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BOOT CAMP TRAINING IN DISGUISE
{author unknown}
Dear Ma and Pa,
I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother
Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch
by a mile. Tell Them to join up quick before all of the
places are filled. I was restless at first because you
get to stay in bed till nearly 6 a..m. But I am getting
so I like to sleep late. Tell Walt and Elmer all you do
before breakfast is smooth your cot, and shine some
things. No hogs to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix,
wood to split, fire to lay. Practically nothing. Men got
to shave but it is not so bad, there's warm water.
Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice,
cereal, eggs, Bacon, etc., but kind of weak on chops,
potatoes, ham, steak, fried eggplant, Pie and other
regular food, but tell Walt and Elmer you can always sit
by the to city boys that live on coffee. Their food,
plus yours, holds you until Noon when you get fed again.
It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much. We go on
'route marches,' which the Platoon Sergeant says are
long walks to harden us. If he thinks so, it's not my
place to tell him different. A 'route march' is about as
far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys get
sore feet and we all ride back in trucks.
The sergeant is like a school teacher. He nags a lot.
The Captain is like the school board. Majors and
colonels just ride around and frown. They don't bother
you none.
This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep
getting medals for shooting. I don't know why. The
bulls-eye is near as big as a chipmunk head and don't
move, and it ain't shooting at you like the Higgett boys
at home. All you got to do is lie there all comfortable
and hit it. You don't even load your own cartridges They
come in boxes.
Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat
training. You get to wrestle with them city boys. I have
to be real Careful though, they break real easy. It
ain't like fighting with that ole bull At home. I'm
about the best they got in this except for that Tug
Jordan from over in Silver Lake .. I only beat him
once.. He joined up the same time as me, but I'm only
5'6' and 130 pounds and he's 6'8' and near 300 pounds
dry.
Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before
other fellers get onto this setup and come stampeding
in.
Your loving daughter,
Alice
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READER CONFIRMATION
Dear Sandy,
I am a subscriber who attends MorningStar Ministries.
MorningStar University first year students arrived back
on Friday afternoon from "bootcamp". A friend of ours
who is on staff here and leads the Special Forces
portion of MSU was with them.
Bootcamp for first year students is a 5 day introduction
and team building experience. So you can only image how
current your Sunday post would be for us around here.
Being able to forward this to them was priceless!!
Thank-you for the timing and humor. A number of people
here have had a blast with this little story. I know God
has a sense of humor and must enjoy it when his kids
share and enjoy a chuckle together.
Blessings,
{Name}
READER COMMENT OVER TRAINING
“My memory goes back over 40 years to high school and
watching the basketball team practice. They would
pass back and forth to one another what was called (if
memory does serve me correctly) a 'medicine ball'. It
was larger than the basketball and much heavier. That
particular ball was used to develop strength in their
hands and arms, while also to strengthen/increase their
passing speed to one another as a team on the court,
thereby developing accuracy in aim.”
Hence, the first part of Hebrews 12:12 comes into
play-(another pun!)--
"Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down"...
{End reader quote}
CONFIRMATION: It was obviously to me that the
Lord was trying to say something to me about this above
QW that came out tonight because tonight prior to
reading it I watched the interview on Gospel Music
Channel where they followed a gal through boot camp for
the Air Force. It was really tough for her, but she
stood up and went through and became a leader in her
group.
PRECIOUS WORD 9/04/08 YOU DID IT!
I have been having a really hard time getting through
August rhema and harvesting it. I have prayed many times
for His help, but just havent been able to face the work
involved. Today I harvested two rhema entries and after
each one I said outloud to the Lord: “I DID it!” I was
SO grateful to be released of the burden as I had been
praying all month.
“I DID it” is a family word. When our little grandson
does something hard, we all clap our hands and say, “You
DID it!”
When I said this the second time after posting, I was
thanking the Lord and telling Him I knew I didnt do
anything, He gave me the grace and help I needed,
because I was well aware I did not have the grace prior
to this. He reminded me that He works with us and
partners with us and He couldnt do it, unless we do too.
PRECIOUS VOICE: Today after the last one was
posted, I heard the voice of the Lord say, “You DID
it!?” I was just SO touched by that. He has
understood my struggles.
As I was thinking about boot camp and also harvesting
rhema I heard the Lord:
HEARD: What am I trying to say? I quit! Think
again.
{In boot camp they do everything they can to yell at
you, intimidate you, harass you, control you to make you
quit. It is training to be able to stand underneath a
lot of pressure and not crack.}
COMMENT: I think when He said, “I DID it, He
meant a lot more than just harvesting the rhema! We are
all going through boot camp in preparations for our
callings.
Rom 8:35-39 NKJV
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: "For
Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted
as sheep for the slaughter." 37 Yet in all these things
we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor
angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present
nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any
other created thing, shall be able to separate us from
the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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