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

12-31-2013 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie; Meg33, Friends

[JustAmy]

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Never Forget!





Bad Penny



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




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[trisham]

LOL! Of course. :)

[The Mayor]

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Heavenly Perspective
January 17, 2014

Read: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

The things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. —2 Corinthians 4:18

Bible in a Year:
Genesis 41-42; Matthew 12:1-23

Fanny Crosby lost her sight as an infant. Yet, amazingly, she went on to become one of the most well-known lyricists of Christian hymns. During her long life, she wrote over 9,000 hymns. Among them are such enduring favorites as “Blessed Assurance” and “To God Be the Glory.”

Some people felt sorry for Fanny. A well-intentioned preacher told her, “I think it is a great pity that the Master did not give you sight when He showered so many other gifts upon you.” It sounds hard to believe, but she replied: “Do you know that if at birth I had been able to make one petition, it would have been that I was born blind? . . . Because when I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my Savior.”

Fanny saw life with an eternal perspective. Our problems look different in light of eternity: “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal” (2 Cor. 4:17-18).

All our trials dim when we remember that one glorious day we will see Jesus!

Dear God, please help us to see this life
from a heavenly perspective. Remind us that
our trials, however difficult, will one day fade
from view when we see You face to face.

The way we view eternity will affect the way we live in time.

[JustAmy]

January 17, 2014





We support our troops today and everyday!

[MEG33]

Lovely, Amy!

[MEG33]

~ Happy Friday To Amy's Place ~

Wearing Red To Support Our Troops


Hope You Have A Beautiful Weekend

[trisham]

Beautiful, MEG. Have a wonderful week end!

[MEG33]

Thank you, trish..My neice is coming for the weekend ..I look forward to her visits.

[left that other site]

A Very Happy Friday to You!

I just watched a wonderful 2.5 hour movie starring Gregory Peck called “The Scarlet and The Black”. (Lots of RED in that one!)

It was about a Monsignor in the Vatican in WW2 who saved a lot of Allied POW’s and Jews, based on a true story.

It was riveting. I highly recommend it.

[MEG33]

Thanks for the recommendation, ML..Sounds familiar but it would have been awhile since I have seen it..Would enjoy it again I know.
(((HUGS)))

[trisham]

That’s great!

[Silentgypsy]

The same to you!

[goat granny]

so beautiful, hope your feeling better today....GG

[The Mayor]

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All Spruced Up
January 18, 2014

Read: Jude 1:20-25

[Jesus] is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless. —Jude 1:24

Bible in a Year:
Genesis 43-45; Matthew 12:24-50

Getting our children to look good for church was always a challenge. Ten minutes after arriving at church all spruced up, our little Matthew would look like he didn’t have parents. I’d see him running down the hall with his shirt half untucked, glasses cockeyed, shoes scuffed up, and cookie crumbs decorating his clothes. Left to himself, he was a mess.

I wonder if that is how we look sometimes. After Christ has clothed us in His righteousness, we tend to wander off and live in ways that make us look like we don’t belong to God. That’s why Jude’s promise that Jesus is “able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless” gives me hope (Jude 1:24).

How can we keep from looking like we don’t have a heavenly Father? As we become more yielded to His Spirit and His ways, He will keep us from stumbling. Think of how increasingly righteous our lives would become if we would take time in His Word to be cleansed with “the washing of water by the word” (Eph. 5:26).

What a blessing that Jesus promises to take our stumbling, disheveled lives and present us faultless to the Father! May we increasingly look like children of the King as we reflect His loving care and attention.

Lord, thank You for the blessing of being clothed
in Your beautiful righteousness and the promise
that You will keep me from stumbling and present
me faultless before Your Father and my God!

To reflect the presence of the Father, we must rely on the Son.

[luvie]

Happy Caturday-off! :)
...at least for me! Yay!

[JustAmy]

January 18, 2014



“She's afraid that if she leaves, she'll become the life of the party”
~Groucho Marx

“Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance”
~Proverb quotes

“If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn't show up.”
~ Dr. Seuss

“Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party”
~ Oscar Wilde

“Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor's noisy party than being there.”
~ Franklin P. Jones

[JustAmy]

Stolen from the Fundraiser Thread.

[JustAmy]

OOOPs ..... stolen from Svartalfiar on Dogs vs Cats Thread, not the Fundraiser Thread.

[Fightin Whitey]

hi Amy first time correspondent here...

The "Cat's Diary" you posted reminded me of the youtube videos a friend always sends me about the French cat Henri (Henri, Le Chat Noir)...they are very French and very droll, maybe you have seen them or possibly even posted them before...

At any rate here is the link:

Henri, Le Chat Noir

Thank you always for your warmth & good-naturedness..

[left that other site]

It's Caturday!

oh! oh! oh! I am sooooooo excited! yes! yes! yes! Oh goody goody! yum yum yum! i'm going for a ride in the car! Wow! Super! oh! oh! Oh! How I love this so! Wheeeee! Woo Hoo!

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

:)