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

chaplaincare.navy.mil ^ | Chaplain Mitch Schranz

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

 

 

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

[Soaring Feather]

Psalm 121

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

King James Version

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Happy Birthday Tibby!

[laurenmarlowe]

Kingdom Heirs~Extraordinary Grace

Dixie Melody Boys~I'm Looking Up

The Blackwood Brothers~I Can Feel The Touch Of His Hand

Charlotte Church & Josh Groban~The Prayer

Oak Ridge Boys~This Little Light Of Mine

Randy Travis~Heart Of Worship

Michael W. Smith~Above All

[JLO]

[Kathy in Alaska]

His son Matt's birthday.

[EsmeraldaA]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Cherokee ~ Amazing Grace

Elvis ~ In the Garden

Jim Ed Brown ~ The Chapel Bells Are Ringing

Statler Brothers ~ Church In the Wildwood

Red Sovine ~ Deck of Cards

Kitty Wells ~ Dust On the Bible

Elvis ~ Precious Lord

Tennessee Ernie Ford ~ Faith of Our Fathers

John Berry ~ Old Rugged Cross

Choctaw ~ How Great Thou Art
Thanks, acad.

Vince Gill ~ Go Rest High On That Mountain

[Moshikashitara]

Aaiieeee~~ omae wa Nihongo wakarimasu yo! Yatta! Hajimemashite, gokurousama irasshai!

~Moshi-chan

[MeekMom]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!

[EsmeraldaA]

Lets try this again...

[EsmeraldaA]

[MeekMom]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIBBY!

[Paul_Denton]

Konbanwa. O genki desu ka?

[Moshikashitara]

Ah. Well then..

Happy Birthday, Matt!

Tanjoubi Omedetou, Mattu-kun!

~Moshi-chan

[Paul_Denton]

Happy Birthday Matt!

[Moshikashitara]

Hai, genki desu ne! Anata wa?

~Moshi-chan

[Paul_Denton]

Watashi mo genki desu

[HopeandGlory]

Nihongo wa Sukoshi . . . moshi chan . . . itte kudasai . . .;-)

I think that I've forgotten more Japanese than I ever learned moshi chan . . . but, I'm willing to try again, I've been wanting to resume learning for quite a while now . . . ;-)

Did you know that there is a poetry thread on Free Rebublic . . . I'll ping you to it if you're interested.

[Paul_Denton]

LOL I do not remember as much as I used to either. I have been meaning to resume practicing it too.

[Cindy]

PRAYER IS POWERFUL. PLEASE PRAY NOW. AMEN.

"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver." -from THE BIBLE: Proverbs 11:12

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