[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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God Bless Our Republic

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up

[Publius]

Hi, Kathy.

[ColdOne]

HELLO FROM IDAHO!!!! WOO WOO!!! GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!!

FINALLY HERE ON THE NET LATE ENOUGH TO POST!!!

LOL.. 23 and just a few feet of snow. Fredd is bored to cold to play outside.

God Bless you all!!

**hugs**

[mountainlion]

The Magi were probably the ones that Daniel worked but he was so much beyond their abilities. Daniel may have given them the sorry of the birth of Christ and the timing of the star of Bethlehem. Whether it is true or not we have Christ.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Reservist, or National Guardsman
Feel alone or forgotten.

O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is loving kindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
And He will redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.

Psalm 130:7 & 8

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

Good Lord's Day and Shavua Tov to you!

[wizr]

I do remember that episode, though it seems like only yesterday.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good Evening, Kathy!

***HUGS***



A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours! Thank you very much for tonight’s Sunday Chapel thread.

Rod Serling was indeed a perceptive and creative writer. Also a paratrooper in the Pacific theatre in WWII, 11th Airborne Division. He was wounded, awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. The horrors he witnessed apparently left him bitter.

"The Gift of the Magi" is an adaptation of the O. Henry short story of the same name. It was adapted for a TV show, I believe in the 60's, although I can't remember what anthology it was part of.

The story is, of course, very close to Serling's adaptation. A working class couple is planning Christmas gifts for each other. The wife has beautiful shoulder length hair and the husband has a good pocket watch. She wants to get him a watch fob and he wants to get her a pair of jeweled barrettes.

She has her hair cut off to finance the watch fob and he pawns the watch to finance her barrettes. Typical O. Henry. The lesson I drew from the story is the old bromide, often quoted by my late Father that "Sacrifice is the language of Love."

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)

[The Mayor]

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Joy
December 16, 2012

After Adam and Eve disobeyed God, joy was lost. God expelled them from their garden home to prevent something worse from happening. If they had eaten from the tree of life after eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, they would have lived forever in their misery.

Life outside the garden was not easy. Adam and Eve had to work hard for their food. The reality of death was everywhere, and animals preyed on one another. Even worse, the couple’s firstborn son murdered his younger brother. What could be worse? Sin had pierced their lives, and the couple could not stop joy from draining out.

But God had a plan to restore joy. Joy was lost in the Garden when death came, but joy returned through birth—the birth of God’s own Son. “I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people” (Luke 2:10). Jesus grew up to heal the sick, give sight to the blind, and raise the dead. But this was just a taste of things to come. God entered our world, experienced our sorrow, and conquered death, giving us hope that He will keep His promise to end pain, and eliminate sorrow and death (John 11:25-26; 1 Cor. 15:3-4; Rev. 21:4). No wonder Christmas is the season of joy!

Have you felt the joy of the shepherds,
Who were first to behold the sight
Of that holy Child of Mary,
On that wonderful Christmas night? —Brill

The joy of Christmas is Jesus.

Read: Luke 2:8-12

I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. —Luke 2:10

Bible in a Year:
Hebrews 8-10

[left that other site]

The Twilight Zone was one of my favorite TV shows when I was just a little kid.

The little “lessons” in each episode helped form my world view.

Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas, and prayers up for our FR Friends.

[SandRat]

and they traveled from afar following the star.

[MEG33]

Sunday Blessings To The Canteen

[mylife]

Masters Harmony~ Model Church

[mountainlion]

http://www.hallindsey.com/

Whether or not you like Hal he has a good presentation of the Maji.