Conservative Cowards REPRINT

From March 22, 2013

Not content with abandoning his place in our defenses, Jonah Goldberg in his townhall.com column today tries to lure his readers to the Dark Side, arguing that we can join him in endorsing same-sex mockmarriage and still oppose abortion.

That’s very comforting, isn’t it?

Up and down the line, the “leaders” of what is still called the conservative movement are throwing down their shields and running away from the battle, leaving us nobodies to soldier on without them. Their position is that we can freely debase and devalue marriage and the family however we please, and our civilization will never be the worse for it.

I don’t know how many times I have to say this before the Goldbergs and the Portmans and the Coulters will be able to understand it, but here goes:

If you won’t conserve marriage and the family as the basic building-blocks of human society, you won’t be able to conserve anything of value at all. “Sexual liberty” will gobble up all our other liberties. If you think free speech or freedom of religion can survive the redefinition of marriage, you’re bigger fools than I take you for.

Marriage is a serious matter. Holy matrimony between a man and a woman is a type of Christ’s relationship with His Church. Have none of these fools read the Book of Revelation?

God ordained marriage, God defines marriage, and it is not in the power of a bunch of black-robed sinners, in love with their own sophomoric cleverness, to redefine it. I don’t care what any court says. I don’t care what any mob of politicians, academics, jive conservative commentators, or teachers union says to the contrary–and you shouldn’t, either.

I am awfully tired of my country being run by immoralists, liars, thieves, orcs, and morons. Aren’t you?

Stairway to Doom! (But the Cats Like It) REPRINT

From   August 28, 2022

Holy moly, look at those stairs! All I can think of is Laurel and Hardy trying to deliver a piano.

The cats like it, though–especially when some poor human has to climb all those stairs to deliver an order of cat food.

Alfred Hitchcock Movies (with cats)

Stars in My Crown

Another day whizzes by…

Today really flew by again.

One thing I did today was have a really good and long conversation with my daughter.  I am a big phone-talker, but she is not.  I am thinking of seeking part time work and she suggested something like customer service (because I like to talk on the phone).  I probably would like that better than bookkeeping (which I did for about a million years).  It’s something to be considered.  Not immediately, but down the road.  There are quite a few remote work opportunities to be considered.

Nice weather today, but we are in for about 3 days of rain coming up.  You all know just how I feel about rainy weather.  At least it hasn’t been too hot.

I have really been avoiding nooze lately.  I just can’t stand the constant downing of President Trump.  The headlines for 3 days this week were nothing but complaints about how he messed up the reflecting pool’s paint job.  Please, noozies, get a life.

All in all, it was a nice, quiet Sabbath–as it should be.

Have a good night, all.

See you tomorrow.

God bless everybody.

PattyThis dog is the absolute image of my Dobie.

Lolly and Chupa shared genetics.

A Date Palm Seed time lapse 3 years in 3 minutes

I find these films extremely moving.  The tiny seed, with it’s entire blueprint–programmed by the hand of God.  The incredible beauty of life leaves me awestruck.

On Trusting God REPRINT

From January 1, 2016

2016 looks like it could be a pretty hard year. The wicked tower over us, and they think their time has come: they will separate God’s people from Him, once and for all, and engineer the demise of Christianity. They will hold on to all the power they’ve accumulated for themselves, and do everything they can to get more.

Looking at the state of this fallen world today, the thought comes creeping in, “Are we crazy? Don’t we see what’s being done? How are we to trust in God?”

Because, if we trust in God, and we’re wrong, then we lose everything. Absolutely everything.

But there’s a catch. By not trusting in God, we can’t hold on to anything. Not even our souls.

But if we’re right to trust in God, if we’re right–

Well, then we gain everything. Everything. Eternal life. A place in Christ’s kingdom, and a share in His glory. A mansion in His Father’s house. Blessings without number. No matter what we’ve suffered, no matter what has been taken away from us, we gain. And what we gain will be infinitely greater than our loss.

Faith is very much an all-or-nothing proposition. There is no safe middle ground, no way to put just some trust in God and reserve the rest. Playing it safe will get us nothing.

They tower over us, and we are like grasshoppers in their sight.

But as Caleb said, when the other spies reported on the unconquerable might of pagan Canaan, inhabited by giants, “Let us go up at once, and possess it, for we are well able to overcome it” (Numbers 13:30)

Trust in the Lord. Pray harder. Sing louder.

And remember what happened to Goliath.

 

Seagulls learn how to “meow” to activate automatic food dispenser

Animals are a lot smarter than they are given credit for.  These seagulls figured out how to operate the automatic food dispenser for cats–by meowing.  Istanbul, Turkey

Rescued crow bonds with family