The FReeper Foxhole Presents the Saturday Symposium - May 21st, 2005

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Lord,

Keep our Troops forever in Your care

Give them victory over the enemy...

Grant them a safe and swift return...

Bless those who mourn the lost.
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FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer
for all those serving their country at this time.


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In your Humble Opinion, What Is The Best Looking Airplane Ever?



Thanks to PAR35 for today's suggestion. We'd also like suggestions for other persons, places, and things you would like to see discussed in this new Saturday forum, the Foxhole Saturday Symposium.

sym·po·sium : a social gathering at which there is free interchange of ideas

So now let's get on with the discussion. Pull up a chair or grab a spot on the floor around the virtual Foxhole Cabin and let's chat about "What is the Best Looking Airplane Ever"?

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Come on in!

Good morning everyone. Enjoy your Saturday and a break from the Foxhole into the cabin. Come nightfall please feel free to join us around the campfire.

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Actively seeking volunteers to provide this valuable service to Veterans and their families.

Thanks to quietolong for providing this link.

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We here at Blue Stars For A Safe Return are working hard to honor all of our military, past and present, and their families. Inlcuding the veterans, and POW/MIA's. I feel that not enough is done to recognize the past efforts of the veterans, and remember those who have never been found.

I realized that our Veterans have no "official" seal, so we created one as part of that recognition. To see what it looks like and the Star that we have dedicated to you, the Veteran, please check out our site.

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[snippy_about_it]

So many beauties to choose from, it's tough to pic a favorite but I'm going for this one.

DeHavilland Mosquito

[alfa6]

I don't know what we are talking about today bit I will give it a Bump from the ol salt mine.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Snippy and everyone at the Foxhole.

[alfa6]

Dang nabit, here I am at work and can't access my FTP server, AEROPLANE pictures no less, sheeesh

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[The Mayor]

May 21, 2005

Short & Full Of Trouble

Read:
Genesis 47:1-10

Jacob said to Pharaoh, ". . . Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life." -Genesis 47:9

Bible In One Year: Psalm 120-123

Jacob's life was full of trials. And as it was for the old patriarch, so it is for us. Life buffets and restricts us, makes demands on us that we do not want to bear. Yet even the most unjust, undeserved, and pointless suffering is an opportunity for us to respond in a way that our Lord can turn us into His own likeness. We can take joy in our trials, because we know that adversity is working to make us "perfect and complete, lacking nothing" (James 1:3-4). But this takes time.

We want the quick fix, but there are no shortcuts that can accomplish God's ultimate purpose for us. The only way to grow into Christ's likeness is to submit each day to the conditions God brings into our lives. As we accept His will and submit to His ways, His holiness becomes ours. Gradually but inexorably, God's Spirit begins to turn us into kinder, gentler men and women-sturdier, stronger, more secure and sensible. The process is mysterious and inexplicable, but it is God's way of endowing us with grace and beauty. Progress is inevitable.

As Ruth Bell Graham puts it, may God give us grace "to bear the heat of cleansing flame, not bitter at our lot, but mete to bear our share of suffering and keep sweet, in Jesus' name." -David Roper

Give me, Father, a purpose deep,
In joy or sorrow Thy trust to keep;
And so through trouble, care, and strife,
Glorify Thee in my daily life. -Bell

God often empties our hands to fill our heart.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
Why Would A Good God Allow Suffering?

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning everyone!


Ever get the feeling you're being followed??
Everyone is coming to the Saturday Symposium!
GRINS!!!

[Soaring Feather]

ARMED FORCES DAY!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR NATION.

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Snippy.

[SAMWolf]

My all time favorite, the B-17G

Best looking modern aircraft, the A-10 Thunderbolt II

My favorite fighter,the FW-190

The Mossie is a really good choice, especially in the Fighter Bomber configuration

[PAR35]

Overall - Constellation
Passenger/Cargo - Constellation
Fighter - Spitfire
Bomber - B-47

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LOL. We'll still be here when you get home. Lord willing and the creek don't rise. ;-)

[SAMWolf]

[Professional Engineer]

"What is the Best Looking Airplane Ever"?

As if there were any doubt!

[Professional Engineer]

Good afternoon ladies. Flag-o-Gram.

[w_over_w]

What is the best looking airplane ever?

No contest . . .

Ms. America!

Oooooo! Those sleek lines . . .

And the way she looks with the other girls . . .

Honorable mention . . . because she's dear to my heart.

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[Victoria Delsoul]

Happy Armed Forces Day.

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I like the "Cripes A'Mighty"!