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October 1, 2017
| Meg33, The Mayor, Trisham, JustAmy
Posted on 09/30/2017 10:55:01 PM PDT by JustAmy
Edited on 10/01/2017 1:26:46 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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To: FRiends; JustAmy; Mama_Bear; trisham; The Mayor; LUV W; Kitty Mittens; left that other site; ...
Welcome To Sunday At Amy's Place
Glory to God in highest heaven,
Who unto man His Son hath given;
While angels sing with tender mirth,
A glad new year to all the earth.
Blessings To All Who Enter Here
901
posted on
12/31/2017 7:13:28 AM PST
by
MEG33
To: MEG33; ConorMacNessa; LUV W; AZamericonnie; Brad's Gramma; JustAmy; oldteen; Kathy in Alaska; ...
Happy Sunday!
Hope Your day is safe, Warm, and Wonderful!
HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR!
God Bless America!
(((HUGS)))
ML/LTOS
902
posted on
12/31/2017 7:22:25 AM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: Jim Robinson; JustAmy; MEG33; jaycee; dutchess; GodBlessUSA; deadhead; LUV W; DollyCali; Gabz; ...
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Faith-Building Memories
December 31, 2017
Great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:23
As I stepped into the music-filled sanctuary, I looked around at the crowd that had gathered for a New Years Eve party. Joy lifted my heart with hope, as I recalled the prayers of the previous year. Our congregation had collectively grieved over wayward children, deaths of loved ones, job losses, and broken relationships. But wed also experienced Gods grace as we recalled changed hearts and healed personal connections. Wed celebrated victories, weddings, graduations, and baptisms into Gods family. Wed welcomed children born, adopted, or dedicated to the Lord, and moreso much more.
Reflecting over the history of trials our church family faced, much like Jeremiah remembered his affliction and his wandering (Lam. 3:19), I believed that because of the Lords great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail (v. 22). As the prophet reassured himself of Gods past faithfulness, his words comforted me: The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him (v. 25).
That night, each person in our congregation represented a tangible expression of Gods life-transforming love. Whatever wed face in the years to come, as members of the interdependent body of Christ, we could rely on the Lord. And as we continue to seek Him and support one another, we can, as did Jeremiah, find our hope being ratified by faith-building memories of Gods unchanging character and dependability.
Lord, thank You for using our past to assure us our hope remains secure in Your everlasting faithfulness.
As we look ahead to the new year, lets remember that God has always been and always will be faithful.
In Lamentations 3, Jeremiah laments those who are persecuted for standing true to the Lord. He feels as if he himself has been plunged into darkness and chained as a prisoner (vv. 19). He has experienced attacks, abduction, and isolation, and has been scorned and pierced by his enemies (vv. 1015). Personal dignity and a sense of security have been painfully replaced with loneliness and sorrow (vv. 1620).
Yet within this valley of despair there is a greater reality that rises above the circumstances. As we reflect on the character of God we see He is always present in our situation and offers comfort and hope. Gods mercies are as certain as the rising of the sun each day (vv. 2123). In view of this inspiring truth, the living God truly is all that we need for any of lifes trials (v. 24).
As you think back over the past year, when have you experienced the faithfulness of God?
903
posted on
12/31/2017 8:20:26 AM PST
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: MEG33; left that other site; JustAmy; Kitty Mittens; LUV W; Jane Long; TheConservativeParty; ...
New Year's Eve
Play a thin tune on a paper horn
Old is dying, New is born
Scatter confetti over the floor
Sweep an old year out the door
Blow up a wish in a bright balloon
Whisper dreams to a midnight moon
Myra Cohn Livingston
Happy New Year, all!
904
posted on
12/31/2017 8:27:09 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: The Mayor
Amen to this beautiful devotional, Rus.
I Am So Grateful To You For Our Daily Bread
905
posted on
12/31/2017 8:30:33 AM PST
by
MEG33
To: NicknamedBob; MEG33
Lovely, Bob!
I hope that you get your furnace fixed soon!
906
posted on
12/31/2017 8:31:02 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham; MEG33; All
Happy New Year Friends!
May it be a great year.
907
posted on
12/31/2017 9:07:49 AM PST
by
TheConservativeParty
(Battlecry "COVFEFE !" "LOCK HER UP! AND HIM and HIM and HIM too!")
To: trisham; MEG33; left that other site; JustAmy; Kitty Mittens; LUV W; Jane Long; ...
"I hope that you get your furnace fixed soon!" It just needs a new transformer. I could probably do with one myself.
908
posted on
12/31/2017 11:15:12 AM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
To: NicknamedBob
909
posted on
12/31/2017 11:21:05 AM PST
by
MEG33
To: FRiends; NicknamedBob; The Mayor; left that other site; trisham; TheConservativeParty; LUV W; ...
Thank you for sharing your lovely best wishes, poetry, graphics and
comments.
The temp is dropping here...20 degree nights in the forecast.
I have plenty of chocolate and coffee so I'll be fine!
(As long as I have power in my all electric house)
*Grin*
.~Wishing Everyone A Blessed New Year~
And working heaters.
910
posted on
12/31/2017 11:59:13 AM PST
by
MEG33
To: MEG33; JustAmy; yorkie; tiapam; GodBlessUSA; Colonel_Flagg; jaycee; oldteen; ...
911
posted on
12/31/2017 12:44:26 PM PST
by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
To: NicknamedBob
We ALL need a “Transformer”! :-)
happy New Year, FRiend.
912
posted on
12/31/2017 1:58:55 PM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: left that other site; trisham; LUV W
913
posted on
12/31/2017 4:02:14 PM PST
by
MEG33
To: MEG33
Oh my....we’re just cold. Cold,freezing, mind-numbingly cold.
914
posted on
12/31/2017 4:04:32 PM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: left that other site
It did not drop below freezing until afternoon so it will wet the roads and sidewalks and then freeze. slip and slide time
A low of 20 tonight will keep any snow that sticks in place for awhile.
This is my idea of a Big Chill...for where I live.
915
posted on
12/31/2017 4:24:32 PM PST
by
MEG33
To: MEG33
Indeed...the light rain that freezes on contact is very dangerous.
That’s how I got hurt last week. The thin coating of ice was nearly invisible.
916
posted on
12/31/2017 4:26:16 PM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: left that other site
I call that black ice because it doesn’t show....I took a long slide down the hill one night in my car and was very grateful for a curb just before it was time to go up the hill near my home...That ice had had formed while I was big grocery shopping. No harm done and no other cars around.
I know that fall was painful that you had.
917
posted on
12/31/2017 4:45:26 PM PST
by
MEG33
To: MEG33
It was a week ago and still hurts.
My niece gave me some heating pads which might be helpful.
Thank God you are OK...black ice is scary!
918
posted on
12/31/2017 5:00:37 PM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
To: left that other site
Hope the heating pads help!
)))HUGS)))
919
posted on
12/31/2017 5:06:31 PM PST
by
MEG33
To: MEG33
Me too.
My sister drove as we went to a family gathering in “Southie” where there is no place to park. So we drove around and around until we found a school parking lot that all the neighbors were using (It’s Sunday) and parked there. Her car has a seat heater, and it felt wonderful.
“Southie” used to be what we call “inner city” but now it has become very gentrified, which means that each floor on the closely spaced three-deckers has two-to-three CAHS to find parking spaces for in the narrow, densely populated city streets. I love my niece’s condo, but pahking in a nightmare.
I got to see folks I hadn’t seen in years. It was really nice, even though I was hurting.
920
posted on
12/31/2017 5:13:22 PM PST
by
left that other site
(For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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