FReeper Canteen ~ Guest Military Chaplain ~ Attitude of Gratitude ~ Mar 19 2006

chaplaincare.navy.mil ^ | Chaplain Mitch Schranz

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Attitude of Gratitude

Good morning this rainy Sunday! This morning someone asked me, "How do you like the lousy weather, Chaplain?" I thought a moment about the fact that my uniform was wet, my car had trouble starting, and about all those poor people stuck in the wall of traffic that inevitably occurs when 58 gets drenched. Then later I thought, how would we exist without the rain? which makes all life on our planet possible. I remembered the old prayer in my prayer book, a blessing to God for the gift of wind and rain.

There is an old story, a beautiful story, about a boy who came home famished after long hours of play with his friends. His mother served him some sandwiches which satisfied his hunger and caused him to thank his mom. She said, "Don't thank me, son I only prepared the food." So he went to the grocer to thank him for the bread. "Don't thank me, young man, I only sell the food." He walked over to the baker and thanked him. "Son, you're thanking the wrong person, I only bake the bread." Wondering whom to thank, the boy went to the farmer to thank him. "Thank you for the fine bread that I eat every day,"
he said.
"Don't thank me, my friend, I only plant the seeds.
The earth, sunshine, rain and wind make the wheat grow, not I."

By now the boy was tired and hungry so the farmer invited him to join his family for dinner. As they were seated around the table, each person took a piece of bread from the basket and said together: Praised be Thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe,
Who brings bread out of the earth."

So, today, let's thank God for the sunny days and the rainy ones, too
--as well as for the food He gives us. Each day is truly a blessing!

Chaplain Mitch Schranz

[TASMANIANRED]

I just saw where one of the "6 Flags theme parks" in TX is under water.

[TASMANIANRED]

Chuckie sings....EEEEUUUUU

[Kathy in Alaska]

Amazing Grace...........thanks, AZ.

[Lady Jag]

[luvie]

It WAS wonderful. Now it's church time. See ya later tonight? **smooch**

[Kathy in Alaska]

Mustang sally: A wild horse attacks a rival in a battle for dominance in Spain's Donana Natural P

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good Sunday, JLO.

[Kathy in Alaska]

"Look at me!" Too cute, MEG.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Have a wonderful visit with Poppa.
How's the DSL hunt going?

[Kathy in Alaska]

[MEG33]

We needed rain in Texas but 6 inches at one time??

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoo/evening, minor. ((HUGS)) You "sound" like you are feeling better. Got that sugar thing worked out now? No more oding on it? Sounds like a fascinating book. Thanks for today's humor attempt.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Irish spring: Madison Rybeck leaps into the arms of boyfriend Christopher Bonneau, a cadet with Benedictine Military School, during the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Savannah, Ga.

Hmmmmm....I'm thinking this isn't gonna go over very well with some.

[TASMANIANRED]

Goodness, at least deviled eggs go down a little easier than dry ones.

[TASMANIANRED]

I tried to do a ran dance for LUV last week.

I got 3 days of rain.

Told LUV she had to dance in TX.

She did and nothing.

Told her to do it again. She did.

Now 6 inches.

Double rain, double dance.

[SandRat]

No,... but deviled eggs at the spring FR picnic would be a nice dish to bring.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello, Troops!!! Despite what the MSM tells you, you ARE APPRECIATED AND SUPPORTED!!

The Columbia Missouri FReep

[SandRat]

For a while there the ground and juniper bushes where white but the temp went up just a touch. It's still snowing so if it keeps this up all night we'll really wake up to an oddity in Arizona.

[SandRat]

Yummmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!

[TASMANIANRED]

I see.

I knew she had the scar buster done. Didn't know they kept her.

Glad she is home.