Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!
Hi Kathy, thanks for tonight’s Canteen and honoring the great General Patton!
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))
Wow, that Patton was brilliant.
I’m paraphrasing here:
1944:
Patton: Give me all the supplies I need, and I’ll destroy the German army in France.
Eisenhower: No. Some supplies must be allocated to British General Montgomery for political reasons.
Patton was right. Ike was wrong.
(And so the war in Europe lasted longer than it need have.)
1945:
Patton: Give me the go-ahead, and I’ll take Berlin and maybe beyond.
Eisenhower: No. You must stop at the Elbe River for political reasons.
Ike was right. Patton was wrong.
(The Red Army of 1945 was quite formidable. Patton probably would have won, but it would have been a bloodbath. The American people never would have stood for it.)
One of my Patton favorites:
“Any fool can follow rules. It takes wisdom to know when to break them.”
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!
Thanks for sharing some of General George S. Patton’s timeless quotes Kathy! Such a remarkable leader. I have read many books about him. Bill O’Reilly’s book “Killing Patton” is a must read for sure.
Who knew that the WWII tough guy was also a poet! What a multi-talented hero!
“If everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn’t thinking.”
We had KFC supper yesterday.
Yesterday at Comanche Lake:
Today, we will do another early trip to Comanche Lake and also it's Gizmo's monthly visit to the vet.
How's everyone doing this morning?
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“Compared to war, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance.”
Along with Bull Halsey and Chesty Puller, my heroes.
And my Dad, infantry medic, 13th Infantry, WWII.
Bible in a Year :
The Lord turns my darkness into light.
The army wouldn’t give Tony Vaccaro a chance as a photographer, but that didn’t stop him. Between terrifying moments of dodging artillery shells and shrapnel that seemed to rain from the trees, he took pictures anyway. Then, as his friends slept, he used their helmets to mix the chemicals to develop his film. The nighttime forest became the darkroom in which Vaccaro created a timeless record of World War II’s battle of Hürtgen Forest.
King David lived through his share of battles and dark times. Second Samuel 22 says, “The Lord delivered [David] from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul” (v. 1). David used those experiences to produce a record of God’s faithfulness. He said, “Waves of death swirled about me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me” (v. 5).
David soon pivoted from desperation to hope: “In my distress I called to the Lord,” he recalled. “From his temple he heard my voice” (v. 7). David made certain to praise God for His unfailing help. “The Lord turns my darkness into light,” he said. “With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall” (vv. 29-30).
David turned his difficulties into an opportunity to tell the world about his faithful God. We can do the same. After all, we rely on the One who turns darkness into light.
Reflect & Pray
When have you felt most desperate? How will you tell others about God’s faithfulness to you in that moment?
Dear God, please help me to see the many ways You protect and help me—especially when it’s darkest.
