FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops ~ 18 July 2019

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[The Mayor]

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July 18

Wise Aid

Bible in a Year : Psalms 20–22; Acts 21:1–17

Encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 1 Thessalonians 5:14 As I stopped my car at a red light, I saw the same man standing beside the road again. He held a cardboard sign: Need money for food. Anything helps. I looked away and sighed. Was I the kind of person who ignored the needy?

Some people pretend to have needs but are actually con artists. Others have legitimate needs but face difficulties overcoming destructive habits. Social workers tell us it’s better to give money to the aid ministries in our city. I swallowed hard and drove past. I felt bad, but I may have acted wisely.

God commands us to “warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak” (1 Thessalonians 5:14). To do this well we must know who belongs in which category. If we warn a weak or disheartened person, we may break her spirit; if we help an idle person, we may encourage laziness. Consequently, we help best from up close, when we know the person well enough to know what he needs.

Has God burdened your heart to help someone? Great! Now the work begins. Don’t assume you know what that person needs. Ask her to share her story, and listen. Prayerfully give as seems wise and not merely to feel better. When we truly aim “to do what is good for each other,” we will more readily “be patient with everyone,” even when they stumble (vv. 14–15).

By Mike Wittmer

Reflect & Pray

When have others most helped you? What did you learn about how best to help others?

Father, help me to help wisely, and often.

[PROCON]

Great tribute, thanks Kathy!

[Jet Jaguar]

Ma😛

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayour, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

We made it through hump day and I’m trying to see the weekend.

Are you getting your rest? Work hard at it.

[mylife]

VFW Report: Friday is CFS with all the works.

Sat is a Toys for Tots fundraiser, We will have fire engines and aa fish fry, Commander Venus will don a RWB tutu and brave the dunk tank...

She don’t know we are filling it with ice :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

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Hi Everybody!

((((HUGS))))

Triple-digit heat followed by crazy thunderstorms today.
Penny was not amused.

[mylife]

Also a baked goods silent auction.

[mylife]

Global warning!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...we might been getting some rain one of these days. We have had some thunder.

[Kathy in Alaska]

JJ...good evening. Have you heard anything about fires and Eielson? Some big fires up Fairbanks way. And everywhere else! ((HUGS))

[PROCON]

Thanks Kathy, we’re still having a relatively cool summer so far....low ‘80’s, quite unusual for the high desert here.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, my....a fish fry sounds wonderful!

BRRRR...a dunk tank with ice.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...triple digit is a killer!!!

I’m with Penny...not amused either.

The last 2 days I’ve heard thunder but no rain.

[mountainlion]

A buddy of mine posted a picture of his father working behind the Apollo 11 capsule they had just retrieved. My cousin worked at NASA. Kinda interesting looking back at things going on 50 years ago.

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

It’s Hump Day! That means you have a good chance at getting some much-needed sleep tonight. LOL

[radu]

She don't know we are filling it with ice :)

Ooooooohhhh, that's cold ..... in more ways than one. LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!