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See to it brothers, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end[.]

— Hebrews 3:12-14 LSB

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Hi Janice, great verse choice. ❤️The last couple of days I have felt despair and that is why I have not commented on C&C. Why add to the bleak BS being blathered every where. After much reflection and prayer plus telling myself to suck it up and quit despairing, I came to the only real answer which is to trust in The Lord and act accordingly. Stay calm and carry on! May God bless you all. 🙏 🥰✝️

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The evil one always delights in our fear and despair! Don’t let it get to you!!

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Agree 💯. 🥰

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For sure. Fear is from Satan, not God.

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Psalm 33

Let all the earth fear the Lord;

let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!

For he spoke, and it came to be;

he commanded, and it stood firm.

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I don't why a loving god should be feared.

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I questioned that at one point. I found that there's a different definition of "fear" than what first comes to most minds.

Fear, noun - profound reverence and awe especially toward God

Fear, verb - to have a reverential awe of (ex. fear God)

You're welcome.

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Regardless of its source, fear is an extremely effective recruiting ploy.

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"I sought the LORD, and He answered me and RESCUED me from ALL my fears" Psalm 34:4

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Amen 🙏

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He wouldn't have to rescue you from anything he didn't create to threaten you.

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💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

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A friend sent me this. Tucker Carlson Shorts. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-xKFZYWXVocGwt3x-MGjXR-VZMEQ7YQZ/view?usp=drivesdk

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This needs to be shared!

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I am a concerned Grammie just like you. Feel free to share.

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I too have stopped commenting the last few weeks. I don’t live in the free state of Florida where it seems a bit easier to tell everyone to ‘be optimistic’. I know not all the land will be protected at all times, and I will need to make tough choices as the year drags on.

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We moved from normie/covidian blue area of eastern Chester County PA to South Carolina. It's like a weight has been lifted off me. I know there's normie/covidians here. I just don't know them. I can keep it superficial and not look at all around me waiting for them to get ill etc or not connecting the dots to the vaxx. It was toxic where I used to live.

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I can just imagine. I lived and worked in Swarthmore for over a year. This was back in 1990. Coming straight from Texas, I sure could see the difference in the way folks behaved and thought.

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Been in SC all my adult life. We have 3 blue "cities" in the entire state, Greenville (barely qualifies as a city) Columbia (State cap. state University) and Charleston (Med University, 3 Colleges). None have anywhere close to a million people.

The rest of the state loves the country, their state and town/village.

Black/White hunt, fish, farm and work together. You'll like it here!

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OH, and we blew off the scamdemic.

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We love South Carolina. ❤️

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The most difficult part is not having communication with peer age friends/ former Friends. Most folks just aren’t too well informed and I mean even people who have multiple loved ones who are dead or Ill. What is that ?????

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I am right there with you - it's called "willful ignorance" and my soul weeps for my children and grandchildren who are ALL jabbed with that hideous mRNA bioweapon jab!

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So very sorry to hear this.

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Bummer - I thought you still lived in PA - so, I won't be seeing you anytime soon, Annie. At least not on this 'orb'. Blessings to you and yours!

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I will be back as most of my family is in Lancaster PA. I will let you know when I am coming back. 🙂

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Really? How 'wunderbar' - have you ever eaten at Knight & Day eatery in Lititz area--just went there to meet a Lancaster buddy this past Wednesday--REALLY enjoyed the ambience and the food is super delicious!

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Like Alan, I have tried to limit my comments. Up here, in Canada, if Bill 63 is written into law, I maybe held responsible for hate speech, just by agreeing or liking a comment! I’m preparing to leave the internet and cell phone era altogether

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Whether a law or not, limiting social media and cell phone is good for you. Go back to pre cell/internet and actually live your life. 🥰

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Apr 27·edited Apr 27

I got an iPhone and it tracks how often I use my phone and it’s mind-boggling how much time I spend on it. I struggle with anxiety anyway, even though I know the things that weigh me down are mostly in my imagination. I’ve noticed that the more I use my stupid phone, the more my imagination takes off! I believe our pocket computers dissociate us from our surroundings, our rational thoughts and our God. Of course that’s going to increase anxiety! So I’m trying to find new things to do to keep me present. And I keep my phone in my purse throughout the day so I’m not tempted to be on it.

I don’t know why I’m posting this, but I thought it was relevant. These phones really can be detrimental to society.

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I've silenced all notifications and asked the Lord to make it only a tool. I carry it for family and work, but also C&C. Thankful for the optimism Jeff provides and the reminder of Whom we belong.

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"I SOUGHT THE LORD, AND HE HEARD ME AND DELIVERED ME FROM ALL MY FEARS" Psa. 34:4

It would be a good exercise to put our phones down (I'm preaching to myself) and seek our Peace through prayer and scripture reading. None of us alone can change what our corrupt govt is doing, BUT GOD....

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Well said!!! Take up crocheting, quilting or cross stitching. It helps with nervous energy! And you can pray while he you do it!

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It’s a good idea to turn off the phone & get into the habit of turning it on only at certain times of day to check on things. Less harm from EMF also, not to mention tracking movements. Remember we lived for most of our lives ( us over 50) without being tethered to communication. We’d go about our lives, come home & listen to the recording machine. Take control of what you can.

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💯 correct. Well said.

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Well done! Now go one better and completely rid yourself of the smartphone. Forever. If you can’t, or feel you can’t, then you’ve got far bigger problems to solve than your phone anxiety. In truth, we all have the same or similar far bigger problems to solve as well, because phone anxiety is really only a symptom and is most definitely not the cause.

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Sometimes I get on you t tube and watch Tiff Shuttlesworth and Dr. David Jeremiah, this helps with my anxiety. It drops it down several notches.

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Owning a cellphone doesn't compel carrying one.

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Yeah, I leave mine at home most of the time. Don't miss it at all.

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Great advise, Annie! I've been preparing myself for this moment and now welcoming it. I will just miss the C&C army!!

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Bill 63 is as bad as the Censorship Bill being pushed in Ireland. We MUST get rid of the WEF led Trudeau.

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Wow! That is unbelievable. 😢

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Truly frightening to feel muzzled like that!

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"FEAR NOT for I AM with you! Be not dismayed, for I AM your God. I will STRENGTHEN you, I will HELP you, I will UPHOLD you with my righteous right arm" Isa. 41:10

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Amen 🙏

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I, too, have scaled way back on commenting, but it has nothing to do with fear of being prosecuted or jailed or otherwise held to account for my opinions. It is pure exhaustion, on my part. I am so completely worn out from it all. The country is gone and our lives are compromised if not actually destroyed on every front. All this talk and nothing changes.

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Im not afraid. I engage in battles with normies, fascists, liberals and righties on a regular basis. sticks and stones.... but I live in MExico so have some margin here :)

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Liz, I assume you are in Mexico as south of the border. Are you an ex-pat, and how how do you like living in Mexico? Being from So Cal originally I've considered retirement south of the border. As lifestyles decline in NA it may be safer to live south of the border.

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ps LARGE AWAKE community here where I am.

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I LOVE LOVE LOVE my life in Mexico ! it has its drawbacks here and there but as a single older woman I feel much safer here than in the States, not to mention I am able to pretty much live on Social security here, which I could not in the states. if you want to know more, you can find me through facebook, Liz Rand. please send a note saying why you want to be friends (mention C and C!) and I will be happy to share with you anything that might help. there's a lot to say. Ive been here almost 6 yrs. and have some Spanish, not a lot, could use more. All the Best!

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Mucho gracias ;-)

The closest I come to social media is C&C, thank you for the reply!

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Better to invest energies in engaging those who have not yet heard, or have heard and deny, the truth - than it is to spin one's wheels in an echo chamber.

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It is nice to know you are not alone. Especially important in deep blue covidian areas.

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EXACTLY!!! I'm waving to you Annie - at least I'm in "purple" Lancaster county where the Amish keep things somewhat sane!

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This helps me, when all the world looks insane.

In Christ Alone. Keith & Kristyn Getty

In Christ alone my hope is found

He is my light, my strength, my song

This cornerstone, this solid ground

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love, what depths of peace

When fears are stilled, when strivings cease

My comforter, my all in all

Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone, who took on flesh

Fullness of God in helpless babe

This gift of love and righteousness

Scorned by the ones He came to save

'Til on that cross as Jesus died

The wrath of God was satisfied

For every sin on Him was laid

Here in the death of Christ I live

There in the ground, His body lay

Light of the world, by darkness slain

Then bursting forth in glorious day

Up from the grave, He rose again

And as He stands in victory

Sin's curse has lost its grip on me

For I am His and He is mine

Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death

This is the power of Christ in me

From life's first cry to final breath

Jesus commands my destiny

No pow'r of hell, no scheme of man

Can ever pluck me from His hand

'Til He returns or calls me home

Here in the power of Christ I'll stand

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And another helpful hymn for navigating the madness:

How Can I Keep From Singing

Robert Lowery; folk song

1. My life flows on in endless song;
Above earth’s lamentation,
I catch the sweet, though far-off hymn
That hails a new creation.

* Refrain:
No storm can shake my inmost calm
While to that Rock I’m clinging;
Since Christ is Lord of heav’n and earth,
How can I keep from singing?

2. Through all the tumult and the strife,
I hear that music ringing;
It finds an echo in my soul—
How can I keep from singing?

3. What though my joys and comforts die?
I know my Savior liveth;
What though the darkness gather round?
Songs in the night He giveth.

4. The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,
A fountain ever springing!
All things are mine since I am His—
How can I keep from singing?

The origins of this one seem mysterious. It is classified a folk tune.

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This message from Dutch Sheets is a great reminder of the miracle of our American history. https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?e=50735d1b68&u=21ae4b9aa9f11e4a8320b5ed6&id=faca5a8e17

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Seriously. Cut off?

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In Christ Alone. Keith & Kristyn Getty

In Christ alone my hope is found

He is my light, my strength, my song

This cornerstone, this solid ground

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love, what depths of peace

When fears are stilled, when strivings cease

My comforter, my all in all

Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone, who took on flesh

Fullness of God in helpless babe

This gift of love and righteousness

Scorned by the ones He came to save

'Til on that cross as Jesus died

The wrath of God was satisfied

For every sin on Him was laid

Here in the death of Christ I live

There in the ground, His body lay

Light of the world, by darkness slain

Then bursting forth in glorious day

Up from the grave, He rose again

And as He stands in victory

Sin's curse has lost its grip on me

For I am His and He is mine

Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death

This is the power of Christ in me

From life's first cry to final breath

Jesus commands my destiny

No pow'r of hell, no scheme of man

Can ever pluck me from His hand

'Til He returns or calls me home

Here in the power of Christ I'll stand

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Apr 27·edited Apr 27

As to cutting back on 'comments' - you are not alone, Annie. Felt very much the same over the past few weeks - and maybe many others have as well. Depressing as heck, and the psychotically deranged liberals who hate on EVERYbody that aligns in ANY way with an opposing view, (or Trump!), and merrily post their vomitous rhetoric all over social media (FB seems a popular destination for their puke) have just worn me down with their stupidity.

One day, when the world "rights" itself - they are going to jump out and suggest they "knew it all along".

..............and we will shake our heads, and sigh.

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Cut negative, and nasty people out of your life. I just ditched my eldest sister I law after she recklessly told my wife she was just a parrot extension of me and said and did whatever I told her. Not the exact words, but when she said them the hair on the back of my neck stood up, because it was verbatim what our daughter used to hurl at my wife during her descent into chronic depression, and eventual suicide. She had enough booze and felt cornered enough about a discussion on her supporting the Ukraine "because it is a democracy", as well as everything else Biden does. Asked me why I cared, because "none of it affects me personally". Yeah, I know.

Anyway, after dwelling on her words for weeks, I realized that given the years since our daughter's death, the only way she could have remembered them exactly was if they were something she had said to our daughter, rather than the other way around. Our daughter was looking for ways to blame anyone but herself for her depression, so she glommed on them.

After the toxic drugs a Frankenstein shrink gave our daughter, the biggest cause of her death was she refused to listen to anything her mother said to help her. Later research confirmed my wife gave good advice, but she took none of it.

Sorry for being wordy, but the bottom line is that my wife's sister had deliberately discredited my wife's credibility and sincerity., and along with 3 others, including my own sister, indirectly contributed to our daughter's death. She is a non person to me. Do the same with other negative people in your life, and you will find your happiness quotient quickly improve

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Roland, I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your daughter. I can't even imagine the heartache this has brought to both you & your wife, let alone the understanding regarding the influence of others. Lately I have found this to be helpful to me...May you be well, may you be happy, may you be peacelful, may you live your life with ease.

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Wise words. Every night when I turn out our daughters' neon shark light I had custom made for her in HS (Her life's work, and career, was spent trying to save the sharks, and the oceans), I say the magic words she said to us as a child, at bedtime: "I love you. I like you. Sweet dreams. Don't forget to check on me". I then follow it with the traditional Hawaiian words of reconciliation and forgiveness, called Ho'oponopono. " I'm sorry. Please forgive me. I love you. Thank you ( for being my baby bear). " You can add or embellish any or all of the 4 lines, but they are the core.

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I used the Ho'oponopono prayer at the memorial service for my dad.

May you find peace. 💕

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Sorry doesn't convey how awful I feel for your loss... I've been in similar situations with my own daughter. Thankfully she has done no harm to herself, and has been able to get out of that pit of despair she was in. We pour our own lives and love into our children's lives for YEARS and along come "others" and suddenly we parents are at the bottom of the family hierarchy. I pray for your peace and your wife's peace in Jesus' name...

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Or give them a verrrrrry wide berth. So sorry for the loss of your daughter.

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Apr 27·edited Apr 27

Dear Roland, I am so sorry for all this pain you have experienced...Both your loss and your horrible experience with meddling relations.

By all means, remove truly toxic people, but in the process of estrangement, try to find forgiveness in your heart (though you may never forget)

By doing so, we free ourselves totally from the pain they cause.

Sharing is a healthy thing. Thank you for honoring us by trusting us with it. 🙏

May God comfort you in your darkest moments and bless you always with His love.

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Sorry for your loss.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Apr 27·edited Apr 27

So sorry for the loss of your daughter. 😔 I agree that toxic people need to be phased out or minimized in one's life. They are like vampires sucking light and love out of life.

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Sorry for your loss.

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Roland. So sorry. My heart goes out to you. Suicide of a child is a terrible load of pain.

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I am so sorry for your loss, & you are so right - I have a "positive" sister who is actually quite negative, controlling & greedy, & since cutting off contact with her, my life is greatly improved.

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Did that with my sister too, and I have been so much happier. She was born lazy and had a relapse, but always finds time to campaign for liberal politicians (lives in Toronto) to make sure she continues to get other people's money. Has not worked since she was ~40, back and pain issues ( except at election time, and Christians recital) , took morphine For Years, but last time we talked she said she was "down to 8 percocets a day.". She's 70 now, if she is still alive . Sure she's gotten every jab possible.

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My sister & I actually share a pretty similar worldview, but her entitlement mentality (hard worker, thinking that she's entitled to all family property - has inherited quite a lot from my side of the family plus her husband's side) became impossible for me to deal with. I'm a home health aide, & took in a friend who had become homeless due to his health issues. She was furious that I hadn't obtained her permission as at that time we were joint property owners. A pastor friend who used to be a very successful realtor acted as a mediator, & as we were finalizing things, made the observation that it would be healthy for she & I to take a break from our relationship...maybe for several weeks, months, years, perhaps permanently. That was such a blessed relief for me to hear, & I've managed to avoid virtually all contact with her since then. Several months ago she did spot me in a retail location that we both frequent, & I was civil, but I also made it clear that I am no longer her sister. Forgiveness is not forgetting, & when someone thinks they have the right to dictate your life, it's time to leave them in their grand delusions.

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So sorry for your and your wife's loss, Roland.

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My heart and soul weep for you and your family, Roland. For your own soul's good...as time passes, I pray you can find it in your being to forgive your oh so errant sister-in-law.

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I, too, have been hesitant lately to like, repost or comment on X. Due to surveillance, J6, etc. Feel bad for self-censoring. But then I say f*ck it and post anyway!

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Einstein said all that is necessary for evil to prevail is for good men to stand buy and do nothing.

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I "liked" your comment And ditto...f*ck it !

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Roland , I am heartbroken for you & your wife…and for your daughter too. My husband’s son made his Final Decision back in 2001 and we still are haunted by the fact that he felt the need to take his life and nobody saw it coming. With everything going on in this crazy world, we’d all just like to have one day where we feel peace…and JOY. We all have to work extra-hard to get days like that anymore. 💔

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Also for me in the last few months meditating on Christ's return and his coming for his own in the rapture gives me SO MUCH peace! That is where I try to focus and sometimes I have to just check out of the news and "not care" what is going on because its so much doom and gloom. <3

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When I begin to feel despair, I remember all those who have suffered before. From Jesus Himself who was perfect and said if the world hates you, remember it hated me first; to the apostles who all died for their faith; to those who suffered and died as missionaries taking the gospel to the ends of the earth; to those who are suffering today under truly oppressive regimes. I am reminded that we in the USA have had very easy lives by comparison. I am reminded to rejoice in who God is; to be in prayer over everything; and to be thankful for His blessings and His mercies which are new every morning. If we find ourselves in despair, it is because we are not focusing on Our Savior and His purposes and His plan. He is on the throne and none of God's purposes can be thwarted. May we all be encouraged as we remember all those who came before us. May God strengthen our faith when we are weak and may we always seek to point others to the love and forgiveness that only comes through Christ Jesus our Lord who paid for our sins on the cross.

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Amen!

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Beautiful Robin. Thank you.

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Thank you for your kind words. It seems that many of us have needed to take our thoughts captive this week, myself included as well as many that I have spoken with this week.

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I read C&C for my news & skip the rest.

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A few years ago I got rid of all social media. Facebook is completely toxic. (I never used Instagram since I’m not a narcissist a-hole.) I found my days were happier and I was less angry. I now subscribe to a lot of Substack content so I can pick and choose what I want to dive into.

It’s hard to not feel hopeless when it comes to the state of our country. But if we lose hope, then truly all is lost. I do think the majority of the people on this planet are good people just waiting for the insanity to burn itself out. Many have been beaten into silence. There will come a day where the silent will stand up and draw that line in the sand. It may be a million different lines over a million different reasons but I count each one as a tiny victory.

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It requires a constant reining in of our thoughts and a conscious effort to refocus on Him. Believe me, I know.

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Amen! I haven't even read much this week, but you're right! God Bless.

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🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💟✝️

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Same for me, I even haven't read all of last week. Stay calm and carry on! Great advise, just reading my Bible and praying. Yes, we are in scary times. Perhaps the darkest in a long time. At least now Bible prophecy seems to be right on target. Walk with the Lord!

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“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness."

— Lamentations 3:22-23

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One of my favorite verses…and my favorite hymn.

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This, along with I Corinthians Chapter 13 are my very favorite Scripture passages.

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Beautiful scripture. Hold fast, keep calm, and subvert subversion with laughter! https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/subversive-laughter-mock-cringe-commissars

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Good article. I endorse fire-fights-fire tactics IF used selectively. True story: One middle-schooler told another she was in trouble for a minor schoolyard crime. “What will you tell the principal when he calls you into his office?” No problem, said the miscreant. “I’ll just laugh about it.” No penitence. No defense argument. Just mock the situation and make it look ridiculous. We should mock foolishness to scorn, but ridiculing the truth is lying.

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How is ridiculing the truth, lying, when the source of it routinely lies?

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Ridicule the truth if you don't like the source? Make it make sense, Vonu.

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I don't judge anything that I don't regard the source of as legitimate as legitimate without extensive corroboration. It isn't my job to make their lies true.

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Hold fast!

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That phrase which I love, comes from the English navy. Used in the midst of bloody battle. Often it's tattooed on the knuckles so that when the fist are held together, "HOLD FAST" is flashed. It might be the thing that holds the battle line.

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I feel for you outnumbered in Oregon, though I hear it is beautiful.

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"TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. In ALL your ways ACKNOWLEDGE HIM and He WILL DIRECT your paths." Prov. 3:5-6

or: Keep Calm and Carry On...

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That was my go-to passage back during my first year of college when I only thought I had problems. It's still a favorite!

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So appropriate for today’s post. 🙏

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God’s Word is so amazing for encouragement and comfort (and so many other needs).

Some of you might also like this video filled with hope and practical advice for these times: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_M1OHMz4Zxk

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If it were truly God's Word, why didn't he self publish it?

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Thanks Vonu, I can respect that question.

I think He did, in fact, self publish: "For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse" (Roman 1:19,20)

Then God graciously told us even more by giving us His written Word through people. This further revelation tells us about our sin problem and the only hope for forgiveness (Jesus' death for our sins) and a hope-filled future beyond this short life.

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Rise and Stand - a beautiful reply to Vonu. The response from Vonu was what I expected, God is clearly working in this person's life (since they keep replying to people) regardless of their response.

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If he had, we'd have printed, bound books instead of scrolls.

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Fun fact: Christians popularized the 'codex' (bound book), and made printed bibles as soon as the printing press was invented.

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Gutenberg had to be born first.

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He did self-publish it. It's called general revelation.

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He had nothing to with publishing it. At most, he dictated it to those who published it.

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Okay, I'll play along. Those to whom He "dictated" have this to say. Take heed, friend.

Romans 2:4–5 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? 5 But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

2 Peter 3:8–10 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then athe heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.

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It is called the King James Version because King James paid for its publication.

Where is God's Version?

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Are you saying that the creator of everything was too lazy to publish his own writing?

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General revelation is what we can know about God *without* the Bible. Special revelation is the Bible.

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Good question.

The God of the universe, the God of the Bible, has chosen to use humans over and over and over to accomplish his work. And to use tangible, tactile “stuff” that he made.

He could have somehow gotten the king of Egypt to free the Israelites from their slavery, yet he chose to send the human Moses along with Moses’s brother to speak to the king. He could have made the Israelites to magically not need food in the wilderness, instead he miraculously provided manna every day for 40 years. He could have somehow made Joseph and Mary return to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus, but instead he worked through the official decree of the Roman emperor thousands of miles away who decided it was time for a census. He could have made a list of laws and rules that man has to keep in order to be set right with God, but, knowing we could never do that, he actually chose to become man himself and to come to us when we could not come to him.

Could God have issued a book without a human instrument? Of course. He made the universe, after all. Did he choose to do that? No.

There is a lot of evidence that the Bible we have today is divinely inspired. I don’t know if you are looking for that sort of intellectual answer, or if your search is more of an emotional, relational one. Both, of course, are equally valid and important.

We have a lot of manuscript evidence with thousands of ancient manuscripts - whole books and fragments - that attest to the preservation of the original authors’ words. More manuscripts for the Bible than for any other ancient literature.

Archeological finds confirm the locations and names of many biblical places and people. Again attesting to the veracity of what was written.

There are hundreds of prophecies throughout the Bible. I think almost 400 related to the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Written hundreds of years before he was even conceived, and not mathematically possible to be fulfilled by random chance in any one person. And yet they were. His birth place, his lineage, his unjust death. Plus there were prophecies in about the capture of Babylon by the Medes and Persians, and of the Medes and Persians by Greece.

The God of the Bible is the only God who chose to bring himself down to man so that we could know him and be with him forever.

I hope that one day you are able to experience his love and his concern for you. I know by experience that this is not always easy. There are things that happen in some of our lives that make God seem uncaring at best or worse. It’s a real struggle personally for me. Yet, as G.K. Chesterton said, “man wants to turn from God, but in heaven’s name, to what?”

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The God of the Bible was created by the men who made up the bible.

My creator made them like it made me.

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Who is your creator, if I may ask? How did he make himself known to mankind? Sincerely asking.

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I don't know if it has a name because it is a non-material non-locality composed of spiritual energy. I call it Jesus because my humanity wants a label and the historical record of Jesus Christ seems solid enough to assume that he was a human incarnation for it.

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Apr 27·edited Apr 27Liked by Jeff Childers

Yes, 2024 seems to be an endless ride on the Crazy Train, but we’ve seen this before… Read the following words of C.S. Lewis, “On Living in an Atomic Age” (1948). It’s worth looking up. Take hope, especially if you’re among the family who have Eternal Hope (and eternal life) in Jesus There is so much more than what we see!

“It is perfectly ridiculous to go about whimpering and drawing long faces because the scientists have added one more chance of painful and premature death to a world which already bristled with such chances and in which death itself was not a chance at all, but a certainty.

This is the first point to be made: and the first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together. If we are all going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts—not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs. They may break our bodies (a microbe can do that) but they need not dominate our minds.”

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I'd never read any part of this quote except the last paragraph. Thank you for posting it! It reminds me of my sorrow that so many followers of Christ seemed to be so frightened by covid. I'm not looking for death, but I'm ready. It's all in God's timing; if he doesn't want covid or something else to kill me, it won't happen. If that is his chosen method for my demise, then I can't stop it. He is sovereign and I can rest in that (most of the time).

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I live in Bonner County, Idaho. Bonner County never locked down, had a mask mandate, or closed schools. We were our own little Sweden amidst the insanity. Panhandle Health Department, which oversees the three or four northern counties of Idaho, did not even try — Panhandle Health did lock down Kootenai County to the south of us. Least you say “But you have a low population density”, know that Sandpoint’s bars and restaurants were packed that COVID summer, with people driving over the border from Washington State to go out to dinner, etc. Guess what? Bonner County’s Infection Fatality Rate was much lower than the national average. And it was probably lower than reported, since many people I know never got tested when they got sick.

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If you believe in God, or are just spiritual, you know death is not the end. We are all just energy beings in an article mass called a body. The true Us is the soul, and that is what the satanists envy, and are trying to take from us. I am in regular touch with our daughter's soul, so I know this to be true. Literally hundreds or instances that simply cannot be random.

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That knowledge keeps my mind safe.

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Amen.

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Apr 27·edited Apr 27

Totally love CS Lewis. I find it interesting that to "dominate our minds" is exactly the self-described objective of the Transhumanist agenda. It is the one thing the Marxists have never been able to achieve. And it is the one thing that always brings them down - their inability to control what we think.

Once again, they will fail. God's power in His creation is beyond the humanist's wildest imagination. The reason for this is because they do not believe in God nor the power of His creation.

Romans 1

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead... 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man...

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Well said!!

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Indeed. "The Abolition of Man" continues to be on-point a century or so later.

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Love CS Lewis!! Thank you for that great quote!

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I hoped someone had posted this but I was ready! Love it and thanks!

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KEEPING OUR EYES ON JESUS, THE AUTHOR AND PERFECTOR OF OUR FAITH

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Excellent. Hope all of those having frequent (everyone has occasional) negative depressed days bookmarks this and makes a point to read it whenever such thoughts bring them down. Fear is the enemy, and the cabal's #1 weapon. Don't succumb. As Socrates said, "living well is life's best revenge".

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I just read, for the first time, his Surprised by Joy, about his conversion to Christianity, and now plan to read The Four Loves and everything he and GK Chesterton wrote. I'd only known him as a children's book author. Wonderful writer and important thinker.

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beautiful quote ! thank you!

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Love this! Thank you.

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Yes, totally agree

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I don’t find it particularly crazy.

Same old. Same old.

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Apr 27Liked by Jeff Childers

Good morning C&Cers. Today is Saturday and there is probably a farmers market by you. Not only do you support local farmers, but you get fresh veggies, meat and dairy NOT from the grocery store. Happy shopping and happy health!!!

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Apr 27Liked by Jeff Childers

I was never a big proponent of farmers markets simply because I felt grocery store food was good enough. Then 2020 hit and I wanted to support local businesses as much as possible. Now? I dread buying produce at the grocery store! We moved in 2023 and I now live right down the road from an Amish farm. I can get produce, baked goods, eggs, milk, cheese -- yes it's a little more costly but it's worth every single penny.

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Stock up on that milk - The Government has decided that unpasteurized milk is a carrier of avian flu. How that works, doesn't matter. The goal is to quash unregulated farmers.

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Our govt. is a corrupt, criminal out of control enterprise! The US is prob. the worst. America was a great idea & promise. Hopefully we can reclaim her.

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whats going on with the Amish is the big news story

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can you say more? is the government still persecuting the Amish?

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you can research the topic, I think they just won a case with the Supreme Courts help. Over zealous govt. employees trying to destroy their farms.

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so sad. the Amish didnt take the jab, didnt get covid, stick to their pure ways, pure food etc. I hope you all can protect them!

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The Amish are typically very healthy! The guvment can’t stand them!🤓

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Fresh Raw milk is the best health food.

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Roger - someone needs to tell the government that our milk (at least near me) isn't coming from avian creatures. I prefer cow's milk:)

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I think H1N1 in bovine is because they mix chicken protein in the cattle feed. That is not God's plan and we will bear the brunt of this action.

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I think Bird flu in cows is a total farce. 😕 Tx DHS (and CDC) announcement was full of weak wording. Presumed to be; possibly; likely; may be; etc. ONE person, who had been around dairy cows got pink eye (conjunctivitis). That's IT! So they decide, to test dairy cows, cats and wild birds for "avian flu"...but NOT chickens?? How do they test? Good ole PCR!!! Now, there's "infected" herds all over the country. It's Covid Scare 2.0. I'm not buying it. 😒

https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/dshs-reports-first-human-case-avian-influenza-texas

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Yes! Lucky you! We should totally encourage Jeff to set up a multiplier for Amos Miller in Pennsylvania. What the criminals in charge are doing to him is outrageous!

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We have a buying club up here in MA for his stuff. He's great.

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I'm unsure Mr. Miller would know of or accept financial assistance from a GSG campaign. Great thought though!

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Especially because many grocery store fruits are coated with Apeel. It’s a Bill Gates owned coating one can’t wash off. Has chemicals. Even organic fruit can have it! Buy local and eat peelable grocery fruits (eg oranges, not apples).

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My son loves raspberries, which aren't in season yet here. I can't wait to be able to buy them locally so I don't have to get the grocery store ones (it's the only fruit he'll eat so it's what i get him).

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make sure its really organic as berries are one of the biggest soaker uppers of Pesticides.

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Soak berries in vinegar water, rinse and dry well then refrigerate. It's AMAZING how much longer they last!!!

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How much vinegar per pound of berries, C.G.? I love my strawberries and wash them with hot water before eating - but they spoil before I can eat all of them (and I'm talking in only 3-4 days--not even a week).

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I put my berries in a large bowl, then add 3 cups water to 1 cup white vinegar (approx - I don't actually measure!). Soak for about 10-15 min, then pour that off and rinse well. Then I put them on dish towels to air dry, then layer back into the original container (I pour out the vinegar water over that container and then dry it well), divided by paper towels and put them in the fridge. The vinegar kills mold spores. And keeping them pretty dry is part of the trick. Search "wash berries with vinegar and water" and you'll get lots of hits.

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That’s awesome!!!! We rv full time and that’s the first thing we do on a Saturday💜

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The best thing about the Amish farms is that they sell their goods 6 days a week (not on Sundays). So I can run over and grab stuff as I need it.

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That’s soooo lucky!!!! Can u imagine how many uneducated ppl live by that and still go to the grocery stores?

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I assume the vast majority. I'm in PA and in Lancaster county there's an Amish farmer under attack right now for selling raw milk. There are lots of people who truly believe that he shouldn't be allowed to sell it because it might not be safe. It's truly mind boggling.

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Yeah I used to do beekeeping and you could only sell honey if the label was under the cottage law as raw honey. The benefits of raw honey are crazy!!!! We put it in our coffee, yet most people put that horrible bleached sugar. 🤮🤮🤮

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Food from a farmer's market is routinely many weeks fresher and seldom ever frozen.

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It is often stored in deep cold / fridge though. I worked on an organic farm for several years. Only way to keep food fresh for weeks if needed. You can't sell everything every week, even with a CSA, if you have a productive farm.

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The farms that supplied the farmer's markets that I attended weren't big enough to take more than an hour to pick them bare. Because they were very nurtured, they'd grow enough in a week to cover their tables. I don't eat enough vegetables to keep a farmer's market in business.

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Pesticides or organic?

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Pesticides or organic what?

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Are farmer market produce really better if they are not organically grown?

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Well, if buying conventional at the grocery store or conventional at the farmer’s market, I will take the farm.

Also, some farmers grow organically but can’t pay for the official certification. If you talk with them though, you find out how they practice.

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Have you studied the USDA's organic standards well enough to know that they are nothing more than a promotional scheme?

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The only way that produce bought at a farmer's market is consistently better is freshness.

Most of the farmer's markets I have attended are stocked with produce that the participants picked from their own farm just before bringing it to the market. In many cases, they didn't wash it first.

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I wish I had Amish resources close to me on the left coast Patti. I'm finding private growers and ranchers as I think that will be a part of surviving the coming collapse, if God tarries.

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Yes it is.

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Yes! Support small, local businesses. Our products are quality, made with love and superior to cheap Chinese crap. People claim they want to turn things around for corporatism yet still buy from big conglomerates as opposed to your patriotic neighbor over here who makes healthy ingredient candles and donates a portion of the proceeds to local charities.

Support small. Support local.

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Completely agree sooooo much!!! A million likes 💕💕💕

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Go every Saturday we are home. 20 minute pleasant drive in the Valley on Rt 11 to county seat Woodstock , mentioned here in an article on "the Burning ", as locals called Sheridans' terror tactics in fall 1864.

"At the end of the second day of the scorched-earth march, Sheridan was able to report to Grant from Woodstock:

In moving back to this point the whole country from the Blue Ridge to the North Mountain has been made untenable for a rebel army. I have destroyed over two thousand barns filled with wheat, hay & farming implements, over seventy mills filled with flour & wheat, have driven in front of the army over 4,000 head of stock and have killed & issued to the troops not less than 3,000 sheep….Tomorrow I will continue the destruction of wheat, forage Etc., down to Fisher’s Hill. When this is completed the valley from Winchester up to Staunton, 92 miles, will have but little in it for man or beast."

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What’s that quote from?

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I’m a day late with this reply… I’ll just add, request and buy regeneratively produced products from your farmers markets. The phytonutrient content is markedly higher! That includes animal proteins. Regenerative agriculture is the way we need to be going. And growing!

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The best 'Saturday' market I experienced was The Shuk in Jerusalem, Israel. Everything you can imagine from fresh fruit and vegetables to breads pastries cheeses candies teas, it's almost endless. Well worth an afternoon just to sightsee if nothing else.

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I can’t wait!!!!!

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We appreciate that you keep pecking away at the jokes.

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Someone has to plumb the depths of this testimony.

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🤦‍♀️

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Though, as he alluded, they have extended so long that some find them hard to swallow.

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Apr 27Liked by Jeff Childers

Though I completely agree that we should not crawl beneath our desk, I disagree on the reasons why the government mainstreamed that "safety" tactic to the masses. I would argue that it was not for safety, nor was the government acting in stupidity when it was suggested. The government did so as yet another fear-inducing psy-op:

Kids would grow up wondering when they would need to dive under their desks.

The kids would grow up believing that the government would save them by being told to take cover under their desk, i.e. instructions to the masses on how to save themselves from the impending doom.

Thus, we would always recall the image of cupping hands over heads, on the ground, huddled in fear.

The mental images and emotional feelings equate to another fear-inducing means to an end. It was conditioning. Pure and simple, IMHO.

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Apr 27Liked by Jeff Childers

That’s probably true. But I remember thinking, well this is stupid, every time we crawled under the desks. I also remember thinking that I wasn’t going to worry much about it because there was nothing to do be done if we were hit with an atomic bomb. Kids knew it was worth nothing to go under those desks -they aren’t stupid. And while I’m sure there were many who were fearful, my experience was that my classmates and I just ignored it and went on with life.

As a teacher now, my students do see the ridiculousness in our world and I have hope that they may save us someday. I know there are many young people who are easily led astray from truth, but I see more who see through the lies than not.

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I remember in 3rd grade we would laugh about how futile it was to hide under our desk. We got a kick out of it because even at that age we knew it was beyond ridiculous.

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Especially after they showed photos of people wearing mask that made them look like giant anteaters to protect from “fallout!” Forget this flimsy desk, where were OUR masks?! (Little did we know they were coming later…)

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So true!

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Lord, let me be the last one ever to be thought of as defending the competence of the government…

That being said, it’s not a bad idea to use whatever cover is available to you any event of a bad thing including a nuclear explosion. Those bombs especially way back then we’re not very precise and all sorts of phenomena and guidance malfunctions could send them many miles off course. So of course if your school or whatever is in the blast radius - well you’re dead anyways but what if you’re only far enough away that the concussion shatters your glass? Then being underneath the desk is a good thing. So to me it seems kind of practical that the people who are going to die are gonna die no matter what they do and the people who are fortunately far enough away to live should use every means available to them to protect themselves and get to safety.

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As is true worldwide, kids in school find that any distraction from the boring schoolwork is entertaining. Hence, protests, "furries", desk-diving. We thought it was fun!

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I thought the same way, Kim - and I also thought "Why would I even WANT to survive an atom bomb?" The horrible repercussions that last for several generations are enough to make me want to "beam up" to heaven in atomic particles!

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Right!

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I was in Germany for most of the ’dive under the desk’ practice. We didn’t have those drills. We knew the US would not bomb us, at least not deliberately, and we were too close to Russia for them to risk fall-out drift.

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An early version of face masks is all it was.

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I was surprised when Jeff said he was taught to do that in school. He’s 11 years younger than me and wasn’t even born in ‘62 when the Cold War threat was going on.

I don’t recall ever having desk drills when I was older. 🤷‍♀️

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I think I’m about Jeff’s age, and I remember these. We joked that we had to “put our head between our knees and kiss our ass goodbye.” 🤣

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