To: Kathy in Alaska
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Never Let Down
April 24, 2014
Read: Lamentations 3:13-26
When I was a child, one of my favorite pastimes was playing on the teeter-totter in the nearby park. A kid would sit on each end of the board and bounce each other up and down. Sometimes the one who was down would stay there and leave his playmate stuck up in the air yelling to be let down. But the cruelest of all tricks was getting off the teeter-totter and running away when your friend was up in the airhe would come crashing down to the ground with a painful bump.
Sometimes we may feel that Jesus does that to us. We trust Him to be there with us through the ups and downs of life. However, when life takes a turn and leaves us with bumps and bruises, it may feel as if He has walked away leaving our lives to come painfully crashing down.
But Lamentations 3 reminds us that the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end (v.22 esv) and that God is faithful to the end even when everything seems to be falling apart. This means that in the midst of our pain, even though we may be lonely, we are not alone. And though we may not feel His presence, He is there as our trusted companion who will never walk away and let us down!
Thank You, Lord, that we can trust in Your
faithful presence even when we feel alone.
Help us to wait patiently for You to manifest
Your steadfast loving presence.
When everyone else fails, Jesus is your most trusted friend.
In Lamentations 3 we see the tribulations of Gods people. They are described in terms of physical suffering, painful injury, and imprisonment. Judahs journey is portrayed in harrowing terms of terrible obstacles, wild animals, a wound to the heart, and bitter food. And the spiritual devastation can be seen in these words: You have moved my soul far from peace (v.17). Yet despite the despair of the moment, the promise of restoration and renewal are given: Through the Lords mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning (vv.22-23).
2 posted on
04/23/2014 6:00:25 PM PDT by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
3 posted on
04/23/2014 6:02:38 PM PDT by
Arrowhead1952
(The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Kathy!
Well contract time is coming next month. In negotiations. I'm trying to network with some agencies back home. If I come home I guess it means I have to redo my profile page - LOL
5 posted on
04/23/2014 6:03:34 PM PDT by
SkyDancer
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To: Kathy in Alaska
6 posted on
04/23/2014 6:07:48 PM PDT by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Kathy in Alaska
hi everybody!
(((HUGS))))
7 posted on
04/23/2014 6:07:54 PM PDT by
left that other site
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8 posted on
04/23/2014 6:10:06 PM PDT by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
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)
11 posted on
04/23/2014 6:15:28 PM PDT by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
The caption does not say so but I think the truck may have been struck by artillery fire. I do know the 208th lost 5 or maybe it was 7 trucks, dozers, etc. to enemy fire in a single week. They had to start working at night due to losing too many machines and men.
13 posted on
04/23/2014 6:19:58 PM PDT by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: Kathy in Alaska
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thank you for this evening's thread of our finest at work! *Hugs*
To: Kathy in Alaska; GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman; AZamericonnie; HiJinx; Colonel_Flagg; BIGLOOK; ...
Always remembering them...
....and thanking them for what they do!
35 posted on
04/23/2014 7:06:57 PM PDT by
luvie
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To: Kathy in Alaska
My nephew is an F-16 crew chief in Misawa. I’m going to send him a link to tonight’s thread to see if he recognizes the guy in the photo on the Orion.
51 posted on
04/23/2014 9:01:17 PM PDT by
HiJinx
(Bunkerville - where the government made the Government. back down.)
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