FReeper Canteen~What's your favorite local hangout~August 10, 2006

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[AZamericonnie]

How very charming Dan.....where is this general store? Oh...welcome to the Canteen!

[ElkGroveDan]

Elk Grove, CA (It's a brewery)

[AZamericonnie]

16th!:)

[AZamericonnie]

I dunno....I would eat after me just in case....;)

[AZamericonnie]

Good food, good company & good beer? It really is charming.

[Soaring Feather]

I dunno....I would eat after me just in case....;)

[AZamericonnie]

A very happy birthday Horatio & many happy returns of the day! *Hugs*

[Soaring Feather]

What's your favorite local hangout
Gettin' a tummy tuck??

[ElkGroveDan]

Good food, good company & good beer? It really is charming.

Yep and it's an authentic Gold-Rush era brick building. I wish I owned the place. Does a great business.

[AZamericonnie]

Ouch! Poor man's tummy tuck!

[Soaring Feather]

[AZamericonnie]

Sorry....had to install a new toy on the computer...starting dinner now...brb!

[SandRat]

Anywhere in town or the area where I can do this.

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[eleni121]

My country estate in the hills of the Southern Tier.

It's an unreal place.

[MoJo2001]

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August 10, 2006

A Fragile Stone

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READ: Matthew 16:13-20

Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” —Matthew 16:16

When writing on the life of Simon Peter, songwriter and author Michael Card described the apostle as “a fragile stone.” It is a term filled with contrast, yet one that aptly describes Peter.

Throughout Peter’s life, we see this contrast lived out as he displayed moments of courage followed by spiritual failure. After his declaration of Christ as the Son of God, Jesus said to him, “I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18). A rock. A stone. Peter, whose name means “a small stone,” proved to be fragile when he tried to dissuade Jesus from going to the cross, and when he denied Him three times after His arrest.

Peter, the “fragile stone,” reminds us that no amount of personal strength or talent can make us adequate for this life and its challenges. Only as we rest in the strength of Christ will we find His provision. When we acknowledge our frailty and dependence on Him, Christ’s strength can empower us for the troubles life throws our way.

Like Peter, we are all “fragile stones.” How grateful we can be for His strength that is made perfect in our weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9-10). —Bill Crowder

God uses weakness to reveal
His great sufficiency;
So if we let Him work through us,
His power we will see.  —Sper

Only when we acknowledge our weakness can we be strong in the Lord.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   Psalms 79-80; Romans 11:1-18

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Happy Birthday Horatio Gates !