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Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... June, 2009
May 31, 2009 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

Posted on 05/31/2009 11:15:06 PM PDT by JustAmy




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TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous; Poetry; The Poetry Branch
KEYWORDS: amysplace; friends; june; poetry
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To: JustAmy; MEG33; GodBlessUSA; yorkie; Kitty Mittens; Billie; Mama_Bear; Lady Jag; DollyCali; ...

Oooops! Did it again! (Thinking cap, where are you?) Post 960 to all!


961 posted on 06/11/2009 5:42:54 AM PDT by jaycee ("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.")
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To: JustAmy; Billie; dutchess; GodBlessUSA; deadhead; jaycee; LUV W; mathluv; DollyCali; Dubya; Gabz; ..

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

June 11, 2009
Religious Nuts
Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. —Colossians 4:6

I have a friend who was invited to a dinner party where he was seated next to a belligerent unbeliever who delighted in taunting Christians.

Throughout the evening, the man baited Matt mercilessly about the evils of Christendom throughout the ages. With each insult, my friend calmly replied, “That’s an interesting point of view.” And then he asked a question that revealed genuine interest in the man and deflected the discussion away from the issue that divided them.

As the two were walking out the door at the end of the evening, the man fired a final jab, at which point Matt put his arm around the other man’s shoulders and chuckled. “My friend,” he said, “all night long you’ve been trying to talk to me about religion. Are you a religious nut?”

The man’s animosity dissolved in a burst of laughter and then in sobriety, for he was indeed a religious nut. All human beings are. We’re insatiably and incurably religious—hounded by the relentless love of God, though we may try to keep Him away. Matt’s kindness and deft humor awakened this man’s heart so that he could be receptive to the gospel.

We are to be “wise as serpents” (Matt. 10:16) when dealing with non-Christians, speaking to them “with grace, seasoned with salt” (Col. 4:6).

You have called us, Lord, to witness—
Called to speak the truth in love;
O how much we need Your guidance
And Your wisdom from above. —D. De Haan

As the “salt of the earth,” Christians can make others thirsty for the Water of Life.

Bible in One Year: Ezra 1-2; John 19:23-42


962 posted on 06/11/2009 5:44:04 AM PDT by The Mayor ( In Gods works we see His hand; in His Word we hear His heart)
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To: The Mayor

Good Morning The Mayor :)
How are you?

Thank You for this lesson! Best to open the eyes of someone like this, when we can, than to push them away.

Wishing you a terrific day!


964 posted on 06/11/2009 6:15:20 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA ( God Bless Our Military Heroes! ) (("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them"))
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To: The Mayor

Good Morning Mayor! Thought provoking ODB this morning!

Polly


965 posted on 06/11/2009 6:21:20 AM PDT by pollywog (Psalm 91:4 ...staying cuddled Under His Wings)
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To: All; JustAmy; Billie; Mama_Bear; The Mayor; LUV W; MEG33; La Enchiladita; jaycee; Lady Jag; ...
Hi Amy and Everyone!
Popping in to say hello. Wish I could be around more often. I miss you all! Lately, many things keeping me too busy.

Hope you all are doing well. Enjoying the longer days? The longer days are great! :) June is a favorite month.


966 posted on 06/11/2009 6:34:49 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA ( God Bless Our Military Heroes! ) (("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them"))
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To: GodBlessUSA
I've been missing you too, GeeBee! Hope you haven't been sick or anything! Good to hear from you today!


967 posted on 06/11/2009 6:40:46 AM PDT by jaycee ("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.")
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To: jaycee
Thanks! Always great to see you! I so much enjoy peeking in and seeing your lovely pings, Jaycee! :)

I was very ill from allergies. Went to Dr. and she said, it was a good thing I had gone in, or I would have ended up with bacterial pneumonia. Took 2 weeks to get better from this. Doing fine now. :) Now we are busy finishing up the school year with many of the end of year events.

Have a great day (((Jaycee)))!
968 posted on 06/11/2009 6:56:50 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA ( God Bless Our Military Heroes! ) (("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them"))
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To: All

Not All Changes Bring Hope

From sea to shining sea the wide land is virile
deep and rich earth to bring the harvest, for a while
But the new forces come that may bring change
leaving behind only barren unproductive range

What was is once so very proud is fading, fading away
And those who speak, we can not trust what they say

The dream of a better world is being taken away
and the cost may be paid in our grandchildren’s day
Hope becomes but another word in a sea of talk
as homes and futures are being chained to a lock

What was once so very proud is fading, fading away
And those who speak, we can not trust what they say

Purpled mountains fall to grain draped plains below
around the pinnacles of cities reaching for the sky so
But the cities are crumbling, and the grain is more weed
the greatness of once is now just tattered, gone to seed

What was is once so very proud is fading, fading away
And those who speak, we can not trust what they say

We see dreams of our children, as water over a dam it dawns
gone as leaders seek the power of their grasp upon us pawns
Shallow imitation of the greatness we once knew so pale
and they will be sure to write the history of how we did fail

What was is once so very proud is fading, fading away
And those who speak, we can not trust what they say


969 posted on 06/11/2009 7:00:43 AM PDT by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: WayzataJOHNN
True words, Johnn!

Especially.......

"What was is once so very proud is fading, fading away And those who speak, we can not trust what they say"

970 posted on 06/11/2009 7:34:51 AM PDT by jaycee ("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.")
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To: GodBlessUSA
Popping in to say hello. Wish I could be around more often. I miss you all! Lately, many things keeping me too busy.

Good Morning GodBlessUSA~ You and me both. I hate when life gets so busy I can't stroll down Amy's Lane! Have a great day! Polly

971 posted on 06/11/2009 7:36:14 AM PDT by pollywog (Psalm 91:4 ...staying cuddled Under His Wings)
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To: ST.LOUIE1; Mama_Bear; Billie; DollyCali; dutchess; Aquamarine; GodBlessUSA; OESY; NicknamedBob; ...

June 11, 2009
Graphic & Music by Billie

972 posted on 06/11/2009 8:38:25 AM PDT by JustAmy (Prayers for Dusty, one of our wounded warriors of peace.)
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To: JustAmy; All

Supporting National Black Cow Day from sea to shining sea.




973 posted on 06/11/2009 8:48:39 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Communism + Hezbollah + Al Qaeda + Obama + StoneAge = CHAOS)
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To: jaycee

The America I grew up in and fought for is nearly gone.

The Constitution is ignored, the rights of Americans superseded to the DC mindset

Fascism nationalizes our lives and jobs and future.

We watch our rights evaporate and no one does anything.
Are we afraid of our government? If so then we can no longer call ourselves free!
Are we just happy to take that little ‘stimulus’ check, glad that the master in the big house is think kindly of us today?

Our political representatives are becoming our masters, and we don’t stand up and say no.
Is our will so low they can, or are we already slaves, because we lost the will to be free?

I guess we better start referring to each other as ‘Comrade’ ‘insert name here’ on the board, to get used to what we are accepting for ourselves and our children, it’ll make it easier then resisting for the next few months.

I don’t think there are enough of us to stand on the bridge at Concord this time, I guess the new King wins this time. No anger, no resistance, except from a few who care enough to stand up, (until the rest of the gutless tell us to sit down and stop rocking the boat.)

Sorry to sound so negative, but we are losing America and it seems so few care, so few speak out, so few seem to want what was, before ‘hope and change came to destroy a great nation and make it a pale copy of a defeated France!


974 posted on 06/11/2009 8:51:52 AM PDT by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: JustAmy

Your yellow bird and frame - so pretty, Amy.


975 posted on 06/11/2009 9:17:04 AM PDT by Billie
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To: Billie




Good morning, Billie. Thank you.

Thank you for Today's Opener and Music.
I'm a Dean Martin fan. I love it!

Thank you for the many pretty, cute, fun, adorable Graphics.
They make Amy's Place beautiful.

Have a Terrific Thursday.


976 posted on 06/11/2009 9:22:23 AM PDT by JustAmy (Prayers for Dusty, one of our wounded warriors of peace.)
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To: pollywog
Such a pretty daughter, Polly! I especially like the first picture with her sitting down - reading the card from the wrist corsage?

Your ferns are so luxurious and green - makes a great backdrop for her in the second pic!

977 posted on 06/11/2009 9:23:31 AM PDT by Billie
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To: jaycee

You are so thoughtful and sweet to respond to everything. Love that dog in #920 - it looks like a polar bear!


978 posted on 06/11/2009 9:26:32 AM PDT by Billie
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To: jaycee
We are Warm and Fuzzy! And We Will Love you Unconditionally!

And promise to smile every time you see us! They do, don't they?

979 posted on 06/11/2009 9:28:03 AM PDT by Billie
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To: MEG33

Thanks, Meg, the June pic was just so inviting!


980 posted on 06/11/2009 9:29:48 AM PDT by Billie
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