I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL! For All of our other military personnel, where ever they may Be Please Support all of the troops defending our Country. And God Bless our Military who are protecting our Country for our Freedom. Thanks To them, and their sacrifices we can celebrate the 4th of July We must never forget who Gets the credit for the freedoms we have, of which we should be Eternally grateful.. I watched the flag Pass by one day, It fluttered in the breeze. A young Marine Saluted it, And then he stood at ease.. I looked at Him in uniform So young, so tall, so proud, With hair cut square And eyes alert He'd stand out in any crowd. I thought how many men Like him Had fallen through the years. How many died on foreign Soil How many mothers' tears? How many pilots' planes Shot down? How many died at sea How many foxholes were soldiers' Graves? No, freedom isn't free I heard the sound of Taps One night, When everything was still, I listened to the bugler Play And felt a sudden chill. I wondered just how many times That Taps had meant 'Amen,' When a flag had draped a Coffin. Of a brother or a friend. I thought of all the Children, Of the mothers and the wives, Of fathers, sons and Husbands With interrupted lives. I Thought about a graveyardAt the bottom of the sea Of unmarked graves in Arlington. No, freedom isn't free. Enjoy Your Freedom &God Bless Our TroopsWhen You receive this, please stop for a moment And Say a Prayer for our servicemen. Of all the gifts you could give A US Soldier, Prayer is the very best One.

"Think carefully about what you are reading"

Mary, had a little Lamb, His fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went, The Lamb was sure to go. He followed her to school each day, T'wasn't even in the rule It made the children laugh and play, To have The Lamb at school... And then the rules all changed one day, Illegal it became; To bring The Lamb of God to school, Or even speak His Name! Every day got worse and worse, And days turned into years.. Instead of hearing children laugh, We heard gun shots and tears. What must we do to stop the crime, That's in our schools today? Let's let The Lamb come back to school, And teach our kids to pray!

WINDOW THROUGH WHICH WE LOOK

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, The young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside. That laundry is not very clean, she said. She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap. Her husband looked on, but remained silent. Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, The young woman would make the same comments. About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a Nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband: Look, she has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this. "The husband said, I got up early this morning and Cleaned our windows."

And so it is with life. What we see when watching others Depends

on the purity of the window through which we look. This is quite a lesson to learn, and one we all have had to learn, lets never judge others til we have walked in their shoes, or we are willing to help them.

Happy Teriffic Tuesday

The Alaska Chronicles - Day and Day

My oldest son and I arrived in Anchorage, Alaska at 5 pm.

It was sunny and bright. Each day we went to bed around 10 pm.

It was still bright.

I usually awoke around 5am. It was bright at 5 am.

I never saw darkness.

Alaska is one of the places that can have extremely long daylight hours.

It can also have extremely long hours of darkness.

It reminded me of life.

There are some seasons when everything is bright.

It looks good, it feels good and things just seem to work.

Sometimes such seasons extend for years.

And then... the season changes.

We then wonder:

When will I see the light?

When will it end?

When will I get a break?

Why aren't my prayers answered?

Where is God?

Sometimes you've got to understand where you are and which season you are in.

Sometimes you have to understand that darkness endures for a season.

It's a part of the necessary cycle.

But remember no matter how long the darkness endures,

the son will come again.

While the earth remaineth,

seed time and harvest,

and cold andheat,

and summer and winter,

and day and night shall not cease.

(Gen 8:22 KJV)

You've got to know the season.

You got to know the Son

I Have Been All Tied Up For Days Now...

So much been going on, and we live a very busy life, with church, family, and tasks at hand it is a good and very full life. But you know some times we think there just is not enough time in one day to accomplish all we need to. Most of my days are like that, but God sifts through all the unimportant stuff and seems to have a way of putting my agenda in a perfect order for me, so I do get most done that is needed. The weather is gloomy here, but praise God the Son still shines down upon me, and even through the rain drops, and cold air he warms my soul, and keeps my heart leaning toward him, what an awesome God I serve, I shudder to think of what life would be without him, I know that will never happen though, he told me in his precious word that he would never leave me or forsake me. I am not sure how many are reading this blog, but whom ever does I ask you to pray for my dear friend Pat tomorrow, she is having surgery, she was diagnosed with breast cancer about 6 months ago, she went through Chemo therapy and now it is time to see inside, the MRI said there in no cancer, and that is what we are praying for tomorrow, when they look inside, they will just remove the scar tissue, and there will be no signs of cancer there or any where else. Pray this with me please, and I know the Lord has brought her through all this, and it will be such a tremendous testimony to him when it is all over, and others see the way he worked in this physical problem, but we all know nothing is too hard for our God almighty to take care of, let it be a good lesson for us all, and let us see him in the perspective he is, Omniscience, Omnipotent, Omnipresent and all caring for his own, God bless you reader, and God bless my dear friend tomorrow in her time of trial. Thank You Lord for all you will do, in her, and through her.

Be A Blessing To Your Pastor and his dear wife Today:

Exodus 17:9-12 “And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.”

Taking a moment to say thank you Pastor, and Mrs. for your kindess and gentle Spirit, for your longsuffering, and your great compassion on others, our pastors need this, they go through so very much daily that we never hear about, and never see, only God knows the heart breaks and heart aches a pastor goes through being the under Shepherd for his flock. So take a minute to pray for yours, and to let him know you are praying for him, in these hard days it will certainly be a blessing to them both. In doing so you will love and respect him more, and will be blessed too.