Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... July, August and September 2016

July 1, 2016 | JustAmy; Meg33, The Mayor; Trisham;

[JustAmy]

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Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[TheConservativeParty]

Hi Meg! Love the apple picking picture. Fresh apples are one of the best parts of fall!

[MEG33]

Thank you, TCP! It was 56 really cool degrees this morning...We won’t hit 90 this week...LOL ...That’s fall so far here! I LOVE Fall

[MEG33]

Lovely picture of Lyn-Dah.

[TheConservativeParty]

Fall is my favorite. So glad the hot summer is over!

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She looks a lot like Lynn-Dah, but she is an Internet dog.

I still haven’t figured out how to post my own photos on FR.

Everybody has already tried to help me but I can’t seem to get it to work!

However, I search the web for just the right photo, and that could very well be her. :-) LOL.

[MEG33]

I’m no help with that...I’ve never done it.

[left that other site]

No problem...the internet is FULL of elderly labs. :-)

Lynn-dah doesn’t mind either. LOL!

[MEG33]

Thank You

For coming by today and sharing your lovely blessings,
thoughts and graphics.
I must be away from the computer now.

Have a Wonderful Wednesday Afternoon

[The Mayor]

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Within a Stone’s Throw

Sept 29, 2016

Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her. John 8:7

As a group of religious leaders herded an adulterous woman toward Jesus, they couldn’t know they were carrying her within a stone’s throw of grace. Their hope was to discredit Him. If He told them to let the woman go, they could claim He was breaking Mosaic law. But if He condemned her to death, the crowds following Him would have dismissed His words of mercy and grace.

But Jesus turned the tables on the accusers. Scripture says that rather than answering them directly, He started writing on the ground. When the leaders continued to question Him, He invited any of them who had never sinned to throw the first stone, and then He started writing on the ground again. The next time He looked up, all the accusers were gone.

Let me taste Your mercy and then help me to live a changed life.

Now the only person who could have thrown a stone—the only sinless one—looked at the woman and gave her mercy. “ ‘Then neither do I condemn you,’ Jesus declared. ‘Go now and leave your life of sin’ ” (John 8:11).

Whether today finds you needing forgiveness for judging others or desiring assurance that no sin is beyond His grace, be encouraged by this: No one is throwing stones today; go and be changed by God’s mercy.

Father, cleanse me of my judging nature and free me from the bonds of sin. Let me taste Your mercy and then help me to live a changed life.

Tell us your story of how the Lord has shown grace to you at odb.org/story.

We serve a Savior who is eager to forgive.

INSIGHT:

In today’s reading, a dramatic scene unfolds. As Jesus taught in the temple courts a woman caught in the act of adultery was brought to Him. The legalists wanted to test His response to this flagrant act of sin. They knew the law demanded the death penalty and wanted to place Christ in a double bind between merciful forgiveness and literal obedience to the law. When confronted with this guilty woman, Jesus did the unexpected: He knelt and wrote something in the sand. His statement—“Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone” (John 8:7)—turned the tide of public opinion. The sinful heart of the accusers caused them to leave one by one.

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There are several of those “double-bind” situations in the Gospels. And Jesus foiled EVERY ONE!

[ConorMacNessa]

HAPPY FRIDAY TO
AMY'S PLACE!



Clan MacNessa wishes a Happy Friday to All!!

Wearing Red to support our Troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan and around the world!

[The Mayor]

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Bad Faith, Good Faith

Sept 30, 2016

[Abraham] did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God. Romans 4:20

“You gotta have faith,” people say. But what does that mean? Is any faith good faith?

“Believe in yourself and all that you are,” wrote one positive thinker a century ago. “Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” As nice as that may sound, it falls to pieces when it crashes into reality. We need a faith in something bigger than ourselves.

Abraham’s faith was in something far bigger than himself—the one and only God.

God promised Abram he would have a multitude of descendants (Gen. 15:4–5), so he faced a huge obstacle—he was old and childless. When he and Sarah got tired of waiting for God to make good on His promise, they tried to overcome that obstacle on their own. As a result, they fractured their family and created a lot of unnecessary dissension (see Gen. 16 and 21:8–21).

Nothing Abraham did in his own strength worked. But ultimately he became known as a man of tremendous faith. Paul wrote of him, “Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, ‘So shall your offspring be’” (Rom. 4:18). This faith, said Paul, “was credited to him as righteousness” (v. 22).

Abraham’s faith was in something far bigger than himself—the one and only God. It’s the object of our faith that makes all the difference.

Lord, I want a strong faith in You, not just faith in myself or my abilities or in others. I am nothing without You.

Our faith is good if it’s in the right Person.

INSIGHT:

The central theme of Romans is that humanity cannot save itself and that God justifies the sinner by grace through faith in Jesus alone (Rom. 1:16–17). Paul reveals that all people—Jews and Gentiles—are sinners. All have sinned. All stand condemned before our holy God (3:23). Sinners are saved, not by obeying the law, but by God’s actions of justifying the sinner through faith in Jesus (3:22–26). We are justified (declared righteous and made right with God) by grace alone (sola gratia), through faith alone (sola fide) and in Christ alone (solus Christus).

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"God promised Abram he would have a multitude of descendants (Gen. 15:4–5), so he faced a huge obstacle—he was old and childless. When he and Sarah got tired of waiting for God to make good on His promise, they tried to overcome that obstacle on their own. As a result, they fractured their family and created a lot of unnecessary dissension (see Gen. 16 and 21:8–21)"

An Israeli friend of mine accepted the premise that the Arab People (most of whom are adherents of Islam) are the descendants of the twelve princes begotten by Ishmael. Because of the extreme situation in which she lived, always looking out at a possible terror attack, she had harsh words for Sarah, who tried to outwit God. The Book of Genesis was so much a part of her daily life that she (and many other Israelis) took this breach of faith quite personally!

[MEG33]

~Good Morning To Amy's Place~

~Wearing Red On Friday To Support Our Troops~



I Wish You A Wonderful Weekend

[JustAmy]

Such a cutie.

Thanks, Meg.

[JustAmy]

Graphic by Billie

Supporting our Troops today and everyday.

Wishing all of my FRiends a Happy Friday.

[left that other site]

Happy Friday!

May your day be filled with good thoughts!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

Chris DeBurgh~The Lady In Red

[The Mayor]

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Hold On

October 1, 2016

Stand firm in the Lord. Philippians 4:1

Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, China, is considered one of the most beautiful mountains in the world. To view its towering cliffs in all their glorious splendor, you must take the Tianmen Shan cable car, which covers a distance of 7,455 meters (4.5 miles). It’s amazing how this cable car can travel such long distances and scale such steep mountains without any motor on the car itself. Yet it moves safely up these spectacular heights by keeping a strong grip on a cable that is moved by a powerful motor.

In our journey of faith, how can we finish the race well and “press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called [us] heavenward in Christ Jesus”? (Phil. 3:14). Like the cable car, we keep a strong grip on Christ, which is what Paul meant when he said “stand firm in the Lord” (4:1). We have no resources of our own. We depend fully on Christ to keep us moving forward. He will take us through the greatest challenges and lead us safely home.

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Tim. 4:7).

Toward the end of his earthly life, the apostle Paul declared, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Tim. 4:7). You can too. Simply keep a strong grip on Christ.

We’re grateful, Lord, that while we aim to keep a strong grip on You, You always keep a strong grip on us! You are working in us and giving us what we need to continue trusting You on our faith journey.

Keeping the faith means trusting God to faithfully keep you.

INSIGHT:

Philippians is a testimony to Paul’s joy in Christ. What is this joy? It is a sense of complete contentment in Christ that is dependent upon His presence in our lives. Our relationship with the Savior is the foundation for our joy, and we can have confidence He will bring us to this joy as we yield our hearts and lives to Him.

[JustAmy]

Happy October, All.

Having some computer problems this morning. I hope to get the new thread up soon. Sorry about this.