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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My favorite night time music.
My favorite, too, sunnydaze. Night time. Day time. Any time. Especially today. I’ve barely slept. Really more so “napped”. Draggin’ wagon, but it’s a good tired.
Mornin’ dear ‘Woo. I sometimes have the same problem. I’ll be sitting at my computer and suddenly find that I’m about hald asleep. Not really asleap. . . just eyes closed and part way asleeping. Never did this before. I think its probably related to advancing age.
Blessed morning, G. Naps are underrated and can be a superpower. I sneak in naps while kiddo is at work. It’s my secret.
And then you go to bed and can’t sleep….my experience anyway :((((
Bingo!
😉 👍🏻
My man Garrison, you’re in the ‘I don’t have to’ phase.
Also, recovering from physical injuries calls for rest.
Don’t you be gettin old before yer time (sweet smile on my face). 💖
Incidentally, I have two large oil paintings in this style. They’re not gray and melancholy, though. They are views off of terraces, seascapes, with coastal villas and sail boats, and abundant vibrant flowers everywhere… as if set on a Grecian oceanside. I love them.
Mornin’ Woo
Been a committed insomniac for decades 😃
Got an hour and a half last night, but I find that once I’m up and about, the weariness just disappears. For me, it’s kind of mind over matter.
I’d be willing to bet you’re just as sharp as ever. ❤️
Me, too!
It’s so peaceful, it just wipes your mind clean.
Turn off the lights and listen. Just love it.
Good morning, Garrison 😘 For the peace we all need, I believe you couldn’t have chosen anything sweeter 😌🕊
Who let the dogs out??
I did!! Because it’s CURSDAY!! WOOF!!💕
I do…I show the Mags every single time 😎
Ha ha!! God morning, Betsy and Chris.
Good morning, dear Woo and beautiful Savannah ☕😘
Friends come in all shapes and sizes 💕
This way up 😊
And finally…
There are some bonds so strong they will never be broken.
Thank Almighty God for his lovingkindess in providing our furry companions who stick with us through thick and thin 🙏🏻💕
– Ben 🎼
Buddies
Oh bless, Corny 😌 Scrawny little tyke💕
Awwwwwwww!!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍
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-Money that’s what I want 🎼
-up Where We Belong🎼
I really like Joe Cocker’s voice, but seeing him perform reminds me of a drunk uncle at the family Thanksgiving dinner. LOL
I think Jennifer Warnes is trying to be as professional as she can… I do expect her to break out laughing though.
Funny thing…. watching him sing is like watching a conductor with great feeling.
If he stood still it would be like an ‘Italian’ tryin to talk with hands tied.😜
He’s feeling’ the music!
Love Joe Cocker
Love that song, Patience…
At least he can drink and eat with that one. Shorter legged dogs can have a real problem with those plastic cones from the vet. When Geisha had one I took scissors and cut part of it out so our baby girl could eat and drink.
I hate the things, rah. When we had cats who were fitted with them, I took the darned things off. No problems.
-Hold Me 🎼
👍🏻 😁
Ooooooooo😍!!!
SOFT!!!!!!
Look on the bright side. At least they aren’t playing drum sets!
Yet! 😉😁
Mornin’ Bets
I’m like a broken record, I know, but………Hoo doggies you keep bringin’ it for us. I’ve been laughing and sighing, tearing up, and just appreciating your efforts.
I’m having a heck of a time posting pictures this morning – just won’t work for me. I might have to enlist my “IT guy” (Lloyd) to bail me out.
In any case, you Treepers are doing such a bang up job, all will be well! ❤️
And, we need that bed! No more tripping over 200 pounds of dog – plus I bet some of the cats would sleep on them instead of me! Brilliant bed!
Do you not LOVE THAT??? Pure design genius. And methinks that I spy with my little eye in furtherest far left cubicle a family member who is not a dog 🤔😁😼
Saw that! Just pointed it out to Lloyd.
We’ve been too busy just yet to work on my IT problem.
UPS wrote us a message on our last package that we needed to trim brush and trees off our dirt drive or they won’t deliver.
(We have a big box outside our gate for deliveries.) The dirt drive is on our property, but has a right of way for others who live in the area.
Anyhoo we’ve been up there trimming and one of the neighbors said he would come pick up the cuttings and would have done all of it had he known! ❤️ 😍 💖
I can’t believe what a weakling I am!
Bullies… dear gussie!!
Chris who all his life has built buildings, done heavy lifting (over packed tourist bags when he used to drive for Globus Gateway in Britain and on the Continent), working the mechanic side of the buses of the company he came to manage (and in the Welsh bitter cold as well), all sorts of other rigorous things without even breathing hard could still do it all but for getting older….he freely admits he resents the “h e double hockey sticks” out of it. Frustrating.
Shhhhhhhh!!!! Don’t tell him I told you…
Omerta!! 😎
My lips are sealed!
Hahahaha!!! I have one of those in-house IT guys. Thank goodness. He was the one who showed my how easy it was to cut and past these weekly pictures.Yes, I am THAT tech ignorant. It opened up my whole posting world. I was not made for this world…😘😉
Oh yeah?!
I think you’re tech brilliant!
I can two things!! I consider that a miracle!! Thanks, dear friend for thinking I am 😘
Exactly like that, P!
Well memed, girl 😎
-🫖
Slurp!!
Oh, yeah Patience.
I have this cheap little ice cream maker that whips up ice cream in about 20 minutes. I only use heavy cream (no milk) which makes it very soft. But, a bit of coffee and cocoa – heaven on earth! The g-kids love it!
Have one still in the box
I gotta try it.
So easy Patience even I can use it! Just have to remember to put the “bowl” in the freezer. Really never fails. I keep instant coffee in the pantry just for this. Yum
good morning Betsy love this photo. Peace
Good afternoon, lightworker 😘 When I post these I miss my goodest girl Penny. I’m sure others who have lost their devoted family are the same.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/geoffreymorrison/2016/07/24/what-its-like-to-stay-at-a-japanese-capsule-hotel/
Ugh…the other residents would take one look at me in the morning and say “Never again!!!!
😂 😂 😂
That’s not too far off from a morgue – do the beds slide in and out. Ewwwww.
Is it cold? I can’t do cold!
My son was stationed in Japan when he was in the Navy. Not his favourite posting. There were others but he wasn’t allowed to tell me where for a lot of them.
I guess Japanese don’t snore? That’s like a challenge to me I can be asleep in less than 2 minutes and I’m betting by sun up that whole place would be cleared out. When I camp out even the wildlife leave. Probably all the myths with Bigfoot. , Poor married guy trying to hunt and fell asleep cause the wife won’t let him.
I snore so loud all my dreams have heavy equipment running in the background, .
Fine if someone just needs a bed to catch shut eye in. But then again in the ARmy I had no problem sleeping in open barracks of WW II vintage.
^^^^^ totally US buying furniture.
Oh, Bets
My son and dil have a dog and desert tortoises. I’m going to be top mom when I send the turtle/tortoise pics! Yeeha!
I loved that one especially, girl. The look on that tortoise’s face! It went straight to my heart. As if he’d never had anyone to love before 😌💕
Agreed, darlin’ Bet. Solace is so rare a find—and its just very satisfying to get to experience this wonderful music.
I search for it everywhere, Garrison…and in the end retreat into music where I find it just waiting for me 😘🤗
Hi Garrison. Love the word solace. I’m sure I’ve posted about my Uncle Mel, a sailor on the USS Solace during the attack on Pearl Harbor. What a perfect name for a hospital ship.
good morning Garrison love this music, thank you. Peace
Hebrews 13 (text and audio)
I know I’m old fashioned, but part of the suspense for me was finding out when they were born. 👶
“Autumn in New York”, Ella and Louis
Red Roses For A Blue Lady (Remastered) – Wayne Newton
Lucie Arnaz, Wayne Newton and Lucille Ball
homeowner was probably just about to go ballistic on someone for breaking those struts
Good kitty !!
Had a Black Cat, jumped from chair to table, chair tilted backward, crashed to floor, boom, struts broken.
Husband/me both attended that performance art.
Black Cat, Poot, did not deign to turn and look at the kerfluffle.
Decades onward, husband now wasband, we still talk/text about that cat & his myriad exploits. Will text wasband this pic, knowing his 1 word reply, Poot.
“wasband” as in “was-banned”? (snort, giggle, toot!)
Hazel Soan, a remarkable lady. One can learn a lot from her about how to paint with watercolor. Makes it so fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJhqHJY8iCs&t=4619s
Thx for posting this!
Rough but pure testimony in under 2 mins
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Watch the moment ‘clueless and out of touch’ Biden makes staggering claim about Americans struggling to make ends meet after being told grocery prices are up 30%
Dazed and Confused!
Here’s a LOL
Pro-Palestinian Protesters Attempt to Block Painter from Covering Up Their Graffiti – Then Find Out What Happens
I would make sure that I wasn’t using latex primer/paint if I were doing the painting! In fact I would make sure I was using Sherwin Williams white pigmented Shellac Primer. Specially formulated for covering stains. It is a product used sometimes for priming surfaces after a house fire to seal off the smoky smell. Very pungent odor when wet and they would have to take a bath in Mineral Spirits and use a stiff bristle scrub brush to get it off. Oh, BTW that product is quite flammable when wet also.
Interesting how the “students” (who are being “assaulted”) had face shields nice and handy.
Climbing kittens
Mine did that when it was time for their bottles. They were maybe a third that size, though.
Too cute puppy
How bout a joke…
A nice, calm and respectable lady went into the pharmacy, walked right up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes, and said, “I would like to buy some cyanide.”
The pharmacist asked, “Why in the world do you need cyanide?”
The lady replied, “I need it to poison my husband.”
The pharmacists eyes got big and he exclaimed, “Lord have mercy! I can’t give you cyanide to kill your husband! That’s against the law! I’ll lose my license! They’ll throw both of us in jail! All kinds of bad things will happen. Absolutely not! You CANNOT have any cyanide!”
The lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist’s wife.
The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, “Well now. That’s different. You didn’t tell me you had a prescription.”
H/T Ace of Spades https://ace.mu.nu/
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Good morning all!
A severe weather outbreak of record proportions is on going as I write this. Well over 500 severe weather warnings issued by the NWS. Area covered ranges from VT down to TX and GA. Severe flash flooding is occurring in KY an TN in particular. Tornadoes reported in TX, AR, MO, IL, IN, KY, TN, AL, GA. NC. and SC. Hope I didn’t leave any out.
100,000s of people are having a very bad night. Expect disaster area declarations to come and extensive deployment of FEMA.
I would be very surprised if the climate change ambulance chasing types can’t wait to hop on this. just like the gun control suckers jump on a mass shooting.
Ryan Hall has 20 minutes left on his live stream. They’ll shut down after been at it for 12 straight hours and there are still tornado warnings being issued. Still lots of severe thunderstorms out there in MO, KY, TN,SC and NC. Memphis is getting it right now. Another round coming for Clarksville and probably Nashville. Though there are still some strong thunderstorms out there with high straight line winds and hail, the tornado threat appears to be tapering off for the most part though there are still tornado warnings being issued the frequency has slowed down considerably.
WBBM was reporting two deaths from a tornado in TN…I did not catch where…
He literally laughed out loud..
“A satanic ritual was performed on stage at Eurovision 2024″….
Pardon my rudeness….but WTH did I just watch ???
satanic people trying to normalize satan. I didn’t even bother watching it. Makes my skin crawl.
Am not opening any doors on this one….!
You posted the other day and it was so “right on!”
Years ago, there was a demonic movie in the theaters and I was a teenager. I have always been really “sensitive” to spiritual warfare. The movie – it was a Lou Diamond Phillips flick that would be considered “tame” today – was so disturbing to my Spirit, I got up out of my seat in the middle of it and RAN out of the theater. I caught my leg on one of the chair handles and it created a bruise on my thigh the size of half a soccer ball.
I have NEVER watched a garbage movie like that again. Even currently – I would watch those true crime dramas and over COVID I had to put a total stop to it. It was so “dark” and was making me fearful. It’s bad enough having a father with a cop background, so everything is suspicious and I’m always on high alert having formerly been an emergency responder for electric power generation. (Generator sets – emergency power – always looking for and tending to catastrophes when they occur).
I found Spiritually – what you feed your soul really matters. There was that Indian poem about the two wolves inside; one had a spirit of darkness and the other had a Spirit of Light. Which grew stronger? The one you feed.
Things get stupid crazy – we are putting on every Christian true story we know. We are pulling out The Word and have The Word mounted everywhere in our home. I anoint our home, and my daughter, frequently.
witchcraft, tarot, fortune reading, summoning the dead through medians (my fake Christian half-sister actually did this with my Mom – I about lost it – how dare she invoke our mother! Her daughter died of alcoholism at the age of 35 for the hell my sister put that poor young woman through)… none of it. None of it is good. When these things are pursued, it is taking our faith out of God’s Divine Purpose and God’s Divine Intention for our lives. Beware of even the smallest of gateways. It is not God responding through those things… it is the devil. God is very clear about it in The Bible.
We should know by now… if evil gets an inch, it’ll take a foot, and it’ll take your soul. Protect yourselves and protect your home. Hide His Word in your heart and hang on.
I am a music lover usually gravitate to rock, I do like all GOOD music much is so bad, anyway music is on the lowest level of spiritual.
while listening to a rock band one day I had a catch or a knock on my hearts door. I knew to stop and listen it was a good twinge. I was informed that when you immerse your self in music that is not of God you drive away the holy angels and are open to attacks from the enemy, just as listening to Godly music will fill a room with holy angels. It creates and atmosphere. (Which explains much in our atmosphere today, spiritual not physical)
Godly is not what people think usually, heavy praise and worship, bringing glory to God. By the way,to reverence God in our daily lives is very powerful to get close to our lord. He alone is holy and all who acknowledged that partake of that blessing.
I read a book of a man who died and was brought back, he could see the angels in the church when they sang praises to God. Notice how that function has been secularized, soon to be completely corrupted.
Palerider,
I have a very eclectic taste in music of all kinds, too. Way too many decades and locales of being “in the right place at the right time” for various music types. I’ve noticed that some bands, who I absolutely loved for a very long time, I could no longer stomach because of their vitriol and selling America up the river with their politics.
So, too, one hears the “theories” about various artists (grunge, etc…) who were supposedly into movements against human trafficking, suffering, etc… and their ultimate demise via varying “questionable” methods. We cannot know the truth, as we were not in their minds or in their final moments, however God Knows.
I think the key is to WORSHIP GOD, not the music, not the entertainer. Attribute their gifting to The Source of that gifting, their Creator. For how else does one’s mind get filled with the right words and musical notes to influence so many? Inspiration. The second key is sourcing that inspiration – is it evil or is it Light? I think we can enjoy lots of different tones and versions.
The Bible tells of the Throne Room of God and the choirs of angels, singing “Holy, Holy, Holy”… there’s something Spiritual and deeply stirring and satisfying in voices in harmony.
Yes, the same way they (the evils) try to normalize homosexuality, trannies, drag shows in libraries for schoolchildren, anti-Christianity, violence, open borders (as “welcoming”), and any other immoral, anti-God, law-breaking act.
Yep.
Thank you !!
genesis 3:15 Catholic version
“I shall put enmity between you and the woman…she shall crush your head and you shall lie in wait for her heel”.
Not me. Dealt with the real deal. Will not click. In real time, God protected me from a raging evil. My testimony brings silence, every time. After that silence, I am given testimony in return. God is good. God is real. God saves. God already won.
“Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
1 Peter 5:8-10 | GOOD NEWS for Everyone!
Good News For Everyone
https://goodnewsuk.com › bible-helps › 1-peter-58-10“
Amen, Sis. Can’t wait to have coffee or tea with you in Heaven. The fireside stories to share.
Did not watch it and will not watch it.
Amen rah, we were just talking about this very thing earlier this week… shielding our eyes from evil images etc.. I did not watch it either and wonder why it was posted here at all. God Bless this Treehouse… and beyond.
Interesting video…at 2:12 onward, 3:33….4:55 you see a tail wag inside the rig.
And for the feline aficionados……
So cuuuuuute !!
A little history of the Dalmatian and firehouses…
https://www.firerescue1.com/evergreen/articles/the-history-of-dalmatians-in-the-fire-service-Srstlg2H0RnXHI8L/
Never ever forget! A beautiful story of survival…….and life afterwards, linked by the Times of Israel:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/100-year-old-who-shaped-israeli-photojournalism-takes-stage-to-share-holocaust-survival/
God morning, Treepers!
Their motto is: “To create the global bet entry level maintenance technicians”
FAME – Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education – 39 Chapters in 14 States – 425 Employers – 30 College Partners
Students graduate with an Associates of Technology – 63 credit hours – 1800 hours on the job training paid $18 to $23/hour during school paid by sponsor employer. Tuition $22,000 (for the Indiana FAME’s partnership with Vincennes University Indianapolis Aviation – each chapter may have different costs based upon location). Goal: Graduate debt free in 15 months.
Upon graduation, first year wage $60k per year and at five years $90- 100K per year.
Workforce Ready Grant can pay first year of the education. FAFSA for other funding. College also has additional funding help, but students are earning wages while they’re learning, so that money goes to the student and can be used to pay for school.
Home technology requirement IBM Clone computer with Windows (stay away from Apple).
Strict requirements:
I was FLOORED. There were only three students and one sponsor company employee who were student candidates last night. Sponsor companies on hand (blew me away):
Notable “excitements” – the Colts flight hanger is next door. Rolls Royce Aviation is next door. Driving into that place, kiddo got way animated, giggly, googly eyed over the turbine aviation engines. Inside the facility – flight simulators, robotics work benches, flow and conveyer test benches, electronics for automation, mechanical drives. (I’ll post a screen shot of the course syllabus.)
Folks – these beautiful wonderful people are “over the top” invested in developing our bright student minds for the future in automation in manufacturing. These jobs will be the “survivors” of the push to fully automate manufacturing. (Someone has to work on the robots.)
There is a major shortage of this skilled labor. The students learn (electronics, plumbing, welding, programming, coding, professional soft skills for leading, personal finance management, personal fitness and wellness, and speech.) From the United States map I caught a glimpse of – programs are about as far West as Colorado. https://fame-usa.com/fame-program-locations/
Student teacher ratio 24:1 – last class had 14 (that is one heck of an investment by these employers in our youth)
I was in tears. This is very similar to the technician apprenticeship program I helped start at my Caterpillar Dealership employer for industrial engines when I was in my administrative position there before going out into field sales for Electric Power Generation. These people are “my” people and they still had every sensibility we would come to expect from a TRUE EDUCATIONAL and MERITOCRACY DRIVEN environment. These FAME programs are going to be the tech professionals who will keep our factories open tomorrow.
For Savannah, she was “home” and for me as a Mom… I could not have asked God for a better Mother’s Day gift. He really came through for us… again. I had given up hope of my daughter going on to college with all this woke nonsense – but I only had given up hope – for about a minute, because God was not going to let me stay there.
Our risk – because there always is one – is she has to gain entrance into Vincennes University. They use those SAT, ACT, and Accuplacer tests – so she’s going to have to place high in the English (she has a B) and Algebra (she has an A). She does great in these classes but tests very poorly, so we are going to be working in some practice tests to our repertoire while trying to get her driving so Mom isn’t sleeping in the car driving her all around town and up to an hour away to these employers and trying to do my own job too. So pray for us!
We need her to get her drivers license, acquire a dependable winter-in-Indiana proof car, and gain entrance into that university. Prayers UP, people!!!! If God brings you to it, He Will Get you through it!
THANK YOU JWoo.
Have already forwarded this…………… Will make sure our state groups, below, are aware too.
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We love these groups, Poyeema. My daughter was in AWANA, Upwards Basketball, and went to private Christian school. She never went to the American Heritage Girls because we heard about it through the Christian school, but the folks there were way out of our league. We were so dirt poor and couldn’t really keep up with them, so we didn’t pursue. AWANA and Upwards were our speed and were such special gifts.
There is a wonderful cohort of Savannah’s – an upstanding and fine young man. If I could arrange a marriage, I absolutely wood. He and his father are involved in Trail Life. Can’t speak enough good about it. Their whole family is just salt of the earth.
I pray the education information travels far and wide. God bless our youth and our workers. There are adults and military veterans in this academic program, too. Which provides a great mix of mentorship in the classes. They are all about team work.
“global BEST entry-level” – sorry for the typo. I is sleepy.
Oh Woo
This is such great information. And you are so right; what a commitment these companies are making to have quality employees such as Savannah. There must be many thousands of students who can benefit from this information. And, no small thing: A good paying job without debt. It seems almost surreal. Good job, mom!
Mornin’ all!
GRASP WITHOUT REACH
“Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint.” Proverbs xxix. 18 (R.V.)
There is a difference between an ideal and a vision. An ideal has no moral inspiration; a vision has. The people who give themselves over to ideals rarely DO anything. A man’s conception of Deity may be used to justify his deliberate neglect of his duty. Jonah argued that because God was a God of justice and of mercy, therefore everything would be all right. I may have a right conception of God, and that may be the very reason why I do not do my duty. But wherever there is vision, there is also a life of rectitude because the vision imparts moral incentive.
Ideals may lull to ruin. Take stock of yourself spiritually and see whether you have ideals only or if you have vision.
“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what’s a heaven for?”
“Where there is no vision….” When once we lose sight of God, we begin to be reckless, we cast off certain restraints, we cast off praying, we cast off the vision of God in little things, and begin to act on our own initiative. If we are eating what we have out of our own hand, doing things on our own initiative without expecting God to come in, we are on the downward path, we have lost the vision. Is our attitude today an attitude that springs from our vision of God? Are we expecting God to do greater things than He has ever done? Is there a freshness and vigour in our spiritual outlook?
Oswald Chambers
May 9th Devotional
That looks FUN. I would totally try this and would not look NEAR as graceful. LOL
Haha, and I’d probably go the wrong way and smash into you!
that looks so fun that it almost seems like it’s too fun to burn off calories (too good to be true).
I would definitely put my hair up in a bun though. That one girl spent too much time pushing her hair off her face.
Ha ha, Slow! We’d be a couple of rag dolls up there, floppin’ around! I would totally do it! Would be HILARIOUS!
Here’s our FLOOR routine!
That was cute!
And it looks low impact – I agree with you, totally fun!
Greetings Treepers!
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good morning!
I need ALL the kittens. GIMME GIMME GIMME!
There’s 3 on my front porch you can have, tabbies all. About a month old. Mama growls at me, she’s a feral barn cat.
FTS,
At least where I live, if you can trap the kittens (in a humane trap) before they are about 8 weeks, the Humane Society or other animal shelters will take them as they are adoptable. After that, they tend toward feral rather quickly.
It’s also possible to trap Mama and have her spayed and then return her to her barn. Many communities offer to spay feral kitties for free.
We’ve been able to TNR (trap, neuter, return) about a dozen feral kitties. A few of them even became friendly and live inside now.
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President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will deliver remarks at a Rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. EDT.
Watch LIVE on RSBN starting at 1:00 p.m. ET.
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The President Trump Train is rolling down the track to the huge win in November, 2024.
Calendar of all the remaining, republican primaries up to the convention in July. The list is getting short.
Tuesday, May 14: Maryland, Nebraska, West Virginia primaries
Tuesday, May 21: Kentucky, Oregon primaries
Tuesday, May 21 California’s 20th Congressional District
Tuesday, June 4: Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota primaries
Tuesday, June 11: Ohio’s 6th Congressional District
Tuesday, June 18: Congressional District voting in Virginia
Monday, July 15: Republican National Convention begins in Milwaukee
God in action!
You can’t tell me God doesn’t exist. He outlandishly blesses his children. No doubt about it.
The world is insane. Me, a mother of a Junior in high school, had next to zero hope that my daughter would go to college. No way a Christian young woman is going to a woke university in this climate and taking on a mountain of debt for an education that isn’t worth the paper its not printed on.
I was… despondent. Every goal academically and occupationally had been turned upside down by the ravages of liberal lunacy. Where was my daughter going to go? 10 years of pain, sweat, tears and sacrifice for a premier Christian private education, then to a one year specialty school for learning differences which turned out to be an expensive farce, then the loss of home and downgraded to a liberal loon-town public education. I wondered, “was it all going to be for… nothing? How could this be, God? You saved from death at her birth. You grew her into great things and why, God, oh why… was her future seemingly lost before my eyes? Would she be able to get a good job? Would she be productive? Would she ever live independently and leave home? How would I afford this?”
Then God said, “hold my beer” (ok, maybe he does, maybe he doesn’t drink beer… but the metaphor is appropriate)
ROMANS 8:28 God works all things for the good of those who love Him and who are called according to His Purpose.
Tell me God doesn’t exist and I will show you a testimony of our lives of his outlandish deliverance, provision, and Divine disruption.
ISAIAH 54:17 No weapon formed against us will prosper.
PROVERS 3:6 Commit your ways to The Lord, and He Will Make your paths straight.
YOU TELL ME “THERE IS NO GOD” AND I WILL GIVE YOU PROOF THAT HE IS ALIVE AND WELL AND TOTALLY AWARE OF WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH.
Blessed be your days and blessed be His Name. Let’s point out God wherever we see and experience Him and share Him with others, so that they, too, may have hope and a future.
JEREMIAH 29:11 “For I know the plans I Have for you,” declares The Lord, “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
You make me smile, Woo.💝
You should smile A LOT – will be my goal. 🙂
🤭
I lurk more often than not but I have followed Savannah’s story with interest (I’m a HS teacher, science math) and God is being totally awesome to you, deservedly so (and that’s what He is). Expressions of joy and congratulations to you both!
FollowingTheScience,
Thank you so kindly. I have another post in queueing up but can’t post it right now where I’m located. Indiana is re-doing the high school diploma starting with class of 2029 and to me… it is absurd. I’ll try to post it tonight or definitely tomorrow.
As for God’s mercies, we still very much need them. What the recruiter said about not needing SAT, ACT scores was not true. They do and Savannah is down by about 60 points in both English and Math… however her class grades are different. So there is a different test she can take, as well as repeating the SAT as many times needed at $60/pop.
I’m seeking tutoring for her because I can’t help with the Algebra that I haven’t touched myself in 35 years.
So we need a few small miracles… but our God Is Good and He Will come through for us.
May 9
MORNING
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Heb. 11:1
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. I Cor. 15:19
Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit. I Cor. 2:9, 10
After that ye believed ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession. Eph. 1:13, 14
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed; blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. John 20:29
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. I Pet. 1:8, 9
We walk by faith, not by sight. II Cor. 5:7
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. Heb. 10:35
EVENING
It is I; be not afraid. John 6:20
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. Rev. 1:17, 18
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. Isa. 43:25
Woe is me! for I am undone; … mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Isa. 6:5, 7
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. Isa. 42:22
If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. I John 2:1
Bagster
https://www.dailylightdevotional.org/05/0509.html
love this……Peace nwtex
The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. – Isaiah 58:8
Those who take deep dives into military histories will study the Roman Emperor Julian’s attempts to conquer Persia in AD 363. He was inspired by Alexander the Great, assembling a massive army, developing bold strategies, and setting out on a series of battles in his quest for personal glory. His scorched-earth tactics had one unforeseen problem. The division that was supposed to be his army’s rear guard had lost its way and failed to show up. Instead of a victory, Julian’s army was forced into a peace treaty with the Persian king, which many now regard as the “most shameful in the history of the Romans.”
When the Israelites wandered in the desert for forty years, God provided His glory as a vanguard, a main guard, and a rear guard for the people. His cloud by day and fire by night guided them when they moved, overshadowed them when they were encamped, and protected them from all sides.
In today’s America, people are deeply divided over cultural issues. Even some in the media have acknowledged it is no longer just a culture war… a spiritual war is underway in the land.
The reality is that followers of Jesus are always in a battle that is spiritual, which must be fought with spiritual weapons. Scholar and pastor Tim Keller said, “You simply cannot read the Bible without seeing that at the center of existence is conflict. You may not like it. You may not want to have anything to do with it, but that doesn’t change it.”
Just as God has promised to go before you and be with you, He has promised to be your rear guard and fight for you when you obey Him (today’s verse and Deuteronomy 3:22).
“It would be foolish,” Keller said, “to dismiss the reality of the kingdom of darkness that is set on our destruction.”
The enemy is strong and devious, but God is stronger, and the battle belongs to Him.
Be strong, put on the armor of God, and be strategic in your prayer life.
Pray for members of the United States‘ Armed Forces, including those in the military academies who are learning from the histories of war.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing#devotional
09 May 2020 Little Richard [Wayne Penniman], American singer-songwriter and rock ‘n’ roll pioneer (Tutti Frutti), dies at 87
110+ works currently held by ASCAP/BMI
Tutti Frutti
Long Tall Sally
09 May 2019 Freddie Starr, English comedian & singer (The Freddie Starr Showcase), dies at 76
Freddie Starr And The Jordanaires – Don’t
09 May 2010 Lena Horne, American actress and Grammy Award-winning singer (Cabin in the Sky; Stormy Weather; The Wiz), dies at 92
The Lady Is A Tramp
09 May 2009 Turner Stephen Bruton, American country songwriter and musician (Crazy Heart), dies of throat cancer at 59
full concert
09 May 2001 James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) & producer, dies at 81
James E. Myers – Rock Around The Clock Cha Cha – Arzee (Tequila R&B Instro)
09 May 1998 Alice Faye [Leppert], American actress & singer (Hello Frisco, Hello; Fallen Angel; Stowaway), dies of stomach cancer at 83
You Gotta Eat Your Spinach, Baby
09 May 1991 Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian-American concert pianist (noted for Beethoven interpretations), and pedagogue (Curtis Institute; Marlboro School of Music), dies of cancer at 88
Full concert
09 May 1990 Patrick Piggott, British pianist, composer, and musicologist (The Life & Music of John Field; The Innocent Diversion – Music in the Life and Writings of Jane Austen), dies at 74
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Marlene Fleet plays 8 Preludes (First set) by Patrick Piggott
09 May 1989 Keith Whitley, American country music singer (“Don’t Close Your Eyes”), dies of alcohol poisoning at 33.
When You Say Nothing At All
Don’t Close Your Eyes
One of The Greats
09 May
Francis Hopkinson
(1737-1791)
American judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence, author, flag designer (first American flag), and composer (The Battle of the Kegs), dies from an apoplectic seizure at 53
Whoa!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
-sound on-
prodigy!
(swish!)
GM Treepers, hope you’re living your best life. Another must see video. We think we’ve seen devastation, corruption and manipulation. Not to this degree in other countries. John Perkins shares his experience as an economic hit man (EHM).
these photos blend in beautifully with Garrison’s music for today.
Thank you for the love and gentleness Patience. Peace
DEI doggie!
Neglectful (and busy) me hadn’t put the feeders out.
Hummingbird came to the kitchen window this morning and looked in for a few seconds to remind me to get with it.
Probably one from last year.
Have a great day all
Good day, Monticello.
Saw this and thought of you.
Good morning Patience!
Awwww.
I put my feeder out 3 wks ago and just saw the first one yesterday (SE MI). Although some friends had theirs arrive days ago.
Good morn Slowcobra……that little guy guilted me for sure.
Good morning, Monti.
Great motivator!
Good morn JWoo!
Thank you for the reminder! I’ll get mine out this weekend!
I’m sure I’m not the first to write on this topic, but I was pondering what unifies our country. What is the glue that holds us together as Americans? If you were to find yourself in charge of the country, what would you want every resident to know and hold dear? Does wireless/internet communication help or hinder this messaging? Can so many opposing or unique viewpoints exist as to muddy the message to invisibility?
Thoughts?
What unifies? The freedom to get up and go to work every day. Our successes up to God and us through our hard work.
The glue? Our United States Constitution
If I were in charge, all would go through this class: “Biblical Citizenship” by PatriotAcademy.com (free)
Wireless/Internet used to help because we could source solid information quickly, however once false and half-truths crept in – it quickly marred our ability to research data effectively.
Now take this a step further to Social Media and social media has been one of the worst obamanations in our time (spelled incorrectly on purpose – my use of the word abomination will forever be changed to this !) It represents fake prosperity, fake lifestyles, fake aspirations, and fake happiness and it is a tool to disparage, covet, and divide. It has no merit and is baseless and shallow. I used to think that social media (fakebook) was a good thing to keep distant relatives and friends close – I was totally wrong. I would rather have a long telephone conversation and hear their voices, read their letters, send them cards and gifts, than the garbage of today – which with artificial intelligence and photo manipulations – one cannot even trust the posts are true anymore.) It’s called “identity theft” for a reason.
Can so many opposing viewpoints exist? No. Not and remain a union.
Let the internet burn.
Dearest Della, I think you and I were mind melding. Just yesterday I was contemplating exactly this.
I have written before that the United States and America are two separate entities. If I can put it this way….the US is the physical and America is the idea, a beautiful piece of crystal which captures the light of us and shines so brilliantly that people from other countries wanted to come and be a part of it.
As I see it now that crystal has been shattered…deliberately so. The moment various groups started hyphenating and putting another country’s name or ethnicity first with “American” last, that was the beginning of the dissolution of the idea. This division has been subtly embraced by various governments, the first wedge designed to split people into disparate groups, the deliberate first crack in our identity as Americans which has grown into an unbreachable chasm.
The demand that immigrants (legal) speak or learn to speak English was abandoned. How many times have you received a government document which doesn’t include instructions in every language known to man?
Just two examples.
If there is one thing which remains (at least so far) of our nation as we were founded, it is on our currency.
In God We Trust.
The last remnant which foul, reprobate government are doing their dead level best to consign to oblivion. See how “One nation, UNDER GOD, indivisible” has been quietly, over time consigned to the rubbish heap of Marxist indoctrination in the public school system.
A long winded way of saying that at this moment I see nothing which unites us….and that’s all I’ve got after only one coffee.
I’m remembering that old Memorex commercial when the soprano hits a note so high that the glass shatters into pieces.
We cannot glue the pieces of our shattered crystal back together to restore it as it was in the beginning. Perhaps we aren’t meant to…I don’t know.
I refer to that beautiful quote from CS Lewis which I am adapting from his original meaning. We may have to start over, but we will need the mercies, grace, and guidance from our Holy Father to do so. From the ashes, a new America dedicated once again to honouring Him as the foundation of what we were. Without His presence at the centre that new foundation will be built on quick sand.
“Thus, in one sense, the road back to God is a road of moral effort, of trying harder. But in another sense it is not trying that is ever going to bring us home. All this trying leads up to the vital moment at which you turn to God and say, ” You must do this. I can’t. “
Blessings always, sis. Thank you for making me think this morning. Now to that second ☕☕ 😘
Your post makes me very sad… because I believe and agree with every word.
Love you, 🧡
Good morning treepers and peace. Dealing with a white box that covers part
of the posts its very annoying. Nothing more I can do.
MICAH 7:7 Therefore I should look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of
my salvation: my God will hear me.
God morning, lightworker1.
What browser are you using? I use Brave and don’t have that problem. On my desktop and android phone. There was once a small white box at the very bottom of my screen, but a roll of the mouse made that move out of visual frame. Sorry it is a frustration for you. Maybe if you can give detail as the platform you’re using for access – one of our techie friends on here can guide?
thank you Woo thought it was gone earlier AM but still here in the PM.
It came out of nowhere about a week ago. Peace
Don’t be mad at me, and I hate it when people tell me to do this… but have you cleared your cache and checked for browser updates?
Clearing the cache is in security settings, but be careful. If you have stored passwords, pay close attention to what you’re deleting, as you might lose any saved passwords by clicking the wrong button. If you keep your passwords elsewhere… go ahead and clear it out. That might reset your computer.
And in my humble opinion, only use Brave browser. I only use MS Edge when I absolutely have to for things like banking sites who aren’t compatible with Brave. Usually because they like to track you.
Try hovering your mouse over the upper perimeter and you might find a small x off to the right…click it and it goes away.
thank you Aggiegirl tried the works but follows to next post,
I will just have to wait. Peace
I just passes thru open thread and NO white box blocking.
Thank you God and Ad Rem very much.
Verse of the Day for Thursday, May 9, 2024
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“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Hebrews 12:2 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
Good morning, dear duchess 😘 I thought of you and all our family here immediately when I fell upon this yesterday. The lovely lady who posted this would, I’m sure, not mind that I have borrowed it 🙏🏻💕
“O God, you are wisdom, truth, bounty, and blessedness, the eternal, the only true good, our God and our Lord, our hope and our heart’s delight. We acknowledge with thanksgiving that You have made us in Your image, and that we may direct our thoughts to You.
Lord, make us know you aright, that we may love, enjoy, and possess You more and more. And since, in the life here below, I cannot fully attain this blessedness , let it at least grow day by day, until it is all fulfilled in the life to come.
Here let the knowledge of You be increased, and there let it be perfected. Here let my love for You grow, and there let it ripen; that my joy being here great in hope, may there in fruition be made perfect. Amen”
~Anselm of Canterbury in the 11th century~
Love you, my sister 💕🤗
OH MY !!! WHAT A BLESSING, BET !!! ❤️
I have to tell you I have been waiting to connect with you – BUT
did not want to butt in on your conversations !!!
A NEAR AND DEAR FAMILY MEMBER IS GOING TO WALES IN OCTOBER !!!
He has family there – BUT – she knows little about WALES !!!
I was hoping and praying you would provide some info and pics to assist !!!
Can you help – PLEASE – THANKS. !!! 🥰
Butt in all you like, dear friend. I’d welcome it!! 💕
I’d be delighted to be as much help as I can, of course I would. It would help if you knew where in Wales she was going. North or South? I am not as familiar with South Wales. But if she is going into the North part, there are many points of interest. Travelling on his or her own? That would give your friend more leeway to explore and stop if the area appealed. Once I know wjere, Chris and I will put our heads together with recommendations! 👍🏻🤗😘
October will be a beautiful time to go by the way. The tourist season will be ending about then so fewer crowds and traffic on the small roads. What airport are they flying into? Also if they are headed to N Wales, they can take a few side trips into England. I’m thinking of Chester which is a BEAUTIFUL city with a GORGEOUS Cathedral.
THE CATHEDRAL would be of great interest to her – she studied Church Historical Art !!!
She has a Masters in History !!! So anything of historical significance would be of interest to her !!!
Will see what I can discover about their travel plans – 😄
He is from Wales; she is not !!! Meeting family is a precursor to marriage – Yes ?
Will definitely let you know where as soon as I can !!! She is excited – AND –
he is excited to take her with him – already bought plane tickets !!!
Wheeeee – This is going to be FUN !!! ❤️🥰
Ohhhhhhh!!!! So he will know sort of where they should go. So much has changed, sis. Don’t know how long it has been since he has been there. I’ll pray they have the most wonderful trip, one to remember for them both. So exciting!!!!!
Woohoo!!!! 😁
PS…Chris has sung in Chester Cathedral when he was 13 in a choir competition. Came in third out of fifteen! Not bad!!😊
WOW !!! This is going to be quite the journey for all of us – Yes ???
So glad you are here to help and share, Bet !!! 🥰
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.