✝️ Weekly Devotional, Monday April 13, 2026

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Moghrey Mie Ya’ll 🙂

found this video of some of the treehouse crowd !!

Israel Update:

~So the blockade begins tomorrow. What does it mean? Blocking Iranian oil from going out.
This is a very strong move, and they will fight it very hard with all they have.

It means 90% of their oil exports will be blocked. They are also blocking the oil of others, so the total flow of oil is diminishing. This means a rise in oil prices. But this is going to squeeze the regime—they need this money.

But this is less than half of the government’s income. The largest share is taxation. I would take down their tax infrastructure, then hit their banks that fund the IRGC, and hit the money press—then there are no salaries for the security forces or government employees.

~IRGC: “The Strait of Hormuz is closed and will remain closed. Trump has only one choice, which is to surrender to our demands.”

~Chairman of the Iranian Parliament (the lead figure in Iran now), Ghalibaf: “We will not surrender to threats. If the Americans want war, we will fight. If they behave sensibly, we will respond accordingly.”

Note: While the negotiations failed, there was no announcement that the door is closed to further negotiations or that the ceasefire is over.

~Chairman of the National Security Committee in the Iranian Parliament: “Iran has increased the production rate of ballistic missiles and suicide drones since the ceasefire began, and the production rate remains high despite 40 days of war with the Zionist-American enemy.”

Note: They are deluded because they lie to others and to themselves about the results of the war. In their minds, they are winning.

~I thought this was obvious, so I didn’t mention it earlier—but the negotiations failed because Iran insists on developing nuclear weapons. This is what was suggested by Trump.

~The number of U.S. Air Force transports heading to the Middle East tonight is insane. I saw it on a live map.

~The leader of Turkey, Erdogan, who is a strong critic of Israel, had his legal system issue indictments against Netanyahu and 30-35 officials of Israel  totaling thousands of years in jail.  This is laughable.

But yesterday he said that if Israel continues fighting Iran, Turkey may go to war with Israel.
I don’t know how to take this. In Israel, no one is taking it too seriously. We know Turkey is aiming to become the new Iran, arming Syria and inciting against us—but I doubt he is serious for now.

~I almost forgot—this is something I keep meaning to mention. The IDF and Mossad were involved in the rescue operation of the U.S. airman. How do I know? Trump thanked Bibi, and the U.S. Ambassador to Israel thanked the IDF and Mossad specifically.

Since we have people in Iran, the whole thing is kept secret. But I can offer a reasonable guess.

Since Mossad is known to have established drone bases in Iran, they must have ways to transport equipment into the country. When U.S. Special Forces landed in Iran, I immediately thought the landing base was likely a Mossad asset—and a valuable one. They may have given it up for this high-purpose mission. It was also far from the combat zone, so Mossad likely arranged transport and possibly operated the vehicles.

Israel also has Sayeret Matkal, the equivalent of Delta Force. They are masters of blending into hostile territory and appearing as locals or enemy forces. They may have participated—but these are my assumptions based on the acknowledgments given.

~Lebanon: The IDF secured about a 6 miles area along the border. This is the range of an anti-tank missile that was a major problem in the past. The Shia villages that were part of Hezbollah’s infrastructure are being flattened, and residents will not be allowed back south of the Litani River until Hezbollah is dealt with and northern Israel is safe to live in. The Christian villages were left alone as they didn’t pose a threat.  
This is the new Israeli doctrine following 10/7: “no Jihadists on the borders”.  

To wrap it up: I have already mentioned “divine intervention.” Is it only me who sees a repetition here of the story of Exodus?  “And God hardened the heart of Pharaoh.” The “10 plagues.”

So I guess more plagues are coming—the next one is the “blockade.”

God bless Israel and the USA, and protect our forces and civilians.

This is our customary Treeper Church Sunday benediction. We post it here as a way of inviting our friends and visitors to experience the soulful experience of solace. This is intentionally a quiet place. We hope the presence of Our Lord will inspire a little faith. Our Lord loves us and want’s us to be a part of His Family. All it takes to do this is our personal acceptance of Him. Do this and you are in . . .

I like this version of the old Hootie & the Blowfish song… the violin adds a really wonderful touch

Get my rest in the day time, do my running round at night…

Another video, too late for Cursday…but cute esp. starting at 40 seconds…terminology related to electricity…and dogs…

Spent some time in San Francisco, I spent a night there in the can
They threw this drunk man in my jail cell, I took 15 dollars from that man

From our friend, Ray Stevens, from a while back…(are we waiting for Obama policies to sunset? asking for a friend…).

13 April 2005 Johnnie Johnson, American blues & jazz piano player (Chuck Berry’s band), dies of kidney problems and pneumonia at 80

Johnnie Johnson – Johnnie’s boogie

13 April

Annie Jump Cannon
(1863-1941)

American astronomer (Henry Draper catalogues), dies at 77

Biography: Annie Jump Cannon was an American astronomer and early figure in the field of stellar classification. She is best known for her work on the Harvard Classification Scheme, which organized stars based on their temperatures and spectral types. Her ability to classify stars quickly and accurately earned her the title “Census Taker of the Sky.”

Cannon was born in Dover, Delaware, in 1863. Her mother encouraged her to study mathematics, chemistry, and biology at Wellesley College, where she graduated with a degree in physics in 1884. Despite losing most of her hearing due to scarlet fever in her early adult years, Cannon was not swayed from her pursuit of astronomy.

In 1896, Edward C. Pickering hired Cannon as an assistant at the Harvard College Observatory, where she became a member of the Harvard Computers, a group tasked with completing the Henry Draper Catalogue.

She created the Harvard Classification Scheme, which was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1922. Cannon collaborated with Cecilia Payne, who used Cannon’s data to show that stars are composed mainly of hydrogen and helium.

Throughout her career, Cannon received numerous awards and honors, including becoming the first woman to receive honorary doctorates from the University of Groningen in 1921 and Oxford University in 1925.

She was also awarded the Henry Draper Medal in 1931 and the Ellen Richards Prize in 1932. Cannon advocated for women in science and helped pave the way for future female astronomers. She died in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the age of 77, having manually classified around 350,000 stars, more than anyone else in her lifetime.

BE honest now. Everyone here wishes they could sleep like a baby once again.

https://x.com/i/status/2043505361966047641

Dusty (True Stereo)
 I Only Want To Be With You
1963

Dion & The Belmonts 

“Where or When”

1960


Dion & The Belmonts
 I Wonder Why 
1958

Dave Clark Five – 

Glad All Over

 (original video 1963)

Bobby Sherman – 

I’m Into Something Good 

(Shindig – Nov 11, 1964)


Danny & The Juniors “Rock ‘n Roll is Here to Stay”

Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show. February 22, 1958

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Saint Porphyrios, Bishop of Gaza in Palestine (+ 420)

and

Saint George the Holy Great-Martyr and Trophy-Bearer (+ 303)

please pray for and protect the remaining original Christians in the Holy Land and the Levant, especially the village of Taybeh, from the Evil One and his servants.

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Paschal Troparion

Christ is risen from the dead, by death hath He trampled down death, and on those in the graves hath He bestowed life. (Thrice)