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Posted on 03/14/2024 6:00:19 PM PDT by beachn4fun
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PING~A~LING Y’ALL
Come on and hang out at the Canteen.
Hiya Beachie!
Howdy there, Early Bird! Hope your week is going well. Is it spring there now?
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))
No so far 80 is about as warm as it has gotten so far. Our trees are leafing out too. Crazy early. We MIGHT get rain in the next 5 days, and I have my fingers crossed that it does!
Howz things your way?
We’ve had a rainy season here; creeks running wild.
We are expecting some rain tomorrow but only the one day and then some sun.
It was in the 70s today. Nice evening out too
Some rain coming tomorrow and then back into the 50s next week.
I need weed the flower bed soon. Thankfully it’s only one.
This "party record" is the only song I know of that is about the Truman Doctrine.
Everybody Wants a Little Peace--Billy Gray's Hollywood Bandbox Review (1948)
“Billy, do you think there’s going to be another war?”
“Oh, don’t be silly. Who wants to fight?”
“Well, what makes you so sure?”
“Well, I was at the UNO meeting the other day,
And internationally, they agree on one thing”
“And what’s that?”
“Everybody wants a little peace.”
Heaven discloses it,
Bevin proposes it,
And no one ever opposes it.
Everybody wants a little peace.
Russia’s there for it,
Russians care for it,
And Polynesians go bare for it.
Everybody wants a little peace.
To realize peace in Turkey and Greece,
Our country is asked to come through.
For Turkey and Greece are hard up for peace,
And I am hard up for dough. No?
Dutchmen cheer for it.
Such men paid dear for it,
And every Frenchman is queer for it.
Everybody wants a little peace. Japs may cry for it,
Lapps may sigh for it,
And I hear tell Spanish fly for it.
Everybody wants a little peace.
Czechs are geared for it,
The decks are cleared for it,
And all the Greeks have been reared for it.
Everybody wants a little peace.
The peace of the morn that comes with the dawn
May bring you poetic delight.
Oh, such peace is rare, but can it compare
With the peace that you had last night? Not quite.
Germans repent with it,
Greetings are sent with in,
The girls I know pay their rent with it.
Everybody wants a little peace.
Poles shout “hooray!” for it,
Kegelers are gay for it,
Hawaiians give you a lei for it.
Everybody wants a little peace.
Now China’s a wreck, and poor Chiang Kai-shek
Wants peace, he pleads from his dais:
“I work like a devil for peace on the level,
But Chinese get peace on the bias.”
Byrnes turned gray for it,
Old maids pray for it,
And guys like me have to pay for it.
Everybody wants a little peace.
~ Just Hangin' Cafe ~
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Bible in a Year :
I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners.
As Dust Bowl sandstorms ravaged the United States during the Great Depression, John Millburn Davis, a resident of Hiawatha, Kansas, decided to make a name for himself. A self-made millionaire with no children, Davis might have invested in charity or economic development. Instead, at great expense, he commissioned eleven life-size statues of himself and his deceased wife to stand in the local cemetery.
“They hate me in Kansas,” Davis told journalist Ernie Pyle. Local residents wanted him to fund the construction of public facilities like a hospital, swimming pool, or park. Yet all he said was, “It’s my money and I spend it the way I please.”
King Solomon, the wealthiest man of his day, wrote, “Whoever loves money never has enough,” and “as goods increase, so do those who consume them” (Ecclesiastes 5:10–11). Solomon had grown keenly aware of the corrupting tendencies of wealth.
The apostle Paul also understood the temptation of wealth and chose to invest his life in obedience to Jesus. Awaiting execution in a Roman prison, he wrote triumphantly, “I am already being poured out like a drink offering . . . . I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Timothy 4:6–7).
What lasts isn’t what we chisel in stone or hoard for ourselves. It’s what we give out of love for each other and for Him—the One who shows us how to love. .
Reflect & Pray
What will others remember about you? What changes might you need to make as you ponder your eternal legacy?
Heavenly Father, please help me pour out my life for others in some small way today.
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!
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