Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January - December, 2024

JustAmy[creator], The Mayor, luvie, left that other site

[luvie]

Welcome To....


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Never Forget!




Bad Penny


Amy's personal guardian ~
was the ever charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf - R.I.P.




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[luvie]

It should be everyone’s prayer.

[luvie]

Hubby's grateful for a "bumper crop"
....of figs
Happy GratiTuesday!

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Happy Gratituesday!

Life Is Good When You Have An Attitude of Gratitude.

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

Peaches-my favorite table decor!
Happy Warm & Fuzzy Wednesday!

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Happy Warm and Fuzzy Wednesday!

Me and Me Matie Doin' a Crocodile Imitation!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[The Mayor]

July 25

Really Live

Bible in a Year :

• Psalms 37-39
• Acts 26

Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.

Hebrews 13:5

Thousands of people prayed for pastor Ed Dobson when he was diagnosed with ALS in 2000. Many believed that when they prayed in faith for healing, God would answer immediately. After twelve years of struggling with the disease that caused Ed’s muscles to atrophy little by little (and three years before he died), someone asked him why he thought God hadn’t healed him yet. “There’s no good answer, so I don’t ask,” he replied. His wife, Lorna, added, “If you’re always obsessed about having to have answers, you can’t really live.”

Can you hear the respect for God in Ed and Lorna’s words? They knew that His wisdom is above their own. Yet Ed admitted, “I find it nearly impossible not to worry about tomorrow.” He understood that the disease would cause increasing disability, and he didn’t know what new problem the next day might bring.

To help himself focus on the present, Ed placed these verses in his car, on the bathroom mirror, and next to his bed: “God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’ So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid’ ” (Hebrews 13:5-6). Whenever he started to worry, he would repeat the verses to help him refocus his thoughts on the truth.

No one knows what the next day will bring. Maybe Ed’s practice could help us turn our worries into opportunities to trust.

Reflect & Pray

What Scriptures help you to focus on today and not worry about tomorrow? Where might you place them to help your faith grow?

Help me to remember, Father, that You’re God, and I am not. Please teach me to trust You.

[luvie]

Thankful for two
Of my favorite things
My Li' Bit and Sunflowers
Happy Thankful Thursday!!

[TheConservativeParty]

Figs are great.
I have strawberries and raspberries on my new plants, always nice to pick a few as they ripen.
😊

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Happy Thankful Thursday!

Thankful For Home Sweet Home.

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[pollywog]

Good afternoon Luvie. I can well see why sunflowers and Li'Bit are your favorite!!
Thank you for sharing.

[pollywog]

Oh my goodness!!!! Figs are my absolute favorite. I use fig jam almost exclusively.
I have two small starter fig trees that seem to be dying now...sigh... those are so nice.
Mine are black Kadota figs...

[pollywog]

Wow Mayor.. is that a powerful devotional today.
Stopping by to say hello and hope you are having a great day!

[pollywog]

CUTE!!! ... love them!!

[luvie]

I don’t think hubby knows what kind these are, and if he doesn’t eat them pretty soon, they’re going to have to go into the compost pile. LOL!

We don’t know how to make jelly/jam. City folks here. 😬

[The Mayor]

July 26

Jesus Removes the Stain

Bible in a Year :

• Psalms 40-42
• Acts 27:1-26

“Although you wash yourself . . . , the stain of your guilt is still before me,” declares the Sovereign Lord.

Jeremiah 2:22 “Are. You. Kidding?!” I yelled, digging through our dryer looking for my shirt. I found it. And . . . something else.

My white shirt had an ink spot on it. In fact, it looked like a jaguar pelt: ink splotches coated everything. I clearly hadn’t checked my pockets, and a leaky pen had stained the entire load.

Scripture often uses the word stain to describe sin. A stain permeates the fabric of something, ruining it. And that’s how God, speaking through the prophet Jeremiah, described sin, reminding His people that its stain was beyond their ability to cleanse: “Although you wash yourself with soap and use an abundance of cleansing powder, the stain of your guilt is still before me” (Jeremiah 2:22).

Thankfully, sin doesn’t get the last word. In Isaiah 1:18, we hear God’s promise that He can cleanse us from sin’s stain: “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”

I couldn’t get the ink stain out of my shirt. Neither can I undo the stain of my sin. Thankfully, God cleanses us in Christ, just as 1 John 1:9 promises: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”

Reflect & Pray

What has it looked like in your life to experience forgiveness and cleansing from sin? What “stain” might you need to bring to God?

Father, please help me to cling to the promise that in Christ there’s forgiveness and purity as I’m washed white as snow in Your sight.

[TheConservativeParty]

Happy Friday!
🥳

[pollywog]

Good morning to you Mayor.👋
I’m so thankful for the blood of Jesus! Cleansing us from all sin. ❤️

[pollywog]

Haha... Good morning to you Luvie.
Oh I don’t make the fig jam anymore at all.
City folks here for sure.😊
But I absolutely love to eat it.

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Happy Red Friday!

My RED Bandanna's So Big, I Might Trip Over It!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

But it’s soooo cute! :)