FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ JUST FOR TODAY ~ 28 September 2014

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

JUST FOR TODAY

As I go through some "troubles" in my own life, I've worked out this "formula" to help me be a useful and happy person. See if it doesn't work for you!

JUST FOR TODAY: I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle my whole life problem at once.

JUST FOR TODAY: I will be happy. I will assume to be true what Abraham Lincoln said: "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be".

JUST FOR TODAY: I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will read something that requires effort, thought, and concentration.

JUST FOR TODAY: I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires.

JUST FOR TODAY: I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn, and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don't want to do just for exercise. I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt; they may be hurt, but today I will not show it.

JUST FOR TODAY: I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, talk low, act courteously, criticize not one bit, not find fault with anything, and not try to improve or regulate anybody but myself.

JUST FOR TODAY: I will have a program. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have lt. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.

JUST FOR TODAY: I will have a quiet half hour all by myself. During this half hour, I will try and get a better perspective of my life.

JUST FOR TODAY: I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give back to me.

CAPT Benny Hornsby, CHC, USN (Ret)

 

[PROCON]

Hiya Ma and a Happy Lord's Day to you and yours!

I'm pretty much done packing, final effort will happen at the end of October or so. I'm enjoying the brisk Fall mornings and rainy/sunny afternoons. Were you affected by the earthquake recently? How's your weather?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Reservist, National Guardsman, or Merchant Marine
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

[berdie]

I believe that is from Alanon.

I went many years ago and adopted this to my life. As well as the serenity prayer.

It has been a huge help thru the years.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...((HUGS))...and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Affected by the quake? No damage, BUT it was the worst I’ve been through, and I grew up in so California and have been thru a couple pretty big ones.

It was 81 miles NW and was a doozy! Most often there is one THUMP, or the ground rolls. This one was rocking and rolling and went on forever...reported as a minute long and 6.24.

[SandRat]

Today at 11:00 is my Gran-Son Samuel's Christening

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, berdie, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Thanks for providing more information and reminding us of the Serenity Prayer.

The Serenity Prayer is the common name for a prayer authored by the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971). It has been adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs. The best-known form is:

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

The courage to change the things I can,

And the wisdom to know the difference.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

A Blessed Lord's Day and Shavua Tov to you.

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless and watch over young Samuel.

Good evening, Sand, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and all of yours. ((HUGS))

A busy day so far?

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

[kitkat]

“Just for today” is beautiful. Thank you

[Kathy in Alaska]

Prayers for our troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
for a safe and peaceful week ahead.

[berdie]

And a blessed day to you and yours as well, Kathy.

Thanks for the additional history of the serenity prayer.

[Excellence]

I was just thinking of you, and here you are!
I hope things are going well for you.

[The Mayor]

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Every Hardship
Sept 28, 2014

Read: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. —2 Corinthians 12:9

Bible in a Year:
Isaiah 5-6; Ephesians 1

Like many towns, Enterprise, Alabama, has a prominent monument. But the monument in Enterprise is unlike any other. The statue doesn’t recognize a leading citizen; it celebrates the work of a beetle. In the early 1900s, this boll weevil made its way from Mexico to the southern US. Within a few years it had destroyed entire crops of cotton, the primary source of revenue. In desperation, farmers started growing another crop—peanuts. Realizing they had been dependent on one crop for too long, they credited the beetle with forcing them to diversify, which led to increased prosperity.

The boll weevil is like things that come into our lives and destroy what we have worked hard to accomplish. Devastation results—sometimes financial, emotional, or physical—and it is frightening. We witness the end of life as we know it. But as the people of Enterprise learned, the loss of what is old is an opportunity to discover something new. God may use hardship to get us to give up a bad habit or learn a new virtue. He used a thorn in Paul’s flesh to teach him about grace (2 Cor. 12:7-9).

Instead of striving to preserve old habits that are no longer effective, we can view every hardship as an opportunity for God to cultivate a new virtue in us.

O much-tried saint, with fainting heart,
The thorn with its abiding pain,
With all its wearing, ceaseless ache,
Can be the means of priceless gain. —Anon.

God often uses bitter experiences to make us better.

Insight

In Paul’s letter of 2 Corinthians, he repeatedly bares his soul. In the early portions of the letter, he is forced to defend his role as an apostle, while later he shares the heartaches of all he suffered for Christ. Paul concludes by describing how a painful condition (an undefined “thorn”) is being used as God’s instrument to teach him lessons about grace (12:7-10). This is indeed a very transparent and pain-filled epistle.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, kitkat, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

I’m glad you enjoyed today’s Sunday Chapel.

[Arrowhead1952]

Have a Blessed Lord’s Day tomorrow Kathy. Getting ready to play with the pup and turn in for the evening.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Please join us for Sunday Chapel ~ JUST FOR TODAY, and Liberty

Lt. Charles F. Suver, CHC, USN, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division
"Mass at Iwo Jima"

Please stop in and say a prayer of protection for the military.
Prayers from all denominations are needed.




Sunday Liberty starts after the Guest Military Chaplain's Service!

[luvie]

Casting Crowns~Praise You In The Storm

Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir~How Great Thou Art

Daniel O'Donnel~Church In The Wildwood

McCoy Singers~How Deep The Father's Love.wma

Gaither Homecoming~Heaven's Joy Awaits.wma

St. Olaf Choir~When Peace Like A River

Providence~Sweet Beulah Land.wma

GOD BLESS YOU THIS LORD'S DAY!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Proud Marine Mom...((HUGS))...and a Blessed Lord's Day to you and yours.

I'm pretty busy working and then caring for my almost 90 year old Mom with mobility issues. It's pretty interesting trying to find out the stuff that can make her more safe while I'm at work.

Marine son doing well? Doesn't he have leave coming soon?

Thank you, Douglas, for your service to America.