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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ The Real Meaning of Peace ~ 08 December 2013
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Posted on 12/07/2013 5:00:05 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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THE REAL MEANING OF PEACE
There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them. One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for the peaceful towering mountains all around. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace. The other picture had mountains too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky from which rain fell, and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all. But when the King looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest ...perfect peace. Which picture do you think won the prize? The King chose the second picture. Do you know why? "Because," explained the King, "peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace."
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To: Arm_Bears
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12/08/2013 11:05:54 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: bitt; The Mayor; Tanniker Smith
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12/08/2013 11:17:29 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: swmobuffalo
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12/08/2013 11:19:28 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Jet Jaguar
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12/08/2013 11:21:49 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Lady Jag; NonValueAdded; The Mayor; SoldierDad
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12/08/2013 11:25:46 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: beachn4fun; ConorMacNessa
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12/08/2013 11:30:24 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: drew; SoldierDad; ninergold3
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12/08/2013 11:33:12 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Ingtar
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12/08/2013 11:35:18 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: sxytxredhead73; txradioguy
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12/08/2013 11:39:32 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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12/09/2013 12:45:43 AM PST
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Kozak
("Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms, to arms in Dixie!)
To: Kozak
Do you get Aaron Rodgers back anytime soon?
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posted on
12/09/2013 12:56:21 AM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: LUV W
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12/09/2013 1:11:16 AM PST
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E.G.C.
To: Kathy in Alaska
I am very grateful! :-)
It’s a really nice post, and I won’t have to bring my own drinking water (which is what I have been doing!)
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12/09/2013 3:54:48 AM PST
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Maybe Sunday😄
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12/09/2013 4:27:22 AM PST
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Kozak
("Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms, to arms in Dixie!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Stay warm if you are in the path of the Texas cold spell. Be careful if you must drive.I had to work last night and will again this evening. It's been cold and foggy here all day.
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12/09/2013 5:31:54 AM PST
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Arrowhead1952
(The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
To: Kathy in Alaska; NonValueAdded; The Mayor; SoldierDad
I hope they can go on without Gronk
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12/09/2013 11:36:39 AM PST
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Lady Jag
(Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society. - Aristotle)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thank you, (((Kathy))). It’s a balmy 33..
Always my pleasure to pray for our troops.
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12/09/2013 12:17:48 PM PST
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MEG33
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