FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE ~ 02 December 2012

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE

Good morning this rainy Sunday! This morning someone asked me, "How do you like the lousy weather, Chaplain?" I thought a moment about the fact that my uniform was wet, my car had trouble starting, and about all those poor people stuck in the wall of traffic that inevitably occurs when 58 gets drenched. Then later I thought, how would we exist without the rain which makes all life on our planet possible? I remembered the old prayer in my prayer book, a blessing to God for the gift of wind and rain.

There is an old story, a beautiful story, about a boy who came home famished after long hours of play with his friends. His mother served him some sandwiches which satisfied his hunger and caused him to thank his mom. She said, "Don't thank me, son, I only prepared the food." So he went to the grocer to thank him for the bread. "Don't thank me, young man, I only sell the food." He walked over to the baker and thanked him. "Son, you're thanking the wrong person, I only bake the bread." Wondering whom to thank, the boy went to the farmer to thank him. "Thank you for the fine bread that I eat every day," he said. "Don't thank me, my friend, I only plant the seeds. The earth, sunshine, rain, and wind make the wheat grow, not I.

By now the boy was tired and hungry so the farmer invited him to join his family for dinner. As they were seated around the table, each person took a piece of bread from the basket and said together: Praised be Thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, Who brings bread out of the earth."

So, today, let's thank God for the sunny days and the rainy ones, too--as well as for the food He gives us. Each day is truly a blessing!

Chaplain Mitch Schranz

 

[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

We Need Hope
December 2, 2012

Adam and Eve didn’t need hope because they didn’t lack anything they needed. And they had every reason to think that life would go on as pleasantly as it started—with every good thing that God had given them to enjoy. But they put it all at risk for the one thing the serpent said that God had withheld: the knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 2:17; 3:5). So when the serpent came with his offer, Eve was quick to indulge, and Adam quick to follow (3:6). They got what they wanted: knowledge. But they lost what they had: innocence. With the loss of innocence came the need for hope—hope that their guilt and shame could be removed and goodness restored.

Christmas is the season of hope. Children hope for the latest popular toy or game. Families hope that everyone can make it home for the holidays. But the hope that Christmas commemorates is much bigger than our holiday desires. Jesus, the “Desire of All Nations” (Hag. 2:7), has come! He has “delivered us from the power of darkness,” bought our redemption, and forgiven our sins (Col. 1:13-14). He even made it possible for us to be wise about what is good and innocent about evil (Rom. 16:19). Christ in us gives us the hope of glory.

Praise God for the hope of Christmas!

What are the prospects for this earth?
What hope is there for man?
A world restored through Jesus Christ
In whom we see God’s plan. —D. DeHaan

Hope for the Christian is a certainty—
because its basis is Christ.

Read: Colossians 1:3-14

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord. —Jeremiah 17:7

Bible in a Year:
Galatians 4-6

[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

[ConorMacNessa]

Good Evening, Kathy!

***HUGS***



A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours! Thank you very much for tonight’s Sunday Chapel thread.

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Canteen ping ~ Sunday Chapel ~ "Attitude of Gratitude"

[Kathy in Alaska]

Canteen ping ~ Sunday Chapel ~ "Attitude of Gratitude"

[Kathy in Alaska]

Canteen ping ~ Sunday Chapel ~ "Attitude of Gratitude"

[Kathy in Alaska]

*sigh* another triple ping and I don’t know what to do about it.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

Good Lord's Day and Shavua Tov to you!

[Berlin_Freeper]

Remember when you were a kid playing in the park during a really hot day?

Running wild for the water fountain between games. Pushing, shoving, never getting enough.

Imagine if the water fountain wasn’t there.

Now imagine if you had no freedom.

[oldteen]

Good evening, Kathy! *hugs*

A Sunday of Blessings to you and the folks!

another triple ping and I don’t know what to do about it

Don't stress over it. 75% of the ping lists I am on also triple post.

[ConorMacNessa]

Very strange, isn't it? I hope you have had a nice Saturday! An excellent lesson this week - I've heard something similar to this before, but it bears to be sung out, frequently and resoundingly!



Keep Faith with the Fallen of Benghazi! Let the Obama Regime, for once, tell the Truth!

Fiat Justitia, Ruat Coelum!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Hope you’ve had a restful Saturday.

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Reservist, or National Guardsman
Feel alone or forgotten.

O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is loving kindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
And He will redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.

Psalm 130:7 & 8

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to the MacNessa family.

Hope you are getting good rest. Will you be having a big family get together for Christmas?

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours, Berlin_Freeper.

Being without freedom is not a good thought. I cannot imagine.

Hope you are having a nice weekend.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Shavua Tov.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, teen...*HUGS*

Thanks, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours and all your Marines.

This ping thing is very annoying, but I feel better knowing I’m not the only annoying poster.

Today was finger stick day...not too good. His # was 4.1! He should be between 2 and 3. She asked if he was eating greens...yes. Good! Eating mangoes, cranberries (and juice) and a bunch of other things...no. Hmmm...I told her he really wants to sleep and she said, to him....not so much sleeping, more exercising. This sleeping thing has become a real battle....most days my Mom can not get him up. I’m hoping that those words coming directly from the nurse poking his finger will work. Now it will not be my Mom or me telling him he has to walk more.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Prayers for our troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
for a safe and peaceful week ahead.

[SandRat]

Our Heavenly Father,

empty us of self

and fill us with Thee.



--Glenn Clark (1882-1956)