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1 posted on 06/15/2013 5:01:25 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska

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Strength Of A Man

June 16, 2013

Some years ago I found myself in an elevator with a couple of men. It was late at night, and we all looked weary. The elevator came to a stop, and a larger-than-life cowboy ambled in, wearing a battered hat, an old, stained sheepskin coat, and rundown logger boots. He looked us up and down, met our eyes, and growled, “Good evening, men.” All of us straightened up and squared our shoulders. We were trying to live up to the name.

On this day, which is given over to honoring guys, let’s talk about living up to the name man. We try to be strong and macho, but often it’s just a façade. For all our effort, we realize we don’t measure up. Underneath the bravado we harbor a host of fears, insecurities, and shortcomings. Much of our manliness is pure bluff.

Paul was man enough to admit it: “We also are weak,” he said (2 Cor. 13:4). That’s not pious chatter; it’s a humbling fact. Yet in what seems to be a contradiction, Paul insisted that we are to be “men of courage” (1 Cor. 16:13 niv).

How can we be the strong person that God meant for us to be? Only by putting ourselves in God’s hands and asking Him to make us that way through His power and enablement.

Come, Lord, and give me courage,
Thy conquering Spirit give;
Make me an overcomer—
In power within me live. —Anon.
True strength is the power of God in the soul.

Read: 1 Corinthians 16:9-13

Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. —1 Corinthians 16:13
Bible in a Year:
Nehemiah 4-6; Acts 2:22-47


2 posted on 06/15/2013 5:03:22 PM PDT by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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To: All


Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Reservist, or National Guardsman
Feel alone or forgotten.

O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is loving kindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
And He will redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.

Psalm 130:7 & 8




3 posted on 06/15/2013 5:05:14 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: MoochPooch; left that other site; DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis; Yehuda; Alouette; ...

Shavua Tov.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.


10 posted on 06/15/2013 5:38:33 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Went to the pool with both GranKids and had a BLAST!!


13 posted on 06/15/2013 5:58:05 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Kathy in Alaska


Good Evening, Kathy!

***HUGS***



A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours! Thank you very much for tonight’s Sunday Chapel – Father's Day thread.








"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

15 posted on 06/15/2013 6:04:59 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; Texas Songwriter; GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman; AZamericonnie; HiJinx; ...

Jeff Russell akaTexas Songwriter~Fathers and Sons

Happy Father's Day
to all the dads and grampas! :)

22 posted on 06/15/2013 6:52:17 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
I called my father "the old Man" for as long as I remember, probably when he was younger than I am now. John McDermott called his father the Old Man, too. I heard this on Coel na ngael last year...

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=p8ciwefiEiU&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dp8ciwefiEiU

42 posted on 06/15/2013 9:12:19 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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To: All; Kathy in Alaska; The Mayor; Arrowhead1952; Diver Dave; ConorMacNessa; Old Sarge; txradioguy; ..

Honoring All The Dads
Who Serve Or Have Served Our Country


Remember Those Far From Home
Wishing You All A Blessed Father's Day Sunday

51 posted on 06/15/2013 9:46:42 PM PDT by MEG33
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To: Kathy in Alaska; Diver Dave; ConorMacNessa; mylife; left that other site; MEG33; LUV W; ...
Happy Father's Day
To all Military Dads!
(Those deployed, active, inactive or retired)
May God Bless you!

My Daddy is Home!(Click here)

62 posted on 06/15/2013 10:12:34 PM PDT by yorkie
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Happy Father's Day to all -- both to fathers, and to all people who have (had) a father.

(I miss you Dad.)


114 posted on 06/16/2013 3:20:38 PM PDT by Heart-Rest (Good reading ===> | www.ncregister.com | www.catholic.com | www.ewtn.com | www.newadvent.org |)
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