A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day...09-10-04....September 11, 2001 - A Day To Remember

Aquamarine, NickNamedBob

[Gabz]

Sleep well.

The graphics and tributes have been beautiful and moving.

[NicknamedBob]

Regarding your tagline, Gabz.

Kerry should have waited, and chosen Ivan as his running mate!

He's tireless and energetic.
He's got plenty of spin.
He'll play in the South.

[Gabz]

LOL!!!!!!!!!

[The Mayor]

September 12, 2004

The Bad Samaritan

Read: Matthew 23:1-15

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe . . . and have neglected . . . justice and mercy and faith. —Matthew 23:23

Bible In One Year: Proverbs 13-15; 2 Corinthians 5

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A good-Samaritan-turned-bad saved a woman's life and then stole her purse. Police in Los Angeles said that a passerby had noticed a distressed woman getting ready to jump off a bridge. The man struggled with the woman until she broke free and then fell back onto the concrete and was knocked unconscious. That's when the surprise came. According to witnesses, the suspect then grabbed the woman's purse and ran off.

That man's outrageous behavior illustrates the pattern of the Pharisees. They too seemed ready to go to the rescue of others (Matthew 23:15). They were advertised as men of prayer, men of the Scriptures, champions of the faith, and helpers of the needy. But the intentions of their hearts revealed that they were actually thieves and exploiters of people.

None of us is above such behavior. We too can reach out to others with an honest desire to help them, yet underneath we may become more interested and concerned about our own welfare than about theirs.

Lord, we don't want to be like that. We long to be as real and loving as Your Son. Help us not to succumb to selfishness. As we express Your love to others, don't let our motives turn into a desire for self-advantage. —Mart De Haan

There is a power of selfishness,
The proud and willful I,
And if my life would helpful be,
That proud old self must die. —Anon.

A good motive turns bad on the hinge of selfishness.

[Dubya]

Thanks for the devotion Mayor.

[The Mayor]

My pleasure Dubya!

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Turning port, Coast Guard Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Shannon Brewer assigned to Naval Coastal Warfare Group One (NCWG 1) skillfully maneuvers a Coast Guard inshore patrol boat.

040907-N-0683J-061 Naval Station Everett, Wash. (Sept. 7, 2004) - A Navy Region Northwest Police Multi-Mission patrol boat on watch in the Puget Sound. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Kristin M. Johnson (RELEASED)

040901-C-7087B-003 New York City, N.Y. (Sept. 1, 2004) - Petty Officer 3rd Class Maurice Orlando, from San Diego, Calif., stands watch during a dawn patrol of lower Manhattan aboard a security boat assigned to Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team 91106. The U.S. Coast Guard is leading the multi-agency waterside security effort around Manhattan Island during the Republican National Convention. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Public Affairs 1st Class Matthew Belson (RELEASED)

[dixie sass]

Ivan may play in the South, but it seems that both candidates have forgotten that the south and all of it's voters exist - except for Florida that is.

I guess we just are important enough. Maybe everyone in the South needs to show Washington how important we are to their continued welfare!

I could care less whether that Yankee Kerry shows up, but I would think that Bush would want to keep fellow southerners happy.

[dixie sass]

It is also frustrating that the powers that be seem to think there is only one financial or important business center in this country - New York. They forget there is Atlanta, Charlotte-Greenville, Dallas, Miami, Jacksonville, Charleston, Birmingham, Houston, New Orleans, Raleigh-Durham, Pascagoula (ship-building). That's just the south - what about Chicago, LA, San Francisco? It's almost as if the rest of the country except New York, Philly, Baltimore and Washington are the only places worth saving.

[LadyX]

Thank you, Your honor, for Sunday's Word.

We are reminded of His Presence in our lives every day,
including before, during and
after the storms - -

Adapting this message,
in being His, in all adversity, reflect that you are that,
and His Promises,
rather than the darkness you have survived - -

[Diver Dave]

Saw a church message board yesterday with the following message...

Body Piercing
Saved My Life

[Kitty Mittens]

Lord's-Day **HUGS** to sweet Lady Maggie, and to all the Freeper's Finest!

[LadyX]

Great sign, dave..:))

Siging off for a while to pick up fallen limbs in the yard before the next batch falls - -

Aqua, you and dixie and I can easily be affected by Ivan.

My Steve is again on First Responder Alert with DMAT for possiblr deployment to the Panhandle of Florida; or wherever there is need for medical assistance because of Ivan's arrival.

Prayers for all affected...

[Aquamarine]

Very inspiring posts by you two. Please be sure to keep those in the path of the hurricane in your prayers today.

[Aquamarine]

Aqua, you and dixie and I can easily be affected by Ivan.

I know.

My Steve is again on First Responder Alert with DMAT for possiblr deployment to the Panhandle of Florida; or wherever there is need for medical assistance because of Ivan's arrival.

Hope it won't be New Orleans.

[GailA]

Good afternoon...I spent the day giving out Bush/Cheney signs in my small berg...115 signs. I'm tired, hungry and sunburned...but well pleased with myself.

[The Mayor]

Absolutley, my brother Kevin is there and has his own problems from frances.

He is worried about Ivan....

[dixie sass]

Nicky and Joann are essential personnel on the east coast. Brother, uncles, aunts and cousins on the west coast, I hope are leaving. I know of one cousin in the panhandle that who is on her way up here with her five girls.

[Diver Dave]

Atta-Girl, Gail!!!