FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ GOD'S PERFECTION ~ 30 June 2024

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[Kathy in Alaska]

GOD'S PERFECTION

In Brooklyn, New York, Chush is a school that caters to learning disabled children. Some children remain in Chush for their entire school career, while others can be main-streamed into conventional schools.

At a Chush fund-raising dinner, the father of a Chush child delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he cried out, "Where is the perfection in my son Shaya? Everything God does is done with perfection. But my child cannot understand things as other children do. My child cannot remember facts and figures as other children do. Where is God's perfection?"

The audience was shocked by the question, pained by the father's anguish and stilled by the piercing query. "I believe," the father answered, "that when God brings a child like this into the world, the perfection that he seeks is in the way people react to this child."

He then told the following story about his son Shaya: One afternoon Shaya and his father walked past a park where some boys Shaya knew were playing baseball. Shaya asked, "Do you think they will let me play?"

Shaya's father knew that his son was not at all athletic and that most boys would not want him on their team. But Shaya's father understood that if his son was chosen to play it would give him a comfortable sense of belonging.

Shaya's father approached one of the boys in the field and asked if Shaya could play. The boy looked around for guidance from his teammates. Getting none, he took matters into his own hands and said "We are losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him up to bat in the ninth inning."

Shaya's father was ecstatic as Shaya smiled broadly. Shaya was told to put on a glove and go out to play short center field. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shaya's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three.

In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shaya's team scored again and now with two outs and the bases loaded with the potential winning run on base, Shaya was scheduled to be up. Would the team actually let Shaya bat at this juncture and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shaya was given the bat. Everyone knew that it was all but impossible because Shaya didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, let alone hit with it.

However as Shaya stepped up to the plate, the pitcher moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shaya should at least be able to make contact. The first pitch came in and Shaya swung clumsily and missed. One of Shaya's teammates came up to Shaya and together they held the bat and faced the pitcher waiting for the next pitch. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly toward Shaya. As the pitch came in, Shaya and his teammate swung at the bat and together they hit a slow ground ball to the pitcher. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could easily have thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shaya would have been out and that would have ended the game.

Instead, the pitcher took the ball and threw it on a high arc to right field, far beyond reach of the first baseman. Everyone started yelling, "Shaya, run to first. Run to first." Never in his life had Shaya run to first. He scampered down the baseline wide-eyed and startled. By the time he reached first base, the right fielder had the ball. He could have thrown the ball to the second baseman who would tag out Shaya, who was still running. But the right fielder understood what the pitcher's intentions were, so he threw the ball high and far over the third baseman's head. Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second."

Shaya ran towards second base as the runners ahead of him deliriously circled the bases towards home. As Shaya reached second base, the opposing short stop ran to him, turned him in the direction of third base and shouted, "Run to third." As Shaya rounded third, the boys from both teams ran behind him screaming, "Shaya run home." Shaya ran home, stepped on home plate and all 18 boys lifted him on their shoulders and made him the hero, as he had just hit a "grand slam" and won the game for his team.

"That day," said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, "those 18 boys reached their level of God's perfection."

[SkyDancer]

~ Happy Rainy Saturday From The Great Pacific Northwest ~

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~ Welcome To My World ~

I’m Down There Somewhere

[Kathy in Alaska]

Lucky you to have rain. We need a more equitable system of sharing rain, when needed, to all 50 states. Well, maybe not Hawaii. LOL!

Good evening, Janey, and Shavua Tov and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Is any rain too much for the parachute folks?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Please join us for Sunday Chapel ~ GOD'S PERFECTION, 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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[SkyDancer]

Good Evening Kathy! Yeah, rain is always good but not for jumping - canopy gets wet and you’ll have big problems.

[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]

DUH! I was only thinking about the driver. Remembering the jumpers would have been nice. Double DUH!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

A Blessed Lord's Day and Shavua Tov to you.

[luvie]

HAPPY
INDEPENDENCE
DAY!!

Kate Smith~God Bless America
Lee Greenwood~My Country Tis Of Thee
Mannheim Steamroller~Star Spangled Banner
U S Army Band~Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Ray Charles~America The Beautiful
Waylon Jennings~America
Toby Keith~Happy Birthday America
Neil Diamond~America
John Williams~Hymn To The Fallen
Amatorski~Come Home



GOD TRULY BLESS AMERICA!
KEEP HER SAFE AND FREE!

[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.

[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.

Not too bad a day up there today, though I heard it’s supposed to be on the warm side for y’all. Still a decent day for getting out to go to the office and to your haircut appointment.
Still hazy. Must be smoke from the wildfires that have broken out to the north and the west of Anchorage.

[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.

[joesbucks]

Always enjoy these threads. Appreciate you.

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

Ready for the 4th, aren’t you? :-)

Someone close by is impatient. I hear fireworks outside right now. I hope they don’t start a fire!

[lightman]

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

A blessed Sixth Sunday after Pentecost† (Western/Sunday of All Saints (Orthodox) to all!

†Orthodox Pentecost was June 23.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

It’s almost here, our 248th birthday...we need to hold her close,

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

Better Late than Never.

(((HUGS)))

[SkyDancer]

Fiddle, not to worry. (I’ve always wanted to use that word)