FReeper Canteen ~ Guest Military Chaplain ~ Days of Chivalry ~ Jan 15 2006

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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

 

 

Your Mental Attitude - Days of Chivalry

When the days of chivalry are mentioned, we usually think of a gallant knight rescuing a fair lady or treating her with unusual courtesy. Gallant the knights were-and certainly cour­teous…But the fundamental basis of chivalry was friendship. The Knights of the Round Table were a sworn brotherhood of men whose strongest ties were based on friendship. Perhaps the most celebrated knight of chivalry, the Chevalier de Bayard,
was famous above all else for his friendships.

Friendship is loyalty-to our family, to our job, to our community. It is not veering and tacking like a rudderless ship or playing both sides of the street
or using people just for our own advantage.

It is made up of little things-a thoughtful word at the right moment… a little kindness beyond the call of duty . . . a sense of under­standing of the other fellow’s problem…a genuine liking for people . . . a sense of re­sponsibility toward our associates.

It has often been said that we must BE a friend to HAVE a friend. And, like all the worthwhile things in life, friendship takes work and effort. We cannot take our friendships for granted. They are like the food we need at regular intervals-they must be given constant and diligent nourishment . . . We can no more get along in the world
without a friend than we could without food or the air we breathe.

One of the important things we learn is that friendship involves tolerance for the weaknesses of others-as these same people are tolerant of our own shortcomings . .

“Good friendships are those that wear well,” said Emerson.
When our attitudes are chivalrous,
we find that our friendships constantly grow stronger and richer.

“The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.”
Charles Kingsley

[AZamericonnie]

Happy Birthday Conspiracy Guy I many happy returns of the day!

[StarCMC]

 

 

Happy Birthday To You!

Happy Birthday To You!

Happy Birthday,
Dear Conspiracy Guy!!

Happy Birthday To You!

 

Big ROLL TIDE birthday hugs to you!
 

 

[StarCMC]

Well lookit that -- I pinged the wrong lady to your b'day post! Whoops!!! LOL

[SandRat]

The essence of the code of Chivalry

Psa 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

[StarCMC]

One of the important things we learn is that friendship involves tolerance for the weaknesses of others-as these same people are tolerant of our own shortcomings . .

Very true. Thanks Mr. Tonkin for today's thread!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Happy Birthday Conspiracy Guy!

[The Mayor]

January 15, 2006

No Grudges After Sunset

Read:
Psalm 4:1-5

Do not let the sun go down on your wrath. —Ephesians 4:26

Bible In One Year: Genesis 36-38; Matthew 10:21-42

A little boy got into a fight with his brother and the whole experience left him feeling bitter. When his brother wanted to make things right, he refused to listen. In fact, he would not speak to his brother all day.

Bedtime came, and their mother said to the boy, "Don't you think you should forgive your brother before you go to sleep? Remember, the Bible says, 'Do not let the sun go down on your wrath'" (Ephesians 4:26). The boy looked perplexed. He thought for a few moments and then blurted out, "But how can I keep the sun from going down?"

He reminds me of some Christians. They're angry at certain people and hold grudges. When they are confronted with their unforgiving attitude and urged to make things right, they sidestep the issue and refuse to heed the clear instruction of Scripture. True, we cannot change another person's heart, but we are responsible for our own attitude. The Bible says, "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you" (Ephesians 4:32).

No, we can't keep the sun from going down. But we can keep it from setting—on our anger. And that means we must forgive. —Richard De Haan

Anger, malice, and ill will
Can leave a stain of sorrow;
Ask forgiveness by His grace
Before it is tomorrow! —Bosch

For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
Moses: His Anger And What It Cost Him

[luvie]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
CONSPIRACY GUY!!!
~~~~~~~~~
MAY IT ALL BE GOOD!!!

[luvie]

Hi, Mayor. Hope you're having a wonderful weekend'

Thanks for our beautiful lesson from God's Word. We should learn to love one another as we've been commanded to.

[Howie66]

By the way:

It is now 349 days (14 Jan 2006) since "Hanoi John" Kerry promised on national tv (Meet The Press) to sign form SF-180.

Well, John-Boy? What's the hold up?

[AZamericonnie]

I agree Jinx...gives me goosebumps! *Hugs*

[Jhohanna]

My prayers and blessings lf love for all those that serve and protect our great land.

[Lady Jag]

Life
by Ronald Reagan


I wonder what it's all about,
and why We suffer so,
when little things go wrong?
We make our life a struggle,
When life should be a song.

Our troubles break and drench us.
Like spray on the cleaving prow
Of some trim Gloucester schooner.
As it dips in a graceful bow...

But why does sorrow drench us
When our fellow passes on?
He's just exchanged life's dreary dirge
For an eternal life of song...

Millions have gone before us,
And millions will come behind,
So why do we curse and fight
At a fate both wise and kind?

We hang onto a jaded life
A life full of sorrow and pain.
A life that warps and breaks us,
And we try to run through it again.

 

President Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1911-2004

 

[luvie]

Just....beautiful, Lady. Thank you.

[luvie]

Howdy! How's things in the Great Plains tonight?

[StarCMC]

Niiiice. GREAT Picture too!! Auntie Fawnn will be all over those forearms. LOL

[Dashing Dasher]

Thank you!

[Lady Jag]

He was a beautiful man, Luv.

[Lady Jag]

There isn't anything about him that wasn't beautiful, is there?

[luvie]

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"Heaven Opened Up Its Doors"
by Jeff Russell
aka Texas Songwriter