FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Carson, Colorado ~ 25 MAY 2010

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[luvie]

Wooooohoooooo!!!

:D

[Kathy in Alaska]

Off for home.....

[PROCON]

Woo-Hoo, thanks for the Pics and for your Service to Our Country!!

And, yes, we do excuse your bellicosity!! :=)

[oldteen]

Evenin’ Connie. Nice to see you :) *hugs*

[oldteen]

If the wind will stop I just might survive...lol.

[oldteen]

Safe trip..see ya then!

[AZamericonnie]

Be safe!

[AZamericonnie]

Good evening Teenie...dinner, dishes & chores done.

At least all I plan on doing tonight.:)

A good day for you? *hugs*

[The Mayor]

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May 25, 2010

Becoming Whole

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READ: John 5:1-9

Do you want to be made well? —John 5:6

John Steinbeck’s Pulitzer prizewinning novel The Grapes of Wrath begins with a scene in drought-ravaged Oklahoma during the Great Depression. With the crops dying and the land choked by dust, the women watched the men to see if they would break under the strain. When they saw the men’s will to carry on, they took heart. Steinbeck writes, “Women and children knew deep in themselves that no misfortune was too great to bear if their men were whole.” The issue was not happiness, prosperity, or satisfaction, but wholeness. This is the great need of us all.

In the King James Version of the Bible, the word whole is often used to describe Jesus’ work of physical healing. When the Lord encountered a man who had been an invalid for 38 years, He asked, “Wilt thou be made whole?” (John 5:5-6 kjv). After Jesus healed the man, He challenged him to also embrace spiritual wholeness: “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you” (v.14).

If we only want something Jesus can do for us, our relationship with Him will be limited. When we want Jesus Himself, He brings completeness to our lives. Christ wants, first and foremost, to make us whole.

I thank Thee for Thy precious Word
Where Thou didst make me see
My sinful self, my helpless soul,
Made whole by trusting Thee. —Anon.

Only Jesus can give wholeness to a broken life.

Bible in One Year: 1 Chronicles 25-27; John 9:1-23

[Kathy in Alaska]

Home safe and sound....

AZ...a safe commute? Any new marauders?

[oldteen]

I don’t blame ya. We women work too hard as it is :). (I’m sure one of the guys will have a comment to that..lol)

[oldteen]

Home safe and sound....

A plus for sure!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, AZ, for the red, white, and blue tribute.

[luvie]

I know what you mean! It’s been blowing pretty hard here for
the past week. I think it’s finally calmed down for a bit now...I hope!

[PROCON]

We women work too hard as it is :).

Hey, no comment from the peanut gallery!....but...

[oldteen]

My allergies are so bad right now I feel like my head is going to explode!! LOOK OUT! LOL

[oldteen]

Hey, no comment from the peanut gallery!....but...

...but...Yes? You were saying? :o}

[PROCON]

...but...Yes? You were saying? :o}

Don't really want to hang myself!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And I found Saturday pizza. I shared with Shadow...he was happy to get the crust. LOL!

[oldteen]

Aw...go on. I need a good laugh! Please?