The FReeper Foxhole - Memorial Day - Freedom Is Not Free - May 29th, 2006

[Soaring Feather]

WOW alfa6, that is some slide. I may venture a trip down one of those! :)



Kids had a wonderful time. Please give Greetings to Mrs. Alfa6.

[The Mayor]

July 16, 2006

My People

READ: 1 Peter 2:1-10

[We] are now the people of God. —1 Peter 2:10

A little girl was being punished for bad behavior, and her parents were making her eat dinner by herself in the corner of the room. They paid no attention to her until they heard her pray part of Psalm 23: “I thank You, Lord, for preparing a table before me in the presence of my enemies.”

A cute story, but our families can sometimes feel like our enemies when they aren’t exactly what we want them to be. Even our spiritual family at church lets us down occasionally. But by changing our focus we can learn to give up the naïve idea that others will always meet our lofty expectations.

Instead of focusing on others, we can find hope in the truth that we are one of God’s very own children through faith in Jesus (1 Peter 2:10). He has chosen us and “made us His own special people” (v.9). The Lord has brought us into His family, and we can be sure that our relationship with Him will never be severed. He’ll never treat us as an enemy.

When others let us down, instead of giving in to discouragement let’s change our focus and remind ourselves that we who have put our faith in Jesus are God’s children—cherished and cared for by Him. —Anne Cetas

Christian, are you disappointed
With the world and all around?
Turn your eyes from earth to heaven,
Where true joys may all be found.  —Anon.

when others let you down, look up.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   Psalms 16-17; Acts 20:1-16

[snippy_about_it]

Cool water slide but hey, there's a snake on the birthday table!

[Professional Engineer]

Good morning ladies and gents. Flag-o-Spiderboy's birthday-o-Gram.

I'm FReeping from gramma's, so if I missed you on the ping, it's not intentional.

[Professional Engineer]

I'm guessing my invitation got hung up in the mail?

[Professional Engineer]

Leave a trail of bread crumbs so you can find your way back to the bathroom.

[alfa6]

Well Shoot if I'd knowd you'se was in the neighbood I'd invited y'all right on over. :-)

If ya feel like a drive or have a reson to be in Kansas City let me know. I'll see if we can get again, even if it is the middle of January, hehehe

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[snippy_about_it]

I'll be leaving a trail of moonpies!

[Wneighbor]

Mornin' all.

I am back in a house with internet again! Wow, nice!

Everybody have a nice cool day, ya hear?

[alfa6]

Monday Morning Bump for snippy's new job

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[The Mayor]

July 17, 2006

Seize The Opportunity

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READ: Acts 8:26-38

As we have opportunity, let us do good to all. —Galatians 6:10

Heavy rain was falling outside as  Marcia, the director of the Jamaican Christian School for the Deaf, spoke to our group. Thirty-four teenagers and several adults were visiting the school. But one of our students was not distracted by the rain or the children running around the room.

That teenager heard Marcia say, “My dream for these kids is to have a playground.” She took that sentence, and through the prompting of the Lord turned it into an idea. Later that day she told me, “We should come back and build them a playground.” An opportunity for service was born.

A little over 4 months later, on another rainy day in Jamaica, we held a celebration in that same room. We had just assembled a wooden playground—complete with slides, a ladder, climbing bars, swings, forts, and a trapeze. One student seized an opportunity, and a dream was fulfilled.

How often does God prompt us to take action to meet the needs of others and we let the opportunity go? How many times does the Spirit nudge us to say or do something in Jesus’ name and we shake off the nudging? Like Philip in Acts 8, let’s honor the Lord by responding with action. Let’s seize each opportunity God gives us to serve others in His name. —Dave Branon

Jesus said to one and all:
“Take your cross and follow Me.”
When you sense the Spirit’s call,
Seize the opportunity!  —Hess

When the Spirit prompts, take action.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   Psalms 18-19; Acts 20:17-38

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning everyone.

[Professional Engineer]

Good morning ladies and gents. Flag-o-Gram.

[Professional Engineer]

Yesterday was Spiderboy's birthday.

He was not interested in cake.

Bittygirl was

And ice cream too

Setting up

Bittygirl shows her prowess too

[Soaring Feather]

These are great PE. The kids are growing up too, fast.

Thanks for sharing.

[Professional Engineer]

Spiderboy is about to become Boatboy.

[Samwise]

Woo hoo! Looks like someone had a great birthday.

[Peanut Gallery]

Great pics!!! I hadn't seen these yet!

[Professional Engineer]

Good morning ladies and gents. Flag-o-Gram.

[The Mayor]

July 18, 2006

A Time For Compassion

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READ: Luke 23:26-34

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” —Luke 23:34

In 2002, I was in Jakarta, Indonesia,  to teach a 2-night Bible conference. The first night, I went early to the host church, and the pastor asked if he could show me around the building. It was impressive in its beauty.

Then the pastor took me to the lower assembly hall. At the front of the hall was a pulpit and a communion table. Behind it was a plain concrete wall on which hung a wooden cross. Below it were some words in the national language of Indonesia. I asked him what the inscription said, and he surprised me by quoting Christ’s words from the cross: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”

I asked if it was there for a particular reason, and he said that several years earlier there had been serious rioting in the city, and 21 churches were burned to the ground in one day. That wall was all that remained of their former facility—the first of the churches to be torched.

The wall and the verse formed a reminder of the compassion of Christ which He showed on the cross, and that became the church’s message to their city. Revenge and bitterness will never be healing responses to the hatred and rage of a lost world. But the compassion of Christ is, just as it was 2,000 years ago. —Bill Crowder

Give me a heart sympathetic and tender;
Jesus, like Thine, Jesus, like Thine,
Touched by the needs that are surging around me,
And filled with compassion divine.  —Anon.

Compassion is needed to heal the hurts and hearts of others.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   Psalms 20-22; Acts 21:1-17