Freeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel Thread ~ MEMORIAL DAY ~ May 29, 2011

The Canteen Crew | May 28, 2011 | Serving The Best Troops In The UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Back in a bit....I’m going home so I can see fotki, see what I’m posting. LOL!

[Brad’s Gramma]

It’s not been good, Kathy....(snicker). :)

[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

Keeping The Wonder
May 29, 2011

On a recent trip, my wife was seated near a mother with a young boy on his first flight. As the plane took off, he exclaimed, “Mom, look how high we are! And everything’s getting smaller!” A few minutes later he shouted, “Are those clouds down there? What are they doing under us?” As time passed, other passengers read, dozed, and lowered their window shades to watch the in-flight video. This boy, however, remained glued to the window, absorbed in the wonder of all he was seeing.

For “experienced travelers” in the Christian life, there can be great danger in losing the wonder. The Scriptures that once thrilled us may become more familiar and academic. We may fall into the lethargy of praying with our minds but not our hearts.

Peter urged the early followers of Christ to continue growing in their faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love (2 Peter 1:5-7). He said, “If these things are yours and abound [or are increasing], you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ” (v.8). Without them we become blind and forget the marvel of being cleansed from our sins (v.9).

May God grant us all grace to keep growing in the wonder of knowing Him.

On such love, my soul, still ponder
Love so great, so rich, so free;
Say, while lost in holy wonder,
“Why, O Lord, such love to me?” —Kent

Continual growing in Christ
comes from a deepening knowledge of Him.

Read: 2 Peter 1:2-11

If these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. —2 Peter 1:8

Bible in a year:
2 Chronicles 7-9; John 11:1-29

[PilotDave]

Thanks for posting this. I consider this to be Reagan’s greatest speech. He himself commented that he had to practice it many times to ensure he could get through it without choking up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBeyZAmmJNg

I don’t know how he did it. I choke up every time.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you, Janey....you are so right.

It is our Military that protects our rights.

Have a wonderful weekend. ((HUGS))

[SkyDancer]

Thanks and (((hugs))) - Friends and I will be honoring Memorial Day here in Oz.

[LuvFreeRepublic]

Heaven Was Needing A Hero - fallen soldier tribute (hankey alert)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxJf9ZezTZE&feature=related

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

[Dubya]

Quotations about U.S. Marines:

The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines. Lord, how they could fight! [MGen. Frank E. Lowe, USA; Korea, 26 January 1952]

Marines know how to use their bayonets. [Navy Times; November 1994]

The United States Marine Corps, with it fiercely proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor, is part of the fabric of American myth. [Thomas E. Ricks; Making the Corps, 1997]

The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next five hundred years. [James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy; 23 February 1945 (the flag-raising on Iwo Jima had been immortalized in a photograph by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal)]

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world! [Gen. Douglas MacArthur, USA; Korea, 21 September 1950]

Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don’t have that problem. [Ronald Reagan, U.S. President; 1985]

Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They’re aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They’ve got really short hair and they always go for the throat. [RAdm. “Jay” R. Stark, USN; 10 November 1995]

They told (us) to open up the Embassy, or “we’ll blow you away.” And then they looked up and saw the Marines on the roof with these really big guns, and they said in Somali, “Igaralli ahow,” which means “Excuse me, I didn’t mean it, my mistake.” [Karen Aquilar, in the U.S. Embassy; Mogadishu, Somalia, 1991]

[Dubya]

Our Father God
I pray tonight
for our troops who all must fight .
These are the troops that we all love
And so I pray dear Lord above
Please keep them safe while they’re away
And bring them home to us safe.

Protect them as they protect us.
Bless them and their families for the selfless acts
they perform for us in our time of need.

In Jesus’ Name I pray
Amen

[Dubya]

Soldiers

In Arlington and Flanders Field,

They rest in row by row.

They fought and died for liberty

to preserve the peace we know.

They fought upon the beaches

of many foreign lands.

They fought for right and glory

for which our country stands.

They marched to war with courage.

They fought the battles thru.

They only thought of victory,

our peace they would renew.

On distant shores and jungle wars,

they would for peace persist.

They gave their lives for freedom,

no greater cause exist.

For honor, truth, and glory,

they fought and died together,

side by side in trenches deep.

They’re remembered now and ever.

In Flanders Field and Arlington,

and in jungles and oceans deep,

our boys will rest forever.

We pray they rest in peace.

Jack E. Barnett

[Jet Jaguar]

Hai! I keep missing your pings.

Sorry. Italy will do that..

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you, Janey....you are so right.

It is our Military that protects our rights.

Have a wonderful weekend. ((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Thank you for the prayers for our troops.

[Dubya]

Don't you forget that you're First Marines!
Not all the communists in Hell can overrun you!
[Col. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC; rallying his First Marine Regiment near Chosin Reservoir, Korea, December 1950]

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Has it stopped raining? Any days off this weekend? Ceremonies?

[Kathy in Alaska]

[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.

[Cindy]

"But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." -from THE BIBLE: II Corinthians 3:14-18

Let's Read The Bible: II Corinthians Chapter 3 (Read More...)

[Cindy]

Freedom in Christ because Christ paid it all for us.

Freedom in America because many have died serving our country so that we can remain a free people.