FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Rodolfo P. Hernandez ~ 02 October 2023

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[lightman]

“O beautiful for heroes proved....”

WOW!

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[The Mayor]

October 2

The Masterpiece Within

Bible in a Year:

• Isaiah 14–16
• Ephesians 5:1–16

We are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works.

Ephesians 2:10 Writing in The Atlantic, author Arthur C. Brooks tells of his visit to the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, which contains one of the largest collections of Chinese art in the world. The museum guide asked, “What do you think of when I ask you to imagine a work of art yet to be started?” Brooks said, “An empty canvas, I guess.” The guide replied, “There’s another way to view it: The art already exists, and the job of artists is simply to reveal it.”

In Ephesians 2:10, the word handiwork, sometimes translated as “workmanship” or “masterpiece,” is from the Greek word poiēma, from which we derive our word poetry. God has created us as works of art, living poems. However, our art has become obscured: “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins” (v. 1). To paraphrase the words of the museum guide, “The art [of us] is already there, and it’s the job of the Divine Artist to reveal it.” Indeed, God is restoring us, His masterpieces: “God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive” (vv. 4–5).

As we go through challenges and difficulties, we might take comfort in knowing that the Divine Artist is at work: “It is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose” (Philippians 2:13). Know that God is working in you to reveal His masterpiece. .

Reflect & Pray

What are some of the ways that you, as God’s artwork, have become dimmed? How do you feel He’s working in your life these days?

Creator God, thank You for making me one of Your masterpieces.

[PROCON]

Hi Kathy, thanks for honoring tonight’s Hero!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

[AbnSarge]

Thank you all for being worth serving

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lighman...proved for sure!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Have you managed to keep most, if not all, leaves on your deck cleared off? I see it’s a wet day up there.
It sure looks different up there now. Last time I could see around Lake Hood, the trees were green. Not so now. Lots of fall color.
They FINALLY got the live cam working again late last night, sort of. It’s still “hitchy” but we can see the area again.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[radu]

You're quite welcome. A tip o' da hat to you. :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...any cooperation from the weather? Any Blue time?

It’s been raining here...again.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Hope you had a restful and healing weekend.

[left that other site]

YES! I got a little ride in today. Nowhere in particular, just in the wind for about 60 miles. It felt SO GOOD!

CB-)

(Happy face with helmet and goggles)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...a hero for sure.

More rain here, and lots more leaves falling.

[Kathy in Alaska]

lightman !!

1st!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

ML !!

2nd!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

The Mayor !!

3rd!!

[luvie]

Rodolfo Perez "Rudy" Hernandez
April 14, 1931 - December 21, 2013
United States Army
Medal of Honor recipient
for his actions in the Korean War
What a brave hero!