Exodus 17:1-7 (A paraphrase from Cadet Crab Returns)

To try to allay some of your worry,
I’ve come with – from the Bible- a very good story.

It is from Exodus 17:1-7 this time
It is a paraphrase, I trust you won’t mind:

1 The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin,
traveling from place to place as the LORD commanded them.
They camped at one day at a place called Rephidim,
but there was no water there for them.

2 So they quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water to drink."
Moses replied, “why to quarrel with me is it a good idea, do you think?
Do you not know how much you are being a pest
not bothering me so much as putting the LORD to the test?"

3 But the people were thirsty for water there,
and they grumbled against Moses in their dispair.
They said, "Why did you bring us up out of Egypt from the first
was it just to make us, our children and livestock die of great thirst?"

4 Then Moses found his words
as he cried out to the LORD,
"What am I to do with these folk?
They are almost ready kill me with stones rather than a rope"

5 The LORD answered Moses,
just as we should suppose, us.
"From these people walk away
take only the elders, tell the others to stay
and do not now forget to take your staff
the one that you struck at the River Nile with

I will stand before you at the rock at Horeb
and provide water when you strike it (even though the people here are acting quite horrid)

So Moses did this for the elders
and gave the name Massah and Meribah there
because they tested the LORD – what rot…-
and saying “Is the Lord with us or not.”

Spiritual Gifts and Receipt (DR Was)

Job 5 and Psalm 108 and Acts 10-11



http://drwas.blogspot.com/

Submissions for sessional logos

Submissions for sessional logos have started coming in...we've had some submitted from as far away as Australia (from Cadet Chris). If you have any suggestions or images, we invite you to submit them to herald@sheepspeak.com

Thanks!

FORMER CLC Communications Director,
Cadet Michael

Reminder Winnipeg Cadets - Help needed...

Cadets,

The next two Saturdays help is needed to paint the Booth Centre....

Hello Neighbour...

An important initiative to beat poverty!

Web Issue 2529 May 17 2006

LUM MACDONALD

PARENTS who not only show an interest in their children's education but also read to them increase the chances of their child being successful by 25%, researchers have found.

The findings form part of a special report into child poverty commissioned by the Department of Work and Pensions.
Researchers studied children from poor backgrounds who escaped poverty to try to find out which factors contributed to their success.

Boys whose father showed little or no interest in their education were found to be 25% less likely to break free of poverty by the time they were 30.

The government has made reducing child poverty a priority and it will use the results of the study when drawing up policies. The study focused on children born in 1970 who had broken free of poverty by the time they were 30.

It was found educational attainment is extremely important in determining children's future prospects, and one of the most important contributory factors is parental interest.

 

Read more: http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/62146.html

Pray for peace

From Project Ploughshares
http://www.ploughshares.ca/

Internationally verified reports tell us that, since 2003, the ongoing tragedy in Darfur has resulted in more than 200,000 civilian deaths; the displacement of upwards of 2 million people from their homes; the employment of systematic human rights abuses, including rape and sexual assault, as instruments of war; and the restriction of humanitarian aid.

The Darfur Peace Agreement signed in May 2006 raised hopes that this negotiated process would begin the complex but necessary task of addressing the immediate situation of threatened civilians and the underlying grievances in this armed conflict. Unfortunately the situation in Darfur has become worse since May.

Read more: http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/Statements/DarfurLetterOct06.pdf

Pray for the children

A United Nations report has revealed a "shocking" picture of physical, sexual and psychological violence against children across the globe.

CTV.ca News Staff

The report, released by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's office on Thursday, concludes that violence against children is widely accepted as normal and occurs in every country, every society and every social group.

"We knew children were victims of violence, but even so it was very surprising and shocking that it was so widespread," Mehr Khan Williams, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, told reporters Thursday.

"It cuts across cultures, income levels, education levels. No country is immune from it."

Read more: http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStories/ContentPosting.aspx?feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20061012%2fun_children_violence_061012&showbyline=True

http://www.un.org/news/

Food for Prayer....

New Orleans

Our struggle here is like the Battle of New Orleans.

The War is over. The foe has been defeated. The battle, however, still rages.

Even though the enemy has been defeated, there can still be a lot of casualties from ill-advised self-initiated battles.

(Originally published here on May 25, 2005)