FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ DARE TO DREAM ~ 19 February 2017

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

DARE TO DREAM

Someone once commented that "One of the most powerful things in the world is a dream. Not those dreams that come to us while we sleep, but those we consciously pursue while we are awake." Think of how dreams have shaped our modern life. Of Martin Luther King whose famous speech began, I have a dream today." And of Robert Kennedy who said, "Some men see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream things that never were and ask 'Why not?'" Think of how children's lives are often shaped by their parent's dreams. I remember, for instance, that the mother of Moses was more influential to his eventual development than all the scholars of Pharaoh.

William Herbert Carruth once wrote:

"We are all of us dreamers of dreams;
On visions our childhood is fed;
And the heart of a child is unhaunted, it seems,
By the ghosts of dreams that are dead....
"There's no sadder sight this side of the grave
Than a shroud o'er a fond dream spread,
And the heart should be stern and the eyes be brave
To gaze on a dream that is dead....
"Let him show a brave face if he can,
Let him woo fame or fortune instead,
Yet there's not much to do but to bury a man
When the best of his dreams is dead."

Genesis 11:31-32 in the Hebrew scriptures may give one example of how dreams can get sidetracked or forgotten. Just two verses...but what a story. Terah, the father of Abraham, had started out on a journey for Caanan. He had enough religion to hear God's call and leave paganism. But he was attracted by the bright lights and comfort of Haran. Now, Haran (in what is now Turkey) was a good distance from his old city of Ur (in what is now Iran) but it's on the same side of the river. A fun place perhaps, but not God's destination for his people. I heard a rabbi once say that Haran symbolizes a place of arrested development, forgotten dreams and unrealized opportunities.

Abram (whose name would eventually be changed to Abraham), was not satisfied with half-way, however. He moved on to Canaan to become "The Father of the Faithful." Hebrews 11:10 (in the Christian scriptures) describes him as looking for a city "whose builder and maker is God." A worthy legacy...and one which has influenced us all.

Think for a moment. What are the dreams that have shaped YOUR life? That determined your direction, or helped you to make it to this station on your life's journey? Have they empowered and called forth the best in you? Can they help you become the person you think God intended you to be? Do you still hold on to them, and nurture them? Important questions...I hope you can take some time this weekend to reflect on, and perhaps recover, "the power of a dream." But be careful what you dream! It may come true, and even if it isn't realized in your lifetime, it will affect you, and perhaps even the way people remember you...forever.

CAPT J. David Atwater, CHC, USN

 

[ExTexasRedhead]

Green Beret returns home. RIP American patriot!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/grieving-army-widow-meets-her-185526568.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM89miYtknw

[luvie]

Daniel O'Donnel~Church In The Wildwood

Allison Crowe~Hallelujah

Dallas Christian Choir~How Beautiful

Jeff Russell~Heaven Opened Its Doors

Jim Brickman~How Great Thou Art

Providence~Sweet Beulah Land

St. Olaf Choir~When Peace Like A River

Have a blessed Sunday
God bless our troops!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!

[WENDLE]

I love him.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, mountainlion...((HUGS))...perhaps they dreams of how great a nation we could be, but we would have to work really hard to keep that greatness.

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Have you settled back into winter?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Amazing Grace ~ Cherokee

Elvis ~ In The Garden

Jim Ed Brown ~ Chapel Bells Are Ringing

John Berry ~ Old Rugged Cross

Kitty Wells ~ Dust On the Bible

Red Sovine ~ Deck of Cards

The Statler Brothers ~ Church in the Wildwood

Tennessee Ernie Ford ~ Faith of Our Fathers

The Gaithers ~ What A Friend We Have in Jesus

Elvis ~ Precious Lord

Ray Cornelius ~ One Set of Footprints

How Great Thou Art ~ Choctaw

Amazing Grace ~ Cherokee

Elvis ~ In The Garden

Jim Ed Brown ~ Chapel Bells Are Ringing

John Berry ~ Old Rugged Cross

Kitty Wells ~ Dust On the Bible

Red Sovine ~ Deck of Cards

The Statler Brothers ~ Church in the Wildwood

Tennessee Ernie Ford ~ Faith of Our Fathers

The Gaithers ~ What A Friend We Have in Jesus

Elvis ~ Precious Lord

Ray Cornelius ~ One Set of Footprints

How Great Thou Art ~ Choctaw

[Kathy in Alaska]

(((HUGS))) YES!!

[Doogle]

....sounds like the woman who recorded the vid
on YT couldn’t keep her emotions in check either....

[Kathy in Alaska]

Answered. And you have your battle plan ready for the dirt. Good for you!

Plenty of weird weather this year to mess up planting plans.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Shavua Tov.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Prayers for our troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
for a safe and peaceful week ahead.

[Kathy in Alaska]

He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Force, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our G-d from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea.

May HASHEM cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighting men from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor.

May He lead our enemies under their sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is Hashem, your G-d, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you.

G-d bless and keep your children safe, Alouette.

[ExTexasRedhead]

America’s finest sacrifice and give all while we have gutter RATs in political office and in our streets disgracing this nation.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))

Shavua Tov and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Are you enjoying your First Officer duties? Learning new stuff?

[ConorMacNessa]

I'll be relying on John Man and Daniel this year for the heavy lifting.

"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

[PROCON]

Saw it, very tough to watch with a blurry screen.

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

((((HUGS))))

Ave et Vale!

Hitting the sack now...LOL!

[PROCON]

Hiya radu!

Wassp your way?

Not much happening with me today.

I just finished watching the movie, "Sully", a great, enjoyable movie. Also, earlier this week I watched on COMET, "Killer Klowns from Outer Space", a great B movie, lotsa fun!

Kittehs being nice?

[Kathy in Alaska]

My favorite “crosses”...thanks, Mac.

[radu]

Howdy, PRO!

Not much up down this way either. Just doing stuff around the house and a run to the store this evening.

“Sully” is one of the few movies I’d like to see. They haven’t put out much the past few years that interest me but what I’ve seen about that one makes it sound like a good one.

I haven’t seen “Killer Klowns from Outer Space”, in years. Funny you mentioned COMET because I have it on now. “Empire of the Ants” - - I can’t believe Joan Collins agreed to star in this one. LOL

Kittehs are being nice momentarily but they’ll wake up before too much longer. Lessa’s laying low because she took a nasty little tumble this afternoon and it tugged at her gut. No problems with the incision that I can see but she’s sore. Pippin’s cuddling with her now.