To: DieHard the Hunter; LUV W

Well Check! Please check in as you can & prayers up for your country men! *hugs*

41 posted on 02/21/2011 7:03:57 PM PST by AZamericonnie

To: laurenmarlowe

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

Greater Compassion
February 22, 2011

I first met my wife, Marlene, in college. I was majoring in pastoral studies, and she was working on a degree in elementary education. The first time I saw her working with children, I knew what a natural fit this was for her. She loved children. It became even more obvious when we got married and had children of our own. Seeing her with them was an education in unconditional love and acceptance. It was clear to me that there is nothing in all the world like the tender love and compassion of a mother for her newborn child.

That’s what makes Isaiah 49:15 so remarkable. It’s here that God told His people, who were feeling forsaken and forgotten (v.14), that His compassion is even greater than a mother’s: “Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you.”

Sometimes we face struggles in life, and we are tempted to think that God has forgotten us. We may even believe that God no longer loves us. But God’s love for us is as expansive as the open arms of Christ on the cross. And the tender compassion of our heavenly Father is more dependable and more enduring than the love of a nursing mother for her infant. Be comforted—His love never fails.

God will not forget His children
Nor will He forsake our care;
His compassion is enduring—
Even when we’re unaware. —Sper

God’s love for us is as expansive
as the open arms of Christ on the cross.

Read: Isaiah 49:13-18

Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. —Isaiah 49:15

Bible in a year:
Numbers 4-6; Mark 4:1-20

42 posted on 02/21/2011 7:04:41 PM PST by The Mayor (Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty!)

To: AZamericonnie

Oorah Marine Air! Semper Fi!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

43 posted on 02/21/2011 7:05:08 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)

To: ConorMacNessa; All

Rest In Peace our Heroes

Il Silenzio

Let Them In St. Peter

44 posted on 02/21/2011 7:05:30 PM PST by AZamericonnie

To: ConorMacNessa

God rest the souls of the fallen heroes....and comfort for their families. We are one in our mourning of their passing.

45 posted on 02/21/2011 7:05:53 PM PST by luvie (No Compromise!)

And second....Pro snags the silver!

46 posted on 02/21/2011 7:07:07 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)

To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

And rounding out the top three....Deo bags the bronze!!

47 posted on 02/21/2011 7:10:54 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)

To: ConorMacNessa

Good evening Conor & lovely to see you as always! *hugs*

I wonder.....what are the Iranians flying these days?

48 posted on 02/21/2011 7:11:56 PM PST by AZamericonnie

To: AZamericonnie

49 posted on 02/21/2011 7:12:53 PM PST by 2111USMC

To: AZamericonnie

50 posted on 02/21/2011 7:13:27 PM PST by 2111USMC

To: AZamericonnie

Gotta love Marine pilots! ROFL!!!!!

51 posted on 02/21/2011 7:14:24 PM PST by luvie (No Compromise!)

To: ConorMacNessa

Last Post

RIP

Pvt Conrad Lewis, British Army
4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (4 PARA),
the Territorial Army Battalion

Flowers of the Forest

52 posted on 02/21/2011 7:15:34 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)

To: AZamericonnie; DieHard the Hunter

I’m watching out to see if he posts...as you probably are, too. One of his friends was asking about him. He hasn’t answered as far as I know.

53 posted on 02/21/2011 7:16:30 PM PST by luvie (No Compromise!)

To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; PROCON; LUV W; ...

REST IN PEACE, FALLEN BROTHER!

Pvt. Mila Kirifi, New Zealand Defence Force, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, Died Afghanistan 15FEB2011

I have fought a good fight,
I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV)

God Of Our Fathers

Flowers of the Forest

Rest in Peace, fallen brother, rest in peace!
We who remain hold you in high honor.
Rest, fallen brother, in this sacred precinct;
We who remain keep this place sacred.
Rest, fallen brother, among these, your comrades;
We who remain keep the watch.
Rest, fallen brother, among these who answered the Nation’s call;
We who remain press the fight forward in your name.
Rest, fallen brother, lay down thy burden;
We who remain have taken up the torch.
Rest in Peace, fallen brother, rest in eternal peace!

Last Post

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

54 posted on 02/21/2011 7:17:01 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)

To: laurenmarlowe

Evening Lauren, Hugs.

55 posted on 02/21/2011 7:18:23 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (We kneel to no prince but the Prince of Peace)

To: Kathy in Alaska

(((HUGS)))

Mars

Good Evening, all. I am hitting the sheets early tonight! (((HUGS)))) to all!

ML/LTOS
(El Kabong)

56 posted on 02/21/2011 7:18:38 PM PST by left that other site

To: left that other site

Sleep well, ML - may angels guard thee 'til morn'.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

57 posted on 02/21/2011 7:21:18 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)

To: BIGLOOK; LUV W; DieHard the Hunter

Evening all!

Where DieHard lives, unless he has moved, is over a 14 hour drive so he isn't 'in' the vicinity of the destruction!

Would be nice to hear from him tho!

58 posted on 02/21/2011 7:22:01 PM PST by oldteen

To: TASMANIANRED

Good evening, Taz!

*HUGS*

I like the tagline!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

59 posted on 02/21/2011 7:22:55 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)

To: 2111USMC; Fawnn

Well you sneaky lil brattttt! :) Hope your are preparing & in good spirits Marine!

Borrowed a woohoo Fawnn!:) Thank you!:)

60 posted on 02/21/2011 7:24:08 PM PST by AZamericonnie

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