[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

To every service man or woman reading this thread.
Thank You for your service to our country.
No matter where you are stationed,
No matter what your job description
Know that we are are proud of each and everyone of you.

To our military readers, we remain steadfast in keeping the Canteen doors open.
The FR Canteen is Free Republics longest running daily thread specifically designed
to provide entertainment and morale support for the military.
The doors have been open since Oct 7 2001,
the day of the start of the war in Afghanistan.
We are indebted to you for your sacrifices for our Freedom.

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT
Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.
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[TASMANIANRED]

Thanks MoJo.

My little contribution.

http://www.reuters.hu/card_dom/index_content.html

[MEG33]

WOW! Thank you for the terrific thread and thank you to all the deejays!

[DollyCali]

Good Gracious!!!! How many years did it take you to do this magnificent table? Thank you for all the work with great resources & Merry Christmas to all of the wonderful canteeners!

[Fawnn]

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

[Just Lori]

God bless and keep our troops this Christmas and always! (Do you have the 12 days of Christmas by those Canadian guys?)

[trussell]

Hi sis! Awesome thread tonight!

[mdittmar]

A Merry Christmas for all who serve.

[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.

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up.

[The Mayor]

December 24, 2005

The Call Of The Present

Read:
Luke 1:26-38

Let it be to me according to your word. —Luke 1:38

Bible In One Year: 2 John, 3 John, Jude

The life of the mother of Jesus was simple and plain. She did the tasks that others did at her age, learning how to be a good homemaker for her future husband. There was nothing out of the ordinary about her external life—at least not revealed in Scripture.

Yet what treasures of grace lie concealed in Mary's attitude! When the angel announced that her child would be called "the Son of God," she responded, "Let it be to me according to your word" (Luke 1:38).

Her answer contained all that our Lord requires—the pure, simple submission of the soul to His will. This was the secret of Mary's deep spirituality: She abandoned herself to God's will in the present and received the grace to do what God asked of her.

What is God asking you to do? It may be something magnificent, or something ordinary. It may be to respond actively to a command of Scripture, or to submit patiently to present suffering. "What God arranges for us to experience at each moment is the holiest thing that could happen to us," commented the 18th-century writer Jean-Pierre de Caussade.

Are you able to accept each moment with grace and submission? Can you respond to the Lord as Mary said to the angel, "Let it be to me according to your word"? —David Roper

May we learn the blessed secret
Of delighting in Your will,
Welcoming whate'er You send us,
Joy or sorrow, good or ill. —Anon.

To know God's will is a treasure; to do God's will is a privilege.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
Ruth & Hannah: Learning To Walk In Faith

[Intolerant in NJ]

Julie Andrews "Away in a Manger" and Percy Faith's "Deck the Halls" are classics for me - and then there's the Robert Shaw Chorale's "Many Moods of Christmas", four medleys that made Christmas '65 on Okinawa a bit more bearable......

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Thanks for tonights thread Diva!
*HUG*
Good evening Canteeners!
Good evening Troops!
How's everybody tonight?
I'm in for abit!
Hugs alla round!
Ms.B

[trussell]

 

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Frosty the Snowman

 

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Genre: Children's Christmas

Comments: Some music for your listening pleasure

 

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[trussell]

 

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Deck the Halls

 

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[redrock]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

redrock

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[trussell]

 

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Jolly Old St. Nicholas

 

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[trussell]

 

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We wish you a Merry Christmas

 

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[trussell]

 

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Winter Wonderland

 

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[trussell]

 

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Here comes Santa Claus

 

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