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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,
Read: Hebrews 2:9-18
We do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses. —Hebrews 4:15
Bible In One Year: Psalms 110-112; 1 Corinthians 5
I once overheard this comment about a person who was always critical: "The trouble with him is that he's forgotten what it's like to be human!" How easily we forget our past struggles and become unsympathetic toward those who are struggling today. But there's one who hasn't forgotten what it's like to be human—Jesus.
In Hebrews 2:9-18, we "see" Jesus' humanity more fully. As a man, He was able by God's grace to experience death in our place. And during His earthly life Jesus was made perfect through His sufferings (v.10). But there's more. "Both [Jesus] who sanctifies and [we] who are being sanctified are all of one." Because of this oneness, Jesus is not ashamed to call us brothers and sisters (v.11).
In a body like ours, Jesus lived, worked, and overcame every obstacle, so He knows what it's like to be one of us. Having passed through all these experiences without sinning, He then went to heaven and is now our approachable High Priest at the throne of grace (vv.17-18; 4:14-16).
We all need someone who knows what it's like to be human yet has limitless power to help us overcome our human weaknesses. Jesus is that one. He longs to hear us speak His name and ask for His help. —Joanie Yoder
Yes, call on God.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.
Prayers for our troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
for a safe and peaceful week ahead.
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Good morning, Tonk! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY! 
TROOPS!
Me for PREZ! VOTE !!!
Today's FEEBLE
YOKE :
HAVE YOU HEARD THE ONE ABOUT...
The All-American tom cat that made forty-seven yards in one night?
The butcher who got a little behind in his work; he backed into the meat slicer?
The careless canary that did it for a lark?
The chickens that ate racing forms and now they're laying odds?
The cow that got a divorce because she got a bum steer?
The drive-in theater manager who decided if business got any better he would start showing movies?
Chicagoland Weather
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| Chicago, IL | |
| Sunrise | 6:06 AM (CDT) |
| Sunset | 7:44 PM (CDT) |
| Hrs. of Daylight | 13 Hrs., 38 Mins |
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Today's classic warship, USS Dayton (CL-105)
Cleveland class light cruiser
Displacement: 10,000 t.
Length: 610’1”
Beam: 66’6”
Draft: 20’
Speed: 33 k.
Complement: 992
Armament: 12 6”; 12 5”
USS DAYTON (CL-105) was launched 19 March 1944 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs. H. Rueger, and commissioned 7 January 1945, Captain P. W. Steinhagen in command.
DAYTON arrived at Pearl Harbor 15 May for training, and reached San Pedro Bay, Leyte, 16 June to join the 3d Fleet. On 1 July, she sortied with the Fleet for the final strikes along the Japanese coast, screening the fast carrier task groups and conducting shore bombardments. She entered Tokyo Bay 10 September and, except for a brief period of upkeep at Eniwetok, remained on occupation duty until 7 November when she got underway for San Pedro, Calif., arriving 19 November.
DAYTON sailed from San Pedro 24 January 1946 and arrived at Pearl Harbor 6 days later en route to Japan. Her orders were changed and on 7 February she sailed to join the Atlantic Fleet, conducting training at Guantanamo Bay on her way to Norfolk, her assigned home port.
On 3 February 1947, DAYTON sailed from Norfolk for a tour in the Mediterranean, exercising off Malta, and paying calls, including a diplomatic visit to Istanbul, Turkey, then sailed again to the Mediterranean, acting as flagship for Commander, Naval Forces, Mediterranean, for part of this deployment from which she returned to Boston 30 November.
Following local operations from Newport and another cruise to the Mediterranean between 9 February and 26 June 1948, DAYTON was placed out of commission in reserve at Boston 1 March 1949. USS Dayton was part of the Reserve Fleet there and at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the next dozen years. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 September 1961 and sold for scrapping on 6 April 1962.
DAYTON received one battle star for World War II service.
On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on August 22:
1647 Denis Papin French physicist (Papiniaanse pot, steam machine)
1760 Leo XII [Annibale Sermattei], Italy, Pope (1823-29)
1822 George Stoneman US Union general-major/(Gov-Calif, 1883-87)
1827 Josef Strauss Austria, composer
1827 Joseph Anthony Mower Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1870
1834 Nathaniel Harrison Harris Brig General (Confederate Army)
1836 Archibald M Willard US, artist (Spirit of '76)
1854 Milan I, King of Serbia
1862 Claude Debussy St Germain-en-Laye, composer (La Mer, Clair de lune)
1891 Jacques Lipchitz Polish/French/US painter/cubist sculptor
1893 Dorothy Parker US, short story writer (1958 Marjorie Peabody Award)
1904 Deng Xiaoping Chinese leader (1976-1983)
1908 Henri Cartier-Bresson, photographer.(The decisive moment)
1917 John Lee Hooker Mississippi, blues musician (Boom Boom Boom)
1920 Dr Denton Cooley heart surgeon (1st artifical heart transplant)
1920 Ray Bradbury Ill, sci-fi author (Fahrenheit 451, Illustrated Man, The Martian Chronicles)
1926 Honor Blackman London, actress (Pussy Galore-Goldfinger)
1932 Gerald P Carr Denver Colorado, Col USMC/astronaut (Skylab 4)
1933 Sylvia Koscina actress (Jessica, Hercules)
1934 Norman Schwartzkopf NJ, US General (Liberated Kuwait from Iraq)
1935 Morton Dean Fall River Mass, TV newscaster (CBS, ABC)
1939 Carl Yastrzemski NY, Boston Red Sox great (1967 AL MVP, Hall of Fame)
1940 Valerie Harper Sufferin NY, (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Valerie)
1942 Kathy Lennon Santa Monica Calif, singer (Lennon Sisters)
1945 Ron Dante Staten Island NY, rocker (Archies-Sugar, Sugar)
1947 Cindy Williams Van Nuys Calif, actress (Shirley-Laverne & Shirley)
1949 Diana Nyad swimmer (1st to swim Bahamas to Fla-1979)
1956 - Paul Molitor, St Paul MN, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, Mn Twins, 1993 World Series MVP)1961 Roland Orzabal singer (Tears for Fears-Shout, Head over Heels)
Thank you for today's thread Tonk!! I am just now arriving...we spent the early afternoon at my mom's with the whole brood and then I had to have a nap! Whew!! I must be preggo or something!! LOL!!! Catching up now....
