FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ How Big Is One? ~ July 3, 2011

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

HOW BIG IS ONE?

As a man walked a desolate beach one cold, gray morning he began to see another figure, far in the distance. Slowly the two approached each other, and he could make out a local native who kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he hurled things into the ocean.

As the distance between them continued to narrow, the man could see that the native was picking up starfish that had been washed upon the beach and, one at a time, was throwing them back into the water.

Puzzled, the man approached the native and asked what he was doing. "I'm throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, it's low tide right now and all of these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don't throw them back into the sea, they'll die up here from lack of oxygen."

"But there must be thousands of starfish on this beach," the man replied. "You can't possibly get to all of them. There are just too many. And this same thing is probably happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast. Can't you see that you can't possibly make a difference?"

The local native smiled, bent down and picked up another starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea he replied, "Made a difference to that one!"

Each of us is but one person: limited, burdened with our own cares and responsibilities. We may feel there is so much to be done, and we have so little to give. We're usually short of everything, especially time and money. When we leave this shore, there will still be millions of starfish stranded on the beach. Maybe we can't change the whole world, but there isn't one of us who can't help change one person's whole world. One at a time. We can make a difference.

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[Kathy in Alaska]

G'day, Janey, and a Blessed Lord's Day to you.

Got any plans for the 4th of July away from home?

[Kathy in Alaska]

That’s one proud bird, Meg...((HUGS))

Thanks for the prayer for our troops and their families.

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

[SevenofNine]

Well since been quiet Chinese are step up effort on population control MAN I thought they quit that

Three killed, 40 trapped in separate coal mine accidents in China http://dlvr.it/YkLrj

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Deo....((HUGS))

I don’t know how my week is going to go.....I have to call in each night to see if I have to report downtown for jury duty. It’s a short week at work, so I’m hoping to not be called at least for Tuesday and Wednesday. If I get called for Wednesday, Tuesday night will be very long.

How about you? What kind of week do you have coming up?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Deo....((HUGS))

I don’t know how my week is going to go.....I have to call in each night to see if I have to report downtown for jury duty. It’s a short week at work, so I’m hoping to not be called at least for Tuesday and Wednesday. If I get called for Wednesday, Tuesday night will be very long.

How about you? What kind of week do you have coming up?

[philly-d-kidder]

Hello Kathy Happy Sunday May God Bless America and Our Troops and family for their sacrifice.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A good Lord’s Day to you, Seven.

China needs to work on their mine safety. Prayers for all the trapped miners and their families.

[MEG33]

Thank you, Kathy
(((HUGS)))

[PROCON]

Evening Ma and in late!

Zach and I went to a cool classic car show this afternoon; 1930's stuff to the 50's-60's-70's muscle-cars, what beautiful machines!

More baseball tomorrow.

How's your weekend going?!

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you, philly.

Do you have 4th of July plans? A parade?

[Kathy in Alaska]

It’s going well....I don’t have to work! d:o) And it rained, hard at times, most all night. Very nice!

Used the morning on parental issues/problems and things they’d saved for me. A bunch of things done. All good now.

Sounds like you and Zach have had a very rewarding day...and more to come.

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

[The Mayor]

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

Open Wide!
July 3, 2011

Early in the spring, my wife and I watched a fascinating bird show outside our kitchen window. A couple of blackbirds with straw in their beaks entered a small vent in the house next door. A couple of weeks later, to our delight, we saw four baby birds stick their heads out of the vent. Mom and Dad took turns feeding their hungry babies.

Seeing the babies’ wide-open mouths reminded me of how important it is for followers of Christ to eagerly desire spiritual food. In 1 Peter 2:2, the apostle Peter uses the analogy of babies longing to be fed: “As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby.” The Greek word translated “desire” speaks of an intense yearning. It is a compound word meaning to “earnestly desire” or to “long after.”

It might seem strange to be commanded to earnestly long for something. But unlike hungry birds and babies, we need to be reminded of our need for spiritual nourishment. Even though we may have fed on the Word in the past (v.3), we need to realize that our need is ongoing and that without more nourishment we will grow spiritually weak. God is eager to feed His dear children. So, open wide!

My hunger for the truth He satisfies;
Upon the Word, the Living Bread, I feed:
No parching thirst I know, because His grace,
A pool of endless depth, supplies my need. —Sanders

Neglecting the Word will famish your soul;
meditating on the Word will feed it.

Read: 1 Peter 2:1-5

As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby. —1 Peter 2:2

Bible in a year:
Job 25-27; Acts 12

[Cindy]

"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 3:17-18

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord’s Day to The Mayor family.

Thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Hope you are having a nice relaxing weekend.

[Kathy in Alaska]

To our Military -

Thank you for protecting us. Sleep well and safe.
May you be protected. May your families' hearts be at ease.

Thank you to our Allies.

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To those of our Military and Allies who gave their all,
- May your souls rest in peace. May your families be comforted.
May your/our country always remember.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a cupcake?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[HiTech RedNeck]

yummy

[E.G.C.]

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?

[E.G.C.]

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