To: laurenmarlowe
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Second Chances
November 7, 2017
He has not stopped showing his kindness.
Ruth 2:20
How can you be so kind if you dont even know me!
By making some wrong decisions, Linda had ended up in jail in a country not her own. For six years she remained in prison, and when she was set free she didnt have anywhere to go. She thought her life was over! While her family gathered money to buy her ticket home, a kind couple offered her lodging, food, and a helping hand. Linda was so touched by their kindness that she willingly listened as they told her the good news of a God who loves her and wants to give her a second chance.
Linda reminds me of Naomi, a widow in the Bible who lost her husband and two sons in a foreign land and thought her life was over (Ruth 1). However, the Lord hadnt forgotten Naomi, and through the love of her daughter-in-law and the compassion of a godly man named Boaz, Naomi saw Gods love and was given a second chance (4:1317).
The same God cares for us today. Through the love of others we can be reminded of His presence. We can see Gods grace in the helping hand of people we may not even know well. But above all, God is willing to give us a fresh start. We just need, like Linda and Naomi, to see Gods hand in our everyday lives and realize He never stops showing us His kindness.
Dear Lord, thank You that You let us begin again and again.
Placed in the same time period as the book of Judges, the book of Ruth complements the bleak tone of Judges with a hopeful focus on Gods unconditional faithfulness. The most central character in this book is Naomi, who receives renewed hope after her own resources are gone.
The concept of redemption in Ruth refers to the practice of a guardian-redeemer. The redeemer restores losses due to tragedy for a close relative. The guardian-redeemers role might involve some self-sacrifice, for restoring the relatives inheritance or family line meant the possibility of not creating his own family line. In the book of Ruth, after the death of Naomis husband and sons, Boaz chooses to restore Elimelek and Naomis family line through marrying Ruth and considering her child as Naomis.
But redemption also had a deeper meaning for Israel, pointing them to their hope of God restoring them (often portrayed as redemption; see, for example, Ex. 6:68; Isa. 43:1). Ultimately, it was God, not Boaz, who restored Naomi (Ruth 4:14). And from Ruths family came David (v. 22) and eventually Jesus, who restores all believers into relationship with God.
When have you, like Naomi, experienced Gods restoration despite feelings of despair?
2 posted on
11/06/2017 6:00:43 PM PST by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: laurenmarlowe
Watch your six and stay safe.
Show Veterans that you appreciate their service by MAKING time to VOTE tomorrow!
3 posted on
11/06/2017 6:01:01 PM PST by
lightman
(ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
To: laurenmarlowe
WOO-HOO, thanks for the Road Trip tonight, Lauren!
I took Field Artillery training at Fort Sill back in 1976, good memories, good people.
4 posted on
11/06/2017 6:02:22 PM PST by
PROCON
(#MAGA)
To: laurenmarlowe
Spent two years at the Comanche County Cannon College for Confused Cannoneers (aka Fort Silly) back in the ‘70s.
Neither the post nor Lawton was exactly a garden spot.
It was, to paraphrase Heine’s description of Goettingen, best viewed from the rear view mirror.
5 posted on
11/06/2017 6:04:04 PM PST by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo Islam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
To: laurenmarlowe
My son is posted there. He is a DI.
7 posted on
11/06/2017 6:08:21 PM PST by
Jemian
(War Eagle!)
To: laurenmarlowe
9 posted on
11/06/2017 6:12:28 PM PST by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
To: laurenmarlowe
FA Officer Basic Course 2-78
FA LANCE Missile Officer Course 4-78
Love Ft. Sill and the entire area, especially the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge.
10 posted on
11/06/2017 6:13:34 PM PST by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: laurenmarlowe
I saw a demonstration at Ft. Sill on a History type show.
They have really got accuracy down. They even did one strange thing in which three different artillery pieces fired at three different times yet all 3 shells hit the same spot at the same time.
Also saw a show on the Battle of El Alamein.They interviewed German and British veterans of the battle. They all agree that it was the .88mm German artillery piece which kept the Germans from being overwhelmed by numbers.
One British tanker said they sent 4 tanks to knock out a single .88. He said the Germans knocked out the first 3 but the last one got the gun.
19 posted on
11/06/2017 6:20:57 PM PST by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: laurenmarlowe
The post was founded as a base of operations against the Comanches and other Southern Plains tribes. Quannah Parker, the last Comanche chief, lived for many years at Ft. Sill. He was the son of Cynthia Parker, a Texas girl who was kidnapped and married a Comanche chief. She was the model for the character Debbie for whom John Wayne searches in the classic movie the Searchers. Incidentally, the real Cynthia was less than thrilled to be rescued later in life
In the interwar years it was at Ft. Sill that the field artillery developed the devastating fire control procedures and tactics that would lead the Germans to fear American field artillery above all others in WWII.
To: laurenmarlowe
22 posted on
11/06/2017 6:22:14 PM PST by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: laurenmarlowe; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; Jet Jaguar; SandRat; beachn4fun; ...
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
25 posted on
11/06/2017 6:25:40 PM PST by
radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
To: laurenmarlowe
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).
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!!!!!!!
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30 posted on
11/06/2017 6:36:46 PM PST by
ConorMacNessa
(FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: laurenmarlowe
34Y in 1984.
Wandering around base one day I ran across the tombstone of Geronimo. Found it by accident, and it seems to have been moved since I stumbled across it all those years ago.
31 posted on
11/06/2017 6:38:01 PM PST by
Pox
(Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
To: laurenmarlowe
Welcome back, lauren!
Thanks for a great thread!
Ft. Sill is an interesting, historical place!
32 posted on
11/06/2017 6:41:51 PM PST by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
To: laurenmarlowe
Howdy, lauren! Hope I managed to slip in before you have to head out for the night.
Took a quick run through the thread and it looks like quite a crowd of FReepers have spent time at Ft. Sill.
33 posted on
11/06/2017 6:42:47 PM PST by
radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
To: laurenmarlowe
44 posted on
11/06/2017 7:09:28 PM PST by
MoochPooch
(I'm a compassionate cynic.)
To: laurenmarlowe
I did my basic training and advanced instructional training at Ft. Sill from November of 1991 until May of 1992. I saw the Milky Way for the first time there and I also experienced a whole new level of thunderstorms the rest of the country outside of the region just doesn’t understand.
To: laurenmarlowe
Been there, done that.
E-1/31FA (BT)
E-2/80FA (AIT)
HHB-1/17FA (75th Bde)
If you’re still there, there was a place up in Medicine Park that had excellent food, I can’t remember if it was Riverside Cafe or The Old Plantation
60 posted on
11/06/2017 8:12:38 PM PST by
2CAVTrooper
(Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
To: laurenmarlowe; LUV W
92 posted on
11/07/2017 5:30:47 AM PST by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country)
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