Psalm 137 ~ foundations † ††

The first thing we notice about a new building site, is the barren ugliness. No one moved to North Carolina or Florida for a barren landscape.  New building sites hold a promise. Like a Phoenix.

Psalm 137

How Shall We Sing the Lord's Song?

By the waters of Babylon,

    there we sat down and wept,

    when we remembered Zion.

2 On the willows there

    we hung up our lyres.

3 For there our captors

    required of us songs,

and our tormentors, mirth, saying,

    “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

4 How shall we sing the Lord's song

    in a foreign land?

5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,

    let my right hand forget its skill!

6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,

    if I do not remember you,

if I do not set Jerusalem

    above my highest joy!

7 Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites

    the day of Jerusalem,

how they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare,

    down to its foundations!” 

Sheds hold building materials and people safely.

Save on hotel bills.

When Dallas was recovering from the F4 Tornado of October 2019, it was not beautiful. The bad news was a projected 2-year recovery. For insurance reasons. The Good News was the 2-year recovery time to plan the recovery.

We recently had time to improve our 24-year family home. 

We reduced our energy bill 

by $400 a month. 

($295 now)

The things we did to improve, we used a lot of R19 insulation. And we have an attached garage, we used Walmart Ant NASA TECH White Reflective Foam Core 2 Car Garage Door Insulation Kit 18 Ft (Wide) x 8 Ft (HIGH) R Value 8.0 Made in USA $116. This positively changes the temperature in the Texas garage by at least 10 to 15 degrees.  Both winter and summer.

The garage wall to the house, we insulated with R19 and then put in Hardy Plank for security if the cars bump a plank and for overall weatherproofing. 

We also put in 2 attic fans from shopping the reviews. They have benefitted us for 2 years.

Sheds hold building materials and people safely.

All the doors, including attic, have Home Depot Frost King double layer, 2 products, door frame insulation and Vinyl or Brass sweeps at the bottom. Even the attic. 

But the one thing I think we did, the best, was putting Lowe's12-in x 24-in White Rectangle Urethane Gable Vent $62, two of them on the wall surrounding the refrigerator, top and bottom.  This allows the refrigerator not to fight its own heat, the top vent allows the heat to dissipate in the kitchen.

The one thing we avoided was Vinyl Windows. 

We had a mature, in years of window sales, salesman arrive at our home and say, "Honestly, no one wants vinyl on their home for warping. This $22 g solution is a waste, a joke, 1/3 of the Argon gas fails in about 4 to 5 years. They won't last 25 years. The product will never pay for itself." And our friend who washes windows for a living agrees.  

Adamant avoidance. 2 more to avoid.

Our son has an LSU Master's Degree in Construction through the LSU Engineering Department. Green wood. It isn't cured properly. PERIOD. And lately the scam is it has a new process of drying.  Yep, split later and or bend. Not great even for fence posts. (We sat next to one bending 12', 4" post, was green slightly around knotholes, horribly in an outdoor Restaurant yesterday.) Leave Home Depot if they try to tell you green wood is ok. It is NOT.  

The 2nd to avoid. Glued beams.  

These are new to the residential construction industry. They have no history.  NEVER. Glue. You know what glue does in heat and time.  Whole, large wooden Posts and long 2x4 are available in Lumber stores. Reasonably, compared to the inferior box store products.

 Locally, in the Houston area, we had a major home builder have a new home, on the market, collapse.  In a regular rainstorm. How. The Beams. Gave out. House down. Cracked in to 1/3rds.

Scammers in BAD Economic times. 

Instead, we stayed with our aluminum windows

and advise 2 parts, bifold, interior glass or interior plexiglass storm window.  We had ours made by a carpenter. If I had to buy new windows, I'd use Cypress or Mahogany and build the windows.  Or Aluminum. The window industry sees vinyl windows as a scam. 

We had secondary inspections before the drywall was finished.

Our building was recommended by 9 people in our Church. As we used him, his projects with them began to have major flaws.  Planned obsolescence. Crooked, for rebuild profit. He is out of business using his construction name now. Fortunately, our beams were 3 to 1 part. 3 Supports for every beam. I knew from listening to others. We had also hired electrician support approval. And expert plumbing when we found out.

2010 Williamsburg Vacation

My parents honeymooned 1956 in Williamsburg

My father built their house on Williamsburg plans

We had building supply issues. Repeatedly he brought wood that we rejected. One load was black mold. Our friend who builds with a major home builder said he would come and look, this was bad news.  So I got out Lysol and a dish scrubber and applied Lysol while waiting. Lysol Spray kills 99.9% of mold and bacteria. The wood became perfect.  They were beams that would be exposed in the garage and be painted. 

When we built our $295 Garage door, the crown molding was a 2x4 and then split one 2x4 in half and layered the wood for crown molding. Was actually very beautiful.  Don't throw out all that flooded wood. Stack it on 3 or 4 cinder blocks.  When in doubt, double plank. Still useful. 

Sheds are important for tools, building materials

and can be useful as small houses

during rebuilding

I'd purchased from a large internet store, nationally known, for balustrades. It arrived by mail and was cedar. Cedar is so soft, you can drive your thumb fingernail in about 1/4 of an inch. To return it, I'd pay half of the purchase.  I purchased Minwax Hardener and this matched the reviews and became very strong.  Durable. Perfect. I painted ours. 

***** Flood materials should be reexamined before throwing it away.

Romans 3: 22-24

And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 

and are justified freely by His grace 

through the redemption 

that is in 

Christ Jesus

May God Please Bless America

we need Him

Abba, Father,

FATHER,

In the Name of Jesus

we THANK YOU

the disaster of Hurricane Milton

is AVOIDED.

PLEASE, LORD. 

Help Floridians Heal.

The People of North Carolina

request most:

Baby Items

and

COLD WEATHER is COMING ITEMS:

SAMARITANS PURSE

Link Below

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Cast Iron Stoves  = = = are first on the list

Coats, Jackets, Hats, Gloves

In Good Condition, please

Sweaters, 

Blankets

Comforters

Throw Away Hand Warmers

Fire Pits and those items

Lanterns

Fencing Materials

Livestock Supplies

Help The Elderly!!!

We Increase the Holy Spirit

and Pray:

With Your Help

We will act justly

 and to love mercy

 and to walk humbly with You, our God.

Dwell in me,

Dwell in us,

Dwell in those we Love,

Help us to seek You first.

And we will finish well, in Jesus Christ. 

Help us find and bring

to become

 more Heaven

to this earth.

In Jesus Christ is 

Our Love, Joy and Hope.

BLESS those working for

Post Pandemic Healing

and Flood Healing

and Care.

Especially in all 6 States.

The people crying for 

HELP.

Bless us 

all, 

worldwide

with Healing

Safety

Prosperity and

Worldwide

Peace!

We ask healing

of Your Good Creation

HEAL OUR NATION

26 days

or sooner for Early Voting

Please Vote 

and Vote Responsibly.

For Children 

in their Schools, 

....all safety. 

They Need Our Prayers, Father!

The Catholics

Announce 

an Ad Campaign

against

The Child Abuse

in 

Gender modification.

God Lord deliver them.

For those who protect 

and defend 

the USA:

Protect us:  ALL

from arsonists.

Keep our food supply safe 

and the supply chain.

Support the Police.

Safety from Crime.

The Preservation

and Honoring

ALL of our Constitutional Rights.

Veterans fought for us.

For Worldwide Peace.

And the Peace of Israel.

The safety 

of Your people.

The safety 

of those

helping the earth 

to heal.

GOD BLESS THEM

Let evil and practicing evil

depart far from us

and our children.

And in Jesus - this Hope, 

Faith and Love - we will rise up believing Jesus. 

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Yes The Lord Fulfills His Purpose

Thank You, Jesus

Hebrews 11 ~ an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith

 

On earth, as it is in Heaven

Your Good Will be done

Hebrews 11

11 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old received their commendation. 3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

4 By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. 5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. 7 By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God. 11 By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.

13 These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. 14 For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.

17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, 18 of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” 19 He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back. 20 By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau. 21 By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.

23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king's edict. 24 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25 choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.

29 By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days. 31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.

32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. 35 Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. 36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two,[a] they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated— 38 of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

39 And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, 40 since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Hebrews 11 is many, many emotions. Faith, the disclaimer when men walked about in sandals and long robes, suresuresuresure, and only if this could happen to me. Please.

Hebrews 11 makes us grow and lean into this:

Romans 8:28 

 And we know that for those who love God 

all things 

work together for good, 

for those 

who are called according

 to His Purpose.

About 10 years ago, our small wooden fence collapsed, and we found very few people who wanted to fence for less than $8,000 for a full fence in the 4th largest City in the USA. And I felt discouraged with unanswered calls or solid 'NO' on the phone. And accordingly sat down to see what fencing was available from Home Depot. They had a charming fence made of Shiplap and contoured edges. This looked rather Williamsburg to me. The pretty out lying houses of Williamsburg where they dried and smoked meat, kept ice to churn butter, made a collection of herbs and flowers for medicinal purposes. Tools were housed. Homemade Brooms. Kept chickens. Or Guns in a magazine. 

And I went from discouragement to glee. I was about to put up a Williamsburg fence, find a friend of Edward's who loved carpentry and needed a project, and build a fence for us. I would whitewash like Tom Sawyer. Then I shopped for the best used Amish birdhouses.  And found huge birdhouses for $50.  The finished price $550, way down from any quote.

Went to Church, where someone we like a lot said homeownership would drag you down. And I said it depends on what you imagine and dream for the project and explained my fence.

I love the revival history of Williamsburg. I like my new fence a thousand times better than the old dull, grey fence.

When we lived in our newlywed cottage, the garage door fell into bits during a storm. 1996 and the cost was going to be $2,500. I called 12 places for a quote, I learned this from Edward's career, and found I needed a new idea. My mother had a friend who was a carpenter and needed a project. Instead of pressed metal, we bought 2 huge sheets of good plywood, put them up on a new frame and added a wooden, much improved, crown molding at the bottom. Finished price $295. 

Romans 8:28 

 And we know that for those who love God 

all things 

work together for good, 

for those 

who are called according

 to His Purpose.

Oct 23, 2019

Dallas, October 23, 2019, tornadoes called F4 ripped into Dallas for almost 17 miles. Missed my mother's house but destroyed 3 blocks away West and 1 block behind her East 2 blocks. She was so tired, at age 86, and elderly, they were sleeping in the hallway peacefully.

The first block to be destroyed was Edward's cousins' cousin.  They thought they were the one house to escape, and the next day discovered the house was flooded thoroughly because the roof had moved over a foot to ruin the structure.

The bad news, the insurance took 2 years to quote and begin.  The good news, the insurance took 2 years to quote and begin. Our 92-year-old cousin's cousin and her daughter had 2 years to plan the moves. And very, very much LOVE what they did with time and materials and boredom.

My mother's excellent friend, Charles, age 78 years, was in Home Depot during the tornado. He said they ran from place to place while nervous managers plotted to get them away from the tools becoming torpedoes. Charles said it was very much like a "Die Hard" Movie. And the building with a steel structure was entirely flattened. He said the 32 people climbed out of the building like it was a metal pancake.  Later, the new Home Depot building next door said it saved them an enormous amount of money to skip the needed repairs.  Charles did say he was not as enthusiastic, but never ran faster like a track team.

King Charles fought tirelessly to have an Architectural Uprising. He didn't want to see their History wiped away in a worldwide rectangular building, blah humbug. Kills Tourism and property values.

Time for an Architectural Uprising.

Tourism funds and needs to see ARCHITECTURE

Not Rectangular Building Blah Blah.

Time for an Architectural Uprising.

Tourism funds and needs to see ARCHITECTURE

Not Rectangular Building Blah Blah.

Time for an Architectural Uprising.

Tourism funds and needs to see ARCHITECTURE

Not Rectangular Building Blah Blah.

Time for an Architectural Uprising.

Tourism funds and needs to see ARCHITECTURE

Not Rectangular Building Blah Blah.

It is amazing what architectural salvage will do for Residential housing. With time and thought and boredom. 

May God Please Bless America

we need Him

Abba, Father,

FATHER,

In the Name of Jesus

we pray the disaster of Hurricane Milton

is AVOIDED.

PLEASE, LORD. 

Romans 3:21-31 

The Message

God Has Set Things Right 

21-24 But in our time something new has been added. What Moses and the prophets witnessed to all those years has happened. The God-setting-things-right that we read about has become Jesus-setting-things-right for us. 

And not only for us, but for everyone 

who believes 

in Him. 

For there is no difference between us and them in this.

We pray in Jesus' Name. Amen.

The People of North Carolina

request most:

Baby Items

and

COLD WEATHER is COMING ITEMS:

SAMARITANS PURSE

Link Below

https://www.samaritanspurse.org/disaster/hurricane-helene/?utm_source=Ggl&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=m_YGND-B24V&utm_content=HurricaneHelene&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsJO4BhDoARIsADDv4vDxXCJgCYMUomRU7-si-YkSYdEfFWyp9W5sQmlmPcPGS_IdsOEhLiwaAtSGEALw_wcB

Cast Iron Stoves  = = = are first on the list

Coats, Jackets, Hats, Gloves

In Good Condition, please

Sweaters, 

Blankets

Comforters

Throw Away Hand Warmers

Fire Pits and those items

Lanterns

Fencing Materials

Livestock Supplies

Help The Elderly!!!

With Your Help

We will act justly

 and to love mercy

 and to walk humbly with You, our God.

Dwell in me,

Dwell in us,

Dwell in those we Love,

Help us to seek You first.

And we will finish well, in Jesus Christ. 

Help us find and bring

to become

 more Heaven

to this earth.

In Jesus Christ is 

Our Love, Joy and Hope.

BLESS those working for

Post Pandemic Healing

and Flood Healing

and Care.

Especially in all 6 States.

The people crying for 

HELP.

Bless us 

all, 

worldwide

with Healing

Safety

Prosperity and

Worldwide

Peace!

We ask healing

of Your Good Creation

HEAL OUR NATION

28 days

or sooner for Early Voting

Please Vote 

and Vote Responsibly.

For Children 

in their Schools, 

....all safety. 

They Need Our Prayers, Father!

The Catholics

Announce 

an Ad Campaign

against

The Child Abuse

in 

Gender modification.

God Lord deliver them.

For those who protect 

and defend 

the USA:

Protect us: 

from arsonists.

Keep our food supply safe 

and the supply chain.

Support the Police.

Safety from Crime.

The Preservation

and Honoring

ALL of our Constitutional Rights.

Veterans fought for us.

For Worldwide Peace.

And the Peace of Israel.

The safety 

of Your people.

The safety 

of those

helping the earth 

to heal.

GOD BLESS THEM

Let evil and practicing evil

depart far from us

and our children.

And in Jesus - this Hope, 

Faith and Love - we will rise up believing Jesus. 

Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Yes The Lord Fulfills His Purpose

Thank You, Jesus