FReeper Canteen ~ Just Hangin' Cafe ~ 20 March 2020

March 19, 2020 | Mary's Little Lamb

[beachn4fun]

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale
of our military and our allied military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

FReeper Canteen

Come on in, we're open
Need a place just to hang out?
This is it.
It's casual FRiday here at the Canteen.
Pull up a seat and relax.

We serve coffee, tea, conversation
and music.

Our AWESOME military,
our AWESOME allies,
and their families are welcomed
and honored here.

No worries in the FReeper Canteen
Just Hangin' Cafe.
Grab a cup or a glass, and start a conversation.
You never know who you might meet in the Cafe.
Glad you could join us.
Enjoy your stay.

REMEMBER

The Canteen is a family friendly place.
We welcome the military, our allies, and their families.
Continued prayers for the success and completion of your mission.
Prayers for your safe return home.

[beachn4fun]

Good evening Ma ((HUGS))

I have to run but wanted to ask how things are in the cold north? Are you working from home?

[left that other site]

I hadn’t seen the statues for years, and then your post came up, so I searched. Wikipedia had the picture from President Trump’s most recent trip to India just before the Coronavirus hit the fan.

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Just Hanin' Cafe ~

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Honoring those who have served before.

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[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

"PING~A~LING Y’ALL"

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[luvie]

Is it getting “springy” there now? I know you must be ready for it!

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“Chi-Com Virus”

Wow! I like that better than the “China Virus”!

You should text it to PDJT on twitter! He would probably use it! ;-)

[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

March 20

Slow for a Reason

Bible in a Year:

• Joshua 4–6
• Luke 1:1–20

You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love.

Nehemiah 9:17 In the BBC video series The Life of Mammals, host David Attenborough climbs a tree to take a humorous look at a three-toed sloth. Getting face to face with the world’s slowest moving mammal, he greets it with a “boo!” Failing to get a reaction, he explains that going slow is what you do if you are a three-toed sloth living primarily on leaves that are not easily digested and not very nutritious.

In a rehearsal of Israel’s history, Nehemiah reminds us of another example and explanation for going slow (9:9–21), but this one isn’t comical. According to Nehemiah, our God is the ultimate example of going slow—when it comes to anger. Nehemiah recounted how God cared for His people, instructing them with life-giving laws, sustaining them on their journey out of Egypt and providing them with the Promised Land (vv. 9–15). Although Israel constantly rebelled (v. 16), God never stopped loving them. Nehemiah’s explanation? Our Creator is by nature “gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love” (v. 17). Why else would He have borne so patiently His people’s complaints, disbelief, and distrust for forty years? (v. 21). It was because of God’s “great compassion” (v. 19).

What about us? A hot temper signals a cold heart. But the greatness of God’s heart gives us room to patiently live and love with Him.

By:  Mart DeHaan

Reflect & Pray

In what areas of your life do you need to practice being slow to anger? How does it make you feel that God is slow to anger with you?

Father in heaven, fill us with the Spirit of Your graciousness, compassion, mercy, and love so that others can see not just our restraint, but our love because of You.

[radu]

Howdy, beachie! *HUGZ*

Wasn’t sure I was gonna make it in this evening. Comcast is giving us fits again today. *siiiiiiigh*

Hope all’s well up your way these days? Enjoying tastes of Spring yet?

[radu]

Howdy, PRO!

I hope you know dat lil kitteh is getting “stolen” this evening, by probably more than one. LOL!

[SkyDancer]

Hai Kathy! (((HUGS))) Well did the written exam okay - passed that then on to orals and passed that, so tomorrow it’s in the box.

[PROCON]

Hey radu, since my daughter is having cabin fever in Seattle 'cuz she has to work from home, she sent me some pics of her kitteh, Sheldon.

He's a real softy-boy.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Probably from home Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and office Thursday and Friday. My child support program will NOT connect on the laptop they gave me. It’s there, but won’t open. Thus...Thursday and Friday in the office. Lysol spray and hand sanitizer (no idea where they found it) on hand.

Our floor is a ghost town and half the shops in the mall are closed til at least the end of the month.

No toilet paper, hand sanitizer, other cleaning things, rice, pasta, to be found. And we are only supplied by 2 barges a week from Seattle. They say the barges will continue to arrive on time. I am in good shape because I’ve been prepping since my Dad started going down hill. I knew then that no matter what happened, like an earthquake, we could only shelter in place. No way I could move them, and then to where??? I have plenty of paper goods, a full freezer, and am good to go.

Any issues for you and your area?

[radu]

OOOOOOOOO!!!!!! What a handsome feller Sheldon is!

I feel for her. I imagine a lot of folks are getting cabin fever these days. Nice thing for us is living on the farm. We can at least go outside and not worry about anyone else being close by. Just have to worry about sinking up to our knees in the muck from all the rain we’ve had. LOL

[luvie]

No doubt!! LOL!

[luvie]

Awwww....what a handsome floof!

[radu]

LOL! Isn’t that the cutest lil kitteh?

How’d your day go? Has it cooled off yet?
We had 75 degrees this afternoon and it felt soooooooo good.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Quite imposing, that kitty. LOL!

[luvie]

All kittehs are cute! Sheldon would be a cuddle bug!

It was a bit cooler today...and sunny. It was a bit windier than I like but after the rain we’ve had, there was NO dust in the sky!

Glad it was nice there. I know you have been longing for that kind of weather for so long. Enjoy while you can.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...anything still operating in your area? You and Penny still venturing out for some walking time and some fresh air?

We are having break up weather, but I am sure we will have another big snow dump before we actually get spring.