Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... March, 2009

I am so html handicapped, you do such a great job with the pictures and etc. Thank you for the pleasure that you give me and others even though we never say it.

You and me both Dixie!! I can paste a very simple photo and that is that!But I sure enjoy the others! Polly

1,441 posted on 03/13/2009 6:25:30 PM PDT by pollywog (I will lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord...Ps 121)

To: JustAmy; yorkie; OESY; MEG33; jaycee; Mama_Bear; The Mayor; ST.LOUIE1; Billie; ConorMacNessa; ...

It's been a whack-doodle of a day and I'm dropping by to say it's all okay.

Hope everyone's had a lucky Friday!

1,442 posted on 03/13/2009 6:48:16 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Where is my bailout???)

Black cats, even on Friday the 13th
Stop to honor soldiers and their families

1,443 posted on 03/13/2009 6:57:28 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Where is my bailout???)

To: Lady Jag; JustAmy; Billie; DollyCali; ConorMacNessa; WayzataJOHNN

Worrying about a Friday the Thirteenth while we have Obama in the White House is like regretting that when the alligator bit your foot off he didn’t get the one with the hangnail.

1,444 posted on 03/13/2009 7:04:33 PM PDT by NicknamedBob ("Of what possible use is it to BE a genius, if you can't even get a bottle of beer open?" NnB to Tn1)

Thank you, Jaycee. It is very pretty. You are doing great.

1,445 posted on 03/13/2009 7:16:19 PM PDT by JustAmy

Ahhh .... thank you Lady. That cat is beautiful and patriotic.

1,446 posted on 03/13/2009 7:18:03 PM PDT by JustAmy

To: NicknamedBob

LOL

How true. All of the Friday the Thirteenths together haven’t caused as many problems as the Big 0.

1,447 posted on 03/13/2009 7:20:31 PM PDT by JustAmy

Our last two Red Hat Luncheons were on Friday 13th!

1,448 posted on 03/13/2009 7:30:07 PM PDT by jaycee ("His eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me. ")

To: JustAmy; Billie

Here is a mechanical contrivance---a rube goldberg device to pull the cork from a bottle of wine and pour a glass. I think you would appreciate the class with which it is done.

Cork Puller

(Way too much time on his hands)

1,449 posted on 03/13/2009 7:40:44 PM PDT by Sundog (The founding fathers understood what would happen when all three branches of government failed.)

To: NicknamedBob

Who is worrying about Friday the 13th? I like Friday the 13th so much that I google it under holidays!

Anyway, only communists and democrats have bad luck on this day.

1,450 posted on 03/13/2009 8:03:29 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Where is my bailout???)

:^)

And I’ll bet both were excellent occasions.

1,451 posted on 03/13/2009 9:18:16 PM PDT by JustAmy

Good evening, Sundog.

Nice to see you today. Very classy, indeed. Looks like I would need to add a Cork Puller Room. :)

Thanks for sharing that video.

Hope you had a Fantastic Friday and are looking forward to a beautiful weekend.

1,452 posted on 03/13/2009 9:25:34 PM PDT by JustAmy

To: JustAmy; Billie; dutchess; GodBlessUSA; deadhead; jaycee; LUV W; mathluv; DollyCali; Dubya; Gabz; ..

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March 14, 2009

Clearing Out The Clutter

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READ: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? —1 Corinthians 6:19

My garage serves as “storage” for things that don’t have a place in our home, and, frankly, there are times when I am ashamed to open the door. I don’t want anyone to see the clutter. So, periodically, I set aside a workday to clean it up.

Our hearts and minds are a lot like that—they accumulate lots of clutter. As we rub shoulders with the world, inevitably, perhaps unknowingly, we pick up ungodly thoughts and attitudes. Thinking that life is all about “me.” Demanding our rights. Reacting bitterly toward those who have hurt us. Before long, our hearts and minds are no longer clean and orderly. And while we think we can hide the mess, eventually it will show.

Paul pointedly asked, “Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?” (1 Cor. 6:19)—which makes me wonder if God often feels like He is living in our messy garage.

Perhaps it’s time to set aside a spiritual workday and, with His help, get to work clearing out the clutter. Discard those thoughts of bitterness. Bag up and throw out the old patterns of sensual thoughts. Organize your attitudes. Fill your heart with the beauty of God’s Word. Make it clean to the core, and then leave the door open for all to see!

More like the Master I would ever be,
More of His meekness, more humility;
More zeal to labor, more courage to be true,
More consecration for work He bids me do. —Gabriel

Don’t let the Spirit reside in a cluttered heart. Take some time to clean it up today!

Bible in One Year: Deuteronomy 23-25; Mark 14:1-26

1,453 posted on 03/14/2009 7:48:53 AM PDT by The Mayor ( In Gods works we see His hand; in His Word we hear His heart)

Good morning, Rus!

Hope you and the family have a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for our beautiful lesson from God’s word!

1,454 posted on 03/14/2009 8:04:53 AM PDT by luvie (The new Boston Tea Party is here, baby, and it's doused in barbecue sauce..Michelle Malkin)

Thanks, it’s a beautiful day here too.
Sunny and in the 40’s.

1,455 posted on 03/14/2009 8:19:29 AM PDT by The Mayor ( In Gods works we see His hand; in His Word we hear His heart)

Thanks for the reference. The library might have that book. As a child I used to love Hans Christian Anderson.

1,456 posted on 03/14/2009 8:20:02 AM PDT by Jane Austen (Boycott the Bahamas!)

Happy Saturday Amy. I love those those birds! Oh to be html literate!

I was listening to Glenn Beck yesterday and got so disgusted with him, trying to claim credit for Jim and all of us oldsters at FR have been doing for the last, what 20 years, prior to the web and afterwards. Everything he claims to have thought up, we were espousing years ago.

1,457 posted on 03/14/2009 8:22:56 AM PDT by dixie sass (Change? What change? Where?)

Sometimes, if I can find my handbook on html, I can do that but...

1,458 posted on 03/14/2009 8:24:10 AM PDT by dixie sass (Change? What change? Where?)

To: JustAmy; All

I will be taking a trip and am going to the bookstore to get a paperback mystery that fits in my handbag.

Everyone have a nice weekend.

1,459 posted on 03/14/2009 8:36:12 AM PDT by Jane Austen (Boycott the Bahamas!)

Have a good trip, Jane. If you like Dean R. Koonz - his book “The Watchers” is his BEST! (You will especially like it if you like dogs.)

1,460 posted on 03/14/2009 8:50:28 AM PDT by yorkie

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