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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel & Marine Corps Birthday ~ 10 November 2013
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !!
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Posted on 11/09/2013 5:05:12 PM PST by ConorMacNessa
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A GREAT MARINE
Several years ago as the H & S Battalion Chaplain at MCB, Camp Lejeune, I visited the people in the different work spaces, including the rather large main post office. One day a little conversation took place with a young Marine Lance Corporal. This unplanned encounter has remained with me, and it seems worth passing on. The Lance Corporal was standing by a very large sack of mail. His job, every day, six days a week, for many hours, was to sort the mail from that large sack and place the letters into smaller sacks, depending upon their destination. He explained his job, and I asked him if he ever gets bored. "Chaplain," he said," this is all I do. Just sort all these endless piles of letters. Sometimes I can't take it anymore." I was drawn into the young Marine's lament and his life's drama started to sound interesting. He continued, "Then, just as it gets to be overwhelming, I'm holding a letter in my hand and I begin to think: Maybe this letter is going from a Marine wife in Jacksonville all the way to her husband on deployment in the Med. He really misses her and is homesick on that big ship. Then he gets the letter and suddenly he feels much better. The next letter in my hand, I think: Maybe it's from a little boy to his Daddy in Somalia. He drew a picture with crayons to cheer his Dad and put it in the envelope. Each letter makes me wonder because this one may change a life for the better, or at least bring a smile to a lonely Marine or Sailor." I was shaken by the majesty this young Lance Corporal displayed and said this to him: "Young man, you possess a wisdom rarely found in people who are triple your years. You have more than wisdom, though, you have character and maturity. Indeed you have found the secret to happiness in life. Whatever you wish to achieve, it will undoubtedly one day be yours...it would be a great honor if you would allow me to shake your hand". Whenever we face frustrating moments or disappointments in our work day, let's all remember that young Lance Corporal and follow his heroic and inspiring example!
"Give thy servant, therefore, an understanding heart."
- King Solomon's prayer in First Kings
Chaplain Mitch Schranz
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To: ConorMacNessa
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Remembering Our Fathers Words
November 10, 2013
Jim Davidson was climbing down Mount Rainier when he fell through a snow bridge and into a crevasse (a pitch-black, ice-walled crack in a glacier). As Jim stood bloodied and bruised in that dark ice cave, he reflected on his childhood and recalled how his father had repeatedly reminded him that he could accomplish great things if he pressed through adversity. Those words helped to sustain Jim as he spent the next 5 hours climbing out of that dark ice cave to safety with very little gear and under extremely difficult circumstances.
The psalmist seemed to climb out of his own crevasse of affliction and pain by recalling his heavenly Fathers words. He admitted that if God and His Word had not sustained him with joy, he would have died in his misery (Ps. 119:92). He expressed full confidence in the Lords eternal Word (v.89) and in the faithfulness of His character (v.90). As a result of Gods faithfulness, the psalmist made a commitment never to forget Gods words to him because they had a central part in rescuing his life and bringing him strength.
In our darkest caves and moments of affliction, our souls can be revived by our Father in heaven when we recall and fill our minds with His encouraging words.
Thinking It Over
What crevasse of discouragement are you currently in?
How can you use this time as an occasion to revive your
soul by filling your mind and heart with Gods Word?
Remembering Gods words revives our soul.
Read: Psalm 119:89-93
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posted on
11/09/2013 5:11:24 PM PST
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The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: StarCMC; Kathy in Alaska; Bethbg79; EsmeraldaA; MoJo2001; Brad's Gramma; laurenmarlowe; ...
Happy Birthday to all Marines
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posted on
11/09/2013 5:12:16 PM PST
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SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: ConorMacNessa; xzins; bethelgrad; lightman; LiteKeeper; MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; ...
Please join us for Sunday Chapel & The Marine Corps Birthday!
Please stop in and say a prayer of protection for the military.
Prayers from all denominations are needed.
Sunday Liberty starts after the Guest Military Chaplain's Service!
To: SandRat
I can hear the song in my head...From the halls of Montezuma...
Happy Birthday USMC.
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posted on
11/09/2013 5:15:10 PM PST
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amom
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Everybody!
((((HUGS))))
To: ConorMacNessa
Thanks, Conor, for today's Chapel and Marine Corps Birthday!
To: Kathy in Alaska
Happy #238 birthday, devil dogs. Best wishes to your families. A special nod to a buddy who landed with the 28th Marines at Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945.
Semper fi.
To: Kathy in Alaska
Weekly Prayer for America
Almighty God, Your loving-kindness is renowned, and Your forgiveness to those who turn to You has been proven in Your Son, Jesus Christ, who said from the cross, Father forgive them for they know not what they do. We have been blessed beyond measure by You for You have given us our lives, our health, and an abundance beyond imagining. It is in all these ways that You have blessed America, and we know that Your blessings go beyond these for you have given us freedom, houses, fields, lands, security, prosperity, and ability. We have blessings above our capacity to list.
And it is for this that we require your forgiveness, Lord, for how can a nation so blessed not recognize Your hand of kindness upon us. Those who founded our nation knew of You for they wrote that we are endowed by our Creator, and they were right. You have been so wonderful to us. So, it is with sadness that we acknowledge that we have wandered away from You. We pray for Your forgiveness. We pray that You give to us Christians time to tell again about the mercy of Jesus, time to turn the nation back to You. In Jesus name we pray; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen
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posted on
11/09/2013 5:22:14 PM PST
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xzins
( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
To: The Mayor
Good evening, Mayor, and thanks for today’s sustenance for body and soul. ((HUGS))
A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
To: ConorMacNessa
Woo-Hoo Navy Bro, God Bless and keep The US Marine Corps and how ‘bout the Midshipmen kicking some Hawaii butt :-)
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posted on
11/09/2013 5:23:44 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Low information voters gave us this nightmare.)
To: SandRat
A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours, Sand.
Hope you had some rest today. Been mugged yet?
To: SandRat
Speaking of Marines. For a good read, I’m currently reading “Dial 911 Marines Adventures of a Tank Company in Desert Shield and Desert Storm” by Joe Freitus as told by Chris Freitus, Company Executive Officer. My son Chris gave it to me saying it paints a pretty good picture of a tanker’s life in war. It is well written and quite a good read imho.
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posted on
11/09/2013 5:28:53 PM PST
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amom
To: Kathy in Alaska
A Blessed Lords Day to you and yours, Kathy.
Worked all day cleaning up the garage and barely made a dent in it.
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posted on
11/09/2013 5:35:51 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: amom; SandRat
To: ConorMacNessa
Happy Birthday, Marines! Hand-salute from a respectful squid. Semper Fidelis.
To: left that other site
Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...did you and Lynn-Dah find some good sales today?
A Blessed Lord’s Day and Shavua Tov to you and yours.
To: Kathy in Alaska; GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman; AZamericonnie; HiJinx; Colonel_Flagg; BIGLOOK; ...
Happy
Birthday
Marines!!
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posted on
11/09/2013 5:50:47 PM PST
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL of you heroes!)
To: PROCON
Good evening, Army Bro! A Blessed Lord's day to you and yours!
A wager on the Big Game this year?
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Eagles Up! Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
11/09/2013 5:51:38 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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