Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... October, November and December, 2015

October 1, 2015 | JustAmy; Meg33, The Mayor; Trisham; St.Louie1, Friends, MamaBear

[JustAmy]

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[luvie]

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
let us shout aloud to the
Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.

Providence~O Come Angel Band.wma

Providence~Thomas's Song.wma

Providence~He Is Ever Over Me.wma

Providence~Lord Feed Your Children.wma

Providence~Amazing Grace.wma

Providence~Sweet Beulah Land

HAVE A BLESSED LORD'S DAY!

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Happy Sunday, Dear MEG.

((((HUGS))))

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That intersection is infamous around these parts.

[MEG33]

Amen and thank you for the lovely music and graphic, (((LUV)))
Hope you are getting rest today!

[MEG33]

Thank you, (((ML))) Have a blessed evening.

[MEG33]

I must tell you that your Thanksgiving post was just wonderful.

The painting was beautiful and the animation A++

[GailA]

The Gift...Joey + Rory Feek, Joey is in Hospice in Alexandria, Ind with her family, Stage 4 Colon Cancer, second bout on top of the Cervical Cancer she had after she had her only child Indiana Boone who will be 2 in February. They wait on God’s will and are at peace with it. Please put her on your prayer list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXRfXVw7xOA

Joey’s Cancer Journey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoDUYhweFbg

[luvie]

She has a beautiful voice....and her story is so sad!

[Kitty Mittens]

Your Sunday Posts are Always So Beautiful, Dear Meg!
(((((Thank you for the Blessing)))))

Thank you to Everyone for the Wonderful Daily Pings.
(((((Love to All, and God Bless)))))

[Kitty Mittens]

(((((Sending Heartfelt Prayers)))))

[The Mayor]

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The Heavenly Manifest

November 30, 2015

Rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

Luke 10:20

At the Kenya Airways check-in counter, I presented my passport for verification. When the agents searched for my name on their manifest—the document that lists names of passengers—my name was missing. The problem? Overbooking and lack of confirmation. My hope of reaching home that day was shattered.

The episode reminded me of another kind of manifest—the Book of Life. In Luke 10, Jesus sent His disciples on an evangelistic mission. On their return, they happily reported their success. But Jesus told them: “Do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven” (v. 20). The focus of our joy is not merely that we are successful but that our names are inscribed in God’s book.

But how can we be sure of that? God’s Word tells us, “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved” (Rom. 10:9). 

In Revelation 21, John makes a breathtaking description of the Holy City that awaits those who trust Christ. Then he writes, “Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life” (v. 27).

The Book of Life is God’s heavenly manifest. Is your name written in it?

Father in heaven, thank You for the gift of Your Son, who promised to prepare a place for us. Thank You too, that You are preparing us for that place.

God opens the gates of heaven to those who open their hearts to Him.

Insight:

Two important concepts appear in today’s passage: Jesus is the one who gives us the authority to carry on His work on earth, and God is the one who writes our names “in heaven” (v. 20). Notice that in both cases it is not our doing but God’s. Salvation is a gift of God’s grace; our part is to accept this gift.

[GailA]

They had just finished a Gospel album that will be out in May.

It is just not in God’s plans for us to keep her and her beautiful voice. Which makes me cry. I do a lot of that this time of the year any way.

See the Cardio today to see what he is going to do about my leaky valve and crazy BP, my pulse hasn’t been under a 100 in over a week, weak, breathless and so very tired.

[The Mayor]

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The Meaning of a Name

December 1, 2015

Rejoice that your names are written in heaven. Matthew 1:18-25

You are to give him the name Jesus.

Matthew 1:21

According to a New York Times article, children in many African countries are often named after a famous visitor, special event, or circumstance that was meaningful to the parents. When doctors told the parents of one child that they could not cure the infant’s illness and only God knew if he would live, the parents named their child Godknows. Another man said he was named Enough, because his mother had 13 children and he was the last one! There’s a reason for everyone’s name, and in some cases it also conveys a special meaning.

Before Jesus was born, an angel of the Lord told Joseph, “[Mary] will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins” (Matt. 1:21). Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua, which means “the Lord saves.” In that day and culture, many children would have been named Jesus, but only one came into this world to die so that all who receive Him might live eternally, forgiven and freed from the power of sin.

Charles Wesley wrote these words we often sing as Christmas nears: “Come, Thou long-expected Jesus, born to set Thy people free; from our fears and sins release us; let us find our rest in Thee.”

Jesus came to turn our darkness into light, to transform our despair into hope, and to save us from our sins. — David McCasland

Heavenly Father, in Jesus we see Your loving purpose and boundless grace. We humbly acknowledge Your Son as the One who came to save us from our sins.

Jesus’ name and mission are the same—He came to save us.

Bible in a year: Ezekiel 40–41; 2 Peter 3

[MEG33]

Amen...I am so grateful God sent Our Savior , Jesus Christ Our Lord

[MEG33]

~Happy December To Amy's Place~

I am grateful to God for giving us Our Savior.
I Wish You A Wonderful GratiTuesday

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Happy Gratituesday, and megadittos,MEG!

((((HUGS))))

[The Mayor]

Amen Meg!

[Kitty Mittens]

(((((Heartfelt Amens, Dear Meg!))))) Your Post is So Beautiful.

(((((Hugs to All FRiends)))))
Goodnight, and God Bless.

[The Mayor]

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Glass Beach

December 2, 2015

“On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession.”

Malachi 3:17

Early 20th-century residents of Fort Bragg, California, disposed of their trash by throwing it over a cliff and onto a nearby beach. Cans, bottles, tableware, and household garbage accumulated in huge, disgusting piles. Even when residents stopped depositing trash on the beach, it remained an embarrassment—a dump seemingly beyond reclamation.

Over the years, however, wave action broke up the glass and pottery and washed the rubbish out to sea. The pounding surf rolled and tumbled the glass fragments in the sand on the ocean floor, frosting and smoothing the surface and creating gemlike “sea glass,” which it then deposited back onto the beach. The surf created a kaleidoscopic beauty at which visitors to Glass Beach now stare in wonder.

Relax in God's #love today.

Perhaps you feel as though your life has become a dump—a mess beyond hope. If so, you need to know that there is someone who loves you and waits to redeem and reclaim you. Give Jesus your heart and ask Him to make you pure and clean. He may tumble you a bit, and it may take time to smooth away the rough edges. But He will never give up on you. He will make you into one of His jewels!

Lord, when we have nothing left but You, we are right where You want us. You can use any situation for Your glory and our good. You never give up on us. Help us to relax in Your love.

God loves us too much to let us remain as we are.

Insight:

Paul wrote the letter of 1 Thessalonians to assure the believers that Jesus is indeed coming back, even though we don’t know when. Everyone who believes in Him—both the living and the dead—will meet Him in the air and be with Him forever. After assuring us of this wonderful truth (see ch. 4), Paul reminds us in today’s reading that while we eagerly wait for Christ’s return, God is working in us to prepare us to be in His presence.

[MEG33]

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