It is pitiful that we as society glamorize celebrity.  The immorality that we allow ourselves to be subject to, no as a society, crave, is the foot on the accelerator to ruin and damnation.   The identification of this confused, misguided, mistaken, individual as a hero should shame us as a society and cause the nation to question our values.  If this society wasn’t founded on Christian values, as some now claim, why is it a crime to commit murder or steal? Why is it not a behavior to be tolerated?  Killing someone is against the 10 Commandments and defiantly violates what Jesus said was the most important commandment, "Love your Neighbor as yourself,"  but it is encouraged in the muslim holy book.  Homosexuals are to be killed according to that book.  Don’t forget about man love Thursday like Don pointed out.  That is ignored. Why am I required to tolerate them, (lbgt, muslim, ect), and their actions but my Christian values and opinions are not to be tolerated? 

Where is our national sense of Patriotism?  We are in the midst of Police bashing and harassment.  What about the firemen and other first responders?  These are the people that run to the sound of the guns in the civilian world.  I don’t think they should be worshiped rather respected.  That is courage.  That is love of country.  That is putting others first.  That is what heroes do.  That is what we are all called to do.  Love others as ourselves.

This sense of community, putting others first, even service, is lost on the majority of the population due to the breakdown of families and ever increasing selfishness.

I have had the honor of serving with some of America’s finest in some rough spots around the world.  I have served with heroes.  Both those awarded for courage under fire and those who weren’t. 

Heroes aren’t people who do what they are asked to do.  They are people who do the hard, right thing no matter the circumstances.  No matter who is watching.  They put others first.  No matter what.  No matter the cost.

I have and will continue to raise my sons and lead my wife as we seek to glorify God.  This nation needs God.  The silent majority needs to make noise.  Pray for our leaders, society as a whole and our neighbors.  All politics are local.  We can make a difference but the most important thing is to seek his will and be obedient. 

I am not any more qualified to call someone a national hero than the next guy but I know what a hero is and is not. 

And get a skillet of corn bread in the oven.

The all caps part is exactly how it happens.

https://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-97-61.pdf

This is a link the army mountaineering manual.  Some good chapters there for another reference.  Like Bobby said use your legs.  An instructor I had once at Sapper school told us arms are for balance and legs are for climbing.  Good footgear is important.  The harder the sole=less traction on the climb.

Sorry I am unable to kick in right now but I am glad to be a small, new part of a group that cares and shows love as we are all called to do.  The country and world could use more of it.  Thanks everyone.

Have a great day.

Welcome.  I have been know to use the smoker but specialize in eating what it produces.

Welcome.

Great work.

Glad your here.

Any update on red?

There are several (izations) happening right now which points us to the fact that we are in decline as a nation and in the last days.

Same advice as from Bobby.  Get ammo and practice.  That is a great platform.

That bumper is coming along very nice.

Since we are entering the graduation season let's look to Proverbs 2.  Seek truth.  Jesus is the Truth.

The Value of Wisdom

1 My son, if you receive my words
    and treasure up my commandments with you,
2 making your ear attentive to wisdom
    and inclining your heart to understanding;
3 yes, if you call out for insight
    and raise your voice for understanding,
4 if you seek it like silver
    and search for it as for hidden treasures,
5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord
    and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
    he is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8 guarding the paths of justice
    and watching over the way of his saints.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice
    and equity, every good path;
10 for wisdom will come into your heart,
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11 discretion will watch over you,
    understanding will guard you,
12 delivering you from the way of evil,
    from men of perverted speech,
13 who forsake the paths of uprightness
    to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 who rejoice in doing evil
    and delight in the perverseness of evil,
15 men whose paths are crooked,
    and who are devious in their ways.
16 So you will be delivered from the forbidden[a] woman,
    from the adulteress with her smooth words,
17 who forsakes the companion of her youth
    and forgets the covenant of her God;
18 for her house sinks down to death,
    and her paths to the departed;[c]
19 none who go to her come back,
    nor do they regain the paths of life.
20 So you will walk in the way of the good
    and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For the upright will inhabit the land,
    and those with integrity will remain in it,
22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
    and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.

And roger

Eventually it will all be milled off by the slide.

Great Physician please hold this man in your hand and show him the ministry opportunity that you have placed him in as you use the medical folks he comesnin contact with to heal him.  Show him your will as well as your and grace.  Amen

Needs a catchy name like in the John Wayne movie, The Green Beret's, Provo's Privy.

Any update? 

I know it is a hard time.  I am praying for you and your family.

Great info.  Thanks.

It certainly bears watching and staying ready.  Eternal vigilance.

No, Can't figure that part out.

Growing grass on the last couple acres of my place that we cleared earlier this year.  Give the animals a little more room to roam.  It is nice to have some elbow room and see it turn into what you want it to be.