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FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Leslie H Sabo Jr ~ 13 March 2017
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Posted on 03/12/2017 5:01:57 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska
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March 13, 2017
The King will say, I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!
Matthew 25:40 nlt
On a crowded London commuter train, an early morning rider shoved and insulted a fellow passenger who got in his way. It was the kind of unfortunate and mindless moment that usually remains unresolved. But later that day, the unexpected happened. A business manager sent a quick message to his social media friends, Guess who just showed up for a job interview. When his explanation appeared on the Internet, people all over the world winced and smiled. Imagine walking into a job interview only to discover that the person who greets you is the one you had shoved and sworn at earlier that day.
Saul also ran into someone he never expected to see. While raging against a group called the Way (Acts 9:12), he was stopped in his tracks by a blinding light. Then a voice said, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? (v. 4). Saul asked, Who are you, Lord? The One speaking to him replied, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting (26:15).
Years earlier Jesus had said that how we treat the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, and the prisoner reflects our relationship to Him (Matt. 25:3536). Who would have dreamed that when someone insults us, or when we help or hurt another, the One who loves us takes it personally?
Father, forgive us for acting as if You were not present in our moments of need, hurt, anger, or compassion.
When we help or hurt one another, Jesus takes it personally.
Commentator William Barclay says, One of the extraordinary things about the great characters in the New Testament story is that they were never afraid to confess what once they had been. In todays passage, Paul describes how Christ had transformed his life from someone who once persecuted Christ and His followers to someone who proclaims the truth of the gospel. His former way of life no longer defined him. A personal testimony is an effective witnessing tool. A simple way of telling our story is to write down answers to three simple questions: What characterized my life before receiving Christ? What were the circumstances when I chose to receive Him? How has my life changed since I trusted Jesus for salvation?
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posted on
03/12/2017 5:02:11 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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REQUEST PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD
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CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Jan. 14, 2008) The first major snowfall of the New Year blankets the USS Constitution. Despite the weather "Old Ironsides" remained open for free public tours. At 210 years-old, USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, manned by 67 active-duty United States Sailors and visited by nearly half a million visitors annually. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Brown (Released)
GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!!!
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Boston, Oct. 21, 2009 - Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).
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USS Constitution's 1812 Marine Guard fire vintage Springfield flintlock muskets during the ship's underway. "Old Ironsides" was underway for the "Constitution Day Cruise," which is conducted to thank the family and supporters of Constitution. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Nick Lyman (Released)
OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!
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posted on
03/12/2017 5:05:42 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
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To: The Mayor
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
Are you ready to take on the new week?
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posted on
03/12/2017 5:10:33 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: ConorMacNessa
Permission Granted!![](http://www.navy.mil/navydata/communications/flags/charlie.gif)
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posted on
03/12/2017 5:27:20 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska; StarCMC
![](http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/Conormacnessa/FReep/652d1c0e-3d82-4fc8-a925-9363724957bb_zps697e7cd0.jpg) 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 tonight's Hall of Heroes thread! Sp4 LeslieH. Sabo, Jr., USA (MOH) is most worthy of entry into our Hall of Heroes!
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posted on
03/12/2017 5:29:12 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Everybody!
(Waiting for Snowmageddon)
(((HUGS)))
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posted on
03/12/2017 5:47:31 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
There you are Ma! Do you have Daylight
savings time?? We do such foolishness.
HUGS
To: left that other site
Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...all stocked up? Dog food? Water? People food?
Did you get all the ice off your car?
My computer guy just left....I just got a My Cloud and like every other computer thing I own, nothing went smoothly, but now I’m ready to start transferring external drives onto it.
Stay safe and warm.
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posted on
03/12/2017 6:46:21 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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Mrs. MacNessa and I spent the day at the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Washington, D.C. On our return home late this afternoon, she found these Roses on the kitchen table. They were a gift from our son John to her for no particular reason. Way to go, John - good on you, Lad!
"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense." |
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03/12/2017 6:48:24 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
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To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; AbnSarge; ..
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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!
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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
03/12/2017 6:52:16 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
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To: Kathy in Alaska; StarCMC; GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman; AZamericonnie; HiJinx; Colonel_Flagg; ...
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Thank God for dedicated heroes like
~Specialist Four Leslie H. Sabo Jr.~
22 February 1948 10 May 1970
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posted on
03/12/2017 6:53:43 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Be still and know that I Am GOD.....Psalm 46:10)
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; AbnSarge; ..
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03/12/2017 6:58:48 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
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To: Soaring Feather
Good evening, Ms Feather...*hugs*...we have DST too, and I hate it. Just make it year round and leave us alone.
Did your weather warm up some?
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posted on
03/12/2017 7:10:39 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: ConorMacNessa
....till they all come home....
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posted on
03/12/2017 7:14:28 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Be still and know that I Am GOD.....Psalm 46:10)
To: Kathy in Alaska
No warm up during the day, but we began to see a warming on The Weather Channel—now it is 14 -not so warm.
PS going to shut down for the night. HUGS Goodnight.
To: Kathy in Alaska
No warm up during the day, but we began to see a warming on The Weather Channel—now it is 14 -not so warm.
PS going to shut down for the night. HUGS Goodnight.
To: Kathy in Alaska
The car has been relieved of its icy shroud...just in time for a snowy one.
Got plenty of food for both of us, but I spent the day thawing pip[es with a tea kettle.
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posted on
03/12/2017 7:23:44 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: LUV W
Good evening, Luv!
*HUGS*
Until they all come home!
"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense." |
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posted on
03/12/2017 7:25:37 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
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To: MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2LT Radix jr; 300winmag; ..
Please note: The author of the Hall of Heroes is StarCMC.
Sending out prayers for Arrowhead1952 as he recovers from his horrible fall.
~ Hall of Heroes: Leslie H Sabo Jr ~
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posted on
03/12/2017 8:02:56 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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