A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....10-3-05....Military Monday

Billie, The Mayor

[LadyX]

Circling the field one more time to thank you for being one of our heroes, Tonk.
What a wonderful example you are for the men of America!

{{{ Hugs for Coastie }}}

[Billie]

Thank you all for your nice comments regarding the Eagle post. *Someone* wrote it soon after 9/11, and I had already drawn that eagle. Can't remember if I'd posted the eagle before, but it fit the poem. I remember we posted so many 9/11 graphics at the Canteen when it first started, and I haven't used any of mine in a while. The eagle is America - the eagle is our troops. Luv graces our threads with so many beautiful patriotic tables it makes me realize I should do it more often than just the days I post a thread. :)

[luvie]

Thank you Aqua! We miss you being a hostess, too!

[luvie]

Awwwww, thank you for that Billie! It is my pleasure!

You drew that eagle?!....it is just beautiful! As is the table around it.

[MEG33]

I am so sorry about your beloved Ink.

[MEG33]

I am very pleased with this appointment...May God be with him as he takes on this very important task..

[Temple Owl]

Thanks Meg.

[The Mayor]

October 4, 2005

On Purpose

Read:
Genesis 50:15-21

All things work together for good . . . to those who are the called according to His purpose. —Romans 8:28

Bible In One Year: Haggai 1-2, Zechariah 1-2

When a cowboy applied for an insurance policy, the agent asked, "Have you ever had any accidents?" After a moment's reflection, the applicant responded, "Nope, but a bronc did kick in two of my ribs last summer, and a couple of years ago a rattlesnake bit me on the ankle."

"Wouldn't you call those accidents?" replied the puzzled agent. "Naw," the cowboy said, "they did it on purpose!"

That story reminds me of the biblical truth that there are no accidents in the lives of God's children. In today's Scripture, we read how Joseph interpreted a difficult experience that had seemed like a great calamity. He had been thrown into a pit and then sold as a slave. This was a great test of his faith, and from the human standpoint it appeared to be a tragic case of injustice, not a providential means of blessing. But Joseph later learned that "God meant it for good" (Genesis 50:20).

Are you passing through the deep waters of trial and disappointment? Does everything seem to be going against you? These apparent misfortunes are not accidents. The Lord allows such things for a blessed purpose. So patiently trust Him. If you know the Lord, someday you will praise Him for it all! —Richard De Haan

What looks like just an accident
When viewed through human eyes,
Is really God at work in us—
His blessing in disguise. —Sper

God transforms trials into triumphs.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
Why Would A Good God Allow Suffering?

[OESY]

Help is on the way: Click the link and go back to the California map you were initially brought to. (It's not my neighborhood, but hard-wired in their program.) Go to the upper left corner and click on a lower rung of the ladder to zoom out and display the USA. (If you get the world, you've zoomed out too far.) Then double-click on your state. Start advancing up the zoom ladder a rung at a time. Double-click on the map as you get closer to your area of interest -- which re-centers the map display. Eventually, you will want to change the display to the hybrid form -- using the button in the upper right. Good morning, and good luck!

[Billie]

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