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Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
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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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God
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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.
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God Bless Our Republic
I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
Prayers going up
After all these years, I still don’t fully understand prayer. It’s something of a mystery to me. But one thing I know: When we’re in desperate need, prayer springs naturally from our lips and from the deepest level of our hearts.
When we’re frightened out of our wits, when we’re pushed beyond our limits, when we’re pulled out of our comfort zones, when our well-being is challenged and endangered, we reflexively and involuntarily resort to prayer. “Help, Lord!” is our natural cry.
Author Eugene Peterson wrote: “The language of prayer is forged in the crucible of trouble. When we can’t help ourselves and call for help, when we don’t like where we are and want out, when we don’t like who we are and want a change, we use primal language, and this language becomes the root language of prayer.”
Prayer begins in trouble, and it continues because we’re always in trouble at some level. It requires no special preparation, no precise vocabulary, no appropriate posture. It springs from us in the face of necessity and, in time, becomes our habitual response to every issue—good and bad—we face in this life (Phil. 4:6). What a privilege it is to carry everything to God in prayer!
Read: Psalm 142
Heaven Knows Mr. Allison
The Longest Day
The Dirty Dozen
Stalag 17
The Great Escape
Von Ryan’s Express
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Casablanca
Tora Tora Tora
Run Silent, Run deep
The Enemy Below
The Guns of Navarrone
The Hiding Place
Downfall
Enemy at the Gates
Patton
Grand illusions
Sgt York
I like the old ones.
Funny, this morning I was just thinking about ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. I liked PURPLE HEART, CAINE MUTINY, GREAT ESCAPE — quite a few, interestingly. There are many I’d still like to see — mostly older ones, which were at least respectful of the military.
That's not a movie.
Okay, The D.I.
That's not a war movie.
Okay, Full Metal Jacket.
Okay, half war...
Enough! The D.I., dammit!
Rodriguez! If you were comepletely surrounded this morning by a force of 500 men, what would you do?
Kill 'em, Sir!
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Fantastic Friday to all.
Hmmm. Favorite war movies?
Midway and Tora, Tora, Tora.
Flying Leathernecks.
The Longest Day.
The Patriot.
"The Battle of the Bulge" (1965) - Robert Shaw is superb as "Col. Hessler" (based on Joachim Peiper). Good performance by Telly Savalas, as "Sgt. Guffy".
"Kelly's Heroes" - Clint Eastwood.
"We Were Soldiers" is a great movie, I'm a big Mel Gibson fan. My favorite is "The Longest Day"; I remember watching it as a kid and it's been my favorite ever since. The "Band of Brothers" series is also great!
Warm, sunny weather will keep us on the lawnmowers again today, baseball and softball seasons start next week.
Not sure what I'm doing this weekend, more laziness may be in order.
Better slurp some more 'joe and run...
Have a blessedocious weekend!
Gone With The Wind
....and that’s just my movie title!
However, I must go like the wind, now, too! Have a great day, Early Bird! (((hugs)))
