Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January, February and March 2015

January 1, 2015 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie; Meg33, Friends

[TheConservativeParty]

Hi Gail, sorry about the hip trouble! I have had sleepless nights with hip pain this winter too. Mine was bursitis in my right hip joint. It would also be quite painful at times during the daytime. Advil had no effect. Anyway, mine got better the last 2 weeks. It plagued me most of the winter. I never had such pain in a joint before. It was horrible. Thank goodness it seems to have subsided.

Best of luck at the Ortho.

[The Mayor]

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House-Hunting Ants

March 4, 2015

Read: Numbers 13:25–14:19 | Bible in a Year: Numbers 31-33; Mark 9:1-29

According to researchers from the University of Bristol, the European rock ant may be better than we are at staying on top of the housing market. The researchers found that the ant colonies use scout ants to continually monitor their colonies’ living conditions. Using social skills complex enough to stun the scientists, the rock ants work together to find the right living space, darkness, and security needed to give the queen mother and her larvae the best available housing.

In the days of Moses, the families of Israel were looking for a new home. The slave yards of Egypt had been brutal. The wilderness of Sinai was no place to settle down. But there was a problem. According to Israelite scouts, the homeland to which God was leading them was already occupied—by walled cities and giants who made the scouts feel like grasshoppers in their own eyes (Num. 13:28,33).

Sometimes it may be helpful to compare ourselves to insects. House-hunting rock ants instinctively follow the ways of their Creator. But we often let our fears keep us from following and trusting God. When we rest in the assurance of His presence and love, we can say, “Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.”

Father in heaven, please help us to see that today there is no better place to live than in Your presence and love. Help us learn to settle in and be comfortable with our place in You.

Finding ourselves at home in God is a good place to be.

[left that other site]

Wow...your message today was on the same Scripture as mine in the jerusalem thread!

How COOL is that!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3264005/posts?q=1&;page=21

[The Mayor]

Excellent! I was late posting but have not missed a day in many years.

[Jane Long]

Wow...your message today was on the same Scripture as mine in the jerusalem thread!

How COOL is that!

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How COOL is that? I say.....VERY cool! It’s a God thing. We must need this Scripture and lesson pounded into our heads - and placed upon our hearts - today ;)

Thanks, blessings and ((hugs)) to both of you.

[left that other site]

God must have definitely wanted that particular message to get through to FR today! :-)

[MEG33]

Thank you so much for coming by today..
Stay Warm***Sweet Dreams
God Bless You

[The Mayor]

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Start With Me

March 5, 2015

Read: 1 Corinthians 13:4-13 | Bible in a Year: Numbers 34-36; Mark 9:30-50

I call them Mell Notes—little comments my daughter Melissa made in her Bible to help her apply a passage to her life.

In Matthew 7, for instance, she had drawn a box around verses 1 and 2 that talk about not judging others because, when you do, “with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” Next to it she wrote this Mell Note: “Look at what you are doing before you look at others.”

Melissa was an “others-oriented” teen. She lived the words of Philippians 2:4. Her classmate Matt, who knew her from church nursery through her final days in the eleventh grade when she died in a car accident, said of Melissa at her memorial service: “I don’t think I ever saw you without a smile or something that brightened up people’s days.” Her friend Tara said this: “Thanks for being my friend, even when no one else was as nice and cheerful as you.”

In a day in which harsh judgment of others seems to be the rule, it’s good to remember that love starts with us. The words of Paul come to mind: “Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love” (1 Cor. 13:13).

What a difference we’ll make if, when we look at others, we say, “Love starts with me.” And wouldn’t that be a great reflection of God’s love for us?

Lord, thank You for the great love You lavished on us when You sent Your Son to die and be resurrected so that we could be with You eternally. In response, help us to love others. Lord, we want to be like You.

Embracing God’s love for us is the key to loving others.

INSIGHT: In 1 Corinthians 13 Paul is extolling the value of love, but it is not just any kind of love. In Greek, there are a variety of words for love that range in meaning from physical to fraternal. Here, the word translated “love” is agape, which speaks of supreme love—the kind that sacrifices itself for the one loved. This is the love God demonstrated for us by giving His Son to pay the price for our sins (John 3:16; Rom. 5:8).

[Jane Long]

Amen, for His agape love.

[MEG33]

*Happy Thankful Thursday To Amy's Place*
There's frosting on the patio, and lawn...wind chill is 16.
The sun shines. Thanking God For The Many Joyful Things
He Provides For Us

[MEG33]

Wonderful lesson of love, Rus.
Thank you always for ODB

[left that other site]

Thankful Thursday

I am SO Thankful for this wonderful, exciting, fun, new game Daddy has invented! Yipppeeeeeeee!!!!!!

((((HUGS))))

ML/LTOS

[JustAmy]

Thank you for your dedication in getting us ODB everyday. You and your message are important to Amy’s Place and FReeRepublic.

Happy to see you made it home safely.

((((( Hugs )))))

[JustAmy]

The graphic is so sweet, Meg.

I join you in being thankful for the joys of life.

[NicknamedBob]

Next to it she wrote this Mell Note: “Look at what you are doing before you look at others.”

I find myself in this position when I stop at an intersection. Looking at the driver across the way, I often mutter under my breath that it would have been helpful if he had used his signals so that I would know what he intended.

Then I look at my own dashboard and say, "Oops!"

[Jane Long]

Couldn't resist posting this, to your adorable snow blower playing pup, ML....

Happy Thankful Thursday! ((Hugs))

[Jane Long]

Joining you in thanking Him for all of His blessings, Meg.

Happy Thankful Thursday, indeed ;-)

Stay warm and safe.

[Jane Long]

Ha! Been there, done that, too, Bob.

When I get frustrated with folks I try to remind myself that there is no telling what challenges they might be going through, that might be causing them to do ____. Whether it’s in traffic, at the store, etc.

[NicknamedBob]

While driving, I’m frustrated by the slow-pokey morons in front of me, and the maniacal speed-demons behind me.

In other words, those people who drive just like me.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Thank you Meg, for the blessing. Thank you Mayor, for the lesson. And thank you Jane, for forcing me to look up the word “agape” : )