SLOW MINDFUL MONDAY~Self-Care 2026; Castle Rock-WA

Some of us aren’t craving more noise … we’re craving more peace, slower days, and meaningful moments. Some of us don’t feel sapped by calm - we feel revitalized by it.

He's ready to come back; the question now, is, am I ready? It's true the days have been slower - but it's also true that they have been peaceful.

Supper was a stew for two, and it was enjoyable.

The mental thumb screws were not.

It's a complicated situation.

My temper could have rose to the situation; Yeshua stepped in & checked it with a 'No, Val'.

In many ways he is a good man & in many ways, he is good to me, and for me.

But the primary problem remains, and it's a major issue. The over-reaching people he has tethered to him with indulgent self-centered binkies, are all old enough to be walking upright, taking care of themselves, and tending to their own business. My husband is disabled & what he is being asked to do to make life easier for them, is outrageous - especially considering that every single one of them have repeatedly stabbed  him in the back without a twinge of conscious. To my way of thinking, he has spilled enough blood in bending backwards to honor his mother's unfair pledge to take care of the family: my husband is 64 years old … he deserves a break from family pressures: there will always be complications in their lives because they feed on chaos. There will always be something left unfinished & uncertain, because they never deal with anything … they ignore situations until it can't be ignored - then they call Holland to "come fix it".

That I can take care of myself, tend to my own business, and can fix things on my own - is not the irritant, on my end, when he's gone "fixing".

My irritation stems from my husband suffering a great bit of pain, on his {good} days, and suffering tremendously after the Kelso [fixing] days - his fixing days are over; he simply can no longer do what he used to be able to do before he was injured on a job site. That reality needs to be faced by all of them, including Holland.

I kept a lid on my own rising head of steam.

I remembered my calming mantra, of "Choose joy."

After supper, when I was alone … I checked the  snap traps: seeing them still untouched, I pulled them out of the cupboard and cleared the bunk room floor by putting everything back into the perplexing cupboard.

The activity burned off stream.

It cleared the floor of what was beginning to resemble a hoarders paradise.

And I felt a little bit of accomplishment, at the folding of an otherwise laid-back Day.

No more tricky pathway through stacked boxes and loosely stashed yarn caches.

All in all the Day was a good Day.

A little bit got done.

A little bit of hope and promise started & ended the Day.

And joy was the thread that kept it all, neat & tidy.

DYING EUPHRATES RIVER SPARKS FEARS PROPHECY COULD BE COMING TRUE

Normally, I avoid the media crap that threads itself through my newsfeed; but this article snagged my attention - and it's worthy of a share 😁

The Euphrates River is mentioned in 44 verses across 16 books of the Bible ✡️☝️✝️, including Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Proverbs, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Zechariah, Malachi, and Revelation:

It's importance is significant in the context of the Abrahamic Covenant, of the Old Covenant (Old Testament) and the End Times New Covenant (New Testament) … in regards to its geographical significance concerning Elohim's promises made to Abraham; and its connection to the final judgments in the Book of Revelation … concerning Elohim's Plan for mankind according to their deeds towards each other & towards Earth, itself.

Genesis 2:14:  And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasses the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium and the onyx stone (while the precise location of Havilah remains uncertain, the biblical and extrabiblical evidence suggests it was a fertile and resource-rich region, likely situated in southwestern Arabia, northeastern Africa, or near the Persian Gulf). And the second river is Gihon: the same is it which compasses the whole land of Ethiopia. And the third river is Tigris (the ancient land of the Tigris in the Bible is the Mesopotamian plain—a vast, fertile region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now southeastern Turkey, northern Syria, and northern Iraq. It was the heartland of early human civilization): and the fourth river is Euphrates (the ancient land of the Euphrates in the Bible refers to the northeastern Mesopotamian region - “the land between the rivers” - flowing from the mountains of modern-day Turkey through Syria and Iraq before joining the Tigris and emptying into the Persian Gulf).

Genesis 15:18: Elohim promises Abraham, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.” This made the Euphrates the eastern boundary of the Promised Land.

Isaiah 11:15: “The LORD will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian sea, and with a scorching wind, he will sweep his hand over the Euphrates River.”

Jeremiah 51:36: Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "I will defend your cause and avenge you; I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry."

Revelation 16:12: "The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty. Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed." Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

That prophecy is playing out in our time, before our eyes, highlights the very real fact that the God every country on planet Earth is trying desperately to erase … STILL holds supreme control over natural elements, and daily shows mankind His ability to bring about significant changes in the world. NOTHING man tries to do to halt the process of Elohim's Plan will prosper: it was decided looooong ago & is being brought to pass in this era, highlighting divine retribution ☝️⚖️ = cause & consequences.

Throughout Scriptural ✡️✍️📜✝️ & world History accounts ✍️📜🌎📚, the Euphrates River serves as a reminder of Elohim’s sovereignty, the reality of divine judgment, and the importance of spiritual vigilance on the part of Orthodox Jews & Messianic Believers.

I don't know about anyone else … but I'm pretty excited by everything that is happening globally - soon, and very soon, we are going to see The Ultimate & Worthy King! 😁👑👏

{{Dying river in the 'cradle of civilization' sparks fears prophecy could be coming true

~Story by Averee Nelson

Euphrates River

The water levels of the Euphrates River in the "cradle of civilization" are dropping dramatically, sparking fears of the Biblical end-of-times prophecy. The Euphrates - the longest river in Western Asia through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq - flows through a significant region in the Bible, the Fertile Crescent.

The river is mentioned in the Book of Revelation, a prophecy that has stirred up concerns online as it foreshadows the end times and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Revelation 16:12 says, "The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East." This has been interpreted to mean that when the Euphrates River dries up, a great army from the East will be able to cross the river basin for the Battle of Armageddon.

This passage is the second prediction of the Euphrates River drying up in the Bible, with the first coming from Jeremiah 50:38, when God said, "A drought on her waters! They will dry up. For it is a land of idols, idols that will go mad with terror." The second prediction in Revelation is part of the seven bowl judgments, which symbolize the end of the seven-year tribulation and are so destructive that "no human being would be saved." It comes after the late Professor Stephen Hawking predicted the exact date of the apocalypse - as NASA issued a warning.

End-times enthusiasts are creating a commotion about the drying up of the Euphrates River because it could mean the prophecy is being fulfilled as we speak, as the river is actively in decline. According to a 2013 report from NASA, both the Tigris and Euphrates river basins - the waters of Babylon - lost 117 million acre feet (34 cubic miles) of fresh water from 2003 to 2009. The water loss is roughly equivalent to the volume of the Dead Sea. The majority of the loss (60%) was attributed to groundwater pumping from underground reservoirs.

In ancient times, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers allowed farming communities to flourish, but now they are drying up amid a looming crisis. For those who believe in the Biblical end-times prophecy, it could be fulfilled in the coming decades.

The Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources has warned that without urgent action, the Euphrates River could run dry by 2040. The decrease in water levels has been exacerbated by droughts driven by climate change.

Low water levels and poor water quality are also leading to other issues, like famine and disease. "Diarrhea, chicken pox, measles, typhoid fever, and cholera are currently spreading across Iraq because of the water crisis, and the government no longer provides vaccines to its citizens," Naseer Baqar, climate activist and field coordinator at Tigris River Protectors Association in Iraq, told BJM.

The water levels of the Euphrates have now plummeted to one of its lowest points in recorded history, according to the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS). As the Euphrates River's water levels continue to deplete, people online wonder whether this is a signal of the end of times or just evidence of climate change harming the planet.

It comes as a map reveals 10 safest countries to survive nuclear war amid WW3 fears.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/dying-river-in-the-cradle-of-civilization-sparks-fears-prophecy-could-be-coming-true/ar-AA22RgLX }}

ImmortalVoices - "He's Coming in the Clouds" song: 

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI89mEKNxmo&list=RDXI89mEKNxmo&start_radio=1)