Dear KKIM Family,
I am so very thankful for my wife Sharon. In getting away this weekend, I realized we need to do that more often. My prayer is that you got to spend time with family and honor those who have given their life for our Country and those who still serve. Did you fly the flag?
To start off this new wonderful week in the Lord, let me share this with you……..it is a devotional from Chris Tiegreen. Please read it slowly and read it again and pray over it….such words of wisdom.
From Self to God
The world and its desires pass away, but the
man who does the will of God lives forever.
1 JOHN 2:17
In Word
A consistent theme of the New Testament is that we have been bought. Paul tells it to the Corinthians twice, in two different contexts (1 Corinthians 6:20 and 7:23). Paul calls himself a servant, a bondservant or a slave of Christ in nearly every epistle that he wrote. Both Peter and Paul tell us that the church and individual believers are a possession of God (Titus 2:14 and 1 Peter 2:9). Regardless of whether the context is personal freedom, sexual morality, life in the fellowship of believers, or anything else, we are not our own. We belong to Another.
When that really sinks into a believer’s heart, it is a profound revelation. A living sacrifice—in other words, a true worshiper—does not claim his own rights. He does not complain about slights and grievances, because he knows that his Master has ordained them and may even be using them for marvelous purposes. He bypasses the world and its desires. He throws his own personal agenda in the trash, no matter how many goals and dreams and preferences are on it. He does not make out his own schedule, he does not consider any possession his own, he does not make decisions from human reasoning, and he does not maintain any self-interest in his relationships with other people. He disregards the cultural warnings that too much selflessness is unhealthy, because his health is not the issue. God alone is the issue. His will, His character, his plans, and His providence are paramount.
In Deed
We know better than to assume any of us have lived up to that ideal. But it’s still the goal, isn’t it? A heart that truly worships another is a heart that has completely abandoned itself.
Most of the stresses of life come from threats to our self-interest. But if we have no self-interest, where is the stress? The heart that has abandoned itself to God is at rest. It has learned to love the eternal over the world. It lives in peace forever.
Self is the opaque veil that hides the face of God from us.
–A. W. Tozer
Dear Friends, Let us not hide from God, but give our lives everyday to Him. Let us each day let go of ourselves and “let in” the Will of God for us. Sharon and I got away this weekend to Chama and had a wonderful stay at the RiverBend Lodge and a fantastic meal at High Country. Shea has the best steaks!
We got back on Monday and out our display of American Flags in honor of those who have given their life for our Country and for those serving now. Did you fly the flag?
That is about all I have for us this morning, I am trying to learn to shut off my radio world when we go away….I am learning that I have to get away and also Sharon deserves time away from the radio world, as she sacrifices much with my work hours. I am going to try to be a better husband to Sharon and take the weekends off from emails and phone calls. That is hard for me as I love to be of service to all. So please if I do not respond to your call or email on the weekends, please understand. This weekend went by to fast for us. Does this fit what I am talking about or what?
Martin Luther said, “Not now, becomes NEVER!
or
Delay is the deadliest form of denial.
Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana said, “Habit is the daily battle ground of Character.”
Those who wait upon the Lord shall mount up on wings as eagles….. Isaiah 40:31
Let me share this with you that was sent over the weekend………
This is from our friend Dave Meurer.
Friends,
>>
>> This is quite an email. I received it this morning and if you do
>> nothing else this day on your computer, please, forward this to as
>> many people as you can. No matter what your political views are this
>> is special.
>>
>> “For those who have served, Freedom holds a special place the
>> protected will never know”
>>
>>
>>
>> FRIDAY MORNING AT THE PENTAGON
>> Joe Galloway – Co-author of “We Were Soldiers Once…. And Young”
>> FRIDAY MORNING AT THE PENTAGON
>> By JOSEPH L. GALLOWAY
>> McClatchy Newspapers
>>
>> Over the last 12 months, 1,042 soldiers, Marines, sailors and Air
>> Force personnel have given their lives in the terrible duty that is
>> war. Thousands more have come home on stretchers, horribly wounded
>> and facing months or years in military hospitals.
>>
>> This week, I’m turning my space over to a good friend and former
>> roommate, Army Lt. Col. Robert Bateman, who recently completed a
>> yearlong tour of duty in Iraq and is now back at the Pentagon.
>> Here’s Lt. Col. Bateman’s account of a little-known ceremony that
>> fills the halls of the Army corridor of the Pentagon with cheers,
>> applause and many tears every Friday morning. It first appeared on
>> May 17 on the Weblog of media critic and pundit Eric Alterman at the
>> Media Matters for America Website.
>>
>> “It is 110 yards from the “E” ring to the”A” ring of the Pentagon.
>> This section of the Pentagon is newly renovated; the floors shine,
>> the hallway is broad, and the lighting is bright. At this instant the
>> entire length of the corridor is packed with officers, a few
>> sergeants and some civilians, all crammed tightly three and four deep
>> against the walls.
>>
>> There are thousands here. This hallway, more than any other, is the
>> Army’ hallway. The G3 offices line one side, G2 the other, G8 is
>> around the corner. All Army. moderate conversations flow in a low
>> buzz.. Friends who may not have seen each other for a few weeks, or a
>> few years, spot each other, cross the way and renew their
>> friendships. Everyone shifts to ensure an open path remains down the
>> center. The air conditioning system was not designed for this press
>> of bodies in this area. The temperature is rising already. Nobody
>> cares.10:36 hours: The clapping starts at the E-Ring. That is the
>> outer most of the five rings of the Pentagon and it is closest to the
>> entrance to the building.
>>
>> This clapping is low, sustained, hearty. It is applause with a deep
>> emotion behind it as it moves forward in a wave down the length of
>> the hallway. A steady rolling wave of sound it is, moving at the pace
>> of the soldier in the wheelchair who marks the forward edge with his
>> presence. He is the first.
>>
>> He is missing the greater part of one leg, and some of his wounds are
>> still suppurating. By his age I expect that he is a private, or
>> perhaps a private first class. Captains, majors, lieutenant colonels
>> and colonels meet his gaze and nod as they applaud, soldier to
>> soldier. Three years ago when I described one of these events, those
>> lining the hallways were somewhat different. The applause a little
>> wilder, perhaps in private guilt for not having shared in the burden.
>> Yet. Now almost everyone lining the hallway is, like the man in the
>> wheelchair, also a combat veteran. This steadies the applause, but I
>> think deepens the sentiment. We have all been there now. The
>> soldier’s chair is pushed by, I believe, a full colonel. Behind him,
>> and stretching the length from Rings E to A, come more of his peers,
>> each private, corporal, or sergeant assisted as need be by a field
>> grade officer. 11:00 hours: Twenty-four minutes of steady applause.
>> My hands hurt, and I laugh to myself at how stupid that sounds in my
>> own head. My hands hurt.. Please! Shut up and clap.
>>
>> For twenty-four minutes, soldier after soldier has come down this
>> hallway – 20, 25, 30. Fifty-three legs come with them, and perhaps
>> only 52 hands or arms, but down this hall came 30 solid hearts. They
>> pass down this corridor of officers and applause, and then meet for a
>> private lunch, at which they are the guests of honor, hosted by the
>> generals.
>>
>> Some are wheeled along. Some insist upon getting out of their chairs,
>> to march as best they can with their chin held up, down this hallway,
>> through this most unique audience.
>> Some are catching handshakes and smiling like a politician at a
>> Fourth of July parade. More than a couple of them seem amazed and are
>> smiling shyly.
>>
>> There are families with them as well: the 18-year-old war-bride
>> pushing her 19-year-old husband’s wheelchair and not quite
>> understanding why her husband is so affected by this, the boy she
>> grew up with, now a man, who had never shed a tear is crying; the
>> older immigrant Latino parents who have, perhaps more than their
>> wounded mid-20s son, an appreciation for the emotion given on their
>> son’s behalf. No man in that hallway, walking or clapping, is ashamed
>> by the silent tears on more than a few cheeks. An Airborne Ranger
>> wipes his eyes only to better see. A couple of the officers in this
>> crowd have themselves been a part of this parade in the past. These
>> are our men, broken in body they may be, but they are our brothers,
>> and we welcome them home. This parade has gone on, every single
>> Friday, all year long, for more than four years.
>>
>> Did you know that? The media hasn’t yet told the story. And probably
>> never will.
Thanks for sharing Dave…….Thank you for your prayers for Sharon and I.Our prayers were answered for a safe trip. Lars and his friends attended the concert in Denver and will leave for home today around noon. Please keep him in your prayers.
It made me sad yesterday when I was watching Baseball on ESPN……they honored our Military but called their salute, One Nation,One people or something like that..maybe it was One Nation One Purpose…….Do you remember? All I know is that I wish it had been, One Nation under God………But baseball has chased God out like many have and it has been struck by steroids. How sad is that!!! Baseball looks up to players like Alex Rodriguez and his performance was drug induced! But yet baseball acts like nothing and hides. All players who cheated should be thrown out! Look at the players like Hall-0f-Famer’s Ted Williams, Bob Feller who fought for our Country in WWII, the real heroes of Baseball…….unlike a lot of the players today who are so out of touch with reality! If Shoeless Joe Jackson remains banned from the Hall-Of-Fame because he could not read and supposedly took part in the Black Sox Scandal…….players like A-ROD, Barry Bonds should also be banned. One more thing.baseball, (Many of you know I have been a die-hard Baseball fan all my life, so it is hard to write this!) Yesterday as ESPN branded itself as All-American, family, Baseball, etc…..it ran spots for raunchy tv shows! End of rant! I pray that not only Baseball, but Football and all professional Sports clean up their act. So many of our young people get their model of life from pro sports.
Let us pray………..
Dear Lord, Thank you for all those who have served lour Country and are serving now. May we remember them always and not just on Memorial Day. In the name of Jesus, AMEN!
He who follows Me shall have the Light of Life. John 8:12
In the Love of Christ, Dewey Sharon and family
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