DAILY PRAYER: Eternal Father, We offer You the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
AMERICAN HISTORY: On January 20, 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first US president to be sworn in under the new rules of the 20th Amendment. Since then, every president has been sworn in on January 20.
LIFE AFTER LIFE: “If you seek Him, you will find Him.” [4:11] – I met someone once who had had one of these experiences. It was obvious it had had a PROFOUND impact on his life.
MINNESOTA: Gov. Walz has mobilized his state’s National Guard and is having them wear bright vests over their uniform so anti-ICE protesters can ‘distinguish them from other agencies.’
PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, As we begin the second year of President Trump’s second term, we ask Your blessing on him, that he will be mindful of and in alignment with Your will in all things. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
GRAMMY NOTES: I am reposting the meditation about alignment that I posted yesterday, because it really hit me where I live. I have been thinking and praying about it a lot. I have wasted far too many of the hours God has given me brooding over the past and fearing for the future.
There are times and reasons to think about the past or to plan for the future, but as C.S. Lewis has pointed out, those times and reasons are only aligned with God’s will when they are the legitimate business of the present. Our lives only intersect with eternity in the now. The past is fixed; the futures we imagine may or may not happen. Our holy task is to focus on being aligned with God’s will in each present moment.
Somewhere in this pondering, it crossed my mind that it’s like magnetic lines of force. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v5Jprglwua4 to watch a brief demonstration.
When I imagine each of us being one of those little iron filings, I have to laugh at how futile it is to think we can see God’s pattern and meaning for our lives from our perspective. Only He can see the whole pattern. Our entire job is merely to align ourselves with His will so that we take our proper places in that pattern.
U.S. Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said her agency is investigating the incident for possible federal civil rights violations.
Surprisingly (to me), the most relevant federal statute may be The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE). While it has primarily been used to prosecute peaceful anti-abortion protesters, it actually prohibits the use of force, threats, or physical obstruction to interfere with individuals seeking reproductive health services or exercising their religious rights at places of worship.
Cities Church could potentially also take this to a local court and sue for criminal trespass. Churches (including their buildings, grounds, parking lots, and related facilities) are typically considered private property, even when they are open to the public for services, events, or general visitation. This means the church leadership (or authorized representatives, like pastors, elders, or property managers) can control access, decide who is welcome, and revoke permission for anyone to be there.
These protesters engaged in criminal trespass by knowingly and intentionally entering to disrupt and then refusing to leave when asked. Penalties vary by state and severity and can include fines, jail time, probation, or community service. Our constitutional rights to gather and express ourselves are only guaranteed on government property. Private property owners get to choose when and how they happen.
CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2013222406538543263 [:55] to watch Don Lemon hassle one of the ministers (not the ICE guy), trying to make a case that protesters’ right to freedom of speech somehow supersedes the congregation’s right to worship. They’re in the same amendment!
CLICK https://x.com/michaeljknowles/status/2013290671377887551 [:19] to hear Don Lemon protesting is about making people uncomfortable. The First Amendment actually guarantees “the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Traumatizing kids at church doesn’t qualify.
CHRISTIANITY: The Twelve Days of Christmas, also known as Twelvetide, is a festive Christian season celebrating the Birth of Jesus. Established in 567 at the Council of Tours, it is a time for rededication to and renewal of the faith.
Each day of the famous song by the same name celebrates one of the superb gifts of our faith. Today, the “six geese a’laying” symbolize the six days of creation when God “hatched” or formed the world.
EVERYDAY HEROES: For her science fair project, Eniola Shokunbi built a remarkably effective DIY air purifiers using readily available materials: a box fan, a furnace filter, and tape. They eliminate over 99% of airborne viruses. With $11.5 million in state funding, she was able to get her filters into schools throughout Connecticut, providing thousands of students with healthier and safer air.
FAFO: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1167472112188411 [2:00] to watch a routine traffic stop. ::smh:: In all 50 states, drivers are required to produce their driver’s license (and often registration and proof of insurance) upon request during a lawful traffic stop.
JOHNS HOPKINS: [1:47] – Prayers for Jasmine’s recovery!
LIFE: The video they watched is @ https://www.liveaction.org/what-is-abortion. [8:17] – GOOD NEWS! On December 21, 2025, Puerto Rico’s governor, Jenniffer González Colón, signed Proyecto del Senado 504 (Senate Bill 504) into law, declaring, “El ser humano en gestación o nasciturus es persona natural, incluyendo al concebido en cualquier etapa de gestación dentro del útero materno.”
Translation: “The human being in gestation or nasciturus is a natural person, including the conceived at any stage of gestation within the maternal uterus.“
This establishes civil personhood from conception, allowing the unborn to potentially benefit from rights like inheritance, donations, or other protections afford born human beings.
PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Pour forth into our hearts a fraternal spirit that we may recognize You in each other. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
On the left is a shot from The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian novel/television series/movie/opera/graphic novel about a repressive, patriarchal, theocratic society. The red cloaks and white winged bonnets are routinely worn at anti-Christian protests.
On the right is a photo of Democrat Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, a non-Muslim, dressing to impress her Somali Muslim constituents.
SCIENCE: [3:44] – Engineers have to point out the science errors in movies. Moms have to critique every labor and delivery scene and end with, “That’s not a newborn.”
DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Grant us the graces we need to worship You with all of our hearts and minds. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
BORDER: Between Jan. 20 and Dec. 11, 2025, ICE arrested about 595,000 illegals; roughly 70% of these individuals had been either been charged with or actually convicted of criminal offenses.
IMMIGRATION: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=888502826964424 to hear Nick Freitas make an interesting counterargument to Democrats’ claim that deporting illegals is denying them due process.
MINNESOTA: [43;35] – A YouTuber and his crew visited “day care” and “health care” sites listed at the state’s website as receiving millions of taxpayer dollars.
PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, May our hearts be united in the pursuit of peace, justice, and truth for the good of all. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
Comments on X …
“WAPO is actually frothy that Jesus Christ was mentioned on *checks notes* the day Jesus Christ’s birthday is celebrated.”
“This story edited by Ebenezer Scrooge.”
“It’s called CHRISTmas for a reason.”
“They celebrated a Christian holiday with Christian messaging?? The audacity.”
GRAMMY NOTES: My sophomore roomie worked breakfast in the cafeteria. I remember her standing in our very small dorm room, asking my advice about a new hiding place for her second alarm clock.
DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us each to focus on the significance of Christ’s birth and the hope He brings to the world. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
CALIFORNICATION: [14:09] – Major companies are moving elsewhere. The Nevada Globe called it “a brutal indictment of California’s hostile business climate.”
FILM HISTORY: [24:18] – Philip Van Doren Stern said he got the idea for the story in a dream. I can’t help thinking it was God’s gift to future America, because hardly anybody in the 1940s wanted it.
HOLIDAY SHOPPING: Also, pill organizers and adult coloring books.
HYPOCRISY: For the record, I am not posting this to excuse Trump’s bad attitude. I think we should be better than this! CLICK https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2001094249702367258 [2:40] if you can stand to listen to an overpaid bigot dump on a dead man for having a message that appealed to [dripping with disdain] “people sitting in their TRUCKS.” I stopped listening at that point.
MAR-A-LAGO RAID: Newly declassified emails may give Trump grounds to sue for civil liberty violations or prompt prosecutors to pursue a criminal investigation. They show that, before the 2022 raid on Trump’s home in Florida, the FBI expressed doubt that Trump had done anything wrong. FBI agents repeatedly recommended talking to Trump’s lawyers rather than raiding or, failing that, limiting the warrant to avoid private areas of the estate.
The Biden DOJ blew them off. On June 1, 2022, the Assistant Special Agent in Charge wrote, “DOJ has been adamant that no accommodation would be given and that they would not reach out to the attorney.” Nevertheless, the FBI continued to push for “a reasonable conversation with the former president’s attorney.”
When it became obvious the raid would happen regardless, the FBI advocated for a “professional, low key” search that respected “the optics.” As we all know, the August 8, 2022 raid, which was authorized by then-Attorney General Merrick Garland, was anything but.
PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Turn our hearts and minds to the reason for the season. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
VOTER FRAUD: The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division is suing 18 states for refusing to provide complete state voting registration lists. The Trump administration says it wants the information to verify the states are following federal election law in an effort to strengthen voting security. The 18 states, all of which Trump lost in 2020, call it intimidation in an effort to influence elections.
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RoMUXRZAO-I and count how many of these you’ve heard of before. I’m fascinated by working dogs, so I figured I’d know them all. I was wrong.
DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please send a special blessing on all those service members who are deployed far from their loved ones this year. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
BIDEN’S BORDER: [8:39] – They knew.
CABINET WIVES: [8:54] – Faith, family, humor, beauty, brains. This group has it all.
HEALING FAMILY WOUNDS: [6:09] – I needed this one.
ISLAM: CLICK https://x.com/realMaalouf/status/1999960908723093722 [1:59] to hear a Palestinian doctor from Gaza says men have the right and duty to beat their wives. “When you’re beating your wife, just make sure not to seriously injure her, break her bones, or damage vital organs.”
KENTUCKY: CLICK https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1998853703470907768 [1:00] to hear a legislator support teaching white kids to feel badly about the color of their skin. Feeling badly about something you didn’t cause and can’t change is called SHAME. It’s demonic. The Left is demonic.
LEFTIES: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/1999596793512808838 [1:51] to hear a liberal white woman explain why she refuses to have a relationship with her only sister. Cutting off ties with family … cult much?
MEDIA: CLICK https://x.com/Rightanglenews/status/1999916710237991096 [:22] to hear MS NOW’s Ana Cabrera report on a photo from the recently released Epstein files. She states that the blocks on the faces suggests the women could have been “minors and/or survivors” of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
The photo has since been identified as an older, previously public image from an event at Mar-a-Lago where Trump posed with adult models who were there promoting Hawaiian Tropic suntan lotion. Sooooo … not Epstein’s creepy island and not minors. ::smh::
Comment from X: “I wonder how Epstein’s victims feel watching Democrats go after Trump instead of the women who really raped them?”
SLIPPERY SLOPE: CLICK below to hear Lord Charles Leslie Falconer, a Labour party politician and member of the British House of Lords, state his support for state-sponsored euthanasia for …
GRAMMY NOTES: The Mascots had their first snowfall yesterday. Buzz said, “Jesus must’ve wanted us to have snow for Gaudete Sunday, because it brings so much JOY!!!” ❤
MEDIA: Last week, the Washington Post published an article in which two unnamed sources claimed Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a Joint Special Operations commander to “kill everybody” during an anti-drug-terrorist operation in the Caribbean Sea. That was a lie.
MINNESOTA: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e-iFmNmjVyM to hear Nick Freitas respond to an arrogant Somalian providing yet more evidence that these people are not immigrants, but invaders.
TEXAS: [9:42] – I’m guessing the Biden DOJ went after him as a warning to all the other Democrats, “Toe the line or else.” Now he’s been pardoned by a Republican president.
PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Please continue to shower Your graces on this couple. Draw them ever closer to You and keep them safe from all temptations to sin. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
Comment by Dr. Dawn Michael: “Listening to the hearing on removing the Hep B vaccine from the newborn schedule. The single most shocking moment presenters cited in studies showed that every SIDS death occurred in infants who received the Hep B shot at birth. There were Zero SIDS deaths in the unvaccinated healthy infants.”
DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Create in us a true longing for You. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
BORDER: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has stopped adjudication on all immigration and naturalization cases from 13 nations and placed partial restrictions on 6 others. Citizens of these countries are now cut off from attempting to seek asylum, get green cards, or become U.S. citizens.
EVERYDAY HEROES: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=844645504642265 [:37] to see first responders in West Virginia pull a truck driver to safety after the 18-wheeler skidded off a snow-covered highway, leaving the cab dangling off a bridge nearly 100 feet above the ground.
HOLIDAY SHOPPING: Who could resist this 20-piece set of beard ornaments! (Besides me, I mean.) Sixteen of them are jingle bells; the other four light up.
MEDIA: NBC’s coverage consisted of the following single sentence within a White House roundup segment – “Federal prosecutors have charged dozens of people in Minnesota’s Somali community for allegedly stealing hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money meant for social service programs.”
PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Free our nation from all forms of corruption. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
THANKSGIVING: Andrew Wolfe has woken up and giving his nurses a thumbs up. He is also able to wiggle his toes. Great news, but he remains in critical condition, so keep praying please.
GRAMMY NOTES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1oItOwb1eeQ LOL. This reminds me of when Mama Buzz was that age and we were going to visit Dearest’s very conservative, easily offended grandparents. I tried to talk with her about how we would never EVER ask Grandfather if he had a penis. She grabbed my hand and dragged me into the bathroom, informing me that “penis” is a potty word.
DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please bless the American bishops and Pope Leo with a broader and more accurate understanding of our battle to save our country. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
CATHOLIC: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1191212856257538 to see extraordinary footage of what happened to a man who tried to break into a Tabernacle. Stay to listen to the priest’s important message after. I’m sorry the thumbnail is so hard to see.
EPSTEIN: [7:30] – “It’s not like they were 8 year olds.” That reminds me of Whoopi Goldberg saying it wasn’t that big of a deal that Roman Polanski had drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl, because “It wasn’t rape rape.” CLICK https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1341929594065803 [1:56] to hear why we still support Trump.
EVERYDAY HEROES: When it was their turn to have pictures taken with Snow White, Brody was having an autism meltdown. His mom writes, “Snow White was absolutely amazing with him! She kissed, hugged and cuddled him. He was laying his head crying on her lap. She then took him for a walk away from the crowd. She was amazing. She held his hand, danced with him, took him over to a bench and sat with him. She went above and beyond! She took so much time with him and was a pure angel! She was simply magical, and my family is forever thankful and touched.”
FLOOD MANAGEMENT: Fascinating! [26:12] – Where I live, flooding is a given. I never thought it would be a problem in the high desert. I know this one is long, but I was riveted, so maybe you will be also. 🙂
ICE: On November 9, Akhror Bozorov (31) was arrested while he was driving an 18-wheeler in Kansas. In 2022, Bozorov’s native Uzbekistan accused him of having ties to terrorists and issued a warrant for his arrest. He fled to the U.S. where, in February 2023, he was arrested by Border Patrol attempting to cross the border.
Despite the fact that his home country has labeled him a terrorist, the Biden administration granted him authorization to work and released him. Then Pennsylvania, under Gov. Josh Shapiro, gave him a Commercial Driver’s License. Cuz, yeah, terrorist illegal aliens should totes be operating 18-wheelers on America’s highways.
Even worse, Bozorov’s driver’s license has a REAL ID star on it, meaning he could use it to board a domestic flight or enter a secure federal facility or military base. Cuz, why wouldn’t we want to give terrorist illegal aliens ready access to high value terror targets?
According to the TSA website below, only someone who has met “all federal regulations that establish minimum security standards” can get a REAL ID. Riiiiiiiiight.
LIFE: I have never understood abortion for terminally ill fetuses. If the only life they get is in the womb, then let them have every minute. And let them die peacefully, not torn apart or burned to death. I have personally known two women who received the devastating news that their babies would not live much beyond birth. Both carried to natural delivery and never regretted it.
PHILATELY: I definitely want one of these for my collection! The origami crane has long been a symbol of hope, peace, and healing. The stamp was designed using a photograph from the Peace Crane Project. The following is from their website –
“The Peace Crane Project invites every student on the planet to fold an origami crane, write a message of peace on its wings, then exchange it with another student somewhere in the world. The Project builds friendships, strengthens hand-eye coordination and writing skills, teaches geography, exposes students to new languages and cultures, and EMPOWERS YOUTH to make a difference in their community, country, and world. Classrooms, teachers, students, schools, community groups, and individuals are welcome. It’s FREE to participate!”
PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, Pour out Your Spirit of reconciliation upon every community in our great nation. Let forgiveness flow like a river and love mend what hatred has torn. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
TRUMP SHOOTER: [7:18] – Miranda Devine reports that the Biden FBI lied to Congress and the American people about what the shooter’s online history revealed. After the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt in Butler, PA, then-FBI Director Chris Wray told Congress that the bureau had found nothing in Crooks’ online history that pointed to a motive or political ideology.
However, Crooks’ accounts on YouTube, Snapchat, Venmo, Zelle, GroupMe, Discord, Google Play, Quizlet, Chess.com and Quora showed that, while he had briefly been pro-Trump, he had switched sides, becoming radicalized and increasingly obsessed with political violence. All of this happened under his real name. There’s simply no way the FBI didn’t know it when they told us the exact opposite.
GRAMMY NOTES: When our #2 enlisted, she had a college degree, so could have gone to OCS immediately. Saying that, if she was ever going to lead soldiers, she should first be a soldier, she chose instead to go to regular boot camp as an E-1 Private. When she met her husband, she was a Specialist and he outranked her. Despite knowing it would mean she would not only outrank, but also outearn him, he encouraged her to follow her dream. When she graduated from OCS, I couldn’t be there to see him give her her first salute, so watching this clip was doubly special for me. CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pOcNYFBS3qc and maybe grab a tissue.
DAILY PRAYER: Dear Lord, We ask that You will grant us each a clear understanding of how important our final years are in Your sight. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
CATHOLIC: Powerful words! Make time to hear them with all your mind and heart. [21:09] – In a world that often neglects the elderly, Cardinal Sarah reminds us that God never forgets His faithful servants. Our lives continue to have meaning and our presence still carries a divine assignment.
DARWIN WAS WRONG: [14:26] – Dawkins and Meyer remind me a lot of other left-wing and right-wing apologists. On the left, we see sneering, personal attacks; on the right, we see calm and rational logic.
EPSTEIN: [7:36] – And people wonder why the files weren’t released during the Biden administration?
MICHELLE: CLICK https://x.com/MrReaganUSA/status/1989538382720970765 [1:01] to hear this hyper privileged woman whine about how persecuted she is. “Let me explain something to white people. Our hair comes out CURLY. When we straighten it to follow YOUR beauty standards, we are TRAPPED by the straightness! That’s why so many of us can’t swim, won’t go to the gym because we’re trying to keep our hair straight for y’all! It’s exhausting, expensive and takes up so much time!! Why do we need an act of law to tell White folks to get outta our hair?!” — Michelle Obama
Are we also responsible for her decision to have her black nose caucasized? This woman needs Jesus.
PANTS ON FIRE: CLICK https://x.com/amuse/status/1989620769459245191 [:16] to hear AOC falsely state that Trump had a “close personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.” What is horrifying is that AOC can lie and slander so glibly. The emails prove the opposite. In fact, they show top Clinton and Obama officials were Epstein’s friends and associates.
PRAYER for OUR NATION: Dear Lord, We pray today for those who suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome that they will seek You and find peace and eternal life. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. Amen.
SCAM CENTER TASK FORCE: [27:30] – U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro explains what the Trump administration is doing to protect us from Chinese crypto-scammers.
SHUTDOWNS: [8:16] – Today’s Democratic Party does want the United States to fail.
TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME: CLICK https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1989391689136681001 [2:00] to hear a psychotherapist talk about the 75% of his patients who are “hyper fixated” on Trump. “This is a profound pathology, and I would even go so far as to call it the defining pathology of our time.” Colin Rugg posted, “Pray they find God. Politics is their religion and it’s all they have, which is why they have mental breakdowns when things don’t go their way.”
GRAMMY NOTES: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AckSKU6IX24 to see what Stella did. A commenter posted, “Kid had a strong spirit, she will go far in life.” Indeed! On her first time out on skis, our #2 took off down the hill before we’d taught her how to snowplow. She face planted into a snow drift at the bottom of the hill, got right back up, and wanted to go again. She is now a wife, a mom, and a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. military. :-)<3
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