Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... July, August and September 2019

July 1, 2019 | Meg33; The Mayor, Trisham, JustAmy

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Happy Warm & Fuzzy Wednesday!

Just Sailing By To Say Hi!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you. So much wisdom in these posts!

[TheConservativeParty]

I’d be the smart one with the life preserver on!
Was on a boat ride a few weeks ago, small family boat, and out of 6 or 7 people I was the only one who put on a vest. Plenty of them to use. Even good swimmers drown in emergencies.

Cloudy and cool today

Very nice

[TheConservativeParty]

Your Tuesday western scenery post is great. Love The West!

[TheConservativeParty]

Aw, pup in a pup sized hammock. Very cute.

I am over my temptation to get a puppy.
I figured out that I’d take care of it 22 of 24 hours in a day.
Husband wants pup but is gone all day, comes home, falls asleep on couch early. So “no” I don’t want a second dog.

But.... big fan of all animals!

Woot!

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My Dad taught me how to sail a boat.

And we ALWAYS wore life-jackets! :-)

[TheConservativeParty]

The lake was very busy that day. Our pilot my cousin is a very experienced boat pilot but there’s no way I trust the other boat pilots on a busy summer weekend.

I heart life preservers

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I heart life preservers

Me Too! :-)

[TheConservativeParty]

Ha! I’m old enough to know who that is.

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LOL!

[luvie]

Thank you. It’s so gorgeous there. And nice and cool. :)

[luvie]

Rippingtons~Wednesday's Child
Happy Wednesday, Y'all!

[Kitty Mittens]

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

[The Mayor]

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

August 15

Lincoln’s Pockets

Bible in a Year : Psalms 91–93; Romans 15:1–13

Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. Romans 15:2

The night US president Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theater in 1865, his pockets contained the following: two spectacles, a lens polisher, a pocketknife, a watch fob, a handkerchief, a leather wallet containing a five-dollar Confederate bill, and eight newspaper clippings, including several that praised him and his policies.

I wonder what the Confederate money was doing in the president’s pocket, but I have little doubt about the glowing news stories. Everyone needs encouragement, even a great leader like Lincoln! Can you see him, in the moments before the fateful play, perhaps reading them to his wife?

Who do you know who needs encouragement? Everyone! Look around you. There isn’t one person in your line of vision who is as confident as they seem. We’re all one failure, snide comment, or bad hair day away from self-doubt.

What if we all obeyed God’s command to “please our neighbors for their good, to build them up”? (Romans 15:2). What if we determined only to speak “gracious words” that are “sweet to the soul and healing to the bones”? (Proverbs 16:24). What if we wrote these words down, so friends could reread and savor them? Then we’d all have notes in our pockets (or on our phones!). And we’d be more like Jesus, who “did not please himself” but lived for others (Romans 15:3).

By Mike Wittmer

Reflect & Pray

Whose words have most encouraged you? Who might need encouragement that you’ve been overlooking?

Loving God, help me to encourage others with my words, actions, and presence.

 

[luvie]

I view the breathtaking beauty
Of God's Creation
And I am thankful
To be part of if.
Happy Thankful Thursday

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Happy Thankful Thursday!

Thank You For Being My FRiend!

((((HUGS))))

ML/LTOS

[trisham]

:)

[luvie]

Friends [and family] are the best gifts that God has given us!

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Amen!

[TheConservativeParty]

Love that happy dog!