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1 posted on 08/02/2007 6:00:03 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Good evening, Kathy!


2 posted on 08/02/2007 6:00:33 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

August 3, 2007

Squirrel Feeder

READ: Psalm 65

You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your paths drip with abundance. —Psalm 65:11

Some years ago I placed a squirrel feeder on a fir tree a few yards from our home. It’s a simple device—two boards and a nail on which to impale a corncob. Each morning a squirrel comes to enjoy that day’s meal. She’s a pretty thing—black with a round, gray tummy.

I sit on our back porch in the morning and watch her eat. She plucks each kernel from the cob, holds it in her paws, turns it around and eats the heart out of the kernel. At the end of the day no kernels remain, only a neat little pile of leftovers under the tree.

Despite my care for her, the creature is afraid of me. When I approach, she runs away, taking refuge in her tree and chattering at me when I get too close. She doesn’t know that I provide for her.

Some people are like that with God. They run from Him in fear. They don’t know that He loves them and richly provides them with everything for their enjoyment (Ps. 65:11).

Henry Scougal, a 17th-century Scottish minister, wrote, “Nothing is more powerful to engage our affection than to find that we are [loved by] One who is altogether lovely . . . . How must this astonish and delight us; how must it overcome our [fear] and melt our hearts.” God’s love is the perfect love that “casts out fear” (1 John 4:18).

O love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee;
I give Thee back the life I owe,
That in Thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be. —Matheson

Your loving heavenly Father never takes His eyes off you.


3 posted on 08/02/2007 6:00:43 PM PDT by The Mayor ( A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.—Proverbs 16:9)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

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4 posted on 08/02/2007 6:01:09 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; Allegra

Howdy Ma!

Happy birthday Allegra!

Too late for me. I am off to bed.


5 posted on 08/02/2007 6:01:53 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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6 posted on 08/02/2007 6:02:22 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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Happy Birthday! : )
8 posted on 08/02/2007 6:03:37 PM PDT by The Mayor ( A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.—Proverbs 16:9)
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Good Evening Ma.{{{HUGS}}}

Great thread.


10 posted on 08/02/2007 6:05:25 PM PDT by Mrs.Nooseman (Proudly supporting our Troops and Allies!!!!)
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Wishing you a very........



Allegra!!!!

May all your wishes come true.


13 posted on 08/02/2007 6:06:10 PM PDT by Mrs.Nooseman (Proudly supporting our Troops and Allies!!!!)
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15 posted on 08/02/2007 6:08:28 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Just started reading “Here Is Your War”, his dispatches from 1942.
Incredible, absolutely incredible. Not the thing to drowse off by; reality is far more intense than fiction. Especially in the hands of a master.
RIP
16 posted on 08/02/2007 6:08:30 PM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, Deport all illegals, abolish the IRS, ATF and DEA)
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Kate Smith ~ God Bless America


18 posted on 08/02/2007 6:09:03 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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Thanks, Families, for your service to our country.

Thanks, Sonora, for the perfect woohoo.


John Conlee ~ They Also Serve


19 posted on 08/02/2007 6:09:43 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Allegra
Happy Birthday!


27 posted on 08/02/2007 6:15:48 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
~~~~~~~~~
ALLEGRA!!!
~~~~~~~~~~
MAY IT ALL BE GOOD!!!

29 posted on 08/02/2007 6:18:48 PM PDT by luvie (Thompson)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

He was a great war correspondent, and he never failed to give as much credit as possible to the soldiers that he was interviewing. His was a very adventurous life...and he brought WWII home through his stories, so everyone could know what was really going on.


32 posted on 08/02/2007 6:21:23 PM PDT by luvie (Thompson)
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To: Allegra
Happy 29th Birthday, Mom!!


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From your kids, Dulcie and Finbar


37 posted on 08/02/2007 6:28:30 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Allegra


Happy Birthday Allegra!

40 posted on 08/02/2007 6:31:22 PM PDT by MeekMom (Present your bodies a living sacrifice unto God.)
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Mr President......there's trouble in the Mid East!
Should we send in the Navy and Marines....the Army?

Nah.....just send a Texas gal.

42 posted on 08/02/2007 6:33:37 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
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Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~


45 posted on 08/02/2007 6:36:37 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
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Thanks, Kathy, for reminding us of Ernie Pyle.

His tagline was "This is Ernie Pyle, with the Marines. The Marines loved him.

If only modern day media types were with the troops they observe.

46 posted on 08/02/2007 6:38:42 PM PDT by LibKill (Bush betrayed conservatives on Immigration. NO support for Bush.)
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