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Hi Everybody!

((((HUGS))))

[SkyDancer]

Hai! (((HUGS))) Jump plane time again!

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, it's Road Trip time, thanks Lauren!

[TADSLOS]

Mother Rucker.

I can still hear those rotor blades and smell the JP8 burning...

[yarddog]

A soldier died today during training. They air lifted him from Ft. Rucker to Dothan hospital but he died.

[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

September 3

It’s Slippery Out Here!

Bible in a Year : Psalms 140–142; 1 Corinthians 14:1–20

Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil. Psalm 141:4

Years ago, when I was learning to ski, I followed my son Josh down what appeared to be a gentle slope. With my eyes on him I failed to notice he turned down the steepest hill on the mountain, and I found myself careening down the slope, completely out of control. I cratered, of course.

Psalm 141 shows how we can easily find ourselves slipping down sin’s slope. Prayer is one of the ways we stay alert to those slopes: “Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil” (v. 4) is a plea that echoes the Lord’s Prayer almost exactly: “Lead [me] not into temptation, but deliver [me] from the evil one” (Matthew 6:13). In His goodness, God hears and answers this prayer.

And then I find in this psalm another agent of grace: a faithful friend. “Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness; let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it” (Psalm 141:5). Temptations are subtle. We’re not always aware that we’re going wrong. A true friend can be objective. “Faithful are the wounds of a friend” (Proverbs 27:6 nkjv). It’s hard to accept rebuke, but if we see the wounding as a “kindness” it can become an anointing that puts us back on the path of obedience.

May we be open to truth from a trusted friend and rely on God through prayer.

By:  David H. Roper

Reflect & Pray

What slippery slopes do you gravitate toward? In what ways can you set a guard over your heart?

Father, please keep my feet from straying. Help me to listen to You and good friends.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

[Bonemaker]

Would have to turn around at the sign.

[ConorMacNessa]

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!!!!!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren, and thanks for today's Road Trip: Ft Rucker, Alabama.

[Shady]

My Nephew and his Wife (Both Pilots) and my Co-Worker’s Stepson are all based there. The Nephew just got out and is flying for Jet Blue now.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

~ Road Trip: Fort Rucker, Alabama ~

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[mountainlion]

Nice quiet day but a bit hot 112 according to my truck but it cooled down after I got moving. Big storm coming in DC when CONgress and the Senate open session.

[luvie]

Oh, my! We've started a new alphabet
of road trips. How fun is that!

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Tuesday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country and thanks Lauren for this morning's thread.

How's everyone doing this morning?

[combat_boots]

RIP Green Beret Master Sgt Luis DeLeon-Figueroa

https://www.stripes.com/public-mourns-green-beret-killed-in-afghanistan-along-flag-adorned-processional-route-1.597020

[Vineyard]

We will be taking our second trip to Ft. Rucker this year - in 2 weeks.

Our son will graduate from the flight training program and get his Army Aviator wings the end of September - and we will be there to celebrate with him. [He selected the fixed wing C-12 to fly....]

Ft. Rucker is an interesting base - with a great museum for Army Aviation.