This will be my next read, make it yours as well.

And from the Good Book

Read Matthew 24 v 36

Beware of any effort to pin a date or time on

prophetic events as it relates to the return of Christ

and eschatology. There is only one who knows dates and times

and He has revealed them to no one. Watch instead for the signs then

in love and expectancy await the unfolding of events.

And watch out for false prophets(often referred to as wolves in sheeps clothing).

Deception is one of the signs to watch for-watch that others not

deceive you.

So Far Away

***

It seems so far away

This land that I prefer

This land lies North of Idaho

The place to which I refer.

***

It takes in all Alaska

And Canada's lonely North

I pause here to dream a bit

Of the day I go forth

***

When I finally up and sieze my dream

When I venture beyond my turf

When I up and leave my nest

And take a measure of my worth

***

There is something about this land

That can test the insides of a man

To see what you are made of

Whether you can do what few others can

***

It's more than cold and beauty

Although it has that and more

It can change you from the inside-out

And make you better than before.

***

It humbles and gives perspective

When you gaze upon it's scene

It turns you from selfish service

And makes you more serene

***

And as you contemplate it's maker

And scan it's breadth and height.

It brings you closer to the Lord

Who created all in sight.

***

From the shore of the mighty Yukon

To some lonely Arctic beach

The land speaks aloud a sermon

Better than any man can preach

***

It testifies to the greater God

It magnifies His power.

For when the Master made the Northland

It was His finest hour.

***

Amen

***

by Ranger Bill Harrington

This one is great.

Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell is well worth the time spent reading it. It is difficult to put it down once you start reading it. We must get to know our military heroes, Petty Officer Luttrell is every bit of one. A Navy Seal, PO1 Luttrell, was the sole survivor of a mission into the Afghan mountains. He speaks freely of his faith that sustained him. If you get nothing out of this book but this-it is time well invested-

1) God proved his presence time and time again in sparing this man from a horrible fate.

2) When our nation sends our warriors into combat, we must not tie their hands with rediculous rules of engagement. The enemy we face today does not play by rules and has nothing but

disdain for the fact that we do so. Those rules may have caused some good sailors to die up there in those Afghan mountains.

Thank you Petty Officer Luttrell for your service. Hooyah Marcus Luttell!

Current Read- "Blue Water Sailor" by Don Sheppard

An excellent book from a destroyerman. The things I missed out on in the Phillipines and on those Westpac cruises.