A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....07-18-06....Happy Birthday Secretary Rumsfeld

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[GodBlessUSA]

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.

[GodBlessUSA]

[lysie]

Very nice.

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi lysie
Thanks :)

[trustandobey]

God truly blessed the USA when he gave us this man. Happy Birthday sir!

[lysie]

You are welcome. Good morning.

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning trustandobey :)
I agree, We are blessed to have Secretary Rumsfeld.

[stopem]

Good Morning!

Birthday and every day wishes to FR Finest Sec Rumsfeld.

What is it that we admire about the soldier? It is certainly not that he goes into battle; what we admire about the soldier is that he has the power of losing his own life for the life of a larger cause; that he holds his personal suffering of no account; that he flings down on the gage of battle his all, and says, “I will stand or fight with this cause.” That, it seems to me, is the glorious thing we most admire. –Jane Addams, Washington’s Birthday Address-1903
Saluting the glorious in you!

This is a FReepers website that has a lot of Support Our Troops links.

http://troopssupport.com/

There is no way we can adequately thank the men and women who sacrifice so much to protect this great Country!

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning stopem :)
Our Military - Our Heroes. I am amazed by their sacrifice and I'm endlessly grateful.

Thanks for the link. It is an excellent site. Saved to my favorites for future reference.

[MEG33]

Double Begonias

Just beautiful , GeeBee! I Love Rummy!

Happy Birthday Secretary Rumsfeld!

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning Meg
Begonias. Now your beautiful pictures are going to entice me to go out and buy Begonia plants. ;)

[MEG33]

;)...Just trying to keep the economy humming.

[The Mayor]

July 18, 2006

A Time For Compassion

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READ: Luke 23:26-34

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” —Luke 23:34

In 2002, I was in Jakarta, Indonesia,  to teach a 2-night Bible conference. The first night, I went early to the host church, and the pastor asked if he could show me around the building. It was impressive in its beauty.

Then the pastor took me to the lower assembly hall. At the front of the hall was a pulpit and a communion table. Behind it was a plain concrete wall on which hung a wooden cross. Below it were some words in the national language of Indonesia. I asked him what the inscription said, and he surprised me by quoting Christ’s words from the cross: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”

I asked if it was there for a particular reason, and he said that several years earlier there had been serious rioting in the city, and 21 churches were burned to the ground in one day. That wall was all that remained of their former facility—the first of the churches to be torched.

The wall and the verse formed a reminder of the compassion of Christ which He showed on the cross, and that became the church’s message to their city. Revenge and bitterness will never be healing responses to the hatred and rage of a lost world. But the compassion of Christ is, just as it was 2,000 years ago. —Bill Crowder

Give me a heart sympathetic and tender;
Jesus, like Thine, Jesus, like Thine,
Touched by the needs that are surging around me,
And filled with compassion divine.  —Anon.

Compassion is needed to heal the hurts and hearts of others.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   Psalms 20-22; Acts 21:1-17

[DollyCali]

Marvelous
Thread
GeeBee!

W-O-W

will be back later.. off to a set of appointments.. ugh!

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Dolly
You have a wonderful day! Thank you so much! :)

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning The Mayor :)

[trooprally]

The D.C. Chapter had this one at Rummy's house in May of this year. [Mr] T

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning Trooprally :)
Awesome! Love it! :)

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Morning GBUSA!{{{HUGS}}}

Great thread!

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning Mrs. N :)
Thanks! How are you today?