FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops ~ 23 December 2011

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[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Night Owl!

[TASMANIANRED]

Merry Christmas, Kathy.

[Jet Jaguar]

Merry Christmas Kathy.

JJ

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening BigLook, Hugs.

Visiting Tn afer the holidays?

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening JJ, Hugs.

[Publius]

Hey, Tas.

(((HUGS)))

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Prof, Hugs.

How’s the lecture business?

[ConorMacNessa]

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BOSTON, (Oct. 21, 2009) Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).



Detachment of Marines in 1812 regalia aboard USS Constitution.

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Aloha, Hawaii...((HUGS))...any sun today? We’ve had a whole day below freezing and a little snow. Might be a white Christmas after all.

[Publius]

The lecture CD went off to my friend who was once the national program director of Clear Channel. I'll see what he thinks of marketing options.

I finished my research of Handel's "Messiah" for tomorrow night's Canteen. Think of it as the George Frederick Handel Songbook. The work is good enough that I'm going to save it for annual posts to the Canteen for Christmas.

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Taz! ((HUGS))

Yes......and it'll all fall in line as soon as my son gets his vacation request approved, which he better do PDQ!

[Jet Jaguar]

Howdy Tas.

HUGZ

[The Mayor]

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The Pursuing God
December 23, 2011

Pastor Tim Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan rightly observes that Christianity is unique among all religions for it is about God’s pursuit of us to draw us to Himself. In every other religious system, people pursue their god, hoping that through good behavior, keeping of rituals, good works, or other efforts they will be accepted by the god they pursue.

The British poet Francis Thompson catches the profound nature of this reality when he writes of the relentless pursuit of God in his life. In his work titled “The Hound of Heaven,” he writes that as he fled from God he couldn’t outrun “those strong feet that followed . . . with unhurrying chase and unperturbed pace.” But God’s untiring pursuit of the wayward is not just Thompson’s story. At the heart of the Christmas message is the wonderful truth of God’s pursuit of every one of us. As Paul affirms, “God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law” (Gal. 4:4-5).

And it’s not just the Christmas story. It’s the story of God’s pursuit of Adam and Eve after the fall. His pursuit of me! His pursuit of you! Where would we be today if God weren’t the “Hound of Heaven”?

Died He for me, who caused His pain?
For me, who Him to death pursued?
Amazing love! How can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me? —Wesley

God’s undying desire for you will never cease.

Read: Galatians 4:1-7

God sent forth His Son, born of a woman . . . to redeem those who were under the law. —Galatians 4:4-5

Bible in a year:
Nahum 1-3; Revelation 14

[AZamericonnie]

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[SandRat]

HiYa Kathy.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Mac, Hugs.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[TASMANIANRED]

Excellent on both counts.

Looking forward to reading about Handel.