I'll second that, coteblanche. Reminder to myself never browse the Canteen before I've eaten. I have a grocery list started for my next trip to the store. :}
God bless our troops and give us success. B4Ranch we will never forget. Snow Bunny and Billie you make a great team.
Ecclesiastes 3
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- To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
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- A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
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- A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
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- A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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- A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
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- A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
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- A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
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- A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
OBL chose the time when he and the evil ones thought we were at our weakest to attack us.
Words of President Bush on the National Day of Prayer:
War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict was begun on the timing and terms of others. It will end in a way, and at an hour, of our choosing.Our purpose as a nation is firm. Yet our wounds as a people are recent and unhealed, and lead us to pray. In many of our prayers this week, there is a searching, and an honesty. At St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York on Tuesday, a woman said, "I prayed to God to give us a sign that He is still here." Others have prayed for the same, searching hospital to hospital, carrying pictures of those still missing.
God's signs are not always the ones we look for. We learn in tragedy that his purposes are not always our own. Yet the prayers of private suffering, whether in our homes or in this great cathedral, are known and heard, and understood.
There are prayers that help us last through the day, or endure the night. There are prayers of friends and strangers, that give us strength for the journey. And there are prayers that yield our will to a will greater than our own.
This world He created is of moral design. Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance, and love have no end. And the Lord of life holds all who die, and all who mourn.
It is said that adversity introduces us to ourselves. This is true of a nation as well. In this trial, we have been reminded, and the world has seen, that our fellow Americans are generous and kind, resourceful and brave. We see our national character in rescuers working past exhaustion; in long lines of blood donors; in thousands of citizens who have asked to work and serve in any way possible.
I have come to FR many times to laugh, cry, get angry and experience the full spectrum of emotions. I am in awe of how so many continue to take it to the next level of reaching out to others to fill a need.
Your right about the food here too. I am so glad it is cyber food so I can eat all I want. heh heh
Thanks again swheats !!!! (( hug ))