🦋❤️ Thursday, November 12, 2026 🙏 Scripture Prayer of the Day 📖 Psalm 17:4-5 (NIV) “Though people tried to bribe me, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent through what your lips have commanded. My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not stumbled.” 🙏 Heavenly Father, Thank You for waking us up to another day. Lord, You know how difficult it can be to do what's right when everything around us seems to be pulling us in the opposite direction. Father, help us stand firm in our faith, especially when we're tempted to take shortcuts, respond in anger, or follow people who aren't walking in Your ways. Give us wisdom to recognize the difference between what feels right in the moment and what honors You in the long run. Lord, guard our hearts, our words, and our actions. When we're tired, frustrated, or feeling pressured, remind us that we don't have to compromise our values just to please somebody else. Keep our feet steady on the path You've prepared for us. And Father, when others see me, let them see You through the way I live and treat people. In Jesus' mighty name, Amen. ❤️ 🦋 Brothers and sisters, Whew! Have you ever been in a situation where doing the right thing was a whole lot harder than doing what everybody else was doing? Sometimes standing firm in our faith means saying no, walking away, or refusing to participate in something we know isn't right. And let's be real. That's not always easy! But Psalm 17 reminds us that God's Word gives us direction when the world tries to pull us off course. We don't have to follow the crowd to find our way. We need to follow Christ. And when we stumble, because sometimes we do, we can turn back to Him and keep walking. Stay anchored in Christ brothers and sisters. I love you but not near as much as Jesus does. ❤️🦋 Stacey Brooks / TheGo2Stacey

or the beginnings of one. Check it out and play the demo https://ashwake-4rz9fhtb.manus.game Let me know what you think... this is a really really rough drafting

🦋❤️ Wednesday, November 11, 2026 🙏 Scripture Prayer of the Day 📖 Psalm 17:3 (NIV) “Though you probe my heart, though you examine me at night and test me, you will find that I have planned no evil; my mouth has not transgressed.” 🙏 Heavenly Father, Thank You for waking us up to another day. Lord, You know what's in our hearts, even the things we try to hide from ourselves. Father, examine my heart. If there's bitterness, resentment, jealousy, or anger taking up space where Your love should be, help me recognize it and let it go. Sometimes it's not easy to hold our tongues, especially when we're frustrated, hurt, or misunderstood. Lord, help us think before we speak. Give us the wisdom to know when to say something and when silence is the better choice. Help us live with honesty and integrity, even when nobody is watching. And when we're tested by difficult people or circumstances, remind us that our response matters just as much as what happened to us. Lord, when others see me, let them see You through my words, my actions, and the way I treat people. In Jesus' mighty name, Amen. ❤️ 🦋 Brothers and sisters, Whew! Have you ever had somebody push your buttons so hard that you had to remind yourself you're supposed to be representing Jesus? 😂 Well, Psalm 17:3 gives us something to think about! God doesn't just hear what comes out of our mouths. He knows what's going on inside our hearts. We can smile on the outside while carrying a whole lot of frustration on the inside. And sometimes the hardest person to be honest with is ourselves. But here's the thing. Having a clean heart doesn't mean we never get upset. It means we're willing to let God correct us when our attitudes or actions aren't right. Today, let's ask God to examine our hearts before we start examining everybody else's. Stay anchored in Christ brothers and sisters. I love you but not near as much as Jesus does. ❤️🦋 Stacey Brooks / TheGo2Stacey

🦋❤️ Tuesday, November 10, 2026 🙏 Scripture Prayer of the Day 📖 Psalm 17:1-2 (NIV) “Hear me, Lord, my plea is just; listen to my cry. Hear my prayer, it does not rise from deceitful lips. Let my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.” 🙏 Heavenly Father, Thank You for waking us up to another day. Lord, You know our hearts better than anyone else ever could. You see the struggles we're facing, the things we don't talk about, and the moments when we feel completely misunderstood. Father, sometimes it's hard to remain quiet when people judge us unfairly or question our intentions. Help us resist the temptation to defend ourselves with anger or hurtful words. Give us patience when we're frustrated, wisdom when we need to speak, and the strength to walk away when an argument isn't worth our peace. Lord, remind us that we don't have to convince everybody of our intentions because You already know the truth. And Father, when others see me, let them see You through my words, actions, and the way I treat people. In Jesus' mighty name, Amen. ❤️ 🦋 Brothers and sisters, Whew! Have you ever been accused of something you didn't do or had somebody completely misunderstand your intentions? Sometimes you want to explain yourself until you're blue in the face! But here's what Psalm 17 reminds us. God hears our prayers, knows our hearts, and sees the truth. That doesn't mean we should never speak up for ourselves. It means we don't have to allow every accusation, disagreement, or misunderstanding to steal our peace. Sometimes the strongest thing we can do is pray, tell the truth, and trust God with what happens next. Don't let somebody else's opinion of you become more important than your relationship with God. Stay anchored in Christ brothers and sisters. I love you but not near as much as Jesus does. ❤️🦋 Stacey Brooks / TheGo2Stacey

Six hours post-op and I'm somewhat wakeful about to take the next round of pain meds and trying to get used to the temporary dentures that feel like the football mouth piece I had in High School some 40 years ago. When sick or feeling bad I do my best to sleep as much as possible or read and do research so of course I have 156 tabs open with the beginnings of some new things. I'm a Pinterest junkie as it is always good for new ideas in one life direction or another. Today it was card and online games. Tarotcrafter will be done this weekend so that's the card side. I love board games and have a large collection of them. Some unplayed still as my boys are not much into them and my lovely and wonderful wife never played them much growing up, so it's a bit of an effort to sit down and play. Anyone heard of Zillions of Games? It's a system developed back in the late 90's to script strategy board games like chess and go. Some 3002 of them are on the site, but you can't pay for a software license anymore. I think this needs an updating. I shared a portion of the book shelf beside my bed earlier in the week. It's seven shelves all 8 feet long of mostly paperbacks. The other one next to it is for 8 foot shelves of mostly hobby, how to and maker books. I've spent over twenty years running, cofounding or being involved with makerspaces. Now here's the kicker. I have most of these as ebooks as well that I can access from my phone or tablet from the house server. The last thing I did last night was start linking the books on the server into my mindvault app. Calibre is good but doesn't handle the total number of books well. I had looked at librarything but it's a bit of overkill for only one user. The boys just aren't interested in books either. I tell you all this because the physical TBR "pile" is an entire shelf. The immediate stack on the night stand table are: Before You Leap - A frogs eye view of life's greatest lessons by Kermit the Frog (current read). Shifters by Jaime Johnesee is on Kindle 1