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Posted on 07/17/2023 6:27:39 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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Howdy everyone!
So sorry to be a bit late, was at a family dinner. YUM!
Hope everyone has a terrific Tuesday!
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
Bible in a Year:
In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly.
The letter from “Jason,” an inmate, surprised my wife and me. We “foster” puppies to become service dogs to assist people with disabilities. One such puppy had graduated to the next training phase, which was run by prisoners who've been taught how to train the dogs. Jason’s letter to us expressed sorrow for his past, but then he said, “Snickers is the seventeenth dog I’ve trained, and she is the best one. When I see her looking up at me, I feel like I’m finally doing something right.”
Jason isn’t the only one with regrets. We all have them. Manasseh, king of Judah, had plenty. Second Chronicles 33 outlines some of his atrocities: building sexually explicit altars to pagan gods (v. 3), practicing witchcraft, and sacrificing his own children (v. 6). He led the entire nation down this sordid path (v. 9).
“The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention” (v. 10). Eventually, God got his attention. The Assyrians invaded, “put a hook in his nose . . . and took him to Babylon” (v. 11). Next, Manasseh finally did something right. “He sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly” (v. 12). God heard him and restored him as king. Manasseh replaced the pagan practices with worship of the one true God (vv. 15–16).
Do your regrets threaten to consume you? It’s not too late. God hears our humble prayer of repentance.
Reflect & Pray
What regrets do you have? How might you honor God by letting Him redeem them and use you to serve Him?
Thank You, Father, that You’re always ready to hear my honest prayers.
Howdy, lauren. *HUGZ*
Just sitting down to supper here. Perfect timing for the Canteen. :-)
Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!
~ Road Trip: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, Virginia ~
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It's Road Trip time again, thanks Lauren!
Hi Ma!
*HUGS*
Hi radu, enjoy your evening!
*HUGS*
Near my old home in King George County. My next door neighbor used to work there on the Tomahawk missile program. What exactly he did I have no idea. I never asked him to be honest.
Howdy, Kathy.
I hope this week won’t be too much of a zoo.
Nice to see y’all have gotten a little more rain today. Long overdue. Everything’s greening up fast around Lake Hood and lookin’ so pretty.
I hope you’re kickin’ back and relaxing this evening!
Explore War Movie Props from “Saving Private Ryan”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIqqXKaoV2s
What reproduction equipment did military extras and stuntmen use in Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, and The Pacific? Join collector and reenactor Wayne for a splendid conversation on his movie prop collection!
Check comments below the video:
“Yay! I used to work for “that vendor” that had all the SPR stuff (I may have commented about this in a prior post).... when Wayne said “they opened the truck” to sell the stuff at Indiantown Gap, I was one of the guys swarmed by the crowd there that first year that we had it, January of ‘99... we got all that stuff in the late summer of 98. It was crazy seeing all that rubber stuff! I probably handled some of those things you were looking at in this video :) I have a few things myself: a couple rubber German stick grenades, a repro M41 jacket, original leggings, and repro type-1 boots.”
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My previous job took me there many times. They have a display of Navy ship gun barrels dating back to the early 1900’s. The original black powder magazines are still there at the edge of the river. They date back to the late 1800’s.
Fun to be with family. No worries. :)
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