My oh My! Thank you so very much, Billie.
Hushpuppie has been so busy with our folks she has had little time to do much other than occasionally look over my shoulder at the many threads! She says to tell you Merry Christmas and Thank You!!
Posted on 12/23/2005 12:04:48 AM PST by Mama_Bear
yup.. almost as good as DollyCali & Mel Gibson, huh?
:-)
I could take on the entire batallion with some 'Mama Bear' hugs! Thank you! And Merry, Merry Christmas!
Beautiful.
My oh My! Thank you so very much, Billie.
Hushpuppie has been so busy with our folks she has had little time to do much other than occasionally look over my shoulder at the many threads! She says to tell you Merry Christmas and Thank You!!
Those big blue eyes gotcha, huh?
among "other things".
:-)
God Bless each and every one of you, as well as your families.
Heh heh.
Amen.Christmas blessings to our troops and their loved ones.
Merry Christmas, John. I love ya too. Hugs to Ashley, Meggie and all.
Merry Christmas Billie, Merry Christmas Dolly...
just got on shift here... rain snow mix comin' down on Ft Wood...
it'll be a long nite...
Merry Christmas to you, too. Thanks for the lovely card.
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This is copyrighted so I'll only post the link.
Thank you for all your kind words thoughts and prayers. Today will be a sad but in a way blessed day. My mum is no longer in pain and unable to to communicate any longer she has gone to a better place.
God Bless you all
love
Eleanor
She had thought she would be recuperating from surgery today but instead is going to celebrate Christmas with her mother, kids and grands.
Merry Christmas!!
Weinie
051224-N-1960H-012 Yokosuka, Japan (Dec. 24, 2005) – The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), center, along with other U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet ships, show their holiday spirit on Christmas Eve 2005 with a colorful display of friendship lights. Several other Sailors from Carrier Strike Group Five (CSG-5) participated in decorating their ships from bow to stern in holiday colors. Currently in port, Kitty Hawk is the only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, and is home ported out of Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photograph by Photographer's Mate Airman Thomas J. Holt (RELEASED)
051222-N-7526R-001 Yokosuka, Japan (Dec. 22, 2005) - Christmas lights outline the amphibious command and control ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). Blue Ridge is the Seventh Fleet Command ship and is permanently forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy Photo by Navy Journalist Seaman Marc Rockwell-Pate (RELEASED)
031122-N-8213G-002 At sea with USS George Washington (CVN 73) Nov. 22, 2003 -- The guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) maneuvers near USS George Washington (CVN 73) at sunset. Washington is conducting Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman Konstandinos Goumenidis. (RELEASED)
Great News Lonestar!
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First Breath
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Russell Nagy's moving choral anthem "The Promise" contains these words:
Silently by night,
in mortal flesh enshrouded,
He who framed the mountains
draws first breath.
Far from human sight,
the Promise ne'er forgotten
Is in love begotten
to conquer death.
© 1993 by High Street Music
The marvel of Christmas is that the Maker of the mountains took His first breath as a baby. The One who framed the universe assumed human flesh so He could save us. The incarnation is the astounding combination of who descended from heaven to earth, how He arrived, and why He came. "For by Him all things were created . . . . And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. . . . For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, . . . having made peace through the blood of His cross" (Colossians 1:16-20).
When Jesus took His first breath on earth, a loving promise of God the Father was fulfilled. The Christ-child whom the angels announced and the shepherds proclaimed had come to die.
The baby in the manger was "the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation" (v.15), "in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins" (v.14).
O come, let us adore Him! —David McCasland
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