FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ How Big Is One? ~ 05 January 2014

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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.

One at a time. We can make a difference.

 

[ConorMacNessa]

Good Evening, Kathy!

***HUGS***



A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours! Thank you very much for tonight’s Sunday Chapel thread.

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

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]

Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Reservist, National Guardsman, or Merchant Marine
feel alone or forgotten.

O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is loving kindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
And He will redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.

Psalm 130:7 & 8

[HiTech RedNeck]

Oh, how big is one?

One prayer to one God by one Son on one Cross. “Father forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” Because of this prayer and this Son and this Cross our entire world and, even better, our entire eternity is changed.

[golux]

Lord O God King of the Universe
We also ask that you teach our beloved Oysters how to hunt Starfish.
Amen.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

A Blessed Lord's Day and Shavua Tov to you.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...and a Blessed Lord’s Day to the MacNessa family.

Is it still cold? Icy?

Lots of dripping and ice making today here. Supposed to be 36 tomorrow...YUCK!!

[HiTech RedNeck]

If I were a starfish I would thank God for oysters. If I were an oyster, when my oyster soul went to oyster heaven God would tell me that He loved me because of how I benefited His starfish.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Isn’t 36 degrees fairly balmy for Alaska this time of year?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Shavua Tov.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Prayers for our troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
for a safe and peaceful week ahead.

[2111USMC]

Don’t care for warm weather, ehh?

Our high tomorrow is going to be 1. Our high on Monday is supposed to be -11.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, HiTech, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

[Kathy in Alaska]

He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Force, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our G-d from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea.

May HASHEM cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighting men from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor.

May He lead our enemies under their sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is Hashem, your G-d, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you.

G-d bless and keep your children safe, Alouette.

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks very much, Kathy! It made it over the freezing mark today but has now dropped into the low 20's. I took my daughter Mary down to her digs in D.C. - I had to stow my walker in the rear hatch of the van because the slider was frozen shut. On my return home, I nearly slipped on ice getting out of the van.

Tomorrow is supposed to begin with freezing rain, changing to rain in the afternoon with temps around 40. Monday we're going back into the deep freeze - morning temps in the low 40's dropping through the 20's during the day and close to 0 overnight.

GRRRR! Gorebull Warming!



"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

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)

[golux]

...And you know I’d try to get my sticky little fingers into Oyster Heaven. I might bring a Walrus and a Carperner or two, too.

[golux]

shavua tov gam lach, havera.

[left that other site]

Hi everybody!
(((HUGS))))

[wizr]

Thanks. Emailing it on.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Gut Shabbos, Mooch.

How was the storm? Were you able to shop?