Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January, February and March, 2020

January 1, 2020 | Meg33; The Mayor, Trisham, JustAmy

[Kitty Mittens]

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

[TheConservativeParty]

Good Night Kitty Mittens!

[The Mayor]

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January 3

God Waited

Bible in a Year:

• Genesis 7–9
• Matthew 3

The Lord longs to be gracious to you.

Isaiah 30:18 When Denise Levertov was just twelve, long before she became a renowned poet, she had the gumption to mail a package of poetry to the great poet T. S. Eliot. She then waited for a reply. Surprisingly, Eliot sent two pages of handwritten encouragement. In the preface to her collection The Stream and the Sapphire, she explained how the poems “trace [her] own movement from agnosticism to Christian faith.” It’s powerful, then, to recognize how one of the later poems (“Annunciation”) narrates Mary’s surrender to God. Noting the Holy Spirit’s refusal to overwhelm Mary and His desire for Mary to freely receive the Christ child, these two words blaze at the poem’s center: “God waited.”

In Mary’s story, Levertov recognized her own. God waited, eager to love her. He would not force anything upon her. He waited. Isaiah described this same reality, how God stood ready, eager with anticipation, to shower Israel with tender love. “The Lord longs to be gracious to you . . . to show you compassion” (30:18). He was ready to flood His people with kindness, and yet God waited for them to willingly receive what He offered (v. 19).

It’s a wonder that our Creator, the Savior of the world, chooses to wait for us to welcome Him. The God who could so easily overpower us practices humble patience. The Holy One waits for us.

By: Winn Collier

Reflect & Pray

In what areas of your life has God been waiting for you? How might you surrender to Him?

God, it boggles my mind that You wait for me. Wait? For me? This makes me trust You, desire You. Please come. Give me Your full self.  

[TheConservativeParty]

Good Morning Amy’s Place!

Very extra proud of our President and even more so our outstanding brave soldiers.

God Bless every one of them

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you.

[luvie]

Chris DeBurgh~The Lady In Red

[TheConservativeParty]

Great picture of our President and First Lady!
I hope he addresses the nation today.
Looking forward to the next 2 rallies, the 9th and 14th.

[luvie]

I hope he will soon. He will pick just the right moment. He won’t be rushed by the pundits or the demwits.

[JustAmy]

Graphic by MamaBear

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear,too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice,but for those who love time is eternity.
--Henry Van Dyke

I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them
--E.V. Lucas

Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician
--Unknown

[TheConservativeParty]

#3. Time is not a good beautician. So true.
However it does ease the pain of loss.
It hasn’t healed my 3 broken ribs completely yet.....16 years later!
Arthritis probably has become a factor now.

Time does go by fast, every year quicker than the last.

May this be a good year for everyone.

I hope Ritchie has a miraculous recovery this year. Poor little guy.
I hope he is improving.

[JustAmy]

Thank you, TCP.

Not much new with Richie but I continue to pray for God’s miracle.

[The Mayor]

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January 4

Perfectly Placed

Bible in a Year:

• Genesis 10–12
• Matthew 4

Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?

Job 38:4

Scientists know our planet is precisely the right distance from the sun to benefit from its heat. A little closer and all the water would evaporate, as on Venus. Only a bit farther and everything would freeze like it does on Mars. Earth is also just the right size to generate the right amount of gravity. Less would make everything weightlessly sterile like our moon, while more gravity would trap poisonous gases that suffocate life as on Jupiter.

The intricate physical, chemical, and biological interactions that comprise our world bear the imprint of a sophisticated Designer. We catch a glimpse of this complex craftsmanship when God speaks to Job about things beyond our understanding. “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?” God asks. “Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone?” (Job 38:4–6).

This glimpse of creation’s magnitude causes us to wonder at Earth’s mighty oceans bowing before the One who “shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, . . . [who said] ‘This far you may come and no farther’ ” (vv. 8–11). In wonder may we sing with the morning stars and shout for joy with the angels (v. 7), for this elaborate world was made for us that we might know and trust God.

By: Remi Oyedele

Reflect & Pray

How does God’s amazing creation cause you to praise Him today? What about its design reveals a Maker?

Thank You, Creator God, for this elaborate world You designed for us.

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you.

[trisham]

Old King Winter

Old King Winter's on his throne
In robes of ermine white;
The crown of jewels on his head
Now glitters bright with light.

The little flakes of snow and hail,
And tiny pearls of sleet,
Are with the wild winds dancing
All round his magic feet.

His beard is white, his cheeks are red,
His heart is filled with cheer;
His season's best some people say;
The best of all the year.

Anna E. Skinner

Happy caturday and dogurday, all!

[luvie]

What a cute face! LOL!

[trisham]

Thank you, LUV W! :)

[luvie]

What!? WE didn't do it!
Happy Caturday!

[trisham]

Beautiful, LUV W!!

[luvie]

Thank you! Even though they WERE being kind of bratty. LOL!

[left that other site]

20th Annual Moby Dick Marathon

It was Nerd Central at the New Bedford Whaling Museum Today, and I was There!

((((HUGS))))

ML/LTOS