Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... October, November and December 2020

10-01-2020 | Meg33; The Mayor, Trisham, JustAmy

[JustAmy]

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[The Mayor]

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November 30

Giving Our Best

Bible in a Year:

• Ezekiel 37–39
• 2 Peter 2

He will purify . . . and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness.

Malachi 3:3

We stared at the piles of donated shoes as we entered a local homeless shelter. The director had invited our youth group to help sort through the heaps of used footwear. We spent the morning searching for matches and lining them up in rows across the concrete floor. At the end of the day, we threw away more than half of the shoes because they were too damaged for others to use. Though the shelter couldn’t stop people from giving poor quality items, they refused to distribute shoes that were in bad condition.

The Israelites struggled with giving God their damaged goods too. When He spoke through the prophet Malachi, He rebuked the Israelites for sacrificing blind, lame, or diseased animals when they had strong animals to offer (Malachi 1:6–8). He announced His displeasure (v. 10), affirmed His worthiness, and reprimanded the Israelites for keeping the best for themselves (v. 14). But God also promised to send the Messiah, whose love and grace would transform their hearts and ignite their desire to bring offerings that would be pleasing to Him (3:1–4).

At times, it can be tempting to give God our leftovers. We praise Him and expect Him to give us His all, yet we offer Him our crumbs. When we consider all God has done, we can rejoice in celebrating His worthiness and giving Him our very best.

Reflect & Pray

Why are you sometimes tempted to give God your leftovers or damaged goods? In what ways will you give Him your best today?

Mighty God, please help me place You first and give You my best.

[luvie]

Happy Monday
Mad-Dancing Day!

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Monday Madness!

What Do Ya Mean, "My Good Side"? Both of my SIDES are Good!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[JustAmy]

Graphic by Billie

The Cow

The friendly cow all red and white,
I love with all my heart:
She gives me cream with all her might,
To eat with apple-tart.

She wanders lowing here and there,
And yet she cannot stray,
All in the pleasant open air,
The pleasant light of day;

And blown by all the winds that pass
And wet with all the showers
She walks among the meadow grass
And eats the meadow flowers.

-Robert Louis Stevenson

[luvie]

Critters have no “bad” side. LOL! Except mosquitoes. Mosquitoes have a nasty front side. :D

[luvie]

What a sweet face on that moo-er!

[TheConservativeParty]

Hope you all had a good day! I had to work and we were really busy. Glad I am off on Tuesday. 😅

[left that other site]

Unless, of course, you are not the lead horse.

[left that other site]

I had a really rough drive today. Driving rain, wind, no viability, and deep darkness. Over 100 miles of white-knuckle driving.

An more of it tomorrow.

I’m really tired.

I REALLY hate winter.

[luvie]

Great that you’re off and I hope you can sleep in and enjoy the day. How is the weather there.

[luvie]

True dat! LOL!

[TheConservativeParty]

Not bad weather. About 40 today.

[TheConservativeParty]

Wow! I didn’t see any national weather today. No idea there was any bad stuff. We had a few flakes this morning. It was overcast and maybe 40 for a high.

[left that other site]

At least it wasn’t snow, as the volume of rain and wind would have classified it as a BLIZZARD. Grrrrr

[The Mayor]

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December 1

Being There

Bible in a Year:

• Ezekiel 40–41
• 2 Peter 3

They sat on the ground with [Job] for seven days and seven nights.

Job 2:13 When Jen, a theme park employee, saw Ralph collapse in tears on the ground, she rushed to help. Ralph, a young boy with autism, was sobbing because the ride he’d waited all day to enjoy had broken down. Instead of hurrying him to his feet or simply urging him to feel better, Jen got down onto the ground with Ralph, validating his feelings and allowing him the time to cry. 

Jen’s actions are a beautiful example of how we can come alongside those who are grieving or suffering. The Bible tells of Job’s crippling grief after the loss of his home, his herds (his income), his health, and the simultaneous deaths of his ten children. When Job’s friends learned of his pain, they “set out from their homes . . . [to go] comfort him” (Job 2:11). Job sat on the ground in mourning. When they arrived, his friends sat down with him—for seven days—saying nothing because they saw the depth of his suffering. 

In their humanness, Job’s friends later offered Job insensitive advice. But for the first seven days, they gave him the wordless and tender gift of presence. We may not understand someone’s grief, but we don’t need to understand in order to love them well by simply being with them.

Reflect & Pray

Who has been with you in difficult times? Who needs your presence today?

God, I thank You for being with me always—in good times and bad. Help me to offer that gift of presence to those You put in my path.

To learn more about helping hurting people, visit ChristianUniversity.org/CC205.

[TheConservativeParty]

Oh boy it’s December first! Will be glad when this year is over.😅

[luvie]

Happy GratiTuesday

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Me Too.

[left that other site]

Happy Gratituesday!

I Am Grateful For My FRiends!

((((HUGS))))

ML/LTOS

[JustAmy]

Graphic by MamaBear



I'm grateful our weather isn't this wintery.