Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
Howdy, lauren. *HUGZ*
How are things down your way these days? Are you getting a little relief from the heat like we are? Long overdue, for sure.
Happy Monday motoring!
Spent many days on that base...
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))
Bible in a Year:
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
I sat in the stillness of a workday’s end, my laptop in front of me. I should’ve been exhilarated about the work I’d finished that day, but I wasn’t. I was tired. My shoulders ached with the load of anxiety over a problem at work, and my mind was spent from thinking about a troubled relationship. I wanted to escape from it all—my thoughts wandered to watching TV that night.
But I closed my eyes. “Lord,” I whispered. I was too tired to say more. All my weariness went into that one word. And somehow, I immediately knew that was where it should go.
“Come to me,” Jesus tells us who are weary and burdened, “and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). Not the rest from a good night’s sleep. Not the break from reality that television offers. Not even the relief when a problem has been solved. Although these may be good sources of rest, the respite they offer is short-lived and dependent on our circumstances.
In contrast, the rest Jesus gives is lasting and guaranteed by His unchanging character. He’s always good. He gives us true rest for our souls even amid trouble because we know that everything is in His control. We can trust and submit to Him, endure and even thrive in difficult situations because of the strength and restoration only He can give. Â
“Come to me,” Jesus tells us. “Come to me.” .
Reflect & Pray
When your spirit is weary, where do you go for rest? How will you respond to Jesus, when He invites you to go to Him?
Heavenly Father, remind me that true rest is found only in You.
Moved to Oak Harbor, WA in the Summer of 1971 for my last year of high school. I’ve always considered it my home town and still visit it a couple of times each year to see my mom.
My dad was one of the top Chiefs in VA-115 “A’rabs”; serving as maintenance chief on one Viet Nam cruise and Leading Chief on a second cruise.
Whidbey Island is beautiful. One of the best stations for Navy personnel; although not so much for young sailors.
Yesterday at Comanche Lake:
Also we had two power blinks here at the homestead yesterday. Some parts of town lost power for a time yesterday evening.
How's everyone doing this morning?
I was stationed there, VP-1. Back when they were P-3 orions.
