FReeper Canteen ~ Seymour Johnson Air Force Base ~ 10 MAY 2022

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[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Tuesday,
May 10, 2022

Engraved Grief

Read: Job 19:19–27

Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll, . . . inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever! Job 19:23–24

After receiving the devastating diagnosis of a rare and incurable brain cancer, Caroline found renewed hope and purpose through providing a unique service: volunteering photography services for critically ill children and their families. Through this service, families could capture the precious moments shared with their children, both in grief and “the moments of grace and beauty we assume don’t exist in those desperate places.” She observed that “in the hardest moments imaginable, those families . . . choose to love, despite and because of it all.”

There’s something unspeakably powerful about capturing the truth of grief—both the devastating reality of it and the ways in which we experience beauty and hope in the midst of it.

Much of the book of Job is like a photograph of grief—capturing honestly Job’s journey through devastating loss (1:18–19). After sitting with Job for several days, his friends wearied of his grief, resorting to minimizing it or explaining it away as God’s judgment. But Job would have none of it, insisting that what he was going through mattered, and wishing that the testimony of his experience would be “engraved in rock forever!” (19:24).

Through the book of Job, it was “engraved”—in a way that points us in our grief to the living God (vv. 26–27), who meets us in our pain, carrying us through death into resurrection life. — Monica La Rose

How can facing pain honestly bring healing? When have you experienced unexpected grace and beauty within great grief?

Compassionate God, help me to witness honestly to those who are experiencing pain and offer the hope You provide.

Read Out of the Ashes: God’s Presence in Job’s Pain.

Bible in a year: 2 Kings 10–12; John 1:29–51

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, it's Road Trip time again, thanks Lauren!

[lightman]

Happy Monday motoring!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Road Trip: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina ~

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[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening and thank you Mayor!

FIRST!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you PROCON!

SECOND!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy lightman!

THIRD!!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

[laurenmarlowe]

Evening MA! Hope your Monday has been a good one.

*HUGS*

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening radu!

*HUGS*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[radu]

Howdy, lauren. *HUGZ*

Enjoying the break from storms?
It does mean baking in the heat though. Dang it.
We’re in the same boat here this week so you aren’t alone. LOL

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

All appendages crossed for luck that your prep over the weekend pays off!

[mikey_hates_everything]

Last month I saw some of their fighters buzzing across I-795 north of Goldsboro. Couldn’t have been any higher than 1000 ft. Crazy fast!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Hope your Monday went smoothly.

[luvie]

Gosh, I've never even heard of that AFB. Thanks for a great road trip, lauren! Hope you're doing well and that you had a nice Mother's Day!

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

We have a lot of military bases and it’s hard to keep up with all of them, isn’t it? LOL
Seymour Johnson is one I know about because I drove past it when I went to the beach from Raleigh years ago. When I was lucky, I’d get to see a jet or two flying when I drove through the area.

How was your day, other than hot?

[The Mayor]

Today was beautiful with bright sunshine.
I worked on my truck outside in it to absorb Vit D

The warm weather really helps keep the pain down
so I will take advantage of it all,
BUT, I will not overdue it. I don’t need to damage it.

[luvie]

Hey, sorry it took so long to get here. I am watching a movie and got caught up in it.

Hot was about all I have to say about the day. Oh, and dry. Humidity down to 6% this afternoon. Ever feel the moisture just being sucked out of your pores? That’s how it feels. And the rain they promised tomorrow. Non-starter. Bah!

Hope you had a pretty day. And if you had rain, I’m gonna be so jealous. LOL! Did you say that today was when you needed to go get that doc to fix your eye script?