Posted on 06/24/2009 5:59:57 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
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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.
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God Bless Our Republic
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
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Eugene Cussons rescues chimpanzees. Orphaned by those in the business of bush-meat trade and taken from the jungle as infants, many have lived their entire lives confined in a space smaller than a prison cell. When Cussons arrives to take them to the game reserve he calls Chimp Eden, he often finds them hostile and untrusting.
These chimps dont realize that I am one of the good guys, Cussons says. When he tries to put them into a smaller crate for the trip to their new home, they put up quite a fight. They dont know that Im going to take them back to Chimp Eden and give them a life so much better.
On a much grander scale, Gods offer to liberate us from the slavery of sin is often met with resistance. When He rescued the children of Israel from Egypt, God took them through difficult places that caused them to doubt His good intentions. Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt? they cried (Num. 14:3).
On our journey of faith, there are times when the freedom of sin that we left behind is more appealing than the restrictions of faith that lie ahead. We must trust the protective boundaries found in Gods Word as the only way to get to the place of ultimate freedom.
*sniff*
Very touching Conor!
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Good evening Miss Hope & thank you for our pledge!
Hand over heart & prayers up! *hugs*
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Do have any special summertime memories?
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Watermelon and homemade peach ice cream in a hand crank ice cream maker.
Permission granted!!!
That graphic could never be wrong!:)
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Sneaking out my bedroom window in my pajamas to play kick-the-can with the older kids when I was supposed to be asleep!
Wow.. summertime memories.
I was stationed at Lowry AFB back in 1980. One day, I left base and went to Red Rocks to chill out. So I am sitting in the ampitheatre taking in the sun on this beautiful day and down at the stage there is this dude playing guitar.
I go down there, say hello and ask if he minds if I listen for a while. He smiles, says no problem and starts playing. The music, combined with the sunshine in this magnificent theatre washed all of my troubles away.
I looked around and said to myself it gets no better than this.
After about 20 minutes I got up to leave. The dude asked me if I was in the military. I said yeah, I am stationed at Lowry. I told him my name and shook his hand.
He said thank you for listening and said he appreciated all we do for our country. Then he introduced himself. His name was John Denver.
Baby Talk
Sgt. Elisabeth Keene, attached to the 120th Combined Arms Battalion,
30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, plays with a little boy outside of
Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, June 22.
Keene is part of a group of Soldiers who went to the village on the other side
of the FOB wall to conduct a census in the area.
Photo by Sgt. Mary Phillips.
Good evening Mayor & thank you for our Daily Bread! *hugs*
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