Posted on 03/10/2024 5:01:05 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))
Hi Kathy. Thanks again for another bio.
~ Hall of Heroes: Jeremiah Denton ~
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I spent a wonderful 30 min or so with Jeremiah Denton - quite amazing man indeed.
Hi Kathy, thanks for tonight’s Canteen and for honoring our Hero!
Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...are you still afloat?
I woke up to 2” of fresh snow on my used to be clear and dry deck.
Good evening, Mooch...he was someone to really admire. His country before himself.
Are you going to make it through winter without snow? Is that unusual?
I had 2” of new snow this morning.
Bible in a Year :
Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do.
I recently read a novel about a woman who refuses to acknowledge she has terminal cancer. When Nicola’s exasperated friends force her to face the truth, the reason for her avoidance emerges. “I’ve wasted my life,” she tells them. Though born with talents and wealth, “I made nothing of my life. I was sloppy. I never stuck at anything.” The prospect of leaving the world now, feeling she’d achieved little, was too painful for Nicola to contemplate.
I was reading Ecclesiastes around the same time and found the contrast stark. Its Teacher won’t let us avoid the reality of the grave, “the realm of the dead, where you are going” (9:10). And while this is hard to face (v. 2), it can lead us to value every moment we have now (v. 4), intentionally enjoying our food and families (vv. 7–9), working purposefully (v. 10), taking adventures and risks (11:1, 6), and doing it all before the God we’ll one day answer to (v. 9; 12:13–14).
Nicola’s friends point out that her faithfulness and generosity to them proves her life hasn’t been a waste. But maybe the Teacher’s advice can save us all from such a crisis at the end of our lives: remember our Creator (12:1), follow His ways, and embrace every opportunity to live and love that today He provides. Reflect & Pray
How will you take delight in today’s simple, God-honoring joys? What one good thing have you yet to do or attempt?
Loving God, thank You for today and the gifts it holds. I’ll enjoy its simple joys and embrace its opportunities as an act of worship to You.
Learn more about the book of Ecclesiastes.
It was raining this morning for Tippy’s walk, but then it got bright and sunny. A beautiful spring day!
Thank you for posting this story about Admiral Jeremiah Denton. I was on an Admiral’s staff onboard the USS Hector (in Japan) while Jeremiah was in Alcatraz. I’ve read just about everything about him that was ever written and can’t imagine another “American” I could possibly admire more than him. I don’t know why him and others of his fellow prisoners didn’t get the MOH.
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To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!
Good evening, Arlis, and welcome to the Canteen.
What a wonderful memory. He was, indeed, an amazing man. He gave so much full well knowing the consequences.
Thanks for sharing.
Howdy, Kathy.
Nice to see you were able to go to the office and back without driving through snow.
Were the garnishments you’ve been looking for there today?
So glad we are largely snowless right now. Looking forward to spring.
Well, I reckon I gotta eat my words. LOL I just took a quick glance at Lake Hood this afternoon and didn’t go through rewind. I assume you went to the office this morning and that means you DID have to drive through snow. Only a little, fortunately.
Good evening, Pro...what he went through for his country.
2 more inches of snow. GRRRR!
A great man. Thank you for not letting him or his story be forgotten.
Good eveing, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
Hope you had a great weekend, and you have all your ducks in a row for the coming week.
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