FReeper Canteen ~ Memorial Day 2008 ~ 26 May 08

Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World | StarCMC and GI Joe

[bannie]

My Mama (middle), my Daddy (guess which one) and my Aunt:

[MeekMom]

Tassy!
Hiya hon!
I made a boo-boo this afternoon. Had a peice of “Memorial Day” cake with frosting on it. Bad move. My little tummy can’t handle sugar anymore. (not supposed to have it).
Live n learn. :)

[MeekMom]

Evening FRiend! (((hugs to you)))
Hope all is well with you and you’re enjoying your weekend. :)

[mkjessup]

I'd like to share a picture of my Dad from 1943, taken right after basic training before he headed for the Pacific:

My Dad - 14 May 1925 --> 18 January 2007

[Kathy in Alaska]

[mylife]

A lovely weekend so far.

I hope youve had a nice on as well.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

I’d like to thank the Academy..
No Wait!
Wrong speech!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Good evening My!
Did you have a good day?

[Tamar1973]

Ginger Bear reporting for duty! Annyonghaseyo, Gingers!

[MeekMom]

God bless your Dad! :)

[mylife]

A VERY lazy day yes :)

Did you ride today?

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Well Hello there!
How are you?

[The Mayor]

May 26, 2008

Gone The Sun

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READ: Isaiah 60:17-22

Your sun shall no longer go down , . . . for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended. —Isaiah 60:20

In 1862, during the US Civil War, General Daniel Butterfield wanted a new melody for “lights out.” And so, without any musical training, he composed one in his head.

Years later, the general wrote, “I called in someone who could write music, and practiced a change in the call of ‘Taps’ until I had it suit my ear, and then . . . got it to my taste without being able to write music or knowing the technical name of any note, but, simply by ear, arranged it.” General Butterfield gave the music to the brigade bugler, and the rest is history.

While there are no official lyrics to the hauntingly familiar strains of “Taps,” here is a commonly accepted version of one verse:

Day is done, gone the sun,
From the hills, from the lake, from the sky;
All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.

What a comforting lyric as faithful members of the military are laid to rest! And what hope in the acknowledgment that God is near, even—especially—in death!

At a time when death and evil reigned, the prophet Isaiah anticipated a day when death itself would die. “Your sun shall no longer go down,” he wrote to Israel, “for the Lord will be Your everlasting light” (60:20).

For those who follow Jesus, the strains of “Taps” are not a funeral dirge but a song of hope. “The days of your mourning shall be ended” (v.20). All is well. God is nigh.

 

Sunset in one land is sunrise in another.


Bible in One Year: 1 Kings 16–18; Proverbs 20:1-10

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening my....

[Tamar1973]

Doing alright. It rained yesterday in Northern California. We never get rain this late in the year, LOL! It was beautiful today, though. Had to stock up on my kimchi and other Korean goodies, since gas finally got to $4.05 at the nearest gas station.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

No, not today.
The PGR will be in a parade tomorrow.

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Tamar.. Hugs, Gingerbear.

Where have you been hiding?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh bannie....what a wonderful picture. Thanks to your Dad for his service to our country.

[bannie]

A soldierette about 30 years (and many, many pounds!)ago.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks go to StarCMC....I just posted it, after AZ helped find the glitch. LOL! A group effort. Star was off at a FReep. Hope she can tell us a bit about it and hoping she will have a link to a post.