Good Morning To Amy's Place

Wearing Red On Friday To Support
*Our Troops*
Wishing You A Great Weekend

Good Morning!

Wishing You a Wonderful Independence Day Weekend!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

Wear your red
for our brave troops!
...and have a Happy 4th of July!

Waylon Jennings~🇺🇸America 🇺🇸

Photobucket is holding my account and others who link to a third party for ransom...I have thousands of photos there including my framing background links.
The announcement was made the 28th but went into effect today for me...I used a seldom used email account originally and did not see the new rules. so I was shocked when I saw all my photos blocked

I will probably pay the ransom because having to find a new hosting source, downloading thousands of pictures, and redoing all my saved files makes my back scream!
I also hate to mess up the archives with no show photos.

My sense of fairness is smarting big time. I can see charging a fee...but this a big jump if you post to a third party.
I used Imgur to host today’s graphics.
Sigh

Oh no! So sorry to read this Meg!

Will pray for you, my Friend.

Thank you.((( TCP))).

...I was just surprised at the sudden change in rules and requirements after 10 years!
I paid...and I do like no ads!

The graphics are showing again and the new graphics I framed for Amy’s are now usable again.
It was just a shock to see all my photos blocked this morning.

Well, that stinks! They’ve been trying to get me to buy space because I’m supposedly over my limit. Instead, I put my pictures into Flickr and it’s free and private. I haven’t come close to using up my storage space. I should just shut down stupid Photobucket. At least I finally unsubscribe to their emails. LOL!

Hope you can get it straightened out! It’s hard to do without graphics on FreeRepublic! ;)

I paid. After refreshing the page...old posts are displaying.

NO ADS

Oy. I’m sorry, MEG. :(

I paid..All is well!

This Same Photobucket Issue has Happened with me. :(
I'm Also having a Problem with the Payment Page; it won't Accept Part of my Payment Information.
Possibly my Internet System is Causing it, so I'm Going to Try to Pay it Using my Old Dial-Up.

(((((Hugs, Dear FRiend)))))

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

"Then followed that beautiful season,
Called by the pious Acadian peasants the Summer of All-Saints!
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape
Lay as if new-created in all the freshness of childhood."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie

Happy Caturday, Dogurday and Bunnyday, everyone!

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Cleaning House

July 1, 2017

Rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 1 Peter 2:1

Recently, I switched rooms in the home I rent. This took longer than expected, because I didn’t want to simply transfer my (extensive) mess to a new room; I wanted a completely fresh and uncluttered start. After hours and hours of cleaning and sorting, bags of stuff sat by the front door to be thrown away, donated, or recycled. But at the end of this exhausting process was a beautiful room I was excited to spend time in.

My housecleaning project gave me a fresh perspective when reading 1 Peter 2:1, as paraphrased in The Message: “So, clean house! Make a clean sweep of malice and pretense, envy, and hurtful talk.” Interestingly, it’s after a joyful confession of their new life in Christ (1:1–12) that Peter urges them to throw away destructive habits (1:13–2:3). When our walk with the Lord feels cluttered and our love for others feels strained, this shouldn’t cause us to question our salvation. We don’t change our lives to be saved, but because we are (1:23).

As real as our new life in Christ is, bad habits learned do not disappear overnight. So, on a daily basis, we need to “clean house,” throwing away all that prevents us from fully loving others (1:22) and growing (2:2). Then, in that new, clean space, we can experience the wonder of being freshly built (v. 5) by Christ’s power and life.

Heavenly Father, thank You for the new life You are building in us through our Lord Jesus. Help us to daily turn to You for cleansing and renewal.

Every day we can reject destructive habits and experience new life in Jesus.

INSIGHT:

The Scriptures include both the good and the bad of Peter’s life. After Jesus’s arrest, Peter denied even knowing Jesus, but later proclaimed Him to be the Son of God. Peter struggled to be consistent in his relationship with Christ. Perhaps that is why we can relate to his story.

Writing to an audience of Jews and Gentiles, Peter encourages growth in salvation. Once we are saved, our journey has merely begun (1 Peter 2:2–3). Therefore, Peter encourages us to live an examined life, ridding ourselves of things that hinder our growth (v. 1) and keep us from loving each other (1:22). But this is only half the journey; the other half is “craving pure spiritual milk”—desiring and partaking of spiritual food through God’s Word, which results in developing good habits.

Are there habits you need to “rid yourself” of? What can you replace them with?

For more on developing a relationship with God, read Living an Authentic Christian Life at discoveryseries.org/hp111. J.R. Hudberg

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

Cleaning House

July 1, 2017

Rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 1 Peter 2:1

Recently, I switched rooms in the home I rent. This took longer than expected, because I didn’t want to simply transfer my (extensive) mess to a new room; I wanted a completely fresh and uncluttered start. After hours and hours of cleaning and sorting, bags of stuff sat by the front door to be thrown away, donated, or recycled. But at the end of this exhausting process was a beautiful room I was excited to spend time in.

My housecleaning project gave me a fresh perspective when reading 1 Peter 2:1, as paraphrased in The Message: “So, clean house! Make a clean sweep of malice and pretense, envy, and hurtful talk.” Interestingly, it’s after a joyful confession of their new life in Christ (1:1–12) that Peter urges them to throw away destructive habits (1:13–2:3). When our walk with the Lord feels cluttered and our love for others feels strained, this shouldn’t cause us to question our salvation. We don’t change our lives to be saved, but because we are (1:23).

As real as our new life in Christ is, bad habits learned do not disappear overnight. So, on a daily basis, we need to “clean house,” throwing away all that prevents us from fully loving others (1:22) and growing (2:2). Then, in that new, clean space, we can experience the wonder of being freshly built (v. 5) by Christ’s power and life.

Heavenly Father, thank You for the new life You are building in us through our Lord Jesus. Help us to daily turn to You for cleansing and renewal.

Every day we can reject destructive habits and experience new life in Jesus.

INSIGHT:

The Scriptures include both the good and the bad of Peter’s life. After Jesus’s arrest, Peter denied even knowing Jesus, but later proclaimed Him to be the Son of God. Peter struggled to be consistent in his relationship with Christ. Perhaps that is why we can relate to his story.

Writing to an audience of Jews and Gentiles, Peter encourages growth in salvation. Once we are saved, our journey has merely begun (1 Peter 2:2–3). Therefore, Peter encourages us to live an examined life, ridding ourselves of things that hinder our growth (v. 1) and keep us from loving each other (1:22). But this is only half the journey; the other half is “craving pure spiritual milk”—desiring and partaking of spiritual food through God’s Word, which results in developing good habits.

Are there habits you need to “rid yourself” of? What can you replace them with?

For more on developing a relationship with God, read Living an Authentic Christian Life at discoveryseries.org/hp111. J.R. Hudberg

Thanks for the ping, The Mayor!

Happy Independence Day!

I am celebrating the Whole Weekend! :-)

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

What a little cutie! :)

All decked out in his little Fireworks suit! :-)

Happy July Everyone.

Sorry that I didn’t have a new thread ready. I have lots of excuses but I won’t bore you with them now.

I’m working on it now. I need to see if my Photobucket is working. I haven’t used it for a while.

Have a lovely day. I’ll be back.

I love it. :)