Posted on Jul 24, 2019
The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day!
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The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day!
Good "Wednesday" Morning Everyone from the "Eagle's Nest" in Castle Rock, CO — 24 July 2019!
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Today is: "Impossible to Forget Day!" Why Not?
"Great leaders that truly inspire are impossible to forget. They leave an ever lasting positive impression on everyone they come in contact with. Same goes for poor and toxic leaders, impossible to forget for the wrong reasons! Which type of leader are you?" — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
The Quote in the Picture Today Reads: "Be easy to love, hard to break and impossible to forget." — JmStorm
"It's hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember." — Sujish Kandampully
"Home is where the heart is, good friends are hard to find and impossible to forget. True love is born from hard times." — John Green
"Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget." — Unknown Author
"To remember is painful, to forget is impossible." — Maureen Connolly
"I will not be another flower picked for my beauty and left to die. I will be difficult to find, and impossible to forget." — Erin Van Vuren
"A truly great leader, hard to find… difficult to part with… impossible to forget." ― Unknown Author
"For us military men, it is impossible to forget." — Andrei Grechko
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The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day!
Good "Wednesday" Morning Everyone from the "Eagle's Nest" in Castle Rock, CO — 24 July 2019!
Don't forget to Join Cpl Jania Masterson for Warriors for Life Virtual Group Support Community Services tonight: https://www.rallypoint.com/shared-links/warriors-for-life-wfl-with-veteran-cpl-jania-masterson-insomnia-how-ptsd-affects-our
Today is: "Impossible to Forget Day!" Why Not?
"Great leaders that truly inspire are impossible to forget. They leave an ever lasting positive impression on everyone they come in contact with. Same goes for poor and toxic leaders, impossible to forget for the wrong reasons! Which type of leader are you?" — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
The Quote in the Picture Today Reads: "Be easy to love, hard to break and impossible to forget." — JmStorm
"It's hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember." — Sujish Kandampully
"Home is where the heart is, good friends are hard to find and impossible to forget. True love is born from hard times." — John Green
"Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget." — Unknown Author
"To remember is painful, to forget is impossible." — Maureen Connolly
"I will not be another flower picked for my beauty and left to die. I will be difficult to find, and impossible to forget." — Erin Van Vuren
"A truly great leader, hard to find… difficult to part with… impossible to forget." ― Unknown Author
"For us military men, it is impossible to forget." — Andrei Grechko
Check out all the BLOGs at Victory for Veterans: http://www.VictoryForVeterans.org
Follow our "Warriors for Life" group page on RallyPoint: https://www.rallypoint.com/organizations/warriors-for-life
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I am looking on the other side of the coin, so to speak, about forgetting/not forgetting someone. I am very thankful that God does not forget me. He does not remember my sins but He does not forget me. I do not deserve Him remembering me for any greatness but I am grateful that He is faithful to not forget me. Maybe we should take a look at His example and look beyond the bad others do and instead look forward to the good we can find in others. Have a blessed day my RP Family.
Taken from desiringGod.org
JULY 22, 2013
For Those Feeling Forgotten
Article by Marshall Segal
Staff writer, desiringGod.org
Some of the greatest disappointments in our relationships are made in the moments our memories fail us. No one enjoys being forgotten, especially by those we love most.
Your memory is one of the most powerful and fragile things about you. When it’s good, you can surprise the 64-year-old birthday boy or be there to celebrate ten years in with the not-so-newlyweds. When it’s bad, you forget your coffee appointment with a co-worker or your daughter’s dance recital or the last item on your wife’s grocery list.
Forgetfulness hurts. We’ve all been forgotten and know the pain of expecting someone to remember — to show up, call, write, ask, make time — and coming up empty and alone. If they really cared, they would’ve remembered, right?
Someone Who Can Relate
Joseph, the prized son of Jacob and the eventual ruler of Egypt, was forgotten when he needed to be remembered most. He’d been sold into slavery by his brothers, then slandered into prison by Potiphar’s wife.
While in prison, Pharaoh’s cupbearer and baker are arrested and jailed (Genesis 40:1). Both were suspected of crimes against Pharaoh himself and are facing almost certain death. They know no one crosses the most powerful person in Egypt and lives to tell about it.
No Fortune-Cookie Fortunes
One night, they both have nightmares (40:11–19). Joseph hears the two dreams and tells the cupbearer that not only will he live, but he’ll be Pharaoh’s cupbearer again in just three days. In exchange for this amazing news, he makes one request: Please remember me before Pharaoh. One sentence from you might finally free me.
Then he turns to the baker with bad news. He’ll be executed in those same three days. Joseph didn’t give soft, vague, fortune-cookie predictions. They talk about grapes, birds, and buns, and he says you will live, and you will die, all in three days. So what happens?
A Walk to Remember
You can imagine that walk from the prison. Your life hangs in the balance. You know you’ll receive death if convicted. It seems it may all end right here. Was that guy in prison right? Could Pharaoh really pardon me? Will Pharaoh execute me right there on the spot? There’s no way Joseph could have known those things.
Sure enough, Pharaoh preserves the cupbearer and mercifully welcomes him back to his prized place at his side. And the baker is, well, baked.
Forgetting the Unforgettable
So the cupbearer remembered Joseph, mentioned him to Pharaoh, Joseph was released, and they all lived on happily together, only with fewer pastries, right? No, the text says, “Yet the cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him” (40:23).
It says that he really just forgot. It’s not that he was scared of what Pharaoh might do or worried that he might make Joseph the cupbearer. He just forgot. How?
Where’s God?
Did God forget Joseph? He did not. We know this because of what it says when Joseph was first put in jail: “But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison” (39:21). If God was so concerned about making Joseph popular in the prison, we know he didn’t check out now.
This becomes clear in the next chapter when Pharaoh has a dream. He asks all the wise men in Egypt, and none of them can interpret. Finally, the cupbearer remembers Joseph and tells Pharaoh what happened.
Pharaoh calls Joseph, God speaks to Joseph, he rightly interprets Pharaoh’s dream, and he saves Egypt from famine and ruin. So Pharaoh puts Joseph in charge of all of Egypt, second in command. God shows his infinite wisdom and power through Joseph, even when our unnamed cup carrier forgets him. So what do we learn for us?
God Always Remembers You
First, God never forgets his children. When it looked like Joseph had been completely forgotten, even when he was considered to have done the unthinkable, God was with him and working to free him and use him for his glory.
You will experience all kinds of hard things in this life. You might be forgotten or betrayed by the people you love most, but nothing that can happen to you here can deny what God has said about you once and for all because of Jesus’s life, death on the cross, and resurrection from the dead. God never forgets you.
Always Remember Your Redeemer
Second, keep your cup filled with the gospel about this Jesus. The cupbearer forgot his savior. Okay, Joseph didn’t exactly save him, but he did bring the good news. Every minute the cupbearer lived, every luxury he enjoyed at Pharaoh’s right hand, every bit of recognition he received was the fulfillment of Joseph’s words. And he forgot him. How much more awful would it be for us to forget our Christ? How much more awful to take for granted the one who took away our sin?
He didn’t just say that you would live, but he died to make it happen. If we remember one thing, it should be that we were locked away, truly guilty, deserving of death, and God sent his Son so that he, God, could say “innocent,” “righteous,” “trusted,” “free,” “mine.”
So remember you are remembered in Jesus. Though you may feel forgotten today, your Father will never forget you or forsake you.
Marshall Segal (@marshallsegal) is a writer and managing editor at desiringGod.org. He’s the author of Not Yet Married: The Pursuit of Joy in Singleness & Dating. He graduated from Bethlehem College & Seminary. He and his wife, Faye, have a son and live in Minneapolis.
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Taken from desiringGod.org
JULY 22, 2013
For Those Feeling Forgotten
Article by Marshall Segal
Staff writer, desiringGod.org
Some of the greatest disappointments in our relationships are made in the moments our memories fail us. No one enjoys being forgotten, especially by those we love most.
Your memory is one of the most powerful and fragile things about you. When it’s good, you can surprise the 64-year-old birthday boy or be there to celebrate ten years in with the not-so-newlyweds. When it’s bad, you forget your coffee appointment with a co-worker or your daughter’s dance recital or the last item on your wife’s grocery list.
Forgetfulness hurts. We’ve all been forgotten and know the pain of expecting someone to remember — to show up, call, write, ask, make time — and coming up empty and alone. If they really cared, they would’ve remembered, right?
Someone Who Can Relate
Joseph, the prized son of Jacob and the eventual ruler of Egypt, was forgotten when he needed to be remembered most. He’d been sold into slavery by his brothers, then slandered into prison by Potiphar’s wife.
While in prison, Pharaoh’s cupbearer and baker are arrested and jailed (Genesis 40:1). Both were suspected of crimes against Pharaoh himself and are facing almost certain death. They know no one crosses the most powerful person in Egypt and lives to tell about it.
No Fortune-Cookie Fortunes
One night, they both have nightmares (40:11–19). Joseph hears the two dreams and tells the cupbearer that not only will he live, but he’ll be Pharaoh’s cupbearer again in just three days. In exchange for this amazing news, he makes one request: Please remember me before Pharaoh. One sentence from you might finally free me.
Then he turns to the baker with bad news. He’ll be executed in those same three days. Joseph didn’t give soft, vague, fortune-cookie predictions. They talk about grapes, birds, and buns, and he says you will live, and you will die, all in three days. So what happens?
A Walk to Remember
You can imagine that walk from the prison. Your life hangs in the balance. You know you’ll receive death if convicted. It seems it may all end right here. Was that guy in prison right? Could Pharaoh really pardon me? Will Pharaoh execute me right there on the spot? There’s no way Joseph could have known those things.
Sure enough, Pharaoh preserves the cupbearer and mercifully welcomes him back to his prized place at his side. And the baker is, well, baked.
Forgetting the Unforgettable
So the cupbearer remembered Joseph, mentioned him to Pharaoh, Joseph was released, and they all lived on happily together, only with fewer pastries, right? No, the text says, “Yet the cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him” (40:23).
It says that he really just forgot. It’s not that he was scared of what Pharaoh might do or worried that he might make Joseph the cupbearer. He just forgot. How?
Where’s God?
Did God forget Joseph? He did not. We know this because of what it says when Joseph was first put in jail: “But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison” (39:21). If God was so concerned about making Joseph popular in the prison, we know he didn’t check out now.
This becomes clear in the next chapter when Pharaoh has a dream. He asks all the wise men in Egypt, and none of them can interpret. Finally, the cupbearer remembers Joseph and tells Pharaoh what happened.
Pharaoh calls Joseph, God speaks to Joseph, he rightly interprets Pharaoh’s dream, and he saves Egypt from famine and ruin. So Pharaoh puts Joseph in charge of all of Egypt, second in command. God shows his infinite wisdom and power through Joseph, even when our unnamed cup carrier forgets him. So what do we learn for us?
God Always Remembers You
First, God never forgets his children. When it looked like Joseph had been completely forgotten, even when he was considered to have done the unthinkable, God was with him and working to free him and use him for his glory.
You will experience all kinds of hard things in this life. You might be forgotten or betrayed by the people you love most, but nothing that can happen to you here can deny what God has said about you once and for all because of Jesus’s life, death on the cross, and resurrection from the dead. God never forgets you.
Always Remember Your Redeemer
Second, keep your cup filled with the gospel about this Jesus. The cupbearer forgot his savior. Okay, Joseph didn’t exactly save him, but he did bring the good news. Every minute the cupbearer lived, every luxury he enjoyed at Pharaoh’s right hand, every bit of recognition he received was the fulfillment of Joseph’s words. And he forgot him. How much more awful would it be for us to forget our Christ? How much more awful to take for granted the one who took away our sin?
He didn’t just say that you would live, but he died to make it happen. If we remember one thing, it should be that we were locked away, truly guilty, deserving of death, and God sent his Son so that he, God, could say “innocent,” “righteous,” “trusted,” “free,” “mine.”
So remember you are remembered in Jesus. Though you may feel forgotten today, your Father will never forget you or forsake you.
Marshall Segal (@marshallsegal) is a writer and managing editor at desiringGod.org. He’s the author of Not Yet Married: The Pursuit of Joy in Singleness & Dating. He graduated from Bethlehem College & Seminary. He and his wife, Faye, have a son and live in Minneapolis.
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PO1 H Gene Lawrence - Great persepctive and article Gene. How are you and Linda Lawrence doing this evening? Enjoy the remainder of the day Gene!
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LTC Stephen F.
I pray that you and I can maintain awareness of the love of family, friends and especially our LORD, my friend and brother-in-Christ PO1 H Gene Lawrence and sister-in-Christ Linda Lawrence.
LORD YOU are aware of everything constantly and yet in YOUR grace and mercy YOU designed us to live moment-by-moment with memories of the past and hopes for the future.
I pray that YOU are transforming each of us by the renewing of the mind. Guard the mind of each of YOUR adopted children and thank you for the helmet of Salvation.
Enable each to learn from past errors of our own and others and empower us to do good and educate others by demonstration of the lessons learned – supplemented with words if necessary.
Bring to our remembrance actions, words and thoughts we need to confess and help us to unburden ourselves as YOU have already forgiven each at salvation. Empower us to repent as necessary and keep to the narrow path that leads to life.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
LORD YOU are aware of everything constantly and yet in YOUR grace and mercy YOU designed us to live moment-by-moment with memories of the past and hopes for the future.
I pray that YOU are transforming each of us by the renewing of the mind. Guard the mind of each of YOUR adopted children and thank you for the helmet of Salvation.
Enable each to learn from past errors of our own and others and empower us to do good and educate others by demonstration of the lessons learned – supplemented with words if necessary.
Bring to our remembrance actions, words and thoughts we need to confess and help us to unburden ourselves as YOU have already forgiven each at salvation. Empower us to repent as necessary and keep to the narrow path that leads to life.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
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PO1 H Gene Lawrence
COL Mikel J. Burroughs - we are tired, otherwise ok. Death in my family and more cancer in another. It gets tough at times.
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Top of the morning from Hartland COL Mikel J. Burroughs - fantastic quotes and they bring back many memories. Give my best to the girls please.
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Maj Marty Hogan
Your first friends are different through your life- they are the basis of who you were and were to become. Great meme Mark
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LTC Stephen F.
I pray that you and I can maintain awareness of the love of family, friends and especially our LORD, my friend and brother-in-Christ SP5 Mark Kuzinski.
LORD YOU are aware of everything constantly and yet in YOUR grace and mercy YOU designed us to live moment-by-moment with memories of the past and hopes for the future.
I pray that YOU are transforming each of us by the renewing of the mind. Guard the mind of each of YOUR adopted children and thank you for the helmet of Salvation.
Enable each to learn from past errors of our own and others and empower us to do good and educate others by demonstration of the lessons learned – supplemented with words if necessary.
Bring to our remembrance actions, words and thoughts we need to confess and help us to unburden ourselves as YOU have already forgiven each at salvation. Empower us to repent as necessary and keep to the narrow path that leads to life.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
LORD YOU are aware of everything constantly and yet in YOUR grace and mercy YOU designed us to live moment-by-moment with memories of the past and hopes for the future.
I pray that YOU are transforming each of us by the renewing of the mind. Guard the mind of each of YOUR adopted children and thank you for the helmet of Salvation.
Enable each to learn from past errors of our own and others and empower us to do good and educate others by demonstration of the lessons learned – supplemented with words if necessary.
Bring to our remembrance actions, words and thoughts we need to confess and help us to unburden ourselves as YOU have already forgiven each at salvation. Empower us to repent as necessary and keep to the narrow path that leads to life.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Great yesterday Mark! Running a day behind once again brother! Hope you and Diana are doing well and enjoying your Thursday afternoon SP5 Mark Kuzinski
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I know very few people like this. But the ones I do are forever in my mind and heart. This meme especially reminds me of my wife, but also fits the people I put in this category quite well. Happy Wednesday all.
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LTC Stephen F.
I pray that you and I can maintain awareness of the love of family, friends and especially our LORD, my friend and brother-in-Christ Maj Marty Hogan and I am glad you are enjoying your family vacation.
LORD YOU are aware of everything constantly and yet in YOUR grace and mercy YOU designed us to live moment-by-moment with memories of the past and hopes for the future.
I pray that YOU are transforming each of us by the renewing of the mind. Guard the mind of each of YOUR adopted children and thank you for the helmet of Salvation.
Enable each to learn from past errors of our own and others and empower us to do good and educate others by demonstration of the lessons learned – supplemented with words if necessary.
Bring to our remembrance actions, words and thoughts we need to confess and help us to unburden ourselves as YOU have already forgiven each at salvation. Empower us to repent as necessary and keep to the narrow path that leads to life.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
LORD YOU are aware of everything constantly and yet in YOUR grace and mercy YOU designed us to live moment-by-moment with memories of the past and hopes for the future.
I pray that YOU are transforming each of us by the renewing of the mind. Guard the mind of each of YOUR adopted children and thank you for the helmet of Salvation.
Enable each to learn from past errors of our own and others and empower us to do good and educate others by demonstration of the lessons learned – supplemented with words if necessary.
Bring to our remembrance actions, words and thoughts we need to confess and help us to unburden ourselves as YOU have already forgiven each at salvation. Empower us to repent as necessary and keep to the narrow path that leads to life.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
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Maj Marty Hogan
Sgt Deborah Cornatzer - we always think a lot alike. This just reminded me of my wife. She is a keeper.
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