Psalm 91:5 ~ You will not fear

Psalm 91:5

5 You will not fear the terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day.


Castles - in time of plague -

Spain 1596–1602 plague
South America 1600–1650 malaria
England 1603 London plague
Egypt 1609 plague
30–90% of population Southern New England, especially the Wampanoag people 1616–1619 Unknown cause. Latest research suggests epidemic(s) of leptospirosis with Weil syndrome. Classic explanations include yellow fever, bubonic plague, influenza, smallpox, chickenpox, typhus, and syndemic infection of hepatitis B and hepatitis D. ,
280,000 Italy 1629–1631 Italian plague of 1629–1631 plague
Wyandot people 1630 in Ontario smallpox
Thirteen Colonies 1633 Plymouth Colony smallpox
Thirteen Colonies 1634 Connecticut River area smallpox
England 1636 Newcastle plague
China 1641–1644 helped end the Ming Dynasty plague
Spain 1647–1652 Great Plague of Seville plague
South America 1648 yellow fever
Italy 1656 Naples plague
Thirteen Colonies 1657 Boston, Massachusetts measles
24,148[17] Netherlands 1663–1664 Amsterdam plague
100,000 England 1665–1666 Great Plague of London plague
40,000 France 1668 plague
Spain 1676–1685 plague
76,000 Austria 1679 Great Plague of Vienna plague
Thirteen Colonies 1687 Boston, Massachusetts measles
Thirteen Colonies 1690 New York City yellow fever
18th century
Death toll (estimate) Location Date Article Disease Ref.
Canada, New France 1702–1703 smallpox
Sweden 1710–1711 Great Northern War plague outbreak plague
Thirteen Colonies 1713 Boston, Massachusetts measles
Thirteen Colonies 1713–1715 New England and the Great Lakes measles
Canada, New France 1714–1715 measles
France 1720–1722 Great Plague of Marseille plague
Thirteen Colonies 1721–1722 Boston, Massachusetts smallpox
Thirteen Colonies 1729 Boston, Massachusetts measles
Spain 1730 Cadiz yellow fever
Thirteen Colonies 1732–1733 influenza
Canada, New France 1733 smallpox
>50,000 Balkans 1738 Great Plague of 1738 plague
Thirteen Colonies 1738 South Carolina smallpox
Thirteen Colonies 1739–1740 Boston, Massachusetts measles
Italy 1743 Messina plague
Thirteen Colonies 1747 CT, NY, PA, SC measles
North America 1755–1756 smallpox
North America 1759 measles
North America, West Indies 1761 influenza
North America, present Day Pittsburgh area. 1763 Native American victims of Biological warfare during the Siege of Fort Pitt, part of the French and Indian War. Smallpox
>50,000 Russia 1770–1772 Russian plague of 1770–1772 plague
Pacific Northwest natives 1770s smallpox
North America 1772 measles
North America 1775 particularly in the northeast unknown cause
England 1775–1776 influenza
Spain 1778 Cadiz dengue fever
Plains Indians 1780–1782 North American smallpox epidemic smallpox
Pueblo Indians 1788 smallpox
United States 1788 Philadelphia and New York City measles
New South Wales, Australia 1789–1790 amongst the Aborigines smallpox
United States 1793 Vermont influenza and epidemic typhus
United States 1793 Virginia influenza
United States 1793–1798 Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, resurgences yellow fever
19th century
Death toll (estimate) Location Date Article Disease Ref.
Spain 1800–1803 yellow fever
Ottoman Empire, Egypt 1801 bubonic plague
United States 1803 New York yellow fever
Egypt 1812 plague
Ottoman Empire 1812 Istanbul plague
Malta 1813 plague
Romania 1813 Bucharest plague
Ireland 1816–1819 typhus
>>100,000 Asia, Europe 1816–1826 first cholera pandemic cholera
United States 1820–1823 arising near Schuylkill River fever[ambiguous]
Spain 1821 Barcelona yellow fever
New South Wales, Australia 1828 amongst the Aborigines smallpox
Netherlands 1829 Groningen epidemic malaria
South Australia 1829 smallpox [
Iran 1829–1835 bubonic plague
>>100,000 Asia, Europe, North America 1829–1851 second cholera pandemic cholera
Egypt 1831 cholera
Plains Indians 1831–1834 smallpox
England, France 1832 London, Paris cholera
North America 1832 New York City, Montreal other cities cholera
United States 1833 Columbus, Ohio cholera
United States 1834 New York City cholera
Egypt 1834–1836 bubonic plague
United States 1837 Philadelphia typhus
Great Plains 1837–1838 1837-38 smallpox epidemic smallpox
Dalmatia 1840 plague
South Africa 1840 Cape Town smallpox
United States 1841 especially severe in the South yellow fever
20,000+ Canada 1847–1848 Typhus epidemic of 1847 epidemic typhus
United States 1847 New Orleans yellow fever
worldwide 1847–1848 influenza
Egypt 1848 cholera
North America 1848–1849 cholera
United States 1850 yellow fever
North America 1850–1851 influenza
United States 1851 Illinois, the Great Plains, and Missouri cholera
United States 1852 New Orleans yellow fever (This one changed my grandmother Anita's life)
1,000,000 Russia 1852–1860 third cholera pandemic cholera
Ottoman Empire 1853 what is now Yemen plague
4,737 Copenhagen, Denmark 1853 Cholera epidemic of Copenhagen 1853 cholera 
616 England 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak cholera 
United States 1855 yellow fever (This one changed the life of my father's family)
worldwide 1855–1950 Third plague pandemic bubonic plague
Portugal 1857 Lisbon yellow fever
Victoria, Australia 1857 smallpox
Europe, North America, South America 1857–1859 influenza
Middle East 1863–1879 fourth cholera pandemic cholera
Egypt 1865 cholera
Russia, Germany 1866–1867 cholera
Australia 1867 Sydney measles
Iraq 1867 plague
Argentina 1852–1871 Buenos Aires yellow fever
Germany 1870–1871 smallpox
40,000 Fiji 1875 Fiji measles
Russian Empire 1877 Baku, now part of Azerbaijan plague
Egypt 1881 cholera
9,000 India, Germany 1881–1896 fifth cholera pandemic cholera
3,164 Montreal 1885 smallpox timeline
1,000,000 worldwide 1889–1890 1889–1890 flu pandemic influenza



As I was saying - Castles - in time of plague - we'd like to have one!!!

King Henry VIII was serious about saving himself when Plague visited England during his reign.

Henry would quickly draw up a Great Plan visiting the healthier air of the countryside. Three purposes. One - to save himself.  Two -  showing the Monarchy Power and Influence requesting a Royal Party for Henry and his Court- great in number. Three - bankrupt nobility making the Crown come in First!

Unfortunately, the castles Henry brought the Court trailing along - yes - plague traveled with Henry.


We know today from epidemic studies, DNA saved human beings from plague. Rather a God Plan than Human Plan. Pope Clement VI was widely known placing torches or fire cannons around him in hope of forcing plague away. This wisdom came from the people who prayed for the Papacy. The fires kept the fleas away. God does amazing things yesterday and today. We can expect this tomorrow too.




What plagues do we have in the USA.

Probably complacency.

People fail to truly appreciate each other. Frequently troubled marriages have ease of friendship and economics.

Cornelius Vanderbilt is an odd choice for a Bible Study. He pushed all other people out of his way getting monopolies making the fortunes of his gilded era. He was one very tough hombre. Late in life, he married an unwilling female cousin. He was as rude to her as his first wife. She couldn't wait to be a widow. Cornelius knew this and said to willing and expectant relatives, who had not worked for their fortune - something grim and true. He told them they would become too grand to appreciate the monopoly on all trains entering NYC and would sell their cash cow. To spend more and enter into the fray of "Glorious Society" forgetting they were immigrants who had Family Fortune based on running a steamship ferry. He told them to wise up, keep the monopoly and try to live more simply. He was right. And as the fortunes were divided, spent in glorious living, more and more unhappiness and divorces and unusual circumstance did occur.



My very blessed and fortunate Great-Grandfather would sit his family down for a meal, in later life, and he would look down the table and say, "Eat Heartily. This might be your last meal."

I don't think he added, "Bon Appetit" or "Salut".




What's in your Castle?







Father God,

We will all have a day where our Time is planned to go Home. One third of the population saying Jesus as Lord - we are talking about multitudes upon multitudes - as seen by Joel. Your Beloved being covered in the grace of Jesus Christ, Wonderful and Auspicious God.

Father God, warm and tender our hearts as Jesus did on the Emmaus Road. Help us to be to You, like Daniel, who knew God is God. Help us not to live as Grumple Stillkins.

Let us remember again,
God is Good and Your Goodness. Real Goodness.  Life is strong and filled with real Hope of God. The Strength of God - Peter Knew Jesus is God and Jesus is Words of Life. Eternal Life.

Remembering wonderful Step-Grandfather Reverend Tate said, "Hell is going on a long vacation with the ones you love, in a little car!!!" And let us with gratitude -  real gratitude - realize we could be parted forever from the people we truly love - and remember again - strive as communicators in our insignificant conversations.

Rembrandt's Road to Emmaus

Let us truly, and really appreciate, the people we have in our hearts, let us encourage and build them up. Knowing we want our Beloved to feel loved. To be appreciated. We want to walk the path God has given us to know we did our best. Today, today, today we pleased Jesus.

Our lives continue forever - and yet, the gift of time teaches us - Today is our life and we really want empowerment making the most and best of our God Given treasures He Gives to us today. Filling our tomorrow is filled with joy. Knowing His pleasure  we worked for Wonderful Jesus. Father God embolden and empower - helping us - to be love and encouragement to the ones we Love and the people You have Given us.



Abba, thank You I feel well,  praying again for ears  have gone a bit louder today and feel confident this is Your Plan and Good will arrive. Thank You for my parents, and their continued goodness in our lives - as in-laws are family of the heart - decades of love. Thank You for Edward's health and innovations at conversations for entertainment, warmth and value.

Thank You for my children. Living and alive in Heaven. Thank You for our home and the people You have Lovingly, Lovingly given me. I appreciate Your steadfast love so I don't run down the hallway and give a swift kick or verbal punch .I am grateful for the Forgiveness my people, from You, have given me. I am grateful Your mercies renew and Your Mercies are diligently given in my life.


Hosea 14 Repentance to Bring Blessing

We will never again say ‘Our gods’
to what our own hands have made,
for in you the fatherless find compassion.”

4 “I will heal their waywardness
and love them freely,
for my anger has turned away from them.

5 I will be like the dew to Israel;
he will blossom like a lily.
Like a cedar of Lebanon
he will send down his roots;
6 his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,
his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.

7 People will dwell again in his shade;
they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom like the vine—
Israel’s fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.

8 Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols?
I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;
your fruitfulness comes from me.”

9 Who is wise? Let them realize these things.
Who is discerning? Let them understand.
The ways of the Lord are right;
the righteous walk in them,
but the rebellious stumble in them.


What is our Father God? Tender mercy and renewed Strength of hands and heart and tender Love.


Matthew 13
31 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”

Jesus You have told us. "How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings!!!"

Oh, the places He would go. You uphold Life by Your Word.  A Beautiful Promise and Sure Truth. Life Forevermore in Jesus the Only Son of God. God is Truth.

Jesus our Wonderful. Amen in Jesus Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †