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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The Adagio from Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez as performed by Pepe Romero. I had the pleasure to hear the famous Romero Quartet (featuring Celedonio and his three sons Celin, Pepe and Angel) when I was a student at the U Wash in the 1960s.
Absolutely beautiful!!
Thank you for sharing.
Good morning, Garrison 😘 Your stunning offerings have become as necessary to me, dear friend, as my first cuppa in the morning. Just exquisite! 💕👍🏻
And good morning to you, too, Tink, you very very good and sweet kitty 😌💕
Is this you????
Everything can be seen from this window. Perfect!!!
In all sorts of weather we stick together
💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕
AMEN AMEN AMEN nice one Betsy. Peace
Morning, lightworker…and to you 🙏🏻
Mornin’ Friend
I’m feeling this one. A twofer! ❤️ 😺 🫏 ❤️
Yesterday, I posted a picture of our kitty, Rosebud stuffing herself into a too small basket.
This is her sister, Pearl, trapped at the same Home Depot 14 years ago. (She was under a pallet of perlite – thus her name.)
What a beauty !
Ima digging that ceiling too
Hi Patience,
All our ceilings used to be popcorn, so we put up tin in some rooms and copper in others. Took a week or so to be able to move our shoulders again. 🙃
Can I second Patience’s 😍😍😍?? Yes I can!!!!
Yes! 😘 🫂
Queen of all she surveys, Corny 💕!!! I bet you’ve mastered a perfect curtsy, too 😂😁
She’s beautiful. Will go check out Rosebud. What a big heart you have, sis 😌 I think if we discovered a founding now we’d not hesitate to bring it home. Our first in Wales, named Decker because he came out from a double decker bus my husband was working on, was covered in diesel and walked right up to him. He rode home on Chris’s shoulder and was with us for fourteen years. Many more followed from various farms in our valley. We loved them all…miss each one.
Buster, the feral who cheekily ate the top off my most perfect cheesecake ever,.Polly (his inamorata who gave us a couple of litters), Sammy, Abby, Bubble and Squeak (they came as a pair), and our Jack Russell Penny who decided she was a cat. A happy home we had…
Oh Bets,
Such great memories. Love your choice of names – so descriptive! Sometimes they almost come preloaded with a name!
Little ‘Tink is a black kitty, but this could easily be a “virtual” ‘Tink. Just a few minutes ago I was
sitting at my kitchen table when ‘Tink climbed on my shoulder and eased herself into my lap. She
started purring, looking up at me . . . She obviously wanted a neck scratch. This is relatively new
behavior Last night it was temperate enough that she could comfortably curl up on my shoulder.
We both enjoy that attention. Good kitty..
Oh, Garrison!!! She knows you’re not feeling a hundred percent. Tell me I’m wrong…I don’t think I am though. Bless her sweet, sweet kitty heart💕
Oh dear, Garrison!!! Life got in my way, so I missed your message about your fall, dear friend. I am SO SO sorry…
I am sending my love to you and my prayers heavenward, my friend. Please tell me you have someone near or on speed dial to reach out to if you need. And that you have consulted medical help. I know your GP is someone you trust. A broken rib is so painful I know. Oh dear………….🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I know this will do nothing to ease your pain, Garrison, but I just heard this beautiful guitar concerto played by the incomparable Pepe, composed by a man I have never heard of…have you? It is gentle and thoroughly delightful. And I hope it might divert your mind for even a moment 💕🕊🙏🏻
Rode hard and put up wet, Bet. Fractured rib, sundry bad scratches from contact with a shrub, may
have a sprained or dislocated finger, I hurt all over.
…and still more than twice the man you’re likely to run into. Heal quickly my friend….. 😘
Oh amen, sis. AMEN!!!!
You’re breaking my heart here, dearest friend. I am so sorry 💔🙏🏻
Dang…wish I were closer…as close as we were in Austin all those years ago but didn’t know it.
Dabnabbit, G!!! Not your poor hand again. If you don’t quit trying to do an Olympic gymnastic dismount for us to grade, I’m gonna put ya in one of these! But, don’t worry, I’ll try to “G” it up a bit and put some nice chrome bumpers, an aaa-oogaaah horn, and some longhorns on it for ya to hold like a motorcycle!
Hi Garrison, Don’t know if you are familiar with DMSO or not. Very good for closed injuries such as ribs. Also, pain patches with lidocaine might help. ❤️
Afternoon, Bet. 🙂 I think I’ve discovered why I’m experiencing mysterious falls. I have an irregular heartbeat.
Sometimes, it “skips” a beat and this can cause momentary blackouts. Happened twice in the last week.
The emergency missed this. A good friend described her late mom experiencing the exact same thing.
Nobody could identify the cause until she finally found an ENT doc who properly diagnosed the problem.
This is exactly what is happening to me. I’ll be walking normally when. like a light switch turning off, I’ll
have a momentary blackout. No fun.
Will you see someone please???? An ENT doc?? So something to do with the inner ear perhaps?? I know it’s scary. Disconcerting. You worry me, dear sir. Perhaps your good doc can direct you to another who can get to the bottom of this. Do so for yourself and for Tink…please! 💕🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
That “inner ear” thing could sure be it, G. That is very real and put an old boyfriend of mine on his tail end. Happens to young men, too.
So… we women-folk are worried about our dear friend, G. Pray, tell us what you are doing to help safeguard yourself? I want to know someone is looking in after you and Tinkmeister on a regular… as in daily… basis.
Blackouts are no joking matter.
Sounds like you need to see a heart doctor, Garrison.
I was told by one that if they catch irregular heart beat early, they can set it right. Not sure how they do that, but, anyway…..
Wishing you the best possible outcome!
Afternoon, Bet 🙂 Odd formatting today. My posts to you are here, just scroll down a bit.
Caught them all!! Answered them all👍🏻
God morning, Garrison,
I have been praying for you every day since your fall. May our Lord heal you and inspire you with His Mercy. Love you, friend.
This is why, Woo, I hate missing days when duties call that can’t be ignored…
Fall?????
He fell and broke a rib, Betsy. He was writing to you, if I remember correctly just the other day. I want to say it was two days ago? He was also concerned about a heart arrhythmia to which the medical providers dismissed as common for gents of his age group. I tried to tease him that his heart was skipping a beat to all of his fair maidens he posted who were guitar geniuses.
Oh SHOOT!!!
Love you, dear ‘Woo. 🙂
We love you, butter bean! I told Corny that I have a surprise for her tomorrow. YOU will like it, too, so you make sure to check back in here after 10 or 11 AM tomorrow EST. We will be quite the busy little bees tomorrow and should be FUN!
Mornin’ Woo
I bet most of us have bruised or cracked a few ribs – just no way to get comfortable 😕
And……..I hope most of us are including Garrison in our prayers with a wish for a full speedy recovery. 🙏 up for you, Garrison.
Blessed morning, Corny.
I will have some special PICTURES for you tomorrow. Make sure you come back and take a look. It’s a SURPRISE and I am just as surprised as anyone. Tomorrow…
Oooh,Woo, Can’t wait!
A little better, today, thanks. 🙂
Thanks, ‘Woo darlin’. It’s hard to write with a hurt finger (weird formatting today doesn’t help) but I so
appreciate your kind words. There’s a back story up above about the cause. Emergency room missed
it.
You and your fingers!! 😬💕
Garrison, I just read about your recent mishap that resulted in a broken rib. 🙁
Sending prayers your way to expedite a return to good health. 🙏🏻 🙏🏻
His Blessings and healing powers upon you & Tink.
Thanks GB, yep. Hurts some. 🙂
Happy Caturday, y’all
… and one for the dogs
Bob Dylan, I SHALL BE FREE
Well, my telephone rang it would not stop
It’s President Kennedy callin’ me up
He said, “My friend, Bob, what do we need to make the country grow?”
I said, “My friend, John, Brigitte Bardot
Anita Ekberg
Sophia Loren
the country will grow!”
Talk about female ‘presence’ !
Fantastic actress across the board …drama, comedy, musical.
You mean the Horn Dogs?
well, no, Feisty
I strive for a more refined expression of admiration when choosing words
I grew up in a time when there was something known as “mixed company”
Ah those were the days, when we all pretended that the gals didn’t have their own “locker room” talk.
Gals can be worse, Monti. In my youth, we Caterpillar girls could keep up with the best of our male counterparts. Like boxing rope-a-dope. LOL
Those were the days.
When men were men and women were feminine…and knew the power of their femininity.
Wonderful days …
*sigh*
And yes, nim…Happy CATURDAY!!! 💕
Quick…but not painless!!!
And Oscar did not even need to spend a life in the process!
This is one of my “panther” kitties, Nigel, with his tiger brother, Winston.
Oh Corny!!!!! I’m loving their names! So British, too. I approve!! Nigel in the middle picture 😂😂😂 They are so gorgeous. I miss a cat wanting to sit near or on our laps. Of course once there, we dare not get up…as here 😂
Our Decker, our first? This could be our lad 💕 (See above😎)
😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😂 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😂 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😂
Sometimes I consider a Biden type nappies so that I don’t disturb them. – NO NOT REALLY!
A/k/a “Kitty Paralysis”
Oh my goodness… I ❤️ your babies! They’re adorbs!
thx, Betsy – wonderful photos
Most welcome, dear nim. Again I had many to choose from…filed for another day 😉👍🏻
Ohhhh Bets. Sending this one to Savannah – our Russian Blue “Danny” with his magnificent green eyes in Heaven bending to her as we miss him so. He was larger than life like this, the only “adult” in the room always… with the longest tail that he would pose like an Egyptian cat. His long tail wrapped around him neatly enveloping himself. My boy.
For many reasons, dear sis, I find myself quite tearful these days. A mish mosh of remembering and yes, grieving for the world which was and which has been deliberately taken from us and destroyed for power and greed. And for a terrible missing our friends and family who are no longer here. That includes most deeply our animals, like your Danny who I know you and Savannah miss every single day. Having loved and lost so many ourselves I understand more than you can imagine, Woo. He was a beauty which I’m sure he knew well 😌🕊
(grabbing a tissue…💔💔💔)
Oh my girl friend!!! Stand and wipe your face! We are TRIUMPHANT IN HIM WHO LOVES US!
I wish I could have carried you with me these past few days. Lord have mercy what a sight I beheld. I saw the nonsense and the workings of the devil himself try to break and break down and destroy. I laughed at him, right to his smug little face. Jesus triumphed over the grave.
Girl, I get mourning – I’ve had too much of it and not just over a cat or two or many. I’ve seen souls swiped. Lives destroyed. The deepest and darkest hurts and I am on a RAMPAGE this morning lighting up the FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT to rally and refresh the troups.
You are a blessed and noble woman whose laughter and joy permeate throughout. Our loves who are gone are not gone, but on to greener pastures and perfection in Holy Land! Whoooooo!!!!! I, JWoo, proclaim WOOO HOOO!!!
I love you, Sister, and I pick you up, embrace you, and lead you to dance!
Well, more tissues……..
Bless, dearest girl 🙏🏻
I have always abhorred change, but life is all about change, natural or not. It is never static, is it? I find myself saying more and more, satan, get thee well and truly behind me. And then focus on our Abba Father and the comforting presence of up his Beloved Son Who is always right there with us.
And just so I am clear, it is not only for changes in my life and in the lives of those whom I love which I find difficult… it is for more people than I could count who are struggling so desperately, whose own lives have been altered irrevocably because of the evil which has seized the souls of weak men and women to do its foul work. It is that which I find so many times overwhelming.
Thanks, girl, for your beautiful reply. We trudge on knowing all things do come to an end, good and bad. And we know the joys of ultimate and glorious victory are to come. It is promised 🙏🏻
I love you, too 😘🤗
When I am in despair, Betsy, I cling tightly to “The Lord Will restore the years the locusts have eaten.” Joel 2:25
It is so hard being human and not having the foresight of the next day ahead, let alone the next six months, a year, or ten. But, I have seen His Goodness and I bear witness to His Promise in that He has filled my cup on numerous occasions to overflowing when I had not a drop left. Energy so drained that it was an effort to take a breath… and then it’s just trusting in Him for the first one… the first breath in and out…and then the next until He renews our strength and helps us drag ourselves out.
The punches come hard but the counters are what I live for. We will not always be helpless. Our help is on the way!
Mercy and peace, friend.
I was so blessed yesterday to watch my daughter pray and worship God in unity with thousands of people last night. To see the generations of old to young in that public forum and the Light and Life in their eyes. It was glorious. When I heard “I Can Only Imagine” again for probably the millionth time, I raised my arms to the Lord and just wept. MercyMe and Newsboys have been around for thirty years!
This is an excerpt from the true-life movie of how MercyMe came to be. It starts with the actress playing Amy Grant, who was originally slated to perform Bart Millard’s song for the first time in public. However, she couldn’t do it. It was intended to restart her career, but she couldn’t take the song from him. So, she generously gave him her platform and he performed it himself. These are actors and actresses from the movie “I Can Only Imagine” – but couple the movie with the real life performances and woooo weeee you will be uplifted and gifted and blessed. MercyMe is still with its original manager, who is played by Trace Atkins in the movie.
Trace Atkins – yet another who is a country music star and actor – who has migrated to Christian cinema. He is awesome, too.
We are bigger than they! Greater is He Who Is within me, than he who is in the world.
Now let’s get some jiggy wit it.
“Dear Younger Me” – a message to our youths and our younger selves
One for you, sis, and all in the branches…from the home of my heart.
One of my all time favorites!!! Thank you, Sis.
There is/was a Sunday night programme in the UK called “Songs of Praise”. Every week it moved to different places, often times where the great cathedrals are. Such inspiration, a moment of quiet praise. I don’t know but I am sure this is from one of them.
The sad part is I’m not sure this wonderful series is broadcast anymore on the godless BBC, so far has Britain drifted away from God.
Even the Anglican Church has become apostate. Something which grieves me even more.
They are catering for everyoneand have forgotten Whom they serve.
We have no television anymore. I had rabbit ears and exchanged them for what I thought would be a newer, more modern antennae. That didn’t work, so now our television is only on when we are watching a DVD. It’s better that way. We’ve been keeping quite busy.
She splurged and purchased herself the entire “Little House On The Prairie” DVD set and we started watching those. They are soooo good, even today. She was so delighted and exclaimed “I grew up on these!!!” as we started season 1. I laughed because so did I! She found them at Menards of all places for $60 and she snapped up the box set.
I purchased Savannah a Dale Carnegie selection of books and we are reading together “How to Win Friends and Influence People”. It’s a great refresher.
Seems I’ve lost my touch on “winning friends” and working overtime at “losing them”. Everyone is factioning off and we just sort of notice that folks seem to disappear. I have a few aged friends and their health is failing and I hear the “anticipation” in their voices of the inevitable. It hurts because I will miss them tremendously. Makes me think I need to make some younger friends. Try to bridge some gaps and try to pour into the younger generations.
I have these younguns at the local GNC store and our Petco who are getting to be first-name basis. They are so very sweet. In their 20’s and seems to be their mission to be helpful. The GNC guys love to tandem with my functional medicine doctor to find the latest and greatest supplements to aide in my health. Makes me want to HUG them.
Oh Bets
It ain’t easy. I can tear up at a moment’s notice upon remembrance of a departed family member or pet because of a familiar scent or uttered phrase. I know I shall see them again, but not being named “Patience” 😉, I miss them so.
No, I wasn’t named that either. Nor was any given to me, though I am doing my best to work on it 🙏🏻 You’re right about how fast those moments come. Fine one second, in tears the next. And as I am trying to keep myself in neutral, I can learn of somebody’s loss, someone I don’t even know, or someone’s trouble, and here come those tears from nowhere. If God counts those as prayers, which I know He does, then the heavens are flooded with mine 🙏🏻
Oh, friend
That is evidence of your empathy and loving spirit. Never apologize or lose that.
Woo,
I hope your Danny and my Bones are having a ball together in heaven. 🙏
They will be waiting for us at the gate for sure! I just know it.
Woo,
I think I have close to 50 – so I hope they are not unruly!
They are being lovingly stroked by God, with the able help from St Francis I’m sure.
And speaking of that dear Saint, I haven’t seen our brother Colkitto in a few weeks…either here or where he normally posts, on the Presidential Thread. I really am missing him. And praying all is well and he’s just busy 🙏🏻💕
Yes, Betsy,
I’ve been waiting to send Colkitto a picture of a vermillion fly catcher. He’s so informed regarding birds – love his pics.
No way… the lion lays with the lamb up there. 🙂
A better picture of Bones – more true to her sweet personality. ❤️
Oops! Lost it!
What a gorgeous boy!!!
“Those were the days my friend…”
Remember them well, ERROR 🎶
Thank goodness when all is hideous change we have the music to remind us.
Lift your mental cocktail for a toast to the good old days!!
Cheers!!! 💕
Mary Hopkin was a real symbol of the ’60s, both musically and in appearance. She’s exactly my age, and she looked exactly like the stylish girls did back then – long hair and minidresses – both here and in the UK (Carnaby Street fashion). So many of the girls on my college campus looked very similar….including one real pretty one who would later become my wife………and still is..
I’ll never forget the looks and sounds of those days.
Muscle cars, muscle shirts, news of Vietnam on b&w TV.
My dad, “Turn that long-haired, hippie noise down!”
He never called it music.
Congrats on the pretty one! Double congrats for the two of you still having each other!!
Yes! Those memories are etched forever on our hearts.
Thanks!
💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 !!!
A long life together I pray for you both, dear GB.
Thank you Betsy – and the same for you & Chris!
Hello, Besty💖
Yes….
When boys wanted to be men
When girls wanted to be women
—regardless of adolescent rebellion, confusion, awkwardness, and desires
I always remember this, Miss P.
“Chivalry isn’t dead.
It just followed whoever ladylike went.”
Some, maybe most, today believed the tripe about “Woman Power” and gave up the most powerful part of themselves.
At least half of the mess we find ourselves in now, maybe more. And I doubt any today would admit I am right.
But I am 😎
I’m a dog today, thank you very much !!
LOL!!!
😆
Pup
Adorable pup
awwww … so sweet
Puppies are all adorable, Feisty😍
help on interpreting those tests:
helluva week … helluva week, I tell ya
If that’s a real picture, Nim… it’s wild!
that guy ridiculing society about mask requirements during covid
God bless ‘im
since everything’s fuel injection these days and increasingly electric vehicles, I’ll translate for the kids
… that’s an automotive carburetor air filter and cannister housing
Wow.. and all this time I thought he was wearing a turbine.
(turban)
Israel Update:
–The Israeli attack at Iran: The Iranians downplay it and Israel is silent so it took a lot of search to come to conclusion. The first thing is that there was no footage anywhere besides some minor interceptions and an Iranian footage of “everything is all right”. Finally at the Israeli Channel 14 there was about 2 seconds explosion footage. I copied it and will post it after the update (YouTube). With all honesty I am not 100% sure it’s real because it was the only place that I managed to find it out of many searches. Channel 14 is usually reliable but not 100%. The only source that seems reliable as to what happened is an American Security Official who said that it was about three F35s who fired precision missiles from outside of Iran. It was directed at a radar or radars that relates to the defense array of one of the Iranian nuclear sites but is hundreds of miles away from it. It was small warheads. The idea was to show that we can bypass their defenses and hit targets that are dear to them in Iran including the nuclear sites. Israel apparently also took out a Syrian radar and defense system on the way. This area Isfahan city area is almost as far as one could choose and it would have been a lot easier to pick a closer target. This area has some components of their missiles storage and uranium and other nuke related sites. About a year ago there was a drone attack, in that city, that came from inside Iran on a factory there that supposedly produced supersonic missiles or working in it. Iran attributes it to Mossad.
The message now is “next time it will be the nuclear sites”.
Today I see much more serious attacks on Iranian Militia in Iraq. I have a video. This one is not a light warhead like in Iran. I have to say that in my opinion the response is weakness and I am not buying the Israeli explanation. It was theater. But I will not judge, as Bibi deals with Biden and is trying to maneuver forward against some crazy suppression. His primary goal is Gaza.
-The Head of the Islamic Jihad in a major city in the West Bank was killed along with another terrorist.
-The US with the European Union will impose sanctions on four “settlers” in the West Bank and a couple of “far right” organizations in Israel. They will not be able to travel to Europe and the US and use their banks etc… They (settlers) say that “they are honored”.
I wrote “settlers” in parentheses because the West Bank is actually Judea and Samaria, the lands of ancient Judea the home of the Israeli kings and nation. “Judea” and “Jew” are from the same root. We are talking here about words and history of thousands of years with Hebrew language archeology etc… So I have an issue with the term “settlers”.
The Palestinians are calling the people of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem also “Settlers”.
Biden is attacking the right and his Party is funding the far left who are anti Israel just like the far left in the US is anti America. The right is for building Israel in its historic borders, they are religious. The far left are for Palestine and for Israel to be secular and deny its religious heritage. They call religious people “dark” and themselves “enlightened”. They get funds from Soros, and European Progressives and other US left wing people. They vilify Israel on the international arena. They are traitors and a danger. I am sure you understand as you have this kind in abundance in the US.
-So now we are at an interesting point. Will Israel get some more cooperation and agreement about Rafah?. There was out of the blue a 1 Billion dollar package proposed now. Munition that Israel wants to buy. If that will arrive it will open doors to deal with Hezbollah too and Gaza. We will see the sanctions on Iran, as I said, meaningless.
On the military level it was proven that when Israel joins forces with the US military there is a very powerful alliance. On the political level it’s different.
When I was in the US I spoke with an Ex-Marine and an Ex-Pilot. Both drilled with Israelis decades ago. Both were highly impressed from their counterparts. I could feel the respect and the affinity. The US/Israel alliance is a powerful one also in sciences.
I watched a video yesterday. The Israeli scientist who worked on developing all the anti missile systems (Iron Dome, Arrow 2 and 3 , David Sling). The man is a genius Doctor for many fields. Did his studies in Stanford. Was managing major projects in NASA and Lockheed Martin. The collaboration is priceless.
I am waiting for the post war times and for Trump. Biden is exhausting me, his VP is worse.
Trump could win the Israeli elections. He knows the stats and jokes about it.
God Bless you.
Thank you David.
“Directed at radar or radars…defense array…nuclear…”
“Israel apparently also took out a Syrian radar and defense system on the way”
I dunno, i heard theres a mountain , maybe they need a path.
G*d bless you and keep you well.
❤️
Israel’s strategic restraint: A calculated message to Iran
In a move that has the world talking, Israel has responded to Iran’s provocation not with overwhelming force but with a strategic, measured action.
Israel launched what can only be described as a “pin prick” attack on the Iranian city of Isfahan.
Israel, aiming to avoid a broader conflict, sought to convey a clear message to the radical mullahs of Iran: even their most treasured assets are within Israel’s reach.
This maneuver by Israel echoes a biblical story from 1 Samuel 26, where David, pursued by King Saul, infiltrates the king’s camp and absconds with his spear and water jug—items placed next to the sleeping king.
Similarly, Israel’s recent military action against Isfahan sends a clear signal to Iran: “Your military can’t protect you from us.”
Israel’s restraint is both a message and a warning. It signifies that while Israel possesses the capability to unleash devastating strikes that could result in massive casualties and escalate into a larger conflict, it chooses, for now, a path of caution and strategic messaging.
The question that now looms large is whether the Iranian regime will heed this warning or continue on its path of aggression.
Israel’s “pinprick” attack on Isfahan stands as a testament to its strategic acumen and its preference for diplomacy over destruction.
It seems from the reports (or lack of) that I have seen, that all sides know what happened and no side is willing to say exactly what that was. Both Israel and Iran are playing down what took place.. either to avoid escalation or to save face (or both). It almost seems that every side is the traffic cop at the accident scene saying, “Move along, nothing to see here”
Today there was a satellite image. The radar of the SAM300 surface to air defense system was damaged. This is also a message to Russia. it’s their second best missiles after the SAM400.
“-So now we are at an interesting point. Will Israel get some more cooperation and agreement about Rafah?.”
Bibi should just get in and take out Rafah! Now! Biden’s is only cooperating now because Israel succeeded in hitting Iran. In a week, Biden will change back to his original position.
God Bless Israel and you David.
Jeff
I agree.
Used to listen to this album “Camelot” a lot. Hadn’t heard it in a few years.
If you need a laugh, listen to this song. hahahahaha!!!
“I Wonder what the King is Doing Tonight”
And this:
“The Simple Joys of Maidenhood”
Here’s the full album. Just brilliant. Lerner and Loewe:
yep, I was gonna guess 1960
I was 7, heard some of the songs played at my school on bingo Saturday … also remember hearing Que Sera, Sera about that time
later in life I’ve read everyone Democrat was enthralled with it and drew parallels with the Kennedy administration, or maybe drawing the parallels was what got them enthralled
haha. I don’t recall ever hearing it was a fave of Dems in particular. My parents were Repubs and loved it. We had the album.
It’s such a shame what’s happened to American movies and plays. They were so brilliant!
And now, just junk and remakes that are junk compared to the original.
what simpler and more innocent times
A lovely place for “forever-aftering”
(Camelot)
Taking a Lady to the fair sounds like it was a pretty mercenary transaction tho
(Then You May Take Me to the Fair)
Like I said, innocent times
When “gay” meant happy, cheerful
(The Lusty Month of May)
The fawning Democrat media – and much of the adoring public – referred to the Kennedy White House as …Camelot.
Interesting.
Those really were the days, my friend…… when we lived in blissful ignorance of the treachery and evil that was being schemed and planned for our future.
It was unimaginable back then.
Here’s the movie version, with Vanessa Redgrave and Richard Harris.
” Camelot”
“A legal limit to the snow here in Camelot…”….We could have fun with that one….just sayin’!
Did you know?
Israel Comparison to US States:
California is 20 times larger than Israel.
Texas is 34 times larger than Israel.
Upper Peninsula of Michigan is 2.05 times larger than Israel.
Alaska is 83 times larger than Israel.
Connecticut is 0.69 as big as Israel.
Florida is 8.2 times larger than Israel.
Georgia is 7.41 larger than Israel.
Hawaii is 1.36 larger than Israel.
Iowa is 7.02 larger than Israel.
Idaho is 10 times larger than Israel.
Illinois is 7.22x larger.
Indiana is 4.54x larger.
Kansas is 10x larger.
Kentucky is 5.04x larger.
Louisiana is 6.52x
Massachusetts is 1.31x
Maryland is 1.54x
Maine is 4.41x
Michigan is 7.25x
Minnesota is 11x
Missouri is 8.69x
Mississippi is 6.04x
Montana is 18x
North Carolina is 6.72x
North Dakota is 8.82x
Nebraska is 9.65x
New Hampshire is 1.17x
Nevada is 14x
NY State is 6.80x
Ohio is 5.59x
Oklahoma is 8.72x
Oregon is 12x
Pennsylvania is 5.74x
Rode Island is 0.15 times as big as Israel.
South Carolina is 3.99x
South Dakota is 9.62x
Tennessee is 5.26x
Utah is 11x
Virginia is 5.33x
Vermont is 1.20x
Washington 8.90x
Wisconsin is 8.17x
West VA is 3.02x
Wyoming is 12x
Delaware is 0.25 x smaller
where’s that little map, David?
it showed for a moment while you were composing your main Update message and then disappeared
I found it more compelling than the list of numbers
The dimensions of the graphics were incorrect. I tried to copy but it would require too many images to be large enough for reading. Anyways here is the source without any copying and making it into an image.
https://mapfight.xyz/compare/il-vs-us.states/
oh, yeah, that’s great, shows all of what I was seeing before, thanks
just go to the link, folks
I did a screen capture and pasted it into a bitmap file in MS Paint, but didn’t toggle into a high resolution in the working process, and I’m on a laptop so screen size and resolution are limited
so mine’s fuzzy, but I did get it all in one image
If anyone knows how to capture and work in high resolution, give it a try pls
I’m off to bed and won’t try again until tomorrow
☀️🇮🇱☀️. David: Thank you for this list. I actually like it better than the graphic.
Thank you for all the heart, resourcefulness, and good intention you bring to your research and presentations here.
Shabbat Shalom.
God Bless all of the Israelis, including the HOSTAGES, with LOVE, good health, comfort, strength, and success.
Amen 🙏❤️🇮🇱
❤️
Anybody else remember the Planters Peanut Man walking around downtown in the early 60’s?
A huge 8 ft. tall Peanut? Seemed 8 ft. tall to me, anyway. hehe.
I dunno, but I think Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top got a hat from that peanut vendor
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Thank you!
Ours was better than this one. He was a full peanut, IIRC.
But just as tall!
I remember a Planters Peanut shop on the boardwalk in Atlantic City back in the early ’60s when my family would spend a few summer days there every now and then. The Mr. Peanut character was fully dressed and walking around the boardwalk in front of their store. The fragrance out in front was always heavenly as we walked by.
I remember that too, also went to see the High Diving Horses and of course my mom had to see Pat Boone. Good memories.
Hah. Steel Pier. Yep. Saw the Diving Horse there too. Also saw – believe it or not – former vaudeville performer Rudy Vallée do a musical show at the Steel Pier. That was my parent’s choice.
But I did not see Rodney Dangerfield perform a Triple Lindy at the Pier…. 😁😎
That lady is striving for the chicken head look, she really made a statement with that hat!
🫣🫣🫣
😂
Those fur collar/ wraps with an animal head and tail was another questionable fashion accessory.
Years ago I wore one as part of a costume for a 20’s theme Halloween party. Still gives me the willies.
But:
https://ladyviolette.com/2018/07/02/little-known-fur-fact-about-those-animal-heads-on-vintage-multiple-skin-stone-marten-fur-stoles/
-I dunno…
The one I wore sure looked and felt like a real fox head.
My paternal grandmother had one of those. It had two minks somehow stitched together into a mink stole. She wore it often. I dearly loved her but, being a child at the time, that thing always creeped me out.
pretty sure the police division that maintained that file was called the bunco squad
Nimrodman, learned about something from you
-again. 😊
https://www.sfweekly.com/archives/yesterday-s-crimes-the-sfpd-bunco-scandal/article_39e8a4d6-5683-5981-8708-5f537c6b1429.html
Bunco!
Remember the game?
I just heard it (bunco squad) mentioned the other day in a film I was watching, “Inherent Vice”
I can’t recommend it unequivocally, there’s a lot of 60s hippie content that may put some folks off
although Josh Brolin has a commendable role as Lt. Det. Christian F. “Bigfoot” Bjornsen
Let me guess, she raised flower children who raised ravers who raised furries with purple hair.
Morning ‘ Patience
Seems political correctness may not have taken hold yet!
Wear the fur just lose the head. 🫣
As for birds and hats:
Feathers are fine
but the whole bird is way beyond kinky😉
Israeli attack at Iran. It’s short. All that I could find.
double post, sorry
too bad the Lads probably didn’t get any royalties on that
Brian Epstein short-sightedly sold away all their merchandising rights for a song, I’ve read
… or maybe their manager that preceded him … too lazy to look up the details just now
Israeli attack on Iranian Militia in Iraq
https://youtube.com/shorts/4xWH5e9PfNs?si=cAnPBKwZHd527yK5
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just because it’s so good:
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man, look at those cavemen go
It’s the freakiest show
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/davidbowie/lifeonmars.html
His music always ‘feels’ like symphonic theatrical productions. 👍🏼
20 April 2022 Robert Morse, American Tony and Emmy Award-winning stage and screen singer and actor (Mad Men; How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying), dies at 90
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) – Brotherhood of Man Scene (10/10)
20 April 2022 Guitar Shorty [David William Kearney], American blues-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter (You Don’t Treat Me Right), dies at 87
Guitar Shorty ~ Blues Done Got Me
20 April 2021 Leslie McKeown, Scottish pop vocalist (Bay City Rollers – “Saturday Night”), dies at 65
Bay City Rollers – Saturday Night (1976) • TopPop
20 April
Avicii
(1989-2018)
Swedish musician, DJ, remixer and record producer (“Levels”; “Wake Me Up”; “Sunshine”), commits suicide at 28
Wake Me Up
Hey Brother
Levels
20 April 2017 Cuba Gooding, Sr., American pop and soul singer (The Main Ingredient – “Everybody Plays the Fool”), dies at 72
Everybody Plays the Fool
20 April 2012 Bert Weedon, British jazz, pop, and blues guitar player (“Guitar Boogie Shuffle”), dies at 91
Bert Weedon one of his last concerts
20 April 2007 Andrew Hill, American jazz pianist, composer and educator, dies at 75
Andrew Hill – Solos: the jazz sessions (2004)
20 April 2002 Alan Dale, American singer (Alan Dale Show), dies at 76
Alan Dale & Bill Haley – “Don’t Knock The Rock”
20 April 1992 Johnny Shines, American delta blues singer and guitarist, dies at 76
Johnny Shines “Sweet Home Chicago”
20 April 1992 Benny Hill [Alfred Hawthorn Hill], British comedian (The Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 68
Benny Hill – Older Woman (1973)
Benny Hill – Dickey Dido & Rachel (1970)
Benny Hill – Maria (1979)
20 April 1991 Steve Marriott, British rock guitarist, singer & songwriter (Small Faces, 1965-68, 75-78); Humble Pie, 1969-75, 79-83 – Eat It), dies in a house fire at 44
Steve Marriott – I Don’t Need No Doctor
Humble Pie 30 Days
20 April 1984 Mabel Mercer, British jazz and cabaret singer whose style and phrasing influenced Frank Sinatra (“Fly Me to the Moon”), dies at 84
Mabel Mercer, 1978 TV, Wait Till You’re 65, The Times of Your Life
Mabel Mercer & Bobby Short- and friends
MMW
I can so remember my dad and I laughing till teary watching Benny Hill. 🤣
Imagine what the DEI folks would do to that show today!
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Started seeing Benny Hill on local tv later at night in the late 70’s into the ’80s.. Biggest problem was laughing so hard my wife got mad because I woke up the kids! She never got into the show. The skits on his show were hilarious.
He was simply ridiculously funny!
Slapstick must make a comeback – nyuk nyuk!
YES! In fact, real comedy of all types must make a comeback. It has become juvenile and often disgusting in too many movies and “tv shows.”
I remember hearing or reading about Chris Rock several years ago saying that he and most other comedians had stopped booking all college appearances because the students and faculties had completely lost all ability to laugh at traditional humor. Apparently the people at those “woke” colleges were too easily triggered and offended by jokes that used to have audiences roaring with laughter.
Traditional humor takes everyday goofs, innocent mistakes, and notable but mostly inconsequential failures and turns them into comedy for cultures that are mature and can laugh at their own unplanned errors and foibles.. Try that today and the hypersensitive and immature audiences get unbelievably offended. The professional comedians had enough and stopped booking those venues.
My husband and I used to enjoy comedy shows on TV- even went to a small comedy club on occasion. Haven’t done that in years: ever since it became de rigueur to hate on white, straight, Christian, patriotic people. Sorry, truth hurts.
Loved watching Benny, that an the …??? Dave Allen ??? @ large as I recall, that was either before or after Benny.
A high school favorite….
20 April
Bram Stoker
(1847-1912)
Irish theater manager and author (Dracula), dies at 64
Biography: Bram Stoker was an Irish author, best known for penning the classic Gothic novel Dracula in 1897. His creation of the iconic character Count Dracula has profoundly influenced modern pop culture, with the character serving as the definitive vampire in fiction and film.
Stoker spent a significant portion of his early career as a civil servant in Dublin Castle, before becoming an unpaid writer for a newspaper owned by the influential Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell. His writing during this period would lay the groundwork for his later success.
In the late 1870s, Stoker began working as an assistant to actor Henry Irving, a role that involved managing Irving’s Lyceum Theatre in London. Irving was known for his dramatic and gothic performances, which likely had a strong influence on Stoker’s own writing style.
Stoker’s writing career spanned a variety of genres, but it was Dracula that secured his place in literary history. The novel, a complex narrative told through a series of diary entries and letters, introduced readers to the mysterious Transylvanian vampire, Count Dracula. Stoker’s vivid depiction of Dracula’s immortality, power, and evil—apparently based on the life and deeds of Vlad the Impaler—captivated readers and made a lasting impact on horror literature.
Despite his immense contribution to literature today, Stoker’s work was not widely recognized during his own lifetime. It was only in the years following his death that Dracula came to be recognized.
Former jan 6 chair scum introduces a bill to strip Trump of secret service protection if convicted in a state or federal democrate court.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/19/democrat-bennie-thompson-proposes-bill-to-strip-trump-of-secret-service-protection-if-convicted-sentenced-to-jail/
DC cesspool scum in congress.
😡😡
Couldnt even bring myself to read this. 🙁
The plans the evildoers concoct will boomerang on them. The meaner and nastier they get, the greater the recompense.
Lord stop them in their tracks and humble them to seek forgiveness and turn from their evil ways. They have the power to break free of this. Not all Establishment participants can be okay with what is happening. Help them to value honor over death and to come forward and to speak Truth and bring this darkness into Light in which darkness must flee!
It is like a dam breaking – and their stories and protections are starting to crumble. It is flimsy and unstable. There is no peace. There is nowhere to lay their heads to rest for rest and peace will not come while they serve evil.
Come forth!
Speak out!
Embrace freedom for yourselves, your country, and the people you were elected to represent and serve. You have the power to put a stop to this. Speak out against what is not right and stand up and be counted amongst your countrymen, for your time is running out!
Blessed morning, Cellguy and Slowcobra.
Golly….,
I wonder what all of the unprecedented changes; the customized laws, bills and amendments , ‘for’ President Trump will he called?
-Rats manufacturing cheese
Good morning, Patience and Ma. I’ve got a few “choice” words to call it. Cover up? Deflection? Mental rabidness?
Good Day to you, Woo💞
Geeesh…
Am prayin I get to witness their demise.
Me, too. How sad for us to relish in such demise, but it’s not the perishing of the person inflicted and indwelt with evil, it is the triumphant release of the evil from upon their souls. People are without excuse.
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I was reading about the importance of forgiveness on a different site this morning – still struggling!
Generosity from Bacall and Grable
– By Myself by Lauren Bacall
Good morning all! I know it’s Caturday but couldn’t pass this one without sharing it.
ha!
he still makes the paw selection, still obeying the rules of the game
Weak disturbances across the deep south today. No enhanced areas for severe weather.
43 deg with a 6 mph wind at my Indiana home at 05:37. Forecast high is 51 F.
I’ve got some hanging bar and shelf work to do in a couple closets today. Guess I’ll go buy the materials for running the gutter downspout popups when the weather improves. And scrape the decks and change the blades on my mowers in my nice new heated garage.
Joslin Grove Choral Society Hymns – Live Stream Gospel Music
https://www.youtube.com/@joslingrovechoralsociety/streams
So I will let you pick your favorites, this site live streams 24/7
Mornin’ all!
Good morning WeeWeed
That is great therapy.
Lord, have mercy! Trump is being used as an example of how the Establishment will handle dissenters. It’s not about Trump. It’s about the American Public and the Establishment putting the American citizenry in bondage.
We will not remain there.
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares The LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11
Ad Rem,
Respectfully, I have a memorial posting that is in the bin due to the two youtube videos embedded. Can you let her loose?
Happy “cartoons and cereal” day everyone.
for levi, and all other silent tree-branchers who are in our thoughts and prayers.
peace to all who gather here, and thank you Jesus for our joy in being together.
Good morning Cobra! 😁
Specifically remembering Joe12pack from Oklahoma! Today is the 1st anniversary of the Cole/Shawnee tornado that hit his town. He and his wife, Kerry who was in a nursing home, were ok. But he disappeared from here several months later. Always think of him and miss him! 💝
I miss him, too, Stevie, and think of him often.
Totally remember joe12pack!
thank you for the anniversary reminder…
I think of joe12pack when I see another “joe” but know that it’s not 12pack 🙁
I remember him and his wonderful devotion to his wife Kerry. Miss him and Levi. So many of our wonderful treepers have disappeared. Definitely still in our thoughts and prayers.
🙂
And where is kenji??
And linwik?
I think I saw something where Kenji may have gotten into it with the admins? Was it on Stillwater’s Prayer page? I have not gone back to find the back and forth. Maybe I will try a bit later.
Sadly, one more Magic Wand.
We attended the MercyMe and Newsboys concert in Indianapolis last night. Always a terrific show. However, Michael Tait with the Newsboys began a moment of silence for a dear, vibrant Christian female artist, Mandisa.
When Mandisa came on the scene in the early oughts, she gave our Christian youth an incredible fight song! The littles in our lives who were learning and growing in our Christian youth groups, AWANA and UPWARDS basketball, hopped around to her song and found that energy, that stamina to march and fight on. Mandisa made them all “Overcomers” and she still does even in her death.
Rest in Eternal Peace, sweet Angel. We will miss you. Thank you for inspiring so many youth to overcome. We all bleed the same. I am so sorry your fight was so hard. Depression sucks so bad, but God Has you and He blesses us with perfection in the ever after. In the words of Vince Gill “Go rest high on that mountain, for son your work on earth is done. Go to Heaven and shout love for The Father and The Son.”
Her cause of death is unknown right now and under investigation. She was found deceased in her Tennessee home.
Mandisa Lynn Hundley (Mandisa)
October 2, 1976 – April 18, 2024 (from Wikipedia)
Mandisa was an American gospel contemporary Christian recording artist. She began her career as a contestant in American Idol’s fifth season finishing in ninth place. She is the fifth American Idol alumna to have won a Grammy Award for her album “Overcomer” for Best Contemporary Christian album.
Idol judge Simon Cowell made several comments about Mandisa’s weight after her successful audition. He quipped, “Do we have a bigger stage this year?” Then when Paula Abdul commented that Mandisa had a “Frenchie” growl to her voice, Cowell responded that a more apt comparison would be to France itself. Mandisa would entitle her 2007 album “True Beauty”
When Mandisa presented herself to the judges prior to the final cut-down to the season’s 24 semi-finalists, she told Cowell: “What I want to say to you is that, yes, you hurt me and I cried and it was painful, it really was. But I want you to know that I’ve forgiven you and that you don’t need someone to apologize in order to forgive somebody. I figure that if Jesus could die so that all of my wrongs could be forgiven, I can certainly extend that same grace to you.” Cowell apologized to her immediately saying that he was “humbled”.
deleted – sorry my posts are going wonky today.
Before anyone freaks out about the liberals in her video “Overcomer”, I encourage you to seek out the stories in each of them. This is not about political sides. Gabby Giffords, Scott Hamilton, Robin Roberts.
These are people who were afflicted terribly and who went on to lead meaningful productive lives of service. There are rays of hope in each of their stories.
Yes, Gabbie Gifford was a gun control advocate – however I can’t say I blame her and I’m a huge 2nd amendment promoter. I believe we equip and arm the populace and we will eliminate the gun violence. A perpetrator will think twice about attacking an innocent who can fight back.
So… put politics aside… right now. This is about Christianity and messages of hope, endurance, and FAMILY. We are the human family – and every single one of us matter. https://giffords.org/about/gabbys-story/
Father, God,
I thank You for giving us the tender hearts of these Christian singers who knock themselves out to bring the love of Christ to all of humanity.
I thank You that we are each fearfully and wonderfully made as King David so beautifully describes in his love letter to you in Psalm 139. The revelation of our importance to You and in Your Sight is just too amazing to fully grasp. You love us. YOU LOVE US with an eternal love that only a True Father could know.
You seek us out and You pursue Your children. You desire us with You so much, that You gave Your Son as a Holy Sacrifice for the absolution of our sins. You limit our lives to 120 years in Genesis 6 because You will “no longer contend with us”. Not “contend” in the angry word, but You Knew that a life span of 800 or 900 years was too long for us to feel the wrath of Your Discipline on our sinful natures, and thus You extended Your Hand and showed us mercy by pairing down the length of time we carry our own crosses on this earth.
Bless You, Father. Bless You and all Glory and Honor and Power are Yours forever and ever, world without end.
Come, Lord Jesus, come and lead us Home.
Bless our Treeper heads, our families, our loved ones… the saved and the lost. Open their eyes, ears, and mind to Your Great and Faithful Love. You are so concerned for us. Who are we that You are so mindful of us? Your mercy is humbling.
We love You, Father God, and thank You always for Your Willingness to show us Who You Are. We only need ask to find You in all things.
In Jesus’s Holy and Saving Name, we pray, AMEN
beautiful music and words thank you Woo we all need to be inspired. Peace
When you are in love, you want to tell the world of it and share it. Effusive. Overflowing. Unrestrainable. Relentless. A tidal wave of joy and mercy to pick you up and carry you happily along. Unable to fight against the flow, one falls limp and suddenly relaxes. Leans back and enjoys the ride. We mustn’t cling so hard to “our will be done”, for it is His Will that will be done and He loves us.
This guy, Aaron Pelsue, is our former worship leader. He and his wife, Emily, are just so precious. It might be fun for some of our more rock-your-socks-off Christians.
Man!!!!! I MISS THIS GUY!!!
So many church splinterings – and God have mercy! IT HURTS. I think he’s in one of the Carolinas now – we’ve lost track of him.
Check out this man’s voice as he covers this piece. The Holy Spirit IS SO REAL in our lives. We can’t help but speak of The Lord’s mercies. They overflow and overwhelm.
Last one… “Reckless Love”
Good morning Treepers,
The Lord is good. Even difficult time like these (and worse) God is glorified in each and every moment whether we agree, acknowledge or fight against Him he is our refuge and salvation. I wanted to make that point this morning. This morning I am please to find that Dennis Quaid has publicly acknowledged faith in Jesus Christ. “For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints.”
Proverbs 2:6-8 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/pro.2.6-8.ESV
As much as I plan to vote for DJT in November, he is a man also and therefore he is a sinner like me. His recent explanation about his view on abortion did not sit well with me. I respect him but I do not agree with him on this point. Alas I will still vote for him because the myriad of other positions on this issue could be much much worse. Apart from the life issue I think he is The Man, and though he may truly be humble at home (I hope he is) he does not project humility much of the time which I do get because how it is viewed as weakness. He needs to read the Bible more though, as humility and meekness should not be considered weakness (even though it is by man), it may be a lost and honorable characteristic but none the less humility and meekness are hallmarks of some of the greatest men (most of them not famous) who ever lived.
I am on a rant. 😁 The real reason I am speaking up today is that if you follow the current events in Bitcoin you may not know what happened in the last 24 hours. This asset will only ever have 21,000,000 made. Every four years there is what is called the “halving” where half of the amount that is being produced gets reduced by half… This means that, in contrast to our fiat USD Bitcoin is not being printed into oblivion. It also means it is a deflationary currency. But this only the beginning. There’s a ton more, if you’re not up on it study it, I will post some more good content that I like as I get time. It helps to provide hope because the system were in is broken. But there IS another system developing. Much more to come, from me. Including my own content (not shilling just fyi).
As Sundance says, live your best life. Ground yourselves in the Lord (which we all need to do, or do more of). Love your family, or what you have left of family 😅. Grace and peace to you all and may you have a most blessed day and Lords day tomorrow.
Dennis Quaid has been in the Christian circles for a while now and I strongly encourage anyone to read the true story of how the band, MercyMe, came to be by watching Dennis as Bart’s father in “I Can Only Imagine”. It is a story of amazing overcoming and redemption and perfect forgiveness living a life with no regrets.
Other Christian movies starring Dennis Quaid:
“The Hill” (2021)
“On A Wing and A Prayer” (2022)
“Blue Miracle” (2021)
Media doesn’t tell us about these exceptional actors and actresses who migrate to Christian cinema. Another is Greg Kinnear. So many! I just love it. And gobble up anything that the Kendrick brothers produce! We collect them all and refresh our faith frequently by escaping into Christian movies and biographies.
CAN A SAINT SLANDER GOD?
“For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen.” 2 Cor. i. 20
Jesus told the parable of the talents recorded in Matthew xxv. as a warning that it is possible for us to misjudge our capacity. This parable has not to do with natural gifts, but with the Pentecostal gift of the Holy Ghost. We must not measure our spiritual capacity by education or by intellect; our capacity in spiritual things is measured by the promises of God. If we get less than God wants us to have, before long we will slander Him as the servant slandered his master: “You expect more than You give me power to do; You demand too much of me, I cannot stand true to You where I am placed.” When it is a question of God’s Almighty Spirit, never say “I can’t.” Never let the limitation of natural ability come in. If we have received the Holy Spirit, God expects the work of the Holy Spirit to be manifested in us.
The servant justified himself in everything he did and condemned his lord on every point – “Your demand is out of all proportion to what you give.” Have we been slandering God by daring to worry when He has said: “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you”? Worrying means exactly what this servant implied – “I know You mean to leave me in the lurch.” The person who is lazy naturally is always captious – “I haven’t had a decent chance,” and the one who is lazy spiritually is captious with God. Lazy people always strike out on an independent line.
Never forget that our capacity in spiritual matters is measured by the promises of God. Is God able to fulfil His promises? Our answer depends on whether we have received the Holy Spirit.
Oswald Chambers
April 20th Devotional
Good morning just stevie and for the posting and asking ourselves where are we
with God? These are soul excavation times. Peace
He always keeps His promises, sis. We ought to remember this even as we struggle to understand how the unlit potholed and bumpy roads we all travel from time to time can possibly lead to the fulfillment of those promises. At least knowing it by faith should make these testing times more endurable. I love this one from Chambers.
And I hope…pray…you are able to take a breather from the past demanding, onerous few months to renew and refresh and recover 😘🤗💕
Good morning and peace. Mark 8:36 For what should profit a man, if he
gain the whole world, and lose his own soul. KJV
Poorer and meeker in Spirit is better, lightworker1. “Rich” is relative and comes with much maintenance.
Verse of the Day for Saturday, April 20, 2024
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“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
Galatians 2:20 (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.
April 20
MORNING
There shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand. Deut. 13:17
Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing. II Cor. 6:17
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. I Pet. 2:11
Hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Jude 23
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as he is pure. I John 3:2, 3
The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Titus 2:11-14
EVENING
Who art thou, Lord? I am Jesus. Acts 26:15
It is I; be not afraid. Matt. 14:27
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the LORD thy God…. thy Saviour. Isa. 43:2, 3
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psa. 23:4
Emmanuel, God with us. Matt. 1:23
Thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Matt. 1:21
If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. I John 2:1
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Rom. 8:34, 35
Bagster
https://www.dailylightdevotional.org/04/0420.html
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.
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.” – 2 Corinthians 4:7-12
Love it!!!! Thanks for sharing. We are STILL here.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
THE SPECIAL PLACE
Weary of the world travails and troubles
With each day that passes the trial doubles
What must we do when life gets in the way
We go to our Special Place and we pray
The only peaceful place in His Presence
His Holy Word wherein lies His essence
To Him we come to refresh and renew
From the hardships that dost daily accrue
We trust in His love to see us through
What He has decreed and brought us to
We can do nothing aside from His care
Without Him we would be going nowhere
In the busyness of our daily routine
We have little time to stop and come clean
Our prayers are hurried and incomplete
Our growth in grace is oft bittersweet
We need to break free of the vicious trap
The enemy squeezes into the gap
Despite our armor and our daily prep
The enemy pursues at ev’ry step
He will not retreat til we demand it
By the power in us we command it
Greater is He that is within us than
He in the world who is lower than man
When life makes no sense we must retreat
When burdens are heavy and we are beat
There’s only one place where God can be found
It is that Special Place you keep around
D01: 07/14/2023
Oh dear duchess…
Weary is what I think we all are now. And it is a word which not coincidentally Chris and I have started using in the last few weeks as we watch the rotten pillars of this nation collapsing. Did we know how rotted they in fact were? Only at this moment have we been allowed to see just how badly. After my conversation above with Woo did I scroll to find your very apt poetic work. You know me and coincidences…they do not exist. God IS omniscient. We stumble sometimes when we are weary…praise Him Who breaks our fall always 🙏🏻🕊
I found this the other day and thought immediately of you, dear sis. You who are always here, always providing tireless uplifting messages. This IS you and how I always think of you 😘🤗🕊 Just so you know…
“She longest lives,
Who most to others gives,
Herself forgetting.”
Love you, girl 💕
Amen goes right there, Bet !!! ❤️
In His Presence, there is PEACE !!! 💙🧚🏻♀️💙
Oh. Sis,
You are not alone. Love to you and Chris. ❤️
Agree 100% with your sentiments, Betsy. My wife and I share very similar thoughts and feelings as you & Chris and others here in the Treehouse. We silently worry about our children and grandchildren, knowing this nation is definitely under Divine Discipline for its serious transgressions against the Father’s will and commandments. But we pray a lot and we do what we are able to set an example and to leave enough for them to weather whatever turbulence may be ahead.
The grandkids certainly have not had the breadth of opportunities that were available to us 50 years ago, and they are living in a more dystopian totalitarian country than we ever had to endure in our earlier lives
Preach it, Sis. Blessings and love, Duchess.
Dear Duchess,
Love these! This peach tree is a volunteer compliments of the squirrels. It brings forth the sweetest, juiciest 🍑 – but not for a while!
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
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Sleep Well with Psalms. Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 139.
#faith #god #psalms
Pray Everyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKUPiqPMs8M&t=2s
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For the love of Christ controls us. – 2 Corinthians 5:14
The television series CSI opens up with the theme song that asks, “Who Are You? I really wanna know.” The crime scene investigators of that program emphasize behavioral psychology and its application to criminal forensics. They have looked at crimes from New York to Las Vegas, Washington, D.C. to Miami, and even in the cyber world.
The investigators consider the unlawful acts of criminals, their motives, means, opportunity, and the mental world they live in, asking that question, “Who are you?”
If you are a believer in and follower of Christ, the Bible has much to say about who you are. You have a new identity based on grace. You are a fellow citizen with the saints and part of God’s household (Ephesians 2:19), you are a child of God (1 John 3:1), God delights over you (Zephaniah 3:17), you are the very righteousness of God (2 Corinthians 5:21), you are a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17), you are the light of the world (Matthew 5:14-16), and many more identities have been bestowed upon you.
Seeing yourself as God sees you matters. You have been freed from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2).
As you rely on Him, you are being transformed into Christ-likeness (2 Corinthians 3:18). Have you embraced that as your goal? In The Discipline of Grace, Jeffrey Bridges states, “Jesus did not just act righteously. He loved righteousness” (Hebrews 1:9).
Would someone investigating your life see “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27)?
They will when you let the knowledge of your identity in Christ direct you each day.
Pray for members of law enforcement across the nation, many of whom are operating under duress.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing#devotional
NOPE… I’m not done!!!!
I don’t give a RIP how stupid and corrupt our government is. They are small, defeated, peons who are clueless to the fact that our God is bigger than them and HE WILL HAVE HIS WAY!!! “Help is on the way” and let TobyMac sing it to ya!!! Get groovy brothers and sisters!!! Dancing by the campfire!
Tangerine ~ Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra (1941)
Navel gazer!
-Special friends
My man Garrison,
No frets from this 😺
-cat nipping?
Happy Caturday!!
Hope, dreams and miracles.
Each of these cat figures tells a story of hope and faith – people go to Maneki Neko temple (Tokyo, Japan), buy one while asking for something (I bought 2, 1 for my project and 1 for my situation).
When that something happens (in my case, 1 has happened), they return figure to temple.
I hope to return both one day.
(posted here without name of original poster)