[ConorMacNessa]

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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!!!!!!!

[The Mayor]

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July 4

Every Story

Bible in a Year : Job 28–29; Acts 13:1–25

Beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. Luke 24:27 I opened the whimsically illustrated children’s Bible and began to read to my grandson. Immediately we were enthralled as the story of God’s love and provision unfurled in prose. Marking our place, I turned the book over and read the title once again: The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name.

Every story whispers His name.

To be honest, sometimes the Bible, especially the Old Testament, is hard to understand. Why do those who don’t know God seem to triumph over God’s own? How can God permit such cruelty when we know that His character is pure and that His purposes are for our good?

After His resurrection, Jesus met two followers on the road to Emmaus who didn’t recognize Him and were struggling with disappointment over the death of their hoped-for Messiah (Luke 24:19–24). They had “hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel” (v. 21). Luke then records how Jesus reassured them: “Beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, [Jesus] explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself” (v. 27).

Every story whispers His name, even the hard stories, because they reveal the comprehensive brokenness of our world and our need for a Rescuer. Every act, every event, every intervention points to the redemption God designed for His wayward loved ones: to bring us back to Himself.

By Elisa Morgan

Reflect & Pray

How is God’s rescue at work in your life? What stories trouble you today? In what ways (however small) can you see God at work in them?

Dear God, help me listen as You whisper Your name through the stories of Scripture. Every story.

[MEG33]

On Independence Day***Remembering Our Troops

*Thank You For Keeping Us Free*

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO!!

[TianaHighrider]

Thank you Kathy 👍❤🗽

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Independence Day!!

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[left that other site]

Happy Independence Day!

((((HUGS))))

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Independence Day, July 4, 1776 ~

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[jocon307]

Estoy aqui! Happy Forth All!

[luvie]

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Five For Fighting~Freedom Never Cries

Glenn Miller/Army-Air Force Band~El Capitan

U S Army Band~Battle Hymn Of The Republic

USAF Band~Armed Forces Medley [vocal]

Waylon Jennings~America

[luvie]

Beautiful 4th of July Table!

[Publius]

Sergei Rachmaninov plays “The Star Spangled Banner”

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*HUG*
Beautiful, Ma!
Good evening everyone!
Happy 4rth everyone!
It will be happy for me, as Mr B returns home fron Nebraska tomorrow!
He wasn’t here for my birthday OR our Anniversary on July 2nd!
He’d better make it up to me!
LOL

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[MoochPooch]

Hi Kathy! Happy 4th!

[MoochPooch]

Kathy, you’ve got great taste in music. I’m really enjoying these army recordings!

[Billthedrill]

Happy Independence Day! Check out what John Adams had to say about it in a letter to Abigail Adams:

The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.

Missed it...by that much...

[E.G.C.]

Happy 4th Of July and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

How's everyone doing this morning?

[BobP]

Happy Independence Day!

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Canteen. Good morning to our

AWESOME

Military, our Allies, and their families.

Thank you, Ma, for preparing the Canteen
for today's activities.
Dropping in to wish every FReedom loving person
...Happy Independence Day

Certainly wouldn't be the 4th without some thunderstorms.
Only wish they would cool us down.
Another hot and humid morning.

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and/or family members.
That's what we're here for.

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Come in and sit for a while.
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