FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Alton W Knappenberger ~ 20 June 2022

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[freepertoo]

Wow!

[M Kehoe]

Cajones grande bump.

Don’t translate.

5.56mm

[lightman]

Thanks for keepin these heroes’ stories before us!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Hall of Heroes: Alton W Knappenberger ~

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[PROCON]

Thanks for honoring tonight’s Hero, Kathy!

[Jet Jaguar]

What a Badass!

Thanks Ma.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, freepertoo...glad you enjoyed PFC Alton Knappenberger’s story.

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

😁 Good evening, M Kehoe...he really stood his ground!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello, lightman...so important that we remember the heroes who helped keep America free.

[larryjohnson]

Been in CA with son for two weeks. Closer to your home. Always glad to visit canteen
Reading third volume of Rick Atkinson WW II book The Guns At last Light. Anzio was bottled up for 4 months. At my age I knew cousins in Europe campaign.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...he set his mind to his job and DID IT!! He was quite the hero.

[SkyDancer]

~ Good Evening ~

~ Hai - Giving Pops His Yearly Doo ~

~ Good Evening ~

~ Welcome To My World ~

I’m Down There Somewhere

[Kathy in Alaska]

That he was, JJ, that he was!!

[SkyDancer]

My dad’s WW2 buddies (no, he’s not that old) who were in Italy said “It was the rain, the constant rain that drove them nutz”

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

Reading this just leaves one breathless.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...hope you and Tippy had a loverly stroll around the neighborhood, and she is doing well with her training.

[The Mayor]

June 20

Trustworthy Love

Bible in a Year:

• Esther 1–2
• Acts 5:1–21

Love does no harm.

Romans 13:10 Why can’t I stop thinking about it? My emotions were a tangled mess of sadness, guilt, anger, and confusion.

Years ago, I’d made the painful decision to cut ties with someone close to me, after attempts to address deeply hurtful behavior were merely met with dismissal and denial. Today, after hearing she was in town visiting, my thoughts had spiraled into hashing and rehashing the past.

As I struggled to calm my thoughts, I heard a song playing on the radio. The song expressed not just the anguish of betrayal, but also a profound longing for change and healing in the person who’d caused harm. Tears filled my eyes as I soaked in the haunting ballad giving voice to my own deepest longings.

“Love must be sincere,” the apostle Paul wrote in Romans 12:9, a reminder that not all that passes for love is genuine. Yet our heart’s deepest longing is to know real love—love that isn’t self-serving or manipulative, but compassionate and self-giving. Love that’s not a fear-driven need for control but a joyful commitment to each other’s well-being (vv. 10–13).

And that’s the good news, the gospel. Because of Jesus, we can finally know and share a love we can trust—a love that will never cause us harm (13:10). To live in His love is to be free.

Reflect & Pray Reflect & Pray

How have you experienced or seen a difference between sincere and self-serving love? How can a community of faith help us learn to love others wholeheartedly?

Loving God, help me to learn the difference between real and counterfeit love and to share Christ’s love with those around me.