To: The Mayor; ConorMacNessa; SandRat; BIGLOOK; mountainlion; HiJinx; Publius; Jet Jaguar; TMSuchman; ..
2 posted on
07/13/2014 5:04:49 PM PDT by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
I read his story way back in the early 60s when I was in high school. It was a book about several medal of honor winners.
I am afraid if I had been the radio operator, the “City of Los Angeles” would have blown up in a fireball.
3 posted on
07/13/2014 5:12:15 PM PDT by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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Grain On The Mountaintop
July 14, 2014
Read: Psalm 72:12-20
Ive been on a number of mountaintops in the US in my time, and I can tell you that not much grows up there. The summits of mountains are bare rock and lichen. Thats not where you would normally find an abundance of grain.
But Solomon, who wrote Psalm 72, asked God for an abundance of grain . . . on the top of the mountains, to characterize his reign as king. If grain on the mountain is so unusual, what is Solomon suggesting? That Gods power can produce results in even the most unpromising soil?
Perhaps you think of yourself as a little person, with very little to bring to the kingdom. Take courage: God can produce an abundant harvest through you. This is one of the ironies of faith: God uses the insignificant to accomplish the great. Not many of us are wise or noble; most of us are anonymous and far from extraordinary. Yet all of us can be used. And contrary to what we might think, it is because of our weakness that we can be used by God (1 Cor. 1:27-29; 2 Cor. 12:10).
Its possible to be too big or proud for God to use, but we can never be too little. Out of weakness we are made strong (Heb. 11:34). By Gods great power, we can do all that He has called us to do.
Lord, You work through such common things
those of us with flaws and weaknesses.
We are in awe of Your power and humbled by Your
choice of us. Our hearts long to be faithful to You.
To experience Gods power, we must first admit that we are weak.
Solomon and wisdom are virtually synonymous. As great as Solomon was and as much as he did for Israel through his kingshipeconomic prosperity, peace, arts, and culturehe still fell short of what God can do. In todays psalm, Solomon, the man who built golden temples and palaces, reflects on the power of God to save souls and to bring growth to barren places (72:13,16). God is the only one who truly does wondrous things (v.18).
8 posted on
07/13/2014 5:30:03 PM PDT by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
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)
12 posted on
07/13/2014 5:44:59 PM PDT by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
18 posted on
07/13/2014 6:20:40 PM PDT by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W
21 posted on
07/13/2014 6:34:08 PM PDT by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Kathy in Alaska; StarCMC
Thanks, galz, for another wonderful military hero to read about! There are so many, we can never run out! God bless them all!
28 posted on
07/13/2014 7:09:41 PM PDT by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)
To: Kathy in Alaska
When we lived in Dothan, Alabama in the 70s there was a wealthy businessman named Charles Woods. He was a bomber pilot in WWII and he was ferrying fuel to China from India when his co-pilot crashed the plane.
Everyone but Charles was burned to death but he somehow survived. He was horribly burned and it was said he had the worst burns of anyone to survive, ever.
He was so disfigured that he looked like a monster. His entire face was burned off and he only had one eye.
One day I happened to be driving on the North side of Dothan and happened on a small fleet of B-17 bombers which had been converted to tankers. Woods flew them occasionally and he used them to spray fire ants in an ill conceived project.
You had to admire someone who overcame such injuries to become a very wealthy man.
32 posted on
07/13/2014 7:32:56 PM PDT by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Charles Woods nearly gave all but something in him helped him to overcome much and to end up with a beautiful wife and a large number of beautiful children.
37 posted on
07/13/2014 8:03:05 PM PDT by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Evening, Kathy. Wow, what a guy! Thanks!
38 posted on
07/13/2014 8:03:22 PM PDT by
MoochPooch
(I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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