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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 12, 2023 18:49:43 GMT -5
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 12, 2023 16:39:44 GMT -5
We do have a bird bath out within 10 feet of the feeder. It really hadn’t been all that dry in my area. My grass stayed green all through the summer.
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 12, 2023 12:35:23 GMT -5
We have always fed birds. I've had out a couple feeders and two seed cakes continuously.
In the last 4 or 5 months the number of birds hitting our feeders have dropped off drastically.
I used to go through a 40 pound sack of black oil sunflower seeds a month, along with a dozen seed cakes.
Now, not even a two coffee cans full a week.
Cardinals was the majority of our birds and now I haven't seen one in a week or more.
Anyone else not seeing many birds?
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 12, 2023 11:43:40 GMT -5
Just chiming in, not a pity party or anything, but i've had to get a second job to make ends meet because my hours got cut at job #1 in addition to everything else getting more expensive. Anybody else? Had a second job through the summer, will probably pick one up after rec league baseball season. Biden and his minions claim to have "created millions of jobs". Data showed that 72% of the jobs was people returning to work from the plandemic. A lot of the remaining 28% was people getting a second job to just make ends mee.
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 12, 2023 10:05:32 GMT -5
But I did get a 3% raise in Social Security.. that isn’t close to covering the inflation rate. I’m losing ground every year.
It’s going to be a race to see if I have enough to get to passing on day! 😉
But the good Lord will provide.
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Ouch!
Dec 12, 2023 10:02:54 GMT -5
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 12, 2023 10:02:54 GMT -5
But Biden’s handlers are wanting everyone to go total electric homes. No natural gas allowed. Meanwhile China is building coal fired electric plants right and left. I’m total electric, but have geothermal heating/cooling. Compared to my neighbors that is about $50 less a month on electric bills.
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 12, 2023 8:37:22 GMT -5
110975 At 7:37 am cst
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 12, 2023 8:24:15 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Luke 7:31-35 ---------- "To what then will I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another,
'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not weep.'
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon'; the Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Nevertheless, wisdom is vindicated by all her children."
Devotional ---------- Humans are so fickle. Most of the time we don't know what we want or what is best for us. John the Baptist came as an ascetic. Jesus came as a free spirit, connecting with all the people. Both were rejected by the leaders, possibly because the leaders were leading compromised lives. They were lacking both passion for holiness and compassion for those in need. Wisdom is vindicated by those who choose life as revealed in God's messengers.
Prayer -------- Give me courage to be a child of wisdom, Lord, and to choose wisely for whom I shall live. Amen
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 11, 2023 13:31:33 GMT -5
SCORING IS UP TO DATE
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I MADE A BOO-BOO OR TWO
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE SUCCESFUL HUNTERS!
THE REST OF US - THERE IS STILL TIME.GO GET 'EM!
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 11, 2023 12:50:20 GMT -5
Roger of the Nitestalkers doe .
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 11, 2023 11:05:09 GMT -5
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 11, 2023 9:28:37 GMT -5
110532 At 8:26 am cst
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 11, 2023 9:14:17 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Numbers 16:20-26, 28-32 ---------- Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying: Separate yourselves from this congregation, so that I may consume them in a moment. They fell on their faces, and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one person sin and you become angry with the whole congregation?"
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: Say to the congregation: Get away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram; the elders of Israel followed him. He said to the congregation, "Turn away from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, or you will be swept away for all their sins."
And Moses said, "This is how you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works; it has not been of my own accord: If these people die a natural death, or if a natural fate comes on them, then the LORD has not sent me. But if the LORD creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up, with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the LORD."
As soon as he finished speaking all these words, the ground under them was split apart. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, along with their households — everyone who belonged to Korah and all their goods.
Devotional ---------- The rebels thought they were dealing with Moses and Aaron. In reality their rebellion was against God who had chosen and was leading Moses. They paid the consequences of their unrepentant rebellion. It is important to look behind the scenes to know whether or not it is God who is directing the events of your life and not just the people around you. Where does God seem to be in your life right now?
Prayer ------- Help me discern your workings in my life today, Lord. Amen
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 10, 2023 22:57:06 GMT -5
BTDT…but not to the extent that you did. Sounds like just about cashed in your chips.
I had a few problems when my wife was in the hospital in 2018 for 6 weeks. I chalked it off to anxiety. Since part of her problem was a minor heart attack that snuck up on her I thought I’d get checked. I had the stress test which was inconclusive on part of my heart and the doc said the only way to be sure is go in and look. He did and found a couple veins 75 to 80% blocked. I got those stinted and I am doing fine so far.
Listen to your body folks.
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 10, 2023 19:22:56 GMT -5
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 10, 2023 9:17:17 GMT -5
109754 At 8:16 am cs
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 10, 2023 9:02:11 GMT -5
Most people do not need a federal bureaucracy to tell them if inflation is up or down.
We can see it in our the items we actually purchase. Nothing is really going down or staying the sane for that matter.
Well, maybe our 401Ks are going down..
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 10, 2023 8:52:48 GMT -5
What the political parties or press doesn’t tell you and someone else may have pointed this out is that the current inflation is on top of last year’s inflation so prices are not down compared to when Trump left office. Inflation may have slowed rising as fast as last year but it’s still rising. Bingo!!
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 10, 2023 8:37:55 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- Numbers 16:1-11 ---------- Now Korah son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi, along with Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, descendants of Reuben, took two hundred fifty Israelite men, leaders of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men, and they confronted Moses. They assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, "You have gone too far! All the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. So why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?" When Moses heard it, he fell on his face. Then he said to Korah and all his company, "In the morning the LORD will make known who is his, and who is holy, and who will be allowed to approach him; the one whom he will choose he will allow to approach him. Do this: take censers, Korah and all your company, and tomorrow put fire in them, and lay incense on them before the LORD; and the man whom the LORD chooses shall be the holy one. You Levites have gone too far!" Then Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you Levites! Is it too little for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to allow you to approach him in order to perform the duties of the LORD's tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation and serve them? He has allowed you to approach him, and all your brother Levites with you; yet you seek the priesthood as well! Therefore you and all your company have gathered together against the LORD. What is Aaron that you rail against him?"
Devotional ---------- There is a price to leadership. Moses experienced this price often. Rebellion or challenge to his leadership followed Moses throughout his journey with the children of Israel. However, Moses maintained his perspective as a leader. He did not seek to destroy them but always sought to be able to reconcile and keep the tribes together. He was clear that God was in charge and as long as he stayed in the path God was revealing, he was doing his job.
Prayer ------- O God, keep me from the rebellion that haunts my responses to you. Amen
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 9, 2023 12:28:12 GMT -5
Good job M4!
Making meat!
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