[The Mayor]

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Making Up For Lost Time
April 11, 2013

None of us can say that we have no regrets. Often we are led down paths of bad choices—some paths longer than others—which can have a lingering effect on the mind, body, and soul.

A friend of mine spent a number of years living a life of alcohol and drug abuse. But God did an amazing work in his life, and he recently celebrated 25 years of being free from substance abuse. He now runs a successful business, has a devoted wife, and his children love Jesus. He has a passion to reach out to others who are in the ditch of life, and he serves as a wise and loving mentor in the rescue operations of their lives.

God never gives up on us! Even if we’ve made poor choices in the past that have left us with regret, we can choose how we will live now. We can choose to continue destructive living, simply wallow in regret, or we can run to Christ believing that He has ways to “restore . . . the years that the swarming locust has eaten” (Joel 2:25). When we repentantly seek His healing and freeing power, He is merciful.

While some consequences from the past may remain, we can be confident that God has a good and glorious future for those who trust in Him!

Lord, it is with humble and grateful hearts that we
come to You and lay all that we have been in the past
at Your feet. Take us as we are and make something
beautiful out of our lives that brings glory to You!

God never gives up on making something beautiful out of our lives.

Read: Joel 2:21-27

I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten. —Joel 2:25

Bible in a Year:
1 Samuel 17-18; Luke 11:1-28

[ConorMacNessa]

REQUEST PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD



CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Jan. 14, 2008) The first major snowfall of the New Year blankets the USS Constitution. Despite the weather "Old Ironsides," remained open for free public tours. At 210 years-old, USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, manned by 67 active-duty United States Sailors and visited by nearly half a million visitors annually. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Brown (Released)

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!!!





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).
(Click for Bosun’s Whistle)



USS Constitution's 1812 Marine Guard fire vintage Springfield flintlock muskets during the ship's underway. "Old Ironsides" was underway for the "Constitution Day Cruise," which is conducted to thank the family and supporters of Constitution. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Nick Lyman (Released)

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[SandRat]

Airmen return to Davis-Monthan

Some 300 personnel from the 354th Fighter Squadron and the 355th Maintenance Group returned home to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, April 9, 2013, from a six-month deployment at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan.

Mary Beth Newman holds onto her husband, staff sergeant Richard Newman, right after he stepped off the plane that brought the 300 members of the 354th Fighter Squadron and the 355th Maintenance Group home to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.


Staff sergeant Clint Perry holds his one-week old daughter Addisyn as he sees her for the first time upon his return to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base after six months in Afghanistan.

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~

[mountainlion]

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

[MoochPooch]

Hi Kathy. Love the military pix!

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

((((HUGS)))

Got to play bass with FOUR young guitar students today.

[luvie]

ALways remember the troops...and I salute and thank them!

[beachn4fun]

SOUP FOR THE TROOPS

WELCOME TO THE

(where our troops, allies and their families can refresh themselves)

Good morning, Everyone.
Good morning to our

Military, our Allies, and their families.

Thank you, Ma, for preparing the Canteen for today's activities

Another nice visit with the troops.
Love seeing the work they do.
God bless 'em all. They’re the ones that make America great.

DC METROLAND WEATHER

~ Today...Sunshine early followed
by mostly cloudy skies this afternoon.
Very warm. High 84F.
Winds S at 10 to 20 mph.

~ Tonight... Showers developing late tonight
with the possibility of a thunderstorm.
Low 61F. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 70%.

Making Z Zoup
A cup of this...a teaspoon of that...

Only full-grown male crickets can chirp.

If our whole galaxy were the size of a quarter,
our solar system would be less than the size of a molecule.
Other galaxies would be from a foot to 1,000 feet away.
(hard to wrap my mind around this one)

The tails of comets generally point away
from the Sun whether the comet
is approaching the sun or receding.

In Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting of the Last Supper,
a salt cellar near Judas Iscariot was upset.

Orca whales are voluntary breathers.
For this reason, they sleep with only half of their brain at one time.
The other half remains alert to regulate breathing.
Resident whales typically remain near the surface,
breathing and swimming in a pattern.
When traveling together, resident pods have been
observed to breathe in unison.
Although it is not known why this occurs,
it could be a way of helping the pod keep tabs on one another.

A three-letter, one-syllable word
that becomes a three-syllable word
by adding one letter to the end of it:
The word "are" has three letters and one syllable
– "area" has three syllables.

The FR Canteen is ALWAYS

Come in, sit down.
Grab a cup of joe, or tasty tea.
Mingle a bit, chat with the troops
or family member. There's always plenty of conversation,
silliness,
and plain old BS in the FR Canteen.

REMEMBER THEM ~ DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

BEENE, JAMES ALVIN
10/5/1966

Presumptive Finding of Death
- North Vietnam - over water

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[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. A nippy 42º at our house this morning.