Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ GROWING DEEP AND STRONG ~ April 3, 2011

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[Brad’s Gramma]

 

 

 

 

GROWING DEEP AND STRONG

One day, my mother and I were working together in the garden where we were transplanting plants for the third time. Grown from seed in a small container, the plants had been transferred to a larger container; then transplanted into the garden. Now, because I was moving, we were transplanting them once again.

Inexperienced as a gardener, I turned to my green-thumbed mother. "Isn’t this bad for them?" I asked, as we dug them up and shook the dirt from the roots. "Won’t it hurt these plants, being uprooted and transplanted so many times?" "Oh" my mother replied. "Transplanting doesn’t hurt them. In fact, it’s good for the ones that survive. That’s how their roots grow strong. Their roots will grow deep, and they will make strong plants".

Often, I’ve felt like those small plants – uprooted and turned upside. Sometimes I’ve endured the change willingly, sometimes reluctantly, but usually my reaction has been a combination. Won’t this be hard on me? I ask. Wouldn’t things be better if things remained the same? That’s when I remember my mother’s words: That’s how the roots grow deep and strong.

Chaplain Lisa Bohannon

 

[PROCON]

FReepmail...

[Brad’s Gramma]

Aha!!!!!!

I’ll SPAM that woman!

*waves hi to Connie*

What’s this I read? You’re not feeling well??? :(

[oldteen]

Answered...

[PROCON]

‘nuther FReepmail..

[PROCON]

Just a dang cold, I’ll live, but it is a hassle when you’re wanting to do fun things on the weekend and ya don’t feel well..:=(

[Brad’s Gramma]

Colds can really wear a person down, can’t they? And WHY hasn’t the medical profession come up with a cure for something that seems so simple?

That’s my deep thought for the week.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

Good Lord's Day and Shavua Tov to you!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Grammie, for today's Sunday Chapel

[Brad’s Gramma]

And thanks for filling in for me, last week........

[alarm rider]

Hello Kathy. Thanks for all you and the other canteeners do.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours, AR.

How are all the critters? Indoor Kitty? Any llamas yet?

Hope spring is treating you well.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Shavua Tov.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good Lord’s Day to you and yours, Pro.

Has the sun come out yet? Baseball under way finally? ((HUGS))

[ExTexasRedhead]

I join you in asking God to bless the men and women in the US military and the men and women in the Israeli military.

[PROCON]

Hiya Kathy!!

Yeah, the girls and the guys have played a couple of games, but it's still suppose to get wet again!

We mowed until the mowers got stuck and had to be rescued, it's still going to take some more dry weather to get the fields completely ready!

You over the snow?

The cul-de-sac safe to drive in?

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord's Day to you and yours, Nana Hope, and thanks for today's Pledge. Thanks, AfghanMan and Penguin Girl, for your service to America.

[oldteen]

Evenin' Kathy! *hugs*

You having a good weekend? Lots of sleep and relaxation?

A Blessed Lord's Day to you!

[The Mayor]

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Time For A Checkup
April 3, 2011

Every year I have a physical—that periodic visit to the doctor’s office where I’m poked and prodded, screened and studied. It is something that can be easy to dread, and even to fear. We aren’t sure what the tests will show or what the doctors will say. Still, we know that we need this evaluation to understand our physical well-being and what is needed as we move forward.

The same is true spiritually in the life of the Christ-follower. We need to pause from time to time and reflect on the condition of our hearts and lives.

One place for an important self-study is at the Lord’s Table. Paul wrote to the Corinthians, some of whom were eating in an unworthy manner: “Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup” (1 Cor. 11:28). In the remembrance of Christ’s death for us, there can be a sobering clarity of thought and understanding, for as we consider the price Jesus paid for us, it is the best time to consider the condition of our heart and our relationships. Then, with honest understanding of our spiritual well-being, we can turn to Him for the grace we need to move forward in His name.

Is it time for your checkup?

 

Search me, O God, my heart discern;
Try me, my inmost thoughts to learn.
Help me to keep from sin, I pray,
Guarding my mind throughout this day. —Anon.

 

 

Self-examination is one test from which no Christian is excused.

 

Read: 1 Corinthians 11:27-29

Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. —1 Corinthians 11:28

Bible in a year:
Judges 19-21; Luke 7:31-50