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Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.
Robin, thank you for posting this as it has special meaning for me. Almost a year ago, a deranged lunatic rammed me from behind about 5 times while i was driving down a busy two lane road. He then veered into oncoming traffic and hit 3 cars. Thankfully, no one was severely injured.
In the police report he cited Colossians 3:17 and said God told him to do it. Although I donāt adhere to dogma, i took it not as a message to him, but to me. To help me reconsider things and perhaps come to a point where i might believe in God again. Still working on it, but i do very much (oddly?) find comfort in this passage.
It's been almost 30 years ago that I was traveling with my husband and we were hit head on by a drunk driver and I was as close to dying as one can get. I can honestly thank the Lord everyday for that event in our lives. I would never change it if I could. That single event focused my attention on God in ways that I had never done before. I learned to trust God more deeply, to love God more deeply, and to worship God more deeply. I couldn't learn those things any other way. I'm thankful that God is determined to make me more like Christ and He will do whatever it takes. His grace is sufficient for me and His love of me is overwhelming. I learned to define my circumstances through God's character rather than defining God through my circumstances. There's so much more to that story that there is not enough space to share here. Prayers that you will grow in your love for the Lord.
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This is really beautiful - thank you for sharing this - it gives us all hope and a reason for our hope- HE is the reason for our hope. God bless you and I hope you have a magnificent Easter this year! Hugs from SWFL.
God has greatly used Joni's testimony. May we all know each of our stories is designed to bring glory to God, remind us of who He is, and bring encouragement to others by sharing that story with them. Corrie Ten Boom is another person whose story is so encouraging.
I don't know if you would call it a near-death experience, but I do remember feeling like I was having an out of body experience where I felt like I was watching from outside my body. I was on a lot of morphine so there's that factor. But the encouraging thing that I can definitively tell you is that I could always hear what people were saying so if you have a loved one that cannot communicate, it doesn't mean that they cannot hear you.
During my nursing career, I always talked to my patients no matter what their condition. If I didnāt know them well I would talk about something really positive. I would explain what I was doing and not to be afraid. What bothered me a lot or other healthcare providers were treated them as if they werenāt there that they couldnāt hear. Some of these people were not meaning to be unkind, but were. I tried to explain that I knew they could hear me because they would cooperate if I was doing a treatment. I asked one particular other nurse to watch when I talk to a patient. This patient had been comatose longer than the hospital. Wanted her to be. If you get my drift, because she had no insurance. She was costing this particular facility money. I didnāt work there. I was doing some clinical training there while I was a nursing student. The staff nurse was rather surprised when I told the patient I needed to turn her, when instead of needing two people to accomplish this, I was able to gently position her to help avoid any bed sores. She cooperated she could hear me I knew she could hear me. Why did I know? Some of it was because I understood biology but much of it is because I saw her spirit.
Thank you. I had a great example in my mother who was always kind as a nurse. She was an Army nurse anesthetist in WW2 who served in the ETO. Afterwards she worked in a number of positions. She was a real hero in so many ways.
Sorry for the typos and somewhat garbled sentences. I used the dictation option for my comment. When I type manually on my phone it takes a long time. I should have waited until I was using my iPad with a keyboard! It just took me longer to write this than the above text did to use the dictation option! š¤
thanks I did NOT know that! Wow. That is an amazing revelation; ALL should know this, should hear this direct account (or others similar) so they can effectually pray for their loved ones in a death crisis.
Studying NDE's for years(many books) by ITSELF alone has given me FULL faith of life after death, the true existence of Yeshua / G-d, and the joy awaiting me. . . and ALL. I did not require the full . . . experience. Hearing was believing.
Romans 10:14 How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? 15 How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, āHow beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!ā
Matthew 13:16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. 17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
Just by imagining myself in that position - unable to communicate outwardly yet understanding what everyone is saying around me - helps to give insight about what to say and do to be of comfort.
A lot of times, you think people cannot hear, they are comatose - they hear. You should always talk to people even if you think they are unconscious, talk in a positive way, read the Bible, pray aloud, play praise music. Don't talk about them in their presence as if they can't hear. One of my sisters died after a long illness, and after a lifetime of some very difficult disabilities. At the end, she was receiving hospice care. I was not with her at the end, but my daughter had asked one of my sisters to play the song "I will Change Your Name" for her. Due to tech issues, that had not been possible. It is a beautiful song about God giving us a new name - you will no longer wounded, no anxiety - but your name will be,
"Joyfulness, Overcoming One, Faithfulness, Friend of God, One who Seeks my Face." At the very end, my oldest sister was able to play this for my younger sister who was no longer "conscious," who immediately became very peaceful - and then, it was the end of her illness as she moved into her new life. The song is here https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=song+i+will+change+your+name+you+will+no+longer+be+called+wounded&type=E210US1079G0#id=13&vid=7e2341b2a08574b997f3703864e680ed&action=view In the case of this sister, it was a blessing for her to go on to her new life, but often there are people who are "unconscious" who can report on things they heard while seemingly unaware, and it is important to assume they hear and give encouragement and love because they often do have some awareness.
I plan on creating a playlist for myself if I'm in a position to be "needing" some music to soothe my soul - such as you described. I'll add this to the list!
I have a couple of other favorites that you may like - Behold the Lamb by John Willett - the piano in this is very soothing and beautiful, and the lyrics are very nice - Lord of all, give us light, deliver us from evil. Make us one, be our shield, Make still the winds that blow, cradle us with love.
One other is Michael W. Smith's "Sovereign Over Us." To me, the music is very beautiful and the words are a beautiful reminder that God is with us no matter what - "with us in the fire and the flood." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lay-r2g52SQ
You are working in our waiting, sanctifying us,
When beyond our understanding, you're teaching us to trust.
Your plans are still to prosper, you have not forgotten us,
You're with us in the fire and the flood,
Faithful forever, perfect in love, You are sovereign over us.
So - if you are making a list, you might like to have these on it as well as the other. And play them now, often, to embed them in your memory.
Iāve always been told that hearing is the first sense activated at birth and the last to turn off at death. Iāve had some experiences that validate to me.
Before birth - Babies can hear beginning anywhere between 16 to 22 weeks of pregnancy. There has been research where women are asked to read certain things to the baby during pregnancy, and then it can be seen that babies can recognize stories they have heard repeatedly, they prefer their mother's voice to the voice of strangers. They are beginning to learn language before birth. Some people put headsets with music on the abdomen, but some experts recommend against that - babies can hear and enjoy music, but with headsets it could be too loud for them - but calming classical music is best and they can hear a piano in the room - the fluid in the uterus transmits sound to them - or the mother or father singing to them, they will hear. Bonding between parents and can child often begins even during pregnancy, and reading pleasant children's stories or playing soothing music or singing to the child is all good, because they do hear. Earlier research did not originally recognize just how early in pregnancy babies begin to hear, now they place it earlier than what they used to say, but I don't know how much they hear at 16 weeks, but there is no question they do hear during pregnancy and their ability to hear and learn from what they hear increases as the pregnancy progresses.
Ephesians 4:29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
In thinking that through just a wee bit, what are the consequences, both good and bad, for what babies hear in utero? It stands to reason that a baby who hears loving communication between family members will already have a head start on feeling loved and secure vs. a baby who is developing in the womb surrounded by angry, bitter people.
Just a thought that occurred whilst I was reading everyone's comments.
Your last two sentences are worth more than anyone realizes. That state of being open and willing to hear Godās voice and see where it leads. āAsk, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.ā Matthew 7:7 Thatās a promise from God.
When we arenāt willing to hear Him and seek Him, we will never find anything and the realization of the truth will remain closed to us. Itās another kind of āwaking up.ā
All who wear a badge or claim a name aren't who they pretend to be. True Christians are still human in body and there mind is still being untwisted to understand the True Spirit. There are many men who falsely add and certainly detract from God's true Word, in the flesh is Jesus The Christ. God answers all prayer that aligns with His Good Will. Paying this for and with you.
When you see Godās hand at work in a fearful and a possible tragic circumstance, it is a life changing moment. I sing praises to my Lord and Savior every day for His intervention and healingššš
Thank you for sharing your truths for us all to be encouraged and thankful. ššš
When she was alive and traveling, I got to hear her speak in person. Such an unassuming presence, and yet so powerful. There's a new book about her WWII experience, and life before her imprisonment. It's worth reading. "The Watchmaker's Daughter: The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boom" by Larry Loftis
I actually met her and I knew her Caregiver distantly. At one time there was a museum set up in her honor at Dallas Baptist University. Iāve read both of her books and saw the movie the hiding place. She was one of my favorite heroes.
āCheck it for messages throughout the day.ā Instead of just reading a passage once in the morning as per my Bible Reading Plan, that is exactly what Iām going to do. I donāt just eat once a day, so why shouldnāt I be nourished by the Word throughout the day?
Be real good! I like the idea that "we are spiritual forces." Luther believed the Holy Spirit is the force gifted to us as power to confront and overcome three things that can cripple and destroy us: a corrupt and doomed society (the world), the human nature we inherited from Adam and Eveās original sin (the flesh), and direct assaults from satanic forces (the devil). Of course not all Christians see it that way, but it's a useful schema for identifying moment by moment impediments to being who Christ intends us to be.
If you accept we are spiritual forces, the meaning of being polite completely shifts. Donāt go looking for conflict, but there is no avoiding it if you mingle with society.
There's not much I'd agree with in that article, but I agree that organized religion has gone off the rails. We need to get rid of the tax-exempt status of religious groups, including churches. Some are hauling in more revenue than a Taylor Swift concert. However well-intentioned the law was, it has been abused.
I posted 2 Chronicles 7:14 on my MeWe.com profile as my "profile image" and prayed over that Bible verse constantly as well. IT IS BEARING FRUIT indeed.
Jesus is All! Blessed Holy Week to All! Thank you Jesus for your sacrifice to cleanse us of sin and to help us choose the straight and narrow path. Please take care of our nation and keep the faithful strong and may the Holy Ghost moves the hearts of those that lust for things that do not last. Blessed Holy Trinity, Blessed Messiah.
Love thisā¦ and how about we ONLY bring our Bibles (or, only ourselves) to church, and not our cell phones?
Having a bit of a problem with the clergy at our church who are reluctant to amend the announcement at the opening of our service, from āplease silence all electronic devicesā, to āplease silence and put out of view all electronic devicesā.
Increasingly people are staring at their cell phones now during service, not at the altar or the crucifix. Really is a distraction and an unsettling, irreverent development IMO.
Damn the Hallow app! It may have its place, but it should not be in the sanctuary. I read the dayās readings prior to leaving my home for mass each day.
I dread the day when all the congregants are staring at their iPhones or iPads.
Guess you didnāt read my comment. Yes they are, but itās awful to have to be looking at a bunch of blue screens in pews ahead of you. Churches should have designated area for people to sit who canāt live without their phones, even in sacred places and sacred ceremonies.
This past Sunday I sat in front of someone who was typing on her phone the entire service. I could hear the keys clicking. So distracting! She even got a couple of text alerts with a series of notes. Her husband told her to just turn it off. She ignored him. She was clearly oblivious.
Thank you. A woman who was using her app to follow the daily readings, after I shared with her, the distraction and the reverence of being on your phone during service, said that sometimes her kids would text her a picture of her grandkids, etc., and she found herself unable to resist the temptation of opening it. She ended up agreeing with me. Just leave the phone in the car. Focus for 30, 60, or whatever minutes of your day on the moment of being with Christ or with whoever you honor or worship. Not a lot of time to be offline.
Well, there was a time when the common people did NOT have any Bibles, and the Bibles were hand made by monks in the monastery, and big enough they were too large and heavy to carry around, plus too expensive, so the common people did not have Bibles to read the days' Scripture readings at church for centuries, and the common people could not read anyway. After the Gutenberg printing press in the 1400's, then more people could have their own prayer books and Bibles, and a lot more people were reading, and carrying prayer books and Bibles to church. So that was a new thing back then, and maybe back then there were those who thought - WHY do all those people have to bring their own books to church. It is disrespectful to not listen to the priest when he is reading the Scriptures... So now, fast forward 550 years or however long it has been, and the digital Bibles and digital prayer books are today's Bibles and prayer books. Different from what people had in the past, but still a way to read the Scriptures and not miss a word if the acoustics are bad, or the priest reads with an unintelligible African accent. In the Catholic churches, there often are foreign priests brought in who don't speak understandable English. So it is helpful to have a book whether print or digital, and I don't see the harm of a digital book.
Valid points, but read before attending service in the church. It is rude and inconsiderate to fellow churchgoers when someone pulls out their phones with their blue lights. Or at the very least, sit in one of the back pews.
Same as He tells us, right? American Christians have been late to confess our timidity and ask for Godās forgiveness. We have paid a heavy price ābecause the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastens everyone He accepts as His sonā (Hebrews 12:6). Does that not prove we are His children and heirs? It is time to act again like we are. āFor I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believesā (Romans 1:16).
Ned, re: your poignant question. He would love them all. He would teach the deep and personal meanings of his "Sermon On the Mount," emphasizing "Love your neighbor as yourself. Be good to them who despitefully use you."
Good Morning. Jeff, you have constantly "complained" about how to describe the swirl of events that have been happening since January 20. Not sure if it was intentional, but your opening statement of "Revolutonary news" nails it. No need to waste brain cells on any other adjectives, adverbs or whatever. It is truly revolutionary. You are the best!!
That cracked me up....but then again, there seems to be some snarky or elegantly -turned phrase in EVERY paragraph here in C&C that has me either chortling, cheering, or cooing with delight. Jeff Childers is a Master Wordsmith. He wields a mean hammer while stoking his forge...beating the Left into smithereens while sharpening our hearts and minds with his verbal whetstone. Thank you, Jeff!!! ššš
So thankful this is ending and its overdue. Animals are God's creations too and they need to be treated with love and respect. Since it is Holy Week, I won't say what I really want to about Fauci and others that torture and maim but suffice it to say there is a very hot place that is waiting for him and all others who participate in causing suffering to others that cannot defend themselves. I thank the admin from the depths of my heart for this.
I donate to a charitable group called White Coat Waste that fights to abolish animal testing in labs--good group!! They may be "unnecessary" if RFK, Jr. can effect total abolition of this brutal practice!
I get the emails from White Coat Waste, and the things they do to cats and dogs are just horrible torture, and for no good purpose. I am now a retired healthcare professional with a year of research training, and have worked for multiple pharma companies as a consultant, and I do not believe for a minute that most of these "research" projects serve any good useful purposes, the ones WCW reports on every day in their emails. They are so horrible and disturbing, and there is nothing I can really do, so I quit reading them, I don't open them, and I don't delete, they just keep coming, and every time - when I see one in my inbox, I just pray for God to put a stop to this, and now RFK and Trump are doing it, so thank God. RFK is quite an animal lover, and apparently they really can figure out whatever they need to know via AI instead of animal testing, so good. I see they are phasing it out - I'd like to see it all stop tomorrow, or yesterday would be good. This may be a while before it's entirely eradicated. But thankful it's the beginning of the end on that. It's very evil, no good purpose on some of these things. Very Nazi-like.
I do too! If we can reach Mars, we can change the way we perform scientific testing. Thank you for donating to WCW Sharon. Blessed Easter or Blessed Passover to you and yours.
There is a book by a Secret Service agent regarding their times with presidents during and after their terms of office. None of them liked Jimmy Carter. They said he was stingy and rarely ever spoke to them. my husband knew him personally and did not care for him at all.
I will be interested to hear stories from inside the White House some day about what Biden and his family were really like. Quite awful I would expect.
Finished listening to this yesterday. It is long, but worth hearing. Tucker interviews Alex Jones. Trump is the only one I can think of who has been subjected to more criminal illegal law fare. I had forgotten he predicted 9/11.
I used to think Alex Jones was way too extreme, until his "predictions" came to light. He says that he uses only open source materials in his research. He simply doesn't give up until he gets to the bottom of the story. My opinion has changed. There's a terrific interview that Alex did with Gen. Flynn's sister, who is a top forensic auditor on how the Dems are heavily involved with child sex trafficking.
I was in Austin in the early 90s when Jones was on the local public access channel. He was considered extreme even then and had a tiny audience. I enjoyed watching him because he would talk about topics/events I had no idea were happening. He was all over the Branch Davidians debacle in Waco. Once the internet spread, it became much easier to verify what he was saying.
Watching him, or any public figure directly is the way to understand if they are legit. The media always creates caricatures to discredit. Go to the source instead.
Speaking of law firms crumbling and agreeing to pro-bono work, Alex Jones said in his interview with Tucker that one of the law firms (Weiss?) is using their pro-bono work to go after him!! It looks like there should be more oversight of that pro-bono work.
You are correct, and I totally agree with Alex that they should not be allowed to count half of their pro bono work of $40 pledged for going after Alex. The Team is doing a lot of things right , but this not one of those examples/
Today marks the first day of the Days of Unleavened Bread, the day after Passover when the houses of the Israelites were passed over by the angel of death, because of the blood of the lamb on their doorposts. That lamb was a forerunner of the Messiah who was the Passover lamb who saved the world from the death of sin.
I had not been aware of the seriousness of the issue of unfounded regulations regarding baby cribs. Maybe we should commission local craftsmen, or Amish or Mennonites, to make them for our next generation, and make them to our specifications.
I also read a story about several states that will be prosecuting Fauci and several others for a list of many crimes. This is a good thing.
Buy from the Amish or Mennonites if youāre fortunate enough to live in areas where their communities are close by. Their food and products are much better than the China made crap you find in big box stores.
Amen! We have an Amish Hoosier (kind of like a China cabinet/old-school food prep piece of furniture). It is super heavy, has dovetail joints, and the doors on the cabinets actually have hand-drilled vs machine-drilled holes, so they are even and close easily. These are true heirloom pieces that used to get passed down to future generations, but my kids, with their mid-century modern style probably won't want it.
If I recall correctly, there is a major Amish/Mennonite retail trade center near Pittsburgh, where many sellers' wares from both Ohio and Lancaster, can be seen and purchased.
About 20 years ago a furniture store in our small community sold some beautiful, tall, carved door cabinets made by the Amish. I bought two of them to store things like canned foods and rice, etc, and to this day I absolutely love them. People always comment on how beautiful and unique they are.
So sad that the enemy has stolen it from the āchurchā and substituted such practices as they now celebrate. How I pray for a REAL spiritual awakening.
I would only wish the Amish & Mennonites ( not all of them ) would treat their animals, especially their draft horses and draft mules, and buggy horses with kindness and compassion. So many wind up in slaughter auctions, completely broken down after a life of hard work.
A friend got an adorable Malti-Poo puppy from one a few years ago. She still pees with excitement and poops in the house! I know itās very common in those tiny breedsā¦ but I think we can chalk it up to bad breeding AND bad parenting.
Sadly, indiscriminate breeding is rampant in this country. Dogs. Cats. Horses. Exotics. People believe they'll make big time money. They forget the vet bills, food bills. Sickening.
Blessed Passover to our Jewish neighbors as they celebrate.
As far as Fauci, I cannot say what I want to since it is Holy Week and I told God I will try to behave. I pray is he prosecuted and punished to the nth degree.
And when He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, āWho is this?ā And the crowds were saying, āThis is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.ā And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. And He said to them, āIt is written, āMy house shall be called a house of prayerā; but you are making it a robbersā den.ā
And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the marvelous things which He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, saying, āHosanna to the Son of David,ā they became indignant and said to Him, āDo You hear what these children are saying?ā And Jesus said to them, āYes; have you never read, āOut of the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise for Yourselfā?ā
Matthew 21:1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, āGo to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.ā 4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
5 āSay to Daughter Zion,
āSee, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.āā
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
āHosanna to the Son of David!ā
āBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!ā
Yes, Palm Sunday reading hit me like a ton of bricks yesterday. The high priests and Pharisees were swamp of that era. Jesus knew that this 'brood of vipers' were after him and yet his courage to stand against them would lead to His ultimate sacrifice on the cross, and yet he still prayed Father forgive them for they know not what they do. And many of those who showered adulation upon Him then turned against Him less than a week later, as they were looking for an earthly king. We the People should take heed, and recognize that our only Savior is Jesus Christ, and that faithfulness is the only way to heal our broken nation. President Trump is a tremendous leader, but it's all window dressing if our society has turned from God, as too many people will blow with the wind, like those who shouted 'crucify him' 2000 years ago.
I despised the high priests, Pharisees and Sanhedrin when I was younger reading and learning about Jesus blaming them and Rome for Jesus's suffering. It pissed me off to the nth degree. I would go to Temple with my Jewish friend and ask how could they do that to Him. I found many Rabbis were just the same all these years later. They spoke of Jesus as if He were dirt to be swept under the carpet. They refuse to believe he is the Messiah. Then I reminded myself that we ALL nailed Jesus to the cross and it was my fault too. That was enough to sober me up and drop the grudge against those in ancient history and current affairs.
As a child I remember a priest who passed around a crown of thorns and nails like those used in crucifixions, and told us that when we sin, we are all driving those nails and pressing those thorns. That lesson has stuck with me all these years. The concept of sin is largely rejected in our current culture, which has led us astray as a nation, IMHO. And we still battle those who cloak malice with virtue.
What a lesson from your priest making such an impression as it would have with me. Wow. It is very true and I am sure it made a lifelong impression on the other children as well.
I was talking to Jesus the other day and told him I would have taken His place so He did not have to suffer and die and God the Father and Holy Ghost would not have had to witness such anguish perhaps coming up with another plan of action. Stupid I know. I did not mean I was His substitute, I meant it as a personal sacrifice for someone I adore. It is so very agonal to know how much He had to endure and He was so young. If only He could have stayed a while longer.
In 1983, Mr. Zimmer, A WWII veteran, predicted President Trump would become President and turn the US back to God. There are a bunch of articles about it but I am posting this one because I do believe it was the Blessed Mother who saved his life. This article talks about Mr. Zimmer too.
Our pastor said Jesus saw the battle we were up against and, after asking His Father for another option, He stepped up knowing we could not survive the fight without Him. His best friends could not even stay awake! How could they/we battle the evil in this world on our own? Praise God from Whom all blessings flow.
āLift up your heads, O ye gates; And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.ā
Well, I didnāt read the whole thing, but I didnāt see that he said he was ābornā and Nazareth just that it was his hometown. But if he was really scholarly, he would know that through investigation and interpretations they have realized that Christ learned the art of making things out of stone rather than carpentry which explains things like, ā upon this rock I will build myChurchā and other analogies involving stone.
I have never heard he learned the art of making things out of stone. Iāve never heard of him working ā¦ he trusted God to give him what he needed. It actually doesnāt even make sense to me. Do you have references?
Iām talking about when he was in Nazareth working with his father, Joseph. Iāll try to dig those up, but Iām not sure I have the time if I do, Iāll let you know.
The AZ changes are good news, if too late for Kari Lake on multiple fronts. Now to stop the push for putting bad people in charge of even more things, but we'll see how that plays out. It's still just crazy that the rules/laws were so blatantly disregarded and nothing really happened.
For the regulation changes, can we maybe do away with some of the onerous "safety testing" rules? I know ... it's for the kids. But I remember as a young kid going to flea markets or similar with stalls featuring hand-made toys for kids - simple things, but locally crafted. Then we got the safety testing rules in place and all of those toy-makers got shut down because who can afford to pay the crazy fees to test that their blocks are, indeed, safe for a 2 year old. Even in the board game industry, you get games clearly for younger kids but marked as "14+" because the costs for testing are just onerous.
I implore everyone to read the new edition of Dissolving Illusions, by Dr. Suzanne Humphries! I just finished reading the chapter on small pox! Holy smokes, weāve been deceived since the 1700ās!! Safe and effective back then and forced immunization and you still got small pox and either really sick or died!!
Reading it now too! My SIL gifted it to us. It is really disgusting the deplorable conditions people lived in. No wonder once they cleaned up the cities many of these terrible diseases diminished by 98%.
I agree. We are safety obsessed and it teaches people to leave their brains behind. I was reading something about how they studied this; that people actually were much more complacent with too many safety rules and regulations then when they donāt have them. They arenāt alert to danger because they think the safety rules will save them. And I see that in future generations that blithely go about the world and are genuinely surprised when something happens because they have no self preservation instincts or skills. There are some things that were good safety measures that have been put in place, but itās just ridiculous now the level of them. You wonder too if this creates a boredom epidemic. There is no thrill or risk of danger in life because itās all been bubble wrapped. Nothing that gets the heart racing about the āwhat ifā that might happenā¦.itās just boring. Itās takes peopleās choice away and shames them when they take risks.
Happened to the small car makers too. They were mandated to crash test and destroy 10 cars of every model they make, starting in the early 1990's. Simply could not afford to do this.
Donāt get my husband started on this. Itās a real sore point for him. Toyota Japan still makes a small, stripped down pickup truck which they sell all over the world, for less than 20k. Except for here, because of āmuh regulationsā.
We canāt have nice things anymore. Stuff that was built to last or handcrafted. Yet cheap, Chinese crap proliferated.
I hope and pray we can get back to a more sane world where government doesnāt choke the life out of every single thing. May the good Lord bless Trumpās efforts to do just that.
When hubs and I were stationed out in SC years ago, shortly after the birth of our daughter, we decided to move back home to CA. Like The Beverly Hillbillies we loaded up what we kept of our stuff in a small U-Hail trailer, hubby took the swivel seat off the base of 2 of our kitchen chairs and anchored those bad boys down solid as a rock in the back of his little truck, which had a shell on the back and also pass through windows in the truck and shell. He also bought 2 seatbelt straps and installed them as well.
Drove all the way across the country in that, safe as houses. Even took a picture of our 2 youngest sitting back in there. I smile each time I look at it.
Our great country would never have been settled at all if bureaucrats and their regulations such as we have now had existed in the pioneering days.
And that kids have to practically have their own drivers licenses before they can ride in the car without a car seat. The regulations are either intentionally or inadvertently anti-natalist.
My brother used my sonās car seat since their baby was born at home with a midwife. I hate that the car seats are perfectly fine and just end up in the landfill with nothing wrong with them.
Thereās a TikTok video of some Eastern European guy who engineered his own Tesla truck. It is hysterical! Let me see if I can find it. Will add it as a comment on this post if I do.
I'm hoping for a renaissance of practical, long-lasting AND beautiful things. We need our beauty back. Anyone who disagrees doesn't know God well enough to know he loves beauty.
Except Kalifornistan would not approve of such a vehicle, what with its manaical Bolshevik stranglehold on diesel engine technology and emissions....when, oh, when will this tyranny end? š„š„š„
Great vehicle and virtually indestructible. Did you ever see the Top Gear (UK) episode where they tried everything to kill one? The damn thing survived every time and started up again. It was awesome.
I was introduced to them in the Middle East, decades ago . . . Have wanted one ever since. (We didn't get to drive them, but all the locals used them.)
I would occasionally read Dave Barry (before the world went mad) to get some chuckles. Well, Dave is out, and Jeff is MY HERO...penning Truth & gut-busting sarcasm on the daily!
I'll check it out, but like the old saying, "you can't go home again"...it's difficult to unsee all that used to be funny in these days of enlightenment
Here is my hot tip for another great humorist, who didnāt tread into political waters. Some of the funniest things I ever read came from this man.
We first literally āheardā of him on a show that NPR used to have decades ago, called Radio Reader. Just a host who would read books aloud. It was a wonderful program.
When the host would read this gentlemenās first book out loud, he frequently had to stop because he would laugh so hard heād be crying.
The gifted writer is Patrick McManus. He had a column in Field and Stream. His books mostly focused on short stories of his growing up years and the colorful characters that inhabited his world, back in simpler times.
Start with āA Fine and Pleasant Miseryā and āThey Shoot Canoes, Donāt They?ā
Thank you so much for the recommendation. I love to listen to old radio shows so I did a quick search trying to find archives of Radio Reader (I'm still looking). I've got Patrick McManus on my "to read" list now. Another very funny humorist was Erma Bombeck. Though she was a little political in trying to get the ERA passed way back when, politics really doesn't come into her poignant, funny and touching essays. I have several of her books one entitled, "The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank."
Love Dave Barry. I've been reading his books for decades. Another favorite of mine is Bill Bryson. The first book of his I read years ago A Walk In The Woods. Never stopped laughing reading it. Also a Sunburned Country. His hilarious take on the dangers of Australia. Says you should read it before traveling down under.
I just realized I recently watched the A Walk in the Woods movie that came out a few years ago. Really enjoyed it, too. Now looking forward to reading the book even more as I usually like the books better than the movies they make of them. š
Nana, you will really enjoy the book. I read the book first, way before the movie. Try not to think of the movie while reading the book. You will have many hours of laughter.
NanaWāJust purchased McManusā first book to read as I trek across the pond in a few. I look forward to having my fellow passengers wonder what the heck I am reading š Thank you for the suggestion!
I wonāt say I hope you enjoy it because Iām absolutely certain you will! No doubt you will get glances from people who see and hear you chortling madly.
They are so busy scoring political points theyāve completely lost the thread of funny. So painful to see even clips of their current stuff. I only watch old things from the Phil Hartman/Mike Meyers era or earlier.
Those were the days š Steve Martin and Victoria Jackson being hurled (repeatedly) off a cliff ...all because Toonces can't reach the pedals š¤£š¤£š¤£
I donāt know about you people, but I love waking up in the morning reading Jeffās posts and having President Trump is in a White House. Have a great day.
āTrumpās Easter proclamation wasnāt just a breath of cool, fresh spiritual airā it was the electrifying sound of a cultural defibrillator, jolting a flickering national soul back toward life.ā Todayās post was filled with chuckles and excellent wordplay, but that line was probably my favorite. President Trumpās embrace of the Easter holiday is beautiful. Pointing our hearts toward the Author of Life, the Great I AM, and reminding us of the eternal hope of the empty tomb is wonderfully edifying.
Hopefully the mandate for Braille to be on every ATM drive-thru will survive Trump's scythe. It would be a shame to deprive every blind driver on America's roadways access to their money.
True story: A high school friend had family (of Italian derivation) living in Mexico and his cousins would come up to visit every summer. As they were driving one day, one of his cousins asked about the little bumps (lane turtles) on the road. He replied that they had been put there for our blind drivers as a kind of "street Braille" so they would know where they were going. His cousin said, "Oh you Americans! You think of everything!"
I thought the news about Fauci's beagle experiments would be the end of him, since we have so any people who seemingly care more about animals than humans. I was disappointed in their lack of response. It's crazy how the left is now against the things they used to favor.
Good comment, Anne. The "animal rights" activists are among the most un-hinged and yet they are quiet. Looking at what they do and not what they say tells us what they are really against: us!
Me too, Anne. I also thought the insanity of the Covid lockdowns in Australia (the restrictions of which were absolutely dystopian) would end after they started killing dogs kept in shelters because they wouldn't allow staff to attend to them during lockdown. Just crazy!
I have heard they wanted to kill all the cats in Australia, forget about shelters. I can't remember now if it was for Covid or for bird flu, but some were saying to kill all the cats... yes, crazy.
I am for animal rights and God created the animals, not for torture or abuse. And yes, much of the time I prefer the company of animals over humans. That does not mean that we do not care about people. We just need a break from them and do not endorse or believe animals should be tortured in labs.
I have witnessed the power of intercessory prayer. It is only when I started to reach out to others to pray for my daughter, that I saw signs of hope. I encourage all of you to try it. Our nation will see results because God listens.
I pray my nation of Canada will be changed as yours is šØš¦šŗšø. Our election is coming up! We need repentance and renewal. šAny other Canadians with me?
Good Monday morning everyone. Found these quotes for you on the @dukeofgood substack
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The Greatest Man In History Was Named
Jesus
He had no servants, yet they called Him master
He had no degree, yet they called Him teacher
He has no medicine, yet they called Him healer
He had no army, yet kings feared Him
He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world
He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him
He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today
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I would rather stand with God and be judged by the world
Than stand with the world and be judged by God
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Christ is hated because sin is loved
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The elites don't want you to know this, but you can just convert to Christianity and live forever.
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What if we began to treat our bibles the way we treat our cell phones:
What if we...
...carried it with us everywhere?
...turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
...checked it for messages throughout the day?
...used it in case of an emergency?
...spent an hour or more on it each day?
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.
Robin, thank you for posting this as it has special meaning for me. Almost a year ago, a deranged lunatic rammed me from behind about 5 times while i was driving down a busy two lane road. He then veered into oncoming traffic and hit 3 cars. Thankfully, no one was severely injured.
In the police report he cited Colossians 3:17 and said God told him to do it. Although I donāt adhere to dogma, i took it not as a message to him, but to me. To help me reconsider things and perhaps come to a point where i might believe in God again. Still working on it, but i do very much (oddly?) find comfort in this passage.
It's been almost 30 years ago that I was traveling with my husband and we were hit head on by a drunk driver and I was as close to dying as one can get. I can honestly thank the Lord everyday for that event in our lives. I would never change it if I could. That single event focused my attention on God in ways that I had never done before. I learned to trust God more deeply, to love God more deeply, and to worship God more deeply. I couldn't learn those things any other way. I'm thankful that God is determined to make me more like Christ and He will do whatever it takes. His grace is sufficient for me and His love of me is overwhelming. I learned to define my circumstances through God's character rather than defining God through my circumstances. There's so much more to that story that there is not enough space to share here. Prayers that you will grow in your love for the Lord.
THIS āš¼āš¼āš¼ is why I love the C&C Community so much. God is present here EVERY DAY. I am amazed and blessed by both of your testimonies. šš¼šļøšš¼šā¤ļøāš„š«¶š¼
Darn right on that! Yay Jesus! God rocks!
Me Too Susan,
I will second that!
Amen to that! What an amazing group Jeff has assembled! š
This is really beautiful - thank you for sharing this - it gives us all hope and a reason for our hope- HE is the reason for our hope. God bless you and I hope you have a magnificent Easter this year! Hugs from SWFL.
šš»This is what Joni Erickson Tata says about her accident that paralyzed her from the neck down.
God has greatly used Joni's testimony. May we all know each of our stories is designed to bring glory to God, remind us of who He is, and bring encouragement to others by sharing that story with them. Corrie Ten Boom is another person whose story is so encouraging.
Romans 8:28, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
Count it ALL joy!
Amen!
This brought tears to my eyes.....so happy for you!
To God be the glory.
Deuteronomy 10:21 He is your praise and He is your God, who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen.
just curious.
Did you have an NDE?
I don't know if you would call it a near-death experience, but I do remember feeling like I was having an out of body experience where I felt like I was watching from outside my body. I was on a lot of morphine so there's that factor. But the encouraging thing that I can definitively tell you is that I could always hear what people were saying so if you have a loved one that cannot communicate, it doesn't mean that they cannot hear you.
During my nursing career, I always talked to my patients no matter what their condition. If I didnāt know them well I would talk about something really positive. I would explain what I was doing and not to be afraid. What bothered me a lot or other healthcare providers were treated them as if they werenāt there that they couldnāt hear. Some of these people were not meaning to be unkind, but were. I tried to explain that I knew they could hear me because they would cooperate if I was doing a treatment. I asked one particular other nurse to watch when I talk to a patient. This patient had been comatose longer than the hospital. Wanted her to be. If you get my drift, because she had no insurance. She was costing this particular facility money. I didnāt work there. I was doing some clinical training there while I was a nursing student. The staff nurse was rather surprised when I told the patient I needed to turn her, when instead of needing two people to accomplish this, I was able to gently position her to help avoid any bed sores. She cooperated she could hear me I knew she could hear me. Why did I know? Some of it was because I understood biology but much of it is because I saw her spirit.
I'm thankful to God for nurses like you who care. Very rare indeed.
Thank you. I had a great example in my mother who was always kind as a nurse. She was an Army nurse anesthetist in WW2 who served in the ETO. Afterwards she worked in a number of positions. She was a real hero in so many ways.
Sorry for the typos and somewhat garbled sentences. I used the dictation option for my comment. When I type manually on my phone it takes a long time. I should have waited until I was using my iPad with a keyboard! It just took me longer to write this than the above text did to use the dictation option! š¤
No worries š. My typing is atrocious.
thanks I did NOT know that! Wow. That is an amazing revelation; ALL should know this, should hear this direct account (or others similar) so they can effectually pray for their loved ones in a death crisis.
Studying NDE's for years(many books) by ITSELF alone has given me FULL faith of life after death, the true existence of Yeshua / G-d, and the joy awaiting me. . . and ALL. I did not require the full . . . experience. Hearing was believing.
Romans 10:14 How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? 15 How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, āHow beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!ā
Matthew 13:16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. 17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
awww, come one now!
I'm misting up.
This is known in hospitals......hearing is the last sense to go so keep talking to your loved one, even if you think they can't hear.
Just by imagining myself in that position - unable to communicate outwardly yet understanding what everyone is saying around me - helps to give insight about what to say and do to be of comfort.
A lot of times, you think people cannot hear, they are comatose - they hear. You should always talk to people even if you think they are unconscious, talk in a positive way, read the Bible, pray aloud, play praise music. Don't talk about them in their presence as if they can't hear. One of my sisters died after a long illness, and after a lifetime of some very difficult disabilities. At the end, she was receiving hospice care. I was not with her at the end, but my daughter had asked one of my sisters to play the song "I will Change Your Name" for her. Due to tech issues, that had not been possible. It is a beautiful song about God giving us a new name - you will no longer wounded, no anxiety - but your name will be,
"Joyfulness, Overcoming One, Faithfulness, Friend of God, One who Seeks my Face." At the very end, my oldest sister was able to play this for my younger sister who was no longer "conscious," who immediately became very peaceful - and then, it was the end of her illness as she moved into her new life. The song is here https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=song+i+will+change+your+name+you+will+no+longer+be+called+wounded&type=E210US1079G0#id=13&vid=7e2341b2a08574b997f3703864e680ed&action=view In the case of this sister, it was a blessing for her to go on to her new life, but often there are people who are "unconscious" who can report on things they heard while seemingly unaware, and it is important to assume they hear and give encouragement and love because they often do have some awareness.
I plan on creating a playlist for myself if I'm in a position to be "needing" some music to soothe my soul - such as you described. I'll add this to the list!
I have a couple of other favorites that you may like - Behold the Lamb by John Willett - the piano in this is very soothing and beautiful, and the lyrics are very nice - Lord of all, give us light, deliver us from evil. Make us one, be our shield, Make still the winds that blow, cradle us with love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpzyH98h09s&list=RDMM
One other is Michael W. Smith's "Sovereign Over Us." To me, the music is very beautiful and the words are a beautiful reminder that God is with us no matter what - "with us in the fire and the flood." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lay-r2g52SQ
You are working in our waiting, sanctifying us,
When beyond our understanding, you're teaching us to trust.
Your plans are still to prosper, you have not forgotten us,
You're with us in the fire and the flood,
Faithful forever, perfect in love, You are sovereign over us.
So - if you are making a list, you might like to have these on it as well as the other. And play them now, often, to embed them in your memory.
thank you Martha.
That is inspiring and I will always remember this and Robin's experience.
I've not heard this beautiful piece - thank you for sharing.
Iāve always been told that hearing is the first sense activated at birth and the last to turn off at death. Iāve had some experiences that validate to me.
Before birth - Babies can hear beginning anywhere between 16 to 22 weeks of pregnancy. There has been research where women are asked to read certain things to the baby during pregnancy, and then it can be seen that babies can recognize stories they have heard repeatedly, they prefer their mother's voice to the voice of strangers. They are beginning to learn language before birth. Some people put headsets with music on the abdomen, but some experts recommend against that - babies can hear and enjoy music, but with headsets it could be too loud for them - but calming classical music is best and they can hear a piano in the room - the fluid in the uterus transmits sound to them - or the mother or father singing to them, they will hear. Bonding between parents and can child often begins even during pregnancy, and reading pleasant children's stories or playing soothing music or singing to the child is all good, because they do hear. Earlier research did not originally recognize just how early in pregnancy babies begin to hear, now they place it earlier than what they used to say, but I don't know how much they hear at 16 weeks, but there is no question they do hear during pregnancy and their ability to hear and learn from what they hear increases as the pregnancy progresses.
When we had our two kids neither of us were aware of this. . . and, thinking back, MANY, many things!
Every young couple should be taught this; every teenager should be taught this in biology class.
The knowledge of this and what it implies is huge.
Your comment reminds me of this verse:
Ephesians 4:29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
In thinking that through just a wee bit, what are the consequences, both good and bad, for what babies hear in utero? It stands to reason that a baby who hears loving communication between family members will already have a head start on feeling loved and secure vs. a baby who is developing in the womb surrounded by angry, bitter people.
Just a thought that occurred whilst I was reading everyone's comments.
Mrs. "the Knife"
Your last two sentences are worth more than anyone realizes. That state of being open and willing to hear Godās voice and see where it leads. āAsk, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.ā Matthew 7:7 Thatās a promise from God.
When we arenāt willing to hear Him and seek Him, we will never find anything and the realization of the truth will remain closed to us. Itās another kind of āwaking up.ā
Thanks for those kind words Juju and for sharing that inspiring passage from Matthew. I will keep asking! š
May the Holy Spirit continue to work wonders in your life. Blessed Easter, Christ is risen.
Amen! May you have a blessed Easter as well. He is risen indeed!
He is risen indeed!
All who wear a badge or claim a name aren't who they pretend to be. True Christians are still human in body and there mind is still being untwisted to understand the True Spirit. There are many men who falsely add and certainly detract from God's true Word, in the flesh is Jesus The Christ. God answers all prayer that aligns with His Good Will. Paying this for and with you.
Praise God! He knows exactly what we need. He can even give grace to forgive and pray for deranged lunatics who seek to harm us.
When you see Godās hand at work in a fearful and a possible tragic circumstance, it is a life changing moment. I sing praises to my Lord and Savior every day for His intervention and healingššš
Thank you for sharing your truths for us all to be encouraged and thankful. ššš
šš» Robin Greer, this is what Joni Erickson Tata says about her accident that paralyzed her from the neck down.
Corrie Ten Boom is another person whose story I find so encouraging. I love reading and watching Christian biographies.
When she was alive and traveling, I got to hear her speak in person. Such an unassuming presence, and yet so powerful. There's a new book about her WWII experience, and life before her imprisonment. It's worth reading. "The Watchmaker's Daughter: The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boom" by Larry Loftis
That is an excellent book. I have read it.
I actually met her and I knew her Caregiver distantly. At one time there was a museum set up in her honor at Dallas Baptist University. Iāve read both of her books and saw the movie the hiding place. She was one of my favorite heroes.
She has a wonderful testimony and has encouraged so many to pursue God over the decades of her challenging life.
For you this day: John 3:1-7
:16-18
Amen!
Beautiful verse.
āCheck it for messages throughout the day.ā Instead of just reading a passage once in the morning as per my Bible Reading Plan, that is exactly what Iām going to do. I donāt just eat once a day, so why shouldnāt I be nourished by the Word throughout the day?
Yes. āHunger and thirst for righteousnessā & āpray without ceasingā are directions!!!
great point!!!
A Christian mentor of mine vowed to never spend more time on social media than she spent reading her Bible.
We need the true Church and Christians to rise up vs organized religion that uses the name in vain for political and financial benefit: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/why-religion-shut-down-half-of-who
That is a very good article. I also came to this conclusion years ago through personal experiences. Hence my handle Johnny Be Real (not good).
Be real good! I like the idea that "we are spiritual forces." Luther believed the Holy Spirit is the force gifted to us as power to confront and overcome three things that can cripple and destroy us: a corrupt and doomed society (the world), the human nature we inherited from Adam and Eveās original sin (the flesh), and direct assaults from satanic forces (the devil). Of course not all Christians see it that way, but it's a useful schema for identifying moment by moment impediments to being who Christ intends us to be.
If you accept we are spiritual forces, the meaning of being polite completely shifts. Donāt go looking for conflict, but there is no avoiding it if you mingle with society.
Thanks Sir! Glad you appreciated it! š
There's not much I'd agree with in that article, but I agree that organized religion has gone off the rails. We need to get rid of the tax-exempt status of religious groups, including churches. Some are hauling in more revenue than a Taylor Swift concert. However well-intentioned the law was, it has been abused.
If you are a 503. You are owned by the IRS.
You are totally right, the mega churches are a BIG business. Literally a production company.
There are few that have real love for the gospel but the bad ones are a lot more common.
Every time that they fail. They hurt exponentially the Truth movement.
To many have just done that and many believers would never come back and judge the gospel because of the actions of the pastor.
And then the question is were they ever really disciples of Christ.
Thank you TriTorch!!! I absolutely LOVE this !
President Trump issued a message ringing with the unapologetic moral clarity of the Foundersāsomething no modern president has dared emulate:
I guess and Iām so happy to witness the answer of our Lord and Savior.
We did pray constantly 2 Chronicles 7:14
HE HEARD USā¦
PRAISE GOD.
The leaders of this country and the People has turned their evil ways.
GOD HAS BLESSED AMERICA šŗšø
And we say. Amen and Amen š
THANK YOU JESUS.
I posted 2 Chronicles 7:14 on my MeWe.com profile as my "profile image" and prayed over that Bible verse constantly as well. IT IS BEARING FRUIT indeed.
Jesus is All! Blessed Holy Week to All! Thank you Jesus for your sacrifice to cleanse us of sin and to help us choose the straight and narrow path. Please take care of our nation and keep the faithful strong and may the Holy Ghost moves the hearts of those that lust for things that do not last. Blessed Holy Trinity, Blessed Messiah.
TriTorch, you hit it out of the park as usual. A very blessed Easter to you and big hugs from SWFL
Love thisā¦ and how about we ONLY bring our Bibles (or, only ourselves) to church, and not our cell phones?
Having a bit of a problem with the clergy at our church who are reluctant to amend the announcement at the opening of our service, from āplease silence all electronic devicesā, to āplease silence and put out of view all electronic devicesā.
Increasingly people are staring at their cell phones now during service, not at the altar or the crucifix. Really is a distraction and an unsettling, irreverent development IMO.
Damn the Hallow app! It may have its place, but it should not be in the sanctuary. I read the dayās readings prior to leaving my home for mass each day.
I dread the day when all the congregants are staring at their iPhones or iPads.
Maybe they are reading their scripture on their phone Bible app. as I and many others do.
Guess you didnāt read my comment. Yes they are, but itās awful to have to be looking at a bunch of blue screens in pews ahead of you. Churches should have designated area for people to sit who canāt live without their phones, even in sacred places and sacred ceremonies.
This past Sunday I sat in front of someone who was typing on her phone the entire service. I could hear the keys clicking. So distracting! She even got a couple of text alerts with a series of notes. Her husband told her to just turn it off. She ignored him. She was clearly oblivious.
Thank you. A woman who was using her app to follow the daily readings, after I shared with her, the distraction and the reverence of being on your phone during service, said that sometimes her kids would text her a picture of her grandkids, etc., and she found herself unable to resist the temptation of opening it. She ended up agreeing with me. Just leave the phone in the car. Focus for 30, 60, or whatever minutes of your day on the moment of being with Christ or with whoever you honor or worship. Not a lot of time to be offline.
Well, there was a time when the common people did NOT have any Bibles, and the Bibles were hand made by monks in the monastery, and big enough they were too large and heavy to carry around, plus too expensive, so the common people did not have Bibles to read the days' Scripture readings at church for centuries, and the common people could not read anyway. After the Gutenberg printing press in the 1400's, then more people could have their own prayer books and Bibles, and a lot more people were reading, and carrying prayer books and Bibles to church. So that was a new thing back then, and maybe back then there were those who thought - WHY do all those people have to bring their own books to church. It is disrespectful to not listen to the priest when he is reading the Scriptures... So now, fast forward 550 years or however long it has been, and the digital Bibles and digital prayer books are today's Bibles and prayer books. Different from what people had in the past, but still a way to read the Scriptures and not miss a word if the acoustics are bad, or the priest reads with an unintelligible African accent. In the Catholic churches, there often are foreign priests brought in who don't speak understandable English. So it is helpful to have a book whether print or digital, and I don't see the harm of a digital book.
Valid points, but read before attending service in the church. It is rude and inconsiderate to fellow churchgoers when someone pulls out their phones with their blue lights. Or at the very least, sit in one of the back pews.
I love my Bible app!
Thatās great! Just keep it out of our churches!!
First Comment out of the gate, and it's getting shared!! God bless you, TT!! šļøšš¼ššš¼ā¤ļøāš„
Beautiful.
Marvelous, my brother.
Thank you for this TT. A very welcome read this morning.
These are wonderful, some are new to me. Thank you, TriTorch!
Israel VS Palestine. What would Jesus do?
He would probably tell them to repent and follow him
Same as He tells us, right? American Christians have been late to confess our timidity and ask for Godās forgiveness. We have paid a heavy price ābecause the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastens everyone He accepts as His sonā (Hebrews 12:6). Does that not prove we are His children and heirs? It is time to act again like we are. āFor I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believesā (Romans 1:16).
He might begin by throwing the moneychangers out of the temples of Judaism and Islam.
He would smite the Islamist terrorist and their supporters with blindness . Because of the blackness of their hearts.
Ned, re: your poignant question. He would love them all. He would teach the deep and personal meanings of his "Sermon On the Mount," emphasizing "Love your neighbor as yourself. Be good to them who despitefully use you."
Great Find...and Posted TT!
He is Risen.
He has risen indeed!
The Proclamations stand forever ready and Holy!
Good Morning. Jeff, you have constantly "complained" about how to describe the swirl of events that have been happening since January 20. Not sure if it was intentional, but your opening statement of "Revolutonary news" nails it. No need to waste brain cells on any other adjectives, adverbs or whatever. It is truly revolutionary. You are the best!!
We are living through the Second American Revolution.
Iām sorry, but Fauci does NOT get itch cream.
Itās inhumane, but perhaps sever his vocal cords? Sometimes the object lesson is the greatest teacher.
May as well! Not like weāll ever hear an apology out of his mouth. Snip, snip! Sell THAT human tissue to the lab.
I had my vocal cords removed due to cancer. Not fun. Would serve Facui right not only for the beagles but for all the BS he spouted his entire life.
re: Vocal cords, very sorry to hear that Steenroid.
I am so sorry to read that. How awful for you.
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That cracked me up....but then again, there seems to be some snarky or elegantly -turned phrase in EVERY paragraph here in C&C that has me either chortling, cheering, or cooing with delight. Jeff Childers is a Master Wordsmith. He wields a mean hammer while stoking his forge...beating the Left into smithereens while sharpening our hearts and minds with his verbal whetstone. Thank you, Jeff!!! ššš
Jeff Childers does "turn a timely, tacit, tart phrase" each and every edition, doesn't he!!
100% agree
I will second that one!
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I would prefer he be allowed no clothing. Sand flies donāt care.
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So thankful this is ending and its overdue. Animals are God's creations too and they need to be treated with love and respect. Since it is Holy Week, I won't say what I really want to about Fauci and others that torture and maim but suffice it to say there is a very hot place that is waiting for him and all others who participate in causing suffering to others that cannot defend themselves. I thank the admin from the depths of my heart for this.
I donate to a charitable group called White Coat Waste that fights to abolish animal testing in labs--good group!! They may be "unnecessary" if RFK, Jr. can effect total abolition of this brutal practice!
I get the emails from White Coat Waste, and the things they do to cats and dogs are just horrible torture, and for no good purpose. I am now a retired healthcare professional with a year of research training, and have worked for multiple pharma companies as a consultant, and I do not believe for a minute that most of these "research" projects serve any good useful purposes, the ones WCW reports on every day in their emails. They are so horrible and disturbing, and there is nothing I can really do, so I quit reading them, I don't open them, and I don't delete, they just keep coming, and every time - when I see one in my inbox, I just pray for God to put a stop to this, and now RFK and Trump are doing it, so thank God. RFK is quite an animal lover, and apparently they really can figure out whatever they need to know via AI instead of animal testing, so good. I see they are phasing it out - I'd like to see it all stop tomorrow, or yesterday would be good. This may be a while before it's entirely eradicated. But thankful it's the beginning of the end on that. It's very evil, no good purpose on some of these things. Very Nazi-like.
My thoughts echo yours, Martha!!
I do too! If we can reach Mars, we can change the way we perform scientific testing. Thank you for donating to WCW Sharon. Blessed Easter or Blessed Passover to you and yours.
YESHUA IS RISEN - HALLELUJAH!!
Yes He Has!!
But still allowing experimenting on humans!
Or clothing!
Happy Monday everyone!!! Godās truth goes marching on!!
AMEN!
Too much. "Carter, a one-term president with all the grace and foresight of a Columbia University gender studies major." I almost spit out my coffee.
And he was in later life idolized as a kind and decent man. True. But a horrible President. Only outdone by Biden.
There is a book by a Secret Service agent regarding their times with presidents during and after their terms of office. None of them liked Jimmy Carter. They said he was stingy and rarely ever spoke to them. my husband knew him personally and did not care for him at all.
He was known for being great friends of Islamic terrorists, even after his presidency. He was not known as a good man.
I heard the guy that is the chief journalist at Breitbart say that he was an out and out communist.
Though. I wouldnāt call Biden a kind and decent man
I will be interested to hear stories from inside the White House some day about what Biden and his family were really like. Quite awful I would expect.
Obama, with more time on the job to screw up, eclipsed both.
No argument from me. What a trifecta, no?
It was good! š he has some good lines in this one
I did though, right onto my laptop. I now know to NEVER take a sip of coffee while reading Coffee & Covid.
I have a standing desk and I always stand back from my keyboard with my hot beverage so as to avoid spillage, but my carpet has suffered for it :)
Haha, duly noted! His scathing wit always skewers its mark in such an epic fashion that is so hysterically funny at the same time.
Good practice. I spilled wine on mine a year ago and it cost me a new laptop
I'm sure there is a regulation somewhere disallowing wine drinking while operating a lap top tsk. tsk.
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Shhh donāt say that, it will give some bored bureaucrat an idea for a new regulation š
LMAO!
So very true
Finished listening to this yesterday. It is long, but worth hearing. Tucker interviews Alex Jones. Trump is the only one I can think of who has been subjected to more criminal illegal law fare. I had forgotten he predicted 9/11.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/04/no_author/alex-jones-trump-israel-secret-ww3-plans-dire-wolf-resurrection-infowars-reporter-assassination/
I used to think Alex Jones was way too extreme, until his "predictions" came to light. He says that he uses only open source materials in his research. He simply doesn't give up until he gets to the bottom of the story. My opinion has changed. There's a terrific interview that Alex did with Gen. Flynn's sister, who is a top forensic auditor on how the Dems are heavily involved with child sex trafficking.
Can you provide a link to that interview please?
It might be this one?
https://www.brighteon.com/4d0305bf-4b0f-45b3-b909-5f9a10db63bf
Sadly, I bought the MSM smears and didn't take him seriously until recently.
It truly is an amazing interview! I love the fact that Alex Jonesās faith is mentioned numerous times! So refreshing!
I was in Austin in the early 90s when Jones was on the local public access channel. He was considered extreme even then and had a tiny audience. I enjoyed watching him because he would talk about topics/events I had no idea were happening. He was all over the Branch Davidians debacle in Waco. Once the internet spread, it became much easier to verify what he was saying.
Watching him, or any public figure directly is the way to understand if they are legit. The media always creates caricatures to discredit. Go to the source instead.
I recently listened to Alex on Rogan.š„ I've seen him on Tucker a few months back. Really starting to like him!
My first time listening to Alex Jones was when Del Bigtree had him on The Highwire a year or so ago. It was Very intriguing.
I must say, Alex looks like he is taking his physical health more seriously now, too.
On Rogan he said that he's been eating better and working out, and has lost 20 lbs. š
A terrific interview.
I listened to and found it beyond belief what Alex has been put through. We share this world unfortunately with too many sick twists.
Speaking of law firms crumbling and agreeing to pro-bono work, Alex Jones said in his interview with Tucker that one of the law firms (Weiss?) is using their pro-bono work to go after him!! It looks like there should be more oversight of that pro-bono work.
You are correct, and I totally agree with Alex that they should not be allowed to count half of their pro bono work of $40 pledged for going after Alex. The Team is doing a lot of things right , but this not one of those examples/
Today marks the first day of the Days of Unleavened Bread, the day after Passover when the houses of the Israelites were passed over by the angel of death, because of the blood of the lamb on their doorposts. That lamb was a forerunner of the Messiah who was the Passover lamb who saved the world from the death of sin.
I had not been aware of the seriousness of the issue of unfounded regulations regarding baby cribs. Maybe we should commission local craftsmen, or Amish or Mennonites, to make them for our next generation, and make them to our specifications.
I also read a story about several states that will be prosecuting Fauci and several others for a list of many crimes. This is a good thing.
Buy from the Amish or Mennonites if youāre fortunate enough to live in areas where their communities are close by. Their food and products are much better than the China made crap you find in big box stores.
Amen! We have an Amish Hoosier (kind of like a China cabinet/old-school food prep piece of furniture). It is super heavy, has dovetail joints, and the doors on the cabinets actually have hand-drilled vs machine-drilled holes, so they are even and close easily. These are true heirloom pieces that used to get passed down to future generations, but my kids, with their mid-century modern style probably won't want it.
If I recall correctly, there is a major Amish/Mennonite retail trade center near Pittsburgh, where many sellers' wares from both Ohio and Lancaster, can be seen and purchased.
IL has several Amish wood specialists and their āgrocery storesā and butcher shops are a step back in time. I love visiting Amish communities.
About 20 years ago a furniture store in our small community sold some beautiful, tall, carved door cabinets made by the Amish. I bought two of them to store things like canned foods and rice, etc, and to this day I absolutely love them. People always comment on how beautiful and unique they are.
We go right to the Amish here in Central Pa and buy directly from their shop which is usually right beside their tidy house.
I have an Amish made bed that is beautiful with a headboard that has shelves. Love it
Passover is such a time of reverence.
So sad that the enemy has stolen it from the āchurchā and substituted such practices as they now celebrate. How I pray for a REAL spiritual awakening.
Whoās the enemy?
Satan
That's why I've been seeing videos of short parents falling into the cribs while trying to put their baby in.
I would only wish the Amish & Mennonites ( not all of them ) would treat their animals, especially their draft horses and draft mules, and buggy horses with kindness and compassion. So many wind up in slaughter auctions, completely broken down after a life of hard work.
me too. I love animals more than I love myself. God created them and loves them and they should be treated with respect and kindness.
Iāve seen reports of puppy mills too. True?
Yes, very popular among these folks.
A friend got an adorable Malti-Poo puppy from one a few years ago. She still pees with excitement and poops in the house! I know itās very common in those tiny breedsā¦ but I think we can chalk it up to bad breeding AND bad parenting.
Sadly, indiscriminate breeding is rampant in this country. Dogs. Cats. Horses. Exotics. People believe they'll make big time money. They forget the vet bills, food bills. Sickening.
Blessed Passover to our Jewish neighbors as they celebrate.
As far as Fauci, I cannot say what I want to since it is Holy Week and I told God I will try to behave. I pray is he prosecuted and punished to the nth degree.
Thank you and Happy Easter to you! š
And when He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, āWho is this?ā And the crowds were saying, āThis is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.ā And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. And He said to them, āIt is written, āMy house shall be called a house of prayerā; but you are making it a robbersā den.ā
And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the marvelous things which He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, saying, āHosanna to the Son of David,ā they became indignant and said to Him, āDo You hear what these children are saying?ā And Jesus said to them, āYes; have you never read, āOut of the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise for Yourselfā?ā
ā Matthew 21:10-16 LSB
Matthew 21:1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, āGo to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.ā 4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
5 āSay to Daughter Zion,
āSee, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.āā
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
āHosanna to the Son of David!ā
āBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!ā
āHosanna in the highest heaven!ā
Yes, Palm Sunday reading hit me like a ton of bricks yesterday. The high priests and Pharisees were swamp of that era. Jesus knew that this 'brood of vipers' were after him and yet his courage to stand against them would lead to His ultimate sacrifice on the cross, and yet he still prayed Father forgive them for they know not what they do. And many of those who showered adulation upon Him then turned against Him less than a week later, as they were looking for an earthly king. We the People should take heed, and recognize that our only Savior is Jesus Christ, and that faithfulness is the only way to heal our broken nation. President Trump is a tremendous leader, but it's all window dressing if our society has turned from God, as too many people will blow with the wind, like those who shouted 'crucify him' 2000 years ago.
I despised the high priests, Pharisees and Sanhedrin when I was younger reading and learning about Jesus blaming them and Rome for Jesus's suffering. It pissed me off to the nth degree. I would go to Temple with my Jewish friend and ask how could they do that to Him. I found many Rabbis were just the same all these years later. They spoke of Jesus as if He were dirt to be swept under the carpet. They refuse to believe he is the Messiah. Then I reminded myself that we ALL nailed Jesus to the cross and it was my fault too. That was enough to sober me up and drop the grudge against those in ancient history and current affairs.
As a child I remember a priest who passed around a crown of thorns and nails like those used in crucifixions, and told us that when we sin, we are all driving those nails and pressing those thorns. That lesson has stuck with me all these years. The concept of sin is largely rejected in our current culture, which has led us astray as a nation, IMHO. And we still battle those who cloak malice with virtue.
What a lesson from your priest making such an impression as it would have with me. Wow. It is very true and I am sure it made a lifelong impression on the other children as well.
I was talking to Jesus the other day and told him I would have taken His place so He did not have to suffer and die and God the Father and Holy Ghost would not have had to witness such anguish perhaps coming up with another plan of action. Stupid I know. I did not mean I was His substitute, I meant it as a personal sacrifice for someone I adore. It is so very agonal to know how much He had to endure and He was so young. If only He could have stayed a while longer.
Your faith is maturing Lori, good job!
We are a fickle people.
In 1983, Mr. Zimmer, A WWII veteran, predicted President Trump would become President and turn the US back to God. There are a bunch of articles about it but I am posting this one because I do believe it was the Blessed Mother who saved his life. This article talks about Mr. Zimmer too.
https://catholicfamilynews.com/blog/2024/07/18/president-trump-and-the-triumph-of-the-immaculate-heart/
Our pastor said Jesus saw the battle we were up against and, after asking His Father for another option, He stepped up knowing we could not survive the fight without Him. His best friends could not even stay awake! How could they/we battle the evil in this world on our own? Praise God from Whom all blessings flow.
Jesus is The King Glory!!!
āLift up your heads, O ye gates; And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.ā
āāPsalmā¬ ā24ā¬:ā7ā¬-ā8ā¬ āKJVā¬ā¬
Please see this:
https://montanarcc.substack.com/p/holy-week-readings-on-the-life-of
Well, the author of that 'Stack flubbed it right off the bat when he said Jesus was born in Nazareth. FAIL.
Well, I didnāt read the whole thing, but I didnāt see that he said he was ābornā and Nazareth just that it was his hometown. But if he was really scholarly, he would know that through investigation and interpretations they have realized that Christ learned the art of making things out of stone rather than carpentry which explains things like, ā upon this rock I will build myChurchā and other analogies involving stone.
I have never heard he learned the art of making things out of stone. Iāve never heard of him working ā¦ he trusted God to give him what he needed. It actually doesnāt even make sense to me. Do you have references?
Iām talking about when he was in Nazareth working with his father, Joseph. Iāll try to dig those up, but Iām not sure I have the time if I do, Iāll let you know.
The AZ changes are good news, if too late for Kari Lake on multiple fronts. Now to stop the push for putting bad people in charge of even more things, but we'll see how that plays out. It's still just crazy that the rules/laws were so blatantly disregarded and nothing really happened.
For the regulation changes, can we maybe do away with some of the onerous "safety testing" rules? I know ... it's for the kids. But I remember as a young kid going to flea markets or similar with stalls featuring hand-made toys for kids - simple things, but locally crafted. Then we got the safety testing rules in place and all of those toy-makers got shut down because who can afford to pay the crazy fees to test that their blocks are, indeed, safe for a 2 year old. Even in the board game industry, you get games clearly for younger kids but marked as "14+" because the costs for testing are just onerous.
I implore everyone to read the new edition of Dissolving Illusions, by Dr. Suzanne Humphries! I just finished reading the chapter on small pox! Holy smokes, weāve been deceived since the 1700ās!! Safe and effective back then and forced immunization and you still got small pox and either really sick or died!!
Reading it now too! My SIL gifted it to us. It is really disgusting the deplorable conditions people lived in. No wonder once they cleaned up the cities many of these terrible diseases diminished by 98%.
Iām reading it now. They certainly did their research! ā£ļø
She is really good. Her other books are eye openers as well.
Thanks, this sounds great! Ordering now....
Same with Turtles All The Way Down about jab lies-one of the best books written on the subject!
I agree. We are safety obsessed and it teaches people to leave their brains behind. I was reading something about how they studied this; that people actually were much more complacent with too many safety rules and regulations then when they donāt have them. They arenāt alert to danger because they think the safety rules will save them. And I see that in future generations that blithely go about the world and are genuinely surprised when something happens because they have no self preservation instincts or skills. There are some things that were good safety measures that have been put in place, but itās just ridiculous now the level of them. You wonder too if this creates a boredom epidemic. There is no thrill or risk of danger in life because itās all been bubble wrapped. Nothing that gets the heart racing about the āwhat ifā that might happenā¦.itās just boring. Itās takes peopleās choice away and shames them when they take risks.
Yep. Not everything good is safe. And not everything safe is good.
These days, even bubbles are wrapped in bubble wrap.
That is so true! The big and small bubbles! Yikes, thatās something to ponder onā¦
Safety regs, and their big brother CONVENIENCE, have hollowed out the stout oak heart of America.
There is much wisdom in what you wrote.
As Sen Kennedy said:
Ms AOC is the reason there are instructions on a shampoo bottle.
Some people need extra help in figuring out how to do life. š
Survival of the fittest? š¤·āāļø
Happened to the small car makers too. They were mandated to crash test and destroy 10 cars of every model they make, starting in the early 1990's. Simply could not afford to do this.
Donāt get my husband started on this. Itās a real sore point for him. Toyota Japan still makes a small, stripped down pickup truck which they sell all over the world, for less than 20k. Except for here, because of āmuh regulationsā.
We canāt have nice things anymore. Stuff that was built to last or handcrafted. Yet cheap, Chinese crap proliferated.
I hope and pray we can get back to a more sane world where government doesnāt choke the life out of every single thing. May the good Lord bless Trumpās efforts to do just that.
Donāt get ME started! Expiration dates on car seats? Humbug!
So ridiculous!
When hubs and I were stationed out in SC years ago, shortly after the birth of our daughter, we decided to move back home to CA. Like The Beverly Hillbillies we loaded up what we kept of our stuff in a small U-Hail trailer, hubby took the swivel seat off the base of 2 of our kitchen chairs and anchored those bad boys down solid as a rock in the back of his little truck, which had a shell on the back and also pass through windows in the truck and shell. He also bought 2 seatbelt straps and installed them as well.
Drove all the way across the country in that, safe as houses. Even took a picture of our 2 youngest sitting back in there. I smile each time I look at it.
Our great country would never have been settled at all if bureaucrats and their regulations such as we have now had existed in the pioneering days.
And that kids have to practically have their own drivers licenses before they can ride in the car without a car seat. The regulations are either intentionally or inadvertently anti-natalist.
Yeah. Michigan just raised the age of front seat riding to 13. Just 3 years before they can get their license. Itās stupid.
What? They canāt ride in the front seat until they are 13? So the parents are relegated to chauffeur status? Kids are pampered lords?
"I require another juice box, Jeeves."
š¤£ My corgi speaks to me that way! š¤£
Infantilizing generations.
Safety-ism is the worst.
It REALLY is.
My brother used my sonās car seat since their baby was born at home with a midwife. I hate that the car seats are perfectly fine and just end up in the landfill with nothing wrong with them.
Chinese crap that probably contains more toxic material than any possible American made goods!
Thatās a given! The off-gassing is a thing many people remark upon on all types of stuff.
Itās a bit ironic if you think about it. In the name of safety, we have painted ourselves into a corner of cheap and dangerous productsā¦
Literally insanely. And evil.
The other day I was wondering why we donāt have cheaper non-frill auto choices. I donāt need big screen TVs in my car or sensors everywhere.
Thereās a TikTok video of some Eastern European guy who engineered his own Tesla truck. It is hysterical! Let me see if I can find it. Will add it as a comment on this post if I do.
Bwahahahahaha!
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFkQwe6r/
šI tried but it forces me to install the TT app, :). Iām not.
I get it. I only got it because my daughter kept sending me things.
If I can find it on YouTube or another platform Iāll post that link.
I laughed until I cried, that was so great!
He really sold it! Lol
I'm hoping for a renaissance of practical, long-lasting AND beautiful things. We need our beauty back. Anyone who disagrees doesn't know God well enough to know he loves beauty.
Along those lines, I have always loved this quote from William Morris!
āHave nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.ā
This is how I justify buying cut flowers for myself.š Certainly beautiful and they bring me joy.
My husband says this all the time.
Iāll love William Morris designs and this quote!
Absolutely agree about bringing back beauty as a priority.
I want a diesel Hilux!
Remember the diesel Cherokee from the early 2000s? "Stellantis", in the course of destroying the Jeep brand, ceased making it, because emissions.
They would sell like hotcakes over here!
Except Kalifornistan would not approve of such a vehicle, what with its manaical Bolshevik stranglehold on diesel engine technology and emissions....when, oh, when will this tyranny end? š„š„š„
Great vehicle and virtually indestructible. Did you ever see the Top Gear (UK) episode where they tried everything to kill one? The damn thing survived every time and started up again. It was awesome.
I was introduced to them in the Middle East, decades ago . . . Have wanted one ever since. (We didn't get to drive them, but all the locals used them.)
In certain parts of the Middle East, bed-mounted machine guns are a factory option! Some great memes out there on that topic. See āTechnicalsā
Get a tax stamp and a live 1919 and youāre all set!
Some hockey pads and a lacrosse mask would go with the aesthetic.
Well said!
Thank lawyers for that, no offense, Jeff
Well lawyers yes but also plaintiffs willing to sue over everything.
Bring back Lawn Jarts!!
I would occasionally read Dave Barry (before the world went mad) to get some chuckles. Well, Dave is out, and Jeff is MY HERO...penning Truth & gut-busting sarcasm on the daily!
Dave Barry is on substack and still hilarious, just fyi. Heāll never be better than Jeff, but still worth reading.
I loved reading Dave Barry. Didnāt know he inhabited this space. Thanks for the hot tip!
I just found him a few weeks ago. I think someone posted one of his articles and I saw it on my home page.
I found him, thxš
I'll check it out, but like the old saying, "you can't go home again"...it's difficult to unsee all that used to be funny in these days of enlightenment
Heās usually still funny, I havenāt seen too many political things so far.
Here is my hot tip for another great humorist, who didnāt tread into political waters. Some of the funniest things I ever read came from this man.
We first literally āheardā of him on a show that NPR used to have decades ago, called Radio Reader. Just a host who would read books aloud. It was a wonderful program.
When the host would read this gentlemenās first book out loud, he frequently had to stop because he would laugh so hard heād be crying.
The gifted writer is Patrick McManus. He had a column in Field and Stream. His books mostly focused on short stories of his growing up years and the colorful characters that inhabited his world, back in simpler times.
Start with āA Fine and Pleasant Miseryā and āThey Shoot Canoes, Donāt They?ā
Canāt recommend him highly enough.
Thank you so much for the recommendation. I love to listen to old radio shows so I did a quick search trying to find archives of Radio Reader (I'm still looking). I've got Patrick McManus on my "to read" list now. Another very funny humorist was Erma Bombeck. Though she was a little political in trying to get the ERA passed way back when, politics really doesn't come into her poignant, funny and touching essays. I have several of her books one entitled, "The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank."
Love Dave Barry. I've been reading his books for decades. Another favorite of mine is Bill Bryson. The first book of his I read years ago A Walk In The Woods. Never stopped laughing reading it. Also a Sunburned Country. His hilarious take on the dangers of Australia. Says you should read it before traveling down under.
Iām going to look him up and acquire the two books you mentioned. Thank you so much for sharing! He sounds right up my alley.
I just realized I recently watched the A Walk in the Woods movie that came out a few years ago. Really enjoyed it, too. Now looking forward to reading the book even more as I usually like the books better than the movies they make of them. š
Nana, you will really enjoy the book. I read the book first, way before the movie. Try not to think of the movie while reading the book. You will have many hours of laughter.
Looking forward to that!
I remember reading her column in newspapers. She was very funny! šš»
NanaWāJust purchased McManusā first book to read as I trek across the pond in a few. I look forward to having my fellow passengers wonder what the heck I am reading š Thank you for the suggestion!
I wonāt say I hope you enjoy it because Iām absolutely certain you will! No doubt you will get glances from people who see and hear you chortling madly.
Safe travels to you. šš»š
Thank you! I'll look him up
Great to hear!
We need find humor in everything. (I'm talking to you, Saturday Night Liveš)
They are so busy scoring political points theyāve completely lost the thread of funny. So painful to see even clips of their current stuff. I only watch old things from the Phil Hartman/Mike Meyers era or earlier.
Those were the days š Steve Martin and Victoria Jackson being hurled (repeatedly) off a cliff ...all because Toonces can't reach the pedals š¤£š¤£š¤£
He's 77 yrs old, he may not be up to todays politics.
Please share how to find his Substackā¦ā¦lots of Dave Berrys, but I canāt find him!
https://open.substack.com/pub/davebarry/p/tariffs?r=z2cc5&utm_medium=ios
Okay, I chuckled several times reading just the first few sentences. Thank you!
Edited to say, this particular column about "tariffs" (not really) is hysterical. But some of the comments. Sigh.
I didnāt read it yet, just grabbed the most recent one
Thanks, Valerieā¦.. my bad; I was misspelling his last name. ā¤ļø
Iām glad you found him.
Itās Barry, you may have just spelled it wrong. But here you go.
Thank you!
https://davebarry.substack.com/
Dave Barry came to central IL Amish country to march with the local Lawn Rangers āprecision lawn mowerā drill team:
https://www.davebarry.com/misccol/LawnRangers1.htm
Too funnyš
Epic advice from Dave Barry- Never take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night!
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Praise the LORD!! Hallelujah
I donāt know about you people, but I love waking up in the morning reading Jeffās posts and having President Trump is in a White House. Have a great day.
āTrumpās Easter proclamation wasnāt just a breath of cool, fresh spiritual airā it was the electrifying sound of a cultural defibrillator, jolting a flickering national soul back toward life.ā Todayās post was filled with chuckles and excellent wordplay, but that line was probably my favorite. President Trumpās embrace of the Easter holiday is beautiful. Pointing our hearts toward the Author of Life, the Great I AM, and reminding us of the eternal hope of the empty tomb is wonderfully edifying.
God is truly blessing this country. šš¼ šŗšø āļø ā¤ļø
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Hopefully the mandate for Braille to be on every ATM drive-thru will survive Trump's scythe. It would be a shame to deprive every blind driver on America's roadways access to their money.
I had to read this twice to get it.
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True story: A high school friend had family (of Italian derivation) living in Mexico and his cousins would come up to visit every summer. As they were driving one day, one of his cousins asked about the little bumps (lane turtles) on the road. He replied that they had been put there for our blind drivers as a kind of "street Braille" so they would know where they were going. His cousin said, "Oh you Americans! You think of everything!"
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I thought the news about Fauci's beagle experiments would be the end of him, since we have so any people who seemingly care more about animals than humans. I was disappointed in their lack of response. It's crazy how the left is now against the things they used to favor.
Good comment, Anne. The "animal rights" activists are among the most un-hinged and yet they are quiet. Looking at what they do and not what they say tells us what they are really against: us!
Me too, Anne. I also thought the insanity of the Covid lockdowns in Australia (the restrictions of which were absolutely dystopian) would end after they started killing dogs kept in shelters because they wouldn't allow staff to attend to them during lockdown. Just crazy!
I have heard they wanted to kill all the cats in Australia, forget about shelters. I can't remember now if it was for Covid or for bird flu, but some were saying to kill all the cats... yes, crazy.
I am for animal rights and God created the animals, not for torture or abuse. And yes, much of the time I prefer the company of animals over humans. That does not mean that we do not care about people. We just need a break from them and do not endorse or believe animals should be tortured in labs.
I have witnessed the power of intercessory prayer. It is only when I started to reach out to others to pray for my daughter, that I saw signs of hope. I encourage all of you to try it. Our nation will see results because God listens.
I pray my nation of Canada will be changed as yours is šØš¦šŗšø. Our election is coming up! We need repentance and renewal. šAny other Canadians with me?
I will pray for your nation.
I sincerely appreciate it šGod bless you.
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