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

[Lady Jag]

Chicken!

[Kathy in Alaska]

OK, a pain in the wazoo is better than water in the house. Was the shovel for trenching?

[mylife]

Yup things were daming up by the fence, you know...leaves and such.

Needed clearin

[HiJinx]

Chicken!

Yeah, baby...you better believe it. I'm not going to be making any appearances on Fear Factor anytime soon...

[Kathy in Alaska]

I'm off for home. The parking lot is coverd, and there is no more evidence of tire tracks.....be back in a bit.

[mylife]

Thinking of you last night, I was watching Dick Preonnokes "alone in the wilderness" and the follow up "silence in alaska"

Heck I thought 4" of water was a chore ;)

[Lady Jag]

You're a vegetarian.

[HiJinx]

Nunh-uh!!!

I eat meat...just not squirmy mealy worm meat!
Well, not raw, anyway.

[mylife]

Heh

Pooks wouldnt come in for like 5 hours, He was just playin in the streams, biting at the rapids, prancing around.

rediculous mutt L0L

[Kathy in Alaska]

A water dog in water heaven...and in his OWN backyard. LOL!

[mylife]

Im teaching him to fish tho I havent taken him to the lake yet.

This year is his time to go fishing

[Kathy in Alaska]

Well, between 2 and 3" at work, and between 3 and 4" at home. All is beautiful again....trees all flocked...and it continues.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Learning to fish...should be interesting.

[mylife]

Spose I should teach him to retrieve ducks. But duck hunting is cold and they arent so good to eat unless they are farm raised

[Lady Jag]

One of the first odd foods I ate was an earthworm, probably one of the best, too, nice and fresh.

[mylife]

Labs were bred to help fishing

New foundlands too.

Funny critters. First fishin dawg I saw was a german shepard.

Seen Bird cats too. They were made for the role

[mylife]

He loves fish. The hardest thing is to teach him its mine

[mylife]

He loves fish. The hardest thing is to teach him its mine.

Course Id share with Mr Mutty

[Kathy in Alaska]

I can just imagine....I caught it....what do you mean, it is yours? LOL!

[mylife]

Out! Out!

He knows what it means!

He was a good boy this afternoon, layed at my feet in the kitchen as I cooked and was patient