FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ THE TREE OF LIFE ~ 20 January 2013

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

THE TREE OF LIFE

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him." (John 3:16,17)

One night I was watching a movie. At the end, the cowboy turned and put the name of his girlfriend in the window of his car for all to see. Then he put his arm around her and pulled her close. It has long been a custom for lovers to carve their initials in the trunk of a tree. Today, young romantics spray paint them on freeway overpasses or walls of abandoned buildings. It's the same sort of idea.

Once, in high school, a boy carved my name in a heart-shaped wood sculpture. It was a long time ago, but the memory of being claimed that loudly, that openly has never left me. Who doesn't want to be loved like that? Wouldn't it be nice if there was someone to put all our names on the windows of a car, or a license plate, or a tree? Unfortunately, the names on windows, license plates and trees change. Some are left out, and some are never written at all.

Once, long ago, there was another kind of tree; and this tree was able to hold all our initials. They were carved deeply for all to see, and they will never be crossed out. That tree was made into a cross, the cross where Jesus died. A King has claimed you and me. He has put His arm around us and pulled us close. He has put our names where they can be seen for eternity. Could anyone really love me that much? Sometimes it is hard to trust, even harder to believe, but the initials are there for all to see. And there they will remain FOREVER.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, no one has ever loved me as You have. I ask that You come into my life today. Forgive me of my sins and teach me Your ways. Amen

LCDR Bettie J. Davis, CHC, USN

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"....and he said, "Listen, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat; thus says the Lord to you, 'Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God's.

~ You need not fight in this battle; station yourselves, stand and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.' Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to face them, for the Lord is with you."

2 Chronicles 20:15, 17

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! Splash!! They deserved it for being so stupid.

[SandRat]

One never knows when GOD’s Final Judgement of you will be made.

[luvie]

Thanks, Conor! A blessed Sunday to you and your family, too! (((hugs)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to The Mayor family.

Hope you and your family are having a good weekend.

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless our military men and women who have given their all.

Thanks, unique.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Military Families, for your service to our country.

John Conlee ~ They Also Serve

[Kathy in Alaska]

TAPS

RIP

Stan Musial, USN

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[Kathy in Alaska]

YUCK! That pop-corn ceiling stuff is a real pain for anything. Painting has to be horrid.

Good luck, and don’t get too much on you.

[SandRat]

I wash off easy, it’s the tiles and every thing else that is in the room even though covered up that is another pain.

[SandRat]

You don’t even want to know what i”d like to do to the “Decorator” that came up with the pop-corn idea is.

[mylife]

St Stephen

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[mylife]

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[mylife]

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[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypdubqHFwVk

[Jack Hydrazine]

The Christian’s rabbi would be reading this too if he were in synagogue this past Sabbath with the returning of the Torah back to the Ark.

EITZ CHAIM (Tree of Life)

“It is a Tree of Life for those who grasp it,
and all who uphold it are blessed. (Proverbs 3:18)
Its ways are pleasantness, and all its paths are peace. (Proverbs 3:17)
Help us turn to You, and we shall return.
Renew our lives as in days of old.” (Lamentations 5:21)

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Kathy. How's it going?

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Cindy]

"Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." -from THE BIBLE: Matthew 4:8-10

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Fourth Try?

Gosh...I feel cheated.

I only got THREE of them!

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As the hostess of a daily thread, I ham getting used to this.