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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God
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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.
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God Bless Our Republic
I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
Prayers going up
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My boyhood hero was American frontiersman Davy Crockett. In the book David Crockett: His Life and Adventures, Davy encounters a beautiful sight that causes him to launch into praise to the Creator. The writer describes it this way: “Just beyond the grove there was another expanse of treeless prairie, so rich, so beautiful, so brilliant with flowers, that even Colonel Crockett, all unaccustomed as he was to the devotional mood, reined in his horse, and gazing entranced upon the landscape, exclaimed, ‘O God, what a world of beauty hast Thou made for man! And yet how poorly does he requite Thee for it! He does not even repay Thee with gratitude.’” Crockett recognized that the Creator’s handiwork demands a response of thankfulness—a response that is often neglected or ignored.
The psalmist wrote, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork” (Ps. 19:1). God’s handiwork is a spectacle that, rightly understood, should not only take our breath away but should inspire us to worship and praise our God as it did the psalmist.
Davy Crockett was right—encountering the wonders of God’s creation should inspire, at the least, a heart of gratitude. Are we grateful?
Read: Psalm 19:1-6
Every citizen should ask themselves if they are living a life worthy of the sacrifices of our Fallen?
Sgt. LeRoy A. Mendonca... thank you for my life.
Thanks again, Galz, for another wonderful story of a hero who sacrificed all for his country!
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Good morning, Canteen.
Good morning to our
Military, our Allies, and their families.
THANK YOU for all you do.
Thank you, Star, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.
KUDOS and thank you go out to Leroy A. Mendonca for his service.
May he rest in peace.
What a guy!
Although under murderous enemy fire,
he fired his weapon and hurled grenades at the onrushing enemy
until his supply of ammunition was exhausted.
He fought on, clubbing with his rifle
and using his bayonet until he was mortally wounded.
DC Metroland weather report
~ Today...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Gusts up to 25 mph this afternoon.
~ Tonight... Mostly clear in the evening...
Then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.
Okay, well, I am back in the office
and have been busy as a honey bee.
Now on lunch break and trying to get in my hellos.
Don't run off. Stick around and chat up the troops or their families.
The FR Canteen is
Come in and sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee, tea,
pancakes, conversation, silliness,
and plain old BS
REMEMBER THEM
DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM
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