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

3-1-09 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

Welcome To....


'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets
and those who enjoy poetry.
'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.
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Never Forget!





Bad Penny



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




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[pollywog]

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

[Lady Jag]

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!

[Lady Jag]

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

[NicknamedBob]

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.

[JustAmy]

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

[JustAmy]

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

[JustAmy]

LOL

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

[jaycee]

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

[Sundog]

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)

[Lady Jag]

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.

[JustAmy]

:^)

And I’ll bet both were excellent occasions.

[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.

[The Mayor]

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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

[luvie]

Good morning, Rus!

Hope you and the family have a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for our beautiful lesson from God’s word!

[The Mayor]

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

[Jane Austen]

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

[dixie sass]

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.

[dixie sass]

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

[Jane Austen]

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.

[yorkie]

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.)