Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January, 2010

January 1, 2010 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

:^ )

Oh how adorable they are.
Thank you for sharing your babies' Christmas with us.
That would make a perfect Christmas card.

Hope you two and the babies are staying inside.

Have a Terrific Thursday.

[JustAmy]

Ahhh .... now that reminds me of Easter. :)

[JustAmy]

I have a dental appt so I will be away for awhile ... again.

Hey .... I think I will be here all day tomorrow. LOL

Have a beautiful Thursday wherever you are. Try to stay warm until this Global Warming moves out.

[Billie]

Good afternoon, Amy! I see you posted another 'spring' graphic to me, and it's one of my favorites. :) Guess we can pretend it's nice and springy - as long as we don't have to look out or go out! :)

I know we're out of some 'catetories' of new openings, but for some reason, as much as I 'want' to work on new ones, it just hasn't been happening for some time now. I'm not sure why. :( Is anyone but me still dragging?!

[ConorMacNessa]

Pte. Robert Hays, 1st Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment, KIA Afghanistan 3JAN2010



I have fought a good fight,
I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV)

Flowers of the Forest



Black Watch Piper

The Soldier

If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is forever England. There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam;
A body of England's, breathing English air,
Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.
And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.

Rupert Brooke



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Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[tiapam]

Dear Conor, Thank you for sharing, as sad as it is! Do you possibly know how old these fallen soldiers were? I will pray for the family.

[tiapam]

Hi Amy, Glad you all like the pictures. They are wonderful dogs. It was pretty cold this morning. Doesn’t bother d’Ogee,but Lindy——not so much. And if it snows, which it sometimes does, Lindy doesn’t want to get her little tootsie’s wet. She’ll goe to great lenghth’s to get away from the cold, white stuff!

[jaycee]

Great graphic and great music!! We have heard that song many times in the past! I believe there’s a bad moon a’rising around here lately! LOL!

I heard another snow storm was on the way, so I hurried to the store because I’ve been snowed in so long. The store was terribly crowded and it was snowing when I came out of the store. Thank goodness I got it finished. Its snow white outside once again. The driveway looks like about an inch has fallen since I came back home. Do not know if it will snow through the night or not. SPRING....come hither please!

[jaycee]

If we would get a 39 temperature, I would go out and sunbathe...LOL! Man, we have had snow and cold so long and it is now snowing once more. I heard it was coming so I ran to the grocery store and bought everything they had...by the size of my bill...! Haven’t stocked up in a while because the weather has been so awful!

[jaycee]

Beautiful graphic, Amy!

[jaycee]

They look absolutely adorable, yorkie!

[jaycee]

After Meg planted chocolate in my mind, I started craving it and you know I have to watch my sugar intake. I really watched it as I was eating my chocolate....LOL!

I made it to the store a little while ago. Heard a storm was on the way and it started snowing when I was in the store. Got home okay and I guess we have about an inch on my driveway now. So glad I am really stocked up for a good while.

Thanks for the precious graphic. I’ve always loved those little girls.

[jaycee]

It is so nice to have you
with us at Amy's Place, tiapam! For some reason
I feel as if I already know you! Hope you
are having fun here and
will always stay with us.

[jaycee]

Pte. Robert Hays, 1st Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment, KIA Afghanistan 3JAN2010

~~Rest in Peace Dear One~~

~~We Shall Remember You Always~~

[JustAmy]

Good evening, Billie.

Dentist told me today that he needs to replace a crown. I have some root decay and only way to get to it is to remove the crown. Oh Well .... I was hoping I would get through the year with only cleanings. :)

With the weather being so dreary, the spring flower graphics seem to draw me to them.

As you can tell by the amount of AWOL time that I’ve stacked up that I’m still dragging.

I will review my Graphic Hopper to see what can be re-used. If I need music uploaded, I will let you know. We will get thru this uninspiring period.

[JustAmy]

Rest in Peace, Pte. Robert Hays.
Thank you for your service. Thank you for your sacrifice.



May God Comfort and Bless the family of Pte. Robert Hays.

Freedom is not Free! You will not be forgotten.

[JustAmy]

"Lindy doesn’t want to get her little tootsie’s wet."

LOL

I feel the same way!!!

[JustAmy]

I’m hoping that spring will arrive early this year.

It’s good that you got to the store before another storm hit. Hope you got all of the essentials.

Have a warm fuzzy evening. See you tomorrow.

[JustAmy]

Thank you, Jaycee.

[The Mayor]

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January 8, 2010

The Final Opening Ceremony

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READ: Revelation 15

All nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments have been manifested. —Revelation 15:4

Some words used to describe the opening ceremony of the 2008 summer Olympics were awesome, breathtaking, and extravagant. One commentator observed, “This shows what happens when you give an artist an unlimited budget.”

When I heard this, I thought, That’s what God did at creation! He held nothing back. The resulting universe is stunning in beauty, staggering in complexity, extravagant in all regards.

The Olympic ceremony was perfect in its precision; but if just one drummer or dancer had decided to alter the artist’s vision, the whole ceremony would have been flawed.

That’s what happened shortly after creation. Unlike the Olympic producer, God allowed free choice, and His work of art was marred by Adam and Eve’s idea of a better way. In Isaiah’s words, “We have turned, every one, to his own way” (53:6).

God’s solution to our waywardness was unimaginable: The Artist paid the price to recreate what we ruined. One day, there will be another opening ceremony, and everyone in heaven and on earth will bow at the name of Jesus (Phil. 2:10). And those from every nation who have accepted God’s plan in Christ will worship together in the flawless New Jerusalem (Rev. 15:4).

Yes, God was so great in creation,
But greater, much greater in grace!
For when man had sinned and had grieved Him,
He sent Christ to die in his place! —Bennard

We have all eternity to praise God—begin today.

Bible in One Year: Genesis 20-22; Matthew 6:19-34