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Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ GROWING DEEP AND STRONG ~ April 3, 2011
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| Serving The Best Troops In The UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!
Posted on 04/02/2011 5:08:17 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma
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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. "Isnt this bad for them?" I asked, as we dug them up and shook the dirt from the roots. "Wont it hurt these plants, being uprooted and transplanted so many times?" "Oh" my mother replied. "Transplanting doesnt hurt them. In fact, its good for the ones that survive. Thats how their roots grow strong. Their roots will grow deep, and they will make strong plants".
Often, Ive felt like those small plants uprooted and turned upside. Sometimes Ive endured the change willingly, sometimes reluctantly, but usually my reaction has been a combination. Wont this be hard on me? I ask. Wouldnt things be better if things remained the same? Thats when I remember my mothers words: Thats how the roots grow deep and strong.
Chaplain Lisa Bohannon
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KEYWORDS: canteen; chaplain; military; troopsupport
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To: txradioguy; sxytxredhead73
A Blessed Lord's Day to the family in Germany.
The 23rd Psalm
Prayers for your safety and success of mission, tx, in Kandahar.
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posted on
04/02/2011 9:03:10 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: Jet Jaguar
A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours, JJ.
Gotta major project planned for the summer?
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posted on
04/02/2011 9:05:30 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: Kathy in Alaska
To: Kathy in Alaska; Brad's Gramma; yorkie; tiapam; PROCON; LUV W; All
I need to git!
Have a wonderful Sunday!
G'night!
*HUGS* around!
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posted on
04/02/2011 9:27:31 PM PDT
by
oldteen
To: oldteen
Nighty-night! Sweet dreams! Thanks for always being around!
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posted on
04/02/2011 9:31:05 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Our Constitution was made....for a moral and religious people.~~John Adams)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thank you, Kathy. Words from the heart always seem to have more impact for all of us. ((((HUGS))))
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posted on
04/02/2011 9:44:13 PM PDT
by
yorkie
(Our POTUS makes me think the person I detested the MOST -- would have been better! (Hillary))
To: oldteen
Good night, Teenie. May your dreams be sprinkled with Angel Dust, tonight! Sweet dreams!
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posted on
04/02/2011 9:47:46 PM PDT
by
yorkie
(Our POTUS makes me think the person I detested the MOST -- would have been better! (Hillary))
To: Kathy in Alaska; All
Lord,
hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us.
I ask this in the name of JESUS our Lord and Savior.
Amen.
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posted on
04/02/2011 9:54:37 PM PDT
by
Dubya
(JESUS SAVES)
To: All
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posted on
04/03/2011 12:48:02 AM PDT
by
Cindy
To: Kathy in Alaska
A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.
((HUGS))Good morning, Kathy. How's it going?
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posted on
04/03/2011 3:08:32 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
(Edward's Soft Rock Playlist: On Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=A7A56731DE671E6A)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Good morning Kathy and (((HUGS))). Have a Blessed Lord’s Day.
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posted on
04/03/2011 5:23:38 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(TX and MI - When the going gets tough, the dims run and hide.)
To: Brad's Gramma; Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; beachn4fun; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; ...
GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS!
Amazing Grace
by John Newton
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now I see. . Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, . And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed! . Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home. . The Lord has promised good to me, His Word my hope secures; He will my Shield and Portion be, As long as life endures. . Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess, within the veil, A life of joy and peace. . The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, The sun forbear to shine; But God, Who called me here below, Will be forever mine. . When weve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, Weve no less days to sing Gods praise Than when wed first begun.
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Lamh Foistenach Abu!
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posted on
04/03/2011 1:35:22 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; beachn4fun; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; PROCON; ...
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posted on
04/03/2011 1:36:44 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; beachn4fun; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; PROCON; ...
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posted on
04/03/2011 1:40:56 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
To: yorkie
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posted on
04/03/2011 1:54:00 PM PDT
by
fatima
(90% of the art of living consists in getting along with people you can't stand.Sam Goldwyn)
To: Brad's Gramma; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; mylife; HiJinx; BIGLOOK; Old Sarge; PROCON; ConorMacNessa; ..
A blessed and peaceful Lords Day to my canteen family and to our Troops!This is Sts Peter and Paul Basilica in Lewiston, Maine.
It is also known as the "nickel and dime" cathedral.
If you like, read more, here:http://www.lachance.org/lewiston/church/church.html
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posted on
04/03/2011 2:48:03 PM PDT
by
MS.BEHAVIN
(Women who behave rarely make history)
To: ExTexasRedhead
A good Lord’s Day and Shavua Tov to you as well, ExTex...these soldiers, these men and women, so need all the prayers they can get.
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posted on
04/03/2011 4:08:03 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: E.G.C.
Good evening, E...((HUGS))...and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
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posted on
04/03/2011 4:38:05 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: The Mayor
Good Lord’s Day to The Mayor family. Hope you’ve had a wonderful, warm, and melting weekend.
And thanks for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
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posted on
04/03/2011 4:52:01 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: ColdOne
A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours, Idaho. Thank you for the prayers. They are so important, more and more each day.
Has your melting begun?
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posted on
04/03/2011 5:38:08 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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