My husband and I are binging on old re-runs of Tales of Wells Fargo. Admittedly there is a lot of shooting but always a strong moral lesson in every show. It beats watching the news and the story lines are remarkably well-written. Every teenager should watch at least one episode as most of them have no clue what it means to "ride shotgun."
I also watch Tales of Wells Fargo....and on that same channel [Inspiration channel?? INSP??] is Gunsmoke. Love that show. One of the best and very well done westerns. It also has nice messages.
Plus ➕️ I've found myself also saying that I enjoy the fact that they always had a moral to the episodes!
We also include Daniel Boone, The Real McCoys, Laramie and Bonanza.
By the way, I've found an alternative to the "RAW NEWS" PROGRAMS is to tune in to Flashpoint on the Victory channel with Gene Bailey. His program gives the news through a Biblical perspective and it really gives me a sense of peace and calm. ❤️💙❤️
I wish that it was on every day of the week. For now, I'll settle for Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays! 🤷🏻♂️🤷🤷♀️
I watch one mainstream news channel each night, CBS KCAL9 out of LA. I look for the hidden bias and fake news that is inserted into the dialog in order to keep up my critical thinking skills; for instance on 3/18/25 they talked about the astronaut recovery; The BOEING starliner took them to the space station, but BOEING had some trouble about bringing them back. Tonight they came back safely in the Dragon capsule. (end of story). Never a mention of Space X or Musk.......(it sounded like they were saved by the Chinese). I usually find 2 or 3 examples every night.
Tom, it's funny that you brought up that date in particular because that was THE ONE DAY that I made an exception about tuning in to our local NBC station.
I wanted to see if they would give any due praise 👏 to Elon.
They didn't even mention the story much less give him any praise!?!?
I just keep hoping against hope that they're changing and I'm repeatedly DISAPPOINTED 😞!
I once sat at a table of immigrants from WW11 Germany. Topic of conversation was "if only the war had lasted longer we could have killed all the Jews". I had always believed they were sorry. Same with Democrats!
Ana, the SOCIALIST route to out and out COMMUNISM is via step-by-step method over a period of years - and codified by LAW - EXACTLY what has happened here since the 1960s.
Far-Left "hard core" Communists prefer immediate bloody revolution to co opt the means of production. Still way too many American patriots with GUNS for "American" Communists to chance that.
I had a cousin who served in Vietnam—sadly, he came back with severe PTSD—he spent the rest of his life watching cartoons, because he could not cope with what he experienced.
I now call PTSD “Political Traumatic Syndrome”—the articles and real life situations are traumatic and is causing emotional and now physical harm on citizens, but we’re not going to accept it as normal anymore.
The Sunday Strip and Friday Funnies are medicine to me. 🙂
got a few left, and it is crazy to compare them. One Belgian, one Dutch, a couple American and one Russian. Comparing them I think the Russian has the most objective news, and the Belgian by far the crap. More Dei than the American Dei and protesting deporting criminals. If they did it themselves, the country might be livable again.
The Bald Eagle as our National symbol has troubled me some because it is as much a scavenger as a hunter. Having recently learned the inner workings of the Democrat Party, I better understand the scavenger component.
I feel the same way. However, did you know that the eagle is a winged symbol for the Lakota people? It is seen as the strongest and bravest of all birds. For this reason, the eagle and its feathers are a symbol of what is highest, bravest, strongest and holiest. In that context, I'm okay with the eagle being our national symbol.
That has been my thought, too, ever since I learned what they eat. THEN you tossed in that bit about democrats 🤣.
Yeah, eagles look real good and can make a nice show when they soar above my palatial estate - but then they land and you can see their dinner. Also, they’re cowards - they’ll can be hassled by smaller birds. I guess, like democrats, they’re all form and no substance.
One amazing aspect of being a child is the unblemished dreams we all had in regards to our future. The innocence of childhood dreams.
Life has a way of pushing us down. It can be mistakes we’ve made, negative things people have spoken over us, even our own negative thoughts, thinking what we can’t achieve. Over time this often holds us back. When life counts you out, God counts you in.
People have always judged others. So often we sit in judgement of certain people and think they will never succeed. Later we learn they’ve become extremely successful. People have dreams that we can’t see. You can talk yourself out of a dream but you can also talk yourself into a dream. You don’t have to be the most talented, the smartest or the strongest. Sometimes you just have to have an undying strength of will.
We are all blessed to live in America. A place where opportunities are all around us. My father as a kid grew up in poverty during the depression. He had a younger brother that took ill. He told me he would give his brother the little bit of food he got to try to help him, but his brother eventually passed away. He lived his whole life with the burden thinking his brother had starved to death. Later in life my father went off to war and was shot in the back. Somehow by the grace of God he made it home. Through all of his suffering and burdens of life you would think he could never succeed but he went on to meet my wonderful mother. They had 4 kids, and lived out his days in a nice home in the suburbs. Us kids never wanted for a thing. As least likely to succeed as he was, he had found his American dream.
Paul said in Corinthians “God deliberately chooses the least likely to confound the wise”. He chooses the weak to outshine the strong. Could it be that we have just lived through a historic time (Covid) where the powers that be tried to drive us down, hold us back. Now our opportunity is shining through again. We should never again let those negative voices talk us out of our dreams. God can take the little and multiply it. He can open doors that you could never open. He can put you in the right place at the right time. He can write you in when others write you off. God will never ask you to do something and then not give you the ability to do it. You may feel you don’t have confidence, the talent, the ability, but this is what faith is all about, you have to believe it before you see it.
When I asked my wife to marry me, I bought her a jacket for Christmas. I put the engagement ring in the pocket. When she tried the jacket on I told her reach in the pocket and see what’s there. She reached in and the ring was in there. Of coarse I knew the ring was there, I had put it there. That’s the way God works, He will never ask you to do something without knowing the ability is inside of you, he put it in you. Have faith and strong will and always pursue your dreams. Happy Sunday everyone!! J.Goodrich
No weapon formed against me will prosper Isaiah 54:17
I especially like the list of synchronicities that we forget can happen. Being in the right place at the right time by just listening to the small voice within.
Happy Sunday James! Your post was well needed, and thank you for the Scripture and application.
You said, “ You may feel you don’t have confidence, the talent, the ability, but this is what faith is all about, you have to believe it before you see it.”
That’s me in a nut shell—second guessing what I think and do, yet knowing God has given me skills and abilities to accomplish his will. The negative thinking “stinkin thinkin” is not productive, but seems to prevail at times. Thank you for this encouraging word this morning, and enjoy this beautiful day—brought to you by God. 🙂
Thanks CQL, Happy Sunday, I think we all have times when we question our confidence, talent and ability. We have to power through it. I know I’ve mentioned helping people where I can. That’s been my way of passing along something good I can do, I think it might make others take a moment to help someone else.
It made me think of the truth outliers bring to any potentially controlled situation. You can get p values all day long but what do they really mean for EVERYONE.
Big Food drives Big Medicine and Big Pharma thrives as a result with band aid treatments. Prevention and reversal of disease states are ignored! Go RFK Jr!
if they let him. see how they are alreadyt changing direction? how lots of govt are WEF, Zionist, pressed, forced, blackmailed, bribed? And think about it, among the laid off people will be a few whistle blowers, and those that kept their job, will certainly not ring a bell anywhere. Just saying - there are 2 sides to every coin.
Signalgate, the media is obsessed with this week has me scratching my head. Mike Walz was in charge of the Signal meeting invitations sent. He had no opposition by Dems in his Senate confirmation hearing, which is amazing. They must like him or they wanted his Florida Republican held seat to go Democrat. Not sure I like either of those reasons.
So, Dems decided they need to go after Pete Hedgseth instead of the person who invited Goldberg to the meeting? Makes me wonder who hacked and got Goldberg’s contact number into Walz’s government issued phone? He accepted responsibility but says he’s never spoken to Goldberg. I’d like to know the truth, who hacked his phone and put that number to Goldberg in his contacts and who decided to invite Goldberg to the top level meeting on the Signal App? Folks, I’m not a conspiracy theorist by nature, so I have to believe this was intentionally done by someone. If Walz is being truthful he doesn’t know or has ever spoken to Goldberg we have a serious national security problem. We can’t use any unsecured apps ever.
The latest - Mike Waltz is in a picture with Goldberg. It is out there on X. Whatever that means about him not knowing him. Alex Wong was on Waltz's staff and put together the meeting. His background is massively connected with the left...as is Waltz's. Internally, it is being said, Trump is asking people whether he should fire Waltz.
There was a post identifying Wong as the perp. Like the Fla assassination deal, too many suspicious coincidensess. Starting with Goldberg being ready there to watch the exchanges.
I’m not convinced Waltz should be fired, I’m convinced either he has been hacked by an enemy country, he’s lying for some reason or Goldberg was included for a reason. We don’t have enough information. All I know is democrats and RINOs want to be rid of Hedgseth and are calling for HIS resignation, which makes zero sense until you think about what dirty rats they are. They have close ties with China. How do we know this? Joseph R Biden is how we know.
Not so long ago here in America there was an innocence in entertainment. This is a short video I found of James Stewart on Johnny Carson. I wanted to share it with you, you may have seen this, enjoy…
Yeah, it got dusty around here for a few minutes and my eyes started to water. We always have multiple dogs about 5 to 7 years apart in age so we will never be entirely bereft.
That was precious, James. Thanks for sharing. I've had ten dogs in my lifetime, as it's typically been a multi-dog household, so I can definitely relate. I lost two of my girls in 2023, within 3-months of each other - Suzannah, a standard parti-poodle, as a senior dog, & Emmy Lou, our Bichon-poodle mix, who was only 9-yrs. old. Now it is our "boys", Ambrose & Romeo, who warm our hearts & make us smile each & every day. I have a large 12"x16" wooden plaque with a Will Rogers quote: "If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they go".
My dad was a strict disciplinarian but he shared a piece of his heart and love of all creatures with us and I'll have that wonderful part of him always. He was on the road a lot for work, but he would surprise us when returning with a multitude of critters. A rhinoceros beetle, king snakes, horney toads, a baby bunny once. We would study them, hold them, love them for their uniqueness, then release them back to nature. I'm not afraid of many animals and greatly appreciate each life created, and shared as a part of his legacy.
Dogs came later in my life. High school. We've had snakes, an iguana, cats, birds, gerbils, rats, raised and released butterflies, a praying mantis. Nature/life is a wonder.
Dogs have a special place. Such devoted companions!
Ain’t our interaction with animals, pets something. I grew up with animals, starting on the farm where mom grew up, dogs (including one German shepherd wolf cross (supposedly - I was not gonna be the one to say otherwise, def not to her)), cats, fish, a snake, ducks, geese, rabbits, etc., never had a problem with any of them but there was that one incident where my sister and I came across a pack of dogs who didn’t appreciate our presence or the pair of brangus cows who took exception to me working on their farm in western Washington - had that fence been 6" lower…
Perhaps because of that untethered pack I gravitate toward cats (naw, I’ve always preferred cats) and of those the one I hope I never forget was the one who died much too soon: failure to thrive, no amount of hand feeding could reverse, she made it about a month - what set her apart was her zeal/zest for life. Of all the kittens (8), she recognized my voice, this littlest was the first to explore her dwindling world chasing after my voice - if she didn’t take her final breath in my embrace, it was close. She was laid to rest near the garden.
Ya’know, there’s nothing in Scripture about critters, our pets, being in heaven, I suppose theologians will argue the point til the discussion is moot; but, submitted for your consideration, since God’s creation would have been incomplete w/o critters and our relationship with animals was ordained by God, what if our memories of these "loved" one are perfected in the end. [yeah, in my case, they would be purrfected]
My dad couldn't have pets, his stepmother didn't allow. One day he was given a Rat Terrier puppy by a neighbor. I think the story is he was able to hide it for awhile, but it was discovered and he was made to give it up.
So...his 2 grandsons (my sons) wanted a dog (we had cats up to this point). My oldest came upon a lady selling...Rat Terriers. He begged us. We decided boys were old enough to be responsible, and their KuKu(grandpa) and Tutu(grandma) gave them the puppy for Christmas.
That little sweet heart (Cedar) was soooo smart. She lived a good 15yrs. My dad died in June of 2015. Cedar left us just months after. Dad loved her too, so I told her as she took her last breaths to go romp with him up there where I know he is playing to his heart's content with as many animals as he can find. Mom too now.
I've got another beloved story of my 1st cat Tommy but I'll save that one for another time.
My son and his wife added a golden retriever to their family a month or so ago - took him for his first hike not around neighborhood/city yesterday. The pooch brings them joy but I’ve mixed feelings - i think they’re committing pet infidelity: his first pet was a kitten from my queen’s last litter 6 years ago and while that cat and her companion are still cherished, now they’re dealing with divided affections. I’ve tried to convince them to sue for emancipation and come live with me - but I think they’re still in denial
OK, I understand that, BUT 🤔 let’s assume your anticipated reunion locale is in this place called Heaven with golden streets (I hope there’s this park called Eden where I can garden and maybe, even, run my fingers through a lion’s mane), there’s a huge Throne in which an important dude (not The Dude) we’ll call God who knows you By Name; but your pooch is missing - 🤷♀️ I think there will be some something, there, reflecting a part of creation that made you You; scripture talks about a new body, says nothing about new memories, maybe a new way of assimilating those memories 🤷♀️— naw, I ‘spect you’ll be feeling a lot of things, disappointment probably not.
However, let’s say your favorite pooch IS there, I’m gonna insist that your first stop is to pick up a handful of those little green (maybe golden, eh) waste containment baggies ‘cause I’m gonna be so gobsmacked they let me in that I’m NOT gonna be looking where I’m walking. Am I clear? Jeepers, just occurred to me: ivory litter boxes! No, not for me.
I’m sorry Ana, I know every time I replay this video tears roll down my face. We had a yellow lab, Brandy. She was full of life. She followed me everywhere I went and would lay on my feet wherever I sat. I would walk her at times off leash and if there was a muddy puddle she would look at me, I’d tell her no puddles, and she would take off through the puddle a hundred miles an hour. I’d have to wash her and wipe her down, she loved that. I think she did it on purpose and for spite also. She was 14 and would tell me late at night to let her out she would go to the back of the yard and throw up. Sometimes when I walked her she’d get sick. She ended up with stomach cancer. I loved her, she was my best friend. I played ball with her the last full day of her life, she never showed her pain, though I know she was in pain. I can’t help but think I let her down that next day. I asked my brother to watch her until I see her again. I’m sorry for your loss Ana!!
I hesitated clicking on the link when I saw some of the sad comments but I'm glad that I clicked on it.
We haven't had closure on her passing because she had been sick. We let her outside while we ran an errand so she wouldn't make a mess inside. When we returned she wasn't in our backyard anymore.
A strong, early memory for me is getting to stay up late and watch Johnny Carson with my parents and sister. It wasn't so much I understood the majority of the show;, the jokes, the banter, the discussions. It was the fact I got to do something special; family time outside the norm in a (mostly) G rated atmosphere.
Oh, I did LOVE the times the animals got a guest spot and Johnny's antics with them!
Had an ROTC instructor who served under Col. Stewart in WW II. Said he was undeniably one of the best command pilots in the war. Enjoyed every one of his movies I saw....he was a pretty good actor too.
All great ones. I shared many of them. Thank you especially for the full length interview of the DOGE team. I had only seen bits and pieces of it. I watched all 40 minutes and I agree it is very important. I shared it with many and urged them to do the same.
to where? Talk is cheap. Acting on it is something else. Each election I hear of democrats (mostly hollyweird celebrities) saying they are leaving the country. Most of them only really take a European holiday. Scientists? move to Wuhan?, Ukraine? Easter Island?
Thank you for the cartoons that are both entertaining and thought provoking as always. I especially want to say a special thanks for the entire interview with the DOGE personnel centering on Elon Musk
(Of course). I will be sharing it with my friends and family.
These were great and the overall message is fantastic and much needed. We cannot be complacent, we have to change things that are not acceptable.
I watched the Doge team interview last night and repeated it this morning and it provides some hope that things are getting done, more so than you would ever hear on the news.
It is also great to see the great men who came forward to help.
Jean, we feel encouraged by the interview however until it is aired on the leftist channels, those people won't ever learn about what and how DOGE is doing to help our country.
I watched a bit of the Maher testimony. Yes, on a desktop, yet I still picked up a scent. It was the same scent that I picked up with just about every other Biden appointee who I saw appear before a congressional committee. I think they call it, "Eau de Manifesto."
It just hit me. Some years ago I responded to a fundraising solicitation from Wikipedia, and I found it. There she was. This was my reply from October 2020:
Mrs. Maher,
I have made donations to Wikipedia in the past, but have no plans to continue making such. I have often counted on Wikipedia as a broad source of information, but I am not interested in being persuaded by a social/political agenda that I don't share. The first example that comes to mind: Some months ago, Wikipedia ran a solicitation banner across the top of the home page that was accompanied by a banner advocating for the LGBT movement. Further, in recent months I have noticed that a number of articles have been posted, unchecked, which might as well have been written by the SPLC. Wikipedia has every right to advance its agenda, to the extent that it has one. But Wikipedia's agenda is not my agenda. I won't fund it.
That was an excellent interview on Special Report. Pity only a small % of country will see it. Think DOGE needs to run ads on other media as a Public Service Announcement with weekly updates like on what they are doing.
I'm almost at the point of clicking the channel away from the news stations to the cartoon channel.
That's why I especially enjoy the Friday Funnies and the Sunday Strip 😄
My husband and I are binging on old re-runs of Tales of Wells Fargo. Admittedly there is a lot of shooting but always a strong moral lesson in every show. It beats watching the news and the story lines are remarkably well-written. Every teenager should watch at least one episode as most of them have no clue what it means to "ride shotgun."
I also watch Tales of Wells Fargo....and on that same channel [Inspiration channel?? INSP??] is Gunsmoke. Love that show. One of the best and very well done westerns. It also has nice messages.
In the front seat.
Yeah, because in the days before seat belts, you had to sit where Mom could throw her arm out in front of you in case of a fast stop.
Oh my, that takes me back. My dad used to throw up his arm every time he slammed on the brakes. Thanks for the memories.
Yes, the karate chop to the neck! I remember those well!
I used to ride on that shelf under the rear window in our '56 Chevy sedan. And I'm still here. God is good.
Right??!!
Stage Coach Gold Advice!
Another good one with both Shooting and Morals is “The Rifleman” especially the first two seasons.
Yep. We watched all the episodes.
Nancy, my husband and I do that too.
Plus ➕️ I've found myself also saying that I enjoy the fact that they always had a moral to the episodes!
We also include Daniel Boone, The Real McCoys, Laramie and Bonanza.
By the way, I've found an alternative to the "RAW NEWS" PROGRAMS is to tune in to Flashpoint on the Victory channel with Gene Bailey. His program gives the news through a Biblical perspective and it really gives me a sense of peace and calm. ❤️💙❤️
I wish that it was on every day of the week. For now, I'll settle for Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays! 🤷🏻♂️🤷🤷♀️
Wow Ana, thanks for all those suggestions!
Everyone must learn a tad bit of Target Practice in one's life.
In more ways than bullets.
Gun smoke reruns and tales of Wells Fargo are some of our old dependable favorites.!
I watch one mainstream news channel each night, CBS KCAL9 out of LA. I look for the hidden bias and fake news that is inserted into the dialog in order to keep up my critical thinking skills; for instance on 3/18/25 they talked about the astronaut recovery; The BOEING starliner took them to the space station, but BOEING had some trouble about bringing them back. Tonight they came back safely in the Dragon capsule. (end of story). Never a mention of Space X or Musk.......(it sounded like they were saved by the Chinese). I usually find 2 or 3 examples every night.
Tom, it's funny that you brought up that date in particular because that was THE ONE DAY that I made an exception about tuning in to our local NBC station.
I wanted to see if they would give any due praise 👏 to Elon.
They didn't even mention the story much less give him any praise!?!?
I just keep hoping against hope that they're changing and I'm repeatedly DISAPPOINTED 😞!
I once sat at a table of immigrants from WW11 Germany. Topic of conversation was "if only the war had lasted longer we could have killed all the Jews". I had always believed they were sorry. Same with Democrats!
Democratic socialists everywhere you find them
Wow, that’s awful.
How sad 😔!
We pulled the plug on that network about the time Law and Order got so bent it rivaled Quasimodo
"National Broadcasting Corporation" (Before), "NBC" NOW = Nomenklatura Bolsheviks and Communists
What's so disturbing is that it happened right before our eyes 👀 and we've just started to acknowledge how bad the situation 🤔 is?!?!
🤷♀️🤷🤷🏻♂️
Ana, the SOCIALIST route to out and out COMMUNISM is via step-by-step method over a period of years - and codified by LAW - EXACTLY what has happened here since the 1960s.
Far-Left "hard core" Communists prefer immediate bloody revolution to co opt the means of production. Still way too many American patriots with GUNS for "American" Communists to chance that.
I pray from the bottom of my heart ❤️ that we get some DIVINE INTERVENTION so that it doesn't come to the point where we have to use our guns!!!
Me too.
I had a cousin who served in Vietnam—sadly, he came back with severe PTSD—he spent the rest of his life watching cartoons, because he could not cope with what he experienced.
I now call PTSD “Political Traumatic Syndrome”—the articles and real life situations are traumatic and is causing emotional and now physical harm on citizens, but we’re not going to accept it as normal anymore.
The Sunday Strip and Friday Funnies are medicine to me. 🙂
I can relate.
I have to be careful with watching RAV & certain programs on Newsmax because my husband, a Vietnam 🇻🇳 veteran also has PTSD.
I record the programs and then watch them when he's napping 😴.
got a few left, and it is crazy to compare them. One Belgian, one Dutch, a couple American and one Russian. Comparing them I think the Russian has the most objective news, and the Belgian by far the crap. More Dei than the American Dei and protesting deporting criminals. If they did it themselves, the country might be livable again.
Another great option is to watch old episodes of Laurel & Hardy on YouTube. I've been known to binge watch.
We LOVE Laurel & Hardy!
Thank you 😊 for the tip on watching 👀 them on YouTube!
Be sure to watch the episode of the "Piano Movers". Too funny!
Oh YES!!!
That one is SO FUNNY 😁.
I also love ❤️ the one where they they dance 🕺.
I can't remember the name of the episode.
I think it's called, "Dance Routine". What really warms my heart is that Stan & Oliver remained life-long friends. They really loved one another.
Thank 😊 you ☺️ ‼️
Uh, you might wanna rethink that - have you seen today’s cartoons?
The Bald Eagle as our National symbol has troubled me some because it is as much a scavenger as a hunter. Having recently learned the inner workings of the Democrat Party, I better understand the scavenger component.
I feel the same way. However, did you know that the eagle is a winged symbol for the Lakota people? It is seen as the strongest and bravest of all birds. For this reason, the eagle and its feathers are a symbol of what is highest, bravest, strongest and holiest. In that context, I'm okay with the eagle being our national symbol.
That has been my thought, too, ever since I learned what they eat. THEN you tossed in that bit about democrats 🤣.
Yeah, eagles look real good and can make a nice show when they soar above my palatial estate - but then they land and you can see their dinner. Also, they’re cowards - they’ll can be hassled by smaller birds. I guess, like democrats, they’re all form and no substance.
But they dooo look good.
One amazing aspect of being a child is the unblemished dreams we all had in regards to our future. The innocence of childhood dreams.
Life has a way of pushing us down. It can be mistakes we’ve made, negative things people have spoken over us, even our own negative thoughts, thinking what we can’t achieve. Over time this often holds us back. When life counts you out, God counts you in.
People have always judged others. So often we sit in judgement of certain people and think they will never succeed. Later we learn they’ve become extremely successful. People have dreams that we can’t see. You can talk yourself out of a dream but you can also talk yourself into a dream. You don’t have to be the most talented, the smartest or the strongest. Sometimes you just have to have an undying strength of will.
We are all blessed to live in America. A place where opportunities are all around us. My father as a kid grew up in poverty during the depression. He had a younger brother that took ill. He told me he would give his brother the little bit of food he got to try to help him, but his brother eventually passed away. He lived his whole life with the burden thinking his brother had starved to death. Later in life my father went off to war and was shot in the back. Somehow by the grace of God he made it home. Through all of his suffering and burdens of life you would think he could never succeed but he went on to meet my wonderful mother. They had 4 kids, and lived out his days in a nice home in the suburbs. Us kids never wanted for a thing. As least likely to succeed as he was, he had found his American dream.
Paul said in Corinthians “God deliberately chooses the least likely to confound the wise”. He chooses the weak to outshine the strong. Could it be that we have just lived through a historic time (Covid) where the powers that be tried to drive us down, hold us back. Now our opportunity is shining through again. We should never again let those negative voices talk us out of our dreams. God can take the little and multiply it. He can open doors that you could never open. He can put you in the right place at the right time. He can write you in when others write you off. God will never ask you to do something and then not give you the ability to do it. You may feel you don’t have confidence, the talent, the ability, but this is what faith is all about, you have to believe it before you see it.
When I asked my wife to marry me, I bought her a jacket for Christmas. I put the engagement ring in the pocket. When she tried the jacket on I told her reach in the pocket and see what’s there. She reached in and the ring was in there. Of coarse I knew the ring was there, I had put it there. That’s the way God works, He will never ask you to do something without knowing the ability is inside of you, he put it in you. Have faith and strong will and always pursue your dreams. Happy Sunday everyone!! J.Goodrich
No weapon formed against me will prosper Isaiah 54:17
I especially like the list of synchronicities that we forget can happen. Being in the right place at the right time by just listening to the small voice within.
Thank you, James. I really needed your message today.
Thank you GMoody, I hope things are ok with you!!
Happy Sunday James! Your post was well needed, and thank you for the Scripture and application.
You said, “ You may feel you don’t have confidence, the talent, the ability, but this is what faith is all about, you have to believe it before you see it.”
That’s me in a nut shell—second guessing what I think and do, yet knowing God has given me skills and abilities to accomplish his will. The negative thinking “stinkin thinkin” is not productive, but seems to prevail at times. Thank you for this encouraging word this morning, and enjoy this beautiful day—brought to you by God. 🙂
Thanks CQL, Happy Sunday, I think we all have times when we question our confidence, talent and ability. We have to power through it. I know I’ve mentioned helping people where I can. That’s been my way of passing along something good I can do, I think it might make others take a moment to help someone else.
I love the Corinthians quote.
It made me think of the truth outliers bring to any potentially controlled situation. You can get p values all day long but what do they really mean for EVERYONE.
Big Food drives Big Medicine and Big Pharma thrives as a result with band aid treatments. Prevention and reversal of disease states are ignored! Go RFK Jr!
if they let him. see how they are alreadyt changing direction? how lots of govt are WEF, Zionist, pressed, forced, blackmailed, bribed? And think about it, among the laid off people will be a few whistle blowers, and those that kept their job, will certainly not ring a bell anywhere. Just saying - there are 2 sides to every coin.
Uphill battle! Trillions to be lost!
Signalgate, the media is obsessed with this week has me scratching my head. Mike Walz was in charge of the Signal meeting invitations sent. He had no opposition by Dems in his Senate confirmation hearing, which is amazing. They must like him or they wanted his Florida Republican held seat to go Democrat. Not sure I like either of those reasons.
So, Dems decided they need to go after Pete Hedgseth instead of the person who invited Goldberg to the meeting? Makes me wonder who hacked and got Goldberg’s contact number into Walz’s government issued phone? He accepted responsibility but says he’s never spoken to Goldberg. I’d like to know the truth, who hacked his phone and put that number to Goldberg in his contacts and who decided to invite Goldberg to the top level meeting on the Signal App? Folks, I’m not a conspiracy theorist by nature, so I have to believe this was intentionally done by someone. If Walz is being truthful he doesn’t know or has ever spoken to Goldberg we have a serious national security problem. We can’t use any unsecured apps ever.
The latest - Mike Waltz is in a picture with Goldberg. It is out there on X. Whatever that means about him not knowing him. Alex Wong was on Waltz's staff and put together the meeting. His background is massively connected with the left...as is Waltz's. Internally, it is being said, Trump is asking people whether he should fire Waltz.
There was a post identifying Wong as the perp. Like the Fla assassination deal, too many suspicious coincidensess. Starting with Goldberg being ready there to watch the exchanges.
I hope Trump does fire Waltz. No room for traitors here.
I’m not convinced Waltz should be fired, I’m convinced either he has been hacked by an enemy country, he’s lying for some reason or Goldberg was included for a reason. We don’t have enough information. All I know is democrats and RINOs want to be rid of Hedgseth and are calling for HIS resignation, which makes zero sense until you think about what dirty rats they are. They have close ties with China. How do we know this? Joseph R Biden is how we know.
I guess we'll know eventually if they can be trusted. Too soon to tell for sure. I agree. Thanks for the info.
“Folks, I’m not a conspiracy theorist by nature, so I have to believe this was intentionally done by someone.”
That’s how I’ve felt since 2020 and COVID, the 2020 election, and the four years of Dem tyranny.
As Steve Bannon says, “There are no conspiracies but there are no coincidences.”
It was all intentional.
I read on a substack that it was an inside job by the cabinet to flush out the CIA/Goldberg.
Sorry I misspelled Waltz, I think my auto correct is possessed by that jerk Dem named Walz. 😂
I will never unsee the camel 😂
Just don't let it get its nose under the tent.
Not so long ago here in America there was an innocence in entertainment. This is a short video I found of James Stewart on Johnny Carson. I wanted to share it with you, you may have seen this, enjoy…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwGnCIdHQH0
Thanks for that. All of us old dog lovers can relate.
Yeah, it got dusty around here for a few minutes and my eyes started to water. We always have multiple dogs about 5 to 7 years apart in age so we will never be entirely bereft.
That was precious, James. Thanks for sharing. I've had ten dogs in my lifetime, as it's typically been a multi-dog household, so I can definitely relate. I lost two of my girls in 2023, within 3-months of each other - Suzannah, a standard parti-poodle, as a senior dog, & Emmy Lou, our Bichon-poodle mix, who was only 9-yrs. old. Now it is our "boys", Ambrose & Romeo, who warm our hearts & make us smile each & every day. I have a large 12"x16" wooden plaque with a Will Rogers quote: "If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they go".
My dad was a strict disciplinarian but he shared a piece of his heart and love of all creatures with us and I'll have that wonderful part of him always. He was on the road a lot for work, but he would surprise us when returning with a multitude of critters. A rhinoceros beetle, king snakes, horney toads, a baby bunny once. We would study them, hold them, love them for their uniqueness, then release them back to nature. I'm not afraid of many animals and greatly appreciate each life created, and shared as a part of his legacy.
Dogs came later in my life. High school. We've had snakes, an iguana, cats, birds, gerbils, rats, raised and released butterflies, a praying mantis. Nature/life is a wonder.
Dogs have a special place. Such devoted companions!
Ain’t our interaction with animals, pets something. I grew up with animals, starting on the farm where mom grew up, dogs (including one German shepherd wolf cross (supposedly - I was not gonna be the one to say otherwise, def not to her)), cats, fish, a snake, ducks, geese, rabbits, etc., never had a problem with any of them but there was that one incident where my sister and I came across a pack of dogs who didn’t appreciate our presence or the pair of brangus cows who took exception to me working on their farm in western Washington - had that fence been 6" lower…
Perhaps because of that untethered pack I gravitate toward cats (naw, I’ve always preferred cats) and of those the one I hope I never forget was the one who died much too soon: failure to thrive, no amount of hand feeding could reverse, she made it about a month - what set her apart was her zeal/zest for life. Of all the kittens (8), she recognized my voice, this littlest was the first to explore her dwindling world chasing after my voice - if she didn’t take her final breath in my embrace, it was close. She was laid to rest near the garden.
Ya’know, there’s nothing in Scripture about critters, our pets, being in heaven, I suppose theologians will argue the point til the discussion is moot; but, submitted for your consideration, since God’s creation would have been incomplete w/o critters and our relationship with animals was ordained by God, what if our memories of these "loved" one are perfected in the end. [yeah, in my case, they would be purrfected]
My dad couldn't have pets, his stepmother didn't allow. One day he was given a Rat Terrier puppy by a neighbor. I think the story is he was able to hide it for awhile, but it was discovered and he was made to give it up.
So...his 2 grandsons (my sons) wanted a dog (we had cats up to this point). My oldest came upon a lady selling...Rat Terriers. He begged us. We decided boys were old enough to be responsible, and their KuKu(grandpa) and Tutu(grandma) gave them the puppy for Christmas.
That little sweet heart (Cedar) was soooo smart. She lived a good 15yrs. My dad died in June of 2015. Cedar left us just months after. Dad loved her too, so I told her as she took her last breaths to go romp with him up there where I know he is playing to his heart's content with as many animals as he can find. Mom too now.
I've got another beloved story of my 1st cat Tommy but I'll save that one for another time.
😊 - hard to imagine life w/o pets, eh?
My son and his wife added a golden retriever to their family a month or so ago - took him for his first hike not around neighborhood/city yesterday. The pooch brings them joy but I’ve mixed feelings - i think they’re committing pet infidelity: his first pet was a kitten from my queen’s last litter 6 years ago and while that cat and her companion are still cherished, now they’re dealing with divided affections. I’ve tried to convince them to sue for emancipation and come live with me - but I think they’re still in denial
I've had three precious cats. They are all gone now, but they were wonderful companions.
Great post SRMiller. I expect to see my dogs again, if not I will be extremely disappointed!!
OK, I understand that, BUT 🤔 let’s assume your anticipated reunion locale is in this place called Heaven with golden streets (I hope there’s this park called Eden where I can garden and maybe, even, run my fingers through a lion’s mane), there’s a huge Throne in which an important dude (not The Dude) we’ll call God who knows you By Name; but your pooch is missing - 🤷♀️ I think there will be some something, there, reflecting a part of creation that made you You; scripture talks about a new body, says nothing about new memories, maybe a new way of assimilating those memories 🤷♀️— naw, I ‘spect you’ll be feeling a lot of things, disappointment probably not.
However, let’s say your favorite pooch IS there, I’m gonna insist that your first stop is to pick up a handful of those little green (maybe golden, eh) waste containment baggies ‘cause I’m gonna be so gobsmacked they let me in that I’m NOT gonna be looking where I’m walking. Am I clear? Jeepers, just occurred to me: ivory litter boxes! No, not for me.
"On earth as it is in Heaven..."
James,
Since we just recently lost the last one of our two dogs 🐕 💔 😢 this poem really tugged at my heartstrings ‼️
❤️ 💙 ❤️
I’m sorry Ana, I know every time I replay this video tears roll down my face. We had a yellow lab, Brandy. She was full of life. She followed me everywhere I went and would lay on my feet wherever I sat. I would walk her at times off leash and if there was a muddy puddle she would look at me, I’d tell her no puddles, and she would take off through the puddle a hundred miles an hour. I’d have to wash her and wipe her down, she loved that. I think she did it on purpose and for spite also. She was 14 and would tell me late at night to let her out she would go to the back of the yard and throw up. Sometimes when I walked her she’d get sick. She ended up with stomach cancer. I loved her, she was my best friend. I played ball with her the last full day of her life, she never showed her pain, though I know she was in pain. I can’t help but think I let her down that next day. I asked my brother to watch her until I see her again. I’m sorry for your loss Ana!!
Thank 😊 you my friend.
I hesitated clicking on the link when I saw some of the sad comments but I'm glad that I clicked on it.
We haven't had closure on her passing because she had been sick. We let her outside while we ran an errand so she wouldn't make a mess inside. When we returned she wasn't in our backyard anymore.
I have the same feelings of letting her down too.
A strong, early memory for me is getting to stay up late and watch Johnny Carson with my parents and sister. It wasn't so much I understood the majority of the show;, the jokes, the banter, the discussions. It was the fact I got to do something special; family time outside the norm in a (mostly) G rated atmosphere.
Oh, I did LOVE the times the animals got a guest spot and Johnny's antics with them!
J. Stewart..oh my!!!!
Had an ROTC instructor who served under Col. Stewart in WW II. Said he was undeniably one of the best command pilots in the war. Enjoyed every one of his movies I saw....he was a pretty good actor too.
I watched the whole Johnny Carson show and he said he ended a brigadier general. He also graduated from Princeton.
All great ones. I shared many of them. Thank you especially for the full length interview of the DOGE team. I had only seen bits and pieces of it. I watched all 40 minutes and I agree it is very important. I shared it with many and urged them to do the same.
Ditto re: the DOGE interview.
Saw report of a poll of scientists where most were thinking of migrating away from here Explains a lot, does it not?
to where? Talk is cheap. Acting on it is something else. Each election I hear of democrats (mostly hollyweird celebrities) saying they are leaving the country. Most of them only really take a European holiday. Scientists? move to Wuhan?, Ukraine? Easter Island?
My point
Thank you for the cartoons that are both entertaining and thought provoking as always. I especially want to say a special thanks for the entire interview with the DOGE personnel centering on Elon Musk
(Of course). I will be sharing it with my friends and family.
These were great and the overall message is fantastic and much needed. We cannot be complacent, we have to change things that are not acceptable.
I watched the Doge team interview last night and repeated it this morning and it provides some hope that things are getting done, more so than you would ever hear on the news.
It is also great to see the great men who came forward to help.
Jean, we feel encouraged by the interview however until it is aired on the leftist channels, those people won't ever learn about what and how DOGE is doing to help our country.
Send the video to those you think wouldn't see it otherwise.
Leo, I do however I don't know that many democrats.
I watched a bit of the Maher testimony. Yes, on a desktop, yet I still picked up a scent. It was the same scent that I picked up with just about every other Biden appointee who I saw appear before a congressional committee. I think they call it, "Eau de Manifesto."
It just hit me. Some years ago I responded to a fundraising solicitation from Wikipedia, and I found it. There she was. This was my reply from October 2020:
Mrs. Maher,
I have made donations to Wikipedia in the past, but have no plans to continue making such. I have often counted on Wikipedia as a broad source of information, but I am not interested in being persuaded by a social/political agenda that I don't share. The first example that comes to mind: Some months ago, Wikipedia ran a solicitation banner across the top of the home page that was accompanied by a banner advocating for the LGBT movement. Further, in recent months I have noticed that a number of articles have been posted, unchecked, which might as well have been written by the SPLC. Wikipedia has every right to advance its agenda, to the extent that it has one. But Wikipedia's agenda is not my agenda. I won't fund it.
Sincerely,
...
Did they reply asking "what is an agenda?"
Yes. And I wrote, "Mrs. Maher, this is not Jeopardy!, and I am not Alex Trebek!"
I do enjoy the last message about acceptance and change.
Let's flip it!! 🌿⚡️👏
The fox interview is AMAZING!
I love the Asian Parent video! Hysterical, with a some truth to it1 LOL! Love it!
That was an excellent interview on Special Report. Pity only a small % of country will see it. Think DOGE needs to run ads on other media as a Public Service Announcement with weekly updates like on what they are doing.
Pretty good idea
Could they put it on the DOGE.GOV website?