Posted on 01/03/2005 4:42:35 AM PST by The Mayor
Read: Proverbs 24:10-12
Whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. —John 11:26
Bible In One Year: Genesis 6-9
John, a friend of mine, was once addicted to drugs. Several times he nearly died. He was a broken man when he entered the Christian rehabilitation program that my husband and I established. By the end of the program, John had become a Christian.
One day as John strolled along a busy street, he began to see the bustling shoppers as God sees them—dying people. He had learned from God's Word that those who die without Christ will spend eternity separated from Him. With deep concern, John thought, These people don't have to die!
We all need to see people as God sees them. But that revelation also brings responsibility. Solomon pleaded, "Deliver those who are drawn toward death, and hold back those stumbling to the slaughter" (Proverbs 24:11). He also warned that once our eyes are opened we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know, and holds us responsible to act (v.12).
Think of people you know who are without Christ. They don't have to die without Him! Jesus said, "Whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die" (John 11:26). Will you tell them this good news? —Joanie Yoder
good Monday morning!!!!!!!
Good morning!
Always love Military Mondays!
I rang in the new year chatting online with one of my soldier pals in Iraq, the best New Year's Eve I've ever had...God bless all of them!
Morning Gabz!
Good morning Mayor and FReepers every where.
I would list that at the very top of my list.
Please give us an update on the situation there..
Mornin Temple, Happy Military Monday!
What a great way to bring in the New Year!!!!
I hate to say that I was a little sidetracked this morning due to this thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1312728/posts
I have to run to work and am running late at this point.
See ya's tonight.
This fellow is in the Sunni Triangle (he couldn't tell me where at the moment). Usually he is near Tikrit.
He said it is very hairy right now due to the elections. Most of the locals are laying low because of the attacks.
He has had a pretty rough tour for many reasons, he was even injured a while back but wanted to stay on.
He'll be home in Feb/March and can't wait (as I can imagine) but is keeping tough, he's proud of himself and he knows he is doing a good thing! He's a big Bush supporter, which I think is a testament to our President's leadership. To go through what this soldier has and still love and admire the man who sent him into battle is an amazing thing!
It was surreal!
You being sidetracked by that is quite understandable, FRiend.
You have a better day than your morning has been.
Reading you previous post to Rus, I imagine it was.
God bless them all.
Vietnam memorial benefit Jan. 8
By: TIM MAYER - Staff Writer
CARLSBAD ---- Organizers say tickets are still available for a Saturday event to raise money for a monument that will honor North County residents who died in Vietnam.
"We still do have tickets available, and we really want to encourage people to come," said Lisa Limber, executive director of the Carlsbad Village Business Association.
The association, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Project, the Army and Navy Academy, and the San Dieguito Veterans have joined forces to raise money for the memorial they hope to erect in Carlsbad.
The 7:30 p.m. Saturday event at the Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center, 3557 Monroe St., will feature music from the Vietnam era, guest speakers, and a reading of the names to be inscribed on the memorial.
Among those expected to attend are Stephanie Cavanaugh of Vista and members of her family. Her Marine Corps father, Lt. Col. Arthur C. Stephens Jr. died in Vietnam during his second tour of duty there in 1971.
"My father was a just a very loving person and dad and husband," said Cavanaugh.
Cavanaugh said the memorial will be a place where she, her eight brothers and sisters, and her father's many grand and great grandchildren can go to remember and learn about her father.
Having the local memorial "will be nice for the grandchildren and great grandchildren to easily visit and honor their grandfather, and also for my brothers and sisters and myself," she said.
But the memorial "will really be for everybody, not just me or my family," she said.
Thanks in part to a $6,500 grant from the city, organizers have raised a little more than $16,000 toward the project. The granite memorial ---- inscribed with the names of all North County residents who died in the war ---- will be erected on land being set aside by the Army and Navy Academy adjacent to Carlsbad Boulevard. Plans for the project, totaling about $50,000, include landscaped grounds and benches.
Limber said "this memorial will, in some small way, help bring closure and will also remember the lives of the young men who sacrificed for our nation so many years ago."
The project began about 18 months ago as a class assignment by Carlsbad High School history teacher Jack Frazier, himself a veteran who lost three cousins in Vietnam.
"It's way past time to recognize the sacrifice of these men," Frazier said. "With Vietnam turning out to be a central issue in this last (presidential) election, it's obvious Vietnam is still an open wound.
"This will be a place to sit and think and remember and come to the realization that there are people who appreciate the sacrifice that was made," he said.
The event will include an evening of entertainment featuring Vietnam-era music performed by two local bands, "The Langen Brothers" and "Generation Gap," patriotic music, a flag presentation by the Army and Navy color guard, and the reading of the names of all those identified from throughout North County ---- 93 thus far ---- who died in Vietnam.
Tickets cost $10 and are available by calling the business association at (760) 434-2553 or Frazier at (619) 885-8846.
Contact staff writer Tim Mayer at (760) 901-4043 or tmayer@nctimes.com
A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery
store, but couldn't find one big enough for her family.
Finally in desperation, she turned to a grocery stocker and
asked, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?"
The grocery stocker replied, "No ma'am, they're dead."
http://www.clermontyellow.accountsupport.com/flash/UntilThen.swf
AMERICA, LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1311634/posts
Scroll down for more information and pictures..
Great Texas send off for our T Patchers!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.