FReeper Canteen ~ Guest Military Chaplain Thread ~ You Are Special ~ 11 March 2007

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[Brad’s Gramma]

 

 

 

 

 

THE REAL MEANING OF PEACE

There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them.

"One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for the peaceful towering mountains all around. Overhead was a blue sky fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had mountains too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky from which rain fell, and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall.

This did not look peaceful at all. But when the King looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest ...perfect peace.

 

MORNING PRAYER

All through today, O God, help me to be quick to praise and slow to criticize; quick to forgive, and slow to condemn; quick to share and slow to refuse to give. Grant me all through today complete control over my temper, that I may be slow to anger; complete control over my tongue, that I may speak no hasty word. So grant that all through today I may help everyone and hurt no one, so that I may find true joy in living. Amen.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier or National Guardsman
Feel alone or forgotten.
Please guide the people of Free Republic to
The FR Canteen Post Office
So they can e-mail a service man or woman today.
AMEN

Some of these links are broken. I’m using this post out of respect to Mr. Tonkin as he used this for his first post. My apologies, I’d change the broken links if I could.

Have a BLESSED Lord’s Day everyone!

Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier or National Guardsman
Feel alone or forgotten.
Please guide the people of Free Republic to
The FR Canteen Post Office
So they can e-mail a service man or woman today.
AMEN

[MamaB]

Hi.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Hi MamaB!!!

Sorry to keep you waiting...have a WONDERFUL Lord's Day!

[The Mayor]

March 11, 2007

Slow Down

READ: Genesis 2:1-3

God . . . rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. —Genesis 2:2

We live in an action-oriented world, and it seems that simplifying our lives has never been more complicated! Doesn’t it seem that there’s always work to do and no time for rest? Answer the following questions as honestly as you can to determine if you need to rest: Do I feel stressed when functioning in my normal day-to-day activities? Is it difficult to find joy? Do I get the kind of rest my body needs? Do I wake up tired?

In creation, God established a pattern of work and rest, which is a model for believers. For 6 days God worked to bring order to our world. But on the seventh day, after He had finished all His creative activity, He rested. God demonstrated that rest is appropriate and right.

Jesus showed us the importance of rest when He sat wearily beside a well after a long walk (John 4:6) and when He slept in the back of a boat with His head on a pillow (Mark 4:38). He also rested when He and His disciples got away from the crowds (Mark 6:31-32).

If the Lord rested from the work of creation and from His earthly ministry, we need to rest from our work as well. Our times of rest refresh us for times of service. Schedule some “slow down” time this week.

If our body, soul, and spirit
Are to function at their best,
Time is needed for renewal—
Time for leisure, time for rest.  —D. De Haan

All work and no play will take the joy of life away.

Bible in One Year:   Deuteronomy 14-16; Mark 12:28-44

[Brad’s Gramma]

Thank you, very much!!

[AZamericonnie]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Click on the pic and I'll guide you
to the start of today's
Guest Military Chaplain Service





Please stop in and say a prayer of protection for the military.
Prayers from all denominations are needed.

                                          


Sunday Liberty starts after the Guest Military Chaplain's Service!

[The Mayor]

Thank you for the thread!

[Army Air Corps]

Hola.

[txradioguy]

Franklin Graham, head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association disclosed Sat. that his youngest son, Capt. Edward Graham, an Army Ranger, has just been injured in Iraq, according to a report in the Charlotte Observer.

"He got shrapnel in his arms, legs and back," a Graham spokesman said. "And he was recovering...in a hospital that can't be named for security reasons."

Reportedly, the wounds to the 27-year-old captain were not "life threatening."

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/3/10/192427.shtml?s=ic




Prayers for CPT Franklin.

[AZamericonnie]

Thank you for the Sunday thread Gramma! *Hugs*

[Brad’s Gramma]

Hola to you too!!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Bumping for prayers! Thanks, tx!

[MamaB]

I am going to bed. I did something to my neck and it is so stiff I barely can move it. Plus I have a cold sore and that really bothers me. I plan to have a wonderful day tomorrow.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Awwwwww.....ick.


Bumping YOUR post so all of our prayer partners here can pray for you, too!!

[SevenofNine]

WHOA cruise over to Newsmax just now Franklin Grahmam claim his son was slighty injuried in Iraq who younger Graham serving in US Army right now

[The Mayor]

Thank God he is safe, we can all recover from wounds.

[luvie]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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MEEK MOM!!!
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MAY IT ALL BE GOOD!!!

[AZamericonnie]

Prayers for you MammB...hoping you feel much better tonorrow! You have a great attitude! *Hugs*