FReeper Canteen ~ Guest Military Chaplain ~ DARE TO DREAM ~ December 30, 2007

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[Brad’s Gramma]

 

 

 

 

 

DARE TO DREAM

Someone once commented that "One of the most powerful things in the world is a dream. Not those dreams that come to us while we sleep, but those we consciously pursue while we are awake." Think of how dreams have shaped our modern life. Of Martin Luther King whose famous speech began, I have a dream today." And of Robert Kennedy who said, "Some men see things as they are and ask "Why?"; I dream things that never were and ask 'Why not?'" Think of how children's lives are often shaped by their parent's dreams. I remember, for instance, that the mother of Moses was more influential to his eventual development than all the scholars of Pharaoh.

William Herbert Carruth once wrote:

"We are all of us dreamers of dreams;
On visions our childhood is fed;
And the heart of a child is unhaunted, it seems,
By the ghosts of dreams that are dead....
"There's no sadder sight this side of the grave
Than a shroud o'er a fond dream spread,
And the heart should be stern and the eyes be brave
To gaze on a dream that is dead....
"Let him show a brave face if he can,
Let him woo fame or fortune instead,
Yet there's not much to do but to bury a man
When the best of his dreams is dead."

Genesis 11:31-32 in the Hebrew scriptures may give one example of how dreams can get sidetracked or forgotten. Just two verses. But what a story. Terah, the father of Abraham, had started out on a journey for Caanan. He had enough religion to hear God's call and leave paganism. But he was attracted by the bright lights and comfort of Haran. Now, Haran (in what is now Turkey) was a good distance from his old city of Ur (in what is now Iran) but it's on the same side of the river. A fun place, perhaps, but not God's destination for his people. I heard a rabbi once say that Haran symbolizes a place of arrested development, forgotten dreams and unrealized opportunities.

Abram (whose name would eventually be changed to Abraham), was not satisfied with half-way, however. He moved on to Canaan to become "The Father of the Faithful." Hebrews 11:10 (in the Christian scriptures) describes him as looking for a city "whose builder and maker is God." A worthy legacy. And one which has influenced us all.

Think for a moment. What are the dreams that have shaped YOUR life. That determined your direction, or helped you to make it to this station on your life's journey? Have they empowered and called forth the best in you? Can they help you become the person you think God intended you to be? Do you still hold on to them, and nurture them? Important questions. I hope you can take some time this weekend to reflect on, and perhaps recover, "the power of a dream." But be careful what you dream! It may come true, and even if it isn't realized in your lifetime, it will affect you, and perhaps even the way people remember you,... forever.

CAPT J. David Atwater, CHC, USN

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sarge...did you get to sword this weekend?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, lauren, for our National Anthem...humming along.

[Kathy in Alaska]

TOUCHDOWN!!

Pats 38
Giants 35

[Kathy in Alaska]

UNDEFEATED SEASON!!

Pats 38
Giants 35

[armymarinemom]

WOO HOOOO

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening to you, amm...touch and go, and they had to work for it, but New England pulled it off.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Amazing Grace ~ Cherokee

Elvis ~ In The Garden

Jim Ed Brown ~ Chapel Bells Are Ringing

John Berry ~ Old Rugged Cross

Kitty Wells ~ Dust On the Bible

Red Sovine ~ Deck of Cards

The Statler Brothers ~ Church in the Wildwood

Tennessee Ernie Ford ~ Faith of Our Fathers

The Gaithers ~ What A Friend We Have in Jesus

Elvis ~ Precious Lord

Ray Cornelius ~ One Set of Footprints

How Great Thou Art ~ Choctaw

Amazing Grace ~ Cherokee

Elvis ~ In The Garden

Jim Ed Brown ~ Chapel Bells Are Ringing

John Berry ~ Old Rugged Cross

Kitty Wells ~ Dust On the Bible

Red Sovine ~ Deck of Cards

The Statler Brothers ~ Church in the Wildwood

Tennessee Ernie Ford ~ Faith of Our Fathers

The Gaithers ~ What A Friend We Have in Jesus

Elvis ~ Precious Lord

Ray Cornelius ~ One Set of Footprints

How Great Thou Art ~ Choctaw

[Lady Jag]

WE WON!

Man, the Giants played their hearts out and damn near did it, but we won!!

 

[Lady Jag]

Go Marines!

[Radix]

Was there a Football game tonight?

[PROCON]

Thanks Kathy for more Great music!!

Going to attempt a pic post soon, just one at random. :)

[PROCON]

My daughter's name is Hilary, and this is not her:

[PROCON]

Drat!!

[Radix]

Happy Anniversary!

 

 

29 December 1976.....Radix enlists in the US Army

 

29 December 1977.....Army flies Radix to Germany for a 3 year tour.

 

 

 

The highest church peak in the world, and I did that hike up to the very top....Click on the image for more info.....

[PROCON]

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[PROCON]

[PROCON]

Hey Radix,

I was fortunate enough to spend 3 tours of duty with the good old U.S. Army in Deutchland.

6/71-1/72 in Ansbach, near Nuremberg. 4/76-4/79 in Bamberg. And 3/80-1/81 in Butzbach, a little burg near Giessen.

Loved the people, the food, the bier, and thankfully the communist menace never came over the Fulda Gap!!

Happy New Year!!

[PROCON]

Let me qualify my last statement.

Thankfully the communist menace never came over the Fulda Gap.

Thankfully for them.

Hehehe!!

[Cindy]

"Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth." -from THE BIBLE: I Corinthians 5:7-8

Read THE BIBLE Online (Click Here.)

BILLY GRAHAM.org: "MY ANSWER" by Billy Graham (Read More...)

PERSECUTION.org (Read More...)

[PROCON]

I hope your date went well/LOL!!

Thanks again!!