Psalm 117:2 "For His merciful kindness is great toward us, and the truth of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord". If you think of God as an overbearing Father, someone who judges and hands out punishment - you need to read the Bible more. He is first of all merciful, forgiving all your sins in His Son Jesus Christ, that took away your punishment by dying for your sins. God is kind in what He provides to us all for our lives and hopes we will share with the world so everyone is cared for. This is a truth repeated over and over in the Bible. Maybe you should read it a little. Start with the Gospels.
Get Fit
Back on track with my routine. Richard and I were dancing to the oldies today - Michael Jackson's "I want you back" is a good warm up tune. Always remember to warm up before exercising so you don't hurt yourself - stretch and light aerobics are what Richard brings.
On this day
2003 Nicole had just graduated from high school and I had a big party for her in the yard. As people arrived we took a picture of Nicole with them. We included that picture in the thank you note to them and that is what she was doing on this day - writing thank you's. No small feat, there were a lot of supporters and well wishers here! Thanks again to everyone. I now know some people that did computer art on a card with the pictures like we took and used those as thank you's, clever!!
2003 - In Arkansas, Terry Wallis spoke for the first time in nearly 19 years. Wallis had been in a coma since July 13, 1984, after being injured in a car accident. Wow! practically all of Nicole's life up to this point he had been in a coma. Unimaginable!
Thessaloniki Greece
The capture of Gallipoli by the Ottomans in 1354 kicked off a rapid Turkish expansion in the southern Balkans, conducted both by the Ottomans themselves and by semi-independent Turkish ghazi warrior-bands. By 1369, the Ottomans were able to capture Adrianople.[68] Thessalonica, ruled by Manuel II Palaiologos (r. 1391–1425– ) itself surrendered after a lengthy siege in 1383–1387, along with most of eastern and central Macedonia.[69] Initially, the surrendered cities were allowed complete autonomy in exchange for payment of the kharaj poll-tax. Following the death of Emperor John V Palaiologos in 1391, however, Manuel II escaped Ottoman custody and went to Constantinople, where he was crowned emperor, succeeding his father. This angered Sultan Bayezid I, who laid waste to the remaining Byzantine territories, and then turned on Chrysopolis, which was captured by storm and largely destroyed.[70] Thessalonica too submitted again to Ottoman rule at this time, possibly after brief resistance, but was treated more leniently: although the city was brought under full Ottoman control, the Christian population and the Church retained most of their possessions, and the city retained its institutions.[71][72] Thessalonica remained in Ottoman hands until 1403, when Emperor Manuel II sided with Bayezid's eldest son Süleyman in the Ottoman succession struggle that broke out following the crushing defeat and capture of Bayezid at the Battle of Ankara against Tamerlane in 1402. In exchange for his support, in the Treaty of Gallipoli the Byzantine emperor secured the return of Thessalonica, part of its hinterland, the Chalcidice peninsula, and the coastal region between the rivers Strymon and Pineios.[73][74] Thessalonica and the surrounding region were given as an autonomous appanage to John VII Palaiologos. After his death in 1408, he was succeeded by Manuel's third son, the Despot Andronikos Palaiologos, who was supervised by Demetrios Leontares until 1415. Thessalonica enjoyed a period of relative peace and prosperity after 1403, as the Turks were preoccupied with their own civil war, but was attacked by the rival Ottoman pretenders in 1412 (by Musa Çelebi[75]) and 1416 (during the uprising of Mustafa Çelebi against Mehmed I[76]).[77][78] Once the Ottoman civil war ended, the Turkish pressure on the city began to increase again. Just as during the 1383–1387 siege, this led to a sharp division of opinion within the city between factions supporting resistance, if necessary with Western help, or submission to the Ottomans.[79]
In 1423, Despot Andronikos Palaiologos ceded it to the Republic of Venice with the hope that it could be protected from the Ottomans who were besieging the city. The Venetians held Thessaloniki until it was captured by the Ottoman Sultan Murad II on 29 March 1430. AS with all histories of all countries there is war, continuously. It can't all be blamed on religion, it is most of all earthly struggles for power that seem to be the problem. What do you think?
Enjoy the day! Make it memorable! Happy Birthday Ty!
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