can’t soar like an eagle, when you’re surrounded by turkeys.
Wow Woo
Such a beautiful post. And…..I have been so humbled by your welcome.
I have some parallel experiences to yours, and I empathize with so much❤️.
I will share some of my experiences as a pregnant 16 y/o that shaped really everything for the rest of my life so far. But, not now. I really think your heartfelt post should stand out on its own for us to appreciate.
Much love and many blessings to you and Savannah.
We look forward to your stories! Makes us all more “human” and less virtual. LOL
We should write books. These younguns can use it! 🙂
And I hope you have an equally blessed afternoon, dear ‘Woo. 🙂 Just got back from lunch with old friends (chicken fajita taco and charro beans).
Little ‘Tink has skin lesion around her chin and ears that I remove with a flea comb. She really enjoys this and always rewards me witha loud purr.
Last night she climbed into my lap asking me to brush her lesions with the flea comb. These aren’t hard to remove but they do require regular attention. ‘Tink loves the attention and I like having her climb up into my lap. She’s turned herself into a very affectionate little kitty.
I’m doing pretty “ok”, I guess. Don’t much like living alone, although I’ve come to greatly appreciate the presence in my life of some very good friends. I feel lucky to have ’em.
I recently finished 10 weeks of P/T which focused on improving my sense of balance. It proved to be surprisingly successful—so much so that I’ve been able to abandon using my cane. Because of the foot neuropathy, I’ll never walk normally again but being able to walk with stability without needing a cane is a pretty big deal.
As for my hand, my doctor tells me my broken fingers have healed. They are, however, a bit stiff and Lack some range-of-motion. Now that I’ve regained some balance, it looks like its time for some hand oriented P/T. My unplayed guitars make me feel guilty every time I go through the living room. .
Please tell Savannah happy birthday for me. I think she has a pretty spiffy mom . . . 🙂
I’m glad you enjoy listening to the guitar music I post. Not being able to play guitar due to my hand injury is frustrating but less so when I can share such splendid playing with others.
Hi Garrison. Have you ever heard of DE (short for diatomaceous earth)?
It is a natural substance found on the seabed. It is fossilized algae and due to its microscopically sharp edges does serious damage to all bugs, like roaches, ants, etc but……..it is almost miraculous to use on pets to kill fleas or mites.
I’ve used DE on dozens of cats and dogs with great results and no bad side effects as it is actually healthy for them to eat. Large animal vets prescribe it for equids because it kills parasites in the gut.
There is only one Very Important caveat. It Must say Food Grade. (non food grade is used in some pool filters and has some dangerous chemicals in it)
I put a small amount on my finger and rub it into any area that has a lesion or may have fleas or mites. Doesn’t bother them a bit.
Just a thought. 😻
Thanks for this advice. I’ll try it out. 🙂
Another great role model for young women who think music & life only comes via a mobile phone…
She is terrific.
Howdy Garrison- a blessed and safe rest-of-the-week and Easter Sunday to you & Tink!
Thank you for your kind words. . . . 🙂
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This apparently happened in Real Life!
And we think animals are silly!
I still say God bless kind-hearted people like that. Better to make a mistake on the side of too much caring, if that is possible, than too little.
Kitty and hamster?
I want!!! 💕
Puppy
Oh bless…that should be me right about now.
But isn’t.
Playing puppies
Milhouse
By grace through faith, we become God’s workmanship
I used to purchase Dr. Stanley’s calendar every year. I will miss his beautiful photography along with his sermons.
My 18 year old daughter used to call him Dr. Stan Lee when she was just a little bit. LOL
I always thought this was a great Cursday song . . .
You’re not wrong 😉
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Morning Garrison!
Oh my heart – I almost didn’t finish the video: sure as I was of its ending. 😭
We have been blessed with more than a few from the side of the road, including Thatcher, a Brittany spaniel who looked very similar to the dog in the picture at the end.
Always stop if you can and it is safe to do so. Even if you can’t provide the home – someone will love that mutt. 🐶
Thanks, Garrison
Oh man, G! “Not my problem, keep on driving, just like everybody else. Why should I be the one pulling over on the shoulder at night? It’s just a dog, right?”
Whaaaaaat??? Ohhhhh no!!!! Not in our house. We are all about intervening everywhere, especially when a furry friend is in distress!
I was just talking to the manager of the local Petco and he’s telling me that their associates make $15 an hour and encouraging my daughter to apply with them. (She’s only making $11 an hour right now at Chicken Salad Chick.)
Let’s just think about this for a minute. Sure, she will receive 40% off our cat’s food and supplies, but how many furry friends do you think she’s going to be begging me to bring home???? And you know it will be terribly hard for me to deny her… and them… anything. LOL
(I’m kind of hoping she goes for it and works there… )
Dang that was sad.
Israel Update:
I will try to keep the report divided to subjects.
–Hezbollah– Hezbollah attacked in North Israel more than usual. A city got direct hit and a young Israeli was killed in a factory. He was an Arab Israeli. This is all a part of the back and forth “Attrition War” that is going on with Hezbollah. In the past 24 hours Israel killed 12 in Lebanon. 7 of them were members of a Palestinian terror group which we had intel of their intent of penetrating the North border of Israel. The other “20 killed” that I suspected yesterday was never confirmed. Overall the Hezbollah is maintaining an “equation”.
The equation is that they fire daily but with a limited depth and lethality and so Israel too limits the depth and does not attack them all the way to Beirut. Their goals are to help Hamas by tying Israeli forces at the North, by causing Israelis to leave their homes (close to 100,000) and so create pressure on the government and save face in the Arab world after they didn’t go into a full war as they were expected. For this they so far lost 248 people (so they say) and we think the number is higher. In this war of Attrition they lose some major assets across South and Central Lebanon and the war caused Lebanese in the south to move out of their homes.
Israel’s goal is returning safety to the citizens who were moved out of their homes and are afraid that they will be subjected to a similar attack to 10/7. Israel for now wants Hezbollah to be pushed some 5 miles back to the Litani River as was agreed upon decades back when Israel withdrew from Lebanon. In the IDF there are pessimistic voices about the American effort to resolve this situation with Diplomacy. They believe that a significant operation will be needed to push them back. Because of their massive amounts of missiles and rockets which are larger and more precise than what Hamas have and because of the large lands it’s all spread over, Israel expect possible attacks on vital infrastructure like electric plants and Air Force bases. At the beginning of the war the Israeli Defense Minister wanted a preemptive attack on Hezbollah. Bibi disagreed. He probably considered that it’s a lot safer to leave Hezbollah for later. The US is also opposing a war at this front as it can drag Iran into direct involvment.
Israel will not be able to complete such a war without US munitions, unless it is willing to sacrifice many soldiers who will fight without a proper air umbrella. It will be a much worse war than Hamas and will collapse Lebanon which is hosting Hezbollah and pretty much under their control. Hezbollah is pressured by Lebanon people not to go to a full war. They know Israel will be stressed and attack their airports, power, and infrastructure, they are already a failed state (a lot because of Hezbollah) and they don’t want more destruction.
If Israel can speed up the development of the Laser defense system that is scheduled for 2025 , it will be a main factor as we will be able to defend Israel more effectively at a fraction of the cost of the Iron Dome and with no dependency on the US as far as the missile defense is concerned. The US is manufacturing the munitions for the Iron Dome.
The latest series of assassinations in Lebanon make it seem like Israel is trying to change the “equation” and make it painful enough for them to want to end it all.
–Rafah – Something doesn’t make sense about the daily announcements of Bibi that we must and will go into Rafah. To be specific, to move some 1.4 million people into a new organized zone can take more than a month. The fact that it is not happening is confusing. On the other hand the IDF does attack there frequently. Maybe he is waiting for after the Ramadan because of pressure. Apparently there is again talk about sending the Israeli representatives to DC as was planned before. I have to mention something here on American politics that a very good reporter said in Israel. Biden needs Muslim votes and some states like Michigan, Minessota, Arizona, so he is doing things to satisfy them. But there is also a “quiet majority” in the US who support Israel so he is playing both sides and trying to also not lose them.
–Israeli Politics: I don’t usually write a lot about Israeli politics but this one is hot news and you need to know. There is a “war on Bibi” in Israel and an attempt to make the government fall. Israeli media is pretty much 95% on a daily attacks against Bibi. Most are controlled by the left like in the US. There are repeated lines instilled in the minds of some people who accept it. Like “He is the head he is to blame”. Bibi has a major weakness that can make the government fall and I will explain.
Israel is having a Parliament of 120 people. Whoever has the majority is governing.
The majority consists of a coalition of parities. There are two major blocks. The Right with Bibi who is center-right who joined even a more right wing party and joined the ultra Orthodox Jewish parties, two parties, (those who are dressed in black). They won with 64 seats joined together. On the other side you have the left, center-left and Arabs. The center left were traditionally more open to a Two State Solution. They are the choice of Biden.
The Ultra Orthodox Jews in Israel get a dismissal from serving the Military.
All other Jews have a mandatory service of almost three years for men and two years for women. Starting at the age of 18.
The religious orthodox parties any one of the two parities, can make the Government fall if they leave. They consider that learning Bible and praying is “helping Israel to survive.”
They also refuse to enlist (aside for some small percentage) because they are afraid that the military will ruin their religious dedication because the military has a mix of boys and girls and is not designed for keeping strict religious low as far as prayer time and other religious duties.
This of course is unjust as their numbers are growing (close to 13% now and they bring many children per family) and now Israel is at war and is missing active soldiers.
The left is absolutely terrified of them as they are afraid that when they are too large they will force religious laws on everybody. The Reserve duty people are called agin and agin and they can’t be relied upon forever as they must have a life and families to support, we need more soldiers. There is a perception of sending our kids to fight for them while they are not sending their kids. And the government also pay money for their Yeshivas (Religious schools where those who don’t enlist study). I do have to mention that they are active in many charity organizations so I wouldn’t show you only their bad part. Some of it is not done by anyone else like picking up body parts in disaster zones, which they consider a religious duty, etc…. This area is a weakness of Bibi and he was committed to maintain the status quo for them to join his coalition, but now there is a massive pressure to enlist them.
A lot of the pressure is because if he does, they will protest and leave and the government will fall. So he tried to cut a deal with “a couple of thousands enlisted per year”, but it’s kind of a coverup deal. Gantz who joined the government just for the war and has a large party said that it’s a red line and if this deal passes he will leave the government. This is not enough to make the government fall because Gantz joined after there was already a coalition of 64 , but others could vote against the bill that protects the Orthodox status which may cause them to make the government fall. On top of it the Supreme Court and legal system is involved and they are enlisted on the Left of politics and are pushing back saying that the deal is illegal and unjust. In fact just now I read that the highest legal authority in Israel called The Legal Consultant of the Government (who is really not a consultant but can order things) said that the Ortodox Jews will have to enlist starting next month as it’s illegal to dismiss them from service. The government is getting a delay for some days but this needs to be resolved without them making the government fall.
So this is the Achilles Hill of Bibi, this has to resolve one way or another and could potentially dissolve the government. If we get elections now, it will damage the war effort and Bibi is likely to lose, people are not very happy now days as you can understand.
The media of course is pumping fuel on the disagreement with the Ultra Orthodox as they have a valid point in public opinion. Israel’s Defense Minister is also on the side of enlisting everyone and the IDF too. There is already one Ultra Orthodox Battalion in the IDF and they fought in Gaza too. But it’s a very small % of their population. This battalion enables them to maintain their strict religious convictions and practices.
And as a note: underlying all this is the fact that Israel doesn’t have a Constitution.
A Constitution would have said that “everyone must serve, period”. Also another note is that the 20% Arab Israelis also don’t serve unless volunteered. In my opinion they should be either enlisted or do some Civil Service. It’s very unhealthy for people to take and not give. It’s a formula for hostility. The whole Israeli system is based on the British who occupied the area before Israel became independent.
David, this article by the estimable Robert Spencer, friend of Israel, will explain Biden’s kowtowing to Muslims here.
The opening is possibly the most powerful I have read from this wonderful author. Anything with his by line I will read.
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/03/25/but-for-michigan-joe-n4927632
Thank you Betsy. Good article!
The UN resolution is symbolic only. But if Israel enters Rafah and gets a complete world isolation then Israel can’t survive. We are not like Iran that can have Russia and China.
I would like to believe that Biden will understand that the silent majority will vote against him if he crosses the line. He already threatened with “isolation” as if it’s a “world isolation”.
But the West is led by the US and follows. If the US backup Israel then others will follow.
Mysterious are Gods ways. It may just be the trigger that will remove this Administration in Nov. Israel will survive until November but if the DNC wins we are in deep trouble. There won’t be the threat of losing Pro Israel votes. They will go all out wild to make a Palestinian State. 10/7 will be just the beginning. I guess we need to pray. Biden will need to pray too, for his own soul.
The US has lost any moral authority it may have had, or thought it had, David. It is clear to me that more and more here are seeing that what we thought we were, we are, in fact, not and haven’t been for who knows how long. Biden is not running anything. He is simply the outer manifestation of the rot which has been exposed to all, courtesy I am convinced of the hand of Almighty God who has lifted the veil. This in order that we may see the spiritual war which is raging. And so we have the opportunity to choose between good and evil. His mysterious ways indeed…His wonders to perform.
A wise bit of advice for Biden you’ve given concerning his soul…regards, dear friend.
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David: Waiting for the world’s approval never serves Israel’s interests. Never.
Right.
until you’ve been beside a man
you don’t know what he wants
you don’t know if he cries at night ….
you don’t know if he don’t..
when nothing comes easy ……..
old nightmares are real ..
until you’ve been beside a man
you don’t know how he feels ………
Excellent Photo and Song ,
Annie 🌺
happy to see you ♥️
Thank You Annie 😊
You’ve been posting some Beautiful Pictures lately !
I Enjoy the Night Time Sky Always 🪐
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There are days now when that’s how I do it!! LOL!!!
luv this. sent it to my sister. she said this would be us tomorrow. life is circular, eh?
Hi linwik
That tomorrow stuff is pretty optimistic! 😍
Now, I’ll have that little musical ditty rolling around in my head as well!
yeah, I thought it was unrealistic, myself. she knows we are both doing the hokey pokey, big time. “and you turn yourself around”….fun, tho! xoxo
That’s what it’s all about!
The Israeli Birder Police is right at the points of conflict at East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
We lost a few of them, they deal with terror attacks in many cases directed at them. Stabbings, shooting and routine riots. Don’t be misled by the look, they can be deadly.
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Maybe someday he’ll be able to draw a crowd ’til then this will just have to do 🤓
I really love the way President Trump brings his arm up for the salute! Such deep love and respect!!
Gives me the quivers infact the entire “moment” makes me teary eyed.
more than you wanted to know on the topic
oh – and when they say “women”, they’re actually talking about men
… that’s the thing about trans … wherever it says “trans”, just substitute “pretending-to-be-a-”
The truth about ‘tucking’: Trans women reveal the downsides of scrunching their crotch bulges – pain, itching, rashes, and even INFERTILITY
I initially mis read tucking as trucking. And I was trying to figure out why so many of these men who dress as women are truckers 😂
And then how trucking would lead to all those problems.
It’s not easy being me 😂
Good morning Rach.
Little known fact is that truck drivers lose the hair on their legs after years of having long pants or jeans abrade the hair off.
Most drivers are concerned with matching the right gear in the tranny and not any other kind.
Their loads are on the trailer and they don’t walk around looking like they need a diaper change when viewed from the rear.
Thanks for that important information 😂
In Australia, it’s Thursday night – so I will take the opportunity to wish you a happy Easter. I hope the Easter bunny will be generous to you!
Thank you and Happy Easter
Good evening, Rach. You are not alone, I did the same until I read your comment but it’s morning and my herbal tea hasn’t kicked in, yet. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. 😂 Cheers!
Good day to you sir! That is an excellent story to stick to.
I’m just going back to sleep now, as it’s the middle of the night here 😴
Happy Easter my friend
10-4 Big Rach
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Happy Easter nimrodman
I think some therapy is called for in your case Mr Nim.
This is for you:
No twisted caricature can compare with true beauty.
This other video and ones like it is a place I go when the cold anger meter pegs out
vewy wewaxing, Monti – thx for that
those ARE some vewy beautiful womensk in the eyes video
filed in my music folder under “trance”
Lol
Greetings Treepers!
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Morning, Frank 😘
Good Cursday to You ,
Frank Field 🐕😀🙋♀️
ISN’T THERE SOME MISUNDERSTANDING?
“Let us go into Judea. His disciples say unto Him…Goest Thou thither again?” John xi. 7-8
I may not understand what Jesus Christ says, but it is dangerous to say that therefore He was mistaken in what He said. It is never right to think that my obedience to a work of God will bring dishonour to Jesus. The only thing that will bring dishonour is not obeying Him. To put my view of His honour in place of what He is plainly impelling me to do is never right, although it may arise from a real desire to prevent Him being put to open shame. I know when the proposition comes from God because of its quiet persistence: When I have to weigh the PROS and CONS, and doubt and debate come in, I am bringing in an element that is not of God, and I come to the conclusion that the suggestion was not a right one. Many of us are loyal to our notions of Jesus Christ, but how many of us are loyal to Him? Loyalty to Jesus means I have to step out where I do not see anything (cf. Matt. xiv. 29); loyalty to my notions means that I clear the ground first by my intelligence. Faith is not intelligent understanding, faith is deliberate commitment to a Person where I see no way.
Are you debating whether to take a step in faith in Jesus or to wait until you can see how to do the thing yourself? Obey Him with glad reckless joy. When He says something and you begin to debate, it is because you have a conception of His honour which is not His honour. Are you loyal to Jesus or loyal to your notion of Him? Are you loyal to what He says, or are you trying to compromise with conceptions which never came from Him? “Whatsoever He saith unto you, DO IT.”
Oswald Chambers
March 28th Devotional
Blessings, dear sis 🙏🏻💕 That step, or leap, of faith. I remembered this.
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3/28/2024 – The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar
Genesis 19:23-29
“The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; and He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.”
“The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.” Day began to break over the wicked cities of the plain of Jordan, and Lot and his little family were gone; and their house stood empty as they had left it. His sons in law were probably still sleeping off the night before; and all the perverts who had assaulted Lot only a few hours earlier, who knows where they had stumbled off to since then. However it is that every city in the world wakes up, and gets itself ready each day; no one had any idea of the sudden most violent catastrophe and heat of hell fire that was about to explode upon them; until the unimaginable moment of their feeling the heat their last conscious breath on earth; and then seamlessly, in the same instance, being in the flames of hell; where they all still are to this day.
Luke 17:26-30 “And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the cataclysm came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.”
One morning is coming, when the world will be waking up, like any other day; completely unaware that the saints are gone, and set in safety; and in the same way as the LORD did to Sodom and Gomorrah, will He suddenly destroy the cities of the sinners, and all who inhabit them, and everything that grows upon the ground, with hailstones and coals of fire out of heaven.
Isaiah 57:1 “The righteous *perishes (wander away), and no man lays to heart: and *merciful men (men of kindness, godliness) taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.”
In the same way that men make light of the Gospel of Christ, and do not receive us nor hear our words; so shall they be on that day when Jesus comes. Whatever they had vainly imagined themselves to be, in their wealth and great pride; will in a moment of immeasurable burning heat, vanish and be forgotten for ever. How God finds them when He comes, so shall they perish in a moment; and their next conscious thought and reflection, will be in the midst of the flames of Gehenna.
2 Peter 2:6-10 “and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an *overthrow (catastrophe), making an example for warning those at the point of living ungodly; and delivered righteous Lot, vexed with the filthy manner of life of the wicked: (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their works of lawlessness;) the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished: but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. *Presumptuous (extremely and recklessly bold, fearlessly defiant and unrestrained, insolent, brazen), self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of *dignities (lordships, glories).”
“But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.” It may seem to some, as being only a small disobedience; and the kind of trait more often excused, overlooked, or not cared for at all; but that fraction of a moment’s self-will, and irresistible compulsion to look behind her, at the horrific and terrible thunderous explosion; after being specifically ordered NOT to look behind them, not to tarry, not to linger; but to hurry, and escape for their lives; was a sign of a far more dangerous condition.
So we have to wonder; with all that Lot’s wife had seen and known, during her sojourn in Sodom with her husband; she understood what kind of people were there: wasn’t she also vexed daily, like her righteous husband, in seeing and hearing the filthy manner of life of the wicked? Did she perhaps, find a way to tune it out, and not let it bother her; so she could at least enjoy the amenities of city life? Was her heart hardened, as a defense mechanism; because she was unwilling to have this “negativity” cloud over her every day? We can only speculate, based on what we know about our own human nature; that would much prefer the anonymity and false feelings of security on the broad way with the crowds; then to bear the chaffing and rubbing and trouble to the flesh, on the narrow way walking with God.
Next to the life she had evidently become accustomed to in Sodom; her family and household routines, her neighbors, the abundance of food and creature comforts; she was apparently not ready for two angels to suddenly show up one night, and tell them that God had sent them to destroy this place. We can be sure, that it was the normal and accepted way things were done in those days; that the wife was in her place subordinate to her husband. And we shouldn’t expect that she was any different from most women of her time; in that she was happy and fulfilled in her role as wife and mother; and content that her husband should manage the head of the household position.
What then appears to have happened; was that, although she was going along in the outward, her heart was not really in it; and she didn’t at all understand what was really happening. One sign of this, was how, when after the angels told Lot their business there; that they lingered. In other words, it sounds like she was slowly trying to get some things together, like she was packing for a weekend away, and would be back home in a few days. For it so much went on the angels’ nerves, that they at length just laid hold of the hands of Lot and his wife, and the two daughters, and walked them out to the city limits; and said Hurry, escape for your life; for we cannot do anything until you are out of here. And do not look behind you, no matter what!
All these are precisely the things the Lord Jesus warns us against, for that day which is soon to come on all the world. When we see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet; (let him that reads understand;) FLEE FOR YOUR LIFE, AND DON’T LOOK BACK! Do not try to pack your bags, or even turn back to grab your coat: it will be that fast and that dangerous. And if your heart is not ready and prepared beforehand; and you are not in a frame of mind, to take seriously the order, to Hurry, escape for your life, and don’t look back: if you’ve got your heart too much in your life in this world, and not inclined to be able to drop it all and forget it in a moment: you will look back in that day also, like Lot’s wife did; and be turned to a pillar of salt.
28 March 2021 Malcolm Cecil, British jazz bassist, record producer, audio engineer and electronic musician (Ronnie Scott; Blues Incorporated; TONTO’s Expanding Head Band), dies at 84
TONTO
Stevie Wonder with the TONTO
28 March 2020 Jan Howard [Lula Grace Johnson], American country music singer and songwriter (For Loving You), dies at 91
Jan Howard Singing “You Don’t Know Me”
28 March 2013 Hugh McCracken, American session guitarist (Aretha Franklin; Paul McCartney; Steely Dan; Billy Joel; John Lennon), dies of luekemia at 70
Hugh McCracken & The Funatics – You Blow My Mind (1965)
28 March 2012 Earl Scruggs, American bluegrass banjo player (Flatt & Scruggs – “Foggy Mountain Breakdown”; “Ballad of Jed Clampett”), dies from natural causes at 88
Earl Scruggs And Friends – Foggy Mountain Breakdown (2001)
28 March 2011 Lee Hoiby, American concert pianist composer (1957 Arts & Letters; Summer and Smoke), dies at 85
Rachmaninoff “Tarantella” (Suite No. 2) arr. for Piano and Orchestra
28 March 2005 Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (b. 1916)
Dame Moura Lympany recital in her 80th year -Chopin, Ravel, Rachmaninoff
28 March 2003 (Farrell) “Rusty” Draper, American country and pop singer (“The Shifting, Whispering Sands”; “Are You Satisfied?”), dies of pneumonia at 80
Rusty Draper – The Shifting, Whispering Sands (1955)
28 March 2001 Moe Koffman, Canadian jazz saxophonist and flautist (Cool and Hot Sax), dies at 72
Moe Koffman Swingin’ Shepherd Blues
28 March 1987 Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austrian singer who inspired the “Sound of Music” (Trapp Family Singers), dies of heart failure at 82
Maria von Trapp teaches Julie Andrews to Yodel
28 March 1980 Richard “Dick” Haymes, Argentine-American actor and singer (State Fair, Real Life, Betrayal), dies of lung cancer at 61
‘Let the rest of the world go by’. DICK HAYMES
28 March 1974 Dorothy Fields, American singer / songwriter (The Way You Look Tonight), dies at 68
Writer
Nat King Cole – THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT (Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields).
Writer
Pick Yourself Up – Swing Time (1936)
28 March 1974 Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist (That’s Alright), dies of a heart attack at 68
Arthur Crudup – That’s All Right (original version)
28 March
W. C. Handy
(1873-1958)
American composer and musician known as the “Father of the Blues” (Memphis Blues, St Louis Blues), dies of bronchial pneumonia at 84
W.C. Handy “St. Louis Blues” on The Ed Sullivan Show
‘Let the rest of the world go by’. I think that is everyone’s dream…
For decades Dame Moura presided over the Leeds Piano Competition, one of the four such great competitions which aspiring artists hope to win.
The other three are the Warsaw, the Tchaikovsky, and the Van Cliburn.
Much loved like Dame Myra Hess who braved the German bombing to play for the British people in WW2. ( As I know you know Betsy)
Loved it.
Wonderful!
Happy Cursday to my 🌳🏠 family!!! 💝
G’day Stevie!
Good morning Monti! Blessings for your day! 🙏🏻
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 !!!! 👍🏻😘
Wonderful drawing.! That dog has real personality and ‘ dogness.’ The lines add movement and life to the drawing.
Reminds me of an artist who did similar drawings in 19th Century France but his name escapes me.
He did drawings of things with movement like people sitting in a carriage or trim.
I look at it and think – it’s so simple LOL but I can’t draw it like the artist! Even drawn lines take talent!
I just saw a ladies’ tee using this graphic on Temu.
✝ ✝ Holy Thursday ✝✝
Remember Me – Deborah Govenor (3:30 mins)
In the night in which our Savior was betrayed
He broke the bread and to His friends He said:
“Take and eat, this is my body given for you
Take and drink, this blood of mine is shed for you
Do this always to remember me
Remember me.”
In the night in which our Savior was denied
He bowed His Head and to the Father cried:
“If it be Your will let this cup pass from me
If it be your will, spare me this agony
In my darkest hour will you remember me?
Remember me.”
In the night in which my deepest doubt are known
You come to me and I am not alone
When I taste your blood and body given for me
When I hear your prayer in dark Gethsemane
Then I know you will remember me
Remember me.
O Lord, remember me.
Remember me. 🙏
“O Lord, remember me.”
Oh how those four words reach down and grab my heart, sis.
British Christians refer to this day as Maundy Thursday 🙏🏻 🕊
Verse of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
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“Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.”
Deuteronomy 31:6 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.
BE MY VOICE
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
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.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
FREE AND CLEAR
What is the matter with you
What’s got you in a tizzy
Not sure of what you must do
Or is your mind just busy
What is it you are evading
What are you hiding inside
In what have you been wading
Is it low or is it high tide
Are you awake at night
Feeling restless and so blue
About what in plain sight
Is bugging the heck out of you
Is there something you left undone
Or someone you left behind
Or something you have just begun
That just will not let you unwind
Tap into the Spirit of God
Ask what it is He wants of you
Even though your thinking is flawed
Receive what He says you must do
Speak not – just listen to Him
To what He guides you to do
Let Him fill you up to the brim
Allow Him to give you a clue
The Spirit speaks directly
Does not falter or miss a cue
Precisely and correctly
He will determine what to do
For success you must be willing
For the process it is divine
It is sure to be most thrilling
It is special and only thine
He will untangle the turmoil
He will decipher your thought
Because it is for the uncoil
The price for which you were bought
Do you deny what He did for you
Have you forgotten what He suffered
Is all of this worth what you must do
Are you willing now to be buffered
Then stop all the nonsense
And agree to reconcile
Being stubborn makes no sense
So stop acting juvenile
Make peace with sister/brother
What Jesus expects you to do
Hold no grudge with another
Let go – Let God do it for you
Tied up in a knot is nowhere to be
It obstructs your love and vision
It becomes an impossibility
For what remains is a scission
Peace be with you all of your days
May your mind be free and clear
Decisive in all of your ways
God loves you so much you hear?
D01: 04/05/2022
Good morning, dear.sis 😘
I sent prayers heavenward last night for all of our family in residence amongst these branches and for those especially who don’t answer their doors. But today being Cursday I was remembering Alvin, Bruce, and Jillian and their master somewhere, God only knows where…
I was remembering last Easter when he posted many inspiring and poignant paintings and prayers. Feeling his absence today particularly for some reason. Blessings always friend of my heart 🙏🏻🕊💕
Afternoon, Bet !!! Hear you loud and clear !!!
Many are wondering where they belong after losing their better half – others are in the process of losing their partner because of bad choices – some are lost and looking to find where they belong because they lack the skills to belong anywhere – blogs attract the lost – and those searching for some semblance of normalcy in a chaotic world…
I suspect he never really had time to complete the grieving process – initially took it out on himself – got caught up in parental responsibilities – settled into PAPA role – became go-to-guy for church and farm – found solace in music, nature, and meditation until he awoke to the reality of life without the one for whom he lived…
Not sure where he is in the grieving process – but until he reaches ‘acceptance’ – we will not see or hear from him – and so – we keep praying for the day when that happens – Yes ???
Mornin’ all!
Good morning!
Love how Branco Always depicts the Blood on biden’s hands .
You show the Best Political Cartoons , WeeWeed !
Thank You 💐
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
March 28
MORNING
Be strong and of a good courage. Josh. 1:18
The LORD is my light and my salvation: whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life: of whom shall I be afraid? Psa. 27:1
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isa. 40:29-31
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Psa. 73:26
If God be for us, who can be against us? Rom. 8:31
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? Psa. 118:6
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. Psa. 44:5
We are more than conquerors through him that loved us. Rom. 8:37
Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. I Chron. 22:16
EVENING
Our friend sleepeth. John 11:11
I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. I Thess. 4:13, 14
If the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. I Cor. 15:16-18, 20
It came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones…. and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. Josh. 4:1, 3, 7
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Acts 2:32
Witnesses chosen before of God…. who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
Bagster
https://www.dailylightdevotional.org/03/0328.html
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During my toddler son’s first haircut he cried the entire time and the barber cut his own finger with the scissors.
It was a long time before we got him a professional haircut again. And I learned to cut hair.
It’s nice to see some kids have a good experience.
Avoid them, they can’t behave