Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!
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Howdy, Kathy.
It looks like we both have a dreary, damp day.
Happy Sunday!
Shavua Tov.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))
Keep the Lord’s Day in the Lord’s way.
A blessed Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Western)/Tenth Sunday After Pentecost & Ecclesiastical New Year (Orthodox) to all!
Amen.
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.
Bible in a Year :
The wolf and the lamb will feed together.
“I can’t believe what I’m seeing!” My wife, Cari, called me to the window and pointed out an adult doe in the woods just outside our fence, bounding from one end of our yard to the other. Keeping pace beside her inside the fence were our large dogs, but they weren’t barking. Back and forth they went, for nearly an hour. When the doe paused and faced them, the dogs stopped also, straightening their front legs and crouching back on their haunches, ready to run again. This wasn’t predator and prey behavior; the doe and the dogs were playing together, enjoying each other’s company!
To Cari and me, their morning romp provided a picture of the coming kingdom of God. The prophet Isaiah proclaims God’s promise of that kingdom with the words, “See, I will create new heavens and a new earth” (Isaiah 65:17). He goes on to say that “the wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox” (v. 25). No more predator, no more prey. Just friends.
Isaiah’s words seem to show us that there will be animals in God’s eternal kingdom; they also point to what God is preparing for His creation, especially “for those who love him” (1 Corinthians 2:9). What a beautiful place that will be! As we trust in Him by faith, God lifts our eyes to the reality that’s coming: peace and safety in His presence forever!
Reflect & Pray
What do you look forward to most about God’s kingdom? Whom can you share your hope with today?
Thank You for everything good that’s coming, loving Father! Please help me look forward to You today.
For further study, read What Is Heaven? What the Bible Says about Eternity.
God Bless our military men and women who have given their all.
Thanks, unique.
We had ribs for supper yesterday.
Yesterday at Comanche Lake:
How's everyone doing this morning?