FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ You Are Special ~ 24 June 2018

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

YOU ARE SPECIAL

"I don't know why I was even born," the young sailor confided! "I'm ugly. I'm not talented. I've never been what you would call smart. I don't really have any friends. And I can't seem to do anything right. I feel like I've spent my whole life letting people down. Sometimes I wonder if even God could love me!"

That conversation took place more than a decade ago, but I still remember it as if it were yesterday. That one and a lot of others over the years with the same message: "I'm no good; I'm just another loser."

Unfortunately, our society places a great premium on looking good, being popular, and being the best -- or at least being "special." Those who don't quite measure up often feel like that young sailor. Sometimes a person can spend his or her whole life trying to earn acceptance, and still end up an outsider. ... Sometimes even when others really DO care for them and want them to be part of the group! Maybe you have felt that way at times. If not, it's probable that someone you know has... or does.

Nearly two thousand years ago, the Apostle Paul described how God has made each of us special, given each person a unique combination of "gifts". It was an important message. It must have been. His letters preserve three different variations on that theme, written to three different communities. (You can read his comments in Romans 12, I Corinthians 12 and Ephesians 4.) A more recent author phrased it this way:

"You Have A Special Message To Deliver"

There is an old Jewish-Christian tradition which says:
God sends each person into this world
With a special message to deliver,
With a special song to sing for others,
With an act of love to bestow.

No one else can speak my message,
Or sing my song, or offer my act of love,
These are entrusted only to me.
According to this tradition,
The message may be spoken,
The song sung, the act of love delivered
Only to a few, or to all the folk in a small town,
Or to all the people in a large city,
Or even to all those in the whole world.

It all depends on God's unique plan for each person.
To which we might add:
The greatest gift of God, one would think,
Is the gift of life.
The greatest sin of humans, it would seem,
Would be to return that gift,
Ungrateful and unopened. Anonymous

If you're feeling down and discouraged today, there's good news. No matter what your appearance, background or position, you're one of God's unique gifts to the rest of us. God loves you, has a special purpose for you, and believes in who you can become. Lift up your heart. Despite all you may have been told, despite all you may have felt, you ARE special after all!

CAPT J. David Atwater, CHC, USN

 

[mylife]

Happy Lords Day Kathy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=9JFgC3Ub10E

[PROCON]

I worked the usual full day and 2 half-days, just relaxin' and enjoying the lovely weather now.

You don't get much darkness this time of the year, do you?

[mylife]

The height of the summer solstice? Not likely LOL

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVl1ibykWZU

Enjoy! Hope you are all having a wonderful day

[mylife]

Summer rain made me all misty today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCcHvmBqclY

[ConorMacNessa]

Good Evening, Kathy!

***HUGS***



A Blessed Lord's Day to you and yours! Thank you very much for this evening's Sunday Chapel thread.

This is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...any parachutes guys this time home? Hope your time at home is good weather.

Shavua Tov and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

[PROCON]

Yo my, what’s new your way?

[SkyDancer]

Hai! Nope, hadn’t had a call to fly jumpers this weekend but that’s okay, want to be with family. Have a Swell Sunday.

[ConorMacNessa]

"TAKE UP THY CROSS
AND FOLLOW ME"



"I Vow To Thee My Country"
Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
(Click)

"I VOW TO THEE, my country, all earthly things above,
Entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love;
The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,
That lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;
The love that never falters, the love that pays the price,
The love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.

And there's another country, I've heard of long ago,
Most dear to them that love her, most great to them that know;
We may not count her armies, we may not see her King;
Her fortress is a faithful heart, her pride is suffering;
And soul by soul and silently her shining bounds increase,
And her ways are ways of gentleness, and all her paths are peace."

[luvie]

Ray Walker~Master The Tempest Is Raging
Congregational Singing

Cynthia Clawson & Others~Church In The Wildwood

The Trevecca Madragalians~It Is Well With My Soul

Statler Brothers~How Great Thou Art

St. Olaf Choir~When Peace Like A River

Providence~There's A Goldmine In The Sky

Vocal Majority~Deep River

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!



Amazing Grace
(Click)
By John Newton

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!

Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures.

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, Who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.

When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, loveliberty2, and thank you.

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=DHQfIwyEVzY

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!



"HERR GEDENKEN NICHT UNSER ÜBELTHATEN"
("Lord Remember Not All Our Wickednesses")
Felix Mendelssohn
(Click)

HERR GEDENKE NICHT unsere Übelthaten,
_____und erbarme dich unsere Elends.
Herr, der du unser Heiland best, stehe uns bei,
Erlösen uns und vergieb uns unsere Sünden,
_____um der Herrlichkeit deines Names willen.
Hallelujah, hallelujah!

LORD, REMEMBER NOT all our wickednesses,
_____ but in mercy, Lord, look thou upon us.
Lord, our Savior blest, send Salvation!
And release us and forgive us our transgressions
_____for the majesty of thy glorious Namesake.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...a Blessed Lord’s Day and Shavua Tov to you and yours.

Did you and Blue and Penny all have a good day?

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless our military men and women who have given their all.

Thanks, unique.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, my...a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Did the VFW feed you well?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sunrise...4:20a

Sunset...11:40p

Remembering to watch the clock at night is a problem. LOL!