FReeper Canteen ~ The Berlin Airlift Part 4: The Legacy ~ 23 December 2019

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[The Mayor]

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December 23

A String of Yeses

Bible in a Year:

• Nahum 1–3
• Revelation 14

Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

Luke 2:19

One Christmas, my grandmother gave me a beautiful pearl necklace. The beautiful beads glowed about my neck until one day the string broke. Balls bounced in all directions off our home’s hardwood flooring. Crawling over the planks, I recovered each tiny orb. On their own, they were small. But oh, when strung together, those pearls made such an impression!

Sometimes my yeses to God seem so insignificant—like those individual pearls. I compare myself to Mary, the mother of Jesus who was so fantastically obedient. She said yes when she embraced God’s call for her to carry the Messiah. “‘I am the Lord’s servant,’ Mary answered. ‘May your word to me be fulfilled’” (Luke 1:38). Did she understand all that would be required of her? That an even bigger yes to relinquishing her Son on the cross loomed ahead?

After the visits of the angels and shepherds, Luke 2:19 tells us that Mary “treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” Treasure means to “store up.” Ponder means to “thread together.” The phrase is repeated of Mary in Luke 2:51. She would respond with many yeses over her lifetime.

As with Mary, the key to our obedience might be a threading together of various yeses to our Father’s invitations, one at a time, until they string into the treasure of a surrendered life.

By: Elisa Morgan

Reflect & Pray

What yeses do you need to say to God? How can you learn to be more obedient?

Dear God, help us to respond, one yes at a time, to Your ongoing work in our lives.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Have all your house guests arrived? The stockings hung by the chimney with care?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

((((HUGS))))

[rktman]

Thanks and Merry Christmas.😁

[mountainlion]

Pearls of wisdom

[PROCON]

Thanks so much for posting the Berlin Airlift Canteen, Kathy!

Marvelous bravery and humanitarianism by the allies!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[lizma2]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good almost CHRISTmas Eve, ML...((HUGS))...any singing for the season?

Hope you and Penny and your warm coats were able to get in a couple walks.

So sorry about the cancelled program with your friend.

Single digits here, and virtually no snow, but they say it is coming for Christmas.

[Rummyfan]

Quite simply, one of the greatest humanitarian efforts in history. Ever.

[left that other site]

Not much singing, but plenty of walking! :-)

Both Penny and i have nice warm coats.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, rktman, and Merry Christmas to you too. Thank you.

[TMN78247]

Kathy,

THANKS to the Canteen Crew for doing The Airlift.

It’s been GREAT, imo.

Yours, TMN78247

[TMN78247]

Kathy,

THANKS to the Canteen Crew for doing The Airlift.

It’s been GREAT, imo.

Yours, TMN78247

[luvie]

Best Christmas Story Ever!
Our troops have the biggest hearts
of any militaries.
Thanks, Kathy, for bringing us this story!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, mountainlion...will you have a white Christmas?

[Kathy in Alaska]