FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ Dare To Dream ~ 19 November 2023

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

DARE TO DREAM

Someone once commented that "One of the most powerful things in the world is a dream. Not those dreams that come to us while we sleep, but those we consciously pursue while we are awake." Think of how dreams have shaped our modern life. Of Martin Luther King whose famous speech began, I have a dream today." And of Robert Kennedy who said, "Some men see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream things that never were and ask 'Why not?'" Think of how children's lives are often shaped by their parent's dreams. I remember, for instance, that the mother of Moses was more influential to his eventual development than all the scholars of Pharaoh.

William Herbert Carruth once wrote:

"We are all of us dreamers of dreams;
On visions our childhood is fed;
And the heart of a child is unhaunted, it seems,
By the ghosts of dreams that are dead....
"There's no sadder sight this side of the grave
Than a shroud o'er a fond dream spread,
And the heart should be stern and the eyes be brave
To gaze on a dream that is dead....
"Let him show a brave face if he can,
Let him woo fame or fortune instead,
Yet there's not much to do but to bury a man
When the best of his dreams is dead."

Genesis 11:31-32 in the Hebrew scriptures may give one example of how dreams can get sidetracked or forgotten. Just two verses...but what a story. Terah, the father of Abraham, had started out on a journey for Caanan. He had enough religion to hear God's call and leave paganism. But he was attracted by the bright lights and comfort of Haran. Now, Haran (in what is now Turkey) was a good distance from his old city of Ur (in what is now Iran) but it's on the same side of the river. A fun place perhaps, but not God's destination for his people. I heard a rabbi once say that Haran symbolizes a place of arrested development, forgotten dreams and unrealized opportunities.

Abram (whose name would eventually be changed to Abraham), was not satisfied with half-way, however. He moved on to Canaan to become "The Father of the Faithful." Hebrews 11:10 (in the Christian scriptures) describes him as looking for a city "whose builder and maker is God." A worthy legacy...and one which has influenced us all.

Think for a moment. What are the dreams that have shaped YOUR life? That determined your direction, or helped you to make it to this station on your life's journey? Have they empowered and called forth the best in you? Can they help you become the person you think God intended you to be? Do you still hold on to them, and nurture them? Important questions...I hope you can take some time this weekend to reflect on, and perhaps recover, "the power of a dream." But be careful what you dream! It may come true, and even if it isn't realized in your lifetime, it will affect you, and perhaps even the way people remember you...forever.

CAPT J. David Atwater, CHC, USN

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sorry I'm late...stuck behind an accident trying to get home from work.
It's 10 degrees and headed to no degrees in a few hours.

Please join us for Sunday Chapel ~ DARE TO DREAM, and Liberty

Lt. Charles F. Suver, CHC, USN, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division
"Mass at Iwo Jima"

Please stop in and say a prayer of protection for the military.
Prayers from all denominations are needed.



Sunday Liberty starts after the Guest Military Chaplain's Service!

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Argh. Winter has started too early for you folks in Alaska.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...and a Blessed Lord’s Day and Shavua Tov to you and yours.

You and Tippy still in training? Going well?

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Tippy chased a neighbor’s cat, and we got yelled at.

She was doing so well until that happened.

She was just doing what comes naturally. Oh Well.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Reservist, National Guardsman, or Merchant Marine
feel alone or forgotten.

O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is loving kindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
And He will redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.

Psalm 130:7 & 8

[Kathy in Alaska]

Shavua Tov.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Prayers for our troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
for a safe and peaceful week ahead.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Dogs chase cats...it has always been thus.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[The Mayor]

November 19

Gathering Strength in God

Bible in a Year:

• Ezekiel 11–13
• James 1

My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.

2 Corinthians 12:9 Grainger McKoy is an artist who studies and sculpts birds, capturing their grace, vulnerability, and power. One of his pieces is titled <em>Recovery.</em> It shows the single right wing of a pintail duck, stretched high in a vertical position. Below, a plaque describes the bird’s recovery stroke as “the moment of the bird’s greatest weakness in flight, yet also the moment when it gathers strength for the journey ahead.” Grainger includes this verse: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (<a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://biblia.com/bible/niv/2%20Cor%2012.9" data-reference="2 Cor 12.9" data-version="niv" data-purpose="bible-reference" target="_blank">2 Corinthians 12:9</a>).</p> <p>The apostle Paul wrote these words to the church at Corinth. Enduring a season when he was overwhelmed with personal struggle, Paul begged God to remove what he described as “a thorn in my&nbsp;flesh” (v. 7). His affliction might have been a physical ailment or spiritual opposition. Like Jesus in the garden the night before His crucifixion (<a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://biblia.com/bible/niv/Luke%2022.39%E2%80%9344" data-reference="Luke 22.39–44" data-version="niv" data-purpose="bible-reference" target="_blank">Luke 22:39–44</a>), Paul repeatedly asked God to remove his suffering. The Holy Spirit responded by assuring him that He’d provide the strength needed. Paul learned, “When I am weak, then I am strong” (<a class="rtBibleRef" href="https://biblia.com/bible/niv/2%20Cor%2012.10" data-reference="2 Cor 12.10" data-version="niv" data-purpose="bible-reference" target="_blank">2 Corinthians 12:10</a>).</p> <p>Oh, the thorns we experience in this life! Like a bird gathering its strength for the journey ahead, we can gather up God’s strength for what we’re facing. In His strength, we find our own.</p> .

Reflect & Pray

Where are you experiencing weakness today? How can you—in that exact weakness—gather God’s strength for your journey?

Dear Father, help me gather my strength from Yours as I face what’s ahead in my life today.

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True it is her nature. This morning she tried to chase some fake Christmas Reindeer off somebody’s lawn. LOL.

[Kathy in Alaska]

What really surprised me was the FIRST snowfall was 24+ inches at my house. Never had so much at once.

And now in just this past week we had snow, then rain, then plunging temps. Right now it’s 7 and dropping. We have ice everywhere.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Extra prayers for Israel...

He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Force, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our G-d from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea.

May HASHEM cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighting men from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor.

May He lead our enemies under their sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is Hashem, your G-d, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you.

G-d bless and keep your children safe, Alouette.

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Yes...I read about that and thought immediately of YOU.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Did you have a good day at the museum? Was today the last day of the season?

We had a lot of sun today, but it’s cold. Roads not too bad and the highway was clear and dry.

Ducks look really funny...the minute they land, they pull their feet up. They are staying in the creek...it doesn’t freeze.

[luvie]

Ray Walker~Master The Tempest Is Raging
Congregational Singing

Cynthia Clawson & Others~Church In The Wildwood

The Trevecca Madragalians~It Is Well With My Soul

Statler Brothers~How Great Thou Art

St. Olaf Choir~When Peace Like A River

Providence~He Is Ever Over Me

Vocal Majority~Deep River

Have a blessed Sunday
God bless our troops!

[lightman]

Keep the Lord’s Day in the Lord’s way.

A blessed Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Western)/Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Orthodox) to all!

[Kathy in Alaska]

She knows how to herd...and reindeer need herding. LOL!