Hugs on a wonderful Memorial Day

  Sending out huge hugs on this awesome Memorial Day.  You all have a great day and let a veteran and their family members know how much you appreciate them and the sacrifices that they made or are making for us. I love y'all!!!!

Rev. James Robison had this man on his show this morning and he really touched my heart.  My husband was in Vietnam in 1968, but thank God was never a P.O.W.     I hope you enjoy this .

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VETERANS.  I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR DEDICATION SO MUCH!!!!  

The Lord’s Prayer In Hell
by Col. Leo Thorsness “…deliver us from evil…" (Matthew 6:13)

Col. Thorsness tells his story in Surviving Hell: A POW's Journey

On April 30, 1967, LeoThorsness was shot down over North Vietnam. He was held and tortured for six years. Today's devotional comes from Col. Thorsness' memoirs, Surviving Hell.   The first Sunday at the Hanoi Hilton, someone said, "Let's have church service." Good idea, we all agreed. One POW volunteered to lead the service and we started gathering in the other end of the long, rectangular cell. No sooner had we gathered than an English-speak ing Vietnamese officer who worked as an interrogator burst into the cell with a dozen armed guards. Ned Shuman, our Senior Ranking Officer, went to the officer and said there would not be a problem, we were just going to have a short church service. The response was unyielding: we were not allowed to gather into groups larger than three persons and absolutely could not have a church service. During the next few days we all grumbled that we should not have backed down in our intention to have a church service and ought to do it the coming Sunday. Toward the end of the week, Ned stepped forward and said, "Are we really committed to having church Sunday?" There was a murmuring of the assent throughout the cell. Ned said, "No, I want to know person by person if you are really committed to holding church."   We all knew the implications of our answer. If we went ahead with the plan, some would pay the price -- starting with Ned himself because he was the SRO. He went around the cell pointing to each of us individually. "Leo, are you committed?" "Yes." When the 42nd man said “yes," it was unanimous. We had 100% commitment to hold church the next Sunday. At that instant, Ned knew he would end up in the torture cells. It was different from previous Sunday. We now had a goal and we were committed. We only needed to develop a plan. Sunday morning came and we knew they would be watching us again. Once more, we gathered in the far end of the cell. As soon as we moved together, the interrogator and guards burst through the door. Ned stepped forward and said there wouldn't be a problem, we were just going to hold a quiet,=2 010-minute church service and then we would spread back out in the cell. As expected, they grabbed him and hauled him off for torture... Our plan unfolded. The second ranking man, the new SRO, stood, walked to the center of the cell and in a clear, firm voice said, "Gentlemen," our signal to stand, "the Lord's Prayer." We got perhaps halfway through the prayer when the guards grabbed the SRO and hauled him out the door. As planned, the number three SRO stood, walked to the center of the cell and said, "Gentlemen, the Lord's Prayer." We had gotten about to "Thy kingdom come" before the guards grabbed him. Immediately, the number four SRO stood, "Gentlemen, the Lord's Prayer." I have never heard five or six words from the Lord's Prayer recited so loudly or so reverently. The interrogator was shouting, "Stop, stop!" but we drowned him out. The guards were now hitting POWs with gun butts and the cell was in chaos.. The number five ranking officer was way back in the corner and took his time moving toward the center of the cell. (I was number seven, and not particularly anxious for him to hurry.) But just before he got to the center of the area , the cell became pin-drop quiet. In Vietnamese, the interrogator spat out something to the guards. They grabbed the number five SRO and they all left, locking the cell door behind them. The number six SRO began, "Gentlemen, the Lord's Prayer." This time we finished it. Five courageous officers were tortured, but I think they believed it was worth it. From that Sunday on until we came home, we held a church service. We won. They lost. Forty-two men in prison pajamas followed Ned’s lead. I know I will never see a better example of pure, raw leadership or will ever pr ay with a better sense of the meaning of those words.

Morning Carmen!
Happy Memorial Day to you and Mr. John!! Thanks for sharing that awesome writing!! I love James Robinson. He always has some interesting guests on there. My favorite is Beth Moore, I love to hear her speak! She comes on here on Wednesday nights on his show and I try to watch it right before I go to sleep.

Can you do me a favor and tell me how you make your protein shakes from powder? It's been so long since I've done any that I cannot remember what all to do. I bought some powder yesterday though and want to try my hand at it again. The ready-made ones get so expensive.

I love Beth Moore also!!!  I have some of her cds from the Wednesday shows that a friend loaned me.  She brings reality to my life.  I have got to give them back, but I think I might buy them.  I have played them over and over. 

The shake I love the most is really Memaw Pat's recipe.  I buy the Body Fortress chocolate powder at WalMart and I ordered the Truly Lattee'.  I put 1/2 scoop of protein powder and 1/2 scoop of truly lattee' in my mini blender with 8 ice cubes and about 1/2 cup of water  (you can use skim milk if you want to).  I just blend it until all of the ice is blended and boy is that good.

I also make some with 1 scoop of chocolate protein powder, 1/2 banana, some s/f caramel flavoring, about 1/2 cup skim milk and ice (about 1/2 of my mini blender full of ice - I usually put it in first).  Just blend it all up until the ice is crushed really good.  (I got this from Randall.)

I also make one that is pretty good  - I use the vanilla powder (1 scoop), about 1/2 of my mini blender full of ice, about 1/2 cup skim milk, a big tablespoon of peanut butter.  blend it together really good.  I love peanut butter.

I hope these help.  Gina...Protein Princess...had a bunch on her profile too.  I stole most of mine from other people.  But hey...that's what we are all here for. 

I hope you and your DH are doing well.  I sure would like to see you.  It's been so long.  Love ya!!!

HUGGING you back my dear friend!  PLEASE tell Mr. John that I salute him today!  I love you both!!

Thank you so much my precious frined.  I told him and he said thank you so much!!!  We love y'all!!!!