FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ WHEN DO WE START TO LIVE AND BE HAPPY? ~ 06 February 2022

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

WHEN DO WE START TO LIVE AND BE HAPPY?

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that we're frustrated we have teenagers with whom to deal. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage! We tell ourselves our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a vacation, when we retire. The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when?

Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. Alfred D'Souza said, "For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life".

This perspective helps us to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have. And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time with ... and remember that time waits for no one.

So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you die, until it's too late to decide there is no better time than right now to be happy ... for happiness is a journey, not a destination.

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[Persevero]

To be honest, I never stopped.

I found churches and went every Sunday. I kept my mask off unless extremely necessary. I got no shot. I traveled and hung out with sane family. I worked. I shopped. I enjoyed music and movies and art.

I did get annoyed at being made to mask here and there, or having to eat outside. But I have been happy and etc.

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

Greetings from Antarctica (I mean Massachusetts...coulda fooled me!)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Persevero, and congratulations on a job well done.

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

[lightman]

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

A blessed Fifth Sunday Sunday after the Epiphany (Western)/Thirty-Second Sunday after Pentecost (Orthodox) to all!

[The Mayor]

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Sunday,
February 6, 2022

Sweet Sleep

Read: Proverbs 3:19–24

When you lie down, you will not be afraid [and] your sleep will be sweet. Proverbs 3:24

When my friend Floss lies awake at night, she thinks about the lyrics of the hymn “My Jesus I Love Thee.” She calls it her “middle-of-the-night” song because it helps her to remember God’s promises and the many reasons she loves Him.

Sleep is a necessary—but sometimes elusive—part of life. At times we may sense the voice of the Holy Spirit bringing unconfessed sin to our mind. Or we begin worrying about our job, our relationships, our finances, our health, or our children. Soon a full-scale dystopian future starts running on a loop in our brain. We assume we nodded off for a bit, but when we look at the clock, we realize it’s been only moments since we last checked.

In Proverbs 3:19–24, King Solomon suggested that we can receive sleep benefits when we embrace God’s wisdom, understanding, and knowledge. In fact, he claimed, “They will be life for you . . . . When you lie down, you will not be afraid [and] your sleep will be sweet” (vv. 22, 24).

Maybe we all need a “middle-of-the-night” song, prayer, or Bible verse to softly whisper to help us shift our jumbled-up thoughts to a mind fully focused on God and His character. A clear conscience and a heart full of gratitude for God’s faithfulness and love can bring us sleep that’s sweet.  — Cindy Hess Kasper

How might turning to God when you can’t sleep give you peace? What song, prayer, or Scripture can you meditate on to help you focus on God?

Dear God, thank You for loving me. Help me to focus on Your faithfulness instead of the worries of this life.

Bible in a year: Exodus 39–40; Matthew 23:23–39

[Repeal The 17th]

This is the day which the Lord hath made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalms 118:24

[cuban leaf]

That’s for us, we started 2 weeks after we started doing what we could to flatten the curve.

[cuban leaf]

That’s pretty much exactly our story.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello, Antarctica...((HUGS))...are you at least shoveled out of the snow dump?

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

Will this help?

[left that other site]

Oooo...Love it!

(((HUGS)))

I spent the afternoon chipping ice off my car, but the lump of ice at the end of my driveway is immovable.

Unless maybe I can find a flame-thrower.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Please join us for Sunday Chapel ~ WHEN DO WE START TO LIVE AND BE HAPPY?, 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!

[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]

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

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

And a blessed Fifth Sunday Sunday after the Epiphany (Western)/Thirty-Second Sunday after Pentecost (Orthodox).

Are you having to use your wood stove? Did the snow leave?

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

[CodeToad]

I am normally a very happy guy. I get all kinds of serious about certain things, but it makes people mad I am not scowling all day long because they say it means I am not taking things seriously. I do, but some of their silly things don’t deserve any emotional consideration.

[lightman]

Snow vanished yesterday in the rain and 50 degree weather.

Wood stove fired up yesterday afternoon because low was in the 20’s and we barely passed freezing ever so briefly this afternoon.

Lo tonight is to be around 11. Warmer nights ahead after Tuesday.

[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 nice relaxing day and worked hard at staying nice and warm.