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Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January - December, 2024
JustAmy[creator], The Mayor, luvie, left that other site

Posted on 01/01/2024 3:15:48 PM PST by luvie



Welcome To....


'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets
and those who enjoy poetry.
'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.
Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepers
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was the ever charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf - R.I.P.




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To: AZamericonnie; Brad's Gramma; JustAmy; oldteen; Kathy in Alaska; TASMANIANRED; ...

Thank You!





How Lovely Of You To Invite Me!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

1,941 posted on 11/27/2024 5:59:25 PM PST by left that other site (Ask Not What The Left is Doing. Ask What They Are Accusing YOU of Doing.)
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To: left that other site; luvie; Kitty Mittens

Happy Thanksgiving! Have a wonderful day.
🦃


1,942 posted on 11/28/2024 7:38:22 AM PST by TheConservativeParty (NTRUMP 2024 MAKE AMERICA AMERICA AGAIN)
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Pardoned by God

Who is a God like you, who pardons sin . . . ? Micah 7:18
November 28, 2024

Bible in a Year

Today's Devotional

Around the national Thanksgiving holiday, the US president welcomes two turkeys to the White House before granting them a presidential pardon. Instead of being served as the main dish of the traditional Thanksgiving meal, the turkeys safely live out the rest of their lives on a farm. Although the turkeys can’t comprehend the freedom they’ve been granted, the unusual annual tradition highlights the life-giving power of a pardon.

The prophet Micah understood the significance of a pardon when he wrote a strong warning to the Israelites still in Jerusalem. Similar in form to a legal complaint, Micah recorded God bearing witness against the nation (Micah 1:2) for desiring evil and indulging in greed, dishonesty, and violence (6:10-15).

Despite these rebellious acts, Micah ends with hope rooted in the promise that God doesn’t stay angry forever but instead “pardons sin and forgives” (7:18). As the Creator and Judge over all, He can authoritatively declare that He won’t hold our actions against us because of His promise to Abraham (v. 20)—ultimately fulfilled in Jesus’ death and resurrection.

Being pardoned from all the ways we fail to live up to God’s standards is an undeserved gift that brings immense blessings. As we grasp more and more of the benefits of His complete forgiveness, let’s respond in praise and gratitude.

Reflect & Pray

What are the benefits of the pardon God offers? How does it prompt gratitude?

May I live, merciful Father, in gratitude because of the pardon You’ve offered me.


1,943 posted on 11/28/2024 8:10:09 AM PST by The Mayor (As I make decisions, dear God, please guide me with the light of Scripture)
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To: Silentgypsy

Happy Thanksgiving to you, too!

1,944 posted on 11/28/2024 12:27:41 PM PST by luvie (🇺🇸The bravery/dedication of our troops keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American.🇺🇸)
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Dave Koz~Far From Home

Gregg Karukas~My Favorite Season

Michael Lington~Roadtrip

Oleta Adams~Get Here

Pat Metheny Group~Last Train Home

Paul Hardcastle~Warm Glow

Sade~Cherry Pie

Steve Cole~Thursday


1,945 posted on 11/28/2024 12:32:29 PM PST by luvie (🇺🇸The bravery/dedication of our troops keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American.🇺🇸)
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Restraining Order

I want to argue my case with God himself. Job 13:3 nlt
November 29, 2024

Today's Scripture

Job 13:1-12

Bible in a Year

Today's Devotional

A man in court filed a restraining order against God. He claimed God had been “particularly unkind” to him and had exhibited a “seriously negative attitude.” The presiding judge dismissed the suit, saying the man needed help not from the court but for his mental health. A true story: humorous, but also sad.

But are we so different? Don’t we sometimes want to say, “Stop, God, please, I’ve had enough!” Job did. He put God on trial. After enduring unspeakable personal tragedies, Job says, “I want to argue my case with God himself” (Job 13:3 nlt) and imagines taking “God to court” (9:3 nlt). He even puts forth a restraining order: “Withdraw your hand far from me, and stop frightening me” (13:21). Job’s prosecution argument wasn’t his own innocence but what he viewed as God’s unreasonable harshness: “Does it please you to oppress me?” (10:3).

Sometimes we feel God is unfair. In truth, the story of Job is complex, not providing easy answers. God restores Job’s physical fortunes in the end, but that isn’t always His plan for us. Perhaps we find something of a verdict in Job’s final admission: “Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know” (42:3). The point is, God has reasons we know nothing of, and there’s wonderful hope in that.

Reflect & Pray

What occasions have prompted you to “take God to court”? Why is it okay for you to ask Him tough questions?

Dear God, I sometimes feel angry about what I’ve had to endure. Please help me bring my complaints to You.

For further study, read Understanding the Bible: The Wisdom Books.


1,946 posted on 11/29/2024 7:56:51 AM PST by The Mayor (As I make decisions, dear God, please guide me with the light of Scripture)
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Chris DeBurgh~The Lady In Red





Trump Thanksgiving 2024
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1,947 posted on 11/29/2024 11:20:31 AM PST by luvie (🇺🇸The bravery/dedication of our troops keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American.🇺🇸)
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Happy Red Friday!





Have A Terrific Day!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

1,948 posted on 11/29/2024 2:53:16 PM PST by left that other site (Ask Not What The Left is Doing. Ask What They Are Accusing YOU of Doing.)
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Today's Scripture

Daniel 6:1-10

Bible in a Year

Today's Insights

The book of Daniel spans seventy years of the Babylonian exile and is both biography (chs. 1-6) and prophecy (chs. 7-12). The first six chapters tell how Daniel distinguished himself to become the trusted adviser to Nebuchadnezzar (5:11-12) and Darius (6:1-5)—kings of two of the superpower empires of the ancient world. When God exiled the Israelites to Babylon, He commanded them to work for “the peace and prosperity” of their conquerors (Jeremiah 29:7). Daniel “was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent” (Daniel 6:4) and “so distinguished himself . . . that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom” (v. 3).

Today's Devotional

Raw fish and rainwater. An Australian sailor named Timothy survived on only those provisions for three months. Marooned on his storm-damaged catamaran, he was losing hope—bobbing 1,200 miles from land in the Pacific Ocean. But then the crew of a Mexican tuna boat spotted his ailing boat and rescued him. Later, the thin and weather-beaten man declared, “To the captain and fishing company that saved my life, I’m just so grateful!”

Timothy gave thanks following his ordeal, but the prophet Daniel revealed a grateful heart before, during, and after a crisis. Having been exiled to Babylon from Judah with other Jews (Daniel 1:1-6), Daniel had risen in power only to be threatened by other leaders who wanted him dead (6:1-7). His foes got the king of Babylon to sign a decree stating that anyone who prayed “to any god” would be “thrown into the lions’ den” (v. 7). What would Daniel, a man who loved and served the one true God, do? He “got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to . . . God, just as he had done before” (v. 10). He gave thanks, and his grateful heart was rewarded as God spared his life and brought him honor (vv. 26-28).

As the apostle Paul wrote, may God help us “give thanks in all circumstances” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). Whether we’re facing a crisis or have just come through one, a grateful response honors Him and helps keep our faith afloat.  

Reflect & Pray

Why is it vital to regularly thank God? How can you grow a more grateful heart?

Dear God, please help me give thanks even when life is hard.


1,949 posted on 11/30/2024 7:16:03 AM PST by The Mayor (As I make decisions, dear God, please guide me with the light of Scripture)
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Midnight Is Happy Sitting
In The Autumn Sun
🐾 Happy Caturday 🐾

1,950 posted on 11/30/2024 12:13:11 PM PST by luvie (🇺🇸The bravery/dedication of our troops keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American.🇺🇸)
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To: AZamericonnie; Brad's Gramma; JustAmy; oldteen; Kathy in Alaska; TASMANIANRED; ...

Happy Saturday!





Whaddaya Mean "It's getting Chilly?"

I Think The Weather's PERFECT!
Brrrrrrrrr

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

1,951 posted on 11/30/2024 5:28:54 PM PST by left that other site (Ask Not What The Left is Doing. Ask What They Are Accusing YOU of Doing.)
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Hillsong~Mountain

Glad~Awesome God

Jim Brickman~How Great Thou Art

Life Church Worship~I Give It All

M Souders~We Gather Together

MercyMe~Greater

Passion~In Christ Alone

Providence~Farther Along

Steve Green~Broken And Spilled Out

Have a blessed Sunday, everyone
God Be With Our Troops and Keep Them Safe

1,952 posted on 12/01/2024 6:08:35 AM PST by luvie (🇺🇸The bravery/dedication of our troops keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American.🇺🇸)
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To: left that other site; luvie; Kitty Mittens

Happy December First!
We are freezing here in Wisconsin, about 22 degrees today, 10 tonight.
All the way up to 29 on Monday.
29 will be nice.
🥶


1,953 posted on 12/01/2024 4:39:10 PM PST by TheConservativeParty (NTRUMP 2024 MAKE AMERICA AMERICA AGAIN)
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To: TheConservativeParty

It’s realy cold here too.

I wish I was back in Florida. (sigh)


1,954 posted on 12/01/2024 5:28:09 PM PST by left that other site (Ask Not What The Left is Doing. Ask What They Are Accusing YOU of Doing.)
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December 01, 2024

Today's Scripture

Titus 2:6-8

Bible in a Year

Today's Insights

Titus was one of the young men that Paul mentored in ministry. Unlike Timothy (see Acts 16:1-3), we know little about Titus. We’re not told how he and Paul met or how he came to have the apostle as his mentor. Titus is mentioned ten times in 2 Corinthians (2:13; 7:6, 13, 14; 8:6, 16, 17, 23; 12:18 [twice]) and two times in Galatians (2:1, 3)—solidifying our picture of him as an important member of Paul’s team. The only other mention of Titus (aside from the letter addressed to him) is in 2 Timothy 4:9-10, where Paul writes to Timothy: “Do your best to come to me quickly, for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.”

Today's Devotional

During his college days at Florida State University, Charlie Ward was a two-sport student athlete. In 1993, the young quarterback won the Heisman Trophy as the country’s best college American football player, and he also starred on the basketball team.

During a pregame talk one day, his basketball coach used some foul language as he talked to his players. He noticed that Charlie “wasn’t comfortable,” and said, “Charlie, what’s up?” Ward said, “Coach, you know, Coach Bowden [the football coach] doesn’t use that kind of language, and he gets us to play awfully hard.”

Charlie’s Christlike character allowed him to gently speak to his basketball coach about this issue. In fact, the coach told a reporter: “It’s almost as if there was an angel looking at you” when he talked to Charlie.

A good reputation with unbelievers and a faithful witness for Christ are hard to maintain. But at the same time, believers in Jesus can grow to be more like Him as He helps and guides us. In Titus 2, younger men, and by extension all believers, are called to “be self-controlled” (v. 6) and to “show integrity . . . and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned” (vv. 7-8).

When we live that way in Christ’s strength, we’ll not only honor Him but also build a good reputation. Then as God provides the wisdom we need, people will have reason to hear what we say.

Reflect & Pray

How does a good reputation help you influence others? What will help you grow in Christlike character?

Dear God, please help me to grow in character that reflects You and honors You.

For further study, read Evangelism—Reaching Out through Relationships.


1,955 posted on 12/01/2024 6:09:52 PM PST by The Mayor (As I make decisions, dear God, please guide me with the light of Scripture)
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Good thing I stuck the shepard’s hooks I hang bird feeders on, in the lawn a few days ago. Our ground is too hard to do that now. Filled the feeders today. Will be fun to watch the birds all winter. 😀


1,956 posted on 12/01/2024 6:14:25 PM PST by TheConservativeParty (NTRUMP 2024 MAKE AMERICA AMERICA AGAIN)
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December 01, 2024

Today's Scripture

Acts 11:19-26

Bible in a Year

Today's Insights

Everyone in the community of believers in Jesus was afraid of Saul because he was persecuting them (Acts 9:2). Even Ananias—who’d been given explicit instructions from Jesus to go to the house where Saul was staying—was afraid of the man (vv. 10-19). Later, when Saul, “who was also called Paul” (13:9), escaped with his life to Jerusalem, Christ’s disciples refused to allow him to join out of sheer fear of him (9:26). It was Barnabas who convinced Peter and the rest to welcome him as a fellow disciple of Jesus (v. 27), and it was Barnabas who saw potential in him for serving the church at Antioch (11:25-26). Where other believers feared him, Barnabas saw someone who’d been radically changed by Christ. Because of this encourager, Paul was able to begin the ministry that would forever change the trajectory of the church.

Today's Devotional

“Sheer encouragement.” That was the phrase J. R. R. Tolkien used to describe the personal support his friend and colleague C. S. Lewis gave him as he wrote the epic The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Tolkien’s work on the series had been painstaking and exacting, and he’d personally typed out the lengthy manuscripts more than twice. When he sent them to Lewis, Lewis responded, “All the long years you have spent on it are justified.” 

Perhaps Scripture’s best-known encourager was Joseph from Cyprus, better known as Barnabas (meaning “son of encouragement”), the name the apostles gave him (Acts 4:36). It was Barnabas who advocated for Paul to the apostles (9:27). Later, when non-Jewish believers began to place their faith in Jesus, Luke tells us Barnabas “was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts” (11:23). Luke describes him as “a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith,” adding that because of him, “a great number of people were brought to the Lord” (v. 24).

The worth of encouraging words can’t be measured. As we offer words of faith and love to others, God—who gives “eternal encouragement” (2 Thessalonians 2:16)—may move through what we share to transform someone’s life forever. May He help us to offer “sheer encouragement” to someone today!

Reflect & Pray

Who would you like to encourage? In what ways might you share God’s love with them through a kind deed or word?

Dear God, please help me to be an encouragement to someone today.


1,957 posted on 12/02/2024 10:19:48 AM PST by The Mayor (As I make decisions, dear God, please guide me with the light of Scripture)
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Brrrr! I hope things warm up a bit for you soon. 29 sounds much better than 10!


1,958 posted on 12/02/2024 11:04:56 AM PST by luvie (🇺🇸The bravery/dedication of our troops keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American.🇺🇸)
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Happy Monday Madness!🤣

1,959 posted on 12/02/2024 11:11:56 AM PST by luvie (🇺🇸The bravery/dedication of our troops keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American.🇺🇸)
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Happy Monday!





From The Deep Freeze.

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

1,960 posted on 12/02/2024 11:28:02 AM PST by left that other site (Ask Not What The Left is Doing. Ask What They Are Accusing YOU of Doing.)
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