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FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Mary Edwards Walker ~ March 2, 2015
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Posted on 03/01/2015 4:59:55 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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A Deadly Weapon
March 2, 2015
Read:
Nehemiah 4:1-10 | Bible in a Year:
Numbers 26-27; Mark 8:1-21
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali used several ring tactics to defeat his opponents; one tactic was taunting. In his fight with George Foreman in 1974, Ali taunted Foreman, Hit harder! Show me something, George. That dont hurt. I thought you were supposed to be bad. Fuming, Foreman punched away furiously, wasting his energy and weakening his confidence.
Its an old tactic. By referring to Nehemiahs efforts at rebuilding the broken wall of Jerusalem as nothing more than a foxs playground (Neh. 4:3), Tobiah intended to weaken the workers with poisonous words of discouragement. Goliath tried it on David by despising the boys simple weapons of a sling and stones (1 Sam. 17:41-44).
A discouraging remark can be a deadly weapon. Nehemiah refused to surrender to Tobiahs discouragements, just as David rejected Goliaths diabolical teasing. Focusing on God and His help rather than on their discouraging situations, David and Nehemiah both achieved victory.
Taunting can come from anybody, including those who are close to us. Responding to them negatively only saps our energy. But God encourages us through His promises: He will never forsake us (Ps. 9:10; Heb. 13:5), and He invites us to rely on His help (Heb. 4:16).
Lord, its easy to let discouragement sap my energy
and joy. Help me to reject all agents of
discouragement in my life and to trust in You for comfort and strength.
If youre in a tunnel of discouragement, keep walking toward the Light.
: Despite the taunting that the Israelites faced from multiple sources when rebuilding the walls and city of Jerusalem, they had courage and confidence in God. They had returned to Jerusalem just as God had promised through the prophet Jeremiah (Jer. 29:10).
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posted on
03/01/2015 5:00:14 PM PST
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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03/01/2015 5:00:15 PM PST
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ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: The Mayor; ConorMacNessa; SandRat; mountainlion; HiJinx; Publius; Jet Jaguar; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
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posted on
03/01/2015 5:03:33 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: ConorMacNessa
Permission Granted!
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posted on
03/01/2015 5:04:36 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: The Mayor
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
Any rest over the weekend? A break in the weather?
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posted on
03/01/2015 5:06:47 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
03/01/2015 5:07:48 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
To: Kathy in Alaska
HELLO ONE AND ALL
(((HUGS)))
Hi Kathy, we are almost out of snow. How are things in your part of the world?
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posted on
03/01/2015 5:09:06 PM PST
by
EXCH54FE
(Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; StarCMC
Good evening, Kathy and Star!
***HUGS***
Thanks very much coming aboard! Rendering Hand Salutes to our National Colors and to the Officer of the Deck!
And thanks very much to you and Star for tonights Hall of Heroes thread! Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, USA (MOH) is most worthy of entry into our Hall of Heroes!
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03/01/2015 5:15:19 PM PST
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ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!
Missing Man Setting
"The Empty Chair"
By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004
"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.
The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.
AS YOU REMEMBER.
The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.
We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each others company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:
The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.
The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.
The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.
The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.
The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate. The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them. The bible represents the faith that sustained them. The glass is inverted they cannot share in the toast. The chair is empty they are not here. They are missing.
And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.
We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.
But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.
WE SHOULD REMEMBER."
Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."
"Träumerei" Robert Schumann (Click)
Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!
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posted on
03/01/2015 5:20:16 PM PST
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ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Defiantly a high achiever.
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posted on
03/01/2015 5:22:45 PM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: StarCMC; mountainlion; MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; ...
Sending out prayers for Arrowhead1952 as he recovers from his horrible fall.
Please note: The author of the Hall of Heroes is StarCMC Thanks to mountainlion, too.
Please thank StarCMC for todays thread.
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posted on
03/01/2015 5:26:49 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
03/01/2015 5:38:05 PM PST
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al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W
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posted on
03/01/2015 5:41:55 PM PST
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SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
To: ConorMacNessa
Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...did you get to relax and recharge for the new week? Weather getting back to almost spring?
Mid 20s now, with maybe a hope for some snow by the end of the week.
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posted on
03/01/2015 5:53:56 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one ~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Freezing rain this evening. Tomorrow looks doubtful.
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03/01/2015 6:01:35 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: SandRat
That is what has been going through my head all day. :-(
To: SandRat
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis; LUV W; Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
03/01/2015 6:15:48 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
To: Kathy in Alaska
What an impressive life for this All-American Heroine.
Thanks again for the Canteen Kathy!
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03/01/2015 6:20:59 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Always Give 100% --- Unles you're donating blood.)
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