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Posted on 05/26/2008 6:00:20 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
Woo-Hoo!
Evening Lauren and thanks for tonight’s thread!! :-)
A friend of mine who leads spiritual retreats once told me that not one person who has followed his regimen of a silent retreat has failed to hear from God. Intrigued and a bit skeptical, I signed up for a 5-day retreat. We had much free time and just a few requirements, such as the assignment to spend 2 hours praying each day.
I doubt I had devoted more than 30 minutes to prayer at any one session in my life. The first day I wandered to a meadow and sat against a tree. How long will I stay awake? I wondered. To my great fortune, a herd of 147 elk wandered into the very field where I was sitting. To watch 147 elk in their natural habitat is enthralling and, eventually, boring. Yet after a while the very placidity of the scene began to affect me. Over the next few days I said many words to God. I was turning 50, and I asked for guidance on how I should prepare my soul for the rest of life. Many things came to mind while sitting in a field for hours at a time. I had to agree that I had indeed heard from God.
When Elijah stood before the Lord on Mount Horeb, he didn’t meet Him in the wind, earthquake, or fire. Rather, God spoke in a “still small voice” (1 Kings 19:11-12).
I’m more convinced than ever that God finds ways to communicate to those who truly seek Him—especially when we lower the volume of the surrounding static.
Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) commander, talks to Airmen from the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron ammunition flight, during his visit to the 355th Fighter Wing May 19. General Seip was the first General Officer to see the stellar work the Airmen are doing out at ammunitions in a long time. During his visit General Seip got to see things that are doing very well in the wing and meet Airmen doing a great job. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacqueline Hawkins)
Lt. Col. Michael Millen, 354th Fighter Squadron commander, enters the cockpit of an A-10 A-model prior to take-off here May 15. Colonel Millen and Col. Kent Laughbaum, 355th Fighter Wing commander, flew the last two A-10 A-models belonging to the 354th FS to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to be upgraded to A-10Cs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Noah R. Johnson)
Senior Airman Chris Prudhomme, 355th Operations Support Squadron Air Traffic Controller, helps Connor Riordan, age 5, use an air traffic control simulator during his visit to D-M, May 9. Connor participated in the Pilot for a Day program designed to give local children with illnesses an enjoyable day completely devoted to them and their interest in aviation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Noah R. Johnson)
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Good evening MA! *HUGS*
Hope your day has been a good one!
Thank you Mayor, for the words from The Bible.
Good evening to you Tann!
Did ya have a nice day today?
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Before I forget...before today is over...I want to thank my friends here at CC for their support for the military...not just for me...not just on an individual level...but what you do for all of us..you guys help me in some small part to keep my faith in the goodness of man.
My faith in people gets tested at times...but then something happens like what happened on thursday...a teen aged kid...probably about the age of my oldest boy...doesn’t know me from Adam...stops me while we’re doing flags in...and thanks me...says we’re his heroes.
Wow
‘’Tell them of us and say, For their tomorrows, We gave our today.”
God bless all of you on this Memorial Day.
And a good evening to you, lauren...*HUGS*
EXTREMELY frustrating day...the timecard entry side of the payroll system has been down ALL DAY, with no idea when it will be fixed.
The problem seems to be in Tennessee, where the main system is. Units have been calling all day, “I am having trouble with the system. I can’t get my timecards entered.” As soon as I got here I rousted the IT guy here. He asked a bunch of questions, trying to narrow the problem. After he couldn’t Logon from home, he called the main support guys and they had to get somebody in to work on it.
Finally, after 6 hours, an email went out to say they were having problems and were working with Tennessee. Tomorrow is going to be interesting....THEY BETTER BE UP ALL NIGHT GETTING IT FIXED!!! I don’t care that it is a holiday!!
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