THE FREEPER CANTEEN - The Labor Day Travel Quiz - Wednesday, August 31, 2022

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[luvie]

MY RESULTS ARE:
9/15 · Scored 60%
Result: You've got some work to do!
Translate: I need to get out more. LOL!

[left that other site]

HI EVERYBODY!

(((HUGS)))

[BenLurkin]

Ditto on the 60% but some of those questions are a bit sketchy. For instance, what the heck is “revenge travel”?

[PROCON]

Thanks luvie!

10/15 · Scored 66%

I'm staying off the roads, don't really travel much anymore.

[luvie]

....ML!
Good job!
...and howdy!

[luvie]

...BenLurkin
Way to go!
Got me...sounds strange all right. LOL!

[luvie]

...PRO!!
WooHoo!
I drive to see kids. That's it.

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Wednesday,
August 31, 2022

When Knowledge Hurts

Read: Ecclesiastes 1:12–18

For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes 1:18

Zach Elder and his friends pulled up to shore after a twenty-five-day rafting trip through the Grand Canyon. The man who came to retrieve their rafts told them about the COVID-19 virus. They thought he was joking. But as they left the canyon their phones pinged with their parents’ urgent messages. Zach and his friends were stunned. They wished they could return to the river and escape what they now knew.

In a fallen world, knowledge often brings pain. The wise Teacher of Ecclesiastes observed, “With much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief” (1:18). Who hasn’t envied a child’s blissful ignorance? She doesn’t yet know about racism, violence, and cancer. Weren’t we happier before we grew up and discerned our own weaknesses and vices? Before we learned our family’s secrets—why our uncle drinks heavily or what caused our parents’ divorce?

The pain from knowledge can’t be wished away. Once we know, it’s no use pretending we don’t. But there’s a higher knowledge that empowers us to endure, even thrive. Jesus is the Word of God, the light that shines in our darkness (John 1:1–5). He “has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption” (1 Corinthians 1:30). Your pain is your reason to run to Jesus. He knows you and cares for you. — Mike Wittmer

What’s something you wished you didn’t know? Tell Jesus about it. Then leave it with Him. Whenever it troubles you, take it to Jesus again.

Jesus, I don’t enjoy pain, but if it drives me to You, it’s worth it.

For further study, read Why? Seeing God in Our Pain.

Bible in a year: Psalms 132–134; 1 Corinthians 11:17–34

[luvie]

Howdy, Rus! (((hugs)))

Thanks for our beautiful lesson from God’s Word!

How much rain did you get today? We’ve had 1/2” today, and around an inch overnight last night. l’d predict that our drought is over for now. :)

[radu]

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

5/15 • Scored 33%
Result: Ouch!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[luvie]

Hey there, radu!

Ouch is right! You came back home for THIS? LOL! Hope your day has been good. We got more rain this afternoon...1/2 inch for the day, starting first thing this morning. Sooo nice.

[luvie]

Howdy, Kathy! (((hugs)))

Thanks for the ping-a-ling! Hope you don’t have to labor for the Labor Day Weekend! You need R&R!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Hump Day Eve. Just one ... more ... long ... night.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

I am totally disgusted with this quiz! Pick another quiz, please?

[radu]

ROTFLMAO!!! That was pretty bad, huh? Shows how much I know about travel. Zip!

I saw some rain on the radar in your area this afternoon and hoped you’d get a bit more. Very good that you did. You should be in decent shape now.

It’s so nice outside right now and I’d love to sit on the porch or the patio for a bit. But when I got home, there was Hubby out on the tractor, mowing. grrrrrrrrrrr!

[luvie]

Well, you gonna just have to wait till next week. LOL!

[luvie]

I’m almost as bad about travel. Since we stopped having the shoots, the kids are the only visit I make. I’d love to travel, but not alone and hubby hates it.

Oh, good grief. His timing is just sooo perfect, huh! LOL! What was he thinkin’! Probably that you’d be glad the weeds were gone. :)

it’s raining again. The kitties were NOT happy to have to get wet to eat their food. I put it as close to the house as possible, but I do need to get it back in until the rain stops again. I, on the other hand, am LOVIN’ it!

[Dr. Sivana]

12/15 80%

I didn’t like that quiz, as some of the questions are open to interpretation. For instance, when they say xx% travel for Labor Day, what counts as travel? Wallingford, CT to East Haven, CT by 20 minute car ride to visit family? A trip to the Home Depot for a home project? etc.

[luvie]

Good result! I don’t think they thought that hard about it. LOL!