In God's Creation

-found in a nearby cemetery

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The sentiment on this grave stone is precious and sweet.

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Real Life for a PLUGGER

-PLUGGERS 

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When they vehemently say:" We are not a cult!"---It is probably a cult.

-internet image 

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"Every cult manual starts here. 

Isolate the members. 

Sever outside relationships. 

Make the group the ONLY source of 

identity and belonging."

Mike Bski, A Cult?

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Our Nation's Flag Day!

-internet

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There are many flags in many lands,

There are flags of every hue;

But there is no flag, however grand,

Like our own Red, White, and Blue.

-Mary Howliston

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Our Great God's Creation is Awesome!

-meme

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Hummingbirds and Water!

-Stephen Brooks, internet

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 Learn a lot of Science

"A little science distances you from God, but a lot of science brings you nearer to him."

-Louis Pasteur

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Wait a Minute! Is that me?!

-PLUGGERS

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So sweet!!!

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Wake Up and Smell the Cocoa!

-internet meme

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Psalm 61

"Hear my cry, O God;

Give heed to my prayer.

From the end of the earth 

I call to You when my heart is faint;

Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

For You have been a refuge for me,

A tower of strength against the enemy.

Let me dwell in Your tent forever;

Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings.

For You have heard my vows, O God;

You have given me the inheritance 

of those who fear Your name.

You will prolong the king’s life;

His years will be as many generations.

He will abide before God forever;

Appoint lovingkindness and truth 

that they may preserve him.

So I will sing praise to Your name forever,

That I may pay my vows day by day."

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When we lived in "black and white"...

-PLUGGERS

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God's Mighty Little Bird

A great photographer:internet

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I am thankful that in our region of the USA we are able to enjoy Ruby-throated Humming birds; although we have scene different hummingbirds when we were out west in Yellowstone and Rocky Mountains.

Ruby’s migrate from the Gulf of Mexico 18 to 20 hours straight headed north with some ending up in southern Canada. They fly more than 1,200 miles with out a break.

 

Another great photographer. A spectacular shot in this birdbath fountain:internet

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There are 340 species of hummingbirds in the Americas migrating north to Canada and south to the Andes of South America. Only 17 species are found in North America! 

When they migrate they can be found flying in groups called "charms".

-Internet

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Hummingbirds have exceptional eye sight.

Their speed when flying is 30 to 45 miles per hour.

Hummers can fly in any direction and are the only bird capable of sustained hovering.

They can be very competitive while feeding so you can often watch repeated high speed chases with each other as they eat all day long.

-Glenn Chatfield

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Humming Birds have a lifespan of 3 to 5 years. 

They lay two tiny eggs (I do not know if they have more than one brood.)

Their hearts are powerful beating as fast as 1,260 beats per minute; while resting they take 250 breaths per minute!

I am so very thankful my father instilled in me a joy of every bird, with the Ruby, my mother's favorite.

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Find out more info on Hummingbirds

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Walking with the LORD :o)

 -PLUGGERS

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LORD, have mercy! Help us!

"Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children."

-Thomas Sowell

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Honor and Respect Them All

-net 

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Memorial Day: Mourn and Honor the Fallen

-Kinsman

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Memorial Day is a U.S. federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May to mourn and honor all military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. 

Originally known as "Decoration Day," the tradition began shortly after the Civil War as a time for communities to decorate the graves of fallen soldiers with flowers, wreaths, and flags.

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Memorial Day vs. Veterans Day: Memorial Day is dedicated specifically to honoring those who died in military service. 

Veterans Day (observed on November 11) celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans, living and dead.

National Moment of Remembrance: At 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day, Americans are encouraged to pause for one minute of silence to remember and honor the fallen.

Traditions: Many Americans observe the day by visiting cemeteries and memorials, and volunteers place small American flags on the graves of service members in national cemeteries. 

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Remember who gave us life! 

Salvation in Jesus Christ!

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Flowers for the Fallen

-Jim Rickards' Strategic Intelligence; "Our Hearts Were Touched With Fire"

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 ..."(Oliver Wendell, Jr.) Holmes made a seismic point, something that still resonates today, particularly with veterans:

“The generation that carried on the war has been set apart by its experience. Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.

“We have learned that whether a man accepts from Fortune her spade, and will look downward and dig, or from Aspiration her axe and cord, and will scale the ice, the one and only success which it is his to command is to bring to his work a mighty heart. 

“Such hearts — ah me, how many! — were stilled twenty years ago; and to us who remain behind is left this day of memories.”

Holmes spoke to a country still reckoning with the aftermath of terrible conflict. In our own way, America is living through unsettled times again.

Rereading Holmes’s speech 142 years later, its sadness, tragic loss and passion for fallen friends still echo like a knell."

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-Archives of the U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Remembering Their Service is Honoring Them

Acknowledge God's Hand at Work in our Sorrows

-Alistair Begg devotion photo

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Below is a section of the devotion for today from Truth for Life. 

It is titled, A Theology of Grief, by Alistair Begg.

*Please read the whole devotion to understand what is happening.*

 ..."Naomi’s honest expression of emotion is matched by her theology. 

She doesn’t attribute all that has happened to chance, but she acknowledges God’s hand at work. 

She declares that God is right in the midst of her pain; she calls Him Shaddai, “Almighty,” the providing, protecting God. 

What does Shaddai mean? 

It’s the characteristic of God that means He’s at His best when we are at our worst.

Naomi had gone through famine, loss, bereavement, doubts, and goodbyes—but because she knew God as Shaddai, she could leave the explanation and the responsibility for such bitter trials with Him."...

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"Shaddai" -I knew this word ment, God Almighty, but the real significance for me came out in this very devotion:

"It’s the characteristic of God that means He’s at His best when we are at our worst."

This really was a powerful thing for me to learn. I personally now know that the LORD God Almighty is at His best for us in our greatest losses! I can leave the explanation and the responsibility for our bitter trials with our great and loving Shaddai!

PRAISE the LORD!!!

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Kindness taught by Charles Schulz

-Charles Schulz

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The Old Days: Free Range

-PLUGGERS

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This is the way things use to be.  

I do not recommend it at all now-a-days...*

"Why, Thank you!"

-Charles Schulz

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A Very Special Happy Mother's Day

 -Mary Engelbreit

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Andrew Jackson's Mother

-Mother O' Mine, A Mother's Treasury by Mary Engelbreit

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Thomas Edison's Mother

-A Mother O' Mine, A Mother's Treasury, by Mary EngelBreit

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You Young, Whipper-Snapper!

-Brian Crane

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Three Essentials

-Bleeding Heart

Philosophy Essentials

"When you strip philosophy down to its essentials, 

it’s really about three things:

whether God exists,

whether we have souls, 

and whether we are truly free. 

Together, they answer the question of how we should live. 

If we are free, if God exists, and if there is something beyond this life, then our choices carry real weight. 

Human reason seems built for this purpose — not just to understand the world, but to guide our moral behavior."

-Michael Smith, A Civilization Losing Its Moral Compass

 

Storms of Life

 -2026 Spring

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This Spring seems like we have been in one dangerous storm after another.

"Pay attention to the weather", we say to each other as we all go on our different ways.

We all should know the precautions to take on an "iffy" day, especially because it could save our lives to find shelter.

Now-a-days our "weather apps" constantly warn us about the dangerous weather which "may" occur that day, and so we keep our eyes open so we can be safe.

Meanwhile, "lurking around" our very lives are other dangers which are even more dangerous than the weather. These dangers are after our very souls by keeping us from God's real Truths.

This is why we need to be in The WORD, The Bible so we can learn the Truth!

These dangers are spiritual. We do not realize that we are bombarded  with spiritual dangers every day.  This could be the WORD represented by false teachers or even from our friends, music twisting God's words, Bible studies with wrong meanings, and even our own selves if we pick and choose what we want to believe in His Word...

We do not desire to be lead down false trails away from the Truth of what the LORD God has said. Our lives are precious to Him! Let's become better stewards of God's Word so we can truly glorify Him rightly!

Be careful out there! Jesus died for us- so let's glorify Him by learning His Truth!

-1974 Xenia, Ohio

I was  about fifteen miles from this tornado which devastated this town. I was 18, my older brother was home on Spring Break. 

We had no idea what was happening, but even the cats were terrified, crawling across the floor on their bellies. When my mother saw this, plus the wind, she told us to head to the basement -even my brother came with us!

There were no tornado sirens then. There were no news programs telling us to beware. My mother knew this storm was very serious and she took action. 

Our little town was not damaged at all, but soon enough we began to discover what happened to that quaint town south of us.

For we Believers more danger lurks in the falsehoods taught by false teachers.  They only claim "truths" about our loving God, but they are wolves in sheep's clothing. 

Be careful out there!

2 Timothy 4:1-22

"I solemnly charge you in the 

presence of God and of Christ Jesus, 

who is to judge the living and the dead, 

and by His appearing and His kingdom: 

preach the word; be ready in season 

and out of season; reprove, rebuke, 

exhort, with great patience and instruction.

For the time will come when they 

will not endure sound doctrine; 

but wanting to have their ears tickled, 

they will accumulate for themselves teachers 

in accordance to their own desires, 

and will turn away their ears from the truth 

and will turn aside to myths.

But you, be sober in all things, 

endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, 

fulfill your ministry."...

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Learning to Live Again

-by Jorey Hurley, thank you for this lovely and heartfelt card. 

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Psalm 107:1-3

"Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,

For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,

Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary

And gathered from the lands,

From the east and from the west,

From the north and from the south."

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The Most Precious Seat in the House

-PLUGGERS

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Life was so simple then...

-Meme

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Love, Heroism, and Beauty

-Alistair Begg

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"Art talks to us about love, heroism and beauty.

It asks us what we love and what we want to be." 

Daniel Greenfield

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Philosophy

-Alistair Begg 

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"When you strip philosophy down to its essentials, it’s really about three things:

 

whether God exists,

whether we have souls,

 

and whether we are truly free. 

Together, they answer the question of how we should live. 

If we are free, if God exists, and if there is something beyond this life, then our choices carry real weight. 

Human reason seems built for this purpose — not just to understand the world, but to guide our moral behavior."

-Michael Smith, A Civilization Losing Its Moral Compass

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Wrong Thinking leads to Wrong Choices

-Charles Schulz

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A certain type or kind of person seems to always find themselves as "victims" even if it is their own choices which get them in trouble or cause them issues.

How can we help them? They do not ask for or want any input on their own decisions. They end up in a life they did not want and they can't change.

In Charles Schulz comic strip the character, Schroeder, has had to put up with the girl, Lucy, forever. She is self-centered, narcissistic, cruel, mean, obsessed, and bent on marrying this boy. 

I am thankful for this certain strip as it blatantly pictures the girl, Lucy, as she really is--even when the character, Schroeder, gently points out that she doesn't have to be that way.

In the end, of course, Lucy, continues to think only her own way--she will never learn.

Meanwhile, in real life, there are real people who are so very like this character. 

Their own choices: life long mistakes, "poor me" attitudes, easily blaming everyone else although everything in their lives have been their own choices. Their friends help them make wrong choices because these same friends are also caught up in wrong thinking.

The only "way out" is to righteously cry out to the LORD God Almighty. 

Your life is slipping away, wasting away, by continuing on your wrong paths. 

Stop listening to the wrong thinking of your friends. 

REAL friends help you to get on the right paths!

Paths can change! Paths are changing every day for those who are willing to trust only in the LORD. 

Lucy's narcissism continues:

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The LORD hears when I call to Him

 -bunny meme

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"O, grief hath changed me 

since you saw me last"

-Shakespeare

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Psalm 4

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!


You have relieved me in my distress;
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach?
How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? 


But know that the Lord has set apart the godly man for Himself;
The Lord hears when I call to Him.

Tremble, and do not sin;
Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. 

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,
And trust in the Lord.

Many are saying, “Who will show us any good?”
Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O Lord!


You have put gladness in my heart,
more than when their grain and new wine abound.


In peace I will both lie down and sleep,
for You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.

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God's Creation in Feet

-meme

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Hold Fast to the Word He Preached

-meme

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1 Corinthians 15:1-4,8-10,20-23,50-58

"Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures...

...He appeared to me [Paul] also. For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me...

...now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. 

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ’s at His coming...

...Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 

Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.

But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, 

“Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” 

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord."

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What About Nature!

-MUTTS

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My father would have loved this one!💕

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Birds of Prey are Fascinating

-Meme

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For all of you out there who love God's creation--notice the fantastic design of these Birds of Prey talons.

We love an Awesome God!

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Springtime in a Bunny Quilt!

-Little Red Hen Quilt Shop

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 Sweet Spring Bunny Quilt

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Bunny, Bunnies everywhere

-Little Red Hen Quilt Shop

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Does this Shoe Fit?

-meme

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References

Amen Clinics

Heart of Sound

 

Look up: 

"Cult Behavior Signs"

Read and Read and Read about Cults. 

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You are not alone.

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Cry out to Jesus!

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Psalm 3

O Lord, how my adversaries have increased!


Many are rising up against me.


Many are saying of my soul,


“There is no deliverance for him in God.” 

But You, O Lord, are a shield about me,


My glory, and the One who lifts my head.


I was crying to the Lord with my voice,


And He answered me from His holy mountain. 

I lay down and slept;


I awoke, for the Lord sustains me.


I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people


Who have set themselves against me round about.

Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God!


For You have smitten 

all my enemies on the cheek;


You have shattered the teeth of the wicked.


Salvation belongs to the Lord;


Your blessing be upon Your people! 

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There is Freedom in Christ! Cry out to Him! 

He will give you a way to escape! And a way to return to a normal life!

He will give you a way to survive if you have "lost" a loved one to a cult-like situation!

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