FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 12 May 2021

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[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Thursday,
May 12, 2022

Walking by a Blessing

Read: Isaiah 48:12–20

If only you had paid attention to my commands. Isaiah 48:18

In 1799, twelve-year-old Conrad Reed found a large, glittering rock in the stream that ran through his family’s small farm in North Carolina. He carried it home to show his father, a poor immigrant farmer. His father didn’t understand the rock’s potential value and used it as a doorstop. The family walked by it for years.

Eventually Conrad’s rock—actually a seventeen-pound gold nugget—caught the eye of a local jeweler. Soon the Reed family became wealthy, and their property became the site of the first major gold strike in the United States.

Sometimes we walk past a blessing, intent on our own plans and ways. After Israel was exiled to Babylon for disobeying God, He proclaimed freedom for them once again. But He also reminded them of what they’d missed. “I am the Lord your God,” He told them, “who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea.” God then encouraged them to follow Him away from old ways into a new life: “Leave Babylon . . . ! Announce this with shouts of joy” (Isaiah 48:17–18, 20).

Leaving Babylon, perhaps now as much as then, means leaving sinful ways and “coming home” to a God who longs to do us good—if only we’ll obey and follow Him! — James Banks

What aspect of God do you look forward to as you walk with Him today? What can you do to gently lead others to His love?

Loving God, there’s no one like You! Help me embrace the opportunity to walk with You and discover the blessings You alone provide.

Bible in a year: 2 Kings 15–16; John 3:1–18

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[SkyDancer]

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[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

It’s hump day!! We made it!

Hope your first week back is going well, and your back is remembering it had a vacation in the sun.

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Happy that Hump Day is here? Ready for a good night’s sleep?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy! Is it spring yet?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...is Tippy learning the ropes? Learning to do her business while outside?

Is she enjoying her porch?

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, thanks for remembering and honoring our Troops, Kathy!

[luvie]

Remember them!
They do the uncomfortable
...and dangerous...
Things for us!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...no internet??? At home or closer to your new gig?

Storms? High winds? No good excuse?

[radu]

Howdy, PRO!

Having a good week so far? Still pup-sitting or has Robin returned from her trip?

I took a few pics at the museum last weekend and just remembered to get them on the computer. duh. I have a couple here.

This is a 1913 Patton Saber, designed by then Second Lieutenant George Patton. One of the new items acquired over the winter.

Here we have a reproduction Patton Saber hanging on a 1915 saddle, which is where the soldiers carried them.

[The Mayor]

My week has been going pretty well, the weather has been beautiful.
This is how Spring should be, sunny, in the 70’s with clear skys.

My back has been good too. Warm weather has such a positive effect on it and me.
Not overdoing it either. I do not want the pain coming back like
it was all damn winter.

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

Have you come down from the excitement of your visitors yesterday?

Did the humidity stick around another day or is the air sucking the moisture from your skin again?

Hot and smoky here and I was glad there was nowhere I needed to go. Just stepping out for a minute made my nose burn.

[PROCON]

Hiya radu!

Son's over tonight for dinner and hanging out, we're playing our video games.

Robin just got back from the east coast after visiting our daughter and is trying to get her body clock readjusted to our west coast time, she's hanging with the pups who missed her.

Very cool pictures, thanks.

[luvie]

Awesome acquisitions! How fun that you get to see them first!

[SkyDancer]

Hai Kathy! (((HUGS))) Some contractors working on the house cut the internet cable in two places - tech came out today and fixed it. Cute guy, made him lunch. Now we are having wind and rain and the internet is solid.