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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ ASPIRE TO A VISION ~ October 24, 2010
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World | Brad's Gramma

Posted on 10/23/2010 5:11:30 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska


 
 

 

 

ASPIRE TO A VISION


A scene in the movie Karate Kid was quite striking. Daniel went to see Mr. Miyagi and found him trimming a delicate bonsai tree. Daniel was fascinated and wanted to try it, but he had no idea how it was done. Miyagi told him to close his eyes and picture in his mind the way he wanted the tree to look. After Daniel found that vision in his mind, Miyagi told him to open his eyes and start trimming the tree. Daniel's every move was deliberate and focused. Then he stopped. He asked, "How do I know if my picture is right?" Miyagi replied, "If the picture comes from your heart, then it must be right. Just trust your picture."

Changes in our personal attitudes and behavior are difficult. However, change is possible if we aspire to a vision. Moses didn't think of liberating the Israelite slaves in Egypt until his experience with God and the burning bush. Paul didn't believe in Jesus until he received a vision while on his journey to Damascus. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave himself to the Civil Right Movement because he had a dream of equality.

Prayer: Lord, help us vision our changes, and change to achieve our vision, for the enrichment of our marriages, our health, and our quality of life. Amen.

CDR Karl K. Fung, CHC, USN

 

 


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To: Kathy in Alaska

Believe and heed his word

2Ch 20:4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask [help] of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

by seeking him we can effect the changes for the enrichment of our lives.


21 posted on 10/23/2010 6:23:44 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska

BTW...I’m back :).


22 posted on 10/23/2010 6:23:56 PM PDT by oldteen
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To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; All

HEY Kathy what going in Fairbanks AK LOL!

They have release Joe Miller personal stuff WTF

http://www.adn.com/2010/10/23/1515937/judge-orders-miller-documents.html


23 posted on 10/23/2010 6:24:15 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: oldteen
Thanks very much, Teenie!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!
24 posted on 10/23/2010 6:26:08 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
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To: MoochPooch; left that other site; Alouette; American Preservative; Yehuda; yonif; Tamar1973; ...

He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Force, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our G-d from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea.

May HASHEM cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighting men from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor.

May He lead our enemies under their sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is Hashem, your G-d, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you.

G-d bless and keep your children safe, Alouette.


25 posted on 10/23/2010 6:29:38 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: left that other site
Evenin' ML! *hugs*

A Blessed Lords Day to you!

26 posted on 10/23/2010 6:31:51 PM PDT by oldteen
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To: SevenofNine; Kathy in Alaska

Well, who didn’t see this coming?

All people who run for public office HAVE to be aware that
everything they have ever said or done can and will be held
against them...without fail! I just hope his skeletons aren’t
rattling too hard!


27 posted on 10/23/2010 6:31:55 PM PDT by luvie (DIMs?......start packin'--you're fired!....I can see November from my house!)
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To: left that other site
A Blessed Lord's Day to you, ML!

*HUGS*

Lamh Foistenach Abu!
28 posted on 10/23/2010 6:32:07 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
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To: Brad's Gramma; MoJo2001; StarCMC; HiJinx; laurenmarlowe; AZamericonnie; beachn4fun; The Mayor; ...

Prayers for our troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
for a safe and peaceful week ahead.


29 posted on 10/23/2010 6:33:05 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

101020-N-1261P-004 GULF OF OMAN (Oct. 18, 2010) - An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Blue Blasters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during the first day of flight operations supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. VFA-34 is part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, which is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Eric S. Powell/Released)


A B1-B Lancer takes off from an air base in Southwest Asia on a combat mission. The B-1B is deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barney)


101022-N-6889J-107 NORFOLK (Oct. 22, 2010) - Sailors assigned to Riverine Group 1 conduct maneuvers aboard Riverine Command Boat (Experimental) (RCB-X) at Naval Station Norfolk. The RCB-X is powered by an alternative fuel blend of 50 percent algae-based and 50 percent NATO F-76 fuels to support the secretary of the Navy's efforts to reduce total energy consumption on naval ships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gregory N. Juday/Released)


A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) is launched from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Myoko (DDG 175) in a joint missile defense intercept test with the Missile Defense Agency in the Pacific Ocean. The SM-3 successfully intercepted a medium-range target that had been launched minutes earlier from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii. Myoko's crew detected and tracked the target, developed a fire control solution, then launched the SM-3. (U.S. Navy photo Courtesy of the Missile Defense Agency/Released)

30 posted on 10/23/2010 6:34:40 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: SandRat
Evenin' Sandy! *hugs*

Amen, and Amen!

A most wonderful Lords Day to you and Mrs. SR!

31 posted on 10/23/2010 6:39:29 PM PDT by oldteen
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Phil Keaggy~ The Wind And The Wheat

Have A Blessed Sunday

32 posted on 10/23/2010 6:41:38 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: oldteen

*hugs* teen

A most wonderful Lords Day to you and yours.


33 posted on 10/23/2010 6:41:56 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: oldteen; ConorMacNessa

Good Evening, My Friend!


34 posted on 10/23/2010 6:43:37 PM PDT by left that other site (Your MiQ-MaQ Paddy Wacky Bass-Playing Biker Buddy(El Kabong))
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To: LUV W
HI D LUVVY! *hgus*

You are absolutely correct!

On the other hand, if he had a D behind his name, whatever they are insinuating (or perhaps there IS something there) would be a resume enhancement!

35 posted on 10/23/2010 6:44:19 PM PDT by oldteen
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To: SevenofNine; LUV W

These are all the same “people” who hate Sarah. It is against the law to leak anyone’s personnel file, yet that has already been done. They HATE Joe so badly, and are so nasty, hateful, and law breaking, that they resort to this. If the Alaska Supreme Court goes along with lawbreaking, Alaska is lost.

And I have come to HATE Murkowski....she is a lying, cheating, backstabbing RINO!! She is even running Ted Stevens’ ads. I am sure that they were made for the primary elections only, and mere words cannot express my disgust with the lefties up here, as well as her.

OK....no more politics for me today. I am sick to my stomach at what is happening.


36 posted on 10/23/2010 6:44:38 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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37 posted on 10/23/2010 6:46:23 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: SandRat

Amen.


38 posted on 10/23/2010 6:47:39 PM PDT by left that other site (Your MiQ-MaQ Paddy Wacky Bass-Playing Biker Buddy(El Kabong))
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To: LUV W; Kathy in Alaska; All

NO Kidding I not suprise even Fairbanks Daily News miner running diss on Joe Miller right now


39 posted on 10/23/2010 6:49:49 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Some great pix there, E_M_B! Thank you!


40 posted on 10/23/2010 6:50:22 PM PDT by oldteen
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