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

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

[The Mayor]

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The Girl In The Yellow Coat

February 9, 2015

Read: Genesis 2:18-25 | Bible in a Year: Leviticus 6-7; Matthew 25:1-30

It was her yellow raincoat that caught my attention, and quickly I became increasingly interested in this cute freshman with long, brown hair. Soon I worked up my courage, interrupted Sue as she walked along reading a letter from a guy back home, and awkwardly asked her for a date. To my surprise, she said yes.

More than 4 decades later, Sue and I look back and laugh at our first uncomfortable meeting on that college campus—and marvel how God put a shy guy from Ohio together with a shy girl from Michigan. Through the years, we have faced innumerable crises together as we raised our family. We’ve negotiated parenting four kids, and we’ve struggled mightily with losing one of them. Problems big and small have tested our faith, yet we’ve stuck together. It took commitment from both of us and the grace of God. Today we rejoice in God’s design, spelled out in Genesis 2:24—to leave our parents, to be unified as man and wife, and to become united as one flesh. We cherish this amazing plan that has given us such a wonderful life together.

God’s design for marriage is beautiful. So we pray for married couples to sense how awesome it is to enjoy life together under the blessing of God’s loving guidance.

Lord, the first thing You organized during society’s
earliest days was marriage. Thank You for how You
designed this amazing institution. Show me how to
help strengthen others in their marriage relationship.

Marriage thrives in a climate of love, honor, and respect.

INSIGHT: In Genesis 1–2 we see two tellings of the same story. Genesis 1 gives a sweeping overview of the creation of the universe, including the creation of the first human beings (Gen. 1:26-28). Genesis 2, however, describes more specifically the distinctive relationship the man and woman have with their Creator and their roles in His world.

[MEG33]

Hang in there, TCP...Good to see you any time.

[Jane Long]

Amen.

Thank you, Mr Mayor, for TDB.

[Jane Long]

Beautiful, Meg. Thanks for posting. A much needed *lift* ;-)

[MEG33]

Thank you for your sweet comments and lovely
good night, (((Kitty)))

[MEG33]

My pleasure, (((Jane))). Thank you.

[MEG33]

Happy Monday To Amy's Place

Getting an early start as I have company coming tomorrow and
there is cleaning to do and paperwork to hide.
We are having wonderful weather....Wish I could share.
HUGS and Blessings To All

[left that other site]

Happy Monday!

Come Out And Play! :-)

((((HUGS))))

ML/LTOS

[MEG33]

Darling doggie...

[left that other site]

Amen! :-)

[left that other site]

:-)

[trisham]

What a beautiful puppy! Happy Monday, left that other site!

[trisham]

Adorable, MEG! Happy Monday!

[left that other site]

I love huskies!

And how they love the snow!

[trisham]

They'd love it here today. :)

Frankie on the deck this morning:

[trisham]

Falling Snow

See the pretty snowflakes
Falling from the sky;
On the wall and housetops
Soft and thick they lie.

On the window ledges,
On the branches bare;
Now how fast they gather,
Filling all the air.

Look into the garden,
Where the grass was green;
Covered by the snowflakes,
Not a blade is seen.

Now the bare black bushes
All look soft and white,
Every twig is laden,
What a pretty sight!

Anonymous

Happy Monday, Everyone!

[left that other site]

I remember days like that!

[luvie]

Happy Monday!!

[luvie]

Darn picture didn’t show up though I had the right code. Grrrr!

[TheConservativeParty]

Hi! It was unexpectedly warm and sunny today. Very nice.

Have fun with your guests. I had to laugh at your pre-guest preparations, as I also hide paperwork. Somehow the kitchen table becomes piled with assorted papers.

Cheers!