Happy New Year!

Here's hoping you and your loved ones have a blessed 2025.  If my year is anything like 2024, it's going to be an outstanding year!

(Here is where I would normally post a 2025 image.  But, even though I am logged into my Blogger account, it's not allowing me to post images.  If you know a workaround or hack for this please let me know.)

Mizzou Wins the Music City Bowl!

My beloved Missouri Tigers football team always figures out a way to finish the job. Today they came from behind to beat the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Nashville Music City Bowl 27-24. Iowa and Mizzou were evenly matched teams, each missing a strong offensive weapon. If they played each other ten times my guess is they would both win five.

Congratulations to Coach Eli Drinkwitz and the Tigers for another fun season! For the second year in a row the Tigers have secured ten wins. I am so proud of this Tiger team! M-I-Z!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men. -Luke 2:1 - 14.

I hope you and your loved ones have a very merry and blessed Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

I thank the Lord God Almighty for so much on this Thanksgiving Day! I am more richly blessed than I ever deserved and have so many blessings and gifts I cannot begin to count all of them.

This year I have much, much more reason to be thankful. I am so thankful for the new kidney I received in May and the second chance at life it has given me. It's been six and a half months and all restrictions have been lifted. I am doing everything I want and the organ is doing its job very well. I give thanks to God for this gift! I also give thanks to God for my family, friends, nurses, doctors, surgeons, therapists and support staff. With all of their help my recovery has been easy!

Happy Thanksgiving Day to all my Facebook family and friends. May God bless each of you richly!

The Campaign is Finally Over

Thank God the 2024 US Presidential election is over after months of name calling, idiocy and outright stupidity expressed by both Democrats and Republicans. Donald Trump defeated Kamela Harris 312 to 226 votes in the electoral college, which is the antiquated system used to pick presidents in the United States.

The Republicans, it appears will control both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate.  This combined with Trump being in the White House gives that party a trifecta in the legislative and executive branches of the US federal government.  This is the same situation as Trump had when he was elected to his first presidency in 2017.

Thanksgiving takes place in the US later this month on the 28th.  I am already thankful that this election is over.