There was a prophecy made centuries ago that the 112th pope would join the Anti-Christ in his evil works during the tribulation. This prophecy is not Scripture and shouldn't be treated as such, but Pope Francis is the 112th pope and he does seem to put earthly things above godly things and in my opinion is an evil anti-christian, so the prophecy seems believable. I think Pope Francis is 87. If so, that means the rapture and the tribulation are soon. (So many other things are also pointing to them being immanent.)

Wow! Tyrants just have to tyrant. It is their nature and overwhelms all logic.

I have a bible app on my phone so I always have a bible with me.

I use the "Grace to You Bible App from John MacArthur. It has the King James Version (KJV), the New American Standard Bible (NASB), and the English Standard Bible (ESV). The Bible only is free. You can get all of John MacArthur's study notes if you pay a small fee. My husband has paid for the notes because they are very good.

John MacArthur is very knowledgeable biblically and is willing to stand up to tyranny. He refused to close his church in California during Covid despite threats of fines and jail time and eventually won in the courts. They made an amazing movie about His church's stance called "The Essential Church". I highly recommend it.

Good advice

That is one reason I like when you can give different responses to a post. When someone posts that something terrible happened or points our the evils being perpetrated by our government, I don't want to click a heart or a like, but I agree and think the post is important. I fret on whether I should "like" something so horrible in order to let the poster know that his post is acknowledged.

I know you are frustrated right now, but you have a plan and a direction you are working towards. You can see some good things coming and can see your coming ability to do some good things (for your parents). The transition may be painful, but the good thing is you are heading in the right direction. Be thankful that you aren't one of the people who are being pushed along by the stream of life with no direction, no purpose, and no idea why things aren't going as they hoped.

Lean on God and watch for the wonderful things He is doing in your life.

We can't work our way to heaven, but if we have truly trusted in Jesus as savior, the works will abound.

Much of the evil in this world is caused by good intentions and beliefs that sound really nice. When good intentions and nice sounding beliefs are divorced from truth and logic, they can cause more harm than that caused by those trying to cause harm.

I like this quote by C.S. Lewis

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its

victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under

robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber

baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point

be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment

us without end for they do so with the approval of their own

conscience."

If you have trouble remembering your 9 times tables, use your fingers.

9x1 Put down your first finger. There are no fingers to the left (tens) and 9 (ones) to the right, so the answer is 9.

9x2 Put down your 2nd finger. There is one finger to the left (tens) and 8(ones) to the right. 1-8 is 18

9x3. Put down your 3rd finger. There are 2 fingers to the left (tens) and 7 fingers to the right (ones). 27

...

9x9 Put down your 9th finger. There are 8 fingers to the left (tens) and 1 finger to the right (ones). 81

9x10 Put down your 10th finger. There are 9 fingers to the left (tens) and 0 fingers to the right (ones). 90

English is so imprecise. It also only has one word for love where most languages have many different words. I'm sure there are lots of other examples.

It would be tricky. I store it in glass jars which break and you want to keep it in a good temperature range. Too hot or cold could kill the live cultures and being in warmth could cause culture growth which would build up pressure and could cause a jar to explode.

I love the idea, but I already have way more responsibilities than I can handle at the moment.

Exactly. Lowfat yogurt, which also isn't fermented long enough, is thin and runny so they add a bunch of thickeners (the most common is a carcinogen) and other additives to make up for the poor quality. Yuck!

I make my own yogurt using a sous vide stick heater and quart canning jars (with lid but not ring on top). This way I can use what ever dairy I want. (I use whole goat milk because of some food sensitivities). I get to pick the bacterial strains I want for gut health. I "cook" the yogurt for 36 hours instead of 4 hours. Since bacteria double over time, that means my yogurt has several orders of magnitude more live cultures than normal yogurt. I also add 2+ Tbs of prebiotic powder to feed the cultures during the long ferment.

It makes great, thick (without thickener) yogurt that tastes great and is healthier. I used recipes out of the book "Super Gut" by William Davis, M.D.

I have found that the first batch made with the dairy, probiotics, & prebiotics, tends to have a slightly off texture (curds and whey). When made with a couple tablespoons of the previous yogurt, it comes out thick and awesome. If you keep things sterile so you don't get contamination you can use the old yogurt indefinitely, I make 2 quarts at a time. When I eat it for breakfast in the morning, I add a tsp of prebiotic, some freeze dried pomegranate powder, and a few drops of vanilla stevia. It is great, low carb, and not overly sweet like grocery store yogurt.

We have a trap that we were going to put out because the raccoons got all of our apples the year before, but we kept being out of town. I'm OK killing a raccoon, but I don't want to trap one and have it bake in the sun and die a slow painful death of dehydration.

We always used the broom handle approach. Hold the rooster/chicken upside down by the feet. The broom handle goes across their neck (usually held with foot/feet. A quick yank, breaks their neck. If you yank too hard, the whole head comes off (plus or minus depending on your perspective), then hang to bleed out.

Your garden looks great.

I pretty much took a break from gardening this year. I still had some of my perennials produce, but raccoons got a lot of the fruit. (apples, currants, strawberries, & cherries).

You have to pick relays to get information. You can check out the global feed and follow people who talk about things that interest you (and block anyone you don't want to see). You can use tags like #grownostr to find interesting subjects. The #grownostr tag is for posts that don't discuss bitcoin. Once you find people that post things that interest you, you can check out who those people follow to find others with similar interests. Over time your feed will get better and better.

You will also get more out of nostr if you post interesting stuff and if you respond to others and get conversations going. Nostr is better than most social media for deeper conversations. People are also usually friendly and even people who disagree are usually polite.

He is a truly amazing young man. He makes me look like a really good Mom, but I think it is more who he is.

When I get to feeling a little too smug about my parenting skills, my youngest does something awful like take off his shoe and throw it and hit someone in the back of the head with it. He is my little humbler.

I agree on college. I've told people for a while that kids shouldn't go to college unless they know why they need college for their chosen career and have verified that the time and money are worth any benefit. Obviously some careers require it, but most do not.

I knew there were issues with colleges being woke and not being as rigorous as when I was in college, but when we actually started looking, it was almost impossible to find a decent college.

Liberty University has been a wonderful blessing, but it is almost impossible for us to get between Lynchburg, VA, and where we live. Originally I had told my son I wanted him to pick a college that was within a one day's drive from home because the world was getting so messed up. It could be a very long day's drive if necessary. We didn't find a single college we liked in that range, so he is at Liberty.

I had a very good first day back homeschooling my special needs son. Hopefully things will continue just as well all year long.

It also seems like he has made enough progress that it doesn't seem like he digressed as much this summer as he used to.

I hope so, but just don't know.

Last time he was a bit naïve and trusted some untrustworthy people. I'm hoping he learned his lesson, but only time will tell.

The marxists think they are so moral but their whole theory is based on fueling envy and stealing from those who worked for stuff to give it to those who didn't work for it. They promote theft and slavery. The foundation of their system is theft and slavery. That is never moral.

I was always partial to my Timex watch. I like the indiglo.

I'll admit I have a Garmin VivoSmart at the moment. It was the only watch I could find that I could turn bluetooth and wifi off, but would do a decent job of tracking my sleep because I was having some significant sleep issues and wanted to figure things out. I like being able to track sleep and steps, but I really miss my old Timex watch. I might go back.

FYI, my garmin is linked to an email that isn't used for anything else, so it isn't tracking me like most smart watches.

You know I'm done flying.

He got a 35 out of 36 on the ACT. At Liberty University that gets you free tuition. He also qualified for the honors program that gives him $4000 towards room and board. That makes college worthwhile. Also, Liberty is not woke. It is one of a very few about which that can be said.