Shout out to new nostr user, @Lollipop Princess . I’m encouraging her to share her art and learn how to sell it on nostr. How about a big welcome for her. #introductions #art

“My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye; bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. Say to wisdom, ‘You are my sister,’ and call insight your intimate friend, to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words. ‭‭ With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him. All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast till an arrow pierces its liver; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life. And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth. Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths, for many a victim has she laid low, and all her slain are a mighty throng. Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭7‬:‭ 1-5, 21‬-‭27‬ ‭ESV‬‬ #wisdom #truth

My favorite tea tea 🫖 for the winter respiratory crud: 1 cup fresh turmeric root 1 cup fresh ginger root Enough water to blend into a paste Take the paste and put in a tea strainer. Pour hot water through into your favorite tea cup. Add local honey to flavor. Prepare to feel some heat going down. 😛Store extra in an airtight jar for next time. I served some cold to my little girl and she loved it. Next time: green smoothie for kids who won’t eat anything green

“Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned? Or can one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched? So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.” ‭‭ Proverbs‬ ‭6‬:‭ 6-9, 27‬-‭29‬ ‭ESV‬‬ #wisdom #truth

“My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding, that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge. For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house, lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless… Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he ponders all his paths. The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin. He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is led astray.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭5‬:‭1-4, 8-9, 15, 21‬-‭23‬ ‭ESV‬‬

One thing that indicates a lot about a society as a whole is HOW its people live out their faith. Bear with me because I’m going to talk about children and people with special needs. There is a possibility that an mRNA vaccine will “help prevent” children that have special needs. Do not stay asleep on this possibility. This is absolutely controversial and could easily divide cultures and subcultures. I pray we do not go down this path. When my wife and I had a child with special needs there was an effort made to get us to change course, to exercise the “options” related to continuing the pregnancy. The perinatal center, well, her conversation with us made me mad and 🤢. How parents cope, deal, handle and work through the situations God puts before them with their unborn children says a lot about a culture. It says a lot about their faith. All people believe in something, the question is what or who. So as you move through your day today, think about this: are you living out your faith? Are you prepared to answer for your actions? All of us need to be on our knees with respect to how we have sinned. There is not one human that is worthy, not even one (Romans 3:10-12). It’s only by his mercy and grace He he freely offers that anyone can come even close. Boldly live out your faith today. “The grass withers and the flower fades but the word of our God will stand forever.” Isaiah 40:8

“Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.” ‭‭ Proverbs‬ ‭4‬:‭1‬-‭2‬, 10-11, 24-27 ESV‬‬ #wisdom

“My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them in the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.” Proverbs 3: 1-4, 13-14, 27 ESV

“Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all’.” Proverbs 31: 8-9,10‬-‭12‬, ‭16‬-‭17‬, ‭26‬-‭29‬ ‭ ESV‬‬

Bitcoin Generations will be live on zap.stream and YT today at 2:00pm ET Topic: How Bitcoin is used in Small Business in 2025, @Jor and I will interview the owners Mike and Julie of Blue Cotton. #bitcoin #smallbusiness #business

“A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back. One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor. An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭29‬:‭ 11, 23, 27‬ ‭ ESV

😂😂😂😅😛 Just listening to CD146 with @Zapstore @franzap Good conversation. I became aware (again) how prehistoric I am. I’ve been using Mac since the Mac Plus in ‘85. 😜 only as a user tho. I’ll tell that story tonight in my podcast https://youtube.com/@bitcoingenerations?feature=shared. It’s for new Bitcoiners and Baby Boomers sleeping on 🌽 and/or poisoning their mind and palate with shipcoinery. This one to includes selling Macs to students at the Spartan Bookstore at San Jose State and in Silicon Valley in the late 80s, and went on to a full time career fireman in early 90s through retirement. That said… How do we bring value today? This is helpful when viewed through the lens of where we’ve been in the larger scale of software (and hardware) development that really gained momentum in the 80s. Too long of a post already. Absolute respect for you guys who dev all day and night. In fact I’m here because of what you all built and continue to build. Many thanks. Listening to CD also to learn how to support and educate Boomers. BHSS @CITADEL DISPATCH @ODELL

“The wicked flee when no man pursueth: But the righteous are bold as a lion. Evil men understand not judgment: But they that seek the LORD understand all things. Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, He shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. To have respect of persons is not good: For for a piece of bread that man will transgress. He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, And considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.” ‭‭ Proverbs‬ ‭28‬:‭1‬, ‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭18-19, 21-22 KJV‬‬

“One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet. As in water face reflects face, so the heart of a man reflects the man. Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man. Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds, for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?” Proverbs 27: 7, 19-20, 23 ESV

“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.” Proverbs 26: 4-5, 21 ESV

Hello, do we have any Amish on here on nostr? Now that would be a great conversation. Serious #amish

After listening to O’Dell /Dorsey going to start taking nostr content and posting it on X. Education cross pollination onto that platform is a net positive for nostr, per Dorsey if I understood him right. No problem, I can definitely do that. Who’s in?