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Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... April. May and June. 2018
April 1, 2018 | Meg33, The Mayor, Trisham, JustAmy

Posted on 03/31/2018 9:56:39 PM PDT by JustAmy

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What We Want to Hear


April 5, 2018

I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, but always bad. 2 Chronicles 18:7

As human beings, we are prone to seek out information that supports the opinions we hold. Research shows that we’re actually twice as likely to look for information that supports our position. When we’re deeply committed to our own way of thinking, we avoid having that thinking challenged by opposing positions.

Such was the case in King Ahab’s rule over Israel. When he and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, discussed whether to go to war against Ramoth Gilead, Ahab gathered 400 prophets—men he’d appointed to that role himself and would therefore tell him what he wanted to hear—to help them decide. Each replied he should go, saying “God will give it into the king’s hand” (2 Chronicles 18:5). Jehoshaphat asked whether there was a prophet who had been chosen by God through whom they could inquire of the Lord. Ahab responded reluctantly because God’s prophet, Micaiah, “never prophesies anything good about [him], but always bad” (v. 7). Indeed, Micaiah indicated they wouldn’t be victorious, and the people would be “scattered on the hills” (v. 16).

In reading their story, I see how I too tend to avoid wise advice if it isn’t what I want to hear. In Ahab’s case, the result of listening to his “yes men”—400 prophets—was disastrous (v. 34). May we be willing to seek and listen to the voice of truth, God’s words in the Bible, even when it contradicts our personal preferences.

Lord, help me to seek and heed Your counsel even when it’s against my desires or popular thought.

God’s counsel is trustworthy and wise.


41 posted on 04/05/2018 4:08:38 AM PDT by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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~Happy Thankful Thursday To Amy's Place~


I Wish You A Lovely Day

42 posted on 04/05/2018 8:34:26 AM PDT by MEG33 (Help Shorten FReepathons......DONATE MONTHLY)
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Happy Thankful Thursday!






Have a Beautiful Day!

Christ Is Risen. He is Risen Indeed.

God Bless America!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

43 posted on 04/05/2018 8:37:59 AM PDT 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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Thankful for the heavenly
scent of lilacs.
Happy Thankful Thursday!

44 posted on 04/05/2018 8:44:30 AM PDT by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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Comfort Shared


April 6, 2018

Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you. John 20:21

“God sent you to me tonight!”

Those were the parting words from the woman standing in front of me as we exited our flight to Chicago. She had sat across the aisle from me, where I learned she was headed home after several flights in a round-trip that day. “Do you mind if I ask why you had such a quick turnaround?” I inquired. She glanced downward: “I just put my daughter in rehab for drug abuse today.”

In the moments that followed I gently shared the story of my son’s struggle with heroin addiction and how Jesus had set him free. As she listened, a smile broke through her tears. After the plane landed we prayed together before parting, asking God to break her daughter’s chains.

Later that evening I thought of Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 1:3–4: “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”

All around us are people who need to be encouraged with the comfort only God can give. He wants us to reach out to them with tenderhearted compassion, to share the love He has shared with us. May God send us to those who need His comfort today!

I praise You for Your compassion for us at the cross, Lord! Help me to comfort others with Your kindness and love today.

Watch Geoff Banks’ story at ourdailybread.org/story/geoff.

God’s kindness meets our deepest need.

INSIGHT

We honor the “God of all comfort” (v. 3) when we offer compassion to others. Who needs comfort? Ecclesiastes 4:1 says, “I saw the tears of the oppressed—and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors—and they have no comforter.” Scripture reminds us that from the victim to the oppressor, everyone needs the comfort God offers.

For further study, check out the free course Soul Care Foundations I at christianuniversity.org/CC201.


45 posted on 04/06/2018 4:34:59 AM PDT by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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Chris DeBurgh~The Lady In Red






46 posted on 04/06/2018 9:43:39 AM PDT by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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~Good Afternoon To Amy's Place~

Anemones

~Wear Red On Friday To Support Our Troops~
I Wish You A Wonderful Weekend




47 posted on 04/06/2018 11:13:08 AM PDT by MEG33 (Help Shorten FReepathons......DONATE MONTHLY)
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You are NOT going to believe this:






It's Snowing.

48 posted on 04/06/2018 11:19:38 AM PDT 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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Not here in Florida............It’s 68°F outside.......BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!.............gotta get my sweater....................wherever it is................


49 posted on 04/06/2018 11:29:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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Correction: It’s 72°F.........................


50 posted on 04/06/2018 11:30:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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72? Ahhhhhhhhhh


51 posted on 04/06/2018 11:43:39 AM PDT 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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And sunny!...................


52 posted on 04/06/2018 11:53:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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53 posted on 04/06/2018 12:23:54 PM PDT by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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Fair Play


April 7, 2018

In everything set them an example by doing what is good. Titus 2:7

When Singaporean runner Ashley Liew found himself at the head of the pack during a marathon at the Southeast Asian Games, he knew something was wrong. He quickly realized that the lead runners had taken a wrong turn and were now behind. Ashley could have taken advantage of their mistake, but a strong sense of sportsmanship told him it would not be a genuine victory. He wanted to win because he was faster—not because those ahead of him had made a mistake. Acting on his convictions, he slowed down to let them catch up.

In the end, Ashley lost the race and missed out on a medal. But he won the hearts of his countrymen—and an international award for his act of fair play. It spoke well of his faith as a Christian, and must have prompted some to ask, “What made him do that?”

Ashley’s act challenges me to share my faith through my actions. Little acts of thoughtfulness, kindness, or forgiveness can glorify God. As Paul put it simply, “Show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned” (Titus 2:7–8).

Our positive actions toward others can show the world that we are able to live differently because of the Holy Spirit’s work in us. He will give us the grace to reject ungodliness and wrong passions, and to live upright lives that point people to God (vv. 11–12).

Heavenly Father, may our behavior today cause others to ask us why we are different. We ask that we follow Your Holy Spirit’s leading as we explain to them the hope that is in us.

Live so that others will want to know Jesus.

INSIGHT

In our passage today, Paul writes to Titus, whom he left on the island of Crete to guide the new churches they had planted there. The citizens of Crete had earned an especially bad reputation, and Paul saw fit to remind Titus of that (see Titus 1:12–13). The need for diligence in their service to the believers there was especially vital.

As Paul gave Titus directions about wise living, he highlighted God’s grace. We may tend to think of grace as giving us freedom—and it does. But God’s grace, through the work of the Holy Spirit, also instills a holy discipline in us. “It teaches us to say ‘No’ to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives” (2:12). Or, as Paul phrased it in Galatians, “The Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires” (5:17 nlt).

The “secret” to living the Christian life isn’t to stress over not sinning; it’s to focus on the work of God’s grace in us.


54 posted on 04/07/2018 5:53:57 AM PDT by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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It snowed here yesterday. 2 inches!


55 posted on 04/07/2018 6:53:36 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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A Wish

Of all our sunny world
I wish only for a garden sofa
where a cat is sunning itself.

There I should sit
with a letter at my breast,
a single small letter.
That is what my dream looks like.

Edith Sodergran





Happy Caturday, Dogurday and Bunnyday!


56 posted on 04/07/2018 7:00:56 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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I'm Pretending...






That it is SPRING!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

57 posted on 04/07/2018 7:32:48 AM PDT 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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85 yesterday, high of 59 today.
Had to cut off the AC and turn on the heat this AM.

BRrrrrr....

I don’t mind, 108 aint my friend.


58 posted on 04/07/2018 7:41:27 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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59 posted on 04/07/2018 7:45:22 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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36 here and now,


60 posted on 04/07/2018 7:53:32 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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