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FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 11 January 2018
Serving The Bestest Troops and Veterans In The Whole World!!
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Posted on 01/10/2018 6:01:41 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska
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Whats Inside?
January 11, 2018
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
2 Corinthians 4:7
Do you want to see whats inside? my friend asked. I had just complimented her on the old-fashioned rag doll her daughter held in her small arms. Instantly curious, I replied that yes, I very much wanted to see what was inside. She turned the doll face down and pulled open a discreet zipper sewn into its back. From within the cloth body, Emily gently removed a treasure: the rag doll shed held and loved throughout the years of her own childhood more than two decades prior. The outer doll was merely a shell without this inner core to give it strength and form.
Paul describes the truth of Jesuss life, death, and resurrection as a treasure, carried about in the frail humanity of Gods people. That treasure enables those who trust in Him to bear up under unthinkable adversity and continue in their service. When they do, His lightHis lifeshines brightly through the cracks of their humanness. Paul encourages us all not to lose heart (2 Corinthians 4:16) because God strengthens us to do His work.
Like the inner doll, the gospel-treasure within us lends both purpose and fortitude to our lives. When Gods strength shines through us, it invites others to ask, Whats inside? We can then unzip our hearts and reveal the life-giving promise of salvation in Christ.
Thank You, Lord, for saving me. Please shine Your light brightly through my broken life so others will be invited to know You too.
The gospel of truth shines through the brokenness of Gods people.
Second Corinthians 4 describes how Gods love mends broken people. We see evidence of this life-change in the story of Zacchaeus, a man who made large profits by overtaxing his people. When Jesus called him out of his sin, Zacchaeus instantly vowed: If I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount (Luke 19:110). His actions demonstrated his changed life.
How do your actions demonstrate Gods work in your life?
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posted on
01/10/2018 6:02:01 PM PST
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
01/10/2018 6:03:08 PM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Stay safe, everyone.
Honor those now serving and thank a Vet!
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posted on
01/10/2018 6:14:21 PM PST
by
lightman
(ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
To: The Mayor
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
The weekend can’t get here soon enough!!! I hope you were able to thaw your truck.
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posted on
01/10/2018 6:34:11 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: left that other site
Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...any improvement with the drain issue?
Hopefully things are warming up enough for you to get it draining again.
How is Penny coping? Any pub outings?
When I went downstairs this morning it was COLD...no heat and nothing on the thermostat. I changed the batteries, and when I left, it showed 58. If it hasn’t come up when I get home, I will run a space heater for a few hours and if that doesn’t work I will call my boiler guy.
It is currently 10 outside where I work.
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posted on
01/10/2018 6:40:54 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska; GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman; AZamericonnie; HiJinx; Colonel_Flagg; BIGLOOK; ...
ALWAYS remembering them!
On land, sea and in the air!
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posted on
01/10/2018 6:44:54 PM PST
by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Oh, my goodness! I sure hope you haven’t lost heat! 10 degrees isn’t a good time to be without! Yikes!
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posted on
01/10/2018 6:47:51 PM PST
by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks so much, Kathy!
Eating and hanging with son this evening again!
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posted on
01/10/2018 6:48:47 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Happy Trump Year!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
YIKES! I hate it when ther heat doesn’t work!
(((Especially in Alaska))))
I finally opened the drain yesterday! I was so happy! Now I hope it doesn’t freeze up again...it’s only the 2nd week in January.
I have to get up early tomorrow and take Penny to the vet for her rabies update shot. She behaves beautifully at the vet. A real champ.
But the South Shore Animal Hospital is NICER than some of the human hospitals I’ve been in.
Pub night lat night was fun, as my rock-star nephew was the host. It was a good night! :-)
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posted on
01/10/2018 7:00:07 PM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: LUV W
Love those pics! Especially the Blackbird.
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posted on
01/10/2018 7:01:17 PM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2LT Radix jr; 300winmag; ..
~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~
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posted on
01/10/2018 7:16:53 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: left that other site
Thank you! It’s my favorite warbird of all!
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posted on
01/10/2018 7:25:48 PM PST
by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
To: lightman
Good evening, lightman...thanks for helping honor our troops.
Hope you are getting back to “normal”. Do you have lots of snow?
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posted on
01/10/2018 7:30:22 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: LUV W
Good evening, Luv...great tools of our fantastic military. ((HUGS))
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posted on
01/10/2018 7:34:48 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks Kathy!
40 today, 50 tomorrow then a sudden drop.
Snow comes back late Friday and Saturday.
12 to 18 inches.... Jeesch.
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posted on
01/10/2018 7:35:35 PM PST
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: The Mayor; ConorMacNessa; SandRat; mountainlion; HiJinx; Publius; Jet Jaguar; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
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posted on
01/10/2018 7:36:23 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Do you have lots of snow? The couple of nuisance snows pretty much melted away today...first day with temperature hitting 40 F since before Christmas.
Woodstove finally getting a much needed rest after two solid weeks of hard firing. And I get to sleep in rather than wake to give it a hard firing before dawn....after staying up 'til midnight to pack it full for overnight banking.
Woohoo--uninterupted sleep!
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posted on
01/10/2018 7:36:25 PM PST
by
lightman
(ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Indeed and I’m glad this president has committed to seeing that they have all the best and newest equipment! I was very worried about their status under the horrible obama. spit!
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posted on
01/10/2018 7:44:36 PM PST
by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; Jet Jaguar; SandRat; laurenmarlowe; beachn4fun; ...
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
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posted on
01/10/2018 7:55:29 PM PST
by
radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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