FReeper Canteen ~ Fabulous FRiday ~ 20 July 2012

July 19,2012 | Canteen Crew

[beachn4fun]

Got to post and run...0-dark-30 comes early on the east coast. See you all in the morning.

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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God Bless Our Republic

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

First?

[beachn4fun]

PING-A-LING Y’ALL

[beachn4fun]

Good evening Hope ((HUGS))

FIRST

(sorry no graphic)

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Beachy!

[beachn4fun]

Actually

SECOND

Woohoo

[beachn4fun]

Aloha BIGLOOK

THIRD!

gotta dash

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ It's Fabulous FRiday! ~

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No matter where you are stationed,
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Know that we are are proud of each and everyone of you.
To our military readers, we remain steadfast
in keeping the Canteen doors open.

The FR Canteen is Free Republic's longest running daily thread
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The doors have been open since Oct 7 2001,
the day of the start of the war in Afghanistan.

We are indebted to you for your sacrifices for our Freedom.

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night, beachy, and rest well. ((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

And a REALLY close second....MrZ snags the silver!!

[luvie]

Awesome thread, Early Bird!
See ya in the mornin'...not TOO early though!
We Night Owls gotta have our beauty rest!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top three....Hawaii bags the bronze!!

[luvie]

Hendrix might be a great guitarist, but watching him perform was painful! I guess it was the drugs, because he didn’t really make much sense....to me.... :)

Still a GREAT thread! I guess he was an icon to lots of fans!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv...((HUGS))...weather report?

It is HOT here....mid 70s!!

I’m off for home. FR better be up and running when I get there. d:o)

[luvie]

Howdy, Kathy! I think it’s good to go for a while. John spent hours working on it to make sure! :)

Weather....88 right now and dry. I’ll do my second hour of watering in about 30 minutes. I’m kinda tired of it, but mustn’t let our lawn completely die!

Stay safe on your drive home. 70 sounds like heaven right now. :)

[The Mayor]

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Blunders To Wonders
July 20, 2012

Artist James Hubbell says, “Mistakes are gifts.” Whenever he’s working on a project and something goes wrong, he doesn’t start over. He looks for a way to use the mistake to make something better. None of us can avoid making blunders, and all of us have favorite ways of dealing with them. We may try to hide them or to correct them or to apologize for them.

We do that with our sin sometimes too. But God doesn’t throw us away and start over. He redeems us and makes us better.

The apostle Peter tended to do and say whatever seemed best at the moment. He has been referred to as an “impetuous blunderer.” In his fear after Jesus was arrested, Peter claimed three times that he didn’t know Jesus! Yet later, on the basis of Peter’s three declarations of love, Jesus turned Peter’s humiliating denial into a wonderful occasion of restoration (John 21). Despite Peter’s flawed past, Jesus restored him to ministry with these words: “Feed My sheep” (v.17).

If you have made a “blunder” so big that it seems irreversible, the most important matter is whether you love Jesus. When we love Him, Jesus can turn our most serious blunders into awesome wonders.

Lord, I’m so human and make foolish mistakes.
And worse yet, I willfully sin against You.
Please forgive me, change me, restore me,
and use me for Your name’s sake. Amen.

God can change our blunders into wonders.

Read: John 21:15-19

Turn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be restored. —Lamentations 5:21

Bible in a Year:
Proverbs 29-31

[SandRat]

It may come as a surprise, but in Las Vega it is noral to find casino chips in collection basket at church services. This happens so frequently that the Catholic Church has a system worked out. Since the chips are from various casinos, the chips are sent to a nearby Monastery to be sorted. They are then returned to the casino of origin The is done by the Chip Monks.

Brother Alvin, Brother Simon, and Brother Theodore.

LOL

[SandRat]

It may come as a surprise, but in Las Vega it is normal to find casino chips in collection basket at church services. This happens so frequently that the Catholic Church has a system worked out. Since the chips are from various casinos, the chips are sent to a nearby Monastery to be sorted out. They are then returned to the casino of origin.

This is done by the Chip Monks.

Brother Alvin, Brother Simon, and Brother Theodore.

LOL