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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Big cats are really remarkable
yes they are ♥️
Particularly Snow Leopards
Their tales are incredibly long. They also have some big feet to maneuver around in the snow.
A Local sanctuary has quite the habitat for two who were born blind. Beautiful ladies!
There’s lots of YouTube videos of them, they are simply majestic, but all cats are great, no matter the size.
I think a lot of the tiny videos about people rescuing a huge range of different animals are ALL AI generated
Sad
Back in the day, my littles were fascinated by the tigers at Lincoln Park Zoo…and the size of their feet.
Yes! 🐾🐾🐾
My spirit animal.
Mine today 😎
To be painfully honest, your pic is really how I have felt the last two days!!
I figured, dear brother 🙏🏻
Bet, that was me until 9 this morning. Must have really been behind. ❤️😘
Understandable. It’s been an unexpected week, G… draining for everyone I think 😘👍🏻
Speaking of draining Betsy. Inflation examples:
Maria cookies were $0.79 now $1.79. Whitehouse apple juice was $2.59 now $4.99. In less than 4 years inflation due to drastically slashed domestic energy production.
Let’s go Brandon
Mornin’ Annie
What a majestic animal – doesn’t look like he’s up for a chuck ‘neath the chin though. 😉
Good CATURDAY morn, Garrison and Little Tink 💕😽
It has been a long week.
Time to do a bit of this I think 🌻
And say good morning to friends 💕🕊
And look for those blessings we might not see straight away, but we know are out there…
Good morning, Betsy,
We are packing up and heading to our favorite park this morning. Going to stay a good while. Need sunshine and air.
God Is large and in charge!
Have a wonderful restful time, dear Woo and Savannah!! 💕🌷💕 It will do you both a power of good.
Praise Him, PRAISE HIM in the beautiful world He created 🙏🏻🕊
Mornin’ dear Bet. Got some roofing work to do before it rains again . . . Little ‘Tink decided to be an inside kitty this morning. Poked nose out the door and then turned around and we back inside where it is cool. Smart kitty. 🙂
😎
Stay well, my man Garrison💖
Afternoon, Patience love. Doin’ about medium today. 🙂
Be careful, dear Garrison. I’m too far away to come scoop you up off the ground!!! 🙏🏻😘
Told a good friend that I’m being “old guy careful”. I’m very much aware of my limitations. I have a very good ladder which easily reaches a lower porch roof. From there I step over the parapet onto the flat roof. About 4 years ago I put down new “mod-bit” roofing on the entire roof. Did all the work myself. At 80 I don’t think I’ll be repeating that little job . . . 🙂
Evening, Garrison. Praying the roofing work was light duty and finished!
Blessings on you.
Dang!
I missed your birthday????
🎂 hope it was a fine day.
I do love you, my man Garrison😎
Hope both of you have an AWESOME day!
Treasure the time together.
How I wish my kids were little and at home again….
Oh Greg… 💔
We are of the same thoughts…
My oldest is one month away from seeing her twin lads head in different directions into the world. She has been posting photographs on FB of them with their slightly younger sister who will be off as well in two more years. She is really feeling their absence to be as are we.
Time is precious and it is short. Life flows like a river unrestrained. I find myself remembering my wise mother in law’s simple words. “Don’t wish it away.”
Getting tearful just reading your post because I wish the same. Don’t know when they grew into the fine young people they have. But grateful, so grateful, to have been such a part of their growing years. Everything is as it should be. We’ve had our moments…and now it is time for theirs.
*sigh*
Here…
Comfort food for you.
Lick away, my friend 😉 💕
Betsy, you have such a wonderful way of putting thoughts to beautiful words!
Look.at.that.cake…..
Hmmm…….pretty certain I know what needs to be done here, thanks!
Hang on a minnit, coffee would go nicely with that!
Evening, Greg1 and Betsy.
Thank goodness for my sweet daughter. She reminded me as we started out that we had to go and pick up my special Rx from the apothecary place today – so it sent us in another direction. Sent us down “memory lane” of nostalgia visiting some old places we frequented when she was a wee little thing. So much has changed over there – her old fancy school – looks rather run down, “dark”, but I heard DEI took it over… and I hate to say it… it shows. They got caught by the IHSAA doing naughty things with their recruitment for their athletic programs, so lost all revenues generated from athletics for two years plus some sort of injunction. They are a stellar women’s basketball school, so that was a painful thing to endure.
Sadly goes to show that all things labeled “Christian” aren’t necessarily pure. Things always are revealed in the end, though, so it doesn’t pay to cheat. Probably made a whole lot of Casey DeSantis lookalikes big mad!
We were all over with errands and ended up at an orchard that has been around forever. Wanted to pick up a bushel of corn (about 48 ears) to put in the deep freeze. That burlap bag of corn would usually cost about $20. It is now up to $26 at about $0.54/ear of corn and they didn’t have their white corn, just the tri-colored, in the bushels and it wasn’t as appealing. I used to pick up two burlap bags and distribute to our neighbors back in the day.
We settled on paying $8.99 for 12 ears of the white corn, almost $8 a jar for their special fruit preserves blends (yowza), and then… behind the counter… was a young man dressed as a woman with the longest NATURAL hair and eyelashes I had ever seen, but with a voice just as deep as a baritone. It really caught us by surprise. He had lots of pancake makeup on… and I just held my breathe… thinking that old man Roy Tuttle would never have thought this day would come.
The farm was taken over by Purdue and I’m not sure who owns/manages it now, but it is such a far cry from the Tuttle’s of my youth.
They wanted $15 for a four pack of their sparkling apple cider in the single serves and even Savannah was not willing to fork over that kind of dough.
For $50, we walked away with a dozen ears of corn, 2 jars of preserves, a half dozen snack honey sticks, a small jar of hot horseradish, a Charleston Chew, a candied apple, two apple cider slushes, and a cookie.
We may not be back, which is real, real sad. It’s lost it’s “orchard”, “farm” appeal, though it does still have you-pick apples. For those, we just as soon head to “Fair Oaks Farms” north of us about an hour… except all those apples we bought perished within two days or so, thus we had to give them all away.
Since I’ve had to cut back on tomato consumption, we have yet to visit our farmer friend yet in Zionsville. He is in his early 70’s and I just can’t tell how much longer he will keep farming.
Praying to God this corrupt government doesn’t destroy all of our farmers. It’s a slice of Americana that our children should all grow up encountering or actively being a part of.
Awww, she’s not “little” anymore, Greg1. She just still lives with me and still likes hanging around me. The girl needs to get her driver’s license, finish school, and start her life… but in this climate, she’s in no hurry to leave home… and she fears driving. Probably three more years of school and a potential two more on top of that, depending on how she does with her scores.
I am wondering how much of this “togetherness” is her sort of looking after Mom.
She’s a good kid.
Mornin’ dear ‘Woo. You and Savannah have a wonderful day 🙂
Blessed day to you, Garrison. Hoping all went well with the roof and you are safely two feet planted on the ground now!
Have a great time, JWoo! Next week Elizabeth and I will be taking Nipper to the Davis mountains for a couple of days. And who knows, maybe there will be a stretch of road to max out my car. 🤣
Hi M!!!
Enjoy your trip to the mountains! I’m sure you’ll find a nice straightaway or two to let her rip! Be careful, though… folks like you and me go to jail for such things. LOL Have loads of fun and my best to your Mrs. and Mr. Nipper!
When you’re really really REALLY glad to see someone 💕
Know when to hold ’em..
When the dinner bell rings and the chef isn’t moving quickly enough 😼
Dress appropriately!!
The HR lady having a quiet word with you for using the wrong pronouns
🤭
Hi Patience! ❤️
Mornin’ Bets
Long week indeed! So many emotional ups and downs and so much information to absorb and sort. The Treehouse has been teeming with wisdom from Sundance and commenters – should be required reading for younger folk!
So…….I was especially looking forward to Caturday for the respite and joy of laughing! And, I have not been disappointed. Thank you. ❤️
Bad Bad Leo and Spats
Yeller’ Kitty Day!
Very Special Genius Kitty
A long and shocking week, Corny. A bit short on the moggie posts today, but my sources, like all of us, have been otherwise preoccupied. And yes! Our branches are filled with loving, patriotic, knowledgeable residents. Our wise and ever watchful “Landlord” never fails to enlighten us and to make us think. Aren’t we lucky??? No other place like it! 😘
❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Always love and appreciate your efforts, dear friend.
Did someone say cardboard?
Hi there, Lady💕
Your photos are all only blue boxes 😫
Yeah!!!! Came to say the same!!
😭 😭 😭
Hi Patience – beyond my capacity to understand. They are coming out ok for me. Usually I see the blue too. Think I’ll take a break. Thanks to you guys for letting me know. ❤️
If you are seeing the photos then that may mean you have uploaded these into postimage.cc but they are in a private gallery only viewable by yourself and anyone to whom you’ve granted permission. These have to be viewable by the general public by default.
My 11 year old granddaughter jumping her horse (I used the “Direct link” for this image in my gallery in postimages.cc)
Great picture, Baritone! Way to go, granddaughter!
Thanks Woo. She’s a pretty cool kid.
My two, ancient girls are curled up on either arm of my chair. I am attempting to drink ☕ without having it nudged into my lap. They are ever so helpful.
What a lovely picture you’ve painted, Lorrie. I can just see it 😁💕🤗☕
What a tale you pictured😊
-🫖
😉 🌷…nothing wrong with my imagination, P.
Thanks for the cuppa!
May all your prayers
be answered; be granted.✝️💖
May your peeves flee
like the buzzing sound
of a bee in distancing flight.
-🫖
Besty: Love it.
“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” – Colossians 2:6-7
GOOD ONE!!!
We’re Not Gonna Take It!
EXCELLENT !! Thank you, Feisty
🌲 🇺🇸 🌲 Make America GOSPEL’d Again! 🌲 👍 🌲
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Historic First Baptist Church is burning. The church which Pastor Robert Jeffress, friend of President Trump, shepherds.
🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/breaking-massive-fire-engulfs-dallas-area-church-led/
The church is not its structure, but it’s people. Yes, Brother Jeffries.
Lord have mercy! So sad.
Lord come quickly.
💔
I know betsy!! So sad!
Feisty,
They left out Kamala pushing that poor donkey from behind- and Dr. Jill and Hunter barring the door!
What a visual!
-well done, Lady.
Big Humper
😁
Full kitty
arizona
Love your choice in music
Reach out to The Man up there….
Looks like the night sky to me.
Posting some really good stuff tonight Annie !!
H/T: Robert Malone
Reagan’s Last Joke… that ‘bout sums it up!
Funniest Joke I Ever Heard 1984 Jimmy Stewart
I need your prayers today.
All of you out here. I ask you all to pray for me to take away this pain.
I just wrote a very long post, and it disappeared. Not even sure how that happened, but it was about my life right now.
Just know, that I am a total and complete mess.
I talked to our Lord Jesus and to God to relieve me of this hurt and depression.
This marital breakup has burned me to the core of my heart. The lies and betrayal, the hurt and pain run deep.
I pray to him, to help me. And ask all of you, to pray for me.
Its beem 5 weeks since the love of my life walked out. For no reason other than carnal wants and needs, and selfish reasons.
I do not have the power to do this alone.
Something has to give. Im about to lose everything Ive ever worked for, all of my life, to this woman I called my wife for my entire adult life.
Only God can fix me, as I try to fix myself.
Knowing there are kind, and gentle souls here at CTH, helps me understand Im not alone.
Its like getting hit in the face with a 20 pound sledgehammer.
I need to hear that all will be OK. God knows me, and we cannot lie to him.
I didnt deserve this. I did everything right, with God as my witness. But yet got played, used, betrayed and lied to. By the only women who has ever had my heart and soul.
I dont understand why this happened to his minute.
I cannot understate, my mindset, this minute…..
It is not good. I need God, and friends right now.
Thank you all for listening.
Prayers up.
Takes time to heal. Perhaps a counseling session with a pastor?
Praying for you!
It is hard! I understand pain, betrayal, lies … It hurts! So does our Lord. You went to the right place, His feet. Let Him comfort you and listen to Him. He will make everything right, even if you can’t see it now. Just accept His embrace and assurance.
We’ll pray in agreement with you.
Matthew 11
“28 Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls.”
Bobo . . . I’m an LPC (licensed counselor). If I may I’d like to make a recommendation. I think you would benefit from professional help. The right counselor—minister, counselor, clinical psychologist, shrink. . . can do wonders for your state of mind. In all honesty there is only so much than can be done on-line. In my at-a-distance-estimation you can really benefit from learned -professional help. Bottom line: you can work through this personal tragedy and come out the other side . . . a whole person.
Yes.
👍❤️
agree, but i think finances are an issue for him.
Thanks. I reached out for help. Our health care system is broken, and overwhelmed with people in crisis.
Cant see anyone until October, for free.
This is the problem. I cannot afford that. She is taking me to the cleaners. Its coming, just dont really know when.
Bobo,
There are large churches with counseling centers within them. Please don’t give up.
Regardless, our Lord Is the perfect counselor. Start writing out your thoughts to Him and start your time with Him in prayer… thanking Him for Who He Is and what He Is about to do for your life.
Commit it all to Him and trust Him with the results.
You can’t see it now… but it is all going to be okay.
If you are drinking, STOP. NOW. Find a Meeting, the AA kind, call a cab and go. Go to a couple of them if need be.
I have caught a special lady or two cheating, it is not a good time, bro.
Believe it or not the pain will dissipate.
Go eat something as I am sure you haven’t. Go read The Good Book. Then read it some more. Go outside and pull some weeds in the flowerbed. Point is, DO SOMETHING ELSE! STOP THINKING ABOUT HER!
By ALL means, stay busy. Doing healthy, productive, chores… volunteer at an animal shelter. Love on those animals. There is always someone or something in a worse state then you. Give good to the world in every small way you can, and… in time… this dust and smoke will clear. It’s hard to see through it, but sunrise is over the horizon. Promise.
Why are you looking at a burden being lifted from you as punishment?
You have no burden to bear now. Be grateful and keep running your course while recognizing the new opportunity that has been opened up to you.
You never know what is around the bend in the road of life, but you DO know you’ll never see what it is if you simply lay in the ditch and don’t keep walking on to at least see what it might be.
My thoughts exactly.
Its not simply as easy as you think.
Its been many years of abuse put upon me by her demon, alcohol.
My life has been up-ended. Out of balance. It will take some time.
Depression is not easy to just snap out of.
Where did I say anything about anything being easy? I described your situation as being in a ditch. You climb out of it or wallow there, plain and simple. Your choice, but claiming it isn’t easy is you not even trying to get up.
Years of abuse, to use your own words, and you’re not recognizing the gift of deliverance from Jesus being given to you by her leaving.
I’ve done my part of encouraging you. Wallow in a ditch in the mud of self pity if that’s what you want. I brush the dust off of my sandals with you.
May you eventually see the gift of deliverance so graciously given to you and may you rise and walk with Christ to a brighter day, but I’m done with offering any other support. My apologies if that offends you.
I’d bet that if a poisonous snake came slithering towards you in your ditch of self pity you would get out PDQ!
No second thoughts or needing time to make a decision with that aspect in mind, is there.
Pssst…there’s a snake slithering your way.
I guess I wasn’t quite through trying to help you after all. I’m done now.
Bobo… al anon meetings are really a good network… they’ve been through what you’re going through. Including the abuse, neglect, and destruction. Please don’t give up the unity of these people. They truly can help you too.
Bob,
I want you to listen to me very carefully, sometimes God moves mountains out of our way. It may feel and seem like your world is shattering and ending, and even when it feels like a total loss and devastation, God Will Restore the years the locusts have eaten.
Give Him six months.
I speak from deep experience here.
Only the very tip of my story has been shared here, but since I was a little girl… I’ve gone through a series of tragic events… any one of which could have done a person in.
I don’t say this because I’m measuring one person’s hurt over another.
I say this, because the site of Mount Saint Helen’s is meaningful to me. Complete and utter devastation, pain, death, heat, pressure, explosion, the movement of heaven and earth. Who could survive from that?
BUT GOD.
He steps in. Binds the wounds. Counts the losses. Collects your tears in the palm of His Righteous Hand. He sees the true condition of hearts and motives of minds… and my friend… as hard as this is… He May Be SAVING YOU from even further beneath that you don’t know.
Hold on. Give Him a chance to show you His Mercy and Divine Love. Dedicate your life and this time of suffering to Him.
Commit your ways to the Lord and He Will make your paths straight!
You may be a few short months away from a huge breakthrough. Yet all these layers have to be stripped away.
God is saying to you “Can you trust Me, Bob? Can you trust me, even in this? Will you walk with me, Bob, even through the hardest of times?”
Yes, Bob, you can do this. You can trust The Lord through it all.
I know it hurts. I know. But this is not the end and you are going to be okay.
We are here for you. To listen, to comfort, to pray with you and uphold you.
Hang on. I’ve seen The Lord repair and restore beyond my wildest dreams and the night is usually darkest just before morning.
Hold on my brother.
Praying for you.
Find some good Christian men to hang on to. The ones you can share anything with.
Journal out your thoughts by writing letters to God. Tell God everything. Do not return evil for evil… stay your course, no matter what. Practice goodness and wholeness. What you give into the world, you will receive back in spades.
Tell God you are willing to go through this pain for as long as He deems necessary for you to grow and be in it. Accept your cross willingly and if you want to be especially spiteful to the devil… smile through it and bless others in small ways through it. When I had my last dollars… I would pay for my coffee and someone else’s in the drive through… because frankly that $5 wasn’t going to change anything leaving my hands. Mine to myself would be a “treat”… theirs given anonymously… would be my joy, as I knew they would be blessed and likely pass forward the blessing… or they would step lighter into their day just for the small smile I gave them.
I fought hard against depression and the enemy because I was not ever going to let the devil have the last say.
As for me and my house, we will serve The Lord.
Trust Him. He Will bless you. I promise. ❤️ ✝️
If you can, go visit Mount Saint Helens… it is beautiful today. Not a restoration to its original glory, but it is God’s created glory…. just the same.
As are you, my friend. As are you.
I worked on a job doing repair work in Longview/Kelso shortly after St.
Helen’s blew. Devastating before and after pictures.
Glad to hear it’s getting back to it’s former state, though I doubt I’ll ever get back that way in my life to see the recovery.
Philman, I visited it for the first time at about the 25 year mark post eruption. At the nature center, they had a movie chronicalling the devastation. They had a view of what the mountain originally looked like, and then moved the screen to reveal the window to the dome now. It was a remarkable site.
I can only imagine what it looks like now, almost 20 years later.
Spirit Lake was beautiful.
The point of it all is that beauty can spring forth from ashes.
Blessings on you and our Treepers here this morning.
I was there about thirty years ago. So many flowers in bloom. Logs still floating in the water.
It is a testimony to God’s faithfulness, Charles. A lesson we can all carry with us.
And JWoo, may God Bless you and your house!
And to you, my sweet sister. Blessings on you and yours. These are remarkable times and God saw fit for us all to be in them. We make good company.
The bend in the road is not the end of the road
Howdy, Tennessee girl!
Happy to see you, dear one! No, a bend is not the end – but I am getting kind of tired of driving. Would like to be a passenger for a little while on this journey. (And I don’t mean rhetorically speaking – I mean – literally. I am sick of driving!!!)
I understand. I got that way too so I had to learn to do things differently with God. That is very hard. I had to learn to listen, to submit and learn His ways. It has been a process and is continuing, but it has definitely been rewarding.
Be strong…and know that we are praying for you…you are stronger than you think…
Bob of the North…you are not alone…you have many friends here…You may not be intended to understand?…(my own situation started in 1990, I still often ask why and wonder WTF but still don’t understand…)…chase away the dark thoughts and be at peace….and like Monti says, maybe counseling with a pastor…what tears us down often makes us stronger.
Hang out with your friends…don’t spend too much time alone right now.
Be well and again, know that we are praying for you.
And read JWoo’s post down thread…and Cornbread’s…
Reach deep…you ARE NOT alone.
And those shelter pets need some love, too!
Amen
✝️
Great advice has been offered, Bob.
Over time you will use all of it.
Do not retreat into a dark place as punishment for something that wasn’t your fault!
Stay active. Accept invitations to go places and do things. Continue and strengthen your faith in God.
Do not give up on yourself! You are worth so much!! Your heart will mend over time and the better man you’ll become will fill with pride and confidence once again.
You are not alone!!
Edit to add:
Little did I know from my experience, “The best is yet to come!”
And it has…
“Do not retreat into a dark place as punishment for something that wasn’t your fault!”
This is so important.
I thought for a long time about what I had done wrong to deserve so much pain. Even some well meaning Christians called me to repent for unknown sinfulness because I “must have deserved it” for the Lord to punish me (us).
I poured over my thoughts, actions, deeds… and prayed and cried out to God.
Then a wise someone stopped me and said “you have done nothing wrong. Maybe someone else needs to see how you respond in times like these when faith is tested?”
That meant a lot to me. It was one thing to hurt me, but to hurt my daughter was too much.
Why, God why?
So… girl gets up, washes her face, smoothes her clothing and hair.. and marches forward. Boys can do the same.
Straighten your crown, my friend. Wear it proudly and exert your extreme faith and trust in God. And make it extreme.
Now the book of Job in the Bible isn’t an easy read. Nor is the crucifixion of Christ. Or the beheading of John the Baptist. Nor the story of Joseph being thrown into the well by his brothers.
But each is a story of redemption, discipline, extreme faith and trust.
See their responses through your own circumstances. Faith and trust will carry you through.
Praying for you, of course. You need to pray. Yes.
However, you need to talk to someone. This can be a minister or a friend. 🙏💞
I saw this happen years ago, to an elderly couple in the church. She walked out for reasons that absolutely nobody understood.
In the early 90s I was divorced after almost 20 years of marriage. In truth I was glad to see her (the burden of it all) gone, nonetheless one Saturday afternoon I had a brief period of unrelenting tears. I think it was just getting hit with the notion of having wasted (as I saw it at the time) nearly two decades of my life. But later, at some point (weeks or months, not years) I found myself all over again, or maybe for the first time ever.
As I read it, the burden should NOT be yours to carry. It is hers. Look to yourself, look to God for strength and a guiding hand, and keep on keepin’ on. Or do it even better this time.
Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers my friend. May He comfort and strengthen you in these difficult moments. You are always among friends here Bob.
PRAYERS UP – 🙏🙏🙏
BUT GOD KNOWS
We do not know what tomorrow will bring
In reality we are not sure of anything
We close our eyes give way to sleep
There is no guarantee not even a peep
We say good-night to those we love
Entrust our rest to God above
Who knows the beginning from the end
Our entire life it is He who penned
Our days are full of challenges we know not
The what when why and how the outcome naught
As we awaken to a brand new day
It is God who is there to guide our way
It is He who brings light into our lives
It is we who strive and trustingly thrives
It is He who shows us the path the way
Who unconditionally loves us everyday
It is He who gave us our free will choice
It is He who gave us His grace to voice
Our decisions be they right or wrong
Will determine our stance weak or strong
Will we give in to temptation and quit
Will we be weak and meek not give a whit
Will we be strong and fight the good fight
Or will we be tempted to just take flight
We have no insight into what might come
We have no idea what direction from
If our lives are justified through others
If our needs are fulfilled by another’s
If we live each day in the last place
Will we ever be first in any case
Will we finally learn to love ourselves
Or leave our desires on the shelves
In every phase of life on earth
What we do will prove our worth
How we adjust to the highs and lows
Will determine which way our life goes
When stuck in a rut of sorrow and woe
We really have no direction to go
We haven’t asked God what He wants us to do
We are simply comfortable in feeling blue
We grieve our situation and that’s ok
He would not want it any other way
We seem to think we will figure it out
All on our own mind you we have no doubt
But God knows and He will wait for you
He’ll show you daily what He wants you to do
Signs and wonders before you displayed
All in the balance come forth to be weighed
Love one another is what you must do
Love one another as He has loved you
Listen to the clues He provides you each day
Being true to yourself is the only way
Now is the time to spread your wings
To set your sights on universal things
You might have no idea what that means
But God Knows what He put in your genes
D01: 02/16/2023
been following your posts, especially the one just prior to the physical separation.
what follows is in no way is blaming you, just responding to what you have written to date.
you state you didn’t deserve this and i believe you.
but listen up.
this woman ruined your marriage and your life during it.
do not give her the power to ruin everything that comes after as well.
that is up to you.
she has no hold on you other than that which you grant her.
co-dependance comes to mind here.
yes, from what you have said there are financial and legal hurdles to conquer, that’s not what i’m addressing.
it’s the inner desire to still connect with her, even in self- destructive ways, if that’s all the situation will allow.
you expressed a healthy desire to break free of the pattern that led to this point.
that’s very good.
other posters have offered excellent suggestions on how
to divert your focus as you extract yourself emotionally from this mess.
my point is to recognize your hearts’ desire was misplaced.
the ties you hang on to are as damaging as the destruction done by the ex.
you can do this.
lots of folks have been blinded by attraction.
the sorrow and grief you relate seem to be more about the shattering of an idealization you held as they are about the person involved.
understandable, but also eminently recoverable.
please focus on retaking the power over your own life.
i would also suggest the (free) services of AA and affiliated organizations.
not just about alcohol, but addiction per se.
best wishes and be strong.
❣️❣️❣️
“I do not have the power to do this alone”.
Get yourself a King James bible if you do not have one already and start reading Paul’s epistles.
2 Corinthians 2:17 KJV
For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
Physical food nourishes our physical body. We need the Word of God to fortify our soul.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 KJV
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
1 Timothy 4:13 KJV
Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
Romans 12:1-2 KJV
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. [2] And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 KJV
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; [4] Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 KJV
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. [17] For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; [18] While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Dear Bob,
-Let’s be honest.
Life can really suck sometimes.
People can be
unbelievably selfish, thoughtless,
deliberately mean
….and down right nasty…horrible !
Yup.
-Oh, and you could be foolish and willfully kinda dumb; right?
No offense now.
-Let’s be honest.
Yet, after years of experiencing the:
surprise
disappointment
frustration
offense
angst
anger
drama
game-playing
disrespect
deceit
sabotage
exasperation
going along to try to get along
and overall misery,
💔the
Conditioned
Hurt
and Wounded
-naturally wallows in:
“HOW” could you
“WHY” did you
do
THAT
—TO MEeee?!?!?!!????
———————————-
You tried to fix IT.
You stayed.
You waited.
You participated.
You waited some more…
You let it happen
-to you.
💝——>Forgive yourself, Bob.
-really.
FORgive yourSELF💝
—You ought to be kind and loving to yourself.
You can and will be.
-You’ll see.
One small thing,
One minute
One day at a time.
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Let me ask you, Bob
(honestly),
If a toilet was loaded with waste
-Would you sit atop it
to relieve yourself?
If a plate had rotten food on it
-Would you eat it?
If shards … broken glass were on a large floor
-Would you not
walk
around
it?
(Surprised you with that one, huh? 😜)
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All that was good
-was wonderful
-was real
That is yours to keep❣️
All that was miserable
-was miserable
-was real
That is yours
to grow away from ✝️
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Hey, it’s damn hard to change!!!; to start over
-at first, and for a while.
What’s easy is to fill up a basement with stuff.
item -by item
box of stuff -by box of stuff.
“I’ll just put it in the basement
—for now”.
While it (seems) easy
to put off cleaning out that basement, it really isn’t.
-Every time another item, another box of stuff is brought to that basement
-the thought; the knowing, that the basement is getting more and more cluttered, confusing and packed
-comes to mind.
Then one day, it’s overwhelming!
You put cleaning that basement off
-for years!!!
One day, something in that mess piques interest to locate; to retrieve.
But, things have to be moved out of the way in order to get to that thing of interest.
It’s just stuff in a space.
It can be moved, sorted, used, kept or removed.
Keep what you want
Get rid of what you don’t.
LIVE
—YOUR life
LOVE yourself
-the way
you want to be loved.
Be patient, Bob.
It took years to be where you’re at.
Bobo of the North..just adding a word of wisdom and experience to all the wonderful responses.
Remember that when you think of the person who stabbed you in the back…you need to pull the knife out…if you continue to relive the knife stabbing, that only repeats the knife stabbing.
It will be hard to move beyond the betrayal, but when the thought returns of those times, yell, scream, rant, say nasty words for a few moments and then move on to the present time. A very wise person told me that pain and suffering lives in the past and worry for the future.
May God hold you in His hands
Dear Bob, I am praying for your healing. You need to talk with someone, it is so important for your physical and mental health. You are grieving and understandably angry and worried about your future. Don’t ever doubt your worth.
If possible go to church or synagogue. Counseling may be available for you there or perhaps they can give you recommendations.
God bless you.
The Need for Friendship
Believers should live in community—
giving to and receiving from others.
The very fact that the Lord formed the church—
a community of believers—
should tell us that He did not create us
for self-sufficiency or isolation.
Thank you Heavenly Father for another muggy Caturday!
Have any of you been so flabbergasted with one of your feline adopters that you actually have thought to the logistics of giving said bad kitty a spanking?
Jinxy likes to jump his heft onto the counter and break things, most notably a bacon grease crock.
Then he likes to track greasy cat paw prints on the tile floor, turning the foyer and kitchen into a deathtrap for sleepy Treehousers trying to investigate a crash at 4:30 AM! Lord Have Mercy!
Careful when praying to the Creator and asking for a cat or two to liven things up!
These two monsters are playing the Kittianapolis Motor Speedway on my feet, body, and head this morning… bouncing like irrational Tiggers!!!
Good thing they are LIGHT!
Up at 5 AM with their shenanigans and 2 hours and 20 minutes later, they are not letting up. It’s game on like Donkey Kong.
Now, they’re swinging from the low hanging fruit in my walk in closet. I can hear them rustle amongst my evening dress garment bags. My poor clothes. They play with my shoes like they’re dogs!
The Maine Coon couldn’t even save me this morning.
Good thing the babies had their nails clipped last night with baby nail clippers. That landing on my head this morning could have had a whole different ending!
Now, where’s my COFFEE?
Millie The Brave ain’t skeered of nuthin!
“No Millie! You cannot climb on the painting on my wall and swing down into the plant!” Gonna have to move the cat condo! (She can’t really hurt anything as she bats at the leaves of the plant/tree.)
The energy. THE ENERGY! I’m gonna bottle it!
They’ve knocked over my crucifix! Heathens!
I must be the “time out” spot. I laid back down for a minute to consider the day ahead, and two small bodies come flying at me and one lands on top of my stomach… like SAFE!!!!… putting an immediate halt to the furry pursuit.
Holy crap on a cracker!
They have now incorporated my body into the rumpus.
Grateful for the power of grabbing by the scruff… and also grateful they’re not two 20 lb toddlers beating me up!
Conditioning me for the grandchildren ahead whenever The Lord determines that to be so. (Not any time soon. Must start her career and find her a good husband first!)
I’ll take kittens. 😻 🐈
They’re chewing my toes!!! My poor chenille blanket! Lol
Ha ha!!! I’m loading the little buggars up and throwing them in Savannah’s bed!
Time to wake to your fate… teenager!!!!
Mornin’ Woo
I am so enjoying the kitten chronicles! 😸 they bring back such hilarious memories for so many of us. Just as with our children and grands, it is such a brief time. Enjoy!
Savannah just walks around here and giggles. Her funnest is that they are small enough to be carried together – a little bundle of joy and fuzz.
😳😁🤣🤣😂😂😂
🤣😂
Corny,
This ACTUALLY happened this week. We have since had to remove the tp roll from the holder in her bathroom. LOL Your timing is impeccable!
🫢
Bengal types.. jinx is king of pink nosed Bengals outlaws!
You will have you hands full with those delinquents!
He has turned out by far to be the most expensive “free” cat I have ever seen.
“Jinx” is an excellent name. These two are little modern marvels.
I woke them from their napping
Adorable. They should be on “Too Cute”
Colkitto,
“Too Cute” was the best show in the land – next to Steve Irwin’s shows. When we realized something was amiss academically, we started pulling in summer school and home courses for her to do to keep her sharp. She would awaken at 6 AM, watch “Too Cute” and a Steve Irwin show and she would write a small paper for me about the Steve Irwin shows. That kid couldn’t have been happier.
That’s what we need with our morning coffee – “Too Cute”.
I can’t remember what the show was called that was like a “cat whisperer” who would come in and remedy cat malfeasances. It was between “Too Cute” and Steve Irwin. Such a good time when I didn’t feel like I had to “monitor” programming.
Grace to each of you Treepers!
🙏✝️🙏
Today’s devotional from Adrian Rogers……
Daily Devotional: When You Have… | Love Worth Finding Ministries (lwf.org)
Czech composer Miloslav Kabelac is, as they say, NOT a household name.
But perhaps he should be: The Mystery of Time is a wonderful work!
Like the passage of Time itself, this tone-poem unfolds subtly, almost negating the ticking of the clock, until suddenly one finds oneself in quite a different place…and Time!
Meditative, dramatic, and mysterious!
July 20
Morning
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. John 17:16
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. Isa. 53:3
In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33
Such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners. Heb. 7:26
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation. Phil. 2:15
Jesus of Nazareth … went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. Acts 10:38
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. Gal. 6:10
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. John 1:9
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matt. 5:14, 16
Evening
He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Prov. 15:15
The joy of the LORD is your strength. Neh. 8:10
The kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. Rom. 14:17
Be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Eph. 5:18-20
By him … let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. Heb. 13:15
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Hab. 3:17, 18
Sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing. II Cor. 6:10
We glory in tribulations also. Rom. 5:3
Bagster
https://dailylightdevotional.org/07/0720.html
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. – Philippians 1:6
Italian sculptor and painter Michelangelo was also an architect and poet during the High Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries. His best-known sculptures, the Pieta and David, were completed before he was 30. He was 33 when he began the four-year project of painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Legend says that one day, while he was busily chipping away at a huge piece of shapeless rock with his chisel, he was asked what he was doing. “I am releasing the angel imprisoned in this marble,” he answered, adding that anything that did not look like the angel was removed.
When God looks at you, He does not just see a “shapeless rock.” He sees the you that is hidden inside. With His divine hammer and chisel, the Holy Spirit is at work removing those things from your life that do not resemble the image of Christ.
God has already seen the end from the beginning and is shaping you into who He intends you to be. Yet, there is one caveat to that truth—you must be in confident, obedient, cooperative relationship with Him!
Pastor and professor Chuck Swindoll says, “Let me be downright practical and tell you what I do. First, I remind myself early in the morning and on several occasions during the day, ‘God, You are at work, and You are in control. And, Lord God, You know this is happening. You were there at the beginning, and You will bring everything that occurs to a conclusion that results in Your greater glory in the end.’ And then? Then (and only then!) I relax.
From that point on, it really doesn’t matter all that much what happens. It is in God’s hands.”
Surrender yourself today to the hand of the Master Sculptor. Invite Him to remove those things that are inconsistent with His vision of you. Pray that God would move in the hearts of stone that exist across America so that they are softened to the saving work of Jesus Christ.
https://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/daily-prayer-briefing?utm_source=daily_briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_content=daily_briefing#devotional
I have, at the end of the day, conflicted feelings about the death penalty…
https://doc.alabama.gov/NewsRelease?article=EXECUTION+CARRIED+OUT+FOR+ALABAMA+DEATH+ROW+INMATE
Verse of the Day for Saturday, July 20, 2024
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“…The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.”
Psalms 24:1 (KJV)
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/verse-of-day.php
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.
BE MY VOICE
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
CHILD NOT CHOICE
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
GOD WILL HAVE THE LAST WORD
The world has been horribly hijacked
Evil has aggressively attacked
Whatever way we are tempted to turn
We find ourselves grinded in the quern
Explosions earthquakes sabotage shortages
Destruction destitution poisonous portages
You promised us freedom in a jubilee year
Is it possible this blessing is notably near
You said vengeance is in Your domain
We understand why You must abstain
Your thoughts and timing are surely not ours
We have no doubt in Your mighty powers
We are trying hard to have faith
Not by sight just as you saith
The ungodly spurn and ridicule You
That will be their downfall it is true
The assets of the wicked will be dispersed
To the righteous man as has been versed
We need not worry if God will repay
All they have stolen and taken away
Rest assured God will move unexpectedly
He knows how to manage quite effectively
We need not be concerned if and when
God will have the last word now and then
D01: 02//26/2023
Psalm 91.The most powerful prayer from the Bible. God’s protection, healing
#psalm91 #psalms #prayer
Pray Everyday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-8GLitn-KQ&t=0s
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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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HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY !!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
-You lookin at me?
——
-Nice box
——
-Gonna take out your eye
Remember?????
Do ya; huh?
I begged…..
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Love this post. I have felt like this.
Word!
Author Lloyd Alexander loved Cats and wrote many stories about them.
What an interesting man…life!
Thanks.
“Few writers have inspired as much affection and interest among readers young and old as Lloyd Alexander.
At one point, however, it seemed unlikely that he would ever be a writer at all.
His parents could not afford to send him to college.
And so when a Philadelphia bank had an opening for a messenger boy, he went to work there.
Finally, having saved some money, he quit and went to a local college.
Dissatisfied with not having learned enough to be a writer he left at the end of one term.
Adventure, he decided was the best way.
The United States had already entered World War II.
Convinced that here was a chance for real deeds of derring-do, he joined the army — and was promptly shipped to Texas where he became, in disheartening succession an artilleryman, a cymbal player in the band, an organist in the post chapel, and a first-aid man.
At last, he was assigned to a military intelligence center in Maryland.
There he trained as a member of a combat team to be parachuted into France to work with the Resistance.
“This, to my intense relief, did not happen,” says Alexander.
Instead, Alexander and his group sailed to Wales to finish their training.
This ancient, rough-hewn country, with its castles, mountains, and its own beautiful language made a tremendous impression on him.
But not until years later did he realize he had been given a glimpse of another enchanted kingdom. Alexander was sent to Alsace-Lorraine, the Rhineland, and southern Germany.
When the war ended, he was assigned to a counterintelligence unit in Paris.
Later he was discharged to attend the University of Paris.
While a student he met a beautiful Parisian girl, Janine, and they soon married.
Life abroad was fascinating, but eventually Alexander longed for home.
The young couple went back to Drexel Hill, near Philadelphia, where Alexander wrote novel after novel which publishers unhesitatingly turned down.
To earn his living, he worked as a cartoonist, advertising writer, layout artist, and associate editor for a small magazine.
It took seven years of constant rejection before his first novel was at last published.
During the next ten years, he wrote for adults.
And then he began writing for young people.
Doing historical research for Time Cat he discovered material on Welsh mythology.
The result was The Book of Three and the other chronicles of Prydain, the imaginary kingdom being something like the enchanted land of Wales.
In The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen Alexander explored yet another fantastic world. Evoking an atmosphere of ancient China, this unique multi-layered novel was critically acclaimed as one of his finest works.
Trina Schart Hyman illustrated The Fortune-tellers as a Cameroonian folktale sparkling with vibrant images, keen insight and delicious wit.
Most of the books have been written in the form of fantasy.
But fantasy, Alexander believes, is merely one of many ways to express attitudes and feelings about real people, real human relationships and problems“….
Bet I hope sees the Wales reference, he based his excellent Prydain chronicles on the Welsh Mabinogion. One of my childhood favorite writers.
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Varying Interpretations of Truth, or Truth as a Social Construct
https://mises.org/mises-wire/varying-interpretations-truth-or-truth-social-construct
In this age of relativism, where one often hears reference to “your truth” and “my truth,” there are so many varying interpretations of truth that the concept of truth itself seems devoid of meaning. It is fashionable to see the concept of truth as indistinguishable from opinions or preferences. […]
In Human Action, Ludwig von Mises also explains that neither the natural nor social sciences are concerned with truth in the philosophical sense: “Granted that science cannot give us truth—and who knows what truth really means—at any rate it is certain that it works in leading us to success.” […]
Many liberals are also wary of the concept of “truth” and avoid it altogether not only because they are relativists who reject the notion of objective truth, but also because the concept of “truth” is associated in popular discourse with things people must do. Many people think that if something is true, then it follows logically that others must be forced to do it. For example, they would think that as soon as it is established to be true that something is harmful to health, it follows that it must be banned to force people to promote good health. Thus, the enemies of liberty often march under the banner of truth, armed with true principles about what is needed to promote human health. Liberty falls by the wayside.
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Morning all,
The following video is based on Jim Webb’s excellent book “Born Fighting” (one of my top 50 books). Its about his Scots-Irish family, the history of the Scots-Irish in Scotland/Northern England and their migration to Northern Ireland, and than to America to become the foundation stock of Heritage America. They are also the main component to Appalachian culture,peoples. PDJT’s VP pick is from this community. Whether you have Scots-Irish ancestry or Appalachian family background, this should be of interest. I hope you all enjoy it. Slainte my friends
Born Fighting: The Scots-Irish – Pt.1(How the Scots-Irish Shaped America)
Flynn & ONeill ☘️
O’Neill’s were High Kings. In fact Hugh O’Neill was one of Ireland’s greatest heroes. I know O’Flynns also.
Very notable Celtic names. I predict you & many others here will enjoy the video.
Slainte my friend & ty for stopping by
If you read about the Flight Of The Earl’s, you will see how the Scots-Irish people were created in stolen O’Neill/O’Donnell/Maguire etc land
Colkitti, so glad you’re back.
Really missed your comments, personality😜, and information !
Thanks, will read up.
Ty dear Patience. Your too kind. But I’m glad you enjoy it. All the best to you & of course everyone here.
Slainte
Red Hugh was a childhood hero of mine. They want to make him a saint.
Clan-Gregor here.
Resistance is just in my blood. 😉
Bigtime lolli. My veteran grandfather brought back a copy of Rob Roy when he was stationed in Scotland. You certainly do have that friend.
-Thumbalina
Mornin’ Patience
Thumbalina for sure! Those tiny babies are such a commitment, requiring multiple feedings day and night – but So worth it. My two youngest were bottle fed from the age of 2 weeks. The bonding that happens is swift and unbreakable. ❤️
…. and I’ll get the empty box TOO 😸
Pizza kitty wants anchovies! 😋
The green green grass of home 🫢 🤭
Love it Patience. My old Cat & Dog were BFF’s.
Nature’s diverse unity.
-sweet
I’m lovin’ that precious photograph of the quintessential American couple!
so representative of the good ol’ days!
every home should have an iconic picture of relatives!
How good of you to notice and note!
-True.
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.
…0h no, but thanks. Just stretching and core building.
-Well, fine… if it makes you feel important, I will fain helpless.
🤭😝😂
😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣 😂 😃 😀
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Mornin’ all!
Love it Clarion, ty.
You are welcome.
I;m just going to put this here. I’m looking for some feedback. The top picture is from the press, showing 2 pics. One of the body along with some LEOs and the other of the shooter before he was killed.
The second is a short video that is just weird. To me it may resemble the picture of the shooter before he was killed. Don’t know what to make of this, if anything.
https://t.me/downtherabbitholewegofolks/93995
Well, the video doesn’t show but if you click on the link it will play.
Hi there, Miss Patty,
There are so many suspicious things with all of this. For one, the still shots and videos from bystanders show Crooks appearing to wear khaki shorts, long white pants, or gray camouflage style pants.
There’s also word based on ballistics trajectory that there was second shooter approximately 480 yards out… water tower or athletic center about that far and both viable. Bystanders even witness one shooter being taken out at the water tower.
We are in the world of artificial intelligence. We can’t believe anything we see or hear anymore. Only the folks who were there on the ground will know good certain… assuming they had vantage point.
Personally, I’m really watching what upsets me. I’m deferring this all to God and leaving Him to the details.
My prayer is His Will be done. People are so messed up.
How are you feeling and how’s your health coming along? Praying for you.
Thoughts on the reason and timing of the Crowdstrike/ Microsoft cyber fiasco. Feel free to add more ideas.
I vote #2
Perhaps many here don’t know that George Kurtz, CEO of Crowdstrike is in the WEF and close to the major proponents of a new world order?
I just think it asinine how many people are in favor of a new world order which will enslave them too. Do they think they’re going to escape the damage?
Who will they lord over once all the slaves are gone?
My guess is they are testing vulnerabilities for MAXIMUM impact for when they really start turning off the lights.
Going to be one hell of a ride.
Testing, please help.
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This hasn’t worked for me for around a year or so, but it used to work a LOT.
I was wondering if someone could please REPLY and I will see if having just now subscribed to this newsletter might have fixed any email blocks (I haven’t seen any, and gmail doesn’t have a whitelist function as far as I’ve been able to tell).
Thank you in advance,
–Linda
Howdy Linda!
It has not worked for me either.
I’ll click on the little bell to see if it works this time if you respond.
Test… Greg1 is a spider eater.
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Howdy Monticello
Replying Linda, but it’s never worked for me using an MSN account.
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