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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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[TheConservativeParty]

It was awesome how warm it felt today. It was like reverse arctic wind chill. It was going out into a formerly inhospitable environment that would kill you in a few hours....and was miraculously above 32, and not likely to hurt you. Ha ha! It didn’t even hurt to breathe! 😅

[luvie]

Well, that’s a bummer! Get Penny’s lovely purple overcoat back out! She’s gonna need it, it seems. Ugh!

[left that other site]

I hate going outdoors on Planet Earth and feeling like it’s the Planet Mars.

[TheConservativeParty]

😁

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you, Dear FRiends, for the Wonderful Daily Pings.
(((((Love to Everyone, and God Bless)))))

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Tigermaus is HUGE now!
LOL
And VERY spoiled, I might add!

It’s funny, that Mr B is a “dog person” and
the cat chose HIM as his “hooman!”
Cats!
Who can figger them out?

We are all doing well and staying warm!
Say Hi to your wonderful husband for me!

[luvie]

I sure will. He's doing well also.

It's so easy to spoil our kittehs. One of our gingers...Ginger [very clever huh!]...has chosen him as her hooman. And he doesn't really like cats either. She "helps" him when he's on the computer.

We now have, besides the two ginger inside cats, 5 semi-feral outside cats who have all been "fixed" and their ears notched to show they have a home. Wasn't sure if I had told you that before. Here is a collage of all of them.

[luvie]

Nighty-night, Kitty!

[TheConservativeParty]

Good night FRiends

😴⭐️🌟💫🌙

[luvie]

Nighty night! Hope you get some sunshine over the weekend!

[The Mayor]

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Thursday,
January 13, 2022

A Ludicrous Investment

Read: Jeremiah 32:6–15

I knew that this was the word of the Lord; so I bought the field. Jeremiah 32:8–9

In 1929, as the US economy crashed, millions of people lost everything. But not Floyd Odlum. As everyone else panicked and sold their stocks at cut-rate prices, Odlum appeared to foolishly jump in and purchase stocks just as the nation’s future disintegrated. But Odlum’s “foolish” perspective paid off, yielding robust investments that endured for decades.

God told Jeremiah to make what seemed like an absolutely ludicrous investment: “Buy [the] field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin” (Jeremiah 32:8). This was no time to be buying fields, however. The entire country was on the verge of being ransacked. “The army of the king of Babylon was . . . besieging Jerusalem” (v. 2), and whatever field Jeremiah purchased would soon be Babylon’s. What fool makes an investment when everything would soon be lost?

Well, the person who’s listening to God—the One who intended a future no one else could envision. “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land” (v. 15). God saw more than the ruin. God promised to bring redemption, healing, and restoration. A ludicrous investment in a relationship or service for God isn’t foolish—it’s the wisest possible move when God leads us to make it (and it’s essential that we prayerfully seek to know He’s behind the instruction). A “foolish” investment in others as God leads makes all the sense in the world. — Winn Collier

Where do you sense God asking you to make a ludicrous investment in someone or something? How will this step require you to trust God in ways that appear foolish?

God, it’s a good thing You see the future because sometimes all I see is ruin and disaster. Show me where to go, where to give my life.

Bible in a year: Genesis 31–32; Matthew 9:18–38

[luvie]

Happy Thankful Thursday!

[left that other site]

Happy Thankful Thursday!

The Days Are Getting Longer. And, For That, I Am Thankful!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

I’ve noticed and really like that part!

[JustAmy]

Hello, Friends.

Wishing you a beautiful Thursday and a wonderful weekend.

Thank you for visiting and for your comments.

[JustAmy]

Thank you for being here every morning to open the doors.

I appreciate you!

[TheConservativeParty]

Hello there! Great to see you. We are out of the deep freeze in Wisconsin. 30 feels like 50 now.
😅

[TheConservativeParty]

Hi there! Was gone all day....horse day, and also worked. Weather was fantastic (= above freezing). 😅

[The Mayor]

My pleasure Amy! Thank you and Jim for continuing the thread

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you.