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[The Mayor]

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May 13

A Longing in Stone

Bible in a Year: 2 Kings 17–18; John 3:19–36

I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it. Deuteronomy 34:4

“Ah, every pier is a longing in stone!” says a line in Fernando Pessoa’s Portuguese poem “Ode Marítima.” Pessoa’s pier represents the emotions we feel as a ship moves slowly away from us. The vessel departs but the pier remains, an enduring monument to hopes and dreams, partings and yearnings. We ache for what’s lost, and for what we can’t quite reach.

The Portuguese word translated “longing” (saudade) refers to a nostalgic yearning we feel—a deep ache that defies definition. The poet is describing the indescribable.

We might say that Mount Nebo was Moses’s “longing in stone.” From Nebo he gazed into the promised land—a land he would never reach. God’s words to Moses—“I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it” (Deuteronomy 34:4)—might seem harsh. But if that’s all we see, we miss the heart of what’s happening. God is speaking immense comfort to Moses: “This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants’” (v. 4). Very soon, Moses would leave Nebo for a land far better than Canaan (v. 5).

Life often finds us standing on the pier. Loved ones depart; hopes fade; dreams die. Amid it all we sense echoes of Eden and hints of heaven. Our longings point us to God. He is the fulfillment we yearn for.

By Tim Gustafson

Reflect & Pray

What are your unfulfilled longings? What places in life are you trying to satisfy with wrong things? How can you find true fulfillment in God alone?

The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing—to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all beauty came from. C. S. Lewis

[left that other site]

In the early years of the Enterprise, she visited Boston. The ship was too large to come into the inner harbor, so my Dad chartered a little boat, and he took all of us kids out to see her, anchored out in the more open “outer” harbor.

I can still see in my mind’s eye how HUGE she is, like a mountain rising out of the sea.

This was years before STAR TREK, so THIS has always been “The Enterprise” for me!

[SkyDancer]

Hai Kathy (((HUGS))) sitting in the terminal at Kansas City waiting to take a short flight to Atlanta then overnight there.

[Kathy in Alaska]

*sigh* one must hit “Post” after “Preview”

[Biggirl]

Hi!

Even the name, “Enterprise”, extends itself into the future and into space: “Star Trek”.

[RWGinger]

? The Big E ( CVN-65) was taken out of service Dec.2012

[RWGinger]

? The Big E ( CVN-65) was taken out of service Dec.2012

[mountainlion]

Nice weather for a change.

Happy Mother’s Day to all.

[luvie]

A ship with a lot of history. Thanks for this story!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

A friend of ours served on the USS Enterprise during Vietnam and I had a few "adoptees" serving on it during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Not a huge connection to the ship, like to those who served on her, but I'll take what I can get. :-)
I always feel a pang when these mighty ships are decommissioned.

[Chode]

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[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Monday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

How's everyone doing this morning?

[luvie]

....Early Birds!
...and all the ships at sea!
[I love saying that! LOL!]
It's a beee-uuu-teee-ful day here.
Partly cloudy and cool.
A perfect combo for me!
Hope all y'all are having pretty weather!
..and have a Mahv'lus Monday!
((((hugs))))

[hoagy62]

I saw the title of the thread and I thought it was going in a different direction...oh, well....

[aomagrat]

I had the honor of serving on USS Enterprise (CVN-65) 1983-1986.