FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 15 July 2021

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

Welcome Home, Dad!

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (July 13, 2021) Families welcome home Sailors assigned to the “Gunslingers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 105 on Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana during the squadron’s homecoming. VFA-105, part of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 embarked on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), returns to NAS Oceana after a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jesus Aguiar/Released)

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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (July 13, 2021) Families welcome home Sailors assigned to the “Fighting Swordsman” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 32 on Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana during the squadron’s homecoming. VFA-32, part of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 embarked on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), returns to NAS Oceana after a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jesus Aguiar/Released)

See? We Do Water Things In the USAF! Take That, Navy!

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, CO – Basic Cadets from the Class of 2025 complete the assault course at the U.S. Air Force Academy's Jacks Valley in Colorado Springs, CO, on July 13, 2021. Basic Cadet Training (BCT) is a six-week indoctrination program to guide the transformation of new cadets from being civilians to military academy cadets prepared to enter a four-year officer commissioning program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Trevor Cokley)

Happy Birthday!

Corporal Arthur Jackson, a Montford Point Marine and Houston native, receives a proclamation from the Houston Mayors Office during his Congressional Gold Medal award ceremony at his home in Houston, TX, 10 July 2021. On Nov. 23, 2011, President Barack Obama signed into law the legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines. The Congressional Gold Medal recognizes their contributions to the Marine Corps and the United States of America from 1942 to 1949, during a time of hardship and segregation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Shayla Wells)

Don’t Mess With The US Coast Guard!

The crew of the Coast Guard Joseph Tezanos offloads nearly $15 million in cocaine and transfers custody of two suspected smugglers at Coast Guard Base San Juan July 12, 2021. Cutter Joseph Tezanos, with the assistance of a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft (MEA) aircraft, interdicted a go-fast vessel in Mona Passage waters July 10, 2021, which resulted in the apprehension of the smugglers and seizure of 502 kilograms of cocaine. The interdiction resulted from multi-agency efforts in support of U.S. Southern Command's enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere and coordination with the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF). (Photo by Ricardo Castrodad)

Two Possible Reasons To Kneel: Praying or Shooting!

CAMP BLANDING JOINT TRAINING CENTER, FL (July 8, 2021) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 2nd Class Cody Nicholson, assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two Reserve Unit, fires an M4 carbine rifle during a weapons qualification course at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, FL, July 08, 2021. Through mobilization readiness, the Navy Reserve provides support to the active component by developing and employing mobilization processes based on the MOB-to-Billet design which expedites activation of Reserve Component forces in times of need. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hunter S. Harwell/Released)

Start’em Young!

Staff Sgt Nicholas Guehring, an air defense artillery specialist with the 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment in Cincinnati, Ohio, lets a young civilian attempt to hold a FIM-92 Stinger during the 2021 Centerpoint Energy Dayton Air Show July 11 at the Dayton International Airport. The 46th annual event, headlined by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and U.S. Army Golden Knights allowed civilians to interact with service members and support Dayton’s biggest celebration of aviation. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Trenton Fouche) p>

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July 15

Confident Prayer

Bible in a Year:

• Psalms 13–15
• Acts 19:21–41

Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

Luke 11:11 Having tried for years to have a child, Richard and Susan were elated when Susan became pregnant. Her health problems, however, posed a risk to the baby, and so Richard lay awake each night praying for his wife and child. One night, Richard sensed he didn’t need to pray so hard, that God had promised to take care of things. But a week later Susan miscarried. Richard was devastated. He wondered, Had they lost the baby because he hadn’t prayed hard enough?

On first reading, we might think today’s parable suggests so. In the story, a neighbor (sometimes thought to represent God) only gets out of bed to help the friend because of the friend’s annoying persistence (Luke 11:5–8). Read this way, the parable suggests that God will give us what we need only if we badger Him. And if we don’t pray hard enough, maybe God won’t help us.

But biblical commentators like Klyne Snodgrass believe this misunderstands the parable—its real point being that if neighbors might help us for selfish reasons, how much more will our unselfish Father. We can therefore ask confidently (vv. 9–10), knowing that God is greater than flawed human beings (vv. 11–13). He isn’t the neighbor in the parable, but the opposite of him.

“I don’t know why you lost your baby,” I told Richard, “but I know it wasn’t because you didn’t pray ‘hard’ enough. God isn’t like that.”

Reflect & Pray

If the neighbor in the parable represents God, what does it suggest God is like? If verses 11–13 clarify the parable, what then is God like?

Father, today I bring You my needs and the needs of others, confident that You’ll hear and answer, and grateful that it’s Your goodness and not my words that count.

Read about the power of prayer at DiscoverySeries.org/Q0740.

[Biggirl]

Hi!

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[PROCON]

Hi Kathy, thanks for remembering and honoring our Troops!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[radu]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Well...we made it through hump day. Me? Just barely. Rough day, but I made it.

Hope your week’s plans are on track.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Biggirl...it’s hump day! Did you make it ok?

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Hump Day is here. Any chance for catching your breath this evening?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey there, ML...((HUGS))...has it stopped raining? At least enough so you and Blue can spend some quality time together?

Penny guarding the porch well?

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

How are things out your way?

Did you finish the projects Robin had lined up or are you taking a break until it cools off a little?

[left that other site]

It finally stopped raining this afternoon, but I was out like a light due to a severe sinus headache.

Now I have to make up THREE lessons. Oh Well.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro..

Has your heat wave broken?

One seems to be coming here...they say 78 this weekend!! I will be breaking out the big box fans.

[PROCON]

Hi radu, doing well but the hot summer weather is just too hot to much else in the yard other than mow once a week.

Actually already got most of the tasks completed, just a few more in the Fall still to do.

Howz things your way?

[PROCON]

Hi Kathy, we’re still real typically hot, just stayin’ inside and chillin’.

[Kathy in Alaska]

The Mayor !!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Biggirl !!