FReeper Canteen ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ November 30, 2005

Guest Chef Spotsybelle

[Spotsy]

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Born on this Day

1667 Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish writer; arguably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, although he is also well known for his poetry and essays.

His masterpiece, Gulliver's Travels, a satire on human nature, was tremendously popular immediately after it was published. Poet Alexander Pope, a contemporary of Swift, stated that "it is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery." In the 20th century, George Orwell declared it one of the six most indispensable books in world literature.

Born on this Day

1835 Samuel Langhorne Clemens, famous and popular American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer better known by his pen name, Mark Twain.

Clemens maintained that the name "Mark Twain" came from his years on the riverboat, where two fathoms (12 ft, approximately 3.7 m) or "safe water" was measured on the sounding line, was marked by calling "mark twain". But it is often thought that the name actually came from his wilder days in the West, where he would buy two drinks and tell the bartender to "mark twain" on his tab.

Twain's celebrated works include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

~ Visit the official website of Mark Twain ~

Born on this Day

1874 Sir Winston Churchill, soldier, journalist, author, politician, statesman, British Prime Minister (1940-45, 1951-55), and winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values."

~ Visit The Churchill Centre online ~

If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed;
If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly;
You may come to the moment when you will have to fight
with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival.

There may be even a worse case.
You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory.
Because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.

Winston Churchill

On this Day in History

1939 USSR invaded Finland over a border dispute
President Roosevelt quickly extended $10 million in credit to Finland, while also noting that the Finns were the only people to pay back their World War I war debt to the United States in full. But by the time the Soviets had a chance to regroup, and send in massive reinforcements, the Finnish resistance was spent. By March 1940, negotiations with the Soviets began, and Finland soon lost the Karelian Isthmus, the land bridge that gave access to Leningrad, which the Soviets wanted to control.

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible

Don't forget the syrup! Pancakes Wednesday with the Troops --
definitely!

[Spotsy]

Happy 3rd Anniversary to the Canteen Post Office!
Thank You Mr. Tonkin!



God Bless our Troops and Veterans
and their loved ones
and all FREEDOM-loving people everywhere

[The Mayor]

November 30, 2005

Greater Grace

Read:
Romans 3:21-30

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. —Romans 3:23-24

Bible In One Year: Acts 20:2, Romans 1-4

One morning, when our granddaughter Julia was quite young, she and her Nana were reading the Bible together. They came to the familiar verse, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).

Julia suddenly jumped up off the sofa and ran to get my father's weathered, marked-up King James Bible that I keep on a shelf in my office and that I had showed her that very morning. "It's very old," I told her solemnly.

She took the ancient Bible in her hand and ran back to Nana, excitedly found Romans 3:23, and read to her, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."

"Yep," she said triumphantly, "Says the same thing in this one too!"

Sin has been with us from of old and will be with us as long as we live on this earth. But there is something older than sin—something that outlasts it. According to the hymnwriter Julia Johnston, it is the "marvelous grace of our loving Lord, grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt!" The hymn concludes, "Grace, grace, God's grace, grace that will pardon and cleanse within; grace, grace, God's grace, grace that is greater than all our sin!" (© Renewal 1938, Hope Publishing Co.)

Have you received His grace? —David Roper

How To Receive God's Grace
Admit you are a sinner (Romans 3:23).
Believe on Jesus (Romans 10:9-13).
Confess Jesus to others (Matthew 10:32).

Grace is infinite love expressing itself in infinite goodness.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
10 Reasons To Believe God Offers The Perfect Gift

[Soaring Feather]

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, they're fighting for our Freedom.

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Prayers going up.

[BIGLOOK]

Happy Birthday, Mark Twain!
Great job, Spotsy.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[Diva Betsy Ross]

very cute thread Spotsy! I miss you. Hugs

[AZamericonnie]

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[Spotsy]

Grace is infinite love expressing itself in infinite goodness.

Congratulations Mayor! You beat Bentfeather and Tomkow to be first in line this week.

All of that turkey and pumpkin pie must be slowing them down.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thanks for noticing!

FR Canteen Post Office Established November 30, 2001

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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Happy Birthday AZbushgal!

[Darksheare]

I hear tell there's a three year anniversary of the Canteen Post Office...
Congrats Tonk!
And thanks!

[Spotsy]

3rd post today? You are losing your touch Queenie. *wink*

Thank you for the Canteen Blessing.

Happy Wednesday!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[AZamericonnie]

Thank you for the Canteen Post office Mr. Tonkin!

[Soaring Feather]

The Canteen Post Office!
Thank You, Mr. Tonkin!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[Spotsy]

That one is a keeper! ROTFL!

Happy Wednesday Tonk!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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