Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. January 7-8-9, 2005

1-7-05 | JustAmy, St.Louie1, MamaBear, Billie

[tuliptree76]

That's okay. Next week I will be able to hear them. :-)

[The Mayor]

I would love to hear some Bob Seger

Don't laugh, I used to be known as Rus Seger
I sang in some clubs 20+ years ago
my two fav's

Shame on the moon
Turn the page

I actually got many standing O's
Was alot of fun, I got my voice from my Mom.
2 years ago I sang Turn the page in Virginia
Got a standing O!

I'll have to listen in the AM cause off goes the computer..

Thank you!

[The Mayor]

G'Night Tulip!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Amy, I know you like Elvis - You were always on my mind...

[Victoria Delsoul]

Let me check.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Can't find it, Mayor, sorry.

I need to go to bed now. See you all tomorrow.

[tuliptree76]

Good night, Victoria!

[Alberta's Child]

G'Night, Victoria. Have a great weekend!

[BobS]

Victoria, answer your mail! I have 6 pairs of grey socks from Edmonton. Your days should be getting lighter from now on.

[BobS]

I couldn't get your pic to respond to me, but when I was a creative little squirt, some snowballs became bigger and bigger ones and their kinetic energy brought them onto a certain highway in PA:)

[The Mayor]

January 8, 2005

What's Worth Keeping?

Read: Genesis 25:27-34

For one morsel of food [Esau] sold his birthright. —Hebrews 12:16

Bible In One Year: Genesis 23-26

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A story is told of a man who loved old books. He met an acquaintance who had just thrown away a Bible that had been stored in the attic of his ancestral home for generations. "I couldn't read it," the friend explained. "Somebody named Guten-something had printed it." "Not Gutenberg!" the book lover exclaimed in horror. "That Bible was one of the first books ever printed. A copy just sold for over two million dollars!"

His friend was unimpressed. "Mine wouldn't have brought a dollar. Some fellow named Martin Luther had scribbled all over it in German."

This fictitious story shows how a person can treat as worthless that which is valuable. That's what Esau did. Although he was a nice enough fellow, Esau was a "profane" man because he sold his spiritual birthright "for one morsel of food" (Hebrews 12:16). Only when it was too late to undo his wretched bargain did he realize that he had sacrificed the permanent on the altar of the immediate.

We had better be careful of the "bargains" we make in life. Our culture places a high price on what is worthless and throws away as worthless what is of eternal value.

Ask the Lord to help you discern what's worth keeping and what is best discarded. —Haddon Robinson

The little choices we must make
Will chart the course of life we take;
We either choose the path of light
Or wander off in darkest night. —D. De Haan

Why pay the high price for this world's bargains when eternal life is free?

[JustAmy]

1-8-05
Graphic by Billie

Naked!


I just wanted to use the word, to tell the naked truth,
I sure got your attention, though, by being so uncouth.
We’ve come to have an attitude of shame about our nature,
Which seems to be affected somehow by its nomenclature.

There’s little then to stand between the naked and the nude,
Except that one’s an artful pose and in the other, someone’s rude.
The word itself is strange you know, I mean, for goodness sake,
Though people end up naked no one ever seems to nake.

Naked we came into the world, and naked we shall leave it,
Shorn of our possessions and our pride, you can believe it.
To stand before the Lord with only what we’ve done to show,
There is no hiding then from what the Lord will surely know.

An unimpressive specimen, denuded of its glory,
And unlikely to impress with any kind of cover story.
But still forgiving is our Lord of all the things that we may lack,
And we presume to know this much because he hasn’t sent us back.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 15, 2004

[ST.LOUIE1]

I didn't know nudity was acceptable at Amy's Place. Maybe we owe 'Jag' an apology?

Good morning, ((((Sis)))

[JoeV1]

I bought stuff from your website. Small world. I love the mason jar lights!!

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Saturday! TGIS!!

[JustAmy]

Ahhh c'mon, Bro.

That is not nudity .... it is a nude. She is a piece of art, very tastefully done.

Hugs to you ((((( Bro )))))

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Joe. Welcome to Amy's Place.

Glad to hear that you were happy with your purchases. :)

Have a great weekend.

[international american]

"And we presume to know this much because he hasn’t sent us back."

Yeah, I guess that about says it all;-)

[international american]

Happy Saturday, Amy dear.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank y'all so much for lovely poem and graphic!