Healing prayers. I wish I could ship some of the warm weather we have had lately.

You’re so welcome, Amy...I hope all is well with you!

*Good Afternoon FRiends*

Thank you so much for coming by and sharing your wonderful graphics,
blessings, music and comments

I Wish You A Blessed Pleasant Sunday Evening.

Your Sunday Post is Breathtaking, Dear Meg! So Beautiful!

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

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The Death of Doubt

February 13, 2017

Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe. John 20:25

We know him as Doubting Thomas (see John 20:24–29), but the label isn’t entirely fair. After all, how many of us would have believed that our executed leader had been resurrected? We might just as well call him “Courageous Thomas.” After all, Thomas displayed impressive courage as Jesus moved purposefully into the events leading to His death.

At the death of Lazarus, Jesus had said, “Let us go back to Judea” (John 11:7), prompting a protest from the disciples. “Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?” (v. 8). It was Thomas who said, “Let us also go, that we may die with him” (v. 16).

Thomas’s intentions proved nobler than his actions. Upon Jesus’s arrest, Thomas fled with the rest (Matt. 26:56), leaving Peter and John to accompany Christ to the courtyard of the high priest. Only John followed Jesus all the way to the cross.

Despite having witnessed the resurrection of Lazarus (John 11:38–44), Thomas still could not bring himself to believe that the crucified Lord had conquered death. Not until Thomas the doubter—the human—saw the risen Lord, could he exclaim, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28). Jesus’s response gave assurance to the doubter and immeasurable comfort to us: “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” (v. 29).

Father, teach us to act on what we do know about You and Your goodness, and trust You in faith for what we don’t know.

Real doubt searches for the light; unbelief is content with the darkness.

Graphic by MamaBear

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
~ Abraham Lincoln

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again
be seen as the last best hope of earth.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained,
for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
~ Abraham Lincoln

I looked at the puppy’s webpage again just now,,,oh boy is he calling to me!

I am dropping hints to the hubby about it.

Maybe we could add a second dog to the household again.

Great weather here today. The snow is almost gone.

Cheers!

B U M P

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Love Revealed

February 14, 2017

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 1 John 4:9

When a series of pink “I love you” signs mysteriously appeared in the town of Welland, Ontario, local reporter Maryanne Firth decided to investigate. Her sleuthing turned up nothing. Weeks later, new signs appeared featuring the name of a local park along with a date and time.

Accompanied by a crowd of curious townspeople, Firth went to the park at the appointed time. There, she met a man wearing a suit who had cleverly concealed his face. Imagine her surprise when he handed her a bouquet and proposed marriage! The mystery man was Ryan St. Denis—her boyfriend. She happily accepted.

St. Denis’s expression of love toward his fiancée may seem a bit over-the-top, but God’s expression of love for us is nothing short of extravagant! “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him” (1 John 4:9).

Jesus is not merely a token of love, like a rose passed from one person to another. He is the divine human who willingly gave up His life so that anyone who believes in Him for salvation can have an everlasting covenant relationship with God. Nothing can separate a Christian “from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 8:39).

Dear God, thank You for showing me, in the greatest way possible, that You love me. Help my life to demonstrate my love for You.

We know how much God loves us because He sent His Son to save us.

INSIGHT:

In today’s reading the word for love is the Greek noun agape, which speaks of the highest form of love imaginable, a love that seeks the welfare of the other even at great personal cost. John reminds us that the ultimate evidence of God’s love for us is seen in the sacrifice of Jesus on our behalf (1 John 4:9). John then says that our response to God’s love should be our self-sacrificing love for one another as fellow Christ-followers (v. 11). His application of God’s love concludes with a reminder that our ability to love one another is dependent upon His love being revealed and “made complete in us” (v. 12). Our expression of the Father’s love for us in our relationships will be a result of what the Holy Spirit is producing in our hearts.

To learn more about the love of God, take a look at the Discovery Series booklet God Is Love: Reflections on the Character of God at discoveryseries.org/q0612.

~To All My FRiends At Amy's Place~

CUPID

Late nestled on yon Venus' tender breast,
Young Cupid lay in torpid slumber bound.
Then, waking from that languid seat of rest,
He sighed, out-peering from his blind around.
Straight arrow fast against taut bowstring press'd.

And gallant swain he did at length espy:
Gave flight apace to fell dart quick and true,
That mounted through the clam'rous air on high,
That callow, rustic heart smote nigh full through.
And there engendered ardor yet to vie,

The heart of Rosaleen to win in love;
Who hath his suit ere now full high disdained.
Yet Venus, gazing down from throne above,
The gallant swain with speech of Love ordained,
Whence won the swain the hand of that sweet dove.

Copyright Thomas J. Mitchell, 2008 - 2017

...to all my FRiends
at Amy's Place! 💜

Thinking of all of YOU

Happy Valentine's Day!

BIG HUGS TO ALL!

ML/LTOS

Happy Valentine's Day, Friends!

Graphic by Billie

Love

Love is like a lump of gold,
Hard to get, and hard to hold.
Of all the girls I've ever met,
You're the one I can't forget.
I do believe that God above,
Created you for me to love.
He chose you from all the rest,
Because he knew I would love you best.
- Loy Bowman -

Beautiful!

Thank you.
Biliie and Lori did (do) wonderful graphics.

Happy Valentine's Day, Trish.

That puppy is adorable, TCP. I think you should adopt him. :)

Wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day.

Thanks for the BUMP. SJB.

Are you missing our crazy California weather?
We've had lots of rain but also days of beautiful spring weather.
Reminds me of when you were in Southern California.

Wishing you a wonderful Valentine's Day.