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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ THE KEY TO FAILURE ~ 08 June 2014
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 06/07/2014 5:01:14 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska


 


 

 

THE KEY TO FAILURE


I recently read a devotion in God's Little Devotional Book for Women, which really touched my life. This book was copyrighted in 1996 by Honor Books, Inc. in Tulsa Oklahoma. The story on pages 98 and 99 tells of a painter who wanted to produce one work which would please everyone. So she painted a picture, and hung it in the public marketplace. She posted directions for people to mark the places they did not like with a small paint brush. She was surprised when she returned to find her picture was just a blob.

So, the next day, she took another copy of the painting and asked people to mark the places they liked. By the afternoon, the picture was exactly the same blob. The artist concluded, "I now believe the best way to please one-half of the world is not to mind what the other half thinks or says."

People always have an opinion about what we say or do, and the key to failure is to try to please everyone. The key to success, on the other hand, is to live according to God's opinions...those spelled out in the Bible. Then we will not fret over the opinions of others.

"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other." (Matthew 6:24)


LCDR Mary W. Tinnea, CHC, USN


 

 



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1 posted on 06/07/2014 5:01:14 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: All


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


2 posted on 06/07/2014 5:03:44 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Good Evening, Everybody!

((((HUGS))))


3 posted on 06/07/2014 5:03:46 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: All


4 posted on 06/07/2014 5:04:30 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: left that other site

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...a Blessed Lord’s Day and Shavua Tov to you and yours.

Did you rehearse today? Did you and Lynn-Dah get to any yard sales today?


5 posted on 06/07/2014 5:10:14 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Just dropping in to say “Hi.”


6 posted on 06/07/2014 5:10:18 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: The Mayor; ConorMacNessa; SandRat; 2111USMC; Jet Jaguar; Publius; PROCON; BIGLOOK; mountainlion; ...

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

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


7 posted on 06/07/2014 5:12:04 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Excellence
Good evening, Excellence, and a Blessed Lord's Day to you and yours.



Thank you, Douglas, for your service to America.


8 posted on 06/07/2014 5:14:48 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska

No yard sales today, however, I DID have a very nice rehearsal with our guitar player.

I did write a new song though, based on psalm 91 (an all-time favorite!)


9 posted on 06/07/2014 5:16:27 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: MoochPooch; left that other site; Yehuda; DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis; Alouette; ...

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


10 posted on 06/07/2014 5:17:32 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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A very nice day, indeed.


11 posted on 06/07/2014 5:19:46 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Now I have 17 songs, plus some old ones I wrote 30 years ago which need a little ‘re-arranging”.

It’s OK if I steal from myself. Tchaikovsky did it all the time! LOL!


12 posted on 06/07/2014 5:22:53 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: MoJo2001; AZamericonnie; StarCMC; ConorMacNessa; The Mayor; SandRat; HiJinx; Cindy; ...

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


13 posted on 06/07/2014 5:23:01 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: left that other site

So did Handel and Schubert.


14 posted on 06/07/2014 5:24:08 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: MoochPooch; left that other site; Yehuda; DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis; Alouette; ...

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.


15 posted on 06/07/2014 5:25:13 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: xzins; bethelgrad; lightman; LiteKeeper; MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; ...
Please join us for Sunday Chapel ~ THE KEY TO FAILURE, and Liberty

Lt. Charles F. Suver, CHC, USN, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division
"Mass at Iwo Jima"


Please stop in and say a prayer of protection for the military.
Prayers from all denominations are needed.





Sunday Liberty starts after the Guest Military Chaplain's Service!

16 posted on 06/07/2014 5:32:09 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Publius

Indeed...

So I guess I am in good company! hahahahaha


17 posted on 06/07/2014 5:36:00 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: left that other site

LOL! Seems ok to me....and you can call it borrowing from yourself. d:o)


18 posted on 06/07/2014 5:40:21 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: unique1; USMCPOP; JFoxbear; Dad of Chris Mason; debm29palms

God Bless our military men and women who have given their all.

Thanks, unique.


19 posted on 06/07/2014 5:42:50 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: SoldierDad; vigilante2; PERKY2004; LUV W; GodBlessUSA; Tax-chick; Vineyard; jackv; Jemian; ...
Thanks, Military Families, for your service to our country.


John Conlee ~ They Also Serve


20 posted on 06/07/2014 5:46:34 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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