From Xerox ~ Let's Say Thanks to our Troops
Simple. Easy. Involve your kids.
We can each send thanks every single day.
Posted on 08/05/2007 3:30:55 PM PDT by StarCMC
From Xerox ~ Let's Say Thanks to our Troops
Simple. Easy. Involve your kids.
We can each send thanks every single day.
Thank you, Kathy!
Hello!!!!
It was a quote of Frederick the Great, a German emperor.
Hall of Heroes
B U M P
I liked the one about not having to tell your grandkid that you shoveled sh#$ in Louisiana during the war.
ROTFLOL! OTOH, if the "original" thought is a leftist, defeatist one, that's not really thinking either!
August 6, 2007
READ: Romans 8:26-28
My strength is made perfect in weakness. —2 Corinthians 12:9
Physical therapy is a painful necessity after knee-replacement surgery. Part of my routine involved my therapist pulling my knee back into a bent position and holding it taut. “Good stretch?” Mason would ask encouragingly. “No,” I winced, “not that good!”
I soon learned, however, how important it is to stretch one’s muscles and joints—sometimes causing discomfort—to gain full range of motion.
That wasn’t the first time I’ve been “stretched” outside my comfort zone. God has sometimes urged me to share my faith with someone I didn’t know very well, or to give an offering that was far beyond what I usually give, or to confront someone about a situation.
Abraham’s life illustrates the importance of faith when God asks us to move beyond our comfort zone. “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called . . . . He went out, not knowing where he was going” (Heb. 11:8).
While we stretch our spiritual muscles, we may feel discomfort. But God assures us, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Cor. 12:9). Our adequacy—our sufficiency—is found in Him (3:5).
When you boldly step out in faith and obedience to God, you may be surprised at how a “good stretch” can strengthen your spiritual life!
Hello Again! (:
Thanks for the daily reflection, Mayor.
Patton’s grandfather fought in the Confederate Army with the 22ND Virginia Infantry.
http://www.emmitsburg.net/john/contents/22ndvainfantry/descendants/patton.htm
Yoboseyo! Going out for Korean food tonight! Yummy!
Sounds great!
Good Sunday to you, Kathy.
This Day in U.S. Military History August 6
1971 - The last remaining troops of the Fourth Battalion, 503rd Infantry of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, (the first U.S. Army ground combat unit to arrive in Vietnam in May 1965), cease combat operations and begin preparations to leave Vietnam. The first U.S. ground combat unit of any branch to reach Vietnam was the Third Marine Regiment, Third Marine Division, which began arriving on March 8, 1965. The initial U.S. combat forces were followed by a vast array of combat, combat support, and logistics units that together with U.S. Navy and Air Force personnel in-country reached a peak of 543,400 in April 1969. In June 1969, President Richard Nixon gave the order, as part of his “Vietnamization” policy, which began the process of reducing American troop strength; the troop withdrawals began the following fall and continued until the Paris Peace Accords were signed in January 1973.
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