FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ CELEBRATING THE SUCCESS OF OTHERS ~ 05 September 2021

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

CELEBRATING THE SUCCESS OF OTHERS

"Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend,
but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success."
-Oscar Wilde

It is natural and understandable to feel pangs of envy when we see someone else get promoted while we may have not been; or to see someone else get a NAM and we were not recognized for our hard work. It is human.

Life is full of many disappointments large and small, and it is tough to accept that others may enjoy greater fortune when we are equally deserving. How can we deal with such feelings of envy? First, it is essential to recognize that envy is an emotion that can be good or bad. "Good" envy can motivate us to keep on trying, never to give up the fight. "Bad" envy can lead a person to do harmful things to themselves or to others. It can eat away at one's inner well-being and leave a person an emotional, bitter wreck. Envy created the first murderer, Cain, who killed his brother Abel in a fit of jealousy.

Second, we each need to consider the blessings we enjoy, not to dwell on the things we don't have. When I was aboard the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT in an ethics class, we'd take a large overhead chart with a clean sheet of paper and make a dot in the center of the page with magic marker. Then we'd ask the students what they saw. They'd all say, a dot, of course. Then we'd tell them: here is this big paper, and you say all you see is the tiny dot?!!?! We must look at everything we have, not just the one or two things we feel are missing from our lives.

Yes, it is hard to feel happy when others "succeed" where we have "failed", but we must never give up, nor allow ourselves to become bitter. Consider the example of my friend, a fellow Chaplain, who applied for commission as a Naval officer three times and was rejected each time. On his fourth try he was accepted and is now a distinguished member of the Chaplain Corps. Remember, when you feel at the end of your rope, make a knot and hang on!

 

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September 5

Help from the Holy Spirit

Bible in a Year:

• Psalms 146–147
• 1 Corinthians 15:1–28

Return, faithless people. I will cure you of backsliding.

Jeremiah 3:22

While my classmates and I used to skip the occasional lecture in university, everyone always made sure to attend Professor Chris’ lecture the week before the year-end exams. That was when he would unfailingly drop big hints about the exam questions he’d set.

I always wondered why he did that, until I realized that Prof. Chris genuinely wanted us to do well. He had high standards, but he would help us meet them. All we had to do was show up and listen so we could prepare properly.

It struck me that God is like that too. God can’t compromise His standards, but because He deeply desires us to be like He is, He’s given us the Holy Spirit to help us meet those standards.

In Jeremiah 3:11–14, God urged unfaithful Israel to acknowledge their guilt and return to Him. But knowing how stubborn and weak they were, He would help them. He promised to cure their backsliding ways (v. 22), and He sent shepherds to teach and guide them (v. 15).

How comforting it is to know that no matter how big the sin we’re trapped in or how far we’ve turned from God, He’s ready to heal us of our faithlessness! All we need to do is to acknowledge our wrong ways and allow His Holy Spirit to begin changing our hearts.

Reflect & Pray

Where do you struggle to follow God faithfully and obediently? How can you ask God to heal you and help you?

Loving God, thank You for Your merciful love that enables me to be holy like You are. Please help me to let Your Spirit heal me of my faithlessness and transform my heart.

Read Filled with the Spirit at DiscoverySeries.org/Q0301.

[equaviator]

Love it.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Reservist, National Guardsman, or Merchant Marine
feel alone or forgotten.

O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is loving kindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
And He will redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.

Psalm 130:7 & 8

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

A Blessed Lord's Day and Shavua Tov to you.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Hope you had a good day of rest and your back is feeling better.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, equaviator, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Please join us for Sunday Chapel ~ CELEBRATING THE SUCCESS OF OTHERS, and Liberty

Lt. Charles F. Suver, CHC, USN, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division
"Mass at Iwo Jima"

Please stop in and say a prayer of protection for the military.
Prayers from all denominations are needed.




Sunday Liberty starts after the Guest Military Chaplain's Service!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[lightman]

Keep the Lord’s Day in the Lord’s way.

A blessed Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Western)/Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Orthodox) to all!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Shavua Tov.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Prayers for our troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
for a safe and peaceful week ahead.

[Kathy in Alaska]

He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Force, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our G-d from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea.

May HASHEM cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighting men from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor.

May He lead our enemies under their sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is Hashem, your G-d, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you.

G-d bless and keep your children safe, Alouette.

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

I hope you’re having a good weekend so far. Any deck time this afternoon with a good book?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Sitting down? Feets up? Did you have a busy day at the museum? Rain?

We’ve been having sprinkles most every “overnight”...but maybe adding up to an inch. I’ll take it.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lightman...and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

And a blessed Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Western)/Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Orthodox).

Did you get your downed tree all made into firewood?

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless our military men and women who have given their all.

Thanks, unique.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Military Families, for your service to our country.

John Conlee ~ They Also Serve

[radu]

Sitting down? Feets up? You betcha! LOL
Not really a busy day but we had several folks show up.
My first tour was with a handsome man dressed in a kilt! He walked in and there was no way I was letting someone else take him through. LOL
Retired Navy and he was in town to play bagpipes at a memorial service for a veteran who’d passed away.
He said he’d been in the area a couple of times before but it was on days we weren’t open. He was happy to finally have a chance to check the place out.

No rain the past few days but we could have some showers tomorrow. It’s been quite comfortable with highs in the low to mid 80s since Ida’s remnants came through and will be the same for the next week.

Glad you’ve gotten some more rain because you need it. No cam ops on the Lake Hood cam today so it’s been the same view of the mountains all day. Sun in and out at the airport but there are some cool-looking clouds running along the mountains.