Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... April. May and June. 2018

April 1, 2018 | Meg33, The Mayor, Trisham, JustAmy

[MEG33]

*Good Sunday Morning To Amy's Place*

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Psalm 91.
1. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest
in the shadow of the Almighty.
2. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.

I Wish You A Blessed Lord's Day

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Good Morning!

May You Have a Blessed Day!

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[TheConservativeParty]

Hello, and good Sunday afternoon.

Rainy here today, and cool. Better than too hot!

We are still trying to sell our house.

Trying to not be nervous about it, but we do have a new home to move to August first.

I keep praying for the right buyer to notice that our house is for sale.

Cheers!

[Kitty Mittens]

Your Lord's Day Post is So Beautiful, Dear Meg!
Breathtaking Graphic and Wonderful Scriptures.

Thank you to Everyone for the Caturday and Sunday Posts.
(((((Love, and God Bless)))))

[The Mayor]

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Advice from My Father

June 11, 2018

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5

After being laid off from an editorial job, I prayed, asking for God to help me find a new one. But when weeks went by and nothing came of my attempts at networking and filling out applications, I began to pout. “Don’t You know how important it is that I have a job?” I asked God, my arms folded in protest at my seemingly unanswered prayer.

When I talked to my father, who had often reminded me about believing God’s promises, about my job situation, he said, “I want you to get to the point where you trust what God says.”

My father’s advice reminds me of Proverbs 3, which includes wise advice from a parent to a beloved child. This familiar passage was especially applicable to my situation: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:5–6). To “make . . . paths straight” means God will guide us toward His goals for our growth. His ultimate goal is that I become more like Him.

This does not mean that the paths He chooses will be easy. But I can choose to trust that His direction and timing are ultimately for my good.

Are you waiting on God for an answer? Choose to draw near to Him and trust that He will guide you.

Lord, thank You for guiding and caring for us every step of the way. Help us to trust in You daily.

Your Father in heaven knows what’s best for you.

INSIGHT

The first nine chapters of Proverbs don’t follow the same format (pithy sayings; poetry couplets) that the rest of the book follows. The beginning chapters are a father’s encouragement to his son. The father tells his son of the benefits of wisdom, of its ability to make life more pleasant and fulfilling. Wisdom and folly are personified and invite the young man to pursue them. But why is this important? It seems obvious that wisdom is better than folly, so why go to such lengths to convince a child of the need to pursue wisdom?

The answer is experiential. You see, folly is the easier of the two, the more natural. As we read chapters 10–31, we see what the better choice is. But folly is far simpler to choose—it seems hardwired into us. Whether it’s a harsh word, a selfish action, or self-indulgence, folly is always ready to embrace us. That’s why the father takes such time to encourage his son to pursue wisdom. Wisdom isn’t restricted to big decisions, however; we need it for every action we take and every word we speak.

How can we pursue wisdom today?

[trisham]

haiku-1
off the windy coast
i live near the open shore
slimy jellyfish

Finn The Poet

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Happy Monday!

Enjoy This Beautiful Day!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

Acadia Natl Park, Maine
Happy Monday!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Great pic, Sis!
Is that one that you took while up here?

[luvie]

Yes, it is. When we went to Acadia. I was fascinated by the rock stacks. :)

[The Mayor]

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Called by Name

June 12, 2018

Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” John 20:16

Advertisers have concluded that the most attention-grabbing word that viewers react to is their own name. Thus a television channel in the UK has introduced personalized advertisements with their online streaming services.

We might enjoy hearing our name on television, but it doesn’t mean much without the intimacy that comes when someone who loves us says our name.

Mary Magdalene’s attention was arrested when, at the tomb where Jesus’s body had been laid after He was crucified on the cross, He spoke her name (John 20:16). With that single word, she turned in recognition to the Teacher whom she loved and followed, I imagine with a rush of disbelief and joy. The familiarity with which He spoke her name confirmed for her beyond a doubt that the One who’d known her perfectly was alive and not dead.

Although Mary shared a unique and special moment with Jesus, we too are personally loved by God. Jesus told Mary that He would ascend to His Father (v. 17), but He had also told His disciples that He would not leave them alone (John 14:15–18). God would send the Holy Spirit to live and dwell in His children (see Acts 2:1–13).

God’s story doesn’t change. Whether then or now, He knows those whom He loves (see John 10:14–15). He calls us by name.

Loving Father, living Jesus, comforting Holy Spirit, thank You that You know me completely, and that You love me unceasingly.

The God who created the cosmos also made you, and He calls you by name.

INSIGHT

God knows us, and He loves us. That’s easy to say but harder to believe sometimes—especially when we feel crippled by grief, when we feel completely alone.

This beautiful passage (John 20:11–18) can remind us that we can be honest with God. We don’t need to pretend to be happy. We can bring our pain to Him, exactly as it is. Tell Him why we’re crying (vv. 13, 15); tell Him when He seems far away. He loves us and wants us to run to Him in our pain (1 Peter 5:7). When we do, we can experience the tender love of our Father knowing and holding us in even those most painful places (John 20:16). And we can share with others how He brought joy even out of our weeping (v. 18).

[MEG33]

~Happy GratiTuesday~
I am grateful for the hope raised by this summit. May the promise of "the light of peace
rather than the darkness of war" be realized.
God Bless these efforts as the details are being hammered out.
God Bless President Trump And Secy. of State Pompeo

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Happy Gratituesday!

I am grateful that a war that started before I was born may be at last coming to an end. May God Bless President Trump for reaching out this way.

((((HUGS))))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

Grateful for a REAL Leader!
Happy GratiTuesday!
I think we have a theme here! :)

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you for the Beautiful Pings, Dear FRiends.
(((((Many Hugs!)))))

God Bless Our Dear President

[The Mayor]

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Humble Love

June 13, 2018

The greatest among you will be your servant. Matthew 23:11

When Benjamin Franklin was a young man he made a list of twelve virtues he desired to grow in over the course of his life. He showed it to a friend, who suggested he add “humility” to it. Franklin liked the idea. He then added some guidelines to help him with each item on the list. Among Franklin’s thoughts about humility, he held up Jesus as an example to emulate.

Jesus shows us the ultimate example of humility. God’s Word tells us, “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant” (Philippians 2:5–7).

Jesus demonstrated the greatest humility of all. Though eternally with the Father, He chose to bend beneath a cross in love so that through His death He might lift any who receive Him into the joy of His presence.

We imitate Jesus’s humility when we seek to serve our heavenly Father by serving others. Jesus’s kindness helps us catch a breathtaking glimpse of the beauty of setting ourselves aside to attend to others’ needs. Aiming for humility isn’t easy in our “me first” world. But as we rest securely in our Savior’s love, He will give us everything we need to follow Him.

Beautiful Savior, I am Your servant. Please help me to live in Your love and be a blessing to someone today.

 

We can serve because we are loved.

INSIGHT

Philippians 2 teaches us that how we behave is rooted in what we believe. Paul says the call to humble love and service is built on the example of Jesus. We are to be “like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.” He then adds, “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others” (vv. 2–4). This type of living does not come naturally. Only when we allow the Holy Spirit to enable us can we live out the humble love expressed perfectly by Christ.

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[MEG33]

Welcome To
*Warm Fuzzy Wednesday At Amy's Place*

Talk about a lucky dog!****I want to be there!
Have A Lovely Summer Day

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Happy Warm and Fuzzy Wednesday

To All My Dear FRiends!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[MEG33]

Good morning, Rus. Thank you always for Our Daily Bread.
You Are A Blesssing

[TheConservativeParty]

Good morning Meg! That dog is so happy he doesn’t even mind that they put a flower by his ear. Dogs are great.

Was really humid yesterday but nice and dry today and not hot either.

Have not sold our house yet. Will be listed 4 weeks on Friday. My dream of selling it fast....well, didn’t happen. But I will Trust in The Lord that it will sell soon.

Cheers!