Salads are good for you.

-internet

* 

We are running low! We need help!

-KC-135 E refueing to another KC-135 E- by Chatfield

*

Help comes from the LORD our God!

He who asks--He will hear!

*

Our people need help!

"We see a generation in which too many have been taught that the only truth is in the human will, which then becomes sovereign. 

The past is presented to them as a dark time, now happily superseded; therefore they learn no edifying or useful history. 

The quest for truth dies not only in the humanities, but increasingly in the sciences. 

To think there is one right answer to a math problem has been derided as a racist concept. 

And of course we confuse the sexes."

-Today’s Firestorm and the Declaration, by Larry P. Arnn. Imprimis 11/25, Volume 54/Issue 11

*

Psalm 121

I will lift up my eyes to the mountains;


From where shall my help come?


My help comes from the Lord,


Who made heaven and earth.


He will not allow your foot to slip;


He who keeps you will not slumber.


Behold, He who keeps Israel


Will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is your keeper;


The Lord is your shade on your right hand.


The sun will not smite you by day,


Nor the moon by night.


The Lord will protect you from all evil;


He will keep your soul.


The Lord will guard your going out 

and your coming in


From this time forth and forever.

*

Math Anxiety with Peppermint Patty

Charles Schulz

*
 Both of my Bible studies are teaching, studying anxiety and trusting the LORD through it all.

Thankful :o)

*

Math Issues

-Charles Schulz 

*

Sorry, not able to talk about math now....

*

Time flies, Projects continue, and Joy is among us

-internet photo

*
 

I have SO many projects going on...I must do what is in front of me!

Every one of my projects are important and there is not enough time to work on them!

What Joy! to accomplish one at a time!

I am so very thankful for the gifts of creating that the Lord has blessed me. 

*

Because Someone Laughed Out Loud...

-unknown origin

*

Got to go....I have pill containers to fill....
 *

America: Home of the Brave...

-internet T-shirt

*

In1854 the Republican Party was formed in Wisconsin to fight against Slavery.

America still has brave people choosing to be good citizens.

The Brave are still out there. 

Be Brave for America.

* 

Happy Valentine's Day

 

A Hen Gathers Her Chicks Under Her Wings...

 -a precious bookmark from years ago

*

 Matthew 23:37-39

 ...“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! 

How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. 

Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! 

For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

Luke 13:31-35

..."Just at that time some Pharisees approached, saying to Him, 

Go away, leave here, for Herod wants to kill You.” 

And He said to them, 

“Go and tell that fox, 

‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I reach My goal.’

Nevertheless I must journey on today and tomorrow and the next day; for it cannot be that a prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem. 

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! 

How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it!

Behold, your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘

Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

*

Save the Babies! Jesus Loves You!

-Informed Choices

*

We have enjoyed the "flurry" of new born babies these last 2 years!

This means a homemade flannel blanket and a small crocheted green frog. I was so very busy keeping up!

I have been making frogs and flannel blankets for newborns for 44 years.

--Beyond the frogs-- the other flannel blankets I make are for the local pregnancy support clinic.

Jesus Loves You!  Save the Babies!

*
 

Life use to seem so easy, breezy...

-Blue Angels, C-130, by Glenn

*

When did life become so wearing?

I remember those sweet days of a young family and life went well. The LORD is our Hope.

*

"One of the mysteries of the ages is why the political left has, for centuries, lavished so much attention on the well-being of criminals and paid so little attention to their victims.

-Thomas Sowell

*

The LORD is With Those Who Love Him

-Pelican, internet

*

A little bird I am,

   Shut from the fields of air,

And in my cage I sit and sing

   To Him who placed me there;

Well pleased a prisoner to be,

   Because, My God, it pleases Thee.

My cage confines me round,

   Freely I cannot fly,

But though my wings are closely bound,

   My soul is at liberty;

For prison walls cannot control

   The flight of freedom of the soul.

-unknown 

*

Genesis 39:20-21,23

..."So Joseph’s master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail. But the Lord was with Joseph and extended kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer. The chief jailer committed to Joseph’s charge all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was responsible for it. The chief jailer did not supervise anything under Joseph’s charge because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made to prosper."...

*

"When God allows us to go to prison because of our service to Him, it is nearly the most blessed place in the world that we could be, because He goes with us.  

Joseph seems to have known this truth.  He did not sulk, become discouraged, and rebellious, or engage in self-pity by thinking "everything was against him".  If he had done so, the prison warden would never have trusted him.

May we remember that if self-pity is allowed to set in, we will never be used by God again until it is totally removed.

Joseph simply placed everything in joyful trust upon the Lord, and as a result, the prison warden placed everything into Joseph's care."

-unknown

*

The Importance of Knowing About History

-photo: Alistair Begg

*

from Understanding the Times:

..."History is the study of the way people, based on various religious worldviews, act through time to accomplish their goals. 

The study of history is vital because by looking back on the past we can see how people’s decisions affected their fellow humans’ ability to flourish. 

As George Santayana famously admonished, 

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” 

We thus need an accurate view of the past if we are to sustain trends toward greater wealth, justice, and sustainability. 

History can guide us to learn from our mistakes, act rightly in our current circumstances, and get better over time."...

-Jeff Myers & David A. Noebel, Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews, pg.472

*

 

'How Sweet it is to fall into the embrace of the LORD's blessed arms!'

-internet image

*
 

"It is not necessary to be continually speaking to God, or always hearing from God, in order to have communion or fellowship with Him, for there is an unspeakable fellowship that is sweeter than words.

A little child can sit all day long beside his mother, totally engrossed in his playing, while his mother is consumed by her work, and although both are busy and few words are spoken by either, they are in perfect fellowship.  The child knows his mother is there, and she knows that he is all right.

In the same way, a believer and his Savior can continue many hours in the silent fellowship of love.  And although the believer may be busy with ordinary things of life, he can be mindful that every detail of his life is touched by the character of God's presence, and can have the awareness of His approval and blessing.

Then when troubled with burdens and difficulties too complicated to put into words and too puzzling to express or fully understand; how sweet it is to fall into the embrace of His blessed arms and to simply sob out the sorrow that we cannot speak!"

-unknown

*

Romans  8:26-27

..."In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God."...

*

Choosing to be Kind

Living our lives among unfriendly, unkind people is difficult, to say the least.

If certain people claim to be Christians, for us, it can be extremely hurtful.

Even so, We can choose to rise above their words and hurtful attitudes of us--the LORD is our comfort: He is our strength.

Colossians 3:12-17

..."So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.

Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. 

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.

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.

Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father."...

Ephesians 4:17-32

..."So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.

Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity.

He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.

Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you."

*

Those Who Live for Jesus...

-Chatfield 

*

Isaiah 40:28-31

..."Do you not know? 

Have you not heard?

The Everlasting God, the Lord,

the Creator of the ends of the earth

does not become weary or tired.

His understanding is inscrutable.

 

He gives strength to the weary,

and to him who lacks might He increases power.

Though youths grow weary and tired,

and vigorous young men stumble badly,

yet those who wait for the Lord

will gain strength; 

They will mount up with wings like eagles,

they will run and not get tired,

they will walk and not become weary."

*