In one version of the mythical tale of King Arthur, the young king is hiding in a tree, nervously awaiting his betrothed. After falling, he felt he had to explain himself to the princess. So he recounted how he mysteriously was able to pull a sword out of a stone, entitling him to be king. "That's how I became king," Arthur told her. "I never wanted to be. And since I am, I have been ill at ease in my crownuntil I dropped from the tree and my eye beheld you. Then suddenly, for the first time, I felt I was king. I was glad to be king. And most astonishing of all, I wanted to be the wisest, most heroic, most splendid king who ever sat on any throne." Simply gazing at his beloved brought about a change in character and purpose. As we reflect on our beloved, the Lord Jesus, we too experience a transformation. Paul wrote, "We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord" (2 Corinthians 3:18). By gazing at our Lord in the pages of Scripture, and by yielding to the Holy Spirit, we become different people. We will want to become more like Him. And our highest desire will be to please Him. Dennis Fisher
Every day my will resign, Till at last Christ reigns supremely In this grateful heart of mine. Brandt Only Jesus can transform your life.
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D-Day at Omaha beach - Normandy, France |
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On the early morning of June 6, 1944, then 2nd Lieutenant Burkhalter landed on Omaha beach in Normandy. After seeing the movie Saving Private Ryan, I realize no words I could come up with could possibly explain what he had to go through, so I won't even try. Instead, Ill use his words. In one of his old trunks, I found a letter that he wrote to his wife Mabel shortly after the invasion. In a classic wartime coincidence, a copy of the letter was wired to the Miami Daily News where a photo of John checking the identification of a dead German soldier had arrived several hours earlier. The letter and photo were printed on Sunday, August 6th, 1944 : Headline : God Was On The Beach On D-Day : Chaplain Burkhalter Tells Power of Prayers. |
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* Link is from the "U.S. Army Center of Military History" website.
"Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we can go home. The shortest way home is through Berlin and Tokyo. And when we get to Berlin, I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-bitch Hitler. Just like I'd shoot a snake!"
General George S. Patton - (addressing to his troops before Operation Overlord) - 5th June 1944
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"We want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too.
Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit."
(sorry - couldn't resist bolding that!!..:))
General George S. Patton - (addressing to his troops before Operation Overlord) - 5th June 1944
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"Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened. He will fight savagely"
General Dwight Eisenhower - 6th June 1944
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"At the present time, it is still too early to say whether this is a large-scale diversionary attack or the main effort"
German C-in-C West - Morning Report for the 6th June 1944