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FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: The Christmas Truce ~ 31 December 2018
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Posted on 12/30/2018 5:04:53 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska
~ Good Evening ~
~ HAWKS WIN!!!! ~
~ Good Evening ~
~ Welcome To My World ~
Im Down There Somewhere
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posted on
12/30/2018 5:08:45 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
12/30/2018 5:14:04 PM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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The Messenger
December 31, 2018
I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me.
Malachi 3:1
I have a message for you! A woman working at the conference I was attending handed me a piece of paper, and I wondered if I should be nervous or excited. But when I read, You have a nephew! I knew I could rejoice.
Messages can bring good news, bad news, or words that challenge. In the Old Testament, God used His prophets to communicate messages of hope or judgment. But when we look closely, we see that even His words of judgment were intended to lead to repentance, healing, and restoration.
Both types of messages appear in Malachi 3 when the Lord promised to send a messenger who would prepare the way for Him. John the Baptist announced the coming of the true Messenger, Jesus (see Matthew 3:11)the messenger of the covenant (Malachi 3:1) who will fulfill Gods promises. But He will act like a refiners fire or a launderers soap (v. 2), for He will purify those who believe in His word. The Lord sent His word to cleanse His people because of His loving concern for their well-being.
Gods message is one of love, hope, and freedom. He sent His Son to be a messenger who speaks our languagesometimes with messages of correction, but always those of hope. We can trust His message.
Lord Jesus Christ, help me not only to understand Your message but to live it.
Ask the Lord to help you share His good news
with others in the new year.
Malachi, the last book of the Old Testament, was written by a man whose name means my messenger. Malachi, believed to be a contemporary of Ezra and Nehemiah, ministered to the Jews who had returned from the Babylonian exile. Although the temple had been rebuilt (Ezra 6:1415), the temple service and sacrifices were defiled for several reasons: lack of reverence for God, offering of blemished sacrifices (Malachi 1:69, 1214), and willful neglect of the tithe (3:89). Worse, the priests were defiled by mixed marriages and marital unfaithfulness (2:116). Because the priesthoodwhich served as the messenger of the Lordfailed in their priestly function (2:79), Malachi speaks of a future messenger who would prepare the way for the messenger of the covenant (3:1). Four hundred years later, Jesus identified John the Baptist as that messenger (Matthew 11:910; 17:1213).
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posted on
12/30/2018 5:16:35 PM PST
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thank you for the post.
Our history is important, if we bother to learn it.
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posted on
12/30/2018 5:17:07 PM PST
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lizma2
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~ Hall of Heroes: The Christmas Truce ~
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posted on
12/30/2018 5:37:25 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: SkyDancer
Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))... glad you had a happy win.
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posted on
12/30/2018 5:50:57 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks so much Kathy! Both of my grandfathers were WWI veterans.
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posted on
12/30/2018 5:54:53 PM PST
by
wjcsux
(The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
To: Kathy in Alaska
The sad thing about World War I, was that you had Christian England and France, going to war against Christian Germany. This war destroyed Christianity in Europe. So many men became disillusioned by supposedly "Christian" countries killing each other on such a mass scale, that Russia turned to Atheistic Communism, France and England turned to Humanism, and Germany and Italy turned to pre-Christian Roman and Teutonic paganism.
by World War II, America was fighting with a skeptical England and a Godless USSR, against a Paganistic Nazi Germany and the Shinto of Imperial Japan.
Needless to say, you'd never see a Christmas truce between American and British troops, and ISIS or al-Queda.
To: left that other site
Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...did you and Penny get out to walk today? Any pub nights this week?
We’ve had snow, not too much, every day for several days. I shovel the deck and by morning there is more to shovel.
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posted on
12/30/2018 6:04:01 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
It’s bitterly cold and windy around here, so the walks have been few and “business-oriented”, if you get my drift.
Although I really enjoy pub-nite, I DON’T enjoy coming home late in the dark and the cold...I would rather just snuggle and FReep.
I’ll acclimate at some po int and get back into the swing of things.
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posted on
12/30/2018 6:07:15 PM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; Jet Jaguar; SandRat; laurenmarlowe; beachn4fun; ...
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
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posted on
12/30/2018 6:09:47 PM PST
by
radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Howdy, Kathy.
Were you able to gas up your car with little trouble. It looks like they’ve scraped a few of the streets but I’d think that would make them dicey to drive on. Slick!
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posted on
12/30/2018 6:41:45 PM PST
by
radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Christmas morning I awoke to hear of the truce on the front in WWI.
Wholly spontaneous, a sign went up “no fight, Peace”
Very trepidiciously, they came forward from the trenches, and exchanged gifts and pictures...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUReYO2n06w
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posted on
12/30/2018 6:57:28 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thank you for this beautiful Christmas story. Very heartwarming and restores my faith in the human heart.
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posted on
12/30/2018 6:58:05 PM PST
by
luvie
(The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
To: The Mayor
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
Ready to take on the new week? Or maybe wait til Wednesday?
I work New Years day, so it’s a full week for me.
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posted on
12/30/2018 7:01:09 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: lizma2
Welcome to the Canteen, lizma2....
Our history is important, if we bother to learn it.
This is so, so true.
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posted on
12/30/2018 7:06:35 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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posted on
12/30/2018 7:09:18 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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posted on
12/30/2018 7:31:07 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: wjcsux
You are most welcome, wjcsux...our thanks to your grandfathers for their service to our country.
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posted on
12/30/2018 7:32:43 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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