Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January, February, 2014

Well, I’m grat-ti-Tuesday that it is sunny today. It might be like living at the North Pole, but at least it’s sunny!

Love that globull warming!

cheers

1,021 posted on 02/25/2014 9:27:05 AM PST by TheConservativeParty

Thanks, Trisham.
I love roses. If we keep having warm weather, mine will be blooming soon.

Have a beautiful day.

1,022 posted on 02/25/2014 10:27:48 AM PST by JustAmy (Check out Cruz Control!)

Hi, MEG!

Happy Gratituesday to you!

((((HUGS))))

Off to work I go...

1,024 posted on 02/25/2014 10:33:15 AM PST by left that other site

I forgot the break in text..I goofed and asked this to be deleted..Be back in a while.

1,025 posted on 02/25/2014 10:34:20 AM PST by MEG33

Thank you, Amy. I am looking forward to spring. :)

1,026 posted on 02/25/2014 10:34:23 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)

To: JustAmy; The Mayor; MEG33; left that other site; All

Thank you for the beautiful verse and lesson and garden scene. Remembering to offer thanks for the gift beauty and the blessed rest He offers.

Have a wonderful Tuesday, all!

1,027 posted on 02/25/2014 10:41:16 AM PST by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs assist!)

To: FRiends; JustAmy; The Mayor; LUV W; Kitty Mittens; left that other site; Jane Long; trisham; ...

~Happy GratiTuesday To Amy's Place~

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the
charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
-Marcel Proust

I Wish You All A Lovely Grateful Day

1,028 posted on 02/25/2014 10:53:50 AM PST by MEG33

This is beautiful, Amy..Thank you for this and the sweet words yesterday.

1,029 posted on 02/25/2014 10:55:35 AM PST by MEG33

To: TheConservativeParty

Happy GratiTuesday, TCP.

So good to hear that you are getting some sun.
We were close to 80 yesterday but the forecast if for some rain and cooler temps.
We can sure use the rain. Farmers are really suffering.

Have a beautiful warm day.

1,030 posted on 02/25/2014 11:00:25 AM PST by JustAmy (Check out Cruz Control!)

To: left that other site

(((((HUGS)))))
I wish you a good day..IIRC this one is challenging.

1,031 posted on 02/25/2014 11:04:29 AM PST by MEG33

Amen..Thank you, Jane

1,032 posted on 02/25/2014 11:05:53 AM PST by MEG33

To: TheConservativeParty

Yea for sunshine! I am grateful you have it.

1,033 posted on 02/25/2014 11:08:36 AM PST by MEG33

So pretty! Thanks, MEG. A happy Tuesday to you!

1,034 posted on 02/25/2014 11:17:47 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)

Thank you, (((trish))).
Hope all is well with you.

1,035 posted on 02/25/2014 11:26:30 AM PST by MEG33

Thanks, MEG. And with you. :)

1,036 posted on 02/25/2014 11:28:22 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)

On being grateful for those who make us happy: I have a new friend over the last year, our church organist who is also my piano teacher. Our meetings never fail to bring me happiness. Many times I leave the church and thank God for her.

1,037 posted on 02/25/2014 12:23:20 PM PST by TheConservativeParty

Yes...especially challenging today.

Thank you for your prayers!

(((HUGS))))

1,038 posted on 02/25/2014 5:52:20 PM PST by left that other site

To: JustAmy; MEG33; yorkie; everyone; FRiends; All

(((((Thank you for the Beautiful Pings, Links, and Posts, Dear FRiends)))))

(((((Love to All. Goodnight, and God Bless)))))

1,039 posted on 02/25/2014 9:41:45 PM PST by Kitty Mittens (To God Be All Excellent Praise!)

To: Jim Robinson; JustAmy; Billie; MEG33; jaycee; dutchess; GodBlessUSA; deadhead; LUV W; DollyCali; ...

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

The Power Of Love
February 26, 2014

Read: 1 John 4:7-10

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the [atoning sacrifice] for our sins. —1 John 4:10

Bible in a Year:
Numbers 15-16; Mark 6:1-29

Books on leadership often appear on best-seller lists. Most of them tell how to become a powerful and effective leader. But Henri Nouwen’s book In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership is written from a different perspective. The former university professor who spent many years serving in a community of developmentally disabled adults says: “The question is not: How many people take you seriously? How much are you going to accomplish? Can you show some results? But: Are you in love with Jesus? . . . In our world of loneliness and despair, there is an enormous need for men and women who know the heart of God, a heart that forgives, that cares, that reaches out and wants to heal.”

John wrote, “In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the [atoning sacrifice] for our sins” (1 John 4:9-10).

“The Christian leader of the future,” writes Nouwen, “is the one who truly knows the heart of God as it has become flesh . . . in Jesus.” In Him, we discover and experience God’s unconditional, unlimited love.

Father, please show the wonder of Your great love
through me to others today so that they might know
they need not walk through life alone. Let my heart
personally experience and display Your care.

God’s love in our heart gives us a heart for others.

1,040 posted on 02/26/2014 5:53:15 AM PST by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)

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