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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[E.G.C.]

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[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning Kathy. Have a Blessed Lord’s Day today.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. We made BBQ yesterday after our Independence Day parade.

[Lady Jag]

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good Sunday morning, L.J. How’s it going?

[ColdOne]

Hello from Arkansas.....

GOD BLESS OUR FINE MILITARY!!!

I SUPPORT YOU, and THANK YOU!

((hugs)) Howdy Kathy! Phredd is having fun! He has a playmate to play with and they sure do. They are going to be heartbroken when we leave. More so the son’s dog Daisy. She never has a playmate. Phredd will when we get home.

I want to stay through next week. MrColdone may want to leave sooner. I may have told you MrColdones sons girlfriend is pregnant and ready to pop any hour now. MIL also may be a factor. Don’t you just love in-laws? /s!

How is your weather? Ours has been 92F with the humidity. At home it has been in the 50’s.

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}

[luvie]

Providence~Amazing Grace.wma

Glad~Before the Throne Of God Above

Cathedrals~Wonderful Grace of Jesus

Glad~Arise My Soul, Arise

Gaither Homecoming~Heaven's Joy Awaits.wma

Tad Robinson~No More Night

The Imperials~Sweet, Sweet Spirit

Have a blessed Sunday

[SandRat]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Thank you for the link.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord's Day to you and your family.

The 23rd Psalm

[Kathy in Alaska]

The Lord's Prayer

[Lady Jag]

Hanging in there, I’m looking forward to starting PT Wednesday. The PTer will assess my situation and I’ll learn more.

How are you doing?

I hope you have a great July 4th weekend!

**HUGS!!**

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Nothing interesting for my week. Just normal. :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

That is so cool the Phredd is having such a good time with his new friends. Sounds like he will need lots of rest when he gets home...before a new playmate arrives. LOL! ((HUGS))

As for staying....in-laws can be an interesting part of the equation.

It’s been in the high, high 60s lately. HOT!

Enjoy whatever time you have left in Arkansas.

[E.G.C.]

Sunday Music Bump.

[ColdOne]

;)

[philly-d-kidder]

Happy 4th of July!

[philly-d-kidder]

Happy 4th of July from West Chester pa