[StarCMC]

Ping — Monday Heroes thread is up!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Star!

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Star!

[SandRat]

How-DEEEEE!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Please join us and enjoy today’s Hall of Heroes.

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[Radix]

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[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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.

Prayers going up.

[The Mayor]

April 14, 2008

When In Doubt

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READ: Matthew 11:1-6

Are you the Coming One, or do we look for another? —Matthew 11:3

John the Baptist was languishing in prison and questioning his faith. He may well have wondered: Is Jesus the Messiah? Is His word true? Have I believed and labored in vain for my Master? Is this dark place my final reward for answering God's call?

Perhaps countless questions make their way through your mind as well: Is Jesus really the Savior? Have my sins been forgiven? Can I trust the Bible? Will I be raised from the dead? Does heaven lie ahead? Is all that I believe a cruel illusion?

Most of us ask questions like these from time to time. I do—especially on those dark days when circumstances bring sorrow and bitter disappointment, when it seems there's no storybook ending to our lives.

These questionings are not failures of faith but tests of faith and can be answered in John the Baptist's way: We must take our doubts to Jesus. In His time and in His own wise way He will restore the confidence our hearts desire.

Jesus didn't abandon John to his doubt. He sent word of the miracles He performed and the hope He preached (Matt. 11:4-6). As George MacDonald said of God's faithfulness: "You might as well say that a mother would go away from her little child lying moaning in the dark."

But in the dark my heart is strangely blest;
Yea, in the gloom my soul obtains its rest;
For, spite of night, I find that God on high
Is near the anguished soul, where'er it lie. —H. Frost

Never doubt in the dark what God has shown you in the light.

Bible in One Year: Judges 7–9; Proverbs 5:15-23

[Kathy in Alaska]

Honoring Our Heroes

AbnSarge USA
Allegra
3 sons (armymarinemom and amdad)
Brett USN (CindyDawg)
Brother and Son-in-Law (kalee)
Cannoneer No. 4
Capt Jason Clendenin (friend of Frou)
Chris USA (amom)
Clarinet_King USAF (NerdDad/CDBear)
Col Mike (gpapa)
CMS USA
David USAF (LUV W)
Defender2
Deven USA (Shimmer)
Ethan USMC (georgiabelle)
Ev USA (Mozie)
Fred (DocRock)
Future Snake Eater USA (RightOnline)
GulfWar1Vet USA
Jade Falcon USN
JemiansTerror USA (Jemian)
Jet Jaguar USAF
Joel (NEMDF)
Jonathan USMC (AZbushgal)
Josh USN (doug from upland)
Karen USA (fatima's granddaughter)
KB4W USAF (arbee4bush)
Kenneth (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim)
Kevin USMC (skimask)
Kevin and David USA (vigilante2)
Laurita USA
LCpl Carter USMC
Lindsay (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim)
Lt David (Coldwater Creek)
M1911A1 USMC (M0sby)
M1Tanker
MEG33's Navy Grandson
Mike1Sg USA (mystery-ak)
Milo828 USA (mystery-ak)
Nate USN (sneakers)
Old Sarge USA
OneLoyalAmerican USCG
PFC Dan USA (son of swmobuffalo)
Robert, Jeremy, Daynnis USA (SoldierDad)
Sat-Com Chris USA (son of KC Burke)
Sgt Dusty USA (MountainDad)
Sgt Sean Reed (preed)
Sgt Spencer USA (grame)
Son USCG (GodBlessUSA)
SPC Mike USA (AbnSarge)
SSGT John Linde USA (JFoxbear)
Terrence USN (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim)
The Sailor
tongue-tied USN/USA
Tonkin USN/USCG
txradioguy USA
Valerie USAF (Shimmer)
Victor and Tony D USMC (weldgophardline)
William USA (jackv)

 

[laurenmarlowe]

United States Marine Corps Band~National Anthem

[laurenmarlowe]

Iraqi children react after Lance Cpl. Miguel F. Alvarez, 20, a rifleman with I Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, from La Habra, Calif., hands them comic books at Hit, Iraq, April 10. Marines with I Company have been passing out comics to kids in Hit since they got here in March. Marines say they like handing out comics better then candy because the children can hold on to them longer. Byline Cpl Erik Villagran

Lt. Col. Kelly P. Alexander, center, the former commanding officer for 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, during the battalion's most recent deployment to Iraq, and Lt. Col. Scott D. Leonard, second from right, current commanding officer of 1st LAR, present the Silver Star medal to Lance Cpl. Moses Cardenas, a scout with Company C, 1st LAR, as Sgt. Maj. Eric Loya, battalion sergeant major, looks on during an awards ceremony on the parade deck at Las Flores March 28. Byline: Cpl. Chris Mann

Derrick White, a fullback with the Wolfpack football team, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C., signs an N.C. State hat for Lance Cpl. Adam Turner, a wounded warrior with the Wounded Warrior Battalion-East, Wounded Warrior Regiment, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, here April 7. Members from the football team visited the warriors and ate dinner with them. Byline: Lance Cpl. Katie Mathison

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Star. Hugs.

[GulfWar1Vet]

Hola!

[MeekMom]

Good evening Star! Thanks for tonight’s thread. :)

((hugs))

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Thanks for tonite’s thread Star!
Good evening Ma!
*HUG*
Good evening Gang!
Hope everyone is well!
I think I may recover from this awful bug after all!
Hugs alla round!

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~

[Interesting Times]

Ping.

[MoochPooch]

Hi, Star, Kathy.

Thanks again for another great bio!

[NRA1995]

Gooood morning, Canteeners, Cubies, Newbies & Troops! Well, Hillary just gave Obama and the RNC some great photographic ammo! Wonder how long before someone catches her doing body shots? Have a great day, all!

[trussell]

Hello everyone!

I am looking for a video or radio copy of the speech by Winston Churchill which included the line “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” If anyone can find it, would you please let me know...I will be happy to give you an email address for you to send it to, or if you can post it here, I would appreciate it!