with Carolyn Goff
Another Memorial Day has come and gone. I hope everyone had a great time with the long weekend. I hope you kept in mind the reason for the day and paid respect to our fallen soldiers. I saw on the news that they are expanding Arlington National Cemetery. I found this by Googling ANC. Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) is our nation’s most hallowed ground. ANC, consisting of 639 acres, is the final resting place for over 400,000 service members and their eligible dependents. Currently, ANC stands at a crossroads in its history. ANC will run out of space without changes to eligibility by 2041 (19 years from now) and, with the Southern Expansion Project, by 2060 (38 years). In order to significantly extend ANC’s capacity, changes to either eligibility criteria and/or expansion of the cemetery’s geographic footprint are required. The DAR Project began construction in September 2021 and is scheduled to be complete in June 2025.
Happy birthday on June 2 to Megan Landers. Have a great birthday.
Prayer request for Woodie Deming, Joyce Stewart and Kristen Jones. Keep our first responders, our law enforcement, our government and our great nation on your prayer list. Also, remember our sick, shut-ins, and ones that have lost loved ones.
Our devotion: “God’s Plan For Family Priorities” By Adrian Rogers, May 12, 2023 –
“PRAY OVER THIS: ‘And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.’” (Matthew 19:4-6)
“PONDER THIS: Marriage has the highest priority. The highest priority of human relationships is not parent to child or child to parent, but husband and wife to one another. Therefore, we as parents must be preparing our children to leave us. We must come to a place where the eagles stir the nest to send out those children so they can have homes of their own.
“Now the little eagle doesn’t want to leave the nest. It’s so comfortable in the nest and the mother eagle comes with little bits of fish or big fat juicy worms to feed that little eaglet there in the nest. But there comes a time when that eagle must fly and get out of the nest. It would be easy to do everything for the bird and never really teach that baby eagle how to fly. What a mistake!
“Marriage deals with more than simply a sexual union, though that is included. It means one flesh physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Two become one. Marriage is a romance, and in the first chapter, both the hero and the heroin die, and they become one new person. This does not end when you have children, you are still one, and you need to still prioritize that relationship, preparing for the day your child will be sent out.
“What are some relationships that have a high priority in your life?
“How can you pour into the next generation, preparing them to leave the nest?
“PRACTICE THIS: If you are married, prioritize your spouse today. If you are not married, ask a couple you know if there is a way you could serve and pray for their family.” www.LifeWorthLiving.org
Have a blessed week, keep smiling and be kind to everyone!
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