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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Yup. I disagree with his end times theology but the great book, “Charismatic Chaos” by John MacArthur is a TREASURE.
It’s a fast easy read and most importantly it’s accurate!
There’s a treasure trove of charismatic chaos videos by John MacArthur on YouTube too. 🕶️
“JDM” is not John MacArthur.
Didn’t say he is. I was referring to apostates who promulgate false doctrine in the post I replied to.
John MacArthur is more detailed and more brutal in the ways he heralds truth.
You’d probably enjoy the book or vids. 👍
GTY dear brother. ✝️
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” – Joshua 1:9
“Take It All Back”
Jonrilus,
You would have laughed at the TobyMac Hits Deep concert that’s making its rounds all over the country right now. David Crowder is part of the group and when Crowder started playing some of these “stomping” songs… he called it “getting swampy”. It was so funny.
Sometimes Spiritual intercession is hard work. It’s not that the Holy Spirit Power leaves the person who is interceding on behalf of others… but there is definitely a powerful movement. Sometimes it can feel like the intercessor is attacked by darkness. For evil and darkness don’t tend to go after the ones who are passively submissive and doing the will of the evil one… because in their tepid nature…. they are staying just the way the devil wants them.
When one is aggressively for Christ, a Warrior Spirit, and who actively sees the devils in his schemes…. calls and casts him out… it’s a hell on earth battle. People who have no knowledge of…. or even desire to know… of Spiritual Warfare… simply don’t understand it. Or worse yet… they don’t believe in it… creating another win for darkness.
We are in the Spiritual Battle of our millennia right now. The only answer is to DIG DEEP IN THE WORD OF THE LORD and use the equipping God gives us through His Holy Spirit. Bring our prayers to Him, in Christ’s Holy and Saving Name.
Dig deep and fight, fight, fight… the battle belongs to Him. The Tauren Wells song is powerful and God does give us the tools we need to cast the devil out. We need to do so liberally and often.
Big hugs to you, my brother.
“We are in the Spiritual Battle of our millennia right now. The only answer is to DIG DEEP IN THE WORD OF THE LORD and use the equipping God gives us through His Holy Spirit. Bring our prayers to Him, in Christ’s Holy and Saving Name.”
Woo, well said and an admonition to be heeded by all!
J
“Sometimes it can feel like the intercessor is attacked by darkness.”
I needed to be reminded of this truth today, JWoo. Big time.
For the last two nights I’ve laid in bed finding it hard to pray. Not hard to worship Father, Son and Holy Spirit; that is easy even in deepest darkness. But hard to intercede for others because the need is so great right now.
Pitiful as it may sound, my soul feels overwhelmed by all the devastating things that are happening close-in and around me, and the list of sorrows grows with each passing day.
I go where I can to help, send what I can to help, call or send a note, and pray as much as the Holy Spirit leads. But your words this morning have helped me to remember I am not God; I am His child, and only He can work His will through this weak vessel. I cannot run before Him.
“Sometimes it can feel like the intercessor is attacked by darkness.”
Back in the early 1990s I used to listen to Twila Paris a lot. This song of hers, ‘The Warrior is a Child,’ and your words, will be in my head and heart throughout this day. Blessings to all, through Christ the Lord.
“I drop my sword and cry for just a while. . .”
Oh, Raven…your beautiful post, I mean truly beautiful, speaks exactly to me because you’ve described my attempts to pray over many months for those on whom unfathomable darkness has descended…close to home and far away. Tears? Heartache?
All of it.
Any words I manage seem feeble; and in the end I remember that the Holy Spirit acts as an intercessor for us when we stumble and can’t muster our thoughts into prayer. He knows our hearts, and at such times as you write of I am sure you are heard 🙏🏻💕
❤️
Oh, dear Betsy, And I thought I was the only person in the whole world that had sad little feeble prayers. Intercede for others? “It’s me, it me Oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer.”
Not just you, Intense 💕…yes, me too…
Me, too 🙏🏻
Dearest Betsy,
Our Father is gloriously merciful and kind, loving and patient.
It is incomprehensible how He gave us all good things in His Holy Scriptures to assure our salvation, even in the midst of our failures.
My failures for sure.
So I went to Romans 8 to add these verses (26 & 27) that match your words of counsel —
“In the same way the Holy Spirit also helps our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we should. But the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And He who searches our hearts knows what the mind of the Holy Spirit is, because He intercedes for His children according to God’s will.”
I hate the feeling of lumping all the brokenhearted prayers into one prayer, as if I am too weak and cannot pray for each person and each struggle individually. Then I see the sins of my flesh, and “feeling” as though the outcome of any prayer, how it is said, how often it is said, how “well” it is said, etc., is up to me in any way.
It is not.
At that point of seeing myself small, dirty, nasty and sin-filled, I fall on the lump of brokenhearted prayers and ask the Holy Spirit to pray for them, and me, in His most Masterful, Sovereign way.
I need to be at the small, dirty, nasty and sin-filled state more often.
And as I write to you and JWoo I do indeed pray for Jesus to comfort and bless you, your families, and those who fill your hearts with prayer.
Aren’t we all that way, Raven? When I pray, I start with, “Dear Lord, this sinner comes before you…”
And then I ask prayers for people on my ever growing list.
The issue for me is that I start with one, and my mind wanders no matter how focused I try to be…and my net gathers more and more. And it is impossible to not see a world full of individuals in desperate need.
Those who are ill, those who are lonely, those who are grieving, those whose worlds are turned inside out for whatever reason…by their own hands or through circumstances beyond their control in this fallen world.
And then I pause. Because at that point I realize I, in my inadequacy, don’t know what to pray for or don’t even know how to truly pray.
In other words, I end up where you are as you so humbly admit.
Then it comes to me that our Father, Lovingkindness itself, knows exactly what these people I pray for need, and suddenly there is a peace in remembering that He will provide for them, just as provides for me, even as I may not know precisely what it is I need…
Trusting through faith, as is written in my Book of Common Prayer, that He is doing better things for them than we could hope or pray for….as I know He is doing for me and my family and all who, like you, dear Raven, confess our sins and faults and ask for forgiveness.
I have a wonderful meme which I can’t find….
It is a board with stick-on letters.
” Dear Lord” is at the top…
Myriad letters follow but they are random, as if someone has taken a bucket full of them and thrown them at this board. No sense can be made of the mess…
And finally at the bottom there rests an “Amen.”
I think that describes the prayers of more than we can imagine.
It certainly describes mine. But I know God makes sense out of the messes I so often present to Him.
As CS Lewis wrote so poignantly about saying to God, of his trying to be worthy…and failing…”I can’t do this. You must.”
We do our human best. Thank goodness for His patience and His mercies while we keep trying…🙏🏻
There really is only one peace worth having, and I hope His will rest with you, my friend.
(…and thank you for your lovely prayer, Raven. A friend who prays for you is a treasure. There are so many in our Tree, blessings all 😘)
Raven,
You know it’s the devil who condemns. Jesus’s blood on the cross washed you clean, sweet one. I get it, though… I am one crusty, gnarly cookie. I have to practically shove a gag in my mouth, tie my hands behind my back, and turn my face away so you can’t see my eyes rolling in desperate and condescending angst… so I don’t smack someone in the throat. These cretins are just downright nasty!!! (Think of Betsy’s picture of the little girl with the weird smirk like she just saw someone lick a toilet bowl. Yep – that’s me – with my “What in the world were you thinking?????” look.)
I am still working… and will continue for what seems like forever… and the general public is just crazy. To break the mass psychosis will take more than Trump can ever do… so that is what we leave to our prayers for God…. whether we can put it into some logical format… or we fall on top of the heap of prayers and just grunt and groan and let The Holy Spirit hand them over to God.
I can’t always find the words, but I am finding that the more we share with one another, the more we elevate Christ, the more we are comforted.
For God so loved the world that He Gave His only Son that none should perish but have eternal life. Only God could do it.
Raven and Betsy,
Love you ❤️ and I’m so grateful for the early rising this morning and the yielding of my soul to write His message. I sometimes wrestle with my qualifications… but I still yield… regardless of criticism.
I have been in a state of lament… big demands for prayers and intercession… and painful, painful attacks. Been wrestling a lot with one particular scripture… that simply hurts beyond all others.
Must be doing something right to be attacked. Doesn’t make it easier.
Jesus pleaded in the garden of Gethsemane, asked God to let that cup pass from Him… but to no avail… so He surely understands it. Our suffering is nothing compared to what He bore for us. If we are attacked, we are assured that they first attacked Him.
We share in His Cross and we too inherit His Victory over death through Salvation to Eternity.
Blessed are those who are attacked because of Him and because of our faith in Him.
Where we live, we are not allowed to feed the birds or encourage wild life in any way. That used to bring me a small solace in tough times… at least I felt like I could get something right. No longer do we have even the smallest joys… always someone to take them away. Neighbor is sinking deeper into alcoholism and potential drug dependency. Keeps forgetting his cat outside in the below freezing temperatures… and I finally had to report him after four times. Now they rail against us… calling us expletives through the wall… and we are SAVING his cat!!! Typical… those who screw up… always blaming someone else.
Pray for them that they seek help and recovery. Pray for me as my carnal response is anger and retaliation.
Even the human life here is despondent and evil minded. The depravity is increasing and the decision comes to dig in my feet… or shake the dirt from them and move on. To where? To what job? To what town? Does it even matter where we go… everything seems broken.
Kiddo and I were watching “Little House on the Prairie” and she openly lamented… “Where is our Preacher? Where is our town? Where is our home?” Imagine a mother who cannot give that to her…
It’s been 17 years and this place is not our home and every tie that has been… is now broken. Though… is there any place that ever will be… “home”? Likely not this side of Heaven.
Thank God that we have Heaven as an option.
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-Thank you, Woo.
Big hugs, Patience ❤️. Yuge!!!
💞💞, Woo.
Boy, Woo…what you say about “home” is something I’ve been feeling for quite a while. Dare I say it started the moment I returned to the place of my birth, this country? I do dare. In this world but not of it, I believe is how the saying goes…and almost twenty years later, that feeling becomes only more intense.
I am grieved about the birds and that poor cat. I feed the birds here daily and often…strays, squirrels, possums, a solitary raccoon also. It is a not so small joy I have, and so I understand the dreadful angst you are experiencing in being prohibited from providing for God’s creations who struggle during the coldest season.
But that is no more, sadly, than I’ve come to expect. As for your carnal response? Same…just as it is when I see those who are no respecters of life in all its forms inflicting cruelty and pain with abandon and with almost a self satisfied mien in doing so. No sense of others or anything, only themselves in the moment.
Testing times where we can be certain of nothing, except the constant and unfailing presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, which you know. Bless you and Savannah always, Woo…the day will come I pray when you’ll suddenly find that place where you girls feel more secure and can feed those birds in peace 😘
Okay… pick a town, Betsy. You live in Texas… there’s lots of open space. Let’s converge and make a co-op Treeville. Lol
Not like Branch Davidian… more like Dr Seuss…
I’ll open and work a cafe and serve inexpensive eggs….
And bacon, Woo, and bacon.
I’ll raise the hogs, grow the veggies, help build homes for all the Treepers who will come, and as an old lady will gladly work with the younger women to teach them how to love their husbands.
And for sure eat inexpensive eggs with Betsy and GrandpaM and my hubby at JWoo’s Place.
Seems like a slice of Heaven on earth already.
You are full-on AWESOME! Phew… making me tired with your list. I get to help in the gardens, too… I need my time to pull weeds in the rain fix. I used to gladly do it all the time. Loved the smell of the grass, earthworms, trees, shrubs, and mulch beds in the rain. Best time to do the weeding of flower and vegetable beds.
You know we will ALL have jobs in Heaven, right? But they won’t feel like chores… we’ll enjoy working them. Heaven.
What’s the warm n fuzzy goosebump thingamuhjigs….?
-just got’em
That’s because you get to find… and try out…. all the swimming, fishing holes, and lakeside beaches in Treeville to find perfect sunning spots…. and that’s your excitement overflowing!
…. life is but a dream
floating on my backside
-with The Light on my face.
(sigh)
I’m in!!!
We will bloom where we are planted.🙏🏻💕
Yes! 👍
Of course THE BACON!!! And the farm to table ground sausage and hickory smoked country ham!
GOBS OF BACON. 🥓
Central or East, Woo. Lots of small towns that still have that feel youre missing. Even Tyler way and North of.
I’m liking Treeville 😎💕
Head EAST! 🤙🤙✝️🤙🤙
Ut oh… not Tyler. Too close. Wasband is from Marshall and I think the ex-monster-in-law is still alive.
All My Ex’s Live in Texas – George Strait & Friends (well… not ALL of them… lol)
😂🤣😂🤣😂. (cough,) 😅
Ruh Roh,,,,nuff said 😎
👍👍✝️👍👍
“I have been in a state of lament… big demands for prayers and intercession… and painful, painful attacks.”
This line matches what I tried to say, but filled my post with too many other words.
A state of lament.
Big demands for prayers and intercession.
And painful attacks.
I would add a feeling of overwhelming tired-ness, but I realized after writing this morning that I am sick.
Went back to bed, slept in the sun with a kitty who loves me (and I love him, too), woke to find my hubby had made a healthy, delicious lunch we shared, and today I refuse to feel bad that I, too, need rest.
“Been wrestling a lot with one particular scripture… that simply hurts beyond all others.”
Do you mind me asking what that Scripture is? And why it hurts? Please do not answer if it will be too difficult to do so, or if you are not ready to talk about it with others.
“Kiddo and I were watching “Little House on the Prairie” and she openly lamented… “Where is our Preacher? Where is our town? Where is our home?” Imagine a mother who cannot give that to her…”
I cannot imagine your pain in not giving your daughter the things she longs for — the things you long for — the things that every Christian desires.
I do know one thing for sure, the Lord gave your daughter a wonderful, godly mother, and that is a rare treasure, and a pearl of great price for sure.
Glad to hear you are relenting and allowing yourself to rest and feel well. Whatever that horrible flu is going around (Influenza A)… it is a brutal one with three weeks of 12-Hour Mucinex DM and Severe Cold & Allergy keeping it manageable. My functional medicine practitioner blessed that regimen – fortunately no pneumonia which I guess walking pneumonia is going around too… so please be careful.
The wrestling Scripture:
“Have you considered my servant, Job?” Job 1:8 – For me, this is the single worst sentence in the Bible and it breaks me into little pieces. Why would God offer up Job to the devil to torment?
Yes… I know Job lost everything and everything was restored to him two-fold… but I can’t get over the feeling of being a pawn through all of this. And don’t even get started admonishing me for questioning God!!! That’s in there, too… Job 38… where Job gets a Divine butt-whooping after having suffered!
What Job went through to get to the other side and I know from experience… it leaves scarring. The burning memories in one’s mind remain… and I haven’t been able to breathe long enough to reconcile our scars. It is almost embarrassing recounting all the trials because we just simply shouldn’t be standing any longer. We were / are… toast.
How can God allow such suffering for those who love Him so much? (insert weak wussy whimpering here)
And… I guess… that’s the rub, isn’t it? Of our own strength, we could never have survived it. Only through faith and sheer clinging to God – do we survive the fiery trials. Job was messed with to show us how it’s done.
We are to forgive… but what of the ones who are never sorry for the damage they’ve caused? How too… do we pray for those who still want to harm us? We pray for their turning. We pray for their redemption. Sometimes… we just pray to stay out of their line of fire.
With what we have gone through personally and as a country, who was so trusting… it astonishes me beyond reason. I never thought we would be living through Revelation… or as close to it as we’ve ever come thus far as a civilization. Just when I think we’ve seen the worst – the devil says “hold my beer”.
The voices of the martyrs calling out from under the altar, “When Lord when?” (Revelation 6:9-11)
Just watched this series about 2 weeks ago:
They had lost a son and gone through bankruptcy shortly before this was recorded…
Will watch this with Savannah when she gets home. I didn’t know Job was the oldest book in the Bible. Learned something new already.
Perhaps your best, Woo….
I don’t know if you’ve ever read “A Grief Observed”, CS Lewis of course, written to help him through the loss of his wife. The conversation he was having with himself but addressed to God. And oh the questioning!
After many years I have come to understand how relevant this small tome is to all sorts of grief and questioning, not just about death. Your post reminded me of it, because your questioning is mine…I’m sure what you write will resonate with many.
I think it’s time to pull it off my bookshelf and reread…💕
Amen
Adding this topic to my ongoing prayers for you and Savannah!
I totally relate. House came with a birdfeeder, HOA mandated its removal about 2 months later… Neighbors are typical Seattle freeze – hate everybody not insanely liberal.
We have tried multiple churches, there is a new pastor at one so it is less ecumenical than it used to be… trying again and hoping! It was not far-left, like pretty much all the others are here. The new pastor is fluent in the Old Testament, which most seem to have never bothered reading. Lots more options on the internet, so that has been a blessing!
God puts us where He needs us, not where we want to be. I wrestle with that one, too. Remember, Laura Ingalls Wilder left out the sad parts from her books (like the death of her little brother). He has put you in a place to be an awesome mom for Savannah, which is a blessing few kids have!
Younger son just wants to move anywhere else less insane for college. His friends graduated and left last year. Praying he goes somewhere with a great church!
Hang in there, Sis!
Hey there, Flora…
Thank you and we certainly are on a “mission” in this world, aren’t we? I’m sorry your tents are in liberalville right now. It’s tough duty to be surrounded.
I wish I could help you with a good Seattle referral – but we attended a super small church plant in Mukilteo and that righteous pastor went on to go back east to North Carolina. A lot of churches had to practice complacency to shepherd in the communism that overtook the NW. But the NW has always had it’s problems. They don’t call it the “Dark Northwest” for nothing. When I worked there 20 years ago for the second largest employer next to Microsoft in Redmond… it would be more acceptable to practice wiccan idolatry with a voodoo doll on your desk than to have a crucifix or a inspirational plaque there. Too much ritual activity there, I’m afraid… which is sad, because it is a beautiful region. Much like California – beautiful, but just so dark Spiritually.
If your son enjoys technology – he might try traveling east to find a FAME program. Only 15 months for a 2 year Technology degree – Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship. https://fame-usa.com/fame-program-locations/ Great occupation and he could even start his own business from it. It’s only $22,000 here in Central Indiana and the students make around $19 – $23 an hour while attending with their hybrid on-the-job training. The goal is to graduate the students debt free. They’re more blue collar, so seems to me they aren’t bent on the weird DEI garbage – because these people actually work their butts off for a living. They teach solid work ethics in this boot camp of a course.
I will keep you in prayer, as well, friend. It’s a bit scary launching our kids into this, but we have to remember that it was God Who Decided He Wanted us here… right now… in this time and place. He Brings us to it; He’ll Equip us through it. At least that’s what one of the plaques on my wall says.
It is really dark – government entities start meetings with “2 spirit” land acknowledgements asking for ancestors of the indigenous to guide meetings. Too many church members/leaders here see no problem with that, either.
He is interested in engineering. He’s admitted at a few places, now making up his mind. Utah and Montana are looking likely, and he has good scholarship offers.
Praying for our kids!
Earth is the worst we will have it.
Eons of ever expanding joy awaits! ❤️
“Earth is he worst we will have it”…. yes, Frank… until God comes down and brings His Heaven to this Earth and resides with us here in it. Then, it will be perfect.
Joy in the morning, dear Frank 💕🙏🏻
I pray you rest and peaceful sleep, Raven. In The Lord’s Merciful Arms where we belong. ✝️ 🕊
The Lord answered your prayer for me long before I got back on my computer, JWoo.
Thank you, dear sister.
To God be The Glory… He Is So Merciful.
“And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.” – Romans 8:27
“And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.” – Romans 8:26
We’ve all been there, Raven. Sometimes it’s all too…much. The spirit is willing but the flesh (our natural, human selves) is often inadequate. But he has us in those times and takes our intent and expresses it to the Father in words that defy words. We’re His children, after all. Seeing us confused, in pain, not knowing which way to go…would any parent do any less for a dearly loved child?
J
Morning, dear Woo…
“And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comprehendeth it not.”
A certainty to hold on to 🙏🏻💕
And how much TRUTH that is, dear Betsy.
Just knowing it is there, even if we can’t for the moment see it…😘
Iconic performance . . . You’ll probably need to turn your volume up. Enjoy, Treeper friends. 🙂
good mornin’ garrison …..
for you …. ♥️
Love that song… thanks for posting it
hi benzy 👋🏻
that makes me happy that you love it too ♥️
Good morning, Garrison 😘☕ Oh MY!! You’ve reached the pinnacle with this one…Bream and Williams!! Together!! Sweeeeet!! 😍
And for Tink, Happy CATURDAY, you sweetest moggie 😽💕
Before ☕ ☕ ☕
After (the first sip) ☕ ☕ ☕
Every well dressed lady accesorizes with 5 felines…
😸 😸 😸 😸 😸
A man needs only one…well dressed or, in this case, not 😼
So do I!!
That magic moment!🤣
Have we all had one??? I believe (if we’re honest) yes we have 😂
Oh yeah! Or worse🥹
Another magic moment – when mom or grandma could produce a kleenex or hanky out of nowhere.
🤔
Cringe!!!! 😂
Afternoon, dear Bet. ❤️😍
Speaking of the feline henchman of the vilian, Betsy jones, such a character exists in 20th century Russian literature.
Mikhail Bulgakov’s greatest work, The Master and Margarita, features a charming, vodka drinking black cat, Behemoth, pronounced roughly, BAY-GUH-MOTT, a henchman of Professor Woland, a practitioner of Cherni-Magi (Black Magic), the Devil, who arrives in Moscow during the 30s with his comic and soul-revealing troupe of associates.
In the scene depicted, the NKVD (N-KAH-VEY-DAY), Stalin’s version of the FBI, arrive to arrest the occupants of the deceased Professor Berlioz’s apartment for the various outrages against the population. Koroviev and Azezelo enjoy a cigarette and a glass of vodka, and vanish as the NKVD arrives.
They discover Behemoth, sitting astride the mantle. They are no match for him:
What whimsical mind comes up with such a story, Chris?? I do truly marvel at such imagination. There are so many foreign (to us) films which truly are excellent. Thank you for sharing this one 😽
Betsy, Bulgakov’s father was a theology professor.
For his part, the censorship applied to his works was devastating for Bulgakov: in real life, as in the ‘Master’ character, he burned his manuscript.
One of the Master’s literary crimes was ‘Pilatism’, writing about the life of Pontius Pilate, which by necessity, also involved writing about the life of Jesus Christ.
This, of course, was verboten in Stalinist USSR.
Mine!!! All mine!! 💕
Right????? 😼
I’m sure they’re watching Tom and Jerry cartoons 😎☕
🙂
Afternoon, dear Bet. Bream and Williams were good friends for many, many years. When Bream, played at UT back in the day, he was playing a Hernandez y Aguado concert guitar that he recently bought from Williams. Nice guitar.
Little ‘Tink enjoyed spending the night outside last night. She always keeps to “her” yard and has several discrete outside hideaways she can go to when needed. I just got back from a late lunch as was met at the front door by my ever-faithful kitty companion.
Morning Garrison!
Evening, Gramps . . . just came across your post. Be well, friend. 🙂
Garrison gets to be the curator for the local Treeville play house.
Dinners at my place then on to the entertainment under the stars!
Yer’ on, dearheart. And we know just the right spot . . . 🙂
We’re gonna have the coolest neighborhood in Heaven… dontcha know!?!
Magic and the mighty microphone!!!
-I can (ahem) fill in in between sets 😎😅
Someone’s learning Patience.
Or not.
annie,
-had to repost 😻
-however, never lie
Good Caturday morning, Patience! ❤️
Thank you 🫠
You too, Pa❣️
Afternoon, Gramps!
Love today’s photos, dear Patience. Thank you for poosting! 🙂
Good late afternoon, my man Garrison 😎
-am glad 😻
Gonna listen to your music selection tonight so it can truly be appreciated and enjoyed; thank you.
-💞💖💞
It was a beautiful sunshiney day so this is my offering to Treepers this rocking Friday night/Saturday morning!
Lyrics in French with English translation here:
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/y-du-soleil-there-sunshine.html
The French Robert Palmer? Reminds me of him…
Simply Irresistable
She’s so fine
There’s no telling where the money went
sounds like a voice of experience
Wasn’t much into head bangin’ back then . . . Don’t think Willie and Lyle would have approved . . . but, still, this entire production . . . wow.
Garrison… head banging…. you are making me laugh so hard, I’m coughing again! Cut it out! Robert Palmer, I think was more pop / funk than he was head banging. Remember, I am of the MTV generation – so there was some real head banging going on in the Spring of my youth.
I am an eclectic breed… lived through the disco of the early 70’s (the Bee Gees, Christopher Cross), the joys of country music in Texas (George Strait), the grunge of the West Coast (Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Foo Fighters… too many to name), going from Midwestern innocence, California surfing and dreaming, Texas country maturity and hospitality, California surfing and dreaming (take two), and Seattle grunge… back to Midwestern innocence.
I like it all and value the musical catalog in my mind.
I could share some real head banging music with you… but I like you too much for that… and I don’t want to hurt your ears. 🙂
Here’s another I really like of Robert Palmer
Every Kinda People
-a fish in my dreams
\\\\\________ 🐠 💦
////———-🙀
-Besty’s
Cheeeeeeese
Idk, to me it appears that they are having a very intense fellowship. 😋
Hello, Pa❣️
-intense …., yes.
—///—😸
Now, back to the imagination:
Oh, this will be a perfect addition to your coffee pot, fridge, sink, toilet, bed
and house, Besty! 😺
-and the cats in the garage
Lemme see if I can find you some cups.
Greetings Treepers! 🙏✝️🙏
Good morning!
Howdy bro!
Good morning, Frank!
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
From Small Compline
Rejoice, Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Exodus 32 (NIV)
The Golden Calf
1 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.”
The Israelites who had been freed from Egypt with the great and Divine exodus then set to work creating a false idol. God became angry.
7 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt. 8 They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’
9 “I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people. 10 Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
Moses interceded directly with God and God listened to him.
Jesus taught.
Matthew 6:9-13 (NIV)
9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,[a]
but deliver us from the evil one.
God sent His Son to live among us and to teach us. Jesus died, an innocent man, on the cross and made atonement for us and our sins. He descended into hell and rose from death after three days. He made clear His Identity through witnesses and advised them that He would send a Helper once He ascended to Heaven. The Helper is The Holy Spirit.
Through Christ, we are gifted the opportunity at salvation and Eternity with God The Father, Christ His Son, and The Holy Spirit Who indwells in us upon our baptism into faith. The Holy Spirit is The Giver of Spiritual Gifting, a communicator of prayer… even when there are no words the pray-er can construct… He communicates to God our Father in groans that God understands. There is nothing unknown, hidden, or misunderstood by God.
God The Father, Christ The Son, and The Holy Spirit are ONE Triune God. He Is In Them and They Are In He. The Alpha and Omega. The Beginning and The End.
1 Timothy 2:5 (NIV)
5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
John 14:6 (NIV)
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
1 John 5 (NIV)
Faith in the Incarnate Son of God
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
6 This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the[a] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 9 We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
Concluding Affirmations
13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
16 If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.
18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them. 19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
21 Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.
God morning to all creatures great and small!
Was really tired last night and went to bed at 9 PM after getting kiddo home from her work. The furry kittoes woke me at 4 AM this morning for some unearthly reason and had three of them take over my bed.
Maggie Moo and Millie Mouse are approaching their one year Purrthday in April. Maggie has stayed petite and… in her own way… a bit feral. She is independent and only reveals domesticity in the late evening, after bed time, when she comes in to snuggle. But only for so long… she wouldn’t want to give off any impressions of needing anyone… other than to open the canned morsels and the goodie bags on her behalf.
Millie Mouse is a plopper. She is one dense mouser and I mean in solid, muscle mass, thickness. She has a thick neck and is heavy. She’s a big cat, but doesn’t realize how big she is! She’s a plopper… meaning that she will jump up from behind you, if you are seated, and PLOP down into your lap with the greatest pressure-per-square-inch you’ve ever seen. Then she gets a little sloppy… with her really wide, contented, grin…. she slowly begins to drool to her satisfaction and comfort. Purring purrfectly all the while.
Both are just as soft as can be and have been such sweet little blessings that adopted barn kittens can be. They chose us. We were only in the market to adopt one… a male named Victor… but Victor had other plans and lept from my arms when we were settled to leave with him. We looked down… and in the pet carrier… both Millie and Maggie had climbed in and waited for us patiently. Telling us… “We are coming home with you. We choose you. You’re taking us both!”
Who are we to argue? We just open the food cans and the treat bags around here.
Meow.
Going to go get some cake donuts and brew some coffee before human kiddo wakes up and we enter our Revelation study this morning. We are on the chapter of the prostitute and the kings who give up their powers to the beast. So many allusions to our current situation politically… it’s remarkable how long ago the book was written by the disciple John… and how very relevant and spot on it is today. Sadly.
God reveals His Plans to us through His Word, The Holy Bible. He does this, so we will know how to observe, discern, plan, and pray. Above all… PRAY… for there is little we humans actually do. The battle belongs to The Lord.
Stay safe under His Feathers, Treeper pals. Pray to our God Who Is Willing and Able to Hear.
Morn, JWoo! The book of Revelation is one of my favorite. Heading out to our monthly men’s breakfast. Speaking of spiritual warfare, it is awesome to be a part of 90-100 men from different denominations coming together to praise Jesus!
Love and blessings to you and Savannah!
Are you in BSF, too, M? Bible Study Fellowship is gathering of believers of various faiths who leave their differences at the door and all agree on the Spiritual Truth that is The Word of God.
We are in the online version this time. There is in-person and online groups. Mine is a group of a little over a dozen women from all over the world, but I’ve been in the women’s group similar to the gathering of men you speak of.
Powerful, powerful study and infusion of wisdom.
No, JWoo, I am in a Bible Study every Tuesday night, led by our pastor. Finished Matthew in January. It took us only 8 years to complete. We started Isaiah, still in chapter 1. Most likely the raoture will occur before we finish it. 🙂
However, I’ve been reading and studying the Bible for many years, Starting with Genesis through Revelation and then back to Genesis.
And then there is Sunday school when I am not greeting/safetying. (Is that a word? I reckon now it is.) 😂
EIGHT YEARS???!!! Now that is some IN DEPTH studying of every footnote, every area map, every topographical terrain, every etymological angle, concordance, history, relational letters from both major and minor apostles, second cousins brother’s accounts, testimonies, affidavits, court records, cash receipts, rumors, cave drawings, and scroll scrawls.
Got to hand it to your Pastor / Teacher / Elder – to keep an audience captivated for eight years… got to be some special teaching. 🙂
Safetying is a terrific word. Keeping it.
I enjoy reading the Bible and I am really happy to have a daughter who loves it, too. It’s a terrific way to keep the family together. Albeit our very small family of two. We aren’t lucky to have a church like yours, though… the ones here are really political, woke, and easily persuaded. Nicolaitans… too many of them.
Mornin’ all!
Mornin’ WeeWeed!
Looks like Hunter Biden.
Wanted to share an interview with DJ Daniels and his father by CBN. DJ sings a touching song at the end of the interview.
his hug to the head of secret service (ss), during Pres Trump’s address to congress on the 4th, was so spontaneous and special!
you could tell even the head of ss was super surprised
Slowcobra.. it was hard not to weep. If we aren’t fighting for the future of our kids, what are we fighting for? God gave us our children to steward over them. I pray He continue to equip us to do that well.
This conversation made me cry.
Hugs to you, Intense. If we can be encouraged by anything, let it be that our hearts are still supple to feel God’s Presence and Warmth. We saw way too many representatives in that Trump speech with hearts of stone and minds of deceit.
Yes. All the f888ing Democrats.
Yes, they showed their true colors, didnt they.
Well, it’s easy to know who NOT to trust anymore. Let’s hope the voters remember and the loon toons who keep voting for them… wake up!
Exactly jwoorior!
What strength, love and goodness!
-powerful❣️
My glasses went foggy for some reason.
Well, good morning all. Put your coffee down before you play this one!
I do not want to hear the “over 60 version”…..
I don’t need to. I’m living the almost 70 version.
60 is the new 40.
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.
Another week of winning.
EACH DAY WE TAKE UP THE OFFENSIVE WEAPON OF THE WORD OF GOD – THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT – ONE VERSE OPENS THE DOOR TO THE CONTEXT OF THE CHAPTER MESSAGE
Verse of the Day for Saturday, March 8, 2025
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“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”
Isaiah 40:8 (KJV)
Matthew Henry’s Commentary
Isaiah 40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
40:1-11 All human life is a warfare; the Christian life is the most so; but the struggle will not last always. Troubles are removed in love, when sin is pardoned. In the great atonement of the death of Christ, the mercy of God is exercised to the glory of his justice. In Christ, and his sufferings, true penitents receive of the Lord’s hand double for all their sins; for the satisfaction Christ made by his death was of infinite value. The prophet had some reference to the return of the Jews from Babylon. But this is a small event, compared with that pointed out by the Holy Ghost in the New Testament, when John the Baptist proclaimed the approach of Christ. When eastern princes marched through desert countries, ways were prepared for them, and hinderances removed. And may the Lord prepare our hearts by the teaching of his word and the convictions of his Spirit, that high and proud thoughts may be brought down, good desires planted, crooked and rugged tempers made straight and softened, and every hinderance removed, that we may be ready for his will on earth, and prepared for his heavenly kingdom. What are all that belongs to fallen man, or all that he does, but as the grass and the flower thereof! And what will all the titles and possessions of a dying sinner avail, when they leave him under condemnation! The word of the Lord can do that for us, which all flesh cannot. The glad tidings of the coming of Christ were to be sent forth to the ends of the earth. Satan is the strong man armed; but our Lord Jesus is stronger; and he shall proceed, and do all that he purposes. Christ is the good Shepherd; he shows tender care for young converts, weak believers, and those of a sorrowful spirit. By his word he requires no more service, and by his providence he inflicts no more trouble, than he will strengthen them for. May we know our Shepherd’s voice, and follow him, proving ourselves his sheep.
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Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered !!!
WE ARE FIGHTING A SPIRITUAL WAR OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL
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.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ABUSED, MISSING, AND TRAFFICKED CHILDREN
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.
Beautiful.
💙🧚🏻♀️💙
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
MAPA = MAKE AMERICA PRAY AGAIN
BE CONSOLED MY LOVE
From my Father – I came – born of woman;
Who conceived by the Spirit – for all man;
God so loved the world He sent forth His Son;
Through His Spirit – rose the Begotten One!
Be Consoled My Love – He came forth to save;
If you are lost – you must try to be brave;
Come to Me – I am gentle – humble of heart;
I’ve loved you long before – love did start!
I have chosen you – as one of My own;
You’ll never be lonely – or ever alone;
Ask Me – and I will – be with you always;
I will not leave you – for My Love – it stays!
If you love Me – follow Me – read My Word;
Let your heart be on fire – get yourself stirred;
Love one another – as I have loved you;
Forgive him his debt – I’ll forgive yours, too!
Be Consoled My Love – and fear not evil;
Be not afraid – but rather – be gleeful;
If Our Father tests you – be thankful for trial;
He’s testing your faithfulness – all the while!
His love is unconditional – and true;
He will forgive your sins – and forgive you;
His Spirit will convict – correct outright;
Whenever you confess – repent upright!
No matter what you’ve done – or sin commit;
He’ll relieve that guilt – if you – simply admit;
Repent – tell Him you’re sorry – on your knees;
You’ll be filled with His Grace – of guilt He frees!
Be Consoled My Love – be faithful and true;
Be kind to each other – as I have asked you;
Do all you can – to serve and be fruitful;
Above and beyond – be ever truthful!
Don’t be discouraged – feelings are not facts;
Nothing that comes from God – are merely acts;
His love is everlasting – meant to endure;
Without Him we’re nothing – that is for sure!
Whenever you feel – there is no hope at all;
Be not disturbed – simply – give Him a call;
Knock and it shall be – opened unto you;
Be Consoled My Love – whatever you do!
D01: 12/06/2013
Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. God’s protection, healing
#psalm91 #psalms #prayer
Pray Everyday
https://rumble.com/v57jz8d-psalm-91.the-most-powerful-prayer-from-the-bible.-gods-protection-healing-p.html
Sleep Well with Psalms. Psalm 91, Psalm 121, Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 139.
#faith #god #psalms
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HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY !!! ❤️❤️❤️
Saw the first Robin of the year yesterday and now as I write this I see A pair of European Starlings mating.
Hope you told the Starlings to cut that out.
Two wrens already building a nest in the much used (3 times last year) house on a pole just off the patio.
Some wonderful blues for a Saturday morning…. let them help you drift into joy
Love me some blues guitar.
Furthermore,
I offer the following PSA, in accordance with Reg FD, of which neither I, nor We The People, are subject to ;
What I can do, and what I will do, are separate, and predicated on others actions taken towards and/or against me.
Don’t tread on me
In God We Trust
Trust God
Fear not
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08 March 2022 Ron Miles, American jazz cornetist, composer, and bandleader, dies Polycythemia vera, a rare blood disorder, at 58
Ron Miles sextet LIVE in Boulder, Colorado
Joshua Redman: Still Dreaming | JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA
08 March 2021 Trevor Peacock, British stage and screen actor (The Vicar of Dibley – “Jim Trott”), screenwriter, and songwriter (“Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter”), dies at 89
I Didn’t Figure On Him (To Come Back) – Trevor Peacock – Decca -1961
08 March
George Martin
(1926-2016)
British record producer (The Beatles), dies at 90
27 Beatles songs that George Martin played on
08 March 2015 Lew Soloff, American jazz trumpeter (Blood, Sweat and Tears), dies at 71
Solo
LEW SOLOFF ~ Georgia on my Mind ~ THE VELVET NOTE IN ALPHARETTA, GA
BS&T
Blood Sweat & Tears “Lucretia Mac Evil” on The Ed Sullivan Show
08 March 2011 Mike Starr (musician), American Musician (b. 1966)
Alice In Chains – Man in the Box (Official Video)
08 March 2003 Adam Faith, English singer and actor (b. 1940)
Adam Faith – What Do You Want “Live” 1960
08 March 1997 Raymond Edwards, American doo-wop bass (The Silhouettes – “Get A Job”), dies of cancer at 72
Unknown which one
THE SILHOUETTES – “GET A JOB” (1957)
08 March 1993 Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love), dies at 78 of a stroke
Billy Eckstine “What Kind Of Fool Am I? ” Live On The Ed Sullivan Show
08 March
John Ericsson
(1803-1889)
Swedish-American inventor (screw propeller, rotating turret), dies at 85
Biography: Considered one of the most influential mechanical inventors in history, Ericsson developed the first screw-propeller, later put to use on the USS Princeton, which became the US Navy’s first screw-propeller driven steam frigate.
He also developed the first rotating turret on the USS Monitor, which ended up saving a blockade squadron during the American Civil War.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BICekq6BJ-o?feature=share
08 March
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
(1838-1917)
German general and inventor (rigid dirigibles) who founded the Zeppelin airship company, dies at 78
Biography: Ferdinand von Zeppelin was a German general and aircraft manufacturer who is most famous for pioneering the development of the rigid airship, commonly known as the Zeppelin.
Born into an aristocratic family, von Zeppelin served as an observer during the American Civil War and later became a general in the German army. His exposure to ballooning during his military years sparked an interest in aeronautics, and he turned his focus to this area after his retirement from the army.
In 1899, von Zeppelin established the Zeppelin Foundation with the goal of developing his vision of an airship. Overcoming several setbacks, including early accidents and skepticism from authorities, he flew his first Zeppelin, LZ 1, in 1900. The flight was short and imperfect, but adequately demonstrated the technology was viable.
By 1909, the first Zeppelin airship to carry both passengers and mail made its debut. Von Zeppelin’s airships were initially used for passenger travel, but during World War I, they were adapted for military purposes, including reconnaissance and bombings.
Though the Zeppelins were of limited value in warfare their impact on public morale was significant and they became symbols of German ingenuity. The use of Zeppelins would, however, decline after the war with the advent of more practical aircraft.
08 March
Johannes van der Waals
(1837-1923)
Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910, Liquid and Gas States), dies at 85
Biography: Johannes van der Waals was a Dutch theoretical physicist. He is best known for his work on an equation of state for gases and liquids, now known as the van der Waals equation of state. This innovative equation accounted for the non-ideal behavior of gases, which classical gas laws couldn’t explain.
The van der Waals equation introduced the concepts of molecular volume and molecular interaction to account for the behavior of real gases. This marked a significant shift from the ideal gas law, which had assumed that gas molecules occupy no volume and exert no forces on each other.
In addition to his work on gases, van der Waals made substantial contributions to our understanding of the phase behavior of substances, including the concept of the “critical point” at which the liquid and gas phases of a substance become indistinguishable. This led to the creation of phase diagrams, which are now a standard tool in physical chemistry.
For his contributions to the field of physics, van der Waals was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1910. His work laid the foundation for much of modern molecular physics and paved the way for further developments in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.
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Make sure ALL the backstraps are there!!!
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Ha ha! I do! I confess!
LOL I thought I was one of only a few that had a favorite. Glad I found others.
-fab composition 😻
ms Idaho,
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I was getting ready to type ‘you make me smile with my heart’ when I saw these
You are a very special soul
thank you
funny valentine
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my favorite works of art
Pardon my snarl
I never make the time change easily. No Grace
I just reset all my clocks, trying to ‘fool’ my body into acceptance
well, the computer clock visible on my ‘desktop’, and my phone will wait until tomorrow
meanwhile, i spend the day growling.
I’m like the dogs I saw pictured yesterday -WE want dinner at the usual time
😂 the snarl is much appreciated!
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Retribution by not changing the clocks
doesn’t gain or lose time -anyway
Resistance to it is futile;
as there are only so many hours in a day
When alas I’m adjusted to living at a pace;
-in my own space
someone comes along exclaiming,
“Your time is wrong!”
-You outta see the look on their face.
When we traveled the different time zones never bothered me – because we traveled with the sun.
This ‘synthetic’ ‘forced’ change takes me weeks to adjust.
Yeah – my time is wrong
grrrr
ms idaho, I call the DST the devil’s time.
Maybe
I don’t really care which time – I just wish they’d quit changing it twice a year
pick one and stay with it.
And why it it that some states are allowed ‘no change’, but our state must change? I did notice that the ‘no change’ states are South. Us Northerners (IMHO) are more adversely affected .