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

4-1-2009 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

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[Lady Jag]

That’s why I love the kitten. It’s some kind of sign I can’t put my finger on.

[jaycee]

I didn’t want to tell you that you couldn’t spell either..LOL!

[JustAmy]

Barbara Walters did a television story on gender roles in Kabul, Afghanistan several years before the Afghan conflict. She noted that women customarily walked five paces behind their husbands.

She recently returned to Kabul and observed that women still walk behind their husbands.

From Miss Walters' vantage point, despite the overthrow of the oppressive Taliban regime, the women now seem to walk even further back behind their husbands and are happy to maintain the old custom.

Miss Walters approached one of the Afghani women and asked, "Why do you now seem happy with an old custom that you once tried so desperately to change?"

The woman looked Miss Walters straight in the eyes and without hesitation said, "Land Mines."

Moral of the story is...

(no matter where you go)

... BEHIND EVERY MAN, THERE'S A SMART WOMAN!


Happy Humor Month!
Submitted by FishHawk

[Dubya]

GREAT POST.

[jaycee]

I truly loved that one....

[Lady Jag]

One Apryl day,
Whan softe was the sunne,
I killed a younge birde,
And ate it on a bunne.

[PGalt]

ROFL...now that’s funny (#2063)!!! Thanks Amy LOL! LOL!

[JustAmy]

Thanks, Dubya.

[JustAmy]

Thanks, Jaycee.

[JustAmy]

LOL

Cute, LadyJ. Thanks.

[JustAmy]

Thanks, PGalt.

I received that in email and decided that it was perfect for Humor Month. ;^ )

[yorkie]

I posted a reply right after you posted this - and it never showed up. (Wonder what I did wrong????)

Anyway, Amy - that is a GOOD ‘un!!! Thanks!

[PGalt]

That is was! Thanks, Amy. Still laughing. LOL!

[JustAmy]

Thanks, Yorkie.

I need to start posting some of the jokes that are sent via email.

There are some great ones.

[jaycee]

I got to wake up to that one, L. J. A laugh to start the day!
Author, please....lets see...~~author-L.J.~~?? LOL!

[MEG33]

The Lady has talent..LOL!

[MEG33]

This is just gorgeous!

[MEG33]

*Happy Warm Fuzzy Wednesday Everyone*
I have just started taking all the shelves and drawers out of
the refrigerator and am working on cleaning it and all my
appliances..and none too soon!
I really enjoyed seeing all the beautiful rose graphics , poetry
and music from yesterday.

[The Mayor]

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April 22, 2009

Too Old?

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READ: Genesis 17:15-22

My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. —Genesis 17:4

When God promised Abraham and his wife Sarah that they would have a son, Abraham laughed in unbelief and replied, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” (Gen. 17:17).

Later, Sarah laughed for the same reason: “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?” (18:12).

We too grow old and wonder if the Lord can fulfill His promises to us. We no longer have prominence or status. Our minds are not as nimble as they once were. We’re hampered by physical problems that limit our mobility and keep us close to home. Every day we seem to lose more of the things we have spent a lifetime acquiring. Robert Frost underscores something that we sometimes ask ourselves: “The question . . . is what to make of a diminished thing.”

Not much—if we are left to ourselves. But God is able to do more with us than we can imagine. He asks us, as He asked Sarah, “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” (18:14). Of course not!

We’re never too old to be useful if we make ourselves available to God for His purposes.

Growing old but not retiring,
For the battle still is on;
Going on without relenting
Till the final victory’s won. —Anon.

As God adds years to your life, ask Him to add life to your years.

Bible in One Year: 2 Samuel 14-15; Luke 17:1-19

[NicknamedBob]

That reminds me of the “little birdie on the windowsill” poem.

Probably not a “morning person” either.