Posted on 08/10/2012 5:59:56 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
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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 first glimpse of the Promised Land from the hills of Moab was disappointing. Did this look a lot different when the Israelites got here? I asked our guide as we looked toward Jericho. I was expecting a dramatic contrast from the east side of the Jordan. No, she answered. It has looked the same for thousands of years.
I rephrased the question. What did the Israelites see when they got here? The biggest oasis on the face of the whole earth, she replied.
Then I understood. I had ridden across the barren desert in the luxury of an air-conditioned bus stocked with cold bottled water. To me, an oasis was nothing spectacular. The Israelites had spent years wandering in a hot, dry desert. To them, the sprawling patch of pale green in the hazy distance meant refreshing, life-sustaining water. They were parched; I was refreshed. They were exhausted; I was rested. They had spent 40 years getting there; I had spent 4 hours.
Like an oasis, Gods goodness is found in dry and difficult places. How often, I wonder, do we fail to see His goodness because our spiritual senses have been dulled by comfort. Sometimes Gods gifts are seen more clearly when we are tired and thirsty. May we always thirst for Him (Ps. 143:6).
Read: Joshua 3:1-11
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New project tonight. I’ll be starting in a bit.
Aloha Bigs & my best to you & the family! *Hugs*
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Fred was born in 1810 in a Warsaw suburb to a French father and a Polish mother. The family had musical talent, but Fred was in a whole other league. In 1817, at the age of 7, he wrote his first piece. There is a bit of the Chopin we later come to know and admire, but also a bit of Mozart, Beethoven, Hummel and Field in this miniature. Pretty impressive for a kid.
Having written one polonaise at age 7, Fred wrote another. Again, its not deep, but its astonishing that a child could produce this.
By the time he was 11, Fred played before Tsar Alexander of Russia who was in town to open the Polish Parliament. A year later in 1822 he wrote this little polonaise, which is a quantum leap from his two earlier pieces. Listen to the piano pyrotechnics! How many 12 year olds could play this, much less compose this? There is a lot of the mature Chopin in this little piece.
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Howdy My! You & Pooks doing well? *Hugs*
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So...at first I thought.."no way, how ironic"!
Then I clicked the link. LOL
Seriously though....I really hope he gets the help he needs.
And Randy....no pockets no ciggies!
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