FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 05 January 2023

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[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Thursday,
January 5, 2023

A Nesting Place

Read: John 14:1–4

I am going there to prepare a place for you. John 14:2

Sand martins—small birds related to swallows—dig their nests into riverbanks. Land development in South East England reduced their habitat, and the birds had fewer and fewer places to nest when they returned from their winter migration each year. Local conservationists sprang into action and built an enormous artificial sandbank to house them. With the help of a sand-sculpting firm, they molded sand to create a space for the birds to take up residence for years to come.

This gracious act of compassion vividly depicts the words Jesus used to console His disciples. After telling them He’d be leaving and that they wouldn’t be able to go with Him until later (John 13:36), He offered them the assurance that He’d “prepare a place for [them]” in heaven (14:2). Though they were rightly saddened that Jesus said He would leave them soon and that they could not follow Him, He encouraged them to look on this holy errand as part of His preparation to receive them—and us.

Without Jesus’ sacrificial work on the cross, the “many rooms” of the Father’s house wouldn’t be able to receive us (v. 2). Having gone before us in preparation, Christ assures us He’ll return and take those who trust in His sacrifice to be with Him. There we’ll take up residence with Him in a joyous eternity. — Kirsten Holmberg

When have you felt you weren’t “at home” in this life? What do you most look forward to about heaven?

Thank You, Jesus, for preparing a place for me in heaven with You.

Bible in a year: Genesis 13–15; Matthew 5:1–26

[lightman]

Happy hump day!

[lightman]

...and Eleventh Day of Christmas, too!

[PROCON]

Thanks for remembering and honoring our Troops, Kathy!

[SkyDancer]

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~ Good Evening All ~

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~ Welcome To My World ~

I’m Down There Somewhere

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops! ~

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[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy! We’re having some balmy weather here. Gotta go home now — and without an overcoat!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Hope your snow and the cold have gone for a while.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lightman...it IS hump day and I survived!!

Hope your week is going well. Is your stove getting a rest?

[Kathy in Alaska]

And Happy Eleventh Day of Christmas!!

[lightman]

Stove went out last Wednesday morning.

Looks like it might not be needed again until January 17!

A jumbo double-trunked ash tree toppled in the severe winds on Christmas Eve...looks like that will supply almost the whole winter of 2025-26! It fell in a very easy-to-reach area, what a bonus!

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...wishing you another day better in your recovery.

Hope your snow has vacated the area.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...did you get everyone back home without weather problems?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mooch, and safe journey home...and without your overcoat!

[luvie]

God bless our brave troops!

[Kathy in Alaska]

You may have some yucky weather, but, boy, does your supply of firewood keep falling in your lap.

Happy chopping and cutting and stacking for 2025-2026.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Hump Day! Ready for an early-to-bed night?