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]

FIELD GOAL!!

[BIGLOOK]

Huh?

[The Mayor]

YeHaw!

[laurenmarlowe]

Evening MA! *HUGS*

A good and productive day here, thanks!

A blessed Sunday to you.

[AZamericonnie]

Thank you for this evening’s thread Grammie.

A blessed Lord’s day to you! *Hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

New England made a field goal......

Giants 14
Pats 13

[The Mayor]

14-13 Giants.... 2nd Qtr

[Kathy in Alaska]

Mahalia Jackson ~ The 23rd Psalm

[Kathy in Alaska]

FIELD GOAL!!

Pats 16
Giants 14

[HiJinx]

Gonna be a long game, looks like...

[BIGLOOK]

31 secs and a boondoggle.......WTH!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Did you just see the poke in the eye....?

[Kathy in Alaska]

TOUCHDOWN!!

Giants 21
Pats 16

[HiJinx]

I’m not watching, alas...I’m keeping up with the game through your posts!

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS!

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Amazing Grace

by John Newton

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
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’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, .
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
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Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
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The Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures.
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Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
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The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, Who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.
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When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.

[Kathy in Alaska]

OUCH!! Pat run back ran into a brick wall. BAM!

Half time!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Mash here when the game starts again.

[HiJinx]

Thanks!

[SevenofNine]

Wow Sunday UK Telegraph reporting that after year Saddam kick the bucket violence went down in this past year in Iraq

Then how come this still on YOU TUBE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmYhkwhNd2Y

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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NEVER FORGET

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CLARITY =

Who Owns the Vietnam War?

http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58906

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NEVER FORGET

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