Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... April. May and June. 2018

April 1, 2018 | Meg33, The Mayor, Trisham, JustAmy

[JustAmy]

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Never Forget!





Bad Penny



Amy's personal guardian ~
the ever charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[luvie]

Amen!

[The Mayor]

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Overflowing

May 18, 2018

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him. Romans 15:13

“No! No! No! NO!” I screamed. It didn’t help. Not one bit. My brilliant solution for our plugged problem—flushing again—accomplished exactly the opposite of what I’d intended. I knew I had made a mistake the second I pushed the lever down. And I stood helplessly as water overflowed.

How many times have our kids tried to pour milk and misjudged the process, with white liquid flowing everywhere. Or maybe we failed to remember that a two-liter bottle of soda just rolled around in the trunk . . . with explosively startling results.

The Father gave us the Spirit to make us like the Son.

No, spills are almost never a good thing. But there might be one exception. The apostle Paul uses that image of overflowing to describe a people so full of God’s Spirit that what naturally spills out of them is hope (Romans 15:13). I love that picture of being filled to the brim with joy, peace, and faith because of His powerful presence in our lives. So much so, in fact, that we can’t help but exude and express winsome confidence in our heavenly Father. That might be during the beautiful, sunny seasons of our lives. Or when the proverbial cup of our lives gets jostled. Either way, what sloshes out over the top is life-giving hope to those around us who are “drenched” by it.

Lord, spills happen in life. But when they do, help us to be so full of Your Spirit that what pours out of us is the kind of hope that others can’t help but notice and be blessed by.

The Father gave us the Spirit to make us like the Son.

INSIGHT

Hope is a central theme in Romans. Testing results in hope (5:4), we are saved in hope (8:24), we are to be joyful in hope (12:12), we draw hope from the Scriptures in the trials of life (15:4), and our lives can overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit (15:13).

For more on hope, listen to the Discover the Word series Hope: The Missing Ingredient at discovertheword.org/series/hope-the-missing-ingredient.

[MEG33]

*Good Morning To Amy's Place*

              

We Wear Red On Friday To Support
*Our Troops*

*I Wish You A Wonderful Weekend*

[luvie]

LOVE the boot!!!

[luvie]

Chris DeBurgh~The Lady In Red

[left that other site]

It's Friday!

And, in case you haven't noticed, I am Wearing Red!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

ROFL! Those poor little things! Happy Friday!

[left that other site]

LOL. Penny would NOT put up with that.

[The Mayor]

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Even If

May 18, 2018

The God we serve is able to deliver us from [the fire] . . . . But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods. Daniel 3:17–18

Sometimes life deals us a tremendous blow. Other times the miraculous happens.

Three young men, captives in Babylon, stood in front of the fearsome king of that land and boldly proclaimed that under no circumstances would they worship the giant image of gold towering above them. Together they declared: “If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know . . . we will not . . . worship the image” (Daniel 3:17–18).

God is able to give us strength and hope for each day--no matter the circumstance.

These three men—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—were hurled into the fiery furnace; and God miraculously delivered them so that not a hair of their head was singed and their clothing was smoke-free (vv. 19–27). They had been prepared to die but their trust in God was unwavering—“even if” He had not saved them.

God desires that we cling to Him—even if our loved one isn’t healed, even if we lose our job, even if we are persecuted. Sometimes God rescues us from danger in this life, and sometimes He doesn’t. But the truth we can hold firmly is this: “The God we serve is able,” loves us, and is with us in every fiery trial, every even if.

Dear Lord, we love You! Please give us unwavering faith—and strength and hope for each day—no matter the circumstance.

God is able.

[luvie]

Ginger says
Let Me In!
...and have a
Happy Caturday!

[trisham]

She looks so intelligent! What a lovely girl!

[luvie]

Thank you...she’s a sweetheart!

[left that other site]

Happy Spring!

Said Grumpy Cat, never.

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you to Everyone for the Beautiful Pics & Pings.
(((((Love, and God Bless)))))

[The Mayor]

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A New Community

May 20, 2018

All the believers were together and had everything in common. Acts 2:44

My friend Carrie’s five-year-old daughter, Maija, has an interesting approach to playtime. She loves mixing together dolls from different playsets to come up with a new community. In the world of her imagination, everything belongs together. These are her people. She believes they are happiest when they’re together, despite being different sizes and shapes.

Her creativity reminds me of God’s purpose for the church. On the day of Pentecost, Luke tells us, “Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven” (Acts 2:5). Though these people were from different cultures and spoke different languages, the Holy Spirit’s arrival made them a new community: the church. From then on, they would be considered one body, unified by the death and resurrection of Jesus.

As believers in Christ, we belong together.

The leaders of this new body were a group of men Jesus brought together during His time on earth—His disciples. If Jesus hadn’t united them, more than likely they would never have come together. And now more people—“about three thousand” (2:41)—had become Christ-followers. Thanks to the Holy Spirit, this once divided group “had everything in common” (v. 44). They were willing to share what they had with each other.

The Holy Spirit continues to bridge the gaps between people groups. We might not always get along, nor readily understand one another. But as believers in Christ, we belong together.

Jesus, thank You for dying for us and uniting us as one people in the church.

The Holy Spirit turns “us” and “them” into “we.” 

INSIGHT

The brand-new church God established in Acts 2 demonstrated a sense of unprecedented community across ethnic and national lines (vv. 5–11). This life included teaching by the apostles, fellowship with each other, sharing meals, and praying together (v. 42).

How do we live out the community life God calls us to?

[luvie]

Ray Walker~Master The Tempest Is Raging
Congregational Singing

Cynthia Clawson & Others~Church In The Wildwood

The Trevecca Madragalians~It Is Well With My Soul

Statler Brothers~How Great Thou Art

St. Olaf Choir~When Peace Like A River

Providence~There's A Goldmine In The Sky

Vocal Majority~Deep River

Have a blessed Sunday
God bless our troops!

[left that other site]

Have a Blessed Sunday!

May your day be blessed with peace, renewal, and rest for the week to come.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[trisham]

Beautiful. Thank you, left that other site!

[trisham]

Arise Sunday Morning

Arise Sunday morning as sunlight's appearing,
And shines on the meadow through sillhouette trees,
The skies are aglow with a palette of colour,
As whispers of cloud ride the cool gentle breeze.
Sing for me songbirds your tunes are like silver,
And welcome the new day with sweetness and love,
Open my window and breathe in the beauty,
And carry me forth to the heavens above.

Look out on the country as shadows are fading,
The hills in the distance and fields waving gold,
True to my heart always yielding such pleasure,
And capture the moment with sights to behold.
As butterflies sail through the gardens of flowers,
A picture of summer with infinite grace,
Flowing before me in streams so refreshing,
So kind to my fingers and cool to my face.

Arise Sunday morning the church bells are ringing,
And calling to worship they peal through the land,
I follow their way and rejoice in their sounding,
For I have been blessed now by God's loving hand.
The swifts and the swallows are soaring up skywards,
And into the blue of the vast atmosphere,
Celestial joy as the day is unfolding,
With wonders to speak of this morning so clear. .

Andrew Blakemore

A Happy, Blessed Sunday at Amy's Place, All!

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you, Dear FRiends, for the Beautiful Pings.
(((((Hugs, and God Bless)))))