Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... April, May and June 2016

I hear you. I have had weeks like that too.

Heck, I’ve had whole YEARS like that.

brush it off LOL

Just seems appropriate for your menagerie

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Thanks very much, Meg, and a Blessed Lord's Day to you!

__"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

:)

Thanks.

I Love your Beautiful Sunday Graphic, Dear Meg!
(((((Thank you for the Blessing)))))

Thank you to Everyone for the Daily Pings & Posts.
(((((Hugs, and God Bless)))))

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Broken to Be Made New

June 6, 2016

I know, Lord, that your laws are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. Psalm 119:75

During World War II my dad served with the US Army in the South Pacific. During that time Dad rejected any idea of religion, saying, “I don’t need a crutch.” Yet the day came when his attitude toward spiritual things would change forever. Mom had gone into labor with their third child, and my brother and I went to bed with the excitement of soon seeing our new brother or sister. When I got out of bed the next morning, I excitedly asked Dad, “Is it a boy or a girl?” He replied, “It was a little girl but she was born dead.” We began to weep together at our loss.

For the first time, Dad took his broken heart to Jesus in prayer. At that moment he felt an overwhelming sense of peace and comfort from God, though his daughter would always be irreplaceable. Soon he began to take an interest in the Bible and continued to pray to the One who was healing his broken heart. His faith grew through the years. He became a strong follower of Jesus—serving Him as a Bible-study teacher and a leader in his church.

Jesus is not a crutch for the weak. He is the source of new spiritual life! When we’re broken, He can make us new and whole (Ps. 119:75).

What is on your heart that you need to talk with God about? Bring Him your brokenness and ask Him to make you whole.

Brokenness can lead to wholeness.

INSIGHT:

A commonly understood characteristic of Psalm 119, the longest chapter in the Bible, is that it celebrates the goodness and usefulness of God’s commandments. Referring to these laws by various names, the author suggests that God’s commands are the very core of how life is meant to be lived. The thought is simple yet intriguing—God’s laws help us to live in the way that we were created and intended to live. They are not restrictive; they are freeing. That helps us understand why the psalmist had such a high regard of God’s laws.

Graphics by Billie

Remembering our Veterans today and everyday.

Thank you for your sacrifices.

An Indian walks into a cafe with a shotgun in one hand pulling a male buffalo with the other. He says to the waiter: “Want coffee.”

The waiter says, “Sure, Chief. Coming right up.”

He gets the Indian a tall mug of coffee. The Indian drinks the coffee down in one gulp, turns and blasts the buffalo with the shotgun, causing parts of the animal to splatter everywhere and then just walks out.

The next morning the Indian returns. He has his shotgun in one hand, pulling another male buffalo with the other. He walks up to the counter and says to the waiter “Want coffee.”

The waiter says “Whoa, Tonto!!! We’re still cleaning up your mess from yesterday. What was all that about, anyway?”

The Indian smiles and proudly says,

“Training for position in United States Congress…Come in, drink coffee, shoot the bull, leave mess for others to clean up, disappear for rest of day.”

Good one, Amy.

Thank you for the Beautiful Butterfly opening and DDay Remembrance..I literally slept through Monday.

I found the name of my little green bird to use on the next FReepathon.
;o)
So grateful for another successful ending.

Thank you dear, (((Kitty ))), for your lovely comment on my Sunday opening.
God Bless You

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Tell It!

June 7, 2016

The man went away and began to tell . . . how much Jesus had done for him. Mark 5:20

The year was 1975 and something significant had just happened to me. I needed to find my friend Francis, with whom I shared a lot of personal matters, and tell him about it. I found him in his apartment hurriedly preparing to go out, but I slowed him down. The way he stared at me, he must have sensed that I had something important to tell him. “What is it?” he asked. So I told him simply, “Yesterday I surrendered my life to Jesus!”

Francis looked at me, sighed heavily, and said, “I’ve felt like doing the same for a long time now.” He asked me to share what happened, and I told him how the previous day someone had explained the gospel to me and how I asked Jesus to come into my life. I still remember the tears in his eyes as he too prayed to receive Jesus’s forgiveness. No longer in a hurry, he and I talked and talked about our new relationship with Christ.

After Jesus healed the man with an evil spirit, He told him, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you” (Mark 5:19). The man didn’t need to preach a powerful sermon; he simply needed to share his story.

No matter what our conversion experience is, we can do what that man did: “[He] went away and began to tell . . . how much Jesus had done for him.”

What has Jesus done for you? Tell it!

Share your story on Facebook.com/ourdailybread.

Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story. Psalm 107:2

I need to find some images. I can never spend a lot of time on the FReepathon threads but I feel like I help a little if I can find a picture to use.

It is good to know you were able to get some needed rest. You need to take the next 25 days to rest up for the next one.

In addition to the FReepathon threads, thank you for being here with your wonderful graphics.

Thank you for being here daily with ODB and its wonderful message.

I don’t get here everyday to thank you but you are so appreciated.

Thank you, Rus and God Bless you.

Amy, it’s my pleasure. Thank you!

I found some already downloaded images to use for next go round..I post some old and some new.

Every one who posts helps. I appreciate the thread bumpers and encouraging words.

My pleasure, Amy.

Wishing everyone a very Happy Grati-Tuesday.

I'm so grateful for my many friends at Amy's Place.
Without you Amy's would be residing in the archives.
Thank you for being here.