tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58228690164133079812024-03-19T04:48:52.108-04:00Tilting at WindmillsThoughts on every subject, pc be hangedCWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comBlogger3422125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-3333489281962933252024-03-17T11:15:00.002-04:002024-03-17T11:15:57.432-04:00Pictures from Friday and Saturday<p> Oops, almost forgot, if I don't say something first, the pictures come up backwards. Here we go...</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw5W5awEdr2L2FQ1VQYmuRRdgTEK-ub2xdYX38mzcdN8KABwtllHyKKKSZ9B8CQ-AHG1IfoaGpFhod1EtLbyZJY_DptTPgXM23t-LB3y_8CQ-ee2CZvxRzw6wUGN61kqSReDc44wdfSUt2F5GNUKHUyjgD3lJegzSKILp3YUkpkO5XQU-G2k3Rq5xHiVU/s4608/DSC04646.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw5W5awEdr2L2FQ1VQYmuRRdgTEK-ub2xdYX38mzcdN8KABwtllHyKKKSZ9B8CQ-AHG1IfoaGpFhod1EtLbyZJY_DptTPgXM23t-LB3y_8CQ-ee2CZvxRzw6wUGN61kqSReDc44wdfSUt2F5GNUKHUyjgD3lJegzSKILp3YUkpkO5XQU-G2k3Rq5xHiVU/s320/DSC04646.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They spent yesterday filling the holes they dug with stone. So they still sit Sunday. Let's not push ourselves, shall we?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveTeZgnOiiy0gJmIPnBcFNS9h4v25t5lRlOBe4ACExlhD_4g88viFAT9blhFCFYY0PGZLi1EEKO8Qy6grTlVU0e5MIVwSmSXaIWKYj5_He2YWbX8YyzoxKR-vyXSQb0I0uU5gUQDEBSJc2RZGXDtE_dwn3kWNJnsliGWQ3nLmbQInr0EY1gLJ9y3rOSw/s4608/DSC04647.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveTeZgnOiiy0gJmIPnBcFNS9h4v25t5lRlOBe4ACExlhD_4g88viFAT9blhFCFYY0PGZLi1EEKO8Qy6grTlVU0e5MIVwSmSXaIWKYj5_He2YWbX8YyzoxKR-vyXSQb0I0uU5gUQDEBSJc2RZGXDtE_dwn3kWNJnsliGWQ3nLmbQInr0EY1gLJ9y3rOSw/s320/DSC04647.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His Eminence singing to us</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTSFlU6VLEKBHdY_dEKukKMbD0NCF81luntZL0Cv8kGPYbsFmF3X9xzGYAO7z8z9EXaBZtewmex95rkd5frPZPfzlN-THuEVuYHzK8-uqW09I9xzJHcs8-cBquar3Pa90M6yhMhCPrlSj5gIh_2vBOqhhSV8y_nCnJVEXwePP2zk45OT6QKDfK9AsQa8/s4608/DSC04651.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTSFlU6VLEKBHdY_dEKukKMbD0NCF81luntZL0Cv8kGPYbsFmF3X9xzGYAO7z8z9EXaBZtewmex95rkd5frPZPfzlN-THuEVuYHzK8-uqW09I9xzJHcs8-cBquar3Pa90M6yhMhCPrlSj5gIh_2vBOqhhSV8y_nCnJVEXwePP2zk45OT6QKDfK9AsQa8/s320/DSC04651.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From three-quarters bridge last time to none at all today...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Lots of water.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHv6_uqWcmIK7u9TvHr2xyjHlhXMPw4qgcZnay7moxLgXNVpm34hkP0crBks8ykyNI-qE2BohK9OuCpD-UhXjFiEFiwxpOphkqUrt5p6ULKLBNy1Eh9cII2pcGhAvmRIYnYSf879lpfvF2XqbjOWgLL0LJYqAxwIEFSbHTfW2IpnMuIfN1eSdhhX2b8M/s4608/DSC04655.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHv6_uqWcmIK7u9TvHr2xyjHlhXMPw4qgcZnay7moxLgXNVpm34hkP0crBks8ykyNI-qE2BohK9OuCpD-UhXjFiEFiwxpOphkqUrt5p6ULKLBNy1Eh9cII2pcGhAvmRIYnYSf879lpfvF2XqbjOWgLL0LJYqAxwIEFSbHTfW2IpnMuIfN1eSdhhX2b8M/s320/DSC04655.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8lTFm6ZRpsLlkst2ELCIv96RPdQdkB-qvQcLOtAr0gsEAvCbF_RPbfjMlsM1Llp2380FxmVezqHeq-CHDxzKIppC3joPFW5qN7UwjhgUBQ-sdVe6i4SGC5xY0F9KvY-WuByLOuwMZPQEk2CHqkyzGdLsPZvB35oC-AhITFKAaSKoiFA9ZdD7mvnLgVU/s4608/DSC04656.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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However, I do have an M10 now, so let me at least get THAT in...</p><p><br /></p><p>The debut at #10 is well-timed. With the death of Blackberry Smoke's drummer, I was going to re-inspect their brand new album (his last), but before I could, I found out they had released a new single from it! With a bit of a Crazy Horse vibe, here's Blackberry Smoke at #10....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KDzl06bcwXM?si=ugYdtPXReTG_r3Sj" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
**********************************************<div><br /></div><div>It doesn't look like Talk will keep his streak of #1s alive... it gives a notch of ground again this week, falling to 9 with I'm One Of The Rest.</div><div><br /></div><div>The other debut is at 8, this act's 3rd hit on the M10. One only made a small impact- the other became the second biggest hit of all time. Broken Bells....</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zcYzNRKuXGk?si=Z5VoLOLZA3XeCVZN" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
******************************************************<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This song was actually on their self-titled 2010 lp... how it wandered into my path, I'm not sure. Like many of my best songs!</div><div><br /></div><div>Dent May had a mixed-bag week. The opener from his new lp What's For Breakfast- One Call, That's All, slips from 2 to 7; the newbie with Jordana, Coasting On Fumes, rockets from 10 to 5.</div><div><br /></div><div>A similar situation for Amira Elfecky; Here recent #1, Everything I Do Is For You, slips 2 to 6; the latest, A Dozen Roses, leaps from 6 to 2.</div><div><br /></div><div>Real Estate gains one to 4 with Haunted World; but Camera Obscura gets stuck at 3 (thanks to Amira) with Big Love.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>That leaves the top spot for another week to Juliana Hatfield and Secret Messages! Good night, and good morning!</div>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-13880809780012543412024-03-13T07:43:00.001-04:002024-03-13T07:43:00.135-04:00Wednesday Bible Study: Hebrews Part X<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfwPEqIXS-UUzFsJePrKzIOoROoVotIDEu5NfK_I-NDmmI8st0aaJ1cs36FgpaaNM0CUZfulHLoJs73VCqsH_3CDaBOfTCiqpQbMTL_fs9pZIOIFKZlUTBst0uqrGeC-eiOBsULAm4OvlAxvtNSxYbRZQhaizMoJqV8r4fS7x-t-SLyK1Bykm0lLHCzY/s275/bible%20study.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfwPEqIXS-UUzFsJePrKzIOoROoVotIDEu5NfK_I-NDmmI8st0aaJ1cs36FgpaaNM0CUZfulHLoJs73VCqsH_3CDaBOfTCiqpQbMTL_fs9pZIOIFKZlUTBst0uqrGeC-eiOBsULAm4OvlAxvtNSxYbRZQhaizMoJqV8r4fS7x-t-SLyK1Bykm0lLHCzY/s1600/bible%20study.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><i>Cardinal Hugo de Sancto Caro is often given credit for first dividing the Latin Vulgate into chapters in the real sense, but it is the arrangement of his contemporary and fellow cardinal Stephen Langton who in 1205 created the chapter divisions which are used today. They were then inserted into Greek manuscripts of the New Testament in the 16th century. Robert Estienne (Robert Stephanus) was the first to number the verses within each chapter, his verse numbers entering printed editions in 1551 (New Testament) and 1553 (Hebrew Bible). (from Wiki)</i></span></span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="color: #202122;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p><br /></p>
One thing to keep in mind that applies to our next section- The Spirit may have inspired men to make the chapters, etc, but He did not put them in. That's why chapter 12 of Hebrews starts with a 'therefore' that sums up our last section (which itself covered three chapters!) But this chapter is built on such things: Three therefores, three ands, four fors, two buts, and a couple of nows. And I want to dissect this by those connectors, and draw out the story the author was getting at.<div><br /></div><div>AND</div><div><br /></div><div>Our ands come at verses 5, 19, and 21. The big one is the first one:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 12:5 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Ands are connectors that add two thoughts together. In this case, they add the concepts that they had not "yet resisted to bloodshed" to the idea that it would be coming- but that was not completely a bad thing. Reason? Last time, the author mentioned our adoption by God; which makes us sons and daughters- and thus subject to 'chastisement'. The coming troubles were there both to confirm their adoption, and to grow them in faith.</div><div><br /></div><div>The other two ands are mixed with a couple of the fors, and we'll go there now.</div><div><br /></div><div>FOR</div><div><br /></div><div>Fors are kind of a reverse cause and effect- connecting the effect first, and the cause after. The first comes at v3. It connects the effect- Jesus's enduring of the cross for us- to that same upcoming trail that we face. And it speaks to the encouragement His trial gives us:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 12:3 For consider the one who endured such hostility by sinners against himself, so that you will not grow weary in your souls and give up. </i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>The second is in v 10, where the author is expanding on this 'chastening' they are about to receive. It connects the effect- that God is doing this, or allowing it, as a loving Father- to the idea of the reward that the chastening will bring: "the peaceable fruit of righteousness" (v11). I always remember Elihu's concept of the reason for trials in Job:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Job 37:10 By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast. </i></div><div><i>Job 37:11 He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning. </i></div><div><i>Job 37:12 They turn around and around by his guidance, to accomplish all that he commands them on the face of the habitable world. </i></div><div><i>Job 37:13 <b>Whether for correction or for his land or for love, he causes it to happen. </b></i></div></div><div><i><b> </b></i></div><div><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div>Another is v 17, where the story of Esau's perversion in selling his birthright is connected to his inability to later receive the blessing. If the past was so overwhelmed by his physical desires, how would he ever reach the blessings of the future in the end? Esau was a object lesson in not putting things off until it's too late. Don't think you'll get a chance to plead at the gates of heaven.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Next is the 'for' in the mixing with the 'ands': vv 18-21. This set tries- in a way that we might get confused about, but would make sense to them- that the days of being afraid to come to God yourself was over. No more depending on a Moses to do it for you.</div><div><br /></div><div>Last one is an end of the chapter warning:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Heb 12:29 for our God is a consuming fire. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>It connects our last therefore to what comes in the next chapter: The effect of our worship to the cause that SHOULD be our works. We worship by our works.</div><div><br /></div><div>BUT</div><div><br /></div><div>Buts show the disconnect between concepts; and we have one good and one bad. The first, in v 8, is the flip side of the whole 'chastening' discussion. If you AREN'T being put in trials, you may not be considered a son of God. A father doesn't chasten someone else's kids. The author is teaching that troubles shouldn't make you worry. If you're on 'Easy Street', THEN you should be worried.</div><div><br /></div><div>The second concludes the and/for set in vv 18-21. No more Moses, no more 'scary God' who thunders at you. Now, you are given access to the throne of God through Jesus, to heaven, to the angelic host, the great assembly of believers, and to God your Judge and Christ your Mediator. This one statement draws together much of what has gone before, including the angels now in their proper 'place', and Abel's imperfect, though accepted, sacrifice being replaced by Christ's better one. Isn't it funny how the 'disconnect' conjunction ended up connecting everything?</div><div><br /></div><div>NOW</div><div><br /></div><div>Both 'nows' come right before a 'therefore'. They basically say, "Okay, you know where you are; here's where you go from here." That they come prior to the 'therefores', tells us that Therefore moves us to the next level. Let's see our next levels, shall we?</div><div><br /></div><div>THEREFORE</div><div><br /></div><div>As I said, the first one leads off the chapter. Where we are is seeing the lessons of the faith of those who came before, who believed before ever Jesus became man.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, </i></div><div><i>Heb 12:2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Where we are- surrounded by all these examples, all those who came before, and those who pray for us. Where we are going: To follow Jesus's example of obedience and endurance. And following means suffering as He did, and thus the discussion on chastisement.</div><div><br /></div><div>The second concludes the chastening discussion, and moves us on.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 12:12 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, </i></div><div><i>Heb 12:13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Don't let the trials drag you down. Keep on keeping on, following that example. The author goes next into the Esau story, trying to contrast the reward of endurance with the 'reward' of taking the easy way out. Maybe brighter minds than mine could have gotten this concept from a straight reading, but I wouldn't have tumbled on to why Esau is even mentioned had I not done things this way. God is Good! My personal lesson, stop taking the easy way out....</div><div><br /></div><div>The final one comes after the section reminding them we have moved beyond the 'scary God' scenario. The key is the 'now' that precedes it...</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 12:25 Watch out that you do not refuse the one who is speaking! For if those did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, much less will we escape, if we reject the one who warns from heaven, </i></div><div><i>Heb 12:26 whose voice shook the earth at that time, but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also heaven." </i></div><div><i>Heb 12:27 <b>Now the phrase "yet once more"</b> indicates the removal of what is shaken, namely, things that have been created, in order that the things that are not shaken may remain. </i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>The old way of doing things has been removed, shaken loose by the death of Christ, put into a new place by His resurrection. </div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 12:28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>The new way is to face everything with gratitude and worship, because of what is to come. This was the path that Abel, Abraham, and the rest followed; the things that would not be shaken, the promises of God. And how does one do that? That's where the author is going next.<i> </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-4326867692446002362024-03-12T18:25:00.002-04:002024-03-12T18:25:45.722-04:00PICTURES!<p> Capitalized because we are past February 29th and PlayMemories still works, despite getting a message on the 2nd that it was well and truly done. In that spirit, here's the last two Mondays plus today...</p><p><br /></p><p>Monday 4</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHiLNM34EjLEqRkbTmj8Hh38sJjbMcfdgbbe0HxccZRyOdGo9jtOWi0_qaV8qkTI5297PKyoqA30W_lkiuPKVhGBBh1CxvzH4J-2RZLwXPb_YoprtPkFH_gpP0-x4nMO8ev10NuH9s9HMylBu6OlQNv0HmniHh6fs_-b_O4dvJXe3JF7OYo_rlD0-9f4c/s4608/DSC04592.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHiLNM34EjLEqRkbTmj8Hh38sJjbMcfdgbbe0HxccZRyOdGo9jtOWi0_qaV8qkTI5297PKyoqA30W_lkiuPKVhGBBh1CxvzH4J-2RZLwXPb_YoprtPkFH_gpP0-x4nMO8ev10NuH9s9HMylBu6OlQNv0HmniHh6fs_-b_O4dvJXe3JF7OYo_rlD0-9f4c/s320/DSC04592.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As you can see, they started to "work" on whatever doing to our corners at this point. And that's Laurie going to work.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTd15zNQbRT8qtvGmeeUCFfPobPRDZxKYOU6F5ZB92S_kTp9Z0XvJRT04Dgt72cwG4zXLiWPdpkTfYzJOjYhcDOxC44zwioRYO3jbxcGHjmgKgRfdxxnAJGOzX6KYYZpiaHy99JqBBGzicB_tHTY3yKZyZ3UY67fi9ZprMEZAi4dTZNhcCC1SEjWtJZAs/s4608/DSC04593.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTd15zNQbRT8qtvGmeeUCFfPobPRDZxKYOU6F5ZB92S_kTp9Z0XvJRT04Dgt72cwG4zXLiWPdpkTfYzJOjYhcDOxC44zwioRYO3jbxcGHjmgKgRfdxxnAJGOzX6KYYZpiaHy99JqBBGzicB_tHTY3yKZyZ3UY67fi9ZprMEZAi4dTZNhcCC1SEjWtJZAs/s320/DSC04593.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All they accomplished- in multiple locations throughout the complex- was cutting lines in the concrete.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr7vasDeIY5ACFacCsHwD-OujQiYjgYMiQeBqQvUCM4FjfDsTf5TjGtbpSC5KuXXyeyxxhxUo0FJMCtosTKbJyQgGYgSTWD0WtJQ5XGp195KCFj6P0O5fjd1SWkQQ_PR2b47Rtn7lsCNMUJGY7GJhDklBvRrUwVuaBA4LUrL-JPxuLN8VqSuSbJulrEE4/s4608/DSC04594.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr7vasDeIY5ACFacCsHwD-OujQiYjgYMiQeBqQvUCM4FjfDsTf5TjGtbpSC5KuXXyeyxxhxUo0FJMCtosTKbJyQgGYgSTWD0WtJQ5XGp195KCFj6P0O5fjd1SWkQQ_PR2b47Rtn7lsCNMUJGY7GJhDklBvRrUwVuaBA4LUrL-JPxuLN8VqSuSbJulrEE4/s320/DSC04594.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As you can see, I was duded up for Spring. The weekend showed me a tad early.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pQph-T5aFQg56AmCDCcW1EdANqSIydUJ9LiFUPbJouk3Ky-xr9CbheK_jZZ8hAFZHP5EBo96LWwwHlVg3HgR9JN2uES55Wrd_AlEeHw44-NjZ4fGLCwwxSX_pDdSKFFx1Rdx4O28G9uGh_KEX95l3JhlaSnG2Qq97VdNJogfvLBnhtYv19ul7yjIVls/s4608/DSC04595.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-pQph-T5aFQg56AmCDCcW1EdANqSIydUJ9LiFUPbJouk3Ky-xr9CbheK_jZZ8hAFZHP5EBo96LWwwHlVg3HgR9JN2uES55Wrd_AlEeHw44-NjZ4fGLCwwxSX_pDdSKFFx1Rdx4O28G9uGh_KEX95l3JhlaSnG2Qq97VdNJogfvLBnhtYv19ul7yjIVls/s320/DSC04595.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Every now and again, Misty wants to go up the hill and look majestically on her realm.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDpsNnhrXwgOqLb5LhBS_YZ9J5kY9B9Xlvk6IzV7EPRthNaJ_dMXqKoWROpzIPp8IiKWOv2_WyPRlfohpM7AZiepBuNQIUYkUxMXnwfJaIdvbOSoOCAnXfDR44Ra7TCv0vlyknhl3yx9mxxIpuK_9ITOJTZU_oi3ahU-YbTA8wIo-tVuV4-8sKs4jSys/s4608/DSC04596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDpsNnhrXwgOqLb5LhBS_YZ9J5kY9B9Xlvk6IzV7EPRthNaJ_dMXqKoWROpzIPp8IiKWOv2_WyPRlfohpM7AZiepBuNQIUYkUxMXnwfJaIdvbOSoOCAnXfDR44Ra7TCv0vlyknhl3yx9mxxIpuK_9ITOJTZU_oi3ahU-YbTA8wIo-tVuV4-8sKs4jSys/s320/DSC04596.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogNml0vHW7qBKBylX8ZgPQ-dQiQoArbV_ticRlu-n2hpDoM-IQPeyeQvmTvtKMTfNRdAZbKTq_QGXvTZpUq0kJBY2wENEBun5SMiCF-_eCywUE-nRKHFwI-x0b2x_qpK8ZNv0kUEGFBG7HWX-xYnF_xR0eyklDCiryKeRRcbEzZbuOKq94XmYldB2XhE/s4608/DSC04597.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgogNml0vHW7qBKBylX8ZgPQ-dQiQoArbV_ticRlu-n2hpDoM-IQPeyeQvmTvtKMTfNRdAZbKTq_QGXvTZpUq0kJBY2wENEBun5SMiCF-_eCywUE-nRKHFwI-x0b2x_qpK8ZNv0kUEGFBG7HWX-xYnF_xR0eyklDCiryKeRRcbEzZbuOKq94XmYldB2XhE/s320/DSC04597.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starting to get some minimal green</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLw1Nds0jrl-d4Ff59LfQX7ctFVJrrqXmEB7PTcfbVUmaq3xpsMMNPmNqj0Wqep8a-QSONdApvMSCf1p717jtYoi6sWVcO11t_DSUnWtk5GDnLyPqQVRBOVmCvwVxdXpQY5ZouDIAyy67o0V70r69E7SAanqS4m8P00g-MCQSX5lrf5fiT_6wURp_CUg/s2727/DSC04598.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2042" data-original-width="2727" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLw1Nds0jrl-d4Ff59LfQX7ctFVJrrqXmEB7PTcfbVUmaq3xpsMMNPmNqj0Wqep8a-QSONdApvMSCf1p717jtYoi6sWVcO11t_DSUnWtk5GDnLyPqQVRBOVmCvwVxdXpQY5ZouDIAyy67o0V70r69E7SAanqS4m8P00g-MCQSX5lrf5fiT_6wURp_CUg/s320/DSC04598.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WUQq2Ax9zqnI0n-ix_hZChwLtyBvNFIqMzUqDruESrGDfrfHP6RjXGwT_vXqJj5fMYdQUmO3b7mT-sGz8PnXXh1PE6lBH4V1JrnCZJ59I4t8k2KXJgV2skanu_6z2K_tRD99LZLI3Acvbsh3KFg-e1Qdpwt_11XCvPuz2H0E9h2YdcawrY-6Gpfsrh8/s4608/DSC04600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WUQq2Ax9zqnI0n-ix_hZChwLtyBvNFIqMzUqDruESrGDfrfHP6RjXGwT_vXqJj5fMYdQUmO3b7mT-sGz8PnXXh1PE6lBH4V1JrnCZJ59I4t8k2KXJgV2skanu_6z2K_tRD99LZLI3Acvbsh3KFg-e1Qdpwt_11XCvPuz2H0E9h2YdcawrY-6Gpfsrh8/s320/DSC04600.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dead tree: "I've fallen and I can't get up!" Live tree: "Get up, hell, GET OFF!"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9mZp88zx948IV1wOiz_ccu1BsnKKHkKxo8P7BQdQU29JUJ3yeb3CeFB8vnB1W0ra6Ww4AZKscuv_NlHBrx34idkKnyiydpa_M3qHA9P7xmGNEVLw5OMXEi63joS-mENot9l7-zzPVfQCiaMU8Xd8r2boy_GxedqG9SCqJ3kvTjVZiatCZcLSeIBPe1o/s3402/DSC04601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2917" data-original-width="3402" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9mZp88zx948IV1wOiz_ccu1BsnKKHkKxo8P7BQdQU29JUJ3yeb3CeFB8vnB1W0ra6Ww4AZKscuv_NlHBrx34idkKnyiydpa_M3qHA9P7xmGNEVLw5OMXEi63joS-mENot9l7-zzPVfQCiaMU8Xd8r2boy_GxedqG9SCqJ3kvTjVZiatCZcLSeIBPe1o/s320/DSC04601.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He stuck around, his little gray friend split</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSYvfufV7LVlL8jvBF397lIjZ05gcl0EUQqgjOx2pgnhVC51fmiZ8v7OuIiNaIL-nhlfLvA_W51zmlZ0JBIwV0MKn-7l_Z6eavbaIRKUDDnXupVzDvv4kDkd3HlMB5_etzdm3AKtaYruG5pv-ojjIvJwCIYT_jf5Tsul09EIcZWIeMGU2jYIldZoR-8c/s4608/DSC04606.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSYvfufV7LVlL8jvBF397lIjZ05gcl0EUQqgjOx2pgnhVC51fmiZ8v7OuIiNaIL-nhlfLvA_W51zmlZ0JBIwV0MKn-7l_Z6eavbaIRKUDDnXupVzDvv4kDkd3HlMB5_etzdm3AKtaYruG5pv-ojjIvJwCIYT_jf5Tsul09EIcZWIeMGU2jYIldZoR-8c/s320/DSC04606.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Because it weren't happening down there</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwFDC_x8O6NsvM5exJxdfk6QeygBRU9dggjm0gEShAUek8TKePmREsvKq7bvKhgBWKjgPRhiq5jMYd0Ji6CLlZSzuvrsqD5gHfb6ZWEgcGBEEsTfycyjWcgl8TKkc2upjwCbp-nXQIOYQZLylKdlYQrPYptlU9gaoZxhf_Jhb3xCMhENFVERF2DLRztwU/s4608/DSC04607.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I think it's gone now</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb2D29djSUjiTcmaDRfDpaiVjksvFzqaCHQAPtKos8_7j9Qhw0uq1ek9XV3l8NJcihqYe2nyGO3-XDOwwAHbvgyBvx0gPvhslM-b3tK-hwgW2F7lzD9ERWFTyN32y-HAXf_Ql7lDkuN6Pzv8EUqGZg-VENFSMtNuBQ5u6p_eK0k_shp2F8V4qAQaJrxpY/s4608/DSC04610.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb2D29djSUjiTcmaDRfDpaiVjksvFzqaCHQAPtKos8_7j9Qhw0uq1ek9XV3l8NJcihqYe2nyGO3-XDOwwAHbvgyBvx0gPvhslM-b3tK-hwgW2F7lzD9ERWFTyN32y-HAXf_Ql7lDkuN6Pzv8EUqGZg-VENFSMtNuBQ5u6p_eK0k_shp2F8V4qAQaJrxpY/s320/DSC04610.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turtles!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaB8Ep-MF62p14l-XNp-aKeXSzOm5LHt8wHuO6QPOuPS0izMORrkBl_qKlSVWcBFe_x3I4stpTJD9_EPCXmBKtyyhSJMnVfBEpcB7frWC0DGt5mIIsvI9KHU4jUjSy9k924_YbNcHxpwIThjAqwiVbPXwwRmfNIHojGQ5tY80XXgSPP2igrl_szx9U0lc/s4608/DSC04624.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaB8Ep-MF62p14l-XNp-aKeXSzOm5LHt8wHuO6QPOuPS0izMORrkBl_qKlSVWcBFe_x3I4stpTJD9_EPCXmBKtyyhSJMnVfBEpcB7frWC0DGt5mIIsvI9KHU4jUjSy9k924_YbNcHxpwIThjAqwiVbPXwwRmfNIHojGQ5tY80XXgSPP2igrl_szx9U0lc/s320/DSC04624.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doing some off-roading</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLYFFJBE6pcG2bXDC6U7nP8zYvWtP64w5l1nGiauxDBKUyM6xPIGhpnjqBJh0PLBseu5mgf9uWmzYA06u8yJ_j0LCUJ5fRqomh7MBRU9iHRBqYjr-7i_KKQmyhGjEvk0Csr1SNncfQJ-SdOChUbGv6S0Czu8mBbW_PE4yJfSx0Qzps7dQKok-t_6yw9o/s4608/DSC04625.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLYFFJBE6pcG2bXDC6U7nP8zYvWtP64w5l1nGiauxDBKUyM6xPIGhpnjqBJh0PLBseu5mgf9uWmzYA06u8yJ_j0LCUJ5fRqomh7MBRU9iHRBqYjr-7i_KKQmyhGjEvk0Csr1SNncfQJ-SdOChUbGv6S0Czu8mBbW_PE4yJfSx0Qzps7dQKok-t_6yw9o/s320/DSC04625.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BETWEEN them? Really?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFw9FG_rcAXp7PmNMfQkCcN8koeCnhgjeaUXeE1SeG8Ut6sD9oMmdr-z55ZCNeHpUl5SDN-p-ovAJ3QcmO8lVN_vdt4WlPUMeCcp9PgKqU6EBJxCWxdcinhrvkEKnrxRFH4ZX2AicYPmeVzdUwTqifRxV-4o4jLzTjRypj1jth3oIWo1PNpThhcVq1BQ/s4608/DSC04626.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFw9FG_rcAXp7PmNMfQkCcN8koeCnhgjeaUXeE1SeG8Ut6sD9oMmdr-z55ZCNeHpUl5SDN-p-ovAJ3QcmO8lVN_vdt4WlPUMeCcp9PgKqU6EBJxCWxdcinhrvkEKnrxRFH4ZX2AicYPmeVzdUwTqifRxV-4o4jLzTjRypj1jth3oIWo1PNpThhcVq1BQ/s320/DSC04626.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These two deadies are going to be the summer bet- who falls down first? I got the little one, as I have faith in bored teenagers wanting to test their strength</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdEnVy-Sf9pd2U8shBbGw5V-1ufyA_mljyYQA7J-7TAnhJkKQs1Qtex00fe6MZxvbAd6jpqnd6tEu7x6iCE3qWPl8Wm7vVO41Axk0RFF7thXjf8bjtg90vT7mzg7fsaMa1TXIfAC1xEj4MlOrasKwJrAjHHuqUF56M2GjmMJdl-m_IvY_OFXvq3gV7HD4/s4608/DSC04628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdEnVy-Sf9pd2U8shBbGw5V-1ufyA_mljyYQA7J-7TAnhJkKQs1Qtex00fe6MZxvbAd6jpqnd6tEu7x6iCE3qWPl8Wm7vVO41Axk0RFF7thXjf8bjtg90vT7mzg7fsaMa1TXIfAC1xEj4MlOrasKwJrAjHHuqUF56M2GjmMJdl-m_IvY_OFXvq3gV7HD4/s320/DSC04628.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxsNNulfA-WNBUGjZyUV9Jw3zncZ_B_LhR1srOjdjMdY3KXgSh_W0cLHAvVdEXU4GCe1xk9X-lMBjDPicbKI5vHPq3JrOxb0xNZkzgMPRtDzM0dg72yg37UyI0DvoK-WeQA4fUXT_iV0sjK51XupN2EI3Qe5fkuLdHdFbzzn7vWQ3HAsFNBjzrxnv-2A/s4608/DSC04629.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04Ihemc8PuvN-N9dyNlmHPpmRESkUCRL-MlB-0H2pjCs2Clx-xhRU6pPSzLEDKZ2qarb6GewyQdTQ5Z415qO7RnDz8uDTlkNXWLoGQOJimF7oZJrdLLwKeIVu74JuCa8_m92KUsjpXZOOfedJDC2o_BofXsy6AgOucVhjD0UPExEqsg-iUpx6ccgXd7g/s4608/DSC04632.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04Ihemc8PuvN-N9dyNlmHPpmRESkUCRL-MlB-0H2pjCs2Clx-xhRU6pPSzLEDKZ2qarb6GewyQdTQ5Z415qO7RnDz8uDTlkNXWLoGQOJimF7oZJrdLLwKeIVu74JuCa8_m92KUsjpXZOOfedJDC2o_BofXsy6AgOucVhjD0UPExEqsg-iUpx6ccgXd7g/s320/DSC04632.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiny blue flowers in the yard, perhaps I should have got off distance mode</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGDQMPNm7-5uAzG8PpvubKh2Ib-9hY0ujLvihIhVfUI3EIUxFgXzQ9sM7wSTmPi76kpmqSiTRMqKBiZ40CWKS-Od2ETmebwEkwV9nIPG46cDiNp5TchQEvpVxGOqa4X-CRRJcnwfrARIR33MsPQRYqZGHS2cFRRZUHniiQq_nFxisvrot-E-2BeZsVjY/s4608/DSC04633.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGDQMPNm7-5uAzG8PpvubKh2Ib-9hY0ujLvihIhVfUI3EIUxFgXzQ9sM7wSTmPi76kpmqSiTRMqKBiZ40CWKS-Od2ETmebwEkwV9nIPG46cDiNp5TchQEvpVxGOqa4X-CRRJcnwfrARIR33MsPQRYqZGHS2cFRRZUHniiQq_nFxisvrot-E-2BeZsVjY/s320/DSC04633.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another windy day</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhic88khT57qACeELCcIPns0cF8Q3yB74PUkmNP539_7XJ3Xbap5QEiiI42Mx46ViUxu3HEnAAAKoGz-KGqhccEO8MUJfGOyIeVysIUuTqzU-x3YJ7QPDTrieZxkilKEMgjQew6VeZ2LJnlw8DHfypcFWD8B2exz_Uu-H7bklA3XIXxF4H0ZiManSRC4Jk/s2370/DSC04634.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2370" data-original-width="1612" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhic88khT57qACeELCcIPns0cF8Q3yB74PUkmNP539_7XJ3Xbap5QEiiI42Mx46ViUxu3HEnAAAKoGz-KGqhccEO8MUJfGOyIeVysIUuTqzU-x3YJ7QPDTrieZxkilKEMgjQew6VeZ2LJnlw8DHfypcFWD8B2exz_Uu-H7bklA3XIXxF4H0ZiManSRC4Jk/s320/DSC04634.JPG" width="218" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They were going to let their doggie run- till it saw us across the field. Instead of waiting five minutes to let us clear, they disappeared.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHvff78cNfTsfFS1Bt5xQTTeZNGt7mhDP8MPoUj-ZmsbewIEqwMZ10tsM1STDj1r8ZAshHF7Ngfr4bW-I0LQJtnfargi1dKzLNTKXFXg-EzaSR6U5eH9V6P6sIpclxpBGWdq7urL9xTvAkhMgoz2s6OEUi43_lMXMaQ8fqfNvyJaE2oHod-aiOFqonJ8/s3763/DSC04635.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2055" data-original-width="3763" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHvff78cNfTsfFS1Bt5xQTTeZNGt7mhDP8MPoUj-ZmsbewIEqwMZ10tsM1STDj1r8ZAshHF7Ngfr4bW-I0LQJtnfargi1dKzLNTKXFXg-EzaSR6U5eH9V6P6sIpclxpBGWdq7urL9xTvAkhMgoz2s6OEUi43_lMXMaQ8fqfNvyJaE2oHod-aiOFqonJ8/s320/DSC04635.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hee-Haw barnyard, duck style</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96b-9AjhQr2Ijk4JmWi9Iud0QHZCBQFxPzDuaPsOOFL-XWBHT6gdF2R54NyAcRnQBHYP5y54WarIRXRNEwm0XvWBTg91ll5h44rdwSxSuNpKS8KuM8niNnUIBqVwjXaO00ZOn6G1jsA_jhOzFHTIydtynM_P6ZWLe0vQ570O23qHIaGw0JRqXKoCycWE/s4608/DSC04636.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96b-9AjhQr2Ijk4JmWi9Iud0QHZCBQFxPzDuaPsOOFL-XWBHT6gdF2R54NyAcRnQBHYP5y54WarIRXRNEwm0XvWBTg91ll5h44rdwSxSuNpKS8KuM8niNnUIBqVwjXaO00ZOn6G1jsA_jhOzFHTIydtynM_P6ZWLe0vQ570O23qHIaGw0JRqXKoCycWE/s320/DSC04636.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Misty wanted to jump in here- a foot drop, no idea the depth, and no shore? No, ma'am.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzy0LoRXSP5eiL4BqynwbEXuK12Dw2B3awWlfb6StSgnDX60DKuR6UfRm8VfC0vP1LDBpkkJtB85zG-fV0aeFg9-iH_rn0BHmd4V6r7-N4xdJpBroA8i6siiMBIh_1W_ZsPHvy7rJFp1D1YEBK64-0dOndUtGw4PygwDxgzWyt6SciTIclThTjYm1C64/s4608/DSC04637.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzy0LoRXSP5eiL4BqynwbEXuK12Dw2B3awWlfb6StSgnDX60DKuR6UfRm8VfC0vP1LDBpkkJtB85zG-fV0aeFg9-iH_rn0BHmd4V6r7-N4xdJpBroA8i6siiMBIh_1W_ZsPHvy7rJFp1D1YEBK64-0dOndUtGw4PygwDxgzWyt6SciTIclThTjYm1C64/s320/DSC04637.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Well, fine. What did we come down here for, anyway?"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfiCN_J0l5HCi164TAQuS-9tPhwxbLiwdR1SHgaANfn8hkPYnh7hFXzFwqew0DzVHXjCMe5qUTIxHiDttpc4RPIeb9qnhERRPiK3CmAvTU_XcMMYJvntFEs9P563LBpmWEjaQoNThhCSHXajXJkp0ZWrKZWvISlxLg0fIw8Ht4cKxbD0zoUDoXINI167o/s4608/DSC04638.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfiCN_J0l5HCi164TAQuS-9tPhwxbLiwdR1SHgaANfn8hkPYnh7hFXzFwqew0DzVHXjCMe5qUTIxHiDttpc4RPIeb9qnhERRPiK3CmAvTU_XcMMYJvntFEs9P563LBpmWEjaQoNThhCSHXajXJkp0ZWrKZWvISlxLg0fIw8Ht4cKxbD0zoUDoXINI167o/s320/DSC04638.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Because I wanted to see if it was any greener down the trail</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jtyJmqCrH937O5FwulZ057Wt1YZWMYukdBKL5OlzhNLujXb3sfiyBL_33P2gicgIv9NX4tIhJ3QOKiJ849aI_r0gzaqf0cGuH1EyOvefW8OfOrf40BnvuJHV_tz432ASHF_b7AWjf_pZrGVcD6o2l6dR7IQqwH8-fWkab-Dj3BnH7dD683bJgIYutl0/s320/DSC04645.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this is Misty being mad at me for not going the long way....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-38228485542746531122024-03-08T09:00:00.001-05:002024-03-08T09:00:00.165-05:00M10 Show week #110<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYaTFh6V9RSzyUnGvju9y-cjKzYa30mWlFINzJjWEqy9PNpa39m_h9ZAgNKLWIc6T29zJf_ifONRWmbrFdybfGIBZ8WVqgZnlRDPqPulYnlr65soY9UeOtU1cOtffjd9PNJLUoFh6T4EJNXxQU9JB0gWXbgjBcUyVIznK7vH_rSo0lUq5P1uXrMUNH_Y/s612/m10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="612" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYaTFh6V9RSzyUnGvju9y-cjKzYa30mWlFINzJjWEqy9PNpa39m_h9ZAgNKLWIc6T29zJf_ifONRWmbrFdybfGIBZ8WVqgZnlRDPqPulYnlr65soY9UeOtU1cOtffjd9PNJLUoFh6T4EJNXxQU9JB0gWXbgjBcUyVIznK7vH_rSo0lUq5P1uXrMUNH_Y/w200-h200/m10.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Elvis: Boy, you did have a bad week last week!</i></p><p>Yep, completely forgot to post my top five for last week in '61...</p><p><i>Well, ya could run 'em this week....</i></p><p>IF I had a chance in you-know-what to FIND that list- which I don't. But I WILL get this week's 1960 list printed! Along with a much more mobile M10, and this week's lone debut! Speaking of which...</p><p><i>Say no more! At #10, with a young lady who goes by the name of Jordana, here's more Dent May...</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e5tBC-XEERM?si=cYKZ5Lmp8ElwaM_b" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
*********************************************************************<div><br /></div><div>Another fun ride with Dent... but now on the sad side...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1O01GPfTi1Nvcdr5gjhEZVGmce4gt0Ut8MlFE24njGDz3I-s90OC7qE4nOM-BMI7F8Nn-nujx6x0Yda2rnkoBFJLGydOss_MBvwX1mWh0n7u4uNSF10PieSJcSRDazX_-MbKmiZ59QSWNPeuYXjLgpF7U0ARhvgnmOjXgHaZhShPvb-0kjX2eb-2VlLA/s1200/blackberry-smoke-brit-turner-2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1O01GPfTi1Nvcdr5gjhEZVGmce4gt0Ut8MlFE24njGDz3I-s90OC7qE4nOM-BMI7F8Nn-nujx6x0Yda2rnkoBFJLGydOss_MBvwX1mWh0n7u4uNSF10PieSJcSRDazX_-MbKmiZ59QSWNPeuYXjLgpF7U0ARhvgnmOjXgHaZhShPvb-0kjX2eb-2VlLA/s320/blackberry-smoke-brit-turner-2021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>...Blackberry Smoke lost a founding member, drummer Brit Turner, to brain cancer. A true warrior, he toured with a lot of health limitations, and was crucial to the M10 legacy his band carved out.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Ah'll tell 'im y'all said hey....</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>You do that. So let's go to 1960, where Australia is topped, in the last of four non-connected weeks, by "Crash" Craddock (who would go on to add his first name, Billy, when he charted on the American country charts much later) with Boom Boom Baby. Being a native act, he didn't fare well elsewhere, though the flip side of BBB kissed the bottom of the American charts. In Canada, it was the midst of a 6 week run at the top for Jim Reeves and He'll Have to Go. Also a top song in Australia, it would spend three weeks stuck at #2 here behind our #1- Percy Faith's Theme From A Summer Place...</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Psst: Here's where Chris always mentioned, 'a song so good, I read the book twice, and it sucked!'</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>AHEM... It got only to 4 on Canada's CHUM charts, and 19 in Australia. But yeah, it's a massive top ten all time hit for me, and not surprisingly my #1 for the week. The rest of my top five...</div><div><br /></div><div>2- A song moving up one spot to #9 this week, with a peak of 7 here, 8 in Canada, and lost and forgotten in Australia, the Everly Brothers and Let It Be Me...</div><div><br /></div><div>3- A 16 notch mover to # 21 this week on Cashbox, it was a #2 peak here, 4 in Canada and 25 in Australia, Paul Anka's Puppy Love.</div><div><br /></div><div>4- Sitting at 6 this week on CB after a 2-spot climb, a song that peaked 2 here (another victim of Percy Faith's 8 week run at the top), same in Canada, and 11 in Australia, Bobby Rydell's Wild One.</div><div><br /></div><div>5- And finally, a 16-notch mover to #34 on CB this week, it would peak an astoundingly low 16 here, 20 in Canada, and miss the Australian charts, classic Drifters with This Magic Moment.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>So now what? We done?</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Say, why don't we check out ol' Crash Craddock?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PXS59G3glzc?si=PBVCLu_9YoMAHtRy" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
**********************************************************<div><br /></div><div>So "Crash", like I said, came to the US to do Country in the 70s, and posted 18 top tens and 3 number ones, including the most famous, Rub It In. And speaking of top tens...</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I see whut ya did there...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Yep, pretty sneaky! Here's the rest of this week's M10...</div><div><br /></div><div>9- dropping from 5, the former #1 Cherry Baby by Jenny Lewis.</div><div><br /></div><div>8- Surprisingly slipping a notch, Talk and I'm One Of The Rest.</div><div><br /></div><div>7- Slipping 3, Buck Meek and Cuero Dudes.</div><div><br /></div><div>6- Amira Elfeky, first stop: A Dozen Roses up 4.</div><div><br /></div><div>5- Up 3 for Real Estate and Haunted World.</div><div><br /></div><div>4- Amira Elfeky, stop #2- falling from the top with Everything I Do Is For You.</div><div><br /></div><div>3- Up 3, Camera Obscura and Big Love.</div><div><br /></div><div>2- Dent May, stop #2- One Call, That's All, up one.</div><div><br /></div><div>And the new top dog, for her second time...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8HkueooYVTUlW5rcXtRu45xQjvbDT_Ca4195kxYSZJGqpxhmQKUhPy02Y_LzSU9_RIY-yQ17MaR-niltLUhmnG1Dc4XWpCZafKPb6wBWqpn1G5XhS9TaVtgOpWfuXIB3UWhOyLIPSnbAe536MRkLqEhD4DvsjV_V7xoHzUYE0JyHwhrv5NlNG9JW3WY/s2991/Juliana_Hatfield_2019_(cropped).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2991" data-original-width="2988" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU8HkueooYVTUlW5rcXtRu45xQjvbDT_Ca4195kxYSZJGqpxhmQKUhPy02Y_LzSU9_RIY-yQ17MaR-niltLUhmnG1Dc4XWpCZafKPb6wBWqpn1G5XhS9TaVtgOpWfuXIB3UWhOyLIPSnbAe536MRkLqEhD4DvsjV_V7xoHzUYE0JyHwhrv5NlNG9JW3WY/w200-h200/Juliana_Hatfield_2019_(cropped).jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /> </div><div>...Juliana Hatfield and Secret Messages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>All right, I believe I missed making any screw-ups this time!</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Good thing, we're getting a bad reputation!</i></div>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-75699672663969395622024-03-06T07:41:00.001-05:002024-03-06T07:41:00.135-05:00Wednesday Bible Study- Hebrews part IX<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOneCoEsZ2OnL2iU3cEMulDVIE2k72Kahz6dWaSOovuPAe4Xpg8JuEsqaw8OLuNkUhNHdWK5_lqpU4zHt74olYA-5QkvciUBs__Uq0gGi-b0BT3FY819xdxi7T2k63CwWL_h-IbP7ygW70yGADpA7QDUg6lZp4Vpisbh2d5V2twBDXs0ZHZ2TnItH_1pM/s275/bible%20study.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOneCoEsZ2OnL2iU3cEMulDVIE2k72Kahz6dWaSOovuPAe4Xpg8JuEsqaw8OLuNkUhNHdWK5_lqpU4zHt74olYA-5QkvciUBs__Uq0gGi-b0BT3FY819xdxi7T2k63CwWL_h-IbP7ygW70yGADpA7QDUg6lZp4Vpisbh2d5V2twBDXs0ZHZ2TnItH_1pM/s1600/bible%20study.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>We are at Chapter Eleven- the Hall Of Fame of Faith, as it is called. This is another chapter that could lead me down extensive bunny trails, with all these characters. With one or two exceptions, though, God is leading me to stay away from the 'fun stuff', and concentrate on the MESSAGE. There are four big statements about faith in this chapter; the 'superstars' are but the connecting tissue. Let's dig in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Statement #1:</p><p><i>Heb 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. </i></p><p><i>Heb 11:2 For by it the people of old received their commendation. </i></p><p><i>Heb 11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, <b>so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. </b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p>Have you ever heard scientists talk about 'dark matter' and 'dark energy'? The calculations show that, given the observable matter and energy in the universe, everything should be falling into entropy- but it continues to expand, at an accelerating rate. The only way to explain this is 'dark matter'- supposedly 26% of the total universe- and 'energy', a whopping 68%. They cannot see it, cannot detect it, and yet only 5% of what is, is what we can see. Kind of gives you perspective on what Paul said:</p><p><i>Rom 1:19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. </i></p><p><i>Rom 1:20 <b>For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived,</b> ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. </i></p><div>So faith means that you have to trust that what you can see was made by WHO you cannot. Now before the author goes from this to the next statement, he invokes the first two heroes. Abel and Enoch had a similarity and a difference, and they are key to the next statement.</div><div><br /></div><div>Statement #2:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. </i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>What was the difference between Abel and Enoch? Abel had faith, yet was the first to die. Enoch had faith and was the first to NEVER die. Two very different earthly outcomes. But the common thing: Abel by his sacrifice, and Enoch by his walk, PLEASED GOD. Faith doesn't guarantee a pleasant outcome. It DOES guarantee a pleased, God, and a pleasant future beyond this life.</div><div><br /></div><div>The author's next connecting tissue involves Noah and Abraham. One would watch his world destroyed; the other would venture out into a whole new world.</div><div><br /></div><div>Statement #3:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 11:13 <b> These all died in faith,</b> not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. </i></div><div><i>Heb 11:14 For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. </i></div><div><i>Heb 11:15 If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. </i></div><div><i>Heb 11:16 <b>But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one</b>. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>These two believed the promises, and ACTED, with nothing to tell them the rightness of their actions except the word of God. And why they did this we see in what the author says about the third character in this section, Sarah:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 11:11 By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, <b>since she considered him faithful who had promised. </b></i></div></div><div><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div>From here, the author settles in to a long list of those who believed the promises and acted thereon, featuring all the things done by Moses. But before we get to that last statement, I want to settle on two sections that have an impact on OUR faith.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days. </i></div><div><i>Heb 11:31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I want to give you another perspective on this, that I heard the other day. Remember, it wasn't the noise that the Israelites made on day seven that brought Jericho's walls down; it was the six days they walked in faith, saying and doing nothing but, seemingly, going around in circles! This is prayer, my friends. Praying the same thing over and over again, seemingly without result, until the 'seventh day' ( a symbol of completeness), at which point, the Lord acts, and out of the chaos and death, ONE LIFE is saved. Never stop marching around your walls.</div><div><br /></div><div>The other section:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 11:32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets-- </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I want to say something about the choice of those first four heroes- three of which Samuel himself mentioned in his great prayer at Saul's anointing (1 Sam. 12:11). Gideon was called, but needed a parade of absurd signs before he had the confidence to act in faith. Barak traded his personal glory for the assurance God would be with him (through Deborah). Jephthah saved a people who had hated him, at great personal cost. Samson struggled with sin, and yet God answered his faith in the end. Do you see yourself in any of these? I sure see myself, especially in Gideon and Samson.</div><div><br /></div><div>The author then proceeds to describe some of the horrible things both known and anonymous believers went through 'to obtain a better resurrection'. One of them stands out to me...</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 11:37 They were stoned, <b>they were sawed in two,</b> were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented. </i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Sawed in two. This was according to tradition, the fate of the prophet Isaiah at the hands of King Manasseh. A man who had seen Heaven itself at the beginning of his ministry. I can think of no better set up to the last statement.</div><div><br /></div><div>Statement #4:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, <b>did not receive the promise, </b></i></div><div><i>Heb 11:40 for God had provided some better thing for us, that they should not be made perfect without us. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>They did not so much as have Jesus to look back on. They would have to wait, beyond life on this earth, for the promise to them to be fulfilled. But what they had, was this:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Gen 15:5 And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be." </i></div><div><i>Gen 15:6 And he believed the LORD<b>, and he counted it to him as righteousness. </b></i></div></div><div><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div>So four big, and two 'small', takeaways this week.</div><div><br /></div><div>- BELIEVE the invisible.</div><div>- BE PLEASING to God.</div><div>- ACT on the promises.</div><div> a) PRAY without ceasing.</div><div> b) TRUST in God's strength, not your weakness.</div><div>- The promise is NOT OF THIS WORLD.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div><br /></div>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-32527856631495288392024-03-03T17:23:00.001-05:002024-03-03T17:23:26.631-05:00Pictures<p> Well, despite my PlayMemories supposedly being shut down on 29 February, it was still working fine today. So here we go!</p><p><br /></p><p>Last Sunday</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ATJqcXt3Ui362akkRhRebmFJ1o3msCICDdboNRPyhyzFqsQmvwKfv-xPh8ahQo3OS1OapiugpvsjbwkNNQNMUg68pUoj507OPWiGmeCpRI-8QcQorKymch87d4ZbGTYDO3aqZWF_OQlXAT5R8jrRvb5kqsDmiiNzb-_wKzaeAewOEdnssUEzdbgPda0/s3456/DSC04557.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="2457" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ATJqcXt3Ui362akkRhRebmFJ1o3msCICDdboNRPyhyzFqsQmvwKfv-xPh8ahQo3OS1OapiugpvsjbwkNNQNMUg68pUoj507OPWiGmeCpRI-8QcQorKymch87d4ZbGTYDO3aqZWF_OQlXAT5R8jrRvb5kqsDmiiNzb-_wKzaeAewOEdnssUEzdbgPda0/s320/DSC04557.JPG" width="228" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New neighbor dog- barks, but only once in a while.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQr-KodA5-Ir4Zju2CMamCyZAAdj1OvGMyCP8P2yipRqjaUfiMGHiETVghO8M6RnCgEUhsQJLC9lb1frFIJq3DQCmBVSxWWLgKD9DmLXIicKaMLkiKZymvlmJ3femBF5td7NnAejSGiO__vdnKb346RQZnDxXnkn7elIe4iChtaik8o7GVaiAjxNKr40/s4608/DSC04558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQr-KodA5-Ir4Zju2CMamCyZAAdj1OvGMyCP8P2yipRqjaUfiMGHiETVghO8M6RnCgEUhsQJLC9lb1frFIJq3DQCmBVSxWWLgKD9DmLXIicKaMLkiKZymvlmJ3femBF5td7NnAejSGiO__vdnKb346RQZnDxXnkn7elIe4iChtaik8o7GVaiAjxNKr40/s320/DSC04558.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's why we didn't walk Saturday....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizesyc0FiYi5eKtfwldn4XQNckxj60QOlOpEvpYQZGMRfq6pp6d6385-6hS_0CypiPyVzlJkIi16CmL79qCOOH7TGQv_w1X5irl8UPpoaca_dGoUTD6b8JscdjmsvU-ac2LPkyJwCrDo1AXJupAi1qBUTEIV5nyx_pR4fjtYqXXltZpXt5PtvMW7cpEFE/s4608/DSC04559.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOzOO5wAHXvErDLhd81vNLymzX41pFIMqONQnHkpIfI44YIVletFsk4WrsfLncDhVh0Lj-4k1mbviVhWpTL8vZIKP1uWeLVaH8KNdDhuVwSq87njZMH4rGVtj46I3OABFjj_GkbMWDJRbgFmeMYPavtTvtpxG2BUtzjWRB2BgnA3Leou0QgQmLygKnWM/s4608/DSC04565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOzOO5wAHXvErDLhd81vNLymzX41pFIMqONQnHkpIfI44YIVletFsk4WrsfLncDhVh0Lj-4k1mbviVhWpTL8vZIKP1uWeLVaH8KNdDhuVwSq87njZMH4rGVtj46I3OABFjj_GkbMWDJRbgFmeMYPavtTvtpxG2BUtzjWRB2BgnA3Leou0QgQmLygKnWM/s320/DSC04565.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mud flat with that much water around it is unusual</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1lCIHvrS8qsFliqYxRFYv7X3K_Na9ZQclLqZic0appFQtX9FABN_K_JQAM_AcA-V54g6au3EdaMCtPIwD1HeMHbifmo5KLyKldqhPTCpK_9u_1rAi3ppqs64Z8pWpCUU3FA-6VCUKZC9KQgL5i1Xw-_kc85up7csHjOqxCNQmnEyrsnepsEypXc8oFdI/s4608/DSC04566.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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She would end up getting sick when we got home...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQv6udJDTS8V-YbwdpgWtqmNmLjCJY0SLyfvUawOwj6Wt6aCebDAPi2N0K19qij8sz8pDE0adTi8hNHUDz3STQU6TEXnro85VzAhmFyVmk59GE7HAfw_ac4Lmvg-gf5zhYz2r0FteLwW-jO8zO4xX4mwUcuh8qG_y9EB1UlPi6E5P08PXJMfOYKwA9eGk/s4608/DSC04570.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQv6udJDTS8V-YbwdpgWtqmNmLjCJY0SLyfvUawOwj6Wt6aCebDAPi2N0K19qij8sz8pDE0adTi8hNHUDz3STQU6TEXnro85VzAhmFyVmk59GE7HAfw_ac4Lmvg-gf5zhYz2r0FteLwW-jO8zO4xX4mwUcuh8qG_y9EB1UlPi6E5P08PXJMfOYKwA9eGk/s320/DSC04570.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kPkYQvlVmWjwecGnIVkhLmk_f_01c4zIRa6jU7eodiSMt8GZfsc43IZYtob18H8NVNuFC1r_9gYGmZxEn8TJKfi46ami5kaN8Sapfgvnpc-i-IMrD3mh_T8GTm5HundkORTM8nPobghhcnZUIVWLmyhQOQdy0SGDoR5RdLbZRavphLsWRhJz_M0imWE/s4608/DSC04571.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kPkYQvlVmWjwecGnIVkhLmk_f_01c4zIRa6jU7eodiSMt8GZfsc43IZYtob18H8NVNuFC1r_9gYGmZxEn8TJKfi46ami5kaN8Sapfgvnpc-i-IMrD3mh_T8GTm5HundkORTM8nPobghhcnZUIVWLmyhQOQdy0SGDoR5RdLbZRavphLsWRhJz_M0imWE/s320/DSC04571.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She saw something in the Swamp... I saw waves, but nothing surfaced</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDR2Vs1bUt2rr7Z1wwHqzh9ltq4OJ8wVCHX1vb3_dljUSe9EPIpM61XQZeJvEPceLK1D3tGEhEOR4Bg-vSMLGUiIAx-9Nya2xyJFMGk1p0A_0cW_wnaIXAXBJe2MDqxzySZPOcjQ2oBYVxKQsa8iTcANJkfwWc2rlGZOHqDYnawpc7OUkGPjOlE1HKU0/s4608/DSC04572.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDR2Vs1bUt2rr7Z1wwHqzh9ltq4OJ8wVCHX1vb3_dljUSe9EPIpM61XQZeJvEPceLK1D3tGEhEOR4Bg-vSMLGUiIAx-9Nya2xyJFMGk1p0A_0cW_wnaIXAXBJe2MDqxzySZPOcjQ2oBYVxKQsa8iTcANJkfwWc2rlGZOHqDYnawpc7OUkGPjOlE1HKU0/s320/DSC04572.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mud says, No</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We had a walk this morning during which she uncharacteristically decided not to get a drink from the river, acted like her bladder was unhappy, got home and promptly barfed up snot a couple of times. A true low impact day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today they are burying my former Mother In Law. I didn't really get to know Ellen until after the divorce, and quite frankly 90% of what I was fed about her I never saw. She seemed to me sweet, faithful, a bit scattered, but hardly the monster her ex and her daughters painted her to be. I'm pretty sure I'll see her again in heaven; my only sadness is for the ones who saw her differently, whom I might not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Laurie decided to bail on one of the many games she plays on her phone, and decided to cash her winnings into a $10 Amazon gift card for me to buy a new book on the cheap. Getting the card last night required her to take a face-recognition picture on the site to prove she wasn't a bot. What a bot looks like I'm not sure; but it must look like Laurie, because her darn phone didn't like her picture anyway she tried to take it! So she decided, "Well, maybe Chris will work, I think he's human", and gave the phone to me to try. After a bit of "Look into the oval/move closer/tilt up", my mug went right through.</p><p><br /></p><p>So then this morning I got the e-mail with the card code. I copied it and flew to Amazon, where at length I decided on another addition to my Michio Kaku collection. But the code wouldn't work! After a few minutes of fiddling, I realized that the code from the e-mail wasn't for Amazon; it was to go to their site and ACTIVATE the code for Amazon. Nevertheless, all's well that ends well, and Parallel Worlds is on it's way to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Our latest game at home: I've mentioned before about the several worldwide hockey teams we follow; at this point, we have several 20-goal scorers on these teams, and on the weekend, we play, "Most goals by the 20-goal scorers". Last night, Laurie ruled the roost with 11. So far, I have a guy from Hungary who's netted a hat trick. Of course, that's been a few minutes back, so I'll have to check the scores, excuse me for a minute or three.</p><p><br /></p><p>Okay, no changes thus far. Other than my Finland bet is pretty much lost as Shenan's team (KooKoo, and she picked them, not me) is beating Misty's team (Assat, which we naturally pronounce A**-Hat) 3-0 in the 3rd. I only bet a dime on the lot, so no big deal. I don't have near the "luck" to make big bets. Oh, look, one of Shenan's guys scored.</p><p><br /></p><p>Welp, sorry to go so soon (and still having said nothing of import!), but my OU Ladies Softball team is about set to play, and I need to wrap here. Have a great weekend!</p>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-58919011930152949552024-03-01T09:00:00.001-05:002024-03-01T09:00:00.148-05:00M10 show week #109<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi99bXrpU3zbKMCudVGPuaVcJPUGKKgvxZ2f_kEaIqVSPzf71yL9nIwnMMlhK6mLkwMNgWAslnFf2mmgpwMJ1XcnkMy0ny96o8f3cg3y-BevEJnbXO5-CyNX1WFC3ETBC-KytXB5Iq0aEfH7NPYORwBQzTW6P-hl6XokhaWBrEBps6jx9Jn5Kuu47vg13M/s612/m10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="612" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi99bXrpU3zbKMCudVGPuaVcJPUGKKgvxZ2f_kEaIqVSPzf71yL9nIwnMMlhK6mLkwMNgWAslnFf2mmgpwMJ1XcnkMy0ny96o8f3cg3y-BevEJnbXO5-CyNX1WFC3ETBC-KytXB5Iq0aEfH7NPYORwBQzTW6P-hl6XokhaWBrEBps6jx9Jn5Kuu47vg13M/w200-h200/m10.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Dude, I'm kinda bummed...</p><p><i>Elvis: Why? Din't like the pizza?</i></p><p>No... this week, half the countdown stayed in the same spot!</p><p><i>Well, you do realize it is YOUR countdown...</i></p><p>Yeah, but I do it the way I do for a reason... they fell the way they did legit.</p><p><i>Ya can't have five new debuts ever week, boss...</i></p><p>I know, but I always hated back when we got Casey Kasem's American Top forty when the whole top ten would be stuck...</p><p><i>Happen a lot?</i></p><p>Sure seemed to... maybe I'll look into that. Why don't you...</p><p><i>This again? "Run the show while I screw around for an hour or two..."</i></p><p>Hey, just play the new debut until I get back, okay?</p><p><i>How many times?</i></p><p>Grrr....</p><p><i>Okay, okay, don' get ruffled! Man, this chick is livin' on this chart anymore! 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<div><br /></div><div><i>Hah, now that there wuz funny! Hey, where'd he... oh, there you are! Do any better this time? Prolly not, eh?</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Well, over that same stretch, Billboard had the top 4 frozen 7 times... the top 5, 6 times... and on 19 August 1978, the top FOURTEEN were the same!</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Holy cats! Okay, you get at least an honorable draw...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>In 1980 alone, there were 3 fives, a six, and TWO 7s....</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Awright, awready! Stop provin' the horse is dead, an' give us that stick in the mud chart of yers!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Sigh... okay, after the debut, 9 through five hold...</div><div>9- Ace Frehley, 10,000 Volts;</div><div>8- Real Estate, Haunted World;</div><div>7- Talk, I'm One Of The Rest;</div><div>6- Camera Obscura, Big Love; </div><div>5- Jenny Lewis, Cherry Baby;</div><div><br /></div><div>4- Buck Meek slips from 2 with Cuero Dudes...</div><div>3- Dent May up one with One Call, That's All...</div><div>2- Up one for Juliana Hatfield and Secret Messages....</div><div><br /></div><div>And the final hold-in-place is at the top...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uxb6qNBlBm-bLPwLdHdON4oEm87RLkT1ISlGEWgm6TlRtqvXhHU1kV_HD7QUleQztCLPJcrELGIJv20a0X-xr6SlZlTTMGAAhaoJd6kdyKq6DIxBeuZO25ySz8Ks2-Dvx0GU2Rskf7TXvGFJA8gHrRibgTXV_FpzUXd1TK8sJVgjkKYOHSp7FCiFc6w/s150/amira.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="141" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uxb6qNBlBm-bLPwLdHdON4oEm87RLkT1ISlGEWgm6TlRtqvXhHU1kV_HD7QUleQztCLPJcrELGIJv20a0X-xr6SlZlTTMGAAhaoJd6kdyKq6DIxBeuZO25ySz8Ks2-Dvx0GU2Rskf7TXvGFJA8gHrRibgTXV_FpzUXd1TK8sJVgjkKYOHSp7FCiFc6w/s1600/amira.jpg" width="141" /></a></div><br /><div>...Amira once again with Everything I Do Is For You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>And in 1981, there were 6 sixes, 3 sevens, an 8 and a 9....</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Gimmie that durn mike-a-phone!</i></div>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-52444708795951080272024-02-28T08:13:00.001-05:002024-02-28T08:13:00.151-05:00Wednesday Bible Study- Hebrews part VIII<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrMxMdlra9H2flxK5RXfqRD2xxJd-WDWFcPNJWyDJ1XVxgPTohruVsLXiX2yj2CGDcQ9uSHkF2eNFE4ReBITpzc6UR-A5i9mUfD6Pl424ya7sp8IbuxrezoQ3b87LMOthFe-NN7XTz5EMnndbAWSJVybuhDq8HtPtEOn1lTudr-sqcauAKdqg5xKJf-k/s275/bible%20study.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvrMxMdlra9H2flxK5RXfqRD2xxJd-WDWFcPNJWyDJ1XVxgPTohruVsLXiX2yj2CGDcQ9uSHkF2eNFE4ReBITpzc6UR-A5i9mUfD6Pl424ya7sp8IbuxrezoQ3b87LMOthFe-NN7XTz5EMnndbAWSJVybuhDq8HtPtEOn1lTudr-sqcauAKdqg5xKJf-k/s1600/bible%20study.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><i>Joh 4:22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. </i></p><p><i>Joh 4:23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. </i></p><p><i>Joh 4:24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." </i></p><div><br /></div><div>You might ask why I start with a selection from John in a post on Hebrews, and the answer is because it plays into the application of what we are about to look at. Thus far, I have done Hebrews a chapter per post, but this week we are going to rocket forward, through about 3 chapters, because the author is at last tying up what he's been teaching his Hebrew readers these past 7 chapters. The application we see here is thus: Those who don't know the Gospel might worship, but it is a worship of what they don't truly understand. And there are others who DO know what they worship, but don't know the power therein.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have watched brethren of certain persuasions going through the same misconceptions we've seen in this book. Maybe instead of angels, they go to Mary or the saints first- lesser creatures than the Savior they should be seeking. Maybe instead of Moses, they thoughtlessly follow other such leaders without seeking God's word. (Look up, 'biggest church in the USA', and you'll find a group led by a man who teaches we should 'toss out the Old Testament' because it 'doesn't speak to the people of today'.) Maybe instead of the traditions of the Rabbis, it's the traditions of the "Church Fathers", anything that keeps us from the word. But Jesus doesn't want us fighting over whether there should be a rail at the altar, whether we should receive the Communion host standing or kneeling, or whether we pray with hands folded or lifted- all of which I have seen argued intensely on social media- He wants us to worship in Spirit and in truth. That is what the point of the last seven chapters have been. So now, I want to hone in on certain key verses as we do like the author said a few chapters back and 'leave the elementary doctrine.'</div><div><br /></div><div>Chapter eight, as it turns, is a whole-cloth repeat of our last post, right down to the passage from Jeremiah 31. And he leads it off with a succinct summary:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 8:1 <b> Now the point in what we are saying is this:</b> we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, </i></div><div><i>Heb 8:2 a minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man. </i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>He sums up last time with the chapter's closing verse:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Heb 8:13 In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>In the next chapter, he seems to drift back to his earlier discussion; he's actually just doing a 'bullet-point' review, closing with something the Hebrews hadn't really considered previously:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 9:9b .... According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that c<b>annot perfect</b> the conscience of the worshiper, </i></div><div><i>Heb 9:10 but deal <b>only with food and drink and various washings, </b>regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation. </i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>But only temporarily covered sin, not erasing the stain. However...</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 9:11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) </i></div><div><i>Heb 9:12 he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. </i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Redemption, remission of sin entirely. Why was this required? Because the goal was to give us an inheritance in Heaven (v15); you can't have an inheritance without a will and testament, and that doesn't go into effect unless someone dies (vv16-17). Even the original covenant God made with Abraham wasn't a testament, because the blood used was the blood of animals. Not sufficient (vv16-19), but Jesus gave His blood to make the better sacrifice- one that would not have to be repeated over and over.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, he puts the final stake into their old ways...</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 10:16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds," </i></div><div><i>Heb 10:17 then he adds, "I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more." </i></div><div><i>Heb 10:18<b> Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin. </b></i></div></div><div><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>The sacrifice, the whole Temple scene, was no longer necessary. And he wraps the whole thing up with three instructions- three "Therefore, let us" es...</div><div><br /></div><div>- <i>Heb 10:22 <b>let us draw near </b>with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>They/we no longer had to wait trembling while someone else went in to the Holy of Holies once a year. Covered by Christ's blood, we can go to God through Jesus anytime, for any reason.</div><div><br /></div><div>- <i>Heb 10:23 <b>Let us hold fast </b>the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. </i></div><div><br /></div><div>Remember, God swore an oath by Himself, and He cannot lie. We don't have to worry about what Rabbi so-and-so says, or call out to Saint such-and-such for guidance.</div><div><br /></div><div>- <i>Heb 10:24 <b> And let us consider how to stir up</b> one another to love and good works, </i></div><div><i>Heb 10:25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. </i></div><div><br /></div><div>Because it's not a one on one thing, but we brethren are in it together. This is definitely the most neglected 'let us', just follow the "Arminian/Calvinist", "Rapture/no rapture", Mercy/Judgment" arguments on Twitter and see that. Division is the first tool Satan uses there.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, the author once more goes into that whole subject of turning back having once heard the Gospel. Not that you can have Salvation and lose it, but you can fake it and pass in the eyes of man. But...</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>By this warning, he reminds the believers to take it seriously; and warns the 'wanna-be's' that they better wake up. But in this, he is not judging; he has faith that those who are actually paying attention get it:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Heb 10:39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Next up: The "Hall of Fame of Faith."</div>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-70845209486645093772024-02-24T10:00:00.001-05:002024-02-24T10:00:00.128-05:00Pictures! Yay!<p> It was generally nice this week, but when you see this Saturday, it will be cold. So enjoy when it wasn't! </p><p>First, Tuesday...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6mNh3FAnJExibLvjTv-g8W7NKW0vdETu2Z1usoiexZsU4wXK8Zi2bTTH74KAy9Wnreivwtxoxnw6ZSDuoCPtuz0EMeTBHTd8Ix55naWP5qjeRDdbUjiLaMM24qyiEB3AfUkGHgZip6qtLViQEbdmglm5YOt0uzO0zNc-XbonOwbSMJKkWmo0mm-tloM/s4608/DSC04509.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6mNh3FAnJExibLvjTv-g8W7NKW0vdETu2Z1usoiexZsU4wXK8Zi2bTTH74KAy9Wnreivwtxoxnw6ZSDuoCPtuz0EMeTBHTd8Ix55naWP5qjeRDdbUjiLaMM24qyiEB3AfUkGHgZip6qtLViQEbdmglm5YOt0uzO0zNc-XbonOwbSMJKkWmo0mm-tloM/s320/DSC04509.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Could you PLEASE slow down?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASjbWp_FpiS2q0D-LpY1IcEqMtHWaCAb0sH1y530PlNZSG_mgIleumvOK8MNVv2eE3ZpB2eg9K0uKL_ybiHu5GuRjvmcYX7gN7xuavRoF1dKT80WpA9NIi0IXD7dSa8Bfz5QkSA_W8XJUdgiPJFUApES_4iGxz9fopxAw5XCXyG0Ux_KlXpiILoYxE6Q/s4608/DSC04510.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASjbWp_FpiS2q0D-LpY1IcEqMtHWaCAb0sH1y530PlNZSG_mgIleumvOK8MNVv2eE3ZpB2eg9K0uKL_ybiHu5GuRjvmcYX7gN7xuavRoF1dKT80WpA9NIi0IXD7dSa8Bfz5QkSA_W8XJUdgiPJFUApES_4iGxz9fopxAw5XCXyG0Ux_KlXpiILoYxE6Q/s320/DSC04510.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apparently, this walk is brought to you by the letter N... or maybe Z...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjL7pTWNseQLORB732cwkDnhDNOn2LX25nqHqnGlp30-npEtYqxgJAIwX51ViOCJYYpdSG2QaXExNLQhEopLDBCXOlhex55Vtk0YowyuC6Gl007DjoArhwOshXYdP6ToW4FUDrqkXGP4fhzG6yAV_aMOhBvVJSPchxq1y8-27UcTbrP0tZ7vbTeVMTtx4/s2130/DSC04511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsNvzuKHM4TREz8rXPC9Z9gRYYRz2sxGEt0V319dyLHo-G-r1oB3Sle5x2drwDNcQXTK-aBqZPHshPh7FisExazD-e8dFo_5Vgm68sCoprTlhKwRXuWFmn29qcYQDq2gPiH3v6ZTikZw-nvDWEDUap5aDENtAODNI9IYdqzDprxO2Q52m_C4LjdMotEI/s4608/DSC04513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsNvzuKHM4TREz8rXPC9Z9gRYYRz2sxGEt0V319dyLHo-G-r1oB3Sle5x2drwDNcQXTK-aBqZPHshPh7FisExazD-e8dFo_5Vgm68sCoprTlhKwRXuWFmn29qcYQDq2gPiH3v6ZTikZw-nvDWEDUap5aDENtAODNI9IYdqzDprxO2Q52m_C4LjdMotEI/s320/DSC04513.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uh-oh, river's down</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi179ajzyB1zMfwhF_OQlteEo2CYpweuUxmmATWrhcd9WCfl8fCQdqf2hJm_21gIkZQ79I_4EP0B8Pdoo86jB7B2vwTqNP7zzV7pZsoZk5ZMPAlMSPrmCN6_m2Ftu4wSE2dRCRSKA5H4LUjy9KfMRqvhJrObSXhPiCWaVVCx2fn3bx2glFz0WP9HfKHAMo/s4608/DSC04514.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi179ajzyB1zMfwhF_OQlteEo2CYpweuUxmmATWrhcd9WCfl8fCQdqf2hJm_21gIkZQ79I_4EP0B8Pdoo86jB7B2vwTqNP7zzV7pZsoZk5ZMPAlMSPrmCN6_m2Ftu4wSE2dRCRSKA5H4LUjy9KfMRqvhJrObSXhPiCWaVVCx2fn3bx2glFz0WP9HfKHAMo/s320/DSC04514.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had to step this close to glop just for her to get her feet muddy...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfVSv30JoyIle24OZ3lAoqn0ozB9AkSSd4Z_zjuYFZlq0dfLZQ1QwYl3Zm8B10dVkHS7nNV9dHNwRQF4ZSuYb6ZEqMJ25TcSfqnXoF6_LLo-a-DEJ3er0fygcWyd4Us30S9Q-85rKqSoVD42XYfI-JsC_8o6wG6wgEUMi3wqr3TNA1H68bAgd2aqWgcs/s4608/DSC04515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfVSv30JoyIle24OZ3lAoqn0ozB9AkSSd4Z_zjuYFZlq0dfLZQ1QwYl3Zm8B10dVkHS7nNV9dHNwRQF4ZSuYb6ZEqMJ25TcSfqnXoF6_LLo-a-DEJ3er0fygcWyd4Us30S9Q-85rKqSoVD42XYfI-JsC_8o6wG6wgEUMi3wqr3TNA1H68bAgd2aqWgcs/s320/DSC04515.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We took the long way back along the Swamp Woods... good thing, too</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGN2CvzG6h4M_NqtbTZNI3bwgXxcBo8b1GwzKAyqEPIfyF7HcguNj4ZBs3xDG-Q_Qt7S1QJdP4n_sUVlgKt_9WCdxLx1PKNGiw8XhO9PUCfnhMW8cN6z2T0OtGRPEWOcicg8SAdGNT5z4KzTN4IVFiEdEFaNRHptdagevleXnp9DQVU-rcHBef5wlRtcI/s4608/DSC04516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGN2CvzG6h4M_NqtbTZNI3bwgXxcBo8b1GwzKAyqEPIfyF7HcguNj4ZBs3xDG-Q_Qt7S1QJdP4n_sUVlgKt_9WCdxLx1PKNGiw8XhO9PUCfnhMW8cN6z2T0OtGRPEWOcicg8SAdGNT5z4KzTN4IVFiEdEFaNRHptdagevleXnp9DQVU-rcHBef5wlRtcI/s320/DSC04516.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Speak for yourself. I wanted to meet the doggie!"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5MwXUt7Blt4tR2T5kceHu4GElAyf8PLtfsE4umbWgPxudboTjaqnrqL-pNo6N_s5VIGUv83VpTDy45PjJM4RJPLYVyorbYaWbVhRZ7np9JIpDqLTe0W-ea8BKTVaCUKGtcXleGFbfQUnlbm4LHw4BCL6fJaf-FMafL66rTEzcxnD-SVI0EKoax-kBSo/s4608/DSC04517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5MwXUt7Blt4tR2T5kceHu4GElAyf8PLtfsE4umbWgPxudboTjaqnrqL-pNo6N_s5VIGUv83VpTDy45PjJM4RJPLYVyorbYaWbVhRZ7np9JIpDqLTe0W-ea8BKTVaCUKGtcXleGFbfQUnlbm4LHw4BCL6fJaf-FMafL66rTEzcxnD-SVI0EKoax-kBSo/s320/DSC04517.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pond has a frozen racing stripe through the middle</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7oSxdazTBGJJHEX7JQIVzjrVIM2mGQjsxxFRJRc4jEX06-ddjqgbgAwN8rij49NaKg6BSVt-G37eMLhDbiySJdYzEcyiZubeUpkJWoEAUlAeKHzJhEHQSWavWNfmXWKnr8oyL7LYdYA1Y2dEVpxAqQBU2czAVZi0vjL4s1xEgFvWctFBhy29rlP_kfQY/s4608/DSC04518.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7oSxdazTBGJJHEX7JQIVzjrVIM2mGQjsxxFRJRc4jEX06-ddjqgbgAwN8rij49NaKg6BSVt-G37eMLhDbiySJdYzEcyiZubeUpkJWoEAUlAeKHzJhEHQSWavWNfmXWKnr8oyL7LYdYA1Y2dEVpxAqQBU2czAVZi0vjL4s1xEgFvWctFBhy29rlP_kfQY/s320/DSC04518.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"If I can't get a drink at the river, then puddles it is!"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBJz5bPWBNz4yJZtfiTOwYNW0qmA_pjzXwelf_0t4rtCw_VDLumho2fhqOQ09ERhfWQFWTkhRYg5xcLcM6MgkUz-8KWDNUo20kAnOlYFyvh4O1y8s8S-nNyUkzygpZwslQxDjPFC2-8hwJpxTjtIL3isTSyVrrx11Tou7eKBstbzIYUWxLKDIWudCbok/s3336/DSC04519.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3066" data-original-width="3336" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBJz5bPWBNz4yJZtfiTOwYNW0qmA_pjzXwelf_0t4rtCw_VDLumho2fhqOQ09ERhfWQFWTkhRYg5xcLcM6MgkUz-8KWDNUo20kAnOlYFyvh4O1y8s8S-nNyUkzygpZwslQxDjPFC2-8hwJpxTjtIL3isTSyVrrx11Tou7eKBstbzIYUWxLKDIWudCbok/s320/DSC04519.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Funny story here. One squirrel decides to 'escape us' up the short, skinny tree; the other looks up at it, says, "This is stupid", goes up the big tree. First squirrel says, "I feel like an honest idiot."</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuPjy8bw26R5vKlJ6u5KTnYLdvNIBwNgw3TeeNj4shJplbDi1b9RAakv2ac0TqEjY3g9L88ZpL5axtOuNgpF7XZ-fm97dkXHuaOd-rqEKS5mINQQQ5Ua1KZYJg1R4Zd5T5JAdCZqOtgutHirPbKc4mkX58K_RzHdrzNZdZCB2aU0hLet9jqe_7e9yD_k/s3696/DSC04520.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2710" data-original-width="3696" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuPjy8bw26R5vKlJ6u5KTnYLdvNIBwNgw3TeeNj4shJplbDi1b9RAakv2ac0TqEjY3g9L88ZpL5axtOuNgpF7XZ-fm97dkXHuaOd-rqEKS5mINQQQ5Ua1KZYJg1R4Zd5T5JAdCZqOtgutHirPbKc4mkX58K_RzHdrzNZdZCB2aU0hLet9jqe_7e9yD_k/s320/DSC04520.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous night... but I long for the colors of spring.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Wednesday...</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHH2NA_OVwbgjS6OEryesgBEy2LqrMmJeHRnmrlLX70g-XU7Y75fH53BCngAZKgmeLtbKP07fLZS2cJihssjspHoQ2uQav4_j0O4pQGJ7PtJpNM1jTtp60IpQsXv7uQ85zztB7wJiPxqkmKIr93Z12KX5VZuvfnIShWjJ5nK9pdN6nKxqFEjy8ie5hVjM/s4608/DSC04521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHH2NA_OVwbgjS6OEryesgBEy2LqrMmJeHRnmrlLX70g-XU7Y75fH53BCngAZKgmeLtbKP07fLZS2cJihssjspHoQ2uQav4_j0O4pQGJ7PtJpNM1jTtp60IpQsXv7uQ85zztB7wJiPxqkmKIr93Z12KX5VZuvfnIShWjJ5nK9pdN6nKxqFEjy8ie5hVjM/s320/DSC04521.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New utility marks... yesterday, in an area down the street fully marked by several utilities, a contractor hit a water line. I'm not real confident here...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPH2uDBQjyZwn9qKo7Pb1kBvM8AhkgSywX2uovASpD1prGRTuKa2gRf9l9Pp_LrJu1fQ-4FVDQnO7CEvHOqNOjVEN3k6Psq82YkchM5e1PXJyuH746KY-tTSIhwhAmPlsije3IST7kfQigqpbOis-tTA6SW_b03_CHgWDx67P1sP4FUp4Y1ropf5CkEFg/s4608/DSC04522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPH2uDBQjyZwn9qKo7Pb1kBvM8AhkgSywX2uovASpD1prGRTuKa2gRf9l9Pp_LrJu1fQ-4FVDQnO7CEvHOqNOjVEN3k6Psq82YkchM5e1PXJyuH746KY-tTSIhwhAmPlsije3IST7kfQigqpbOis-tTA6SW_b03_CHgWDx67P1sP4FUp4Y1ropf5CkEFg/s320/DSC04522.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hey, neighbors, lose a diaper? Right here...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5eFKDJF4JwWwymvakLqGUQOhNbU9QnN0IDIYbfhaWDv4LmTYpLzekGxspyCSZ4ntu6SQVawj-DL2HzmQPIfYTFUsmCnglriqVz3ooEPrt_-Tm5bszHm6xCauF09CgJs2I2KlXHGYfwRlxGyGVXAwQ5NOO4SWzXBDRfkwOC3NTJy9LqNFzNxwk1aniJLc/s4608/DSC04523.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5eFKDJF4JwWwymvakLqGUQOhNbU9QnN0IDIYbfhaWDv4LmTYpLzekGxspyCSZ4ntu6SQVawj-DL2HzmQPIfYTFUsmCnglriqVz3ooEPrt_-Tm5bszHm6xCauF09CgJs2I2KlXHGYfwRlxGyGVXAwQ5NOO4SWzXBDRfkwOC3NTJy9LqNFzNxwk1aniJLc/s320/DSC04523.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yet another tree into the river. I'm betting at least two more down this way will be going before next year...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBw43SE0TK_E9jcNRG6zeZwCTxZ0rild7UBNitWoKhmWgp0XNGWAd7rcyZUEP5wxThR_4wl9fFCmt3_xuH3xD6BfNhovN_gBep2C1IuJB6DZvRBfNjU4WBUmGKwOQoXEfanJmTSKHy0km1QXupW2A-zNN48fQqyxQnUb-Csk2lyRE-atLQEbtgmwanr4/s4608/DSC04524.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBw43SE0TK_E9jcNRG6zeZwCTxZ0rild7UBNitWoKhmWgp0XNGWAd7rcyZUEP5wxThR_4wl9fFCmt3_xuH3xD6BfNhovN_gBep2C1IuJB6DZvRBfNjU4WBUmGKwOQoXEfanJmTSKHy0km1QXupW2A-zNN48fQqyxQnUb-Csk2lyRE-atLQEbtgmwanr4/s320/DSC04524.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When me and Scrappy first began exploring here, there were lots of hidden trails. This might be the last....</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghohS3YqhR38BXq8F62ITPyAxP-HQ0s4eeIfOgo-1WRSKyJ-TkNKLClKnXaGTC6v73Z5EWy7fn14ZyK5SyKOYu7YCwot-wY3slx6Iw8R6wL_hZ6FCQf7mz7m8qJgEcAZkUd0PqdHgeO4qsgg0JhpcGqtGQeYsQpwVDzg6T-d71-uuXS-5mmQyTZ6I7nj4/s4608/DSC04525.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghohS3YqhR38BXq8F62ITPyAxP-HQ0s4eeIfOgo-1WRSKyJ-TkNKLClKnXaGTC6v73Z5EWy7fn14ZyK5SyKOYu7YCwot-wY3slx6Iw8R6wL_hZ6FCQf7mz7m8qJgEcAZkUd0PqdHgeO4qsgg0JhpcGqtGQeYsQpwVDzg6T-d71-uuXS-5mmQyTZ6I7nj4/s320/DSC04525.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BIG day for robins...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJd2GmaVJg-uZq_DN7Qm5Uh5TDLzKIPSfzcPFY6IU10VajEGxccdbN6_1AhWLDNGkxIno5DFQ2gLCyM87jRFmvyye79AlsExilejwbEJExafrTx0A5SFnecOlldRd-T6Z5D8avOZqB8eSGNTuGYh3SzYTJIKE-gqdE8sZKKbDhzNrzveI7HqXNcU4zP0/s4608/DSC04532.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJd2GmaVJg-uZq_DN7Qm5Uh5TDLzKIPSfzcPFY6IU10VajEGxccdbN6_1AhWLDNGkxIno5DFQ2gLCyM87jRFmvyye79AlsExilejwbEJExafrTx0A5SFnecOlldRd-T6Z5D8avOZqB8eSGNTuGYh3SzYTJIKE-gqdE8sZKKbDhzNrzveI7HqXNcU4zP0/s320/DSC04532.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Every time we come up from the river and I see this rock up ahead, it makes me think it's a ground hog</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9feQZu_kKdzPKEi4L7DM9mAErXBj_xha6qAk8LRQebnoBD8QdlhrCI0jxkIs_JcZYsuMX2O6FQPf0A4IhRNbcDIrGWfjB3EjCBr8Ftnw5i7eDZHr8FFUtSSm4OHmfc3WX2sPvczkZM0LxdY9WUlvu6aUustldkPWUFaAouyG0SjIkHY33NpHPbqBqYc/s2109/DSC04535.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2109" data-original-width="2101" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9feQZu_kKdzPKEi4L7DM9mAErXBj_xha6qAk8LRQebnoBD8QdlhrCI0jxkIs_JcZYsuMX2O6FQPf0A4IhRNbcDIrGWfjB3EjCBr8Ftnw5i7eDZHr8FFUtSSm4OHmfc3WX2sPvczkZM0LxdY9WUlvu6aUustldkPWUFaAouyG0SjIkHY33NpHPbqBqYc/s320/DSC04535.JPG" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When this guy walked past I saw him out the corner of my eye and said, "Is that Hunter Fieri?"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCyd3jeWAXRte2bUpI1hDVPqR8wzsxWkw2xUlwoGjY-itD4dzJLHd-vXuWkomjN69rMLL5HLsCeIQxPCE12_A2B9-dSCTrvlscEjBfR7F-yQynmvHE-TKPl6dLCWamY2XEbYmkkz0Sp7uYJm8XJXg8NjDv1B35ZZkpiY-IbBO_PG_LEt1ip8JnPGpG-8/s4608/DSC04537.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCyd3jeWAXRte2bUpI1hDVPqR8wzsxWkw2xUlwoGjY-itD4dzJLHd-vXuWkomjN69rMLL5HLsCeIQxPCE12_A2B9-dSCTrvlscEjBfR7F-yQynmvHE-TKPl6dLCWamY2XEbYmkkz0Sp7uYJm8XJXg8NjDv1B35ZZkpiY-IbBO_PG_LEt1ip8JnPGpG-8/s320/DSC04537.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and the other</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjEBXtichAWHjRhxJhSeEmAvujgJSv_UQkj0duGyU3bvHiHTw0MD_DBPJ6LVWZgQOwbXMMS37ZRgRyAdF6AEuVKYEc-7IaeXUlxSmqRbI9FpY-fQ_-fVJ_avdCpcGhLscBQrWWUFE9raBtItHCUL2bMbtblTWk7Vh02YDnWRxhA_4KaqpSLkwFqpIqr4/s4608/DSC04538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjEBXtichAWHjRhxJhSeEmAvujgJSv_UQkj0duGyU3bvHiHTw0MD_DBPJ6LVWZgQOwbXMMS37ZRgRyAdF6AEuVKYEc-7IaeXUlxSmqRbI9FpY-fQ_-fVJ_avdCpcGhLscBQrWWUFE9raBtItHCUL2bMbtblTWk7Vh02YDnWRxhA_4KaqpSLkwFqpIqr4/s320/DSC04538.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guess you're welcome to sit..</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSa8CYC0gAyVCJGWEjQMzxXkWowoir91jEw-eJZjCnt1iNUv9qtO3KWEZSMU9t6FH4rYrfoHWidHDhiXW8oFrck6YUq_bY2FSO2NwXOJ2FOqoNkjKdh0Kr43XepN5ROtykb_vqvna7b5-IW6-6GIhjh004VKuJBWN-vPBYMgJKFPvY5iJnlc9EVmM4ZA/s513/DSC04539%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="513" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSa8CYC0gAyVCJGWEjQMzxXkWowoir91jEw-eJZjCnt1iNUv9qtO3KWEZSMU9t6FH4rYrfoHWidHDhiXW8oFrck6YUq_bY2FSO2NwXOJ2FOqoNkjKdh0Kr43XepN5ROtykb_vqvna7b5-IW6-6GIhjh004VKuJBWN-vPBYMgJKFPvY5iJnlc9EVmM4ZA/s320/DSC04539%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was trying to figure out what bird this was.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGIkssJ2RyjBzUxQokkMtZeHyWIZ0mkUn8pAHChmUA6J1HDrNs7L3S8kB2YdYk4ZAdGINP9dMy_LzSQd0sSERsvJiNeAu3_Hh5uU1aiRN6mQ844ldai1T3Zgrues27FMfZeiHYpl1Z4TiZSSOh2pyFo31sq3urKiLNYfOJTer9EDXD59MoCgHnbWAu2L8/s4608/DSC04540.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGIkssJ2RyjBzUxQokkMtZeHyWIZ0mkUn8pAHChmUA6J1HDrNs7L3S8kB2YdYk4ZAdGINP9dMy_LzSQd0sSERsvJiNeAu3_Hh5uU1aiRN6mQ844ldai1T3Zgrues27FMfZeiHYpl1Z4TiZSSOh2pyFo31sq3urKiLNYfOJTer9EDXD59MoCgHnbWAu2L8/s320/DSC04540.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Must walk through slop..."</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhce5sJ9t5wA2Qdhto8N9dcrrDQ9c_WaDS4EfYozcRWSs2Xq5WEV2H5nnbHWYaHMsFS34rLzkrndxbgxtY5IgqaRYP83TrzkTzJACIuUMqcWyKJAImYT7MNtz1g3WZbs22ZRH_WtXQ9INAMdWqvv3_C_icVCL34fuaS9feFdbAaVt8hTCqmdLp-yMYkE/s4608/DSC04541.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhce5sJ9t5wA2Qdhto8N9dcrrDQ9c_WaDS4EfYozcRWSs2Xq5WEV2H5nnbHWYaHMsFS34rLzkrndxbgxtY5IgqaRYP83TrzkTzJACIuUMqcWyKJAImYT7MNtz1g3WZbs22ZRH_WtXQ9INAMdWqvv3_C_icVCL34fuaS9feFdbAaVt8hTCqmdLp-yMYkE/s320/DSC04541.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A quick drink...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlq7rnoO8YGgXkkRgxTHmr-fYYMQXQA-Bu82tZTYZcvdUiJ4FLRcDco2P9mMU8QiwRay0XOIo1Lu5VBn01PIwkdqcUubCOakg9igxk6XybMnBSEkKMx9vLTZMHZEgBtQnHZlWBD7-sOxD__XUAfzxxE_46kRwevYqp-mNAy8xcQhVqAWVGExLOSplguI/s4608/DSC04542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlq7rnoO8YGgXkkRgxTHmr-fYYMQXQA-Bu82tZTYZcvdUiJ4FLRcDco2P9mMU8QiwRay0XOIo1Lu5VBn01PIwkdqcUubCOakg9igxk6XybMnBSEkKMx9vLTZMHZEgBtQnHZlWBD7-sOxD__XUAfzxxE_46kRwevYqp-mNAy8xcQhVqAWVGExLOSplguI/s320/DSC04542.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, but let me use the boardwalk the last 3 feet..</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEias9SsWZ_YckeZkae0foRCSKixbHEhRuPQYDFWJeFmJ9TNaH_D96dYBk-ei7IZ8PwPXlPI2DD0hwwM8OvoCDLqcIyzPOeOZHTYI5jRInJ0Lro9WSRV9pW3OZhmGbU2P_3D0d7zOC0TfXQAwO9mgxNSoGE7EylofhopIt_rK6N8RNWQSDOn011oIxxi3gE/s4608/DSC04543.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEias9SsWZ_YckeZkae0foRCSKixbHEhRuPQYDFWJeFmJ9TNaH_D96dYBk-ei7IZ8PwPXlPI2DD0hwwM8OvoCDLqcIyzPOeOZHTYI5jRInJ0Lro9WSRV9pW3OZhmGbU2P_3D0d7zOC0TfXQAwO9mgxNSoGE7EylofhopIt_rK6N8RNWQSDOn011oIxxi3gE/s320/DSC04543.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Misty photobombing the upcoming joke</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhAQx_pyRsOeh-m0Y7S0O2JIGXdiHX9mwaWI0T1KGQGnfWp2CNWtPnTZjLMCvl8pYegFX-WzsS304KL0bOiYssYGDc8JxeF4ekKheJJ6FWtfWSTrV0x6IYs7UnWex3xM3anSWh5qbtNQTsxl8x4kiFOG2bd7M_eCU8BM9tP0DCDjGbQNSKdf68MjdWsU/s4608/DSC04544.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhAQx_pyRsOeh-m0Y7S0O2JIGXdiHX9mwaWI0T1KGQGnfWp2CNWtPnTZjLMCvl8pYegFX-WzsS304KL0bOiYssYGDc8JxeF4ekKheJJ6FWtfWSTrV0x6IYs7UnWex3xM3anSWh5qbtNQTsxl8x4kiFOG2bd7M_eCU8BM9tP0DCDjGbQNSKdf68MjdWsU/s320/DSC04544.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mole: "Finally, I'm out from under that hard packed path! Now I can really get goi..." BONK</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYLDgpy3BrYJDYHgQMTG9ec2lRHVYiXO97NSpCVrqfYhAGfMzLHr6V5A_OnD0n6_4Thb8qWwTPc4ODf6mNCPG5cQZHXx8l3WsrlTcXN-I-CfTOXsaPTSK0rRf0PYaglCNEdZTe2KF4QXjKc6nGreXYY5-b_TWfEdnqwnAC8i1orjIaoZjJwIOyV0G8k8/s4608/DSC04545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYLDgpy3BrYJDYHgQMTG9ec2lRHVYiXO97NSpCVrqfYhAGfMzLHr6V5A_OnD0n6_4Thb8qWwTPc4ODf6mNCPG5cQZHXx8l3WsrlTcXN-I-CfTOXsaPTSK0rRf0PYaglCNEdZTe2KF4QXjKc6nGreXYY5-b_TWfEdnqwnAC8i1orjIaoZjJwIOyV0G8k8/s320/DSC04545.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evidence one that a smart dog's mind is comparable to a 2-year-olds: "must walk through the geographic center of the puddle"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWX_uHyDrSC2pKt9Y2_Vs9GK9_EfopbqvqwsUAlegOkyQXrO69Ka-7CvqGx_AfEzOjmjtSBofxfVlFhVkaSX4frr0ur4YQUdP5a32zz-x8g7W8eTN9-Ig9vLD1pKn3zgSQheyNjpF192S3Y3LcCoDl9Ge2fz9sCVCgGl-gBB-1cTETzo_zbm1VgXXZQA/s4608/DSC04546.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWX_uHyDrSC2pKt9Y2_Vs9GK9_EfopbqvqwsUAlegOkyQXrO69Ka-7CvqGx_AfEzOjmjtSBofxfVlFhVkaSX4frr0ur4YQUdP5a32zz-x8g7W8eTN9-Ig9vLD1pKn3zgSQheyNjpF192S3Y3LcCoDl9Ge2fz9sCVCgGl-gBB-1cTETzo_zbm1VgXXZQA/s320/DSC04546.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Proud to announce that the "Misty's Woods Hobo Camp" is gone, and their trash cleared.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrg8Flt8_y-uP6cl4ky3-0IbAl0d6KKG_Z665ObA9LdCzZzZ3Lyxy71U9zjzFOtm0-0iB3gfDxDLSh1wI2bvZ0EtkWmkq1Xswx4Xm1hRA4wxNiMT00Li-9yrHG4-AFIAXf7RL35nzwToRpEpaH6PK9xPS45VBEH-G8jCEM-nvuzOSipHjwfCqPPJQcjSk/s4608/DSC04547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrg8Flt8_y-uP6cl4ky3-0IbAl0d6KKG_Z665ObA9LdCzZzZ3Lyxy71U9zjzFOtm0-0iB3gfDxDLSh1wI2bvZ0EtkWmkq1Xswx4Xm1hRA4wxNiMT00Li-9yrHG4-AFIAXf7RL35nzwToRpEpaH6PK9xPS45VBEH-G8jCEM-nvuzOSipHjwfCqPPJQcjSk/s320/DSC04547.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ducks chillin' in the "Ravine River"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfE-wMbfG_Q2dS4PDaXq8_4RjkjAgeXV_jpL8xXxDAzrpkY4o094H8nOuMIhnnqYHyQpr_yC0MaXI30W8-EBGbYeyPPsNSgUJ-mF3XZGbbi7dW4qB-RELCzeST9DD1rP3fXRoDDuvlTeVA6amV0agGZOTCmk-R_Qea18Z8gR4jh7Hsk2fT7igG-4P1ZkM/s4608/DSC04549.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfE-wMbfG_Q2dS4PDaXq8_4RjkjAgeXV_jpL8xXxDAzrpkY4o094H8nOuMIhnnqYHyQpr_yC0MaXI30W8-EBGbYeyPPsNSgUJ-mF3XZGbbi7dW4qB-RELCzeST9DD1rP3fXRoDDuvlTeVA6amV0agGZOTCmk-R_Qea18Z8gR4jh7Hsk2fT7igG-4P1ZkM/s320/DSC04549.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the Alumni Pond</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLxlunIdX8D2TlE1JtLYiRbfyaWivIXpHX29NrHcqcvvsO4lhBT_FOU829yxRv4q9mT-pdAgfU96pfxru0e3xE9k9qTV7Sau8VrTH4WQzUc4W8hZO3p2guG1zLKgbqbVtWGaEanZtZxSOWSQqyNjsHzmaHK1KKK4Rdoe7w4x-tZxQCIVtzLAMZKy2cGE/s320/DSC04556.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hmm... that's, well, new</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-26077353136923596322024-02-23T09:00:00.003-05:002024-02-23T09:00:00.246-05:00M10 show week #108<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHoqLD02PofQattNd53bCorg8vkK5giOqKb9Fbb9pXpjACgDVTVcCv10z89t2ejh5DqxFEGI1K4A0iLgHw3Mf16xykCA68yzI6-daOnnhgK1W04CQyDnGfPIPe0R2COmz2VMRKnuaP2FRNjlHku7p3WE_qfTggLGLVxvyfCdVN1Q1IJGkVsG9Hvb8LBo/s612/m10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="612" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHoqLD02PofQattNd53bCorg8vkK5giOqKb9Fbb9pXpjACgDVTVcCv10z89t2ejh5DqxFEGI1K4A0iLgHw3Mf16xykCA68yzI6-daOnnhgK1W04CQyDnGfPIPe0R2COmz2VMRKnuaP2FRNjlHku7p3WE_qfTggLGLVxvyfCdVN1Q1IJGkVsG9Hvb8LBo/w200-h200/m10.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Well, tonight we have Laurie home somewhat sick, Pizza is on the way, and...</p><p><i>Laurie: Hey, what's "almost sick"? I'm achy, like a train ran over me! You know how this hits me...</i></p><p>Well, I wasn't exactly trying to type a diagnosis- although if I keep it up it might be...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqoWglATeaa45-Yy7kRVk6bOcOuqQHk4NfjSghVRurs8CkRgsnDtyHDbmV3KmSbjaq4YkAEFSMnKByegXbmXSvwvIix_r7xMHgFrba8FRRsFxaUpVfaaygfxL2mrdlgD9LAr2tBYcCqaAnqQBvY42K8RLoBpca0ZGbTx5q2O_Wzp5HJQr43XfU45pFnYI/s266/d%20murder.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="190" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqoWglATeaa45-Yy7kRVk6bOcOuqQHk4NfjSghVRurs8CkRgsnDtyHDbmV3KmSbjaq4YkAEFSMnKByegXbmXSvwvIix_r7xMHgFrba8FRRsFxaUpVfaaygfxL2mrdlgD9LAr2tBYcCqaAnqQBvY42K8RLoBpca0ZGbTx5q2O_Wzp5HJQr43XfU45pFnYI/s1600/d%20murder.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><div><br /></div>...for me... anyway, we have 3 debuts this week, and...<div><br /></div><div><i>L: But wait, if you give them now, I'll know them before you play me the list!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>It's a time machine, I'll just go back to Tuesday lunchtime and play them for you then. That way, you'll know them before I do!</div><div><br /></div><div><i>L: Now my head hurts...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>There's some ibuprofen right next to the button you got to push to play the first debut. Which belongs to former Kiss-er Ace Frehley. Apparently, he told a reviewer, "This will make my old bandmates sound like morons!" The reviewer later wrote, "He didn't make them sound like morons... but he didn't sound like one either." Here's the title track to that lp at #9...</div><div><br /></div><div> <br /><p><br /></p></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FhRqVUs523Y?si=8ZJ3zM8kGg0f4aIV" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
***************************************************<div><br /></div><div><i>L: Should I hit this button next? </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Not yet! First I have to tell everyone we're featuring 1962 this week- a week where the USA had Gene Chandler's classic (except in Australia) Duke Of Earl at the top, as did Canada. It only got to #42 in Australia, though. They had my usual co-host at the top with Can't Help Falling In Love (and ain't you gonna be in trouble for squeezing him out at this point!), a song that was on the way down at #30 here.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, usually I would do my top five this week (after inserting the usual caveats) next, but...</div><div><br /></div><div><i>L: What caveats?</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>"Based on where they are, going up or down, how long I would have been listening at this point..." You know, putting myself in the week in question, more or less.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>L: Oh, you mean that stuff you always say when it starts...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Um, yeah. But since we have three debuts, Go ahead and h...</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Pizza's here!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Okay, hit the switch marked "Food Pause" so the audience doesn't have to hear us eating, belching, etc.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Elvis belches on here...</i></div><div><br /></div><div>He's a pig, though.</div><div><br /></div><div>******************************************************</div><div><br /></div><div>Okay, so second debut is actually the b-side of Water Underground.. so that means #8 belongs to Real Estate...</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a3KkLxqiKYw?si=DmphUH4QWorrzEcd" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
*******************************************************************<div><br /></div><div><i>Now it's Chris's top fiii-ve...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Probably best if we leave out the Casey Kasem theme music... you never know who might show up around here...</div><div><br /></div><div>#5- Roy Orbison, Dream Baby. Zooming from 69 to 39 this week, it would peak at 2 both in the USA and Australia...</div><div><br /></div><div><i>BUUURRRRP!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Sigh... and at 8 in Canada.</div><div><br /></div><div>#4- The Everly Brothers, Crying In The Rain. Unlike the Big O, the brothers are starting to slow down climbing a notch to 8. It peaked 6 here, 7 Australia, and a surprising 25 on the Canadian "CHUM chart".</div><div><br /></div><div>#3- Don and Juan, What's Your Name. The bullet rides here for me, with the song moving up 39-29. It peaks 7 here, 12 in Canada, and of course 73 in Australia. </div><div><br /></div><div>#2- Gene Chandler, Duke Of Earl. It IS in it's 4th of 5 weeks at the top of the Cashbox chart. 2 of 3 in Canada.</div><div><br /></div><div>And my #1 this week... </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6awkb3xDrn86gExm3X9q5VJzomw9CouD0uSRtEpVvKwbx3IL2J3a1mkSNdNldGFoHFY9RZikLDvQdZnWkD6oagP4e1fng2SeGSMu4zWqfMBSxIpDKRUV6EB77yD69WvfQs-gEbuREEvTeuKWbShMOPFa7BKxS6daEuBFHCv-OaYLNYjoTgD-WS3kgS0/s195/chubby.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="160" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6awkb3xDrn86gExm3X9q5VJzomw9CouD0uSRtEpVvKwbx3IL2J3a1mkSNdNldGFoHFY9RZikLDvQdZnWkD6oagP4e1fng2SeGSMu4zWqfMBSxIpDKRUV6EB77yD69WvfQs-gEbuREEvTeuKWbShMOPFa7BKxS6daEuBFHCv-OaYLNYjoTgD-WS3kgS0/s1600/chubby.jpg" width="160" /></a></div><br /><div>...Chubby Checker and the second time around for The Twist. It hit #1 here in both 1960 and 1962. It got to #3 this trip in Australia... it was a recent 6 week chart topper in Canada- which it was NOT the first time around, being held out apparently by Jimmie Rodgers's The Wreck Of the John B, an early version of the Beach Boys' Sloop John B.</div><div><br /></div><div>Okay, get ready to hit that last button! Our last debut is by a gent who's hit the top here 3 times already, and comes in at #7 with the theme to the new show Tracker. This is... Talk...</div><div><br /></div><div>Um, Laurie? Hit the button!</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Sorry, I was concentrating on Pat Sajak on Wheel Of Fortune...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Yeesh, remember what I said about saying names...</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Sorry, I was watching some guy on a famous syndicated game show...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>The button?</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Oh, Yeah.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G2D_mqHasF8?si=-l-DtcK9j5ypQgtD" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
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<div><br /></div><div><i>What happens now?</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Now, having taken doggie out to the restroom and getting her treats, I will read off the rest of the M10...</div><div><br /></div><div>10- Thousand Foot Krutch and friends with Let The Sparks Fly in week 7 drops 3 spots.</div><div><br /></div><div>6- Camera Obscura up 4 with Big Love.</div><div><br /></div><div>5- From the top to 5th, Jenny Lewis and Cherry Baby.</div><div><br /></div><div>4- Up one for Dent May's One Call, That's All.</div><div><br /></div><div>3- Up three for Juliana Hatfield and Secret Messages.</div><div><br /></div><div>2- His highest charting solo so far, Buck Meek and Cuero Dudes.</div><div><br /></div><div>And the new #1, her first....</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiaDDEdD2DxGmZRrcauWcKOwE3b9CjDSXJfD76YMaEyB6qopTMcqSlumThYuBFha5YmD4DRvWMSLFbarmiJ1ijTsjTq6nKObYLcPLo_scjA_LubL91Q8VFZAaYr5XQtWOWdoUOMVKVQytwlcH5zhDB0Ks8eQ70w0lZWk5UIcVyzh7EdbmjK-qh-NF6_Y/s150/amira.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="141" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiaDDEdD2DxGmZRrcauWcKOwE3b9CjDSXJfD76YMaEyB6qopTMcqSlumThYuBFha5YmD4DRvWMSLFbarmiJ1ijTsjTq6nKObYLcPLo_scjA_LubL91Q8VFZAaYr5XQtWOWdoUOMVKVQytwlcH5zhDB0Ks8eQ70w0lZWk5UIcVyzh7EdbmjK-qh-NF6_Y/s1600/amira.jpg" width="141" /></a></div><br /><div>...Amira Elfecky and Everything I Do Is For You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>We've had five straight #1s by acts new to the top! Will Juliana or Dent end that? Tune in next week!</div>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-10158343069066065462024-02-21T08:12:00.001-05:002024-02-21T08:12:00.250-05:00Wednesday Bible Study- Hebrews part VII<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwT7Us-FhK9OaThbkkC4h9diXQj_8zFC7N9LS-NfgG_VNYPjZonv84F2qqOBXN0z0Ud6GJ9NhwvDc2L5uH9FvzXfwx1x0tssdJxbAWBWUrfHdR5GXJpooL6fEGA-Ahe8uHpHlG3hJAdyY2vXeuTl73vo0iQ6z_uaICB7eCTmnfSoUt1x6FkAnxpKfIVJ0/s275/bible%20study.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwT7Us-FhK9OaThbkkC4h9diXQj_8zFC7N9LS-NfgG_VNYPjZonv84F2qqOBXN0z0Ud6GJ9NhwvDc2L5uH9FvzXfwx1x0tssdJxbAWBWUrfHdR5GXJpooL6fEGA-Ahe8uHpHlG3hJAdyY2vXeuTl73vo0iQ6z_uaICB7eCTmnfSoUt1x6FkAnxpKfIVJ0/s1600/bible%20study.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>This week I want to explore just who Melchizedek was- and that means I am going to dance around the edge of the bunny trail. First, let me set his importance- or rather, let the author of Hebrews do so...</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Heb 7:1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, </i></p><p><i>Heb 7:2 and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. </i></p><p><i>Heb 7:3 He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever. </i></p><p><i>Heb 7:4 <b> See how great this man was to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils! </b></i></p><div><br /></div><div>From this, we learn several things. He was a priest outside the Law's priesthood, as the father of the Law's priesthood, Levi, was a couple generations from being born. He is named a King, although the translations provided by the author in 7:2 tell us his kingdom IS NOT OF THIS EARTH, in the sense that it was not kingship over some city or cities. (Remember Jesus saying that to Pilate in John 18:36?) There is no record of his genealogy, whereas heretofore the Book of Genesis had a genealogy on every page. And the author names him a great man! So how is it he was deemed great? Well, there's the rub.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you go back to Genesis 14, the first 17 verses are telling the story of how Chedorlaomer, King of Elam, and his allies defeated the king of Sodom and his buddies, how Lot was taken prisoner, and Abraham took his whopping army of 318 men and whupped the armies of 5 kings. And in verse 21, the story continues to the end of the chapter. And without those other three verses, the chapter flows perfectly. But in between meeting up with the king of Sodom in v17 and dividing the spoils in v21, we have this:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Gen 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.) </i></div><div><i>Gen 14:19 And he blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; </i></div><div><i>Gen 14:20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!" And Abram gave him a tenth of everything. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And that is it. All you get about Melchzedek for 760 years, until David prophesies in Psalm 110:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Psa 110:4 The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek." </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>And our author quotes later on in this chapter. I want to note not only what I said earlier, but also that Melchizedek brought out bread and wine as a memorial to God's victory through Abraham- Just as Jesus would do to commemorate HIS upcoming victory during the Last Supper. So, was he real? Undoubtedly. Was He Christ pre-incarnate, as some say?. Maybe, but I don't think so. I believe he was a man, a priest called by God. He was a vivid foreshadowing of Christ, in the bread and wine, the priest without lineage, the Kingdom not on a map. And I think that one day, in the New Kingdom, the Jews will marvel at how God hid this perfect picture of Christ in plain sight. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now, here's where I veer off path for just a minute. It struck me that there is exactly one other place where the Bible has a short but meaningful story, about an otherwise unknown man (until Bruce Wilkinson's book in 2000), stuffed in the middle of a passage where it really didn't seem to fit. After three chapters worth of (you guessed it) genealogy, and before at least another chapter and a half of it, sits this:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>1Ch 4:9 And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow. </i></div><div><i>1Ch 4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that You would bless me indeed, and make my border larger, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, so that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he asked. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Think of Jabez as a foreshadowing of the Church. Like Jabez, it was born in the sorrow of Christ's crucifixion. It was blessed by God with salvation, given the commission to expand the borders of the Kingdom, and depends on God for its defense. And God granted its prayers. And like Melchizedek, the name is mentioned one more time- ahead in time, but earlier in the book:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>1Ch 2:55 And the families of the scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>So God apparently answered Jabez's prayer- he had a city of note (if only here) named after him. But do a little more digging to complete the story. These three families of scribes mentioned are also never mentioned again; but when I dug into the meanings of the names, see the connection to the Church:</div><div><br /></div><div>- Tirathites: a gate...</div><div>- Shimeathites: an announcement...</div><div>- Suchathites: a branch...</div><div><br /></div><div>We enter, as Jesus said, through the Narrow Gate... we announce the Gospel to the world... and in Zechariah 3, the Messiah is prophetically called the BRANCH. In pop culture, we call these Easter Eggs: Melchizedek for Christ, Jabez for the Church.</div><div><br /></div><div>So why is Melchizedek great? Because Father Abraham, the greatest of Jewish heroes, paid tithes to him, and was blessed by him. And that means...</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 7:6 But this man who does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. </i></div><div><i>Heb 7:7 <b>It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. </b></i></div></div><div><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div>As Abraham accepted the blessing, he accepted that the priesthood was greater than anything that would come from himself. In a way, so did Levi...</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 7:9 One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, </i></div><div><i>Heb 7:10 for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>But what was this superiority built on? Levi was appointed by the Law; the priests were appointed by men from his family. Not so the Melchiedekian priesthood:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 7:20 And it was not without an oath. For those who formerly became priests were made such without an oath, </i></div><div><i>Heb 7:21 but this one <b>was made a priest with an oath by the one </b>who said to him: "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever.'" </i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>So it was God's oath that established THIS priesthood. Now, God was to make an oath with Abraham, an oath that eventually led to the Law. But...</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 7:18 For on the one hand, <b>a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness </b></i></div><div><i><b>Heb 7:19 (for the law made nothing perfect);</b> but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. </i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>So a new covenant would be needed. And a new priesthood- or a superior one. Because...</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 7:12 For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>If you were a Hebrew reader at this point, you MIGHT be asking, "So where is this new covenant you're talking about?" And the prophet Jeremiah will supply it...</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Jer 31:31 "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD,<b> when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, </b></i></div><div><i>Jer 31:32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the LORD. </i></div><div><i>Jer 31:33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: <b>I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. </b></i></div><div><i>Jer 31:34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. <b>For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more." </b></i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So, a new covenant, a new priesthood, and a new, perfect way to salvation:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 7:27 He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself. </i></div><div><i>Heb 7:28 For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, <b>but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever. </b></i></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><br /></div>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-80699909969272330362024-02-20T19:40:00.000-05:002024-02-20T19:40:09.850-05:00And when you think it's safe...<p> ...Not really, but I did get two spam e-mails that were worth a shout out this week, both in a similar vein. The first one comes to us from "Mr Richard Mark". And it starts with a warning, in German of all things:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Achtung: Diese E-Mail stammt von einem externen Absender. Öffnen Sie keine Links oder Anhänge, wenn Sie sich nicht sicher sind, dass diese E-Mail vertrauenswürdig ist, kontaktieren Sie Ihren Support.</i></p><p>Which is to say:</p><p>Attention: This email comes from an external sender. Do not open any links or attachments. If you are unsure that this email is trustworthy, contact your support.</p><p><br /></p><p>No fooling? So now, to the missive:</p><p><i>we inform you that we have verified your contract file Your ATM VISA CARD worth 36,500,000.0 is currently on my desk USD was approved And it was deposited with DHL Delivery Company for registration this morning, And we agreed that the delivery of your ATM worth 36,500,000.0 million USD The package will be sent tomorrow morning. So contact your full information Where will your ATM VISA CARD be delivered,</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>(1) Full name</i></p><p><i>(2) Mobile number</i></p><p><i>(3) Direct telephone number</i></p><p><i>(4) Country of origin</i></p><p><i>(5) Your current delivery address</i></p><p><i>(6) Occupation/ age/ gender</i></p><p><i>(7) City</i></p><p><i>8) The nearest airport</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>We will publish your ATM VISA CARD when you update us and you above given information a tracking number will be assigned, that is your tracking number package after it is sent to your postal address so that you can track it so that you know exactly when it will arrive at your postal address.</i></p><p><i>Urgently get back to us today with your full address at which you have an ATM card It will be delivered as I will be out of the office next week.</i></p><p><i>The amount on your card is 36,500,000.0 million USD and your PIN code is: (9106).</i></p><p><i>and you pay the ATM CARD delivery fee, it will only cost $150, which is only the money you pay, thank you</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Stay blessed as I will look forward to your prompt reply.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Sincerely,</i></p><p><i>MR RICHARD MARK</i></p><p><i>Postman, Ordinary Post Post Office Kampala Uganda Email ( diplomaticagentud@gmail.com)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>As typical, we have a contestant who can't figure out when to capitalize (we) and when not (Your) right off the bat. Also a bit rocky on where the decimal fits in in money (.0, not .00?). Making the apostle Paul look good, we have a run-on sentence with not one, but two, passive verbs ("...<u>is</u> currently on my desk USD <u>was</u> approved..."), followed by a capitalized conjunction which probably should have been a new, if poorly started, sentence. I had to look up and confirm DHL was still in business (it is, to my surprise). Among the many other amusing things that follow (like that diagrammer's nightmare that is the sentence starting with "Urgently", which is one period away from being two coherent sentences instead of one baffling one) is that Mr Mark is a 'postman' at an 'ordinary' post office (which just happens to be in Uganda, where I order all my multi-million USD Visa cards from), and yet still can handle my 36.5 million dollar transaction (which is roughly 1,200 times what I made last year).</p><p><br /></p><p>Contestant #2 is one Judge Janet M DiFiore, who in real life is the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and of the State of New York. However, THIS Judge Janet is supposedly based out of the Federal Courthouse in Charlottlesville, VA, and... well, let her tell it. AFTER I mention that it also came with the lovely German warning (always so much more effective with that starting ACHTUNG!):</p><p><br /></p><p><i>OFFICE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE JANET M DIFlORE FEDERAL BUILDINGS AD U.S</i></p><p><i>COURTHOUSE</i></p><p><i>Address: 255 W Main St #230, Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR TRANSACTION,</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>I 'M CONTACTING YOU NOW BASE ON ISSUE ON MY DESK THIS MORNING BECAUSE</i></p><p><i>YOUR PAYMENT FILE WHICH CONTAIN YOUR $4.5M WAS BROUGHT TO ME BY MR</i></p><p><i>JEROME POWELL OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANK WHO ORDERED ME TO SIGN THE</i></p><p><i>CANCELLATION OF YOUR PAYMENT FILE AND I ASKED HIM WHY AND HE SAID THAT</i></p><p><i>YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED AND</i></p><p><i>YOU HAVE INSULTED HIM SO MUCH JUST BECAUSE THAT THEY TOLD YOU TO PAY</i></p><p><i>$250 TO COMPLETE YOUR FUND TRANSACTION.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>SO I DECIDED TO WRITE YOU BECAUSE I FOLLOWED THE LAW AND I WILL NOT BE</i></p><p><i>AGAINST ANYBODY IN THIS WORLD AND I THINK THAT MAYBE HE HAS A LITTLE</i></p><p><i>PROBLEM</i></p><p><i>WITH YOU. I HAVE NOT TOUCH YOUR PAYMENT FILE UNTIL I HEAR FROM YOU</i></p><p><i>THIS MORNING BECAUSE I HAVE A HUMAN SYMPATHY AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL</i></p><p><i>NOT AFFORD TO LOSE YOUR FUND JUST BECAUSE OF $250 AND PLEASE ALL I</i></p><p><i>NEED FROM YOU IS SINCERITY AND TRUTH.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>SO MY DEAR I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND IF YOU STILL NEED TO</i></p><p><i>RECEIVE YOUR FUND THEN I WILL TELL YOU WHERE YOU WILL SEND THE $250</i></p><p><i>AND HAVE THIS</i></p><p><i>FUND SEND TO YOU THROUGH MY POWER AND NOTHING WILL STOP IT.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED AS I AWAIT YOUR EMAIL NOW.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>THANK YOU,</i></p><p><i>JUSTICE JANET M DIFIORE</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>First off, what happened to spam mails that started out with, "Hello dear", instead of all the caps-lock shouting. Chill, Jannie. Anyway, Let's rebuild this. The director of the Fed sent a file with my name and 4.5 million (which is why I don't deal with those cheapskates in Virginia) to a New York Judge moonlighting as the Chief Justice's notary public in Virginia. He tells HER to sign off on cancelling my payment because I insulted him, either by or during, telling him I wasn't going to pay $250 to get it. Poor baby. I would have to be pretty dumb to pay him $250 to get 4.5 million when I can write to the postman in Kampala and he'll send me 9 times as much for 3/5ths the cost, but whatever. </p><p><br /></p><p>In the meantime, Judge Janet seems to think I'm an okay Joe and Jerome Powell is an ass, so she wants to get with me and talk me into spending the money because she's just overflowing with the milk of human kindness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and I guess I have to rescind that earlier comment, because she did call me, "My dear." Really means a lot coming from you. One final thing though: If you have the "power to send it to me and nothing can stop it", then why are you fetching and catching for Powell, instead of telling him to calm his butt down, get a cup of decaf, and lower his demand to apparent market value? If 36.5 million costs $150, then he shouldn't be asking more than, oh, about 18.50. And that I could afford!</p>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-21864321481833363732024-02-18T17:35:00.003-05:002024-02-18T17:35:36.646-05:00This week in pictures<p> So we had a dead flat week on pics this week, so I thought we'd do this week through time...</p><p><br /></p><p>February 11</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-G3LsaZZFGzjLlFcXASSeguaV2B5XmAQriXxNe-Vau11rsT2ALO_5XvdFZs4N2NPbQ-tUfmnYbOxTPh40eUXmPX0CNai-bDXTqWEC-1K_lY0sye3V36Z4LNGBIvwP9mjZq10bXgov29aTmwTuaSrA8v1bZve8tJSWqkQMZNJZiGyehE5L-H8W7rJnxA/s4608/DSC02096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-G3LsaZZFGzjLlFcXASSeguaV2B5XmAQriXxNe-Vau11rsT2ALO_5XvdFZs4N2NPbQ-tUfmnYbOxTPh40eUXmPX0CNai-bDXTqWEC-1K_lY0sye3V36Z4LNGBIvwP9mjZq10bXgov29aTmwTuaSrA8v1bZve8tJSWqkQMZNJZiGyehE5L-H8W7rJnxA/s320/DSC02096.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2017- Just hanging out</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMqXqI857MAeXq-866FMYWFbjpeDGeU4tFQzcdXTrFYsfYH5v01FJDBvbH07S2z9f6mQoJCXjAY5InZsh5asM4B7v3fZ2XMjmEaFCL1H_OknlzNK0OFGhgNagf95Gx2DU-Qr7r7IyLn3DmBmmNkv8xP4-09yZopo8R2K3TGsVgjMH8EWSKd8kK1ct1ZY/s4608/DSC04505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMqXqI857MAeXq-866FMYWFbjpeDGeU4tFQzcdXTrFYsfYH5v01FJDBvbH07S2z9f6mQoJCXjAY5InZsh5asM4B7v3fZ2XMjmEaFCL1H_OknlzNK0OFGhgNagf95Gx2DU-Qr7r7IyLn3DmBmmNkv8xP4-09yZopo8R2K3TGsVgjMH8EWSKd8kK1ct1ZY/s320/DSC04505.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This year- the day it was warm...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>February 12</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyCob-4ysaXA8a-Qw6XlbvsiEsqoQqaWXPtFOzkpDY5A8hK09wREexy01-KNo76Pofk1st_Vnnwx0gfa4wD1OuJPbyh644sDPv_W43YDce11x5JodzvG_SeFSDjTsCo8jALVjl5BzHNxdmiJmPNpP_fn1Up9phbiQz2uMaA4j2aVFS9o3HEI3uj8cXV4/s4608/DSC00961.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyCob-4ysaXA8a-Qw6XlbvsiEsqoQqaWXPtFOzkpDY5A8hK09wREexy01-KNo76Pofk1st_Vnnwx0gfa4wD1OuJPbyh644sDPv_W43YDce11x5JodzvG_SeFSDjTsCo8jALVjl5BzHNxdmiJmPNpP_fn1Up9phbiQz2uMaA4j2aVFS9o3HEI3uj8cXV4/s320/DSC00961.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last year- I thought it would be clever to get a shot through two bridges</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>February <strike>13 </strike> <strike>14</strike> 15</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkcPbz4cAaj_d0rxBVjS-yV5AS2RoTHOP6aqReCGYdHPJKPkJfFzMQGH3CRLc9Ux7J-xOoPG73l-sdzvuu2em8OlXIdUEYwMNk4cXNEVzMvPT_DHK3kneVk5vgqpDP6-tQ3nMuJAbvb5fE_cYNDSs7BROxTLbS1qNTBvDDYMuYlcDQLANQ8Zeg1GBd8dg/s2563/DSC00239.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="2387" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkcPbz4cAaj_d0rxBVjS-yV5AS2RoTHOP6aqReCGYdHPJKPkJfFzMQGH3CRLc9Ux7J-xOoPG73l-sdzvuu2em8OlXIdUEYwMNk4cXNEVzMvPT_DHK3kneVk5vgqpDP6-tQ3nMuJAbvb5fE_cYNDSs7BROxTLbS1qNTBvDDYMuYlcDQLANQ8Zeg1GBd8dg/s320/DSC00239.JPG" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2016- Some monkeying around</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-hx6IEURuiqYt9F47gKxbAcG5BGbRvfmOq9Yde4NhGTnS2wDKttSHQozK7raEGQKYodWyw6SuF8tUthFFNaGgfhpPNt2uDYJ0OpcXIlXNhr6aKUEQFY9PXyyP8zXUzIqV01JVXUqCuouP66cdkZTbMGQPP8bT_vWgJ-yZju1v5RZ8NvgzuTSfMQE44I/s4389/DSC06122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2990" data-original-width="4389" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-hx6IEURuiqYt9F47gKxbAcG5BGbRvfmOq9Yde4NhGTnS2wDKttSHQozK7raEGQKYodWyw6SuF8tUthFFNaGgfhpPNt2uDYJ0OpcXIlXNhr6aKUEQFY9PXyyP8zXUzIqV01JVXUqCuouP66cdkZTbMGQPP8bT_vWgJ-yZju1v5RZ8NvgzuTSfMQE44I/s320/DSC06122.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2020- Relaxing with some CBS</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJxJRWF6qqIo6UQKcE8zg6mq4UTAIllWMN2Rmjs3NLHJ2J17O8gaLJZ-Gn4ZSzAA3vWx6cyKb3o1fb-36JwJAu_KixousAvw_m63sNd5eyfH2N3Pqt4SZathtlAwRs5vU0xfKUQfYDrR1c2-Ac1lqw6e2LcxUGbCoBIT_dXknlRaKFKmHlfVJ8j1bcWA/s4608/DSC00965.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJxJRWF6qqIo6UQKcE8zg6mq4UTAIllWMN2Rmjs3NLHJ2J17O8gaLJZ-Gn4ZSzAA3vWx6cyKb3o1fb-36JwJAu_KixousAvw_m63sNd5eyfH2N3Pqt4SZathtlAwRs5vU0xfKUQfYDrR1c2-Ac1lqw6e2LcxUGbCoBIT_dXknlRaKFKmHlfVJ8j1bcWA/s320/DSC00965.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last year- Young lovers found our "hidden spot"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>February 16</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWhEvhnTT2Kjzqkf5V3PYHEtmSYd8-S4Nem0VDiM0qVilfgxy0GZv_A0Qje-89ffbhY9HxuqevSHrQ44A5EaWxFV-QJ6oK5I0kNVcx3Tc2XP03QH9pzR03VzvMcA7GBiPOMPK4awSRqBLZU9isCcWqkZqPFMlUDbqiNzYTzAqrXmpavLRMjNSqxW2LTU/s4608/DSC08543.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWhEvhnTT2Kjzqkf5V3PYHEtmSYd8-S4Nem0VDiM0qVilfgxy0GZv_A0Qje-89ffbhY9HxuqevSHrQ44A5EaWxFV-QJ6oK5I0kNVcx3Tc2XP03QH9pzR03VzvMcA7GBiPOMPK4awSRqBLZU9isCcWqkZqPFMlUDbqiNzYTzAqrXmpavLRMjNSqxW2LTU/s320/DSC08543.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2022- Water water everywhere</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>February 17</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41-mN1jzfaCPwrK162ozAGGjAgn3nGg6hrcBqmF1rrGEnyuNyNhVtDA-WmUJu-ABXdMjXLFNjbeBk19DWuvgiD6vK3Crv1m5VWAp0g53HcZeQc_STatUu-E89Hrtmc97W-M8aMQ0TqfU27-tDPmF-gIqHwO02OqecU6AMxvEH6hiYt0dxqQMfkJNnFbo/s4608/DSC06130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41-mN1jzfaCPwrK162ozAGGjAgn3nGg6hrcBqmF1rrGEnyuNyNhVtDA-WmUJu-ABXdMjXLFNjbeBk19DWuvgiD6vK3Crv1m5VWAp0g53HcZeQc_STatUu-E89Hrtmc97W-M8aMQ0TqfU27-tDPmF-gIqHwO02OqecU6AMxvEH6hiYt0dxqQMfkJNnFbo/s320/DSC06130.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2020- Learning to "treat"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p></div>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-24226711932722745962024-02-16T09:00:00.002-05:002024-02-16T09:00:00.123-05:00M10 show week #107<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMTDP9Ijh_vVHSdq7A-3-IkPMev5nqJGWS32e-1dJRD7azEYr0bOfARVYiLn9h0kb8kosuw5NuQoxGsxPCRvayCEmwwvLlDG50ER9NGD5cYJyA0BvNOCIJpvM0mhhSBOeDZYYcxYNe4mKGEQzYpzp4hBZLs-Revm2Bk9MLcEsmiP1N_AnzWZ453HjpSg/s612/m10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="612" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMTDP9Ijh_vVHSdq7A-3-IkPMev5nqJGWS32e-1dJRD7azEYr0bOfARVYiLn9h0kb8kosuw5NuQoxGsxPCRvayCEmwwvLlDG50ER9NGD5cYJyA0BvNOCIJpvM0mhhSBOeDZYYcxYNe4mKGEQzYpzp4hBZLs-Revm2Bk9MLcEsmiP1N_AnzWZ453HjpSg/w200-h200/m10.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><i><p><i><br /></i></p>Elvis: Say, we're going to feature 1963 this week, so's it's safe fer me to come back an' do this show, without the durn Beatles everywhere, an...</i><p></p><p>Now come on, son! If it weren't for the Beatles, I'd have Connie Francis, Brenda Lee, and the Everly's complaining about you!</p><p><i>What'dya mean? Everyone likes me!</i></p><p>Care to look into that? Let me do a little research while you play our one debut...</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Oooo-kayyy... These guys had a #1 a while back with a tune called Making Money... this one is more of a country bend... at #10, here's Camera Obscura....</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><br /></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/raC2EfuOi5Q?si=C0nwpI5xTfr5Tc7h" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
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<div><br /></div><div>Okay, so I did a bit of digging... you still think everyone loves you?</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I think I ain't gonna love YOU so much after this...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>How about when you were charting with Don't Be Cruel and Hound Dog? Hugo Winterhalter missed out on #1 one week behind DBC with his take on Canadian Sunset... and the next week, you did it to Bill Doggett and Honky Tonk behind BOTH of them!</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Yeah, but...</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Then, how about M10er Billy Williams, who you kept out his song, I'M Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter for a week with Teddy Bear?</div><div><br /></div><div><i>S'what he gets fer havin' such a durn long title...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>You kept Carl Perkins out for two weeks, with Blue Suede Shoes stuck behind Heartbreak Hotel....</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Yeah, but...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Then it was another two wasted weeks for The Brothers Four with Greenfields, behind Stuck On You...</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Four on one, still couldn't get me!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Then it was Are You Lonesome To-Nite doing it for 2 weeks to 2 different acts- Johnny Tillotson and Poetry In Motion, and Floyd Cramer with Last Dance...</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Yeah, but...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Then it was Jim Lowe's The Green Door, for FOUR weeks- one behind Love Me Tender and Don't Be Cruel, then 3 more behind just Love Me Tender....</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Guess he never did find out what wuz goin' on in there, haw!</i></div><div><br /></div><div>But the ones who really must hate you are the Diamonds, who were stuck with Little Darlin' at #2 for SEVEN weeks behind All Shook Up!</div><div><br /></div><div><i>A'right, a'right! I am a man with enemies....</i></div><div><br /></div><div>As all the greats are... LIKE the Beatles.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Well, how many did the Beatles keep out the top? </i></div><div><br /></div><div>Good question! Let me find out, while you do 1963...</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Y'know, I think all I'm doin' here is givin' him excuses... Anyway, this is Chris's top five this week in 1963, based on weeks on, up/down, bullet or no... in other words, his best guess.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>First off, lemme tell ya that Paul and Paula was #1 this week in the USA an' Canada with Hey Paula- which would go on ta hit the top in Australia, too. However, this week, they had Del Shannon's Little Town Flirt at the top.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Chiris's list:</i></div><div><i>5- Lou Christie, The Gypsy Cried- it would peak on Cashbox at #23, an' not chart in the other 2 countries.</i></div><div><i>4- Skeeter Davis, The End Of The World- it would top the Canada chart, #2 here, but a #32 in Australia. This week, up one to 25.</i></div><div>3- <i>Cascades, Rhythm Of The Rain- #1 Canada, #2 Australia, #3 USA. It moved 6 to #5 this week.</i></div><div><i>2- Four Seasons, Walk Like A Man- Because, Four Seasons! Unanimous future #1, climbs 5 to 4 this week.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>An' Chris's top song this week...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLXV7ClID6N8PrDJnqOFYuJuVMwqnLf6-w8peGj5XIK-GQMumJcgrSvtfSoouyvC9YbxMm_8Fx8QeARgILprSz7z4yv9jKzfDJI9i4wxSrXFJTOIY0xzyuRRsmsh2hzlGWIcoGwAIvTEObTBaDGIa-xyQReCluujjhVR01vM2ykV43dZzspJE9gdqQyU/s225/del%20shannon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="224" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLXV7ClID6N8PrDJnqOFYuJuVMwqnLf6-w8peGj5XIK-GQMumJcgrSvtfSoouyvC9YbxMm_8Fx8QeARgILprSz7z4yv9jKzfDJI9i4wxSrXFJTOIY0xzyuRRsmsh2hzlGWIcoGwAIvTEObTBaDGIa-xyQReCluujjhVR01vM2ykV43dZzspJE9gdqQyU/w199-h200/del%20shannon.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><br /><div><i>...Del Shannon with Little Town Flirt! How 'bout that? Chris an' Australia agree fer a change! Canada peaked it at 9, the USA (on Billboard) at #12. It moves 16-13 this week. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Okay, I covered fer ya agin- what are ya doin'?</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Well, I wondered how you and the Beatles stacked up in the "Keeping them out of #1" race, and I have the results!</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Oh, boy...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>As far as number of songs prevented from reaching the top, the Beatles had 9 songs stopped, just like you: Leslie Gore's You Don't Own Me, 2 weeks at 2 and one at three- I Want To Hold Your Hand, later joined by She Loves You; the Four Seasons and Dawn (Go Away), by the same two for 3 weeks, with Please Please Me and Twist And Shout pushing them back to #5 for 2 more; Bobby Vinton's Mr Lonely, two non-continuous weeks, by I Feel Fine; We Can Work It Out stopped the Temptations and My Girl and James Brown's I Got You (I Feel Fine) each one week; The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and Fire for 2 weeks, by Hey Jude; Get Back claimed two more, Mercy and Love (Can Make You Happy) for 3 weeks, and CCR's Bad Moon Rising for one more; and the Long And Winding Road stopping two weeks worth of the Poppy Family and Which Way You Going, Billy.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>So we tied...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>...unless you count the one week that the one A-side, Come Together, stopped the other A-side, Something. Then it's 10-9. Either way you roll the total weeks blocked, with 26 to the Beatles 19- or 20.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Finally, I beat 'em at something! Haw!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>And now, with time getting away from us, the rest of the M10:</div><div><br /></div><div>9- TCH and Pretty Lady down 3...</div><div>8- Jungle up 2 with Back On 74...</div><div>7- All the way from the top, Thousand Foot Krutch and Let The Sparks Fly...</div><div>6- up 3, Juliana Hatfield and Secret Messages...</div><div>5- Up 2, Dent May and One Call That's All....</div><div>4- Up one for Buck Meek and Cuero Dudes...</div><div>3- Up one, Amira Elfeky and Everything I Do Is For You...</div><div>2- Back up one in week #8, TCH and Heartbeat It's A Lovebeat...</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>and the new #1....</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYPFdubo71OxCX-GRU8d55pEs_nw3eY_l333FZWTipyzVLa74BWWPdq8wkcxOZWrGPZVvcPkrYK4bRKMU-z-6uuIqJto-od1CYBoSXQwYti9dSLxF8naecO3qyPAsr2X7FBB01DhAg5JamE_UiRkvGHNJg659WsL_Jqjp0JyAj31dwFrrDWC5knQk_fo/s299/j%20lewis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="299" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYPFdubo71OxCX-GRU8d55pEs_nw3eY_l333FZWTipyzVLa74BWWPdq8wkcxOZWrGPZVvcPkrYK4bRKMU-z-6uuIqJto-od1CYBoSXQwYti9dSLxF8naecO3qyPAsr2X7FBB01DhAg5JamE_UiRkvGHNJg659WsL_Jqjp0JyAj31dwFrrDWC5knQk_fo/s1600/j%20lewis.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><br /><div>...Jenny Lewis and Cherry Baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Have a great weekend, y'all!!!!!!!</div>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-75014678926090567942024-02-14T08:26:00.001-05:002024-02-14T08:26:00.128-05:00Wednesday Bible Study- Hebrews part VI<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh394N-nasPMLItPKuZXR9VYNLKL0BimoxDnhPhZeYf7Lz-_M91Sgy-smcbu8vLBYJ1_xfN_LW-IMgm1KF8rfTvbiME9cQ_cqGq6A0OGHPAeQgKM8gFy3c-lxWrQi2iHgFg_o8dKIQSqS1P-y1KJjiG_1ZE1r5p2iiMH4UUlB-ZHtLg67QF9u2esA9ARtA/s275/bible%20study.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh394N-nasPMLItPKuZXR9VYNLKL0BimoxDnhPhZeYf7Lz-_M91Sgy-smcbu8vLBYJ1_xfN_LW-IMgm1KF8rfTvbiME9cQ_cqGq6A0OGHPAeQgKM8gFy3c-lxWrQi2iHgFg_o8dKIQSqS1P-y1KJjiG_1ZE1r5p2iiMH4UUlB-ZHtLg67QF9u2esA9ARtA/s1600/bible%20study.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>We start this chapter with a 'therefore', which means we are now passing beyond the study of the things that we have put as idols, or 'roadblocks', in front of our faith: lesser spiritualism, mortal men, the traditions of men. The author explains his intention to move past the things they were already taught: repentance from sin, the resurrection, and the coming judgment, and to move on to more mature study.</p><p><br /></p><p>With a caveat: <i>Heb 6:3 And this we will do if God permits. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>But then he hits a subject that I, at least, found confusing:</p><p><i>Heb 6:4 For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, </i></p><p><i>Heb 6:5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, </i></p><p><i>Heb 6:6 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. </i></p><div>What, wait! Is he saying that you can LOSE your salvation? I thought it was 'once saved always saved'? And it is true that many who don't believe "OSAS" will point to this section. And those who defend it will turn to Jesus's words:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Joh 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. </i></div><div><i>Joh 10:28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. </i></div><div><i>Joh 10:29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. </i></div><div><i>Joh 10:30 I and the Father are one." </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And at this point, of course, the atheists will scream "Contradiction!" And perhaps the Catholics will reply, "See? This is why you need to have a Purgatory!" And both they and my original statement would be wrong. Because if you ask, "Does this mean you can lose your salvation?", you should here Paul giving his famous response, "By no means!"</div><div><br /></div><div>So, what is going on?</div><div><br /></div><div>I went to commentators, who left me slightly more confused. At least one suggested this should be read, basically, "As if such a thing COULD happen". That the whole passage is a hypothetical. I'm not sure I buy that. But my paper Bible has reference notes, and it points me to the better explanation- just a few chapters later in this very book. Not wanting to give out the WHOLE of chapter 10, let us look at just one part:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 10:38 Now, "the Just shall live by faith. But if he draws back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him." </i></div><div><i>Heb 10:39 But we are not of those withdrawing to destruction, but of those who believe to the preserving of the soul. </i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Again, the author folds back on the prophets, from Habakkuk and Zephaniah. But the key word here to get is "withdrawing." Remember, we are talking about Jews who, in many cases, saw miracles from the hands of Jesus, ate bread and fish that were multiplied, had formerly dead relatives visit them after the Crucifixion and Resurrection (Matthew 27:52). This was what they had witnessed; and yet, they couldn't handle the step of faith needed to believe 'to the preserving of their souls', but withdrew from the whole thing. They went back to Moses, back to the Law, back to the Talmud- or back to previous unbelief. </div><div><br /></div><div>There was a choice- believe what they saw, and heard, or not. And they chose, 'not'.</div><div><br /></div><div>This, like I have said, is the choice we have. And where the author goes now, it's where the 'casual fan' drops out. To go on, keep learning, become mature, you need- if I may- "hard believism". Jesus taught His followers this very way:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Joh 6:53 So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. </i></div><div><i>Joh 6:54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. </i></div><div><i>Joh 6:55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. </i></div><div><i>Joh 6:56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. </i></div><div><i>Joh 6:57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. </i></div><div><i>Joh 6:58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever." </i></div><div><i>Joh 6:59 Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum. </i></div><div><i><b>Joh 6:60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?" </b></i></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><i><b>Joh 6:66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. </b></i></div><div><i>Joh 6:67 So Jesus said to the Twelve, "Do you want to go away as well?" </i></div><div><i>Joh 6:68 Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, </i></div><div><i>Joh 6:69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God." </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>But now, the author addresses 'those who were left when the room cleared':</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 6:9 Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things--things that belong to salvation. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Would the author "feel sure" if he were referring to people who could LOSE their salvation? So that whole debate is merely people with an agenda cherry-picking the verses they want to hear, to 'prove' their point. That's why I try to bring you a deeper study.</div><div><br /></div><div>And now, the author at last wraps the prelims up with a set of final points.</div><div><br /></div><div>- God will honor your faith and your works for Him (v10)</div><div>-The author is teaching these things so you'll have a 'go and do' faith, not a 'sit back and relax' one (vv11, 12)</div><div>- these promises are anchored on 2 unshakable truths: that God has sworn an oath to do it, and being God He cannot lie (vv13-18)</div><div>-this anchor proves that Jesus has "gone behind the veil" as our High Priest- a priest of the order of Melchizedek (vv19, 20).</div><div><br /></div><div>Next time, at long last- Melchizedek, and what he means to the story.</div>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-24414016500858760912024-02-11T11:14:00.001-05:002024-02-11T11:14:07.568-05:00Sunday pictures<p> Well, we had some nice enough days to take some walks. And while 'interesting' is subjective, here's what I took pics of...</p><p>We start last Sunday afternoon...</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiNPhQOKi8NSFxFFnenvLBmroC8g50F2j-z54Ky6dcYzJPEZjD8xM1OHJDhojPJTquLAqdGQOhBiJ7fzIbnh7Sq4SHRAokZlw5w42tGK20y0RP791-7LOSo10UFx4x02bAfTHEQnf-Y1tzn2WHLIBJn1N-G-mrBl9PLDAKu0E4qH4q3_SglgyIl7-jls/s4608/DSC04447.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiNPhQOKi8NSFxFFnenvLBmroC8g50F2j-z54Ky6dcYzJPEZjD8xM1OHJDhojPJTquLAqdGQOhBiJ7fzIbnh7Sq4SHRAokZlw5w42tGK20y0RP791-7LOSo10UFx4x02bAfTHEQnf-Y1tzn2WHLIBJn1N-G-mrBl9PLDAKu0E4qH4q3_SglgyIl7-jls/s320/DSC04447.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bright, sunny, and warmer than today</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9VFXEdGbZ6RQnSZqnJuGjczNcxWHutnbCNJbqBJr3rfta5Wc5PFNdNCuKuXuDCdXscW1OTMdznh-zwop1uDAblaAo53h5Ufg3yoM8DL3q7lG2f3fSkEu_7WzQjSZelremJ8vAWo3_axNeos0EgJPEQbBQAIox9ryx_YCURvsVUfr7EtsOG1dTZQckvo/s4608/DSC04448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9VFXEdGbZ6RQnSZqnJuGjczNcxWHutnbCNJbqBJr3rfta5Wc5PFNdNCuKuXuDCdXscW1OTMdznh-zwop1uDAblaAo53h5Ufg3yoM8DL3q7lG2f3fSkEu_7WzQjSZelremJ8vAWo3_axNeos0EgJPEQbBQAIox9ryx_YCURvsVUfr7EtsOG1dTZQckvo/s320/DSC04448.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So bright we were 'mud-blinded'!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXsQGGnf_OgMa6_2IWMC2DaQSZQb-EOR0JCaGMnVoHAEvvpd4JO02-Zi_nz_0r40az_8R4TMWyerRK6g2L4U5G24e8A_PbmMLvF2I83L_bdLZPsWrzwu-f1ubPEhbGWyQqU6_xZtpnqG7A-ZVVL2SJcDGaK-9B_ZYNUbn2bPkvmsr4ubyYvnfwYCqNqwI/s4608/DSC04449.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ECBiFPolZoflbOXafCfaaAK_QyGl2M-lO0oasz5u_XYjUFPXEEeosUwWnjN0H7pW2bwyYA2FmbOkO1Oo8Cz8q2dnlf3ophOf8xchafhUJaYvLNbnKp37MeP2LB8AEg0hnqtkfOAJRrbPoTbx9abs6JldGwZYrOwXwrjN1kd-Ck5i87Uj7AimmAU3ALk/s4608/DSC04451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ECBiFPolZoflbOXafCfaaAK_QyGl2M-lO0oasz5u_XYjUFPXEEeosUwWnjN0H7pW2bwyYA2FmbOkO1Oo8Cz8q2dnlf3ophOf8xchafhUJaYvLNbnKp37MeP2LB8AEg0hnqtkfOAJRrbPoTbx9abs6JldGwZYrOwXwrjN1kd-Ck5i87Uj7AimmAU3ALk/s320/DSC04451.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is new</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEeCWZKtVezXQm9heLDml6iqb6IVNV2VrJ_XtXh8iI-Mobry60OnyvskLP0Z5jfY6v7URo1y7kkKTdUc9O7w2iml-NajAc1AqgGWcf44-GdU9OuGzBBt8tk5xIg2LShVHjuUcFFwBMUKTzUf4l_1rvNEEaTQO4Kj3X3cP9yPW0oafCz_3UsLBjUVBp4o/s4608/DSC04452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEeCWZKtVezXQm9heLDml6iqb6IVNV2VrJ_XtXh8iI-Mobry60OnyvskLP0Z5jfY6v7URo1y7kkKTdUc9O7w2iml-NajAc1AqgGWcf44-GdU9OuGzBBt8tk5xIg2LShVHjuUcFFwBMUKTzUf4l_1rvNEEaTQO4Kj3X3cP9yPW0oafCz_3UsLBjUVBp4o/s320/DSC04452.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the rain and all the wind toppled a big tree</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1XfhkCCR9ZyOS1RdCZsKe4Ik3txVFizXyLQ0wTKxr423PhkK_m4g2xvD6hyphenhyphenjLgEIEQS_8fdJTRXwR6sJ2PQKsGxW9eSDz5O2Q9z_1ncRWB5J6IisQV2fN_xGJCoo6lppqMJkAInzRqYWCxh_LUYH6vx_z6WOAdcReKdiXy6T6nSPLJVQNwruarwKXGo/s4608/DSC04453.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1XfhkCCR9ZyOS1RdCZsKe4Ik3txVFizXyLQ0wTKxr423PhkK_m4g2xvD6hyphenhyphenjLgEIEQS_8fdJTRXwR6sJ2PQKsGxW9eSDz5O2Q9z_1ncRWB5J6IisQV2fN_xGJCoo6lppqMJkAInzRqYWCxh_LUYH6vx_z6WOAdcReKdiXy6T6nSPLJVQNwruarwKXGo/s320/DSC04453.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5TjK0ymI838SlSKbIjNriv2whCJc3e-amZ2x-3gl6tARFPViPLh7orNKR9pcP-yiXMBO9DhFolxaKwzfEm4lzfUWaS2rRRUc9bkz-FZqFuyV8LhlFzk2losvvFMrUU1vj71O_hABf2lKOenY2Jl3wRasMBROb7s9jnYHuSJ0nO01vKSb8AVDShZZzKQ/s4608/DSC04455.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5TjK0ymI838SlSKbIjNriv2whCJc3e-amZ2x-3gl6tARFPViPLh7orNKR9pcP-yiXMBO9DhFolxaKwzfEm4lzfUWaS2rRRUc9bkz-FZqFuyV8LhlFzk2losvvFMrUU1vj71O_hABf2lKOenY2Jl3wRasMBROb7s9jnYHuSJ0nO01vKSb8AVDShZZzKQ/s320/DSC04455.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doggie patiently waiting while I clean myself up a bit</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXtnD_ZBUZ08p87EySRE3S8y-iLErImHVPjXCb_QSPVhhw41UBAFgmu-7x_JcG-JF4OXh-eB_OPLWfVJBYFYswiTu86jtvkayCoOsq-U7tO34OGoBV0oR8hM6k3mIy0LqNBcvOXciKL-dK85ZBNYHwMdjQIfNWz4S5xALE3VB4tGZyC5O7CDh4Sh_vy0/s2631/DSC04456.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2495" data-original-width="2631" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXtnD_ZBUZ08p87EySRE3S8y-iLErImHVPjXCb_QSPVhhw41UBAFgmu-7x_JcG-JF4OXh-eB_OPLWfVJBYFYswiTu86jtvkayCoOsq-U7tO34OGoBV0oR8hM6k3mIy0LqNBcvOXciKL-dK85ZBNYHwMdjQIfNWz4S5xALE3VB4tGZyC5O7CDh4Sh_vy0/s320/DSC04456.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good throw!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs81MO5j7bqDXw6AoyFgcQyvPoNrYo8NRI3IDBsx3NqUKCF4BvA2ZSv_cpD9QbZOtO19WH9DhJ3YnbQ-EAza4sh7kukeCTcjtsy_UDsH7iVtnHsbR8m8h2MJ4q2C2f4SMoO6ZOBNTcmcBlnBcZL_9OGGulmEX_LsSIqKlnj2UcDCDFqfuw1hrdy0sl3Lo/s4608/DSC04457.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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He has to rest again..."</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcyhE-7JUsanI9vry7e913GHk_ElhsIUj9rfq-icVLo7z3OWK6U7_D6J_qNbdgOE7sTd_HxLhReoAOYQAyNvgdHcCaixy2sRjebJmTdcn5zXPoTE8ZS5DFVq8e7D5B3al1pP8BlcY7QPtsXwpDiqZzjS7VW1eIAF_07Pdzx_pTbGfG3RKISPxmDLOKMs/s4608/DSC04459.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcyhE-7JUsanI9vry7e913GHk_ElhsIUj9rfq-icVLo7z3OWK6U7_D6J_qNbdgOE7sTd_HxLhReoAOYQAyNvgdHcCaixy2sRjebJmTdcn5zXPoTE8ZS5DFVq8e7D5B3al1pP8BlcY7QPtsXwpDiqZzjS7VW1eIAF_07Pdzx_pTbGfG3RKISPxmDLOKMs/s320/DSC04459.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppfykhyFp6c4VW0KHafkjT2Skt0AnNELUJutjm_Lh-_Yh0-NzVy6-M7iEY3STvXNpaKwP8GkDn_PAoadyYvT67aL6-dQOqrVv7srcEolkDN3T-vYlv2-ocOCTqyZF1hQUUTfJvLvepfElADSl37Kx26UtRo1eZPVkKXnczyNOFzlfxWzaeajZKSwESPc/s4608/DSC04460.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppfykhyFp6c4VW0KHafkjT2Skt0AnNELUJutjm_Lh-_Yh0-NzVy6-M7iEY3STvXNpaKwP8GkDn_PAoadyYvT67aL6-dQOqrVv7srcEolkDN3T-vYlv2-ocOCTqyZF1hQUUTfJvLvepfElADSl37Kx26UtRo1eZPVkKXnczyNOFzlfxWzaeajZKSwESPc/s320/DSC04460.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"So that's where the geese went..."</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwDdRnJm7UdInNgR-09eqG3yWgGNDFSETpLlZfSUSr0oamgRldw_kg30nRt3npGnpsdd42uF0Gl8k3GJsAPFcZDlPks3bGpb5PNMDp1AUUjq2FNFbs_jqaf7vxbmcOSSZzcQoilxAFOTS4m24ubu_7MIQjqQIlVGjGNH8u8BKjaNBFMHjOg0lGPTSLBY/s4608/DSC04461.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwDdRnJm7UdInNgR-09eqG3yWgGNDFSETpLlZfSUSr0oamgRldw_kg30nRt3npGnpsdd42uF0Gl8k3GJsAPFcZDlPks3bGpb5PNMDp1AUUjq2FNFbs_jqaf7vxbmcOSSZzcQoilxAFOTS4m24ubu_7MIQjqQIlVGjGNH8u8BKjaNBFMHjOg0lGPTSLBY/s320/DSC04461.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Next comes Monday- a bit colder...<div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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One more place we won't see deer any more. Probably will chase off the homeless camp, too</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Finally, Friday, after PT finishes trying to rip my shoulder off ( no, it just feels like it)...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheE9DDNgtBf37tZnyE_8-JkQ1es2dDNz7ezPKSbjiUqDro7ATKW7p94TFM2Tj4WBznjOpvIxm3xcDlPKd1jg3UmMyizy8-8v3mYd_M71DYVVP6gh6kDFlghqaYkKWnlcD_MQzFTdTjO_fm2IgSYtG4UyemB6LcGhnLhPz91BlYgtU9BI7oZCMzKHftPV8/s4608/DSC04489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheE9DDNgtBf37tZnyE_8-JkQ1es2dDNz7ezPKSbjiUqDro7ATKW7p94TFM2Tj4WBznjOpvIxm3xcDlPKd1jg3UmMyizy8-8v3mYd_M71DYVVP6gh6kDFlghqaYkKWnlcD_MQzFTdTjO_fm2IgSYtG4UyemB6LcGhnLhPz91BlYgtU9BI7oZCMzKHftPV8/s320/DSC04489.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcec8T_H6i1FaC-o1ssE5FS-nKnxjv2gv3w_VmExgzF25BnZ5dN90FFDPYAaTTmXQXmoNzvNklbp0AjAKVuD472EdPM-Qed01nrrEWVnXipOxqzhIZqoVPvRdBW7AhDqg8Ptyt52T1tmmqzBaf0BDhO2niHxIy1xM2qxa813UpjrfztVn-22-dhC_3xI/s4608/DSC04490.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcec8T_H6i1FaC-o1ssE5FS-nKnxjv2gv3w_VmExgzF25BnZ5dN90FFDPYAaTTmXQXmoNzvNklbp0AjAKVuD472EdPM-Qed01nrrEWVnXipOxqzhIZqoVPvRdBW7AhDqg8Ptyt52T1tmmqzBaf0BDhO2niHxIy1xM2qxa813UpjrfztVn-22-dhC_3xI/s320/DSC04490.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The big blue tarp 'tent' is decimated</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbU6A6DyFi6bGRCz5wFSh8FzBZS_MJWPChCHtowLF1fhB5VVSPigOZunaSziFVIrZfXk4pkE9lKHjH0Gc00bvR3V5ImEs6EJgkSme5wrXlOgC_-EsF1CXZV59J4vZRcIqCvKg3UzKHU_NeTMi1FJWQ1pua4jKhaoboDaoG6AcPNwtSIQERb-Vdg820ZQ/s2234/DSC04491.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2234" data-original-width="2226" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbU6A6DyFi6bGRCz5wFSh8FzBZS_MJWPChCHtowLF1fhB5VVSPigOZunaSziFVIrZfXk4pkE9lKHjH0Gc00bvR3V5ImEs6EJgkSme5wrXlOgC_-EsF1CXZV59J4vZRcIqCvKg3UzKHU_NeTMi1FJWQ1pua4jKhaoboDaoG6AcPNwtSIQERb-Vdg820ZQ/s320/DSC04491.JPG" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This dude had a grabber that looked like a fishing pole, trying to grab his disc. His friends told me, "It works better when (the disc) is under water..."</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcu75CVEcG2xsZlU76mwY9UXgQAjzBjGEV_TtWdLDsIybqzGWaRbPpkhtaRmA88QxiSIVG58EgS7NKfX4_njenFf0xjYrfypjfjKmbdlh6FRu7Ht_YfuX0cG94loYAKatxqrWz5YSDfAwQZxS8jLbcUU9S4J3tbSQnuNQezdFx_svw2sRQlPJEQmmgOI/s4608/DSC04492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcu75CVEcG2xsZlU76mwY9UXgQAjzBjGEV_TtWdLDsIybqzGWaRbPpkhtaRmA88QxiSIVG58EgS7NKfX4_njenFf0xjYrfypjfjKmbdlh6FRu7Ht_YfuX0cG94loYAKatxqrWz5YSDfAwQZxS8jLbcUU9S4J3tbSQnuNQezdFx_svw2sRQlPJEQmmgOI/s320/DSC04492.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QVtKxNlPC81qt58VZ93pkGRZesujah3LoJjRVqckj7U5QARBl2f31-lVX86Hoo8v1N-LXrJeTjECYB4xynjeiiB8v7lE58reaDLXML5B2DNlVg3cn0li73Da7hz24UewFGB-BA3z84m5hkIldJtpsaaTja3j5uD90S7YrNhHFJaAxRV_VQdWhTRmXwE/s4608/DSC04493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Now, truth be told, we are in the early part of their rampage this week, with their songs at a 'minimum' of the Cashbox charts- at #1, 7, 80, and 100. And this week, I'm doing the feature a bit different, hold that thought! I have two debuts for you this week, and let's start with this one, at #10, from UK band Jungle:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/q3lX2p_Uy9I?si=MOrA59s98YWLJSyj" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
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<div><br /></div><div>So first off, let me saythat I Want To Hold Your Hand is tops in all three of our countries this week. Instead of doing the song I wouldn't turn off anymore, though, I'll be doing what my top five would have been- imagining from just looking at the top 40, adjusting for time on chart, the bullet, etc. And we'll get to that... but I DID say we have the top of 2023 yet to announce! So let me find that durn list, and where we left off, and... </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>10- Talk, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHLaYAiX_dw">A Little Bit Happy.</a> The M10's version of Meat Loaf, he did Run Away To Mars at the NHL All-Star Game. Very cool!</div><div><br /></div><div>9- Gorillaz w/ Tame Impala and Booty Brown,<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJa-VFwPpYA">New Gold.</a> Probably my biggest earworm of the year.</div><div><br /></div><div>8- Saint Asonia, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlBF-Hq4-q4">Devastate.</a> Their first trip to #1... until this week (?)</div><div><br /></div><div>7- Caroline Rose, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBMsCHdzFbs">Everywhere I Go I Bring The Rain.</a> When I first heard this, I wasn't convinced it make the top ten on a weekly chart, much less the year. The poster child for "It grew on me."</div><div><br /></div><div>6- Mikaela Davis and Southern Star, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V43vNPH5HZw">Far From You.</a> How can you resist harp and pedal steel? Had me crying to it... So let's bring in our next debut for this week's chart! At #9, more ELO through the voice of Juliana Hatfield...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pFff4cAOwNQ?si=yTio40yCVPHvWq8J" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
*******************************************************************<div><br /></div><div>So now, here's my top five for this week in 1964...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>At #5, everybody else's #1, I Want To Hold Your Hand.</div><div><br /></div><div>At #4, an early composition of David Gates, future leader of Bread: The Murmaids and Popsicles, Icicles. It was 16 this week, after getting as high as #3, peaking at 10 in Canada and 12 in Australia. Somewhat funny story: When we first got together, my ex tried singing this song. Her mind, though, tried to combine it with the similar themed My Favorite Things, and what came out of her mouth was, "These are a few of my favorite slugs..." Hope she hasn't forgotten that one!</div><div><br /></div><div>At #3, and the hot riser, The Four Seasons and Dawn (Go Away). A #13 peak in Australia and 3 in Canada, it would similarly be stuck behind the Beatles, trapped behind two of them at 3 for 3 weeks, and behind four of them for 2 more. It was 32 with a bullet this week.</div><div><br /></div><div>At #2, one of those Beatles tunes, She Loves You at #7 this week. Like IWTHYH, it would top all three charts eventually.</div><div><br /></div><div>And at my top would be the song destined to be stuck at #2 for a couple of weeks- a song that would stick at 5 in Canada and 4 in Australia- Leslie Gore's You Don't Own Me.</div><div><br /></div><div>*************************************************</div><div>5- Aiden Bissett, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXqZplUGXOo">Ultraviolet.</a> A cool acoustic version here.</div><div><br /></div><div>4- Bethany Cosentino, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgOGz8Hkevg">It's Fine.</a> My second biggest earworm of the year.</div><div><br /></div><div>3- Bakar, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdrNvQ4YCng">Hell'N'Back.</a> I was late to this one, but as the second hit of his on here, last summer's Alive!, just now got to #30 on Radiowavemonitor's alt chart, I don't feel too terrible.</div><div><br /></div><div>2- Smash Mouth, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLocAuMR7Hw">Underground Sun.</a> So much the ultimate summer song, I may chart it again next year, lol!</div><div><br /></div><div>And finally, the heart-breaking number one, from Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QGE6FMg1TSI?si=DNS5nEbx05bibkJa" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
*********************************************************** <div><br /></div><div>Much thanks to PBS and Austin City Limits there! Now, to this week's remaining top ten...</div><div><br /></div><div>8- Ten weeks on the chart for Real Estate and Water Underground, which moves into a 9th place tie all time- and one of those fellows at #9 is their #1 Paper Cup!</div><div><br /></div><div>7- Up 3 for Dent May and One Call, That's All.</div><div><br /></div><div>6- Slipping one, Trans-Canada Highwaymen with Pretty Lady.</div><div><br /></div><div>5- Up 2 for Buck Meek and Cuero Dudes.</div><div><br /></div><div>4- Also up 2, Amira Elfeky and Everything I Do Is For You.</div><div><br /></div><div>3- TCH again, the former #1 down 2, Heartbeat It's A Lovebeat.</div><div><br /></div><div>2- Jenny Lewis up 2 with Cherry Baby. And the new #1....</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qCjP8Qld1qq1zFAcOipqUK719Po5c-SbUsS_DT7yMXW20vMrwEgbEccXq4qrgkzXRyTihXEX2PmAyCCoxo-myztShEAEXRW9U8bEB4kQoAQsXeV4MRxW99NePIxX_AezEPgxCei0Md9YPBavZng_mBijKvCCInp6KsjcVR5H3uy2jmkrHu9BHPQ6fVk/s1200/TFK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qCjP8Qld1qq1zFAcOipqUK719Po5c-SbUsS_DT7yMXW20vMrwEgbEccXq4qrgkzXRyTihXEX2PmAyCCoxo-myztShEAEXRW9U8bEB4kQoAQsXeV4MRxW99NePIxX_AezEPgxCei0Md9YPBavZng_mBijKvCCInp6KsjcVR5H3uy2jmkrHu9BHPQ6fVk/w200-h200/TFK.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div>Thousand Foot Krutch, with Saint Asonia, and Let The Sparks Fly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Whew! Did it! And it only took me till a week into February!</div>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-14028453667624215472024-02-07T08:19:00.001-05:002024-02-07T08:19:00.140-05:00Wednesday Bible Study: Hebrews Part V<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWunkr4bkn1Uqa5owUVMUHK95BjpwOKHyP9yE-GF6owbTRI7ZjSQdsYKVm763rhxxg6oKg8YrMztiLCkmpbapoDw7Ii79GBe9XL0WQ-3Cy5fAbPF7mLcfDWz1acgb2rAW2U3s0tPhVfHbl1Zz0emPYp6BYcAWUS7ZWVffg-3PfodwuLooESw6lK4vWHno/s275/bible%20study.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWunkr4bkn1Uqa5owUVMUHK95BjpwOKHyP9yE-GF6owbTRI7ZjSQdsYKVm763rhxxg6oKg8YrMztiLCkmpbapoDw7Ii79GBe9XL0WQ-3Cy5fAbPF7mLcfDWz1acgb2rAW2U3s0tPhVfHbl1Zz0emPYp6BYcAWUS7ZWVffg-3PfodwuLooESw6lK4vWHno/s1600/bible%20study.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Let me go way back to Genesis to set this one up:<p></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Gen 3:22 Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever--" </i></p><p><i>Gen 3:23 therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. </i></p><p><i>Gen 3:24 He drove out the man, <b>and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life. </b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p>There was no longer, at that point, an easy access to God. And the aftereffects remained to that day, as our author points out:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Heb 5:11 About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, <b>since you have become dull of hearing. </b></i></p><p><i><b>Heb 5:12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, </b>you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food...</i></p><div><br /></div><div>How do these connect? The boundary between God and man wasn't just a cherubim with a magic sword (so to speak). It was a boundary of the mind as well. Why would God reprove the Hebrews of this day, if He set the boundary? Because, as Jesus had said:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Joh 5:39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life;</i><i>and<b> </b></i><i><b>it is they that bear witness about me, </b></i></div><div><i>Joh 5:40 yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. </i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>The Old Testament shows Jesus in 'shadow form'; everything in them is a foreshadowing of what Jesus WOULD be. But they absorbed the structures of that shadow- the supernatural, Moses, the Law- but they never tried looking to see what CAST the shadow. And now, there was one more structure to tear down, which the author introduced last time: the High Priest.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 5:1 For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. </i></div><div><i>Heb 5:2 He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. </i></div><div><i>Heb 5:3 Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people. </i></div><div><i>Heb 5:4 And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So let's tear this down. First, a High Priest was appointed; unlike the politics it evolved into by their day, it was neither passed down through direct blood or chosen by men- God was to choose which son of Aaron. Second, the High Priest could represent because he shared the weakness, the sin nature, of the people. Because of this, he had to offer sacrifices for HIMSELF as well; but by this point, he had become, as the Romans might say, a god among men...</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Joh 18:22 When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, <b>"Is that how you answer the high priest?" </b></i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This too had to be torn down, replaced by the TRUE High Priest. First, the author re-establishes the first connection he uses between God and Christ...</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 5:5 So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"; </i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>And introduce them to a new concept he will build on: the idea of a priesthood beyond the Levitical:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 5:6 as he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek." </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In v5, he also establishes the first requirement of High Priesthood: Jesus was appointed by God. Remember, the leaders of the Jews had accused Him of appointing Himself:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Joh 19:7 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he <b>has made himself the Son of God." </b></i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>But here the author dismisses that claim. Next, though, comes a statement that might seem puzzling to us:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 5:7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. </i></div><div><i>Heb 5:8 <b>Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. </b></i></div></div><div><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div>Did Christ have to LEARN obedience? No, but in His flesh He had to PROVE that obedience- unto death on the Cross. This separated him from the fleshly High Priests: He didn't have a weakness, He didn't have to make sacrifices for HIS sins, and making Himself the sacrifice for the people perfected Him, in God's eyes...</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 5:9 <b>And being made perfect,</b> he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, </i></div><div><i>Heb 5:10 being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>One sacrifice for all. But Melchizedek again? This is all set up to the next few chapters, but the point is that He is of a higher priesthood than that of Aaron. Remember, a priest had to be of Levi, but Jesus was "of Judah". Therefore, there needed to be a priesthood that went back before the sons of Jacob. And there was- and that's where the author is going. And because the Jews should have seen that- in its foreshadowing- he calls them 'dull of hearing.'</div><div><br /></div><div>So now, the idol of the "Office of High Priest" has been torn down. So many trees that had been erected between man and God. Anything that could possibly been put in the way of that direct contact with God- like a 'flaming sword that turned every way'. The author was about to explain how the way back to God had been restored.</div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-62528947194297382652024-02-05T19:35:00.002-05:002024-02-05T19:35:55.422-05:00"16 Rules of Modern Dining"<p> That was the title of an article I looked at on The Guardian (a UK tabloid), with 16 topics voted on by a panel including an internet restaurant reviewer, a food writer (I'm guessing that the difference is someone is paying the second guy a salary of some sort), two members of levels of management in the restaurant industry, and a consultant. I'm going to give my opinion on the questions, and then see if I can figure out what THEY said.</p><p><b>A hyped restaurant is walk-ins only, no bookings. Are you prepared to queue?</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>I've never reserved a table in my life. If the line's too long, I go elsewhere. Eventually, you'll hit a day where the line isn't from here to starvation. The panel split. No one likes to wait, but most of them will do it. Only the consultant said, "Under no circumstances." </p><p><b>Dogs allowed in the dining room?</b></p><p>Seriously? This had better be a service pooch. Misty's bad enough on the patio- and she's not all that bad!</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAXNc7lEnbItdmSGHJ8zrlwv231Rbro24GgPJb8NCzUBJCkejNrs3017MFk-IEKBzayZADdTfjl0w5gosmoN4BFcFS0WJ2elPkvdxd56KWaDJ_xUXFWYZqeDilOAcSSgH8EanuhQBAlc-oJeu3KEPSGYsAxc8Am2Rpp9R5gqorNLLkvpO7wAoUTgskkl4/s2048/boofus5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1542" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAXNc7lEnbItdmSGHJ8zrlwv231Rbro24GgPJb8NCzUBJCkejNrs3017MFk-IEKBzayZADdTfjl0w5gosmoN4BFcFS0WJ2elPkvdxd56KWaDJ_xUXFWYZqeDilOAcSSgH8EanuhQBAlc-oJeu3KEPSGYsAxc8Am2Rpp9R5gqorNLLkvpO7wAoUTgskkl4/s320/boofus5.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Do you see me acting up?"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The Panel voted 3-2 with one vote split- yes for terraces and bars, no for the dining room. And we need a doggie in the bar why?</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Are booking deposits and charges for no-shows acceptable?</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>If you're a restaurant that does a lot of call-ahead business, I'd say it's a damn good idea. Back on Christmas Day in Malmo, Sweden, a party of 35 took off without paying an estimated $8,000 tab. Cops were hoping to let the Restaurant figure it out, but a city prosecutor told them to stop being so lazy and investigate. More than enough reason for me. Panel was unanimous with me.</p><p><b>You want to take a birthday cake to a restaurant. Is a ‘cakeage’ charge justifiable?</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHwVp1sObt433HPz3RrdmskXWMwhvtd7nE0nIv4Nm9xgIdUzvOF5cr3-lblwJcAAKVqUBatJmkLFPRAoIOWEW1CdkIRhZNDkCYSzAbkwp9d7W4BDrRbbQ4KYqIHjRtYAUv8o4PuyZebOYOcD6nkJLwZeQSSjv-7Z_mdCYoKjqMSOe3rxsSSEz3G_hcNzk/s600/Cake-Jump%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHwVp1sObt433HPz3RrdmskXWMwhvtd7nE0nIv4Nm9xgIdUzvOF5cr3-lblwJcAAKVqUBatJmkLFPRAoIOWEW1CdkIRhZNDkCYSzAbkwp9d7W4BDrRbbQ4KYqIHjRtYAUv8o4PuyZebOYOcD6nkJLwZeQSSjv-7Z_mdCYoKjqMSOe3rxsSSEz3G_hcNzk/s320/Cake-Jump%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm guessing the charge for this would be significant</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>So you wanna BYO, not buy dessert from the restaurant your parking at, and let them clean up? You wanna bring your own cake, have the shindig catered at your home, lazy-pants! 5-0 with me, and the internet guru unable to make up his pea brain.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Would you support restaurants banning phones in the dining room?</b></p><p>You gonna bring me a magazine while I wait? If not, then leave my phone alone, Jack. 5-1, with a wishy washy negative from the panelist who co-owns a restaurant. "If someone big enough did it, I'd jump the bandwagon."</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Are dress codes acceptable?</b></p><p>The fanciest Restaurant I ever went to (that wasn't someone's occasion) was a place with a waiter in black tie and a wine list, and my ex and I went in with shirts and shorts, covered in sand from a nearby playground. Why they let us in, I've no idea, other than it was a Sunday night and they were bored. A high end place, I should think has every right to expect one to tidy up a bit. The panel were 4-2 against, with the co-founder of a London vegan place saying he didn't "have anything smart" to wear.</p><p><b>Time-limited table sittings of, say, 90 minutes?</b></p><p>I don't want a clock. Of course, I'm not one for sitting there ordering drinks until the busboy runs me, either. Panel is 5-1 in favor. Frankly, in 90 minutes I should be home and making room for a nap by then.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Should adults be allowed to eat from the children’s menu?</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Sure. But they must accept crayons and color while they wait. Panel says 5-1.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>You can’t find a website, a menu or prices online for that hip new restaurant. Are you fine with that?</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>As long as they're fine with me not patronizing them. I don't even like the places that think their food is too expensive to put prices on the online menu. Panel is 6-0 with me.</p><p><b>Is it OK for coffee shops that serve brunch to ban laptops at weekends?</b></p><p>Now, they've ventured into I-don't-care-land. My only thing is, if'n you're gonna advertise like these are the kinda people you want showing up, you shouldn't whine when they show up. 5-0 with the consultant pleading the 5th.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>There is no salt and pepper on the table. Does that annoy you?</b></p><p>No, but you'd best have the damn ketchup out! Panel's 6-0 with me, opining that at a fancy restaurant, you should be able to expect the chef to season the slop.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Is it acceptable for restaurants to charge for sauces and condiments?</b></p><p>Sauces, I can see an upcharge. Condiments? Like, "Here's your ketchup, that will be an extra 50 cents"? That would be, "Here's your meal back, so sorry for the inconvenience." 4-2 it's okay, but not real smart unless it's a 5-star sauce.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Is it OK to ask a chef to change a dish because you dislike an ingredient?</b></p><p>Not, "Could you leave off the onion slice," but, "Could you add some cinnamon to this gravy to make it really hop?". Just order something else, okay? Panel surprised me with a 6-0 on "It's okay to ask", as long as you are fine with being told to go jump in the lake.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>You’ve ordered wine. Should the bottle be left within reach so you can serve yourself, or parked six metres away?</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>I don't need Jeeves hovering off to the side. "Just get me a draft, and when you see it almost gone, fetch another." However, I can see where the fancy amongst us would like being served like a king. Panel was 5- for, "I bought it, I'll pour it."</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Should restaurants turn the music down?</b></p><p>What comes to mind here was a place we went (which I dissected on an earlier post) where the main dining area where we were was playing Alt, very softly, while the unoccupied gaming room across the way was playing swing and big band, and louder than the alt. Read the room, that's my advice. The Panel, facing their last question, went 4-2 for keep it cranked- but with my caveat of read the room.</p>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-51726381000485426092024-02-04T11:32:00.001-05:002024-02-04T11:32:25.010-05:00Hey! Some pictures!<p> Not many because a) cold, b)was sick, and c) pretty darn dreary... But here we go with Wednesday night...</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxGCGhyQObpF8E9LLeUMHu0Ktj9oOiWa1x4TifLlDq9TCe3i_JNDeZzz8gJ2QMaMyCXpSnWYf4AHmK-1ELOVyyelfDwHjN900E6k21u681MwPVyp3IO2lndWNrsFUBLLm9nrwCCCcPqUAYDGEwhMBMhO9SQW-jd0D89VajN2Xe6UWtMKV2dqW9MDOsaw/s4608/DSC04428.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxGCGhyQObpF8E9LLeUMHu0Ktj9oOiWa1x4TifLlDq9TCe3i_JNDeZzz8gJ2QMaMyCXpSnWYf4AHmK-1ELOVyyelfDwHjN900E6k21u681MwPVyp3IO2lndWNrsFUBLLm9nrwCCCcPqUAYDGEwhMBMhO9SQW-jd0D89VajN2Xe6UWtMKV2dqW9MDOsaw/s320/DSC04428.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even dreary, she's excited</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmY1neuIxAx9XxBGUuD2vsAIvhHHW3yEQ-7M7nZWQOzHxUPycwg2ilj53PPJzbj-kF0d5dZM6am3-hDi_gnMeX42HUKGznxy6Ujzl3z4Xb6CFLrwuCgH2lj3BfJ7hyphenhyphenekJL2x-b0RBx60MYRr5gXqcimy50xOnBIjaUL3WoqJauNEgvWZYzp7XtBZDe30/s2317/DSC04429.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1993" data-original-width="2317" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmY1neuIxAx9XxBGUuD2vsAIvhHHW3yEQ-7M7nZWQOzHxUPycwg2ilj53PPJzbj-kF0d5dZM6am3-hDi_gnMeX42HUKGznxy6Ujzl3z4Xb6CFLrwuCgH2lj3BfJ7hyphenhyphenekJL2x-b0RBx60MYRr5gXqcimy50xOnBIjaUL3WoqJauNEgvWZYzp7XtBZDe30/s320/DSC04429.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We did see the Bluebird of Happiness</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUw6pdaMCsGy6F-KkqOjP8XPpeyJ1BfcGaLdpTt4Wt_2Jm-EcEOpASNEkB8vqhjEMcSH54wA3kQSvMLQ-J1joVMCgCKYzJHUksD330Ty1fRkhUOWDcE6UgqnwV0f34flwBRoSuWAyoiM0qVc1KtkTM5JjbDZjDUu0r47OV4aNvRhxpVNq4fr8qp-AIVtE/s4608/DSC04430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUw6pdaMCsGy6F-KkqOjP8XPpeyJ1BfcGaLdpTt4Wt_2Jm-EcEOpASNEkB8vqhjEMcSH54wA3kQSvMLQ-J1joVMCgCKYzJHUksD330Ty1fRkhUOWDcE6UgqnwV0f34flwBRoSuWAyoiM0qVc1KtkTM5JjbDZjDUu0r47OV4aNvRhxpVNq4fr8qp-AIVtE/s320/DSC04430.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And that they had pulled a lot of junk out of the barn</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOPlIbOVAl5mPCrDkBFNkS2qwob83G6aLF6VkodQoeW5jq4DB-eMgUW-zzLkfilg55-bCoDIevDkJfz0JwYfaITcBDUsKe633bV0zCUO1SAn78VTRwO1Zwfaw-EgFKleJl5XRHg2jqTY3_blVIAkzthTY9QHVe4_3_wueq00jn1mfxg5fGXJyxheIdpA/s4608/DSC04431.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmldur1DGOo2wzKsoPFrRIaHNlLD1XmNQAkE3NBJ8O4oH2KiWAdFbD_8YpsHg6VxOziFkW1pw3wnPaUYhKfOwI7SJ9AvoKO2uv-1x2_xGKD6_0j6OK3fXa7lzYEsUs4A7OyDVuC9Wkzubqle6LQlaReapXrG8fEWhGF9VXB5be4OC_iJkZshMq8pBnFeE/s320/DSC04446.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...even to the point of breaking through the soft ice to get a better look...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-52651053504329824772024-02-02T09:00:00.001-05:002024-02-02T09:00:00.129-05:00M10 show week #105<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRBs-7Qfq9q08PRw4uukHoeF9cMlI7KK8m6iy9d-m3_rJqSQvvuZFrxOjCfPCW1UAWXzJq-ATI6TGQwg6rXL7rYgXellVvzEPhj2ioby0Ho-9_5D0xxHHBIdfK3iZ175YM0zBn00fE761fpWNGZBSKqjgq-71eIObfpzRKhrrHkdnDDEVNgdzJD0PeVQ/s612/m10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="612" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRBs-7Qfq9q08PRw4uukHoeF9cMlI7KK8m6iy9d-m3_rJqSQvvuZFrxOjCfPCW1UAWXzJq-ATI6TGQwg6rXL7rYgXellVvzEPhj2ioby0Ho-9_5D0xxHHBIdfK3iZ175YM0zBn00fE761fpWNGZBSKqjgq-71eIObfpzRKhrrHkdnDDEVNgdzJD0PeVQ/w200-h200/m10.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>So because I missed doing last week's post with being sick, I have 2 weeks worth of top tens and 4 new debuts for you to check out. I'm gonna cut the features down to the "what was #1 in 1965" and keep away from doing any bits...</p><p><i>Elvis: So what'm I doin' here, anyhow?</i></p><p>I wonder that every week! First off, let's take a listen to the song that debuted at #7 last week- and rises to #4 this week! She was on with the Cactus Blossoms a while back, and this is her first solo on the M10- Jenny Lewis...</p><p><br /></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CAHLejs6Puc?si=Tmx5hDBZQj-8R0K0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
****************************************************************<div><br /></div><div><i>That's some hot stuff there! What else ya got?</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Well, I have visual confirmation that we still haven't released the top of the 2023 chart yet, what with you doing the show 2 weeks ago and me being sick last week. So next week, I promise, the finale of the top songs of 2023! But now, we have an old friend at #10 on this week's chart- new stuff from Dent May at #10...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j-Eeg1VHreU?si=U60Ex5KkCPmVbq-G" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
****************************************************************<div><br /></div><div> <i>Man, that cat's crazy!</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Unfortunately, I've aged past the point of being able to pass for him, like I did that long ago Halloween...</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbu7pnw-f_qmlQh6lYrhU632CgsubLF1atFLmPcS2FTQCR5gI8C2ntebR1y_aDbTOvZepwrPKk4XQPPUmPRvgcxVrdm6IFA62zzWjbDPXHqZqbC4L9wtVKw_vlFP6CYQahaIIxAC7HQeAnw7r2GTd2XX1_N8Wagyj-9Oeh4NmCQKfdp9QLcAPhrYLEwvo/s960/dent%20chris.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbu7pnw-f_qmlQh6lYrhU632CgsubLF1atFLmPcS2FTQCR5gI8C2ntebR1y_aDbTOvZepwrPKk4XQPPUmPRvgcxVrdm6IFA62zzWjbDPXHqZqbC4L9wtVKw_vlFP6CYQahaIIxAC7HQeAnw7r2GTd2XX1_N8Wagyj-9Oeh4NmCQKfdp9QLcAPhrYLEwvo/s320/dent%20chris.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halloween 2016</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>So what were the #1s around and about on this week in target year 1965? In Australia, it was the Beatles with I Feel Fine/She's A Woman....</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Of course it was...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Nowadays, that double-a is less of a redundancy and more of a necessity... anyway, in Canada, it was Petula Clark's Downtown (the Beatles' tune having hit in December there). Petula would hit next week in Australia. Here in the USA, those two songs occupied the top spot the first 5 weeks of the year, with Petula holding forth this week.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Not a lotta variation...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>No, there isn't in this year-range, everyone's on the same playlist. Speaking of playlists, our next debut is this week's #7. Once again, here's Buck Meek...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DF-oEAIr7vs?si=j8hmIV06-SCOcSbd" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
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<div><br /></div><div>Okay, so let's see if I can get this mess sorted for yas. Starting with last week, we had songs at the end of their runs at the bottom 3 spots: boygenius and Cool About It at 10, Built To Spill with 1999's Carry The Zero at 9, and Juliana Hatfield's cover of Sweet Is The Night at 8. Of course, Jenny Lewis debuted at 7; Levitation Room was 6 with Heaven, and drops to 8 this week; #5 both weeks is TCH's cover of Pretty Lady; Ms Hatfield struck again with Showdown dropping from 1 to 4 last week, and to 9 this week; holding both weeks at 3 was Real Estate with Water Underground, which now becomes a member of the 16th place all-time club... and how's about, before we get the top 2, we do that last debut? At #6 this week, a second trip into the 10 for Amira Elfeky...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dEU90cHWKMk?si=ysp017hqyllA6aah" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
********************************************************<div><br /></div><div><i>Yow! That was bizarre...</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Truly said! And the top two are the same each week...</div><div><br /></div><div>2- it moved up 2 last week, Thousand Foot Krutch and Saint Asonia with their redux of Let The Sparks Fly...</div><div><br /></div><div>And also up 2 last week and holding this, Trans Canada Highwaymen again, with their cover of Heartbeat-It's A Lovebeat!</div><div><br /></div><div>Next week, unless we leave this world or I'm half dead, the 2023 finale!</div>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-53384942702055221992024-01-31T09:38:00.001-05:002024-01-31T09:38:00.275-05:00Wednesday Bible Study: Hebrews Part IV<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1IxmnwQk77lNZxJYqKYxFbuAXGk4Ecbqkm5qKZF5nhhkWahfPhUM75pz6W-Q1a_2NJPzL_BXYXGkoiAhhNLwarEw5Hd67Aydr2JFJM5B2J2rxBDyPrkj0YiVQfDwp9kTWL_8bvDtJKTuJXeZps0TWO-loF31f4zA8udvw_MNS0pRbj5MRNIdQlDGnfs/s275/bible%20study.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1IxmnwQk77lNZxJYqKYxFbuAXGk4Ecbqkm5qKZF5nhhkWahfPhUM75pz6W-Q1a_2NJPzL_BXYXGkoiAhhNLwarEw5Hd67Aydr2JFJM5B2J2rxBDyPrkj0YiVQfDwp9kTWL_8bvDtJKTuJXeZps0TWO-loF31f4zA8udvw_MNS0pRbj5MRNIdQlDGnfs/s1600/bible%20study.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>After the dire warning of the last chapter, you might think that the Hebrews found themselves well and truly warned. But our author knew of at least one more misconception- and it was one so pervasive, the Apostles had suffered from it, too:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Act 1:6 So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" </i></p><div>How many times did He have to tell them, "My kingdom is not of this earth"? And yet, these Hebrews also labored under this misconception. And that comes across when the author spends most of this chapter on the subject of rest:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 4:1 Therefore, while the<b> promise of entering his rest still stands</b>, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. </i></div><div><i>Heb 4:2 For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. </i></div><div><i>Heb 4:3 <b>For we who have believed enter that rest,</b> as he has said, "<b>As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall not enter my rest,'" although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.</b> </i></div><div><i>Heb 4:4 For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: "<b>And God rested on the seventh day from all his works." </b></i></div><div><i>Heb 4:5 And again in this passage he said, "They shall not enter my rest." </i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>This may seem a little scattered to our minds, but let me make it linear. WE have a promised rest, God's rest, to enter. We enter it by belief in Jesus, as against the unbelief we discussed last chapter. Those who were in unbelief would NOT enter that rest, and this is where their misconception started. They saw that the original refugees from Egypt had failed to enter the Promised Land. They assumed that the 'rest was entering the Promised Land, because:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Jos 24:13 I gave you a land on which you had not labored and cities that you had not built, and you dwell in them. You eat the fruit of vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant.' </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Jos 1:14 Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land that Moses gave you beyond the Jordan, but all the men of valor among you shall pass over armed before your brothers and shall help them, </i></div><div><i>Jos 1:15 <b>until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as he has to you</b>, and they also take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and shall possess it, the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise." </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>They thought the rest was in this world. But they missed the part about "MY rest", as in 4:4, <i>For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works." </i>God was talking about a rest, a reward, not of this world. The author drove this home with simple math:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 4:5 And again in this passage he said, "They shall not enter my rest." </i></div><div><i>Heb 4:6 Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience, </i></div><div><i>Heb 4:7 again he appoints a certain day, "Today," saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts." </i></div><div><i>Heb 4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on. </i></div><div><i>Heb 4:9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, </i></div><div><i>Heb 4:10 for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Both the phrase "They shall not enter my rest" from Psalm 95, and the "Today" passage, also from it, were written down hundreds of years AFTER Joshua had lived. If the rest God was talking about had been the physical entering of Canaan, these would have been unnecessary. So now the goal posts were set far ahead, from this world into the next. They were now, officially, cut adrift from all they had known before. And being human, that would give them two options to think on.</div><div><br /></div><div>First: If this world means nothing, and we're not bound by Moses or under the thumb of angels, we can do what we want. This is the reaction of the flesh, and probably most of us, on realizing what they had, might react in this direction. Thus, the author reminds them of the awesome power of God:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 4:12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. </i></div><div><i>Heb 4:13 <b> And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account. </b></i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And to our western eyes, we might have put the previous verse next:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 4:11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. </i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So now, we must find a different way to that obedience than what we have done before. We can't trust in angels, Moses, Joshua. How do we get there? The second action, therefore, would be despair. And the author had that covered as well:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>Heb 4:14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. </i></div><div><i>Heb 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one <b>who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. </b></i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>This is a big tie-it-all-together verse for me. If you remember my last trip through Proverbs, I explained how I saw Christ as Understanding there. Not only is He understanding in the concept of helping us learn about God, He is understanding in the concept, as the ads say, that He gets us. All of us. And He has both spiritually and physically connected us to God, thus He is the triple bond drawing us to that rest. As much as the last chapter sounded a death-knell for those of the unbelief, this one ends on the bright, clear peal of faith:</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Heb 4:16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. </i></div>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-61993940945616990412024-01-30T19:42:00.002-05:002024-01-30T19:42:16.658-05:00Trader Joe's #1s<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SguSwjZQHdHdeNK5dZSqOMD1c8izkiwUBHBZ4ZNnrqNdtBOOCnrB8X-UEKAhRF7QjVDtAaca8UXUMV4cxfo2hnXlV8nBpn4ZvW2VrNwK5kwKr59k7QjbiV1hel8fw9YR3iq_jUxuSmRaFHzbIxcnCG-gir5fxN956_uCFQvTPhvHl6ww8YzSJs9HxI4/s959/960x0.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="959" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SguSwjZQHdHdeNK5dZSqOMD1c8izkiwUBHBZ4ZNnrqNdtBOOCnrB8X-UEKAhRF7QjVDtAaca8UXUMV4cxfo2hnXlV8nBpn4ZvW2VrNwK5kwKr59k7QjbiV1hel8fw9YR3iq_jUxuSmRaFHzbIxcnCG-gir5fxN956_uCFQvTPhvHl6ww8YzSJs9HxI4/s320/960x0.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>I saw an article about Trader Joe's supermarket (which we don't have where I am- OOOPS, I guess we do have one in town after all!) and their 15th annual customer's choice survey winners, and I thought it might be fun to look at them.</p><p>Their first overall most favorite item: Chili & Lime Flavored Rolled Corn Tortilla Chips. That would get a big "ICKK" from me, but whatever. Tucked in between two flavors of dumplings in the runner up list was something called <i>Kimbap, </i>which apparently is Kim (seaweed you roll up) and Bap (rice you roll up in it). I'm guessing the Asian community is well served here at TJs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Beverages were topped by something I actually like- Spiced Apple cider. I don't know as the rest of the list is a big favorite, and #5- Non-Dairy Brown Sugar Flavored Oat Creamer- I'm not sure even qualifies as a beverage... Their top cheese is goat cheese, which ain't too bad. Wine-soaked Toscano is second, followed by Burrata (think creamy mozzarella). Burrata gets a spellcheck squiggle- it thinks I mean 'bureaucrat'. Uh, no.</p><p><br /></p><p>Top produce? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIT-oAgsgrgRwjKUhGsKl8mhFxaJUm4T2LHenNGI5lmhX13g_jRzNeHJviapyBhgTxVrGueB8KVo52KM_-is5f5iLKZtlKIvbJf2G7bTN3zkVzFpjs6C79yZjsWuag8Txf5x6GzpnOplC9uaZdL2hYtiW8Iv07QLWolcZg0WaeYPJ4RSPdl1Ifa7-pME/s586/s-l1200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="586" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIT-oAgsgrgRwjKUhGsKl8mhFxaJUm4T2LHenNGI5lmhX13g_jRzNeHJviapyBhgTxVrGueB8KVo52KM_-is5f5iLKZtlKIvbJf2G7bTN3zkVzFpjs6C79yZjsWuag8Txf5x6GzpnOplC9uaZdL2hYtiW8Iv07QLWolcZg0WaeYPJ4RSPdl1Ifa7-pME/w200-h200/s-l1200.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p>Of course! Followed by "Teeny-tiny avocados", and Honeycrisp apples. The top appetizer is creamy spinach/artichoke dip (which I will bequeath to Popeye). Now I like #4 (Greek Spanakopita), but I had to wonder about #s 3 (Parmesan Pups) and 5 (veggie bird's nests). Puppies and bird's nests not on my menu...</p><p><br /></p><p>At last some normalcy at breakfast with -believe it or not- hash browns. However, we know which way the crowd leans when we see #2 (Chocolate croissants) and #4 (Double-chocolate croissants)...Lunch, however is back to Asian with a parade led by butter chicken with basmati rice.</p><p><br /></p><p>After a quick tour of the body and bath aisle (Brazil body butter), we go to snacks where we know that lime- and- chili concoction waits at the top. All but one of the remaining entries (Patio potato chips at 5) are corn based. My sweet treat shock was to see Kringle on the list. This pastry we got a taste for whenever guests from the Wisconsin plant would stop by, as they are immensely popular up there. Alas, they CLOSED our Wisconsin plant (which WAS corporate headquarters) a couple months back, so we look to be kringle-less in the future. The top was Sublime brand ice-cream samwiches.</p><p><br /></p><p>They also have a hall of fame for items that got picked so many times they just coronated them so someone else could have a turn. These include the store brand Mandarin orange chicken, store brand dark chocolate peanut butter cups, store brand peanut butter filled pretzel nuggets, store brand "unexpected cheddar" (creamy with a hint of Parmesan), and (vegan) soy chorizo....</p><p>________________________________________________________</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if I were voting for what I'D have best in our local Kroger, it would look like this: Beverage: if we forget for a moment my type 2 and subsequent sugar no-no- it would be a toss between Fairlife Chocolate milk and Naked Juices Blue Machine (which is sugar free but $9 for a sizable bottle). As it is, Pepsi zero. My top cheese would be a Murray's Raclette or triple-creme brie. Produce would be banana; appetizer? Well, I eat it for a meal, but technically I could go with Authentic Asia shrimp wonton Dim Sum tray. Bed and bath, whatever. Just hand me the Suave shampoo and conditioner. Snacks (as in salty) I like Lays white cheddar Poppables; sweet treat, well I have found a plethora of sugar-free chocolates, headlined by Atkins Crunchilicious bars (an every week purchase- think Nestle's Crunch bars without the sugar).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, hope this was entertaining; on the bright side, now I can case the Murray's stand for bureaucra- I mean, Burrata.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.com2