AMERICAN HISTORY: On October 19, 1781, British forces under General Charles Cornwallis sign terms of surrender to George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown at 2 p.m., effectively ending the American Revolutionary War.
CATHOLIC: Evangelicals believe that, in order to be saved, you must accept Christ as your personal Savior through sincere prayer, asking Him to come into your heart and forgive your sins.
During the Catholic Mass, everyone prays –
“I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do.”
“Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.”
“I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God … For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.”
By Evangelical standards, any Catholic who has sincerely prayed even one Mass is saved.
DOUBLE STANDARDS: You know the saying … if they didn’t have double standards, they would have no standards at all.
MAHA: This is well worth your time. [11:29] – HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) involves doing your cardio hard enough to pant, then slowing down until breathing is normal, then repeating. When I am at the gym, I like to warm up on the elliptical by going backwards, which uses different muscles than forwards. When I’m ready, I switch to forward and go as hard as I can until I’m panting, then I get off the machine and walk around on the floor until I’m breathing normally. Then, I do one of the weight machines to improve my bone density, an important consideration at my age. After my reps, I repeat the elliptical and cool down walk, then move on to another machine and repeat until I’m done.
GRAMMY NOTES: Yesterday morning, I noticed frost and wanted to take a picture of my petunias before the sun hit and melted the delicate crystals. I very stupidly went out on to the deck, which was a veritable skating rink and fell. Thankfully, nothing is broken, including the camera. Mostly, I’m very sore and really angry with myself. It was so frightening to be out there in my nightgown, knowing Dearest was at church. I had to crawl to get back inside. It hurt. I hurt. Don’t fall.
SHORTS:
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Gi66PcznUoY [2:09] to watch an incredibly sweet “prank” that’ll make you dive for the tissue box.
