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1/01/2021 | The Mayor; Luvie; JustAmy

Posted on 01/01/2021 6:43:29 AM PST by JustAmy

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[luvie]

Ginger Sez...
🐾 Happy Caturday! 🐾

[left that other site]

Happy Saturday!

It's Lilac Time, Just In Time For Mothers Day! :-)

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[The Mayor]

Home from Myrtle Beach!

[luvie]

Welcome back safely! Are you nice and tan now? Rested?

[The Mayor]

Rested, Yes felt great to relax

Tanned? HA! No

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Sunday,
May 8, 2022

How Great Is Our God!

Read: Psalm 111:1–10

Great are the works of the Lord; they are pondered by all who delight in them. Psalm 111:2

Fingerprints have long been used to identify people, but they can be faked by creating copies. Similarly, the pattern of the iris in the human eye is a reliable source for ID—until someone alters the pattern with a contact lens to skew the results. The use of biometrics to identify individuals can be defeated. So, what qualifies as a unique identifying characteristic? It turns out that everyone’s blood-vessel patterns are unique and virtually impossible to counterfeit. Your own personal “vein map” is a one-of-a-kind identifier, setting you apart from everyone else on the planet.

Pondering such complexities of human beings should prompt a sense of worship and wonder for the Creator who made us. David reminded us that we are “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14), and that is certainly worth celebrating. In fact, Psalm 111:2 reminds us, “Great are the works of the Lord; they are pondered by all who delight in them.”

Even more worthy of our attention is the divine Maker Himself. While celebrating God’s great deeds, we also must celebrate Him! His deeds are great, but He’s even greater, prompting the psalmist to pray, “For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God” (86:10).

Today, as we consider the greatness of what God does, may we also marvel at the greatness of who He is. — Bill Crowder

What things instill a sense of awe and wonder in you? How will you make time to praise God for His marvelous works today?

Father, I can easily be sidetracked into thinking too much about creation without truly considering You—the One who made all of creation. Help me to marvel at You.

Read Get Outside: Knowing God through His Creation.

Bible in a year: 2 Kings 4–6; Luke 24:36–53

[luvie]

Dallas Christian Sound~My God And I

Aron Wright~Surrender

Festival Choir~When Morning Gilds The Skies

Glen Campbell~The Savior I Sing Of Today

Jim Brickman~How Great Thou Art

Life Church Worship~I Give It All

M Souders~We Gather Together

God Bless You All....

[luvie]

No tan? Well, that’s hardly fair!

Unless you burn like I do, then I guess it’s a good thing. :) Glad you got some R&R, though. You deserve it!

[left that other site]

Happy Mother's Day

To All My Dear FRiends!

((((HUGS))))

ML/LTOS

[TheConservativeParty]

Happy Mother’s Day!
🌺🌸🌼

[The Mayor]

Beginning of year I burn so slowly I will tan over time.
Plus my beach bod is gone with age : )

[JustAmy]

Prayer for the Unborn

Lord, I pray this Sunday morn
for those souls that are not yet born
still a fetus in the womb
souls of love that you would groom

keep them from man's every whim
whose abortion rates are dismal grim
destroying those that you create
playing God with children's fate

they name it "choice" to soothe their guilt
dissolving that which you have built
to live and love in You abide
is ended in infanticide

of all the sins that man has wrought
this is the worst one of the lot.
Lord, of this evil we repent
for killing of the innocent

Woe to those on judgment day
who stand before you when you say,
" I judge you not, but to these I give,
these souls that you denied to live,

will judge you now at heavens gate
and hold the power of your fate
so hope their mercy will abound
for in you was no mercy found"

- Fish Hawk -



I don't know when this was written but today seemed the perfect time to re-post it.

Wishing everyone a Happy Mother's Day!

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Monday,
May 9, 2022

The Sunflower Battle

Read: Colossians 2:6–14

In Christ you have been brought to fullness. Colossians 2:10

The deer in our neighborhood and I have two different opinions about sunflowers. When I plant sunflowers each spring, I’m looking forward to the beauty of their blooms. My deer friends, however, don’t care about the finished product. They simply want to chew the stems and leaves until there’s nothing left. It’s an annual summertime battle as I try to see the sunflowers to maturity before my four-hoofed neighbors devour them. Sometimes I win; sometimes they win.

When we think about our lives as believers in Jesus, it’s easy to see a similar battle being waged between us and our enemy—Satan. Our goal is continual growth leading to spiritual maturity that helps our lives stand out for God’s honor. The devil wants to devour our faith and keep us from growing. But Jesus has dominion over “every power” and can bring us “to fullness” (Colossians 2:10), which means He makes us “complete.” Christ’s victory on the cross allows us to stand out in the world like those beautiful sunflowers.

When Jesus nailed the “record of the charges against us” (the penalty for our sins) to the cross (v. 14 nlt), He destroyed the powers that controlled us. We became “rooted and built up” (v. 7) and made “alive with Christ” (v. 13). In Him we have the power (v. 10) to resist the enemy’s spiritual attacks and to flourish in Jesus—displaying a life of true beauty. — Dave Branon

In what areas does the enemy try to nibble away at your growing spiritual maturity? Why is it vital for you to call out to God when you experience spiritual attacks?

Loving God, make my life beautiful for You. Help me to resist the enemy through Your power because I can’t do it on my own. Thank You for Jesus’ death and resurrection—my source of hope, power, and courage.

Bible in a year: 2 Kings 7–9; John 1:1–28

[fish hawk]

thank you Amy, I posted it on FB Sunday too. sorry I haven’t stopped by here in quite awhile. still have some wonderful old friends here. God be with us. Mel

[luvie]

Well...porcelain IS cool!
Happy
Not-So-Mad-After-All
Monday! LOl!

[left that other site]

Happy Monday Madness!

I'z Not Mad...Just a Little "Excitable". :-)

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[The Mayor]

HAHA!

[luvie]

....as only a puppy can be!

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Tuesday,
May 10, 2022

Engraved Grief

Read: Job 19:19–27

Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll, . . . inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever! Job 19:23–24

After receiving the devastating diagnosis of a rare and incurable brain cancer, Caroline found renewed hope and purpose through providing a unique service: volunteering photography services for critically ill children and their families. Through this service, families could capture the precious moments shared with their children, both in grief and “the moments of grace and beauty we assume don’t exist in those desperate places.” She observed that “in the hardest moments imaginable, those families . . . choose to love, despite and because of it all.”

There’s something unspeakably powerful about capturing the truth of grief—both the devastating reality of it and the ways in which we experience beauty and hope in the midst of it.

Much of the book of Job is like a photograph of grief—capturing honestly Job’s journey through devastating loss (1:18–19). After sitting with Job for several days, his friends wearied of his grief, resorting to minimizing it or explaining it away as God’s judgment. But Job would have none of it, insisting that what he was going through mattered, and wishing that the testimony of his experience would be “engraved in rock forever!” (19:24).

Through the book of Job, it was “engraved”—in a way that points us in our grief to the living God (vv. 26–27), who meets us in our pain, carrying us through death into resurrection life. — Monica La Rose

How can facing pain honestly bring healing? When have you experienced unexpected grace and beauty within great grief?

Compassionate God, help me to witness honestly to those who are experiencing pain and offer the hope You provide.

Read Out of the Ashes: God’s Presence in Job’s Pain.

Bible in a year: 2 Kings 10–12; John 1:29–51

[luvie]

Grateful for Spring Color
Even in West Texas
Happy GratiTuesday!