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Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January, February and March, 2017
January 1, 2017 | JustAmy; Meg33, The Mayor; Trisham;

Posted on 12/31/2016 9:19:58 PM PST by JustAmy




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To: MEG33

Good morning Meg! Love the pansies. Always one of my very favorite flowers. Used to be the first crop I would sell from the greenhouses. I am going to help at my relative’s greenhouses this spring. I hope I start in early March.

Cheers for cheery Pansies!


601 posted on 02/21/2017 9:45:57 AM PST by TheConservativeParty (Happiness is a warm puppy.)
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To: TheConservativeParty

All:

No puppy yet. The rescue acknowledged our application and the next step is a home visit to make sure we are OK to adopt. It is much faster to adopt a horse from a rescue. This dog rescue is slow compared to the Doberman rescue we’ve used too. However, this rescue is $125 cheaper for a puppy (325 vs.450). If the little guy is neutered the cost of adopting makes up for neutering cost at our vet, so he’s kind of “free”.


602 posted on 02/21/2017 9:53:36 AM PST by TheConservativeParty (Happiness is a warm puppy.)
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To: TheConservativeParty

Pansies make me smile!
Thank you, (((TCP))).


603 posted on 02/21/2017 10:34:51 AM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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604 posted on 02/21/2017 10:42:34 AM PST by luvie ("Elections have consequences".....bho. Yep...and WE won this one! HA! HA!)
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To: LUV W

Love This!


605 posted on 02/21/2017 11:03:54 AM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: trisham

LOVELY!!


606 posted on 02/21/2017 11:05:14 AM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: MEG33; ConorMacNessa; LUV W; AZamericonnie; Brad's Gramma; JustAmy; oldteen; Kathy in Alaska; ...

I Am Grateful...






For the Famous and Ever Popular "February Thaw"!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

607 posted on 02/21/2017 12:14:05 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: MEG33

Me too. Pansies are the best. Next happiest flower,,,gerbera daisy!


608 posted on 02/21/2017 12:32:37 PM PST by TheConservativeParty (Happiness is a warm puppy.)
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Happy Grati-Tuesday, Friends.
Late again. LOL

Seems that I never get here until evening.
Wishing you a Happy Tuesday Evening and a Wonderful Wednesday.


609 posted on 02/21/2017 5:41:46 PM PST by JustAmy (Just Because!)
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Perfect Grace


February 22, 2017

“Neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. John 8:11

Jesus’s teaching about absolute ideals and absolute grace seem contradictory.

Jesus never lowered God’s perfect ideal. In His response to the rich young ruler, He said, “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Matt. 5:48). He told an expert in the law who inquired as to the greatest commandment, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” (22:37). No one has completely fulfilled those commands.

Yet the same Jesus tenderly offered absolute grace. He forgave an adulteress, a thief on the cross, a disciple who had denied ever knowing Him, and a man named Saul, who had made his mark persecuting Christians. Grace is absolute and all-encompassing, extending even to those who nailed Jesus to the cross: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” were among the last words He spoke on earth (Luke 23:34).

For years I felt so unworthy when considering Jesus’s absolute ideals that I missed any notion of His grace. Once I understood this dual message, however, I went back and found that the message of grace gusts through Jesus’s life and teachings.

Grace is for the desperate, the needy, the broken, those who cannot make it on their own. Grace is for all of us.

Father, Your all-encompassing grace washes over us and astonishes us. May we live today as people who enjoy Your complete forgiveness and a restored relationship with You.

Jesus fulfilled the perfect requirements of the law so that we may enjoy the perfect peace of His grace.
INSIGHT:

The life of the apostle Paul is another example of God's grace. Because of Paul's past, he considered himself the most undeserving recipient of God’s mercy and grace (1 Tim. 1:13–14). Although he was chosen to be an apostle to the Gentiles, Paul also gave another reason he was chosen: “God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life” (v. 16 nlt). God had you and me in mind when He saved Paul—an awesome thought. If Paul, the worst of sinners, could be saved, then there is hope for everyone else. No one is beyond the reach of God’s mercy and grace.


610 posted on 02/22/2017 4:54:14 AM PST by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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*Welcome To Warm Fuzzy Wednesday*
At Amy's Place




Thank Heavens For FRiends!

*I Wish You A Warm Springlike Day*

611 posted on 02/22/2017 6:20:56 AM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: The Mayor
Good morning, Rus. Thank you always for Our Daily Bread.
You Are A Blesssing

612 posted on 02/22/2017 6:24:17 AM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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Happy Warm & Fuzzy Wednesday!






February Thaw Still In Effect!

Huzzah!

ML/LTOS

613 posted on 02/22/2017 7:27:00 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: left that other site

I am happy for you!
Darling pup, ML.


614 posted on 02/22/2017 7:51:27 AM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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Have a
Warm and Tweety Wednesday!
....all day long!

615 posted on 02/22/2017 9:32:38 AM PST by luvie ("Elections have consequences".....bho. Yep...and WE won this one! HA! HA!)
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Press On


February 23, 2017

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14

One of my favorite television programs is The Amazing Race. In this reality show, ten couples are sent to a foreign country where they must race, via trains, buses, cabs, bikes, and feet, from one point to another to get their instructions for the next challenge. The goal is for one couple to get to a designated finishing point before everyone else, and the prize is a million dollars.

The apostle Paul compared the Christian life to a race and admitted that he had not yet arrived at the finish line. “Brothers and sisters,” he said, “I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. I press on toward the goal to win the prize” (Phil. 3:13–14). Paul did not look back and allow his past failures to weigh him down with guilt, nor did he let his present successes make him complacent. He pressed on toward the goal of becoming more and more like Jesus.  

We are running this race too. Despite our past failures or successes, let us keep pressing on toward the ultimate goal of becoming more like Jesus. We are not racing for an earthly prize, but for the ultimate reward of enjoying Him forever.

Read Philippians 4:11–13. How are we able to press on toward our future hope? Read Hebrews 12:1–2. What are some practical things we must do to continue to press on and persevere? 

Never call it quits in pursuing Jesus.
INSIGHT:

Philippians 3 describes the delicate balance needed to face the obstacles of the Christian life. The apostle Paul uses athletic terms to describe our journey of faith. He tells us not to look at the past, to realize we are incomplete, and to remember that moving toward the goal is everything. Only God’s grace can help us to be strong finishers in the Christian life.


616 posted on 02/23/2017 6:13:38 AM PST by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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Good Morning To Amy's Place


It's Not Happy People Who Are Thankful
It's Thankful People Who Are Happy
*******
I thank God for family, FRiends and His beautiful world.
Wishing You A Beautiful Thankful Thursday

617 posted on 02/23/2017 8:44:31 AM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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I Am Thankful...






That it's almost SPRING! :-)

618 posted on 02/23/2017 8:52:06 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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In All Seasons...
Be Thankful..
Happy Thankful Thursday!


619 posted on 02/23/2017 9:03:58 AM PST by luvie ("Elections have consequences".....bho. Yep...and WE won this one! HA! HA!)
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Thanks Rain

it was so
nice for
you to pay us
a visit after
snow had stayed
so long. But
enough is enough.
My poor dogs
want to go
for
a walk now.

Jim Foulk

Have a wonderful thankful Thursday, everyone!

620 posted on 02/23/2017 9:06:10 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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