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FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Arthur Wermuth ~ 21 August 2017
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Posted on 08/20/2017 5:01:37 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska
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Be Still
August 21, 2017
The Lord Almighty is with us, the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Psalm 46:11
Weve created more information in the last five years than in all of human history before it, and its coming at us all the time (Daniel Levitin, author of The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload). In a sense, Levitin says, we become addicted to the hyperstimulation. The constant barrage of news and knowledge can dominate our minds. In todays environment of media bombardment, it becomes increasingly difficult to find time to be quiet, to think, and to pray.
Psalm 46:10 says, Be still, and know that I am God, reminding us of the necessity to take time to focus on the Lord. Many people find that a quiet time is an essential part of each daya time to read the Bible, pray, and consider the goodness and greatness of God.
When we, like the writer of Psalm 46, experience the reality that God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble (v. 1), it drives our fear away (v. 2), shifts our focus from the worlds turmoil to Gods peace, and creates a quiet confidence that our Lord is in control (v. 10).
No matter how chaotic the world may become around us, we can find quietness and strength in our heavenly Fathers love and power.
Heavenly Father, we bring our noisy lives and our cluttered minds to You so that we can learn to be still and know that You are God.
Each day we need to be still and listen to the Lord.
Getting away to a quiet place can be a way to settle our thoughts. But sometimes the thought of being alone with our thoughts is uncomfortable. Psalm 46 speaks to us about being quiet in the presence of the God of Jacob, who is our fortress. Jacob (later named Israel) was a rascal, a liar, and a fugitive from his family.
Jacob struggled with God and God determined Jacob would know Him (see Gen. 32:2232). It is through Jacobs line centuries later that Jesus was born to offer us peace and forgiveness.
What could it mean to be still before God, who desired to lovingly father people like Jacob and who desires to be in intimate relationship with each of us? Mart DeHaan
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posted on
08/20/2017 5:01:56 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
REQUEST PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD
CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Jan. 14, 2008) The first major snowfall of the New Year blankets the USS Constitution. Despite the weather "Old Ironsides" remained open for free public tours. At 210 years-old, USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, manned by 67 active-duty United States Sailors and visited by nearly half a million visitors annually. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Brown (Released)
GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!!!
Boston, Oct. 21, 2009 - Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).
USS Constitution's 1812 Marine Guard fire vintage Springfield flintlock muskets during the ship's underway. "Old Ironsides" was underway for the "Constitution Day Cruise," which is conducted to thank the family and supporters of Constitution. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Nick Lyman (Released)
OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!
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posted on
08/20/2017 5:01:58 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
G’evening, all, hope your Lord’s Day was even half as blessed as mine.
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posted on
08/20/2017 5:03:24 PM PDT
by
lightman
(ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
~ Jess Hangin ~
~ Good Evening ~
~ Welcome To My World ~
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posted on
08/20/2017 5:11:17 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(There Are Three Great Ways To Perfect Landings - Unfortunately We Pilots Don't Know Them.)
To: The Mayor
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
Ready to take on the new week?
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posted on
08/20/2017 5:23:31 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: ConorMacNessa
Permission Granted!
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posted on
08/20/2017 5:25:03 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska; StarCMC
Good evening, Kathy and Star!
***HUGS***
Thanks very much coming aboard! Rendering Hand Salutes to our National Colors and to the Officer of the Deck!
And thanks very much for tonights Hall of Heroes thread! Captain Arthur Wermuth, USA is most worthy of induction into our Hall of Heroes!
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posted on
08/20/2017 5:32:12 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: StarCMC; Kathy in Alaska
WOO-HOO, thanks Star for tonight's Hero!
Hiya Kathy!
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posted on
08/20/2017 5:51:31 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(President Reagan, your worthy successor has arrived to save our beloved America)
To: lightman
Good evening, lightman...a pretty quiet day here, which was very nice.
Will you see the eclipse tomorrow?
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posted on
08/20/2017 5:52:34 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: SkyDancer
Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...nice weather for Jess Hangin’?
Sprinkling off and on all day here and supposed to get heavier as the evening continues. Not looking very good for seeing any of the eclipse.
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posted on
08/20/2017 6:02:07 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska; StarCMC
...come back next week for part 2...Incredible, he had already performed a whole slew of heroic tasks.
Looking forward to the rest of his story.
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posted on
08/20/2017 6:04:38 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(President Reagan, your worthy successor has arrived to save our beloved America)
To: StarCMC; MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2LT Radix jr; ...
Please note: The author of the Hall of Heroes is StarCMC.
~ Hall of Heroes: Arthur Wermuth ~
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posted on
08/20/2017 7:03:33 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Well we’re looking forward to it - supposed to happen around 9am or so but we get morning marine layer so dunno. I’m off on routes next few days but will be home over Labor Day weekend then off again.
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posted on
08/20/2017 7:07:22 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(There Are Three Great Ways To Perfect Landings - Unfortunately We Pilots Don't Know Them.)
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; AbnSarge; ..
Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!
Missing Man Setting
"The Empty Chair"
By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004
"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.
The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.
AS YOU REMEMBER.
The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.
We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each others company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:
The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.
The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.
The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.
The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.
The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate. The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them. The bible represents the faith that sustained them. The glass is inverted they cannot share in the toast. The chair is empty they are not here. They are missing.
And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.
We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.
But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.
WE SHOULD REMEMBER."
Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."
"Träumerei" Robert Schumann (Click)
Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!
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posted on
08/20/2017 7:11:59 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; AbnSarge; ..
Prayer request for the Officers and Crew of USS John S. McCain (DDG 56). My nephew serves on board the McCain as a Corpsman.
"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense." |
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posted on
08/20/2017 7:15:46 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Forecast is partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms—eclipse peaks from 2 - 3:30 PM, which is just when the daily towering cumulus/thunderstorm cycle begins to peak.
I’m hoping the reduced solar energy weakens the cloud build-up.
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posted on
08/20/2017 7:24:32 PM PDT
by
lightman
(ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
To: ConorMacNessa
I hope and pray that they’ll all be survivors! Have you heard from him? I hope so!
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posted on
08/20/2017 7:36:46 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; StarCMC
What a hero! Thanks, galz, for bringing him to our attention!
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posted on
08/20/2017 7:38:45 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
To: ConorMacNessa
...till they all come home....
Adding the 10 missing on the USS McCain...
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posted on
08/20/2017 8:01:36 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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