"You

 

dont work"

My ass.

Hey :-).

 

Things need to slow down or I need a lil help honey :-).

I love you baby.

TTYS.

I

 

Wall Street warns US against barring Russia from Swift payments network

saw a version of this type of story in the headlines this weekend but with no internet access :-), (hint, hint honey :-) I couldn't read it until now.

My initial reaction upon seeing the headline (or something close to it) was this:

These banks aren't worried so much about removing Russia from SWIFT because of it "hurting the global economy and undermining the purpose of the penalties"

They're worried about the Russian response to such a move. 

I wanna be clear we haven't got them booted out completely, (Like the article mentions we don't own SWIFT) we are trying to hit certain Banks, targeted sanctions etc. Also to be clear, the Russians aren't gonna see much difference between targeted removal for some banks from SWIFT and complete removal. We are still putting all of this together so it will probably be a while before everything shakes out and we can know what the Russian response will be. We might just be giving them exactly what they wanted.

To be sure, It's a sad state of affairs when the Banks know and understand more about the risk than the politicians do.

"Some of Wall Street’s largest banks told US politicians and the Biden administration that kicking Russia off the Swift financial messaging system would have a far-reaching fallout that could hurt the global economy and undermine the purpose of the penalties, people familiar with the matter said."

"Banks including JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup suggested Washington stick with other types of sanctions to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, the people said.'

Opponents of the idea passed along a warning: Booting Russia from the critical global system — which handles 42 million messages a day and serves as a lifeline to some of the world’s biggest financial institutions — could backfire, sending inflation higher and shielding financial transactions from scrutiny by the West.

(Maybe it was planned for and it's exactly what they wanted.)

"It might also encourage the development of a Swift alternative that could eventually damage the supremacy of the US dollar."

(Seems like something they might want)

"While refusing to rule out even the most drastic financial penalties, Biden administration officials privately concede that they aren’t seriously considering the Swift option for now because doing so would choke off all trade with Russia, including energy sales that are allowed under current sanctions.

"Such a move could also have much wider ramifications, possibly causing an energy crisis in Europe and ruining the livelihoods of ordinary Russians, a scenario officials say they want to avoid."

"Biden administration officials privately concede that they aren’t seriously considering the Swift option for now"

(This article was from Saturday, we have since targeted some Russian banks from the system.)

"Mr Menendez, along with Senators Bob Casey, Chris Van Hollen and House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff, has pressed the administration to remove Russia from Swift, something Mr Biden has said cannot be done without the help of European allies.'

Godspeed.

No time like the present to accept Christ.

That

 

was probably a redline we shouldn't have crossed if we intended to not be affected by this conflict. 

(I Wrote that at the very beginning of putting this piece together. Before I had read that in 2014 we were thinking of it (removing them from SWIFT) and the Russians thought of it then as a declaration of war. I asure you they still do.)

West unleashes SWIFT bans, more crushing penalties on Russia

'...going after the central bank reserves that underpin the Russian economy and severing some Russian banks from a vital global financial network."

"going after the central bank reserves that underpin the Russian economy"

They had already done the calculus on that prior to the invasion.

"severing some Russian banks from a vital global financial network."

That? I don't think they expected and in their oppion will warrant a response.

"U.S. officials said Saturday’s steps were framed to send the ruble into “free fall” and promote soaring inflation in the Russian economy.

(Well I wonder what his response will be?)

"Saturday’s move also includes cutting key Russian banks out of the SWIFT financial messaging system, which daily moves countless billions of dollars around more than 11,000 banks and other financial institutions around the world.'

(Like I said, I dont think they expected that and they will respond)

"Allies on both sides of the Atlantic also considered the SWIFT option in 2014, when Russia invaded and annexed Ukraine’s Crimea and backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine. Russia declared then that kicking it out of SWIFT would be equivalent to a declaration of war.'

(You think their position has changed since 2014? I don't.)

"The U.S. has succeeded before in persuading the Belgium-based SWIFT system to kick out a country — Iran, over its nuclear program. But kicking Russia out of SWIFT could also hurt other economies, including those of the U.S. and key ally Germany."

Clay Lowery, executive vice president of the Institute of International Finance. “While details on how the new sanctions affect energy are still emerging, we do know that sanctions on its central bank will make it more difficult for Russia to export energy and other commodities.”

(Hello higher inflation)

Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security

“Regardless, these sort of escalating sanctions, removing banks from SWIFT, restricting the Central Bank, this will all make it more difficult to get commodities from Russia and will increase the pressure on the financial market.”

They are in this for the long haul and are used to dealing with hardship. Their plan I believe is to wait us out. Just like they did the Nazi's at the siege of Leningrad. 

Siege of Leningrad

To bad people don't know their history.

"Don't forget your history

Know your destiny

In the abundance of water,

The fool is thirsty"

They

 

knew all of this was coming and went ahead anyway.

U.S., European allies freeze ‘Putin’s war chest’ as Russia careens toward economic crisis

"The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday morning released details of its new economic restrictions against Moscow"

"...imposed sweeping new penalties aimed at crippling Russia’s economy, as the West escalated its financial war against the Kremlin over the invasion of Ukraine."

"Russia’s economy was already showing signs of severe distress before the new measures were implemented, with the value of the ruble plunging and crowds of Russians rushing to withdraw cash from ATMs.

(They knew this would come, they are a people used to hardship, for centuries, used to hardship)

"Under the new regime, all people in the United States and European Union are banned from trading with Russia’s central bank. The sanctions also apply to Russia’s Finance Ministry and its sovereign wealth fund. The U.S. and its allies were executing a hastily assembled strategy meant to squeeze Russia’s economy and make it very difficult for Russian leaders to tap money as it carried on its invasion of Ukraine for another day."

"The restrictions amount to choking off Russia from the international financial system."

"Private businesses have joined governments in the isolation of Russia. Facebook, Google and YouTube have announced plans to stop Russian state-media outlets from monetizing off their platforms. 

"Twitter announced Monday it would begin adding labels to tweets containing content from Russian state media websites."

(The discerning mind would want to know why werent they doing this before hand?)

Oil giant Shell said Monday it plans to dump its joint ventures with Russian gas giant Gazprom, making it the third major oil company to announce such a step. 

(Why were they still doing business after the Crimea annexation?) 

FedEx and UPS have announced they were halting deliveries to Russia and Ukraine, and the U.S. and foreign governments have moved to block much of the Russian banking system from key international markets.

(Escalation at this point is probably a mistake but it seems to be the road were on. More on this in a minute.)

"The E.U. has also announced it will shut down airspace to Russian planes and support Ukraine’s purchase of weapons.'

The U.S. and its allies have not blocked Russia from exporting energy, however, as Europe in particular heavily relies on Russian gas.

(Go figure right?)

The U.S. government said it was issuing an exemption allowing “certain energy-related transactions” with the central bank of Russia, as the West has tried to continue the flow of Russian energy exports to sustain the European economy and maintain gas prices.

(Interesting, how long you think that gonna last for?)

“The unprecedented action we are taking today will significantly limit Russia’s ability to use assets to finance its destabilizing activities, and target the funds [Russian President Vladimir Putin and his inner circle depend on to enable his invasion of Ukraine,” Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said in a statement. “Today, in coordination with partners and allies, we are following through on key commitments to restrict Russia’s access to these valuable resources.”

"The punishments reflect the extraordinary outpouring of support for Ukraine in the West, but they also carry the risk of a further escalation in hostilities with Moscow."

(Oh you can count on it.)

“In one fell swoop, the U.S. and Europe have rendered Putin’s war chest unusable. … That the U.S. and Europe have done this in unified fashion sends a crystal-clear message that Russia will face dramatic costs so long as Putin’s war of aggression continues,” said Edward Fishman, former Russia and Europe sanctions lead at the State Department. “This action represents a sea change in U.S. and European strategy. Just 72 hours ago, a step like this was unthinkable.”

“The steps being announced will undermine Russia’s ability to prop up the ruble,” said Richard Nephew, a senior research scholar at Columbia University. “The Russians won’t be able to defend the currency easily, and its value will tank.”

(We always forget, They are not us! And are a people used to and willing to endure hardship.)

Mark Weisbrot, a liberal economist and a director at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, said the sanctioning of the reserves could lead to an “economic collapse.”

“The Biden administration needs to de-escalate this conflict, and move toward a diplomatic solution before it is too late,” Weisbrot said. “Zelensky wants to negotiate without preconditions; Washington should do the same.”

(It already is to late, I thought it would be three months before we got to this point and here we are...72 hours later.)

"Adam Smith, a partner at Gibson Dunn and a former sanctions official in the Obama administration, said the attack on Russia’s central bank reflects just how quickly events have moved in Eastern Europe. Smith emphasized that such moves have typically been off the table because central banks play such a crucial role in a nation’s economy, noting that going after them includes “severe and potentially unknowable collateral effects.” In this case, Smith said it’s possible the sanctions will make it more difficult for Europe to buy oil and gas while also hurting the average Russian economically.

“It has historically been viewed as almost beyond the pale — the thing to do when sanctions, and diplomacy, have been seemingly exhausted,” Smith said. “That the international community was willing to go this far, and suffer the consequences of doing so … suggests just how far this crisis has gone in just its first week.”

“severe and potentially unknowable collateral effects.” 

You can count on it. We are acting like he can't hit our grid/ financial sector. Now the world awaits Putin's response. This is the part where it starts to get more dicey for us. If we were willing to do something that before today was considered "off the table?"

Whats to stop him from doing the same?

Batten the hatches, it's bout to be a rocky ride here soon.

if

 

it's slow going?

 It's because they (Russians) want it to be.

Kharkiv is bombarded; high-stakes talks end with plans to continue

"Both Kharkiv and Kyiv, the capital, remained in Ukrainian hands as Russia faced more resistance than it was expecting, according to the Pentagon."

I do not buy it. Not one bit.

Now?

 

Since I am almost caught up from the weekend?

(Im exhausted by all that BTW, all the posting that is)

Time to go see what is going on in the world and get farther behind again :-).

Awesome :-).

I love my "job" I really do :-).

I love you baby. 

From

 

the same book I culled (WOD BTW) the info about the almighty from. It's one of the ones the good people of my church let me borrow for a bit.

 "In fact, as the Bible insists from its very beginning (Gen. 1:26 ), God created man "in his image and likeness," that is, with a rational, spiritual nature like his own, and unlike "the beasts that perish" who own are mere "flesh" (Isa. 31:3).

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

(Us being the Godhead, father, son and holy spirit)

Isaiah 31:3

But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God;

    their horses are flesh and not spirit.

When the Lord stretches out his hand,

    those who help will stumble,

    those who are helped will fall;

    all will perish together.

Psalm 49:20

People who have wealth but lack understanding

    are like the beasts that perish.

It's not just the horses but all the animals that perish. Animals don't have souls. They do not have consciences. They do not have self awareness to the point that they are aware they have such. This is reserved for man. Consciousness (the soul) is immaterial in nature, it does not come packed with your DNA. You will never find material proof of its existence. It is imbedded in everyman by Gods spirit. 

I read a lot about consciousness as I believe it proves Gods existence. (the rational brain like mentioned above etc). People do a lot of studies about consciousness trying to find out where it came from, proof of it's material existence etc. All they are ever going to find out is more detailed knowledge of how the brain works. There is no "material/physical" proof of consciousness. It's immaterial by it's very nature. It's spirit.

There is a book from outside of our dimension of time and space that explains it all. yup, see above.

Whats your better explanation? 

I got ears that hear and I'd love to hear it. 

"Come, let us reason together"

So?

 

What was the point in all those post you just did?

The point is really simple.

What you are listening for (or looking for) determines what you hear (or see) :-).

Jeremiah 5:21

‘Hear this now, O foolish people,

Without understanding,

Who have eyes and see not,

And who have ears and hear not:

I

 

think I'm done :-) after this one.

I'm not even gonna do "In your eyes"

Whats the point?

Don't give up

"In this proud land we grew up strong

We were wanted all along

I was taught to fight, taught to win

I never thought I could fail

No fight left or so it seems

I am a man whose dreams have all deserted

I've changed my face, I've changed my name

But no one wants you when you lose

Don't give up

'cause you have friends

Don't give up

You're not beaten yet

Don't give up

I know you can make it good

Though I saw it all around

Never thought I could be affected

Thought that we'd be the last to go

It is so strange the way things turn

Drove the night toward my home

The place that I was born, on the lakeside

As daylight broke, I saw the earth

The trees had burned down to the ground

Don't give up

You still have us

Don't give up

We don't need much of anything

Don't give up

'cause somewhere there's a place

Where we belong

Rest your head

You worry too much

It's going to be alright

When times get rough

You can fall back on us

Don't give up

Please don't give up

'got to walk out of here

I can't take anymore

Going to stand on that bridge

Keep my eyes down below

Whatever may come

And whatever may go

That river's flowing

That river's flowing

Moved on to another town

Tried hard to settle down

For every job, so many men

So many men no-one needs

Don't give up

'cause you have friends

Don't give up

You're not the only one

Don't give up

No reason to be ashamed

Don't give up

You still have us

Don't give up now

We're proud of who you are

Don't give up

You know it's never been easy

Don't give up

'cause I believe there's a place

There's a place where we belong

Sounds like us to me :-)

 

"In our secret world, we were colliding

All the places we were hiding love

What was it we were thinking of?..."

"...In this house of make believe

Divided in two, like Adam and Eve

You put out and I receive..."

(Primordial atomic soup since before universe formation anybody?)

"...Seeing things that were not there

(If you have eyes that see they are :_)

On a wing on a prayer

In this state of disrepair..."

Disrepair...:-)...not much longer :-).

OMGoodness

 

entire thing resonates :-).

"Jump in the water

Sweet little princess, let me introduce his frogness

You alone can get him singing,

He's all puffed up, want to be your king

Oh you can do it, c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon

Lady kiss that frog

Splash, dash, heard your call,

Bring you back your golden ball

He's gonna dive down in the deep end

He's gonna be just like your best friend

So what's one little kiss, one tiny little touch?

Aah, he's wanting it so much

I swear that this is royal blood, running through my skin

Oh, can you see the state I'm in

Kiss it better, kiss it better

Get it into your head

He's living with you he sleeps in your bed

Can't you hear beyond the croaking

Don't you know that I'm not joking

Aah, you think you won't, I think you will

Don't you know that this tongue can kill

(No comment :-)

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon

Lady kiss that frog

Let him sit beside you, eat right off your plate 

(lil inside joke there :-)

You don't have to be afraid, there's nothing here to hate

Princess, you might like it, if you lowered your defence

Kiss that frog, and you will get your prince...

Jump in the water, c'mon baby jump in with me

Jump in the water, c'mon baby get wet, get wet, get wet

Kiss that frog, lady kiss that frog

Get wet, get wet"

"...I swear that this is royal blood, running through my skin

Oh, can you see the state I'm in..."

As in Nobility is defined as character and actions :-).

Another good one :-).

And again...:-)

 

"...Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life

Waiting your time, you're more than just a wife..."

"...Find your sisters or brothers who can hear all the truth in what you say

They can support you when you're on your way

It's your day, a woman's day

It's your day, a woman's day..."

"...Changing your ways, changing those surrounding you

Changing your ways, more than any man can do

Open your heart, show him the anger and pain, so you heal

Maybe he's looking for his womanly side, let him feel

You had to be so strong

And you do nothing wrong, nothing wrong at all

We're gonna break it down

We're gonna shake it down, shake it all around

"changing those surrounding you"

I can't find the article to post the link rn but there are three things which happen when there is a mystic in your midst...

1) A unique contemplative prayer of divine origin comes about, 

2) A sudden and dramatic change, noticeable by others is undertaken, 

and 

3) They affect the others around them in a positive manner.

And its a great song :-).

Great bass line from Tony Levin. 

Guy has played on over 500 records including those from:

" John Lennon, Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, Stevie Nicks, Pink Floyd, Paul Simon, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Joan Armatrading, Tom Waits, Buddy Rich, The Roches, Todd Rundgren, Seal, Warren Zevon, Bryan Ferry, Laurie Anderson, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Gibonni, and Jean-Pierre Ferland. Additionally, he has toured with artists including Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon (with whom he appeared in the 1980 film One-Trick Pony), Gary Burton, James Taylor, Herbie Mann, Judy Collins, Carly Simon, Peter Frampton, Tim Finn, Richie Sambora, Ivano Fossati, Claudio Baglioni and Lawrence Gowan.

Tony Levin

What I remember him best for is playing with Robert Fripp in King Crimson :-).

Old hippie wanna be comin out I suppose :-).

He wasn't with them for their first record but it was a cult classic in it's day:-).

"In the Court of the Crimson King"

If you opened the album cover up that was the image you got :-). A buddy of ours back in the day had it displayed behind his aquarium :-).

Promise :-).

Opening track was "21st Century Schizoid Man", go figure :-).

I love you baby.

And again :-)

 

"...I can hear the distant thunder

Of a million unheard souls

Of a million unheard souls

Watch each one reach for creature comfort

For the filling of their holes

In the blood of Eden

Lie the woman and the man

With the man in the woman

And the woman in the man

In the blood of Eden

We wanted the union

Of the woman and the man

In the blood of Eden

Lie the woman and the man

I feel the man in the woman

And the woman in the man

In the blood of Eden

Lie the woman and the man

I feel the man in the woman

And the woman in the man

In the blood of Eden

We've done everything we can

In the blood of Eden

Saw the end as we began

With the man in the woman

And the woman in the man

It was all for the union

Oh, the union of the woman, the woman and the man..."

For Honey :-).

You're the female me and I am the male you. 

We've both agreed on that for a long time now.

"Lie the woman and the man

With the man in the woman

And the woman in the man"

"All day everyday till the end of days :-)."

"We've done everything we can

In the blood of Eden

Saw the end as we began"

Depends on what you are listening for what you hear :-).

For Honey :-)

 

"...I can imagine the moment

Breaking out through the silence

All the things that we both might say

And the heart, it will not be denied

'Til we're both on the same damn side

All the barriers blown away

I said please talk to me

Won't you please come talk to me?

Just like it used to be (:-)

Come on, come talk to me

I did not come to steal

This all is so unreal

Can you show me how you feel?

Now come on, come talk to me

Come talk to me

Come talk to me..."

Companion Piece

 

to 

Sanctify

Like I was sayin.

It depends on what you are listening for what you will hear 😊.

"...Sanctify yourself, sanctify (sanctify)

Be a part of me, sanctify (sanctify)

Sanctify yourself, sanctify (sanctify)

Sanctify yourself, set yourself free..."

"...Control yourself, open up your heart

Sanctify yourself, sanctify (sanctify)

Be a part of me, sanctify (sanctify)

Sanctify yourself, sanctify (sanctify)

Sanctify yourself, set yourself free..."

Another

 

companion piece to todays "presentation".

Spacetime illustration:

and how the heavenly bodies affect it.

(Sun, moon and earth in this instance)

And it (Spacetime) bends and stretches and warps and is like the most elastic piece of silly putty that has ever existed.

My whole thing is this:

The more you know about your world? Both the heavenly one(s) shown above and the atomic one(s) shown below?

(The one above is what we are most accustomed to seeing when we think of an atom, but the one below is actually far more accurate. More on that down the road I suspect)

 

The more likely you are to come to the conclusion there is but one answer:

There is a God. He created everything for his own purposes. He sent his son to die for our sins so that who ever believes on him shall have eternal life.

Jeremiah 33:25-26

(Truncated from "The Message")

‘If my covenant with day and night wasn’t in working order, if sky and earth weren’t functioning the way I set them going..."

Hebrews 11:3

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

 

Whats your theory?

Whats your explanation?

You got a better one?

One that changes the lives of those who believe on it?

You got the laws of physics and a book from outside our experience of time and space to back it up with?

Please come share it with me. I'd love to hear it.

I love you so much honey :-).

SANCTIFY, SANCTIFICATION

 

[sank'ti fi, sank ti fi ka'shun] 

To make holy; the process of being made or becoming holy. 

Holiness belongs properly to God and it is he alone who can impart holiness, who can effect sanctification in our lives. The long history of his efforts to redeem humanity, culminating in Jesus Christ, is an expression of his desire to sanctify men, to set them apart for his purposes. The teaching of the New Testament compels us to view sanctification in a double aspect: it is accomplished not through achievement of moral perfection but in the reception of the gift of the Holy Spirit; yet, the saint-one who has been sanctified-must constantly seek to bring his sanctification to completion through consecration to Christ which manifests itself in turning from worldliness to the service of righteousness and perfect holiness.

John 17:19-20

For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

Jesus Prays for All Believers

“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,

Heres

 

a lil companion piece to what I was talking about when trying to explain the "Twin Flame" love affair phenomenon.

Particularly the dark ages before star formation.

I love you baby :-).

Starchild

 

Rockin the carpet remnant sweater :-).

It's older than my son BTW. The sweater that is :-).

Goodness

 

Just getting started today 😊.

"Such a nice day

Throw your life away

Such a nice day

Let it go..."

"Watch you tear your self apart"

Song is about drugs? Or maybe addiction? Or thoughts of suicide maybe?

Matthew 16:24-25

Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.…

What you hear depends on what you are listening for...

pretty much...

And

 

here's one for Pastor Bridgette 😊:

'Cause love's such an old fashioned word

And love dares you to care for

The people on the edge of the night

And love (people on streets) dares you to change our way of

Caring about ourselves

This is our last dance

This is our last dance

This is ourselves under pressure

Under pressure

Pressure

You know cause...LOVE  dares you to care for...:"THOSE PEOPLE"

Matthew 25:40

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

I can

 

hear 'em now :-).

'I told you he was a sorcerer honey, 

look at what he listens to!"

When I hear:

"Well, I stand up next to a mountain

And I chop it down with the edge of my hand

Yeah

Well, I stand up next to a mountain

And I chop it down with the edge of my hand..."

I'm hearing:

Matthew 17:20

“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” 

And to my sorcerer fixated critics, I would like to know what would be their response if I retorted with the following?

The Supremacy of Christ

Colossians 1:16

For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. 

ALL!

Queue brother Brian..."It's not complicated!"

Part 2

The Children's sermon yesterday was so great...Sue does such a great job. The kids too. But her message was on the wise and foolish builders.

Matthew 7:24-27

The Wise and Foolish Builders

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

As soon as she got started with her message I'm smiling sitting there smiling... humming:

"...And so castles made of sand

Fall in the sea

Eventually..."

"Well why do you think like that? 

How? In fact, are you capable of thinking like that?

Cause I got ears that hear and eyes that see and I'm not capable of turning it off...

That's why and how.

I love you honey :-).

Just

 

gonna get right to it :-).

Believe in God in 5 Minutes (Scientific Proof)

Theres a video being uploaded currently that references this :-).

Gerald Schroeder

I love you baby.

Morning

 

my sunshine, 

my love, 

my queen, 

my everything.

Amen

 

"If something can corrupt you, then you corrupted already."

A two?

 

On a scale of 1-10?

Come on now :-).

My baby so hardcore :-).

Hey, could you have covered up any more than you did yesterday?

:-).

"Well

 

that Biden is so weak..."

True believers ought to be pointing out to those who would say such things...

Matthew 24:6

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

If you truly believe the Bible?

And you truly believe, "all these things must come to pass"?

 Who exactly do you think could prevent it? 

Our longings for our political leader of choice aint gonna change diddly squat. 

The almighty directs the processes of history, not a man, no man can stop what has been preordained since before the beginning of time.

So?

 

"These final moments, 

before you ascend, 

requires the utmost faith, 

patience, 

and humility from your soul"

I would like to know, how does honey think were doing?

:-)

On a scale of one to 10 in page views would work :-).

Friendly reminder

 

I don't ask for a lot.

Butt I do want B&W and color photos from the time my feet hit the ground, till the time I shut the door on the outside world for us on "our day".

:-).

Yup.

Every second from time we wake up till were together alone. 

Documented.

I love you honey :-).

Were

 

living in an age of deception.

"...in a world where everyone lies, he is under no obligation to tell the truth," 

Madeleine Albright says Putin making historic mistake

Were living in an age of deception. 280 characters can be sent around the world at the speed of light practically and reach millions. Anyone with a phone and wifi/internet connection can do it. Never before in human history has it been possible to deceive this many people this quickly. It's your first clue as to what age were living in and it ought to be your first response to those who would say, "It can't be now". And?

 its backed up with? Scripture.

Matthew 24:3-4

As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you.'

Revelation 12:9

"...that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world..."

I always like her BTW.

Madeleine Albright

Earthly Rewards :-)

 

Everything changed when I saw my son.

To know he is well and thriving made me a much more content person than I already was.

If he is half as "made over"/ healed mentally as he seemed to be physically? 

It was just a huge relief to see something you always knew could happen come to life and stand right in front of your eyes. (I always thought he was capable, still, it doesn't mean there weren't moments of doubt along the way, and not knowing something you're wondering about is the worse kinda hell to be in, knowing one way or another is almost always easier to take than not knowing something) and that if he could transform physically in that short amount of time?... It just gave me a lot more strength to keep working toward my own..."debriefing/healing" or whatever you wanna call it period here shortly. (Side note, the beard is staying :-). I might trim it up some, die it brown with some grey streaks or something  but it stays and probably grows :-).

So that was One earthly reward.

Another is knowing that men of honesty and integrity come to you seeking knowledge, wisdom and enlightenment. That's huge, something I would have never dreamed of. 

Example: The library had "Open Mic" night last night and I had originally thought I was gonna tell the waffle house story I'm fond of and which usually gets a good response but the crowd was family oriented with a lot of young kids in the audience so I decided that's out. Then I emailed you about how you were right about us being from the same star dust as being the most reasonable explanation for our circumstances and the thought of the quantum mechanics property of quantum entanglement came to mind and the next thing I knew I was the last presenter trying to tell a story explaining "A Twin Flame love affair" using the quantum mechanics property of quantum entanglement to explain. I ended with..."I know y'all think its the craziest thing you've ever heard of but the laws of physics say it's true and the bible says those he "Foreknew (as in knew beforehand, as in, knew before the formation of the universe, as in the stars weren't formed yet, it was just clouds of molecular dust ect) he predestined."

After open mic night was over a friend of mine I hadn't seen in years before last night (Him and his group sounded so great, particularly on "the Weight" the old "The Band song, "I pulled in from Nazareth, I was feeling about half past dead..." etc :-) nodded to me and said..."It's the same thing with twins and what they experience" I agreed and we started talking, the next thing I knew I was doing my miscellaneous ramblings to him and his preacher and when leaving something was said to the effect of..."Thanks for the teaching..." I left for home on cloud nine. Several others in the audience were receptive (smiled, made comments afterwards) as well, and all in all it seems like people have come to some sort of realization about what has transpired and is still transpiring right in front of their eyes. Acceptance and acknowledgement seem to go a long way to soothing out the rough edges of a long inward journey

My son? I always thought could happen. To have two true believers standing right in front of you being sponges so to speak, soaking up everything your pouring out and seeming to desire more was just not something I thought I would ever experience. And it was just two people!

So that's the second earthly reward

The third earthly reward is I know my baby is here and everything is right on plan :-). I said way early on (It's on the blog somewhere, multiple times:-) that if only I knew my baby wanted to be my wife I could die a happy man whether it ever happened or not :-). Needless to say, I could die a happy man right now :-).

That's three earthly rewards I'll carry around with me always which nobody can ever take away regardless what they ever do or say to or about me :-).

Revelation 3:8

I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

Oh its open alright :-).

I love you honey :-).

Morning

 

my Sunshine, My Queen, My everything :-).

Current feels :-).

I love you baby :-).

You gonna stop by today?

:-).

"You Two

 

are not the Two witnesses!"

Go ask yourself this:

Somebody(s) else ever had a better claim than us?

At a better point in history?

Who and when would become my questions at that point.

These individuals had the falling away and the great apostasy lined up behind them?

The man of lawlessness also?

They had their spiritual gifts (particularly Faith and prophecy) on full display for all to witness?

They were living in the age of deception that we currently are etc?

("...see that no one deceives you, first criterion, Matt 24:4)

So much going on with Ukraine it's hard to even get started on  AI deepfakes,  etc these days)

We do not know when he's coming back, we are not him, we are not even worthy to hold his sandals.

Just saying it's about to start (The end times, or to be more accurate, the end of the end times) and were here and were about to join forces.

Been saying it a while now.

Godspeed everybody.

What exactly

 

Republicans are condemning Putin for the invasion of Ukraine — and criticizing Biden

"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, considered a strong potential challenger to Trump for the 2024 presidential nomination, didn't mention Ukraine or Russia in his speech on Thursday, choosing to focus on major Republican culture war issues like COVID-19 policy and teaching about race in public schools."

(Exactly why was he spitting out diversions again?)

Danielle Pletka, distinguished senior fellow in foreign and defense policy studies at the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute, agreed that earlier and more forceful sanctions from Biden would have been more useful in deterring Putin.

(What exactly would be your message, the one that you would want to convey, to the guy who can wipe financial records and shut down the power grid? People are trying to make political hay with this situation and the power is gonna go bye-bye here in the not to distant future. Brilliant! I was just saying this morning you're gonna see just what a colossal waste of time the culture wars were when were scrounging for food in dumpsters, and trying to find a way to stay cool/warm etc.)

Youre

 

cracking me up :-).

I don't care what kinda disguise you wear :-).

Nice bag BTW :-).

I love you baby :-).

How

 

many times have I said:

"He's got the keys to the kingdom"?

Russia may be primed to hack America’s infrastructure

First of all

MAY BE?

Really?

"U.S. officials have previously accused Russia of infiltrating everything from American power plants to the Department of Defense.'

"...with tensions between the two nations skyrocketing, and U.S. sanctions against Russia looming, Putin could retaliate by launching powerful cyberattacks against the U.S. Such an attack could cut power to cities, shutter banks, and stop the flow of fuel, crippling whole swaths of the country.

 "attempts to intervene will be met by an immediate Russian response that "will lead you to such consequences that you have never faced in your history."

(Like Springsteen said on one of his live songs..."Don't touch the dial this is not a test!")

“I'm quite nervous about what is going to happen,” former-Ambassador to the U.N. Social and Economic Council Sarah Mendelson told Yahoo Finance.

“I have said to people we should expect something, and we should not panic if we have a cyberattack,” added Mendelson, who serves as the head of Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College in Washington, D.C.

(It's not going to be an attack, it's going to be an ongoing war.)

“We need to be prepared for the potential of foreign influence operations to negatively impact various aspects of our critical infrastructure with the ongoing Russia-Ukraine geopolitical tensions,” CISA (U.S Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security) Agency Director Jen Easterly said last week ahead of Russia’s invasion.

“There have been some infrastructure-based attacks where [Russia has] been caught breaking into dams and power plants and things like that in the U.S.,” explained NYU Tandon School of Engineering professor Justin Cappos. “It's possible that they're in substantial parts of U.S. infrastructure, and are sort of dormant and have capabilities that they haven't gone and exercised.”

(Possible? They embedded themselves so deep in our infrastructure via the Solar winds attack that we couldn't possibly root them out. Why? For just such a moment as this.)

According to Mendelson, if Russia launches a cyberattack against one of America’s NATO allies, the treaty’s mutual defense guarantee may force America to retaliate.

“[Putin] would like the United States to collapse,” she said. “He would like NATO to collapse. He would like the European Union to collapse. This is quite clear, and it's been clear for some time.”

While the physical attack on Ukraine unfolds, it would take just a few keystrokes for Russia to fire its cyber weapons at the U.S. And while it’s not the same as bullets and bombs, it could still be destructive enough to take out portions of the power grid, putting American lives at risk just the same.

“[Putin] would like the United States to collapse,” she said. “He would like NATO to collapse. He would like the European Union to collapse. This is quite clear, and it's been clear for some time.”

That former-Ambassador to the U.N. Social and Economic Council and current head of Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College in Washington, D.C. Sarah Mendelson knows this but seven defense and intelligence experts missed it in their yahoo interview?

Ought to alarm you. 

Choices

 

The world is bracing for a global cyberwar as Russia invades Ukraine

“I think it’s very possible, but I think it’s also important that we reflect on the reality of cyberwar,” John Hultquist, vice president of intelligence analysis at Mandiant, told CNBC.

“It’s easy to hear that term and compare it to real war. But the reality is, most of the cyberattacks we’ve seen have been nonviolent, and largely reversible.”

"most of the cyberattacks we’ve seen"

(A good poker player gonna show you their hand right up front?)

Spillover’

Toby Lewis, head of threat analysis at Darktrace, said the attacks have so far been largely focused on supporting Russia’s physical invasion of Ukraine.

“It is the physical land and territory that Russia appears to seek rather than economic leverage, for which a cyber-first campaign may be more effective,” he told CNBC.

"rather than economic leverage, for which a cyber-first campaign may be more effective"

(That comes next, after the retaliation.)

“We have long theorized that cyberattacks are going to be part of any nation-state’s arsenal and I think what we’re witnessing for the first time frankly in human history is cyberattacks have become the weapon of first strike,” Hitesh Sheth, CEO of Vectra AI, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Friday.

Sheth suggested Russia could launch retaliatory cyberattacks in response to Western sanctions announced earlier this week.

“I would fully expect that, given what we are witnessing with Russia overtly attacking Ukraine with cyberattacks, that they would have covert channels as a way to attack institutions that are being deployed to curtail them in the financial community,” he said.

(the electrical grid and banking sectors...just like somebody was mentioning earlier in the week...)

Choices:

Either the luckiest SOB to ever live to keep getting so much correct...Or there is an "unseen power worthy of reverence" at play. Your choice. 

Choose wisely, eternity is at stake.

Godspeed.