Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. August 16-17, 2004

8-16-04 | JustAmy, St.Louie1, MamaBear and Billie

[JustAmy]

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[Alberta's Child]

Here's another Warren Zevon quote I found (rather appropriate, too!):

"I'll sleep when I'm dead."

[JustAmy]

Summer vacation is over here. School is starting this week and next.

We went to pick up Marissa's brother for my Sis today. School was suppose to only last until 1:20 today but for some reason, when we got there, we were told classes would not be dismissed until 2:45. What mass confusion!!

[Victoria Delsoul]

How about this one:

"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'." - unknown

[Alberta's Child]

That's a great quote! -- I think it was once attributed to NASCAR legend Junior Johnson, who used it to explain the difference between those drivers who were "involved" in stock car racing and those who were "committed."

[JustAmy]

Thanks for the great quotes, Victoria.

So nice to see you here tonight. Hope you had a great Monday.

[Victoria Delsoul]

What mass confusion!!

Oh I bet, and with all the heat it was probably hard to take.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Is that right? Well, I think this one is pretty good

"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy

LOL, reminds me of Kerry, his fiction doesn't make any sense.

[Victoria Delsoul]

You're welcome. Glad you liked them.

[JustAmy]

How about another song before I leave to put Marissa to bed?

[Alberta's Child]

Outstanding. Great quote for this election season!

Of course, one of the best quotes is from a song by The Eagles (Deperado):

"Don’t you draw the queen of diamonds –- she’ll beat you when she’s able. You know, the queen of hearts is always your best bet."

[Alberta's Child]

How are you doing, Amy?

Thanks for all your music tonight!!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Sing, sing - great tune, Amy. Thanks.

[Victoria Delsoul]

she’ll beat you when she’s able.

Is her name, Victoria? lol

[Alberta's Child]

Oh, maybe!

Are you a Queen of Diamonds, or a Queen of Hearts? ;-)

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Tuesday !

Have a cup while you Freep !

[The Mayor]

August 17, 2004

A Rock-Solid Foundation

Read: Matthew 7:21-27

No other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. —1 Corinthians 3:11

Bible In One Year: Psalms 97-99; Romans 16

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As Christians we can become so preoccupied with our earthly affairs that we shift our confidence from Jesus Christ to faith in our own intellect. Then something happens to shake the foundation on which we had been building.

Phillip E. Johnson, a gifted lawyer and primary spokesman for the Intelligent Design movement, suffered a stroke and was likely to have another. Plagued by frightening thoughts during those first few days after his stroke, he was profoundly touched when a friend came and sang, "On Christ, the solid rock, I stand—all other ground is sinking sand."

Johnson writes, "What was the solid rock on which I stood? I had always prided myself on being self-reliant, and my brain was what I had relied on. Now the self with its brain was exposed as the shaky instrument it had always been. I was a Christian, even an ardent one in my worldly fashion, but now all the smoke was blown away, and I saw Truth close up." He resolved to keep Jesus at the center of his life and is now a different man.

How quickly we rely on our intellect and reasoning, only to find that it is a "shaky instrument." Let's never forget that Jesus is the only rock-solid foundation of truth on which we can always depend. —Herb Vander Lugt

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name. —Mote

Build your life on the solid foundation—Jesus Christ.

[JustAmy]

8-17-04
Graphic by MamaBear

TIME
(Mason, Waters, Wright, Gilmour) 7:06

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over,
Though I'd something more to say.

Submitted by Hookman

[JustAmy]

[JustAmy]

Happy Tuesday, Meekie.

Hope you're having a great day.

[Darksheare]

Morning!