[Mama_Bear]

06-04-04


(graphic by Mama_Bear)

My Shadow

I do not like my shadow,
He's always in my way.
Whether from the street light,
Or on a sunny day.
I step and he steps with me,
It sometimes makes me trip.
I have to go where there's no light,
To give this guy the slip.
I feel like he is mocking me,
A fan of his I'm not.
I like him best around high noon,
When he is just a spot.
He never has a thing to say,
At least that part is good.
He follows me or sometimes leads,
Around the neighborhood.
I really wish he'd go sit down,
And let me be alone.
I catch him smoking pot again,
That's it he best be gone.

Conspiracy Guy 3/3/2004

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Yippee!! Amy will be home tonight!

[KangarooJacqui]

Welcome back to Amy, then!

Nice poem, CG... interestingly enough, I have a cat called Shadow. I'd post a pic, but she won't sit still long enough for me to take one!

[Diver Dave]

Evenin' MB.
Me and my shadow look nothing alike. He's got dark hair. I think we were switched at birth.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Friday ! TGIF !

Have a cup while you Freep !

[Conspiracy Guy]

LOL. I forgot I sent that.

[The Mayor]

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. —Proverbs 27:6

A true friend will put a finger on your faults without rubbing them in.

[The Mayor]

June 4, 2004

The Rebuke From A Friend

Read: Galatians 2:11-20

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. —Proverbs 27:6

Bible In One Year: 2 Chronicles 21-22; John 14

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Never will I forget the rebuke I received from a friend when I was 17. He walked into the back of the butcher shop where I worked and saw me laughing at an indecent cartoon. He said he had admired my Christian character, and was surprised that I would laugh at something sinful and degrading. Instantly a wave of embarrassment swept over me. I shamefully admitted that I had sinned.

It's not pleasant to be rebuked, nor is it easy to rebuke another person. So I can imagine that the apostle Paul didn't like confronting Peter (Galatians 2:11). But he felt he had to, because Peter's hypocritical behavior was hurtful and confusing to the Gentile converts at Antioch. Peter had freely eaten with them, but after some Jews from Jerusalem came to the Antioch church, he shunned the Gentiles, fearing the Jews' disapproval. I imagine that he felt shame, but he apparently accepted the rebuke gracefully and changed his ways. He knew that Paul was a true friend who loved him. And in later years he referred to him as "our beloved brother Paul" (2 Peter 3:15).

If you must rebuke someone, do it gently. If you are rebuked, avoid an angry response. You may be getting a needed "faithful wound" from a friend. —Herb Vander Lugt

A friend will gently say what's true,
Although it may cause pain;
He's really thinking of our good
And what we stand to gain. —D. De Haan

A true friend will put a finger on your faults without rubbing them in.

[Laura Earl]

Cool graphic. Funny poem.

[OESY]

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

My Shadow...

I catch him smoking pot again,
That's it he best be gone.

LOL!

(Yep, you're right T'wit, a chipmunk tagline might attract nuts. Do we have enough nuts here at Amy's yet?)

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

WELCOME HOME, AMY!

Very humorous poem, C.G. Interesting graphic Mama Bear (it scared me when I first saw it...I was scared by a shadow, he he).