FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: George Everett "Bud" Day ~ November 9, 2009

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[AZamericonnie]

Thank you ladies for this evenings thread! *hugs*

Thank you “Bud Day” for your service!!!!

[LuvFreeRepublic]

WOW, thanks for the ping Kathy. I am so glad I didn't miss this one. Colonel Day is a true hero and of course you gotta love those fighter pilots.

StarCMC, excellent job tonight. Great thread. There is no shortage of information about the accomplishments of this true hero. One of America's finest.

[Redleg Duke]

How in the heck did he fit that pair of brass ones into a little bitty cockpit?

Comparing COL Day to Barack (Whimpy) Obama is a study in opposites!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening and morning, too, Arrowhead...((HUGS))...the first snow of the year is falling very gently. Right now it is cold enough to stick til at least morning. According to the weather folks, we won’t get above freezing all week.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Vor Lady. Glad your husband got to meet Col Day, and thanks to your whole family for your service to our country.

[AZamericonnie]

Sounds like a lovely evening Arrow & hope you do indeed sleep well! *hugs*

[B.O. Plenty]

Greatest generation...God Bless them all...

[AZamericonnie]

Big & Rich - The 8th Of November

[Arrowhead1952]

I am headed for the sack in a few. ***See you tomorrow and (((HUGS))) to you too.

[The Mayor]

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November 9, 2009

The Heat Of Our Desire

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READ: Psalm 42

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. —Psalm 42:1

Pastor A. W. Tozer (1897–1963) read the great Christian theologians until he could write about them with ease. He challenges us: “Come near to the holy men and women of the past and you will soon feel the heat of their desire after God. They mourned for Him, they prayed and wrestled and sought for Him day and night, in season and out, and when they had found Him the finding was all the sweeter for the long seeking.”

The writer of Psalm 42 had the kind of longing for the Lord that Tozer spoke about. Feeling separated from God, the psalmist used the simile of a deer panting with thirst to express his deep yearning for a taste of the presence of God. “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God” (vv.1-2). The heat of his desire for the Lord was so great and his sorrow so intense, he did more weeping than eating (v.3). But the psalmist’s longing was satisfied when he placed his hope in God and praised Him for His presence and help (vv.5-8).

O that we would have a longing and thirsting for Him that is so intense that others would feel the heat of our desire for Him!

My heart’s desire is to know You, Lord,
To walk close beside You today;
To know Your grace, Your love, Your power,
For You are my life and my way. —Cetas

Only Jesus, the Living Water, can satisfy the thirsty soul.

Bible in One Year: Jeremiah 46-47; Hebrews 6

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in first....Nana Hope grabs the gold!!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Thanks for tonite’s thread Ma and Star!
Good evening everyone!
They just don’t make men like this anymore, huh?
What a magnificent Hero!
I won’t be here very late..
For some reason, I didn’t fall asleep until 5 this morning..
I’m really dragging now..

[luvie]

What a man...and all his sacrifice was for this country and for each and every one of it’s citizens.

God bless the heroes!

[luvie]

Howdy, Sis!

(((hugs)))

I hope you get better rest tonight! Give your worries and
frets over to God....His arms are big and he can carry them
for you.

[Pappy Smear]

I read his autobiography. Wow. Just wow. The above only touches on what he accomplished. More lives than a cat. The airport in Sioux City is named after him (most famous for the United 232 crash in 89).

In a way his autobiography depressed me. I am a very self-confident person, expect to succeed in pretty much anything I try. His story is one, where he came from dirt poor nothing, to such greatness. I know I could not do what he did. And while it is a great story, I guess it bothers me knowing I could not measure up to his body of work.

For example, Bill Clinton came from dirt poor nothing to President. But he did not do it with honor. Bud Day went to greatness, and did it with honor. Truly a great man.

[luvie]

See ya in the morning!

I thought, when I saw your post, that I had slept and hadn’t
known it! LOL!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*HUG*
Good advice!

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Night Owl.....and thanks for the salute to Col. Day!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in second, snagging the silver....Eaglefixer!!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*sigh*
I overlooked a tissue when I did a load of dark clothing.
How can ONE tissue wreak so much havoc?