FReeper Canteen~Around The World With Our Troops~May 23, 2006

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[The Mayor]

May 23, 2006

Welcome Criticism

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READ: Proverbs 9:1-10

A fool despises his father’s instruction, but he who receives correction is prudent. —Proverbs 15:5

Cancer researcher Dr. Robert Good was a hard-driving individual with an enormous faculty for new ideas. According to an article I read about him, he had the ability to make use of any information he came across.

I was most impressed, however, with a statement that credited him with a willingness to recognize any error in his theories and abandon them faster than anyone else in medical research. An associate said, “Dr. Good never gets married to his hypotheses, so he doesn’t go through the pangs of divorce when one is proven wrong.”

Proverbs 9 puts a high premium on such a willingness to see one’s error and admit it. It describes a wise man as one who wants to learn from his mistakes. When challenged, he resists the urge to get his back up like a threatened tomcat. Instead, correction becomes a faithful friend and a necessary means to improvement (v.9). On the other hand, when a “scoffer” is rebuked, he responds with anger and hate (v.8). Because of his overinflated ego, he won’t listen when told he has erred.

We need to follow the path of wisdom by giving heed to words of reproof. To be truly wise, we must remember that at times we too have played the fool. —Mart De Haan -->

When criticism comes your way,
Consider its intent;
It may be that some truth from God
To you is being sent.  —D. De Haan.

The person who refuses to hear criticism has no chance to learn from it. Bible in One Year:   1 Chronicles 19-21; John 8:1-27

[laurenmarlowe]

Thread's up!

God Bless all our Troops!

[laurenmarlowe]

Ray Charles~America The Beautiful

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening Mayor! Thank you for this valuable lesson from God.

You're first!

[SandRat]

Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Col 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

[tongue-tied]

Yay to The Mayor!

[Raffus]

GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS! WE LOVE YOU!

[laurenmarlowe]

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. releases flares over the Atlantic Ocean near Charleston, S.C., during a training mission on Tuesday, May 16, 2006. The "smoke angel" is caused by the vortex from the engines. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Russell E. Cooley IV)

Senior Airman Mike Henrie, a member of the Band of the Air Force Reserve's Celtic ensemble, Southern Aire, shows two little girls how to use one of his percussion instruments during a performance at Miami Children's Museum on May 19, 2006. The Band of the Air Force Reserve, from Robins Air Force Base, Ga., performed nine times in South Florida as part of a community outreach project. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lisa Macias)

Tech. Sgt. Amy Sobel fires an M240B medium machine gun during a combat arms training and maintenance class at Avon Park Air Force Range, Fla., on Thursday, May 18, 2006. Sergeant Sobel is a CATM instructor at the range. Security forces Airmen from the 6th Security Forces Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., were at the range to train for upcoming deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jason P. Robertson)

[laurenmarlowe]

Evening Sand! Thank you for the perfect verses!

[laurenmarlowe]

Evening tongue-tied! Hope you're feeling better!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening Raffus! Awesome picture!

"GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS! WE LOVE YOU!"

Can't be said enough!

[Raffus]

Glad to report that I've worked hard to provide the best to the DoD! 8)

Sorry to report that I'm out of work. 8(

[The Mayor]

Thank you!

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~

[laurenmarlowe]

I hope you can get that resolved soon!

Thank you for your service to our Country!

[laurenmarlowe]

Have a great day Mayor!

[laurenmarlowe]

Evening Connie! Thank you for the awesome Tribute to our Troops!

[The Mayor]

You too my friend!

[SandRat]

CAUTION: HAVE TISSUES AT YOUR SIDE BEFORE READING!

Poem that will give you goosebumps

A drunk man in an Oldsmobile
They said had run the light
That caused the six-car pileup
On I 99 that night.

When broken bodies lay about
"And blood was everywhere,"
"The sirens screamed out eulogies,"
For death was in the air.

"A mother, trapped inside her car,"
Was heard above the noise;
Her plaintive plea near split the air:
"Oh, God, please spare my boys!"

She fought to loose her pinned hands;
"She struggled to get free,"
But mangled metal held her fast
In grim captivity.

Her frightened eyes then focused
"On where the back seat once had been,"
But all she saw was broken glass and
Two children's seats crushed in.

Her twins wer e nowhere to be seen;
"She did not hear them cry, "
"And then she prayed they'd been thrown free, "
"Oh, God, don't let them die! "

Then firemen came and cut her loose, "
"But when they searched the back, "
"They found therein no little boys, "
But the seat belts were intact.

They thought the woman had gone mad
"And was traveling alone, "
"But when they turned to question her, "
They discovered she was gone.

Policemen saw her running wild
And screaming above the noise
"In beseeching supplication, "
Please help me find my boys!

They're four years old and wear blue shirts;
"Their jeans are blue to match.""
"One cop spoke up, ""They're in my car, "
And they don't have a scratch.

They said their daddy put them there
"And gave them each a cone, "
Then told them both to wait for Mom
To come and take them home.
"I've searched the area high and low, "
But I can't find their dad.
" He must have fled the scene, "
"I guess, and that is very bad."

"The mother hugged the twins and said, "
"While wiping at a tear, "
"He could not flee the scene, you see, "
"For he's been dead a year."

"The cop just looked confused and asked, "
"Now, how can that be true? "
"The boys said, ""Mommy, Daddy came "
"And left a kiss for you."" "

He told us not to worry
"And that you would be all right, "
And then he put us in this car with
"The pretty, flashing light. "

"We wanted him to stay with us, "
"Because we miss him so, "
"But Mommy, he just hugged us tight "
And said he had to go.

He said someday we'd understand
"And told us not to fuss, "
"And he said to tell you, Mommy, "
"He's watching over us."

The mother knew without a doubt
"That what they spoke was true, "
"For she recalled their dad's last words, "
" I will watch over you."

The firemen's notes could not explain
"The twisted, mangled car, "
And how the three of them escaped
Without a single scar.

"But on the cop's report was scribed, "
"In print so very fine, "
An angel walked the beat tonight on Highway 99.

"The 7 Second Prayer, Just repeat this phrase
and see how God moves..

"Lord, I love you and I need you, come into my heart, and
bless my family, my home, my friends, and me. Amen. "

A prayer for all.

This morning when the Lord opened a window to Heaven,
He saw me, and He asked:
"My child, what is your greatest wish for today?"

I responded:
"Lord please, take care of the person who is reading this,
their family and their special friends.
They deserve it and I love them very much."

The love of God is like the ocean, you can see its beginning, but not its end.

ANGELS EXIST but sometimes,
since they don't all have wings,
we call them FRIENDS.