Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. December 1-2, 2004

12-1-04 | JustAmy, St.Louie1, MamaBear, Billie

[dansangel]

Happy Eat a Red Apple Pie Day!

That's more my speed ((((((tt76)))))))

Also, great-sounding pecan pie recipe ((((((Amy)))))))))

[deadhead]

Happy Pie Day :-)

I had one pie disaster after another for our Thanksgiving feast. Burnt the pumpkin pie. We ate it anyway...Made a coconut cream pie, the custard seemed a little thick when I put it in the pie crust, but I have never made one before and just thought that was the way it should be. LOL, my sister was the first to take a piece of the coconut cream pie, I asked her how it was, she said "ah, good". LOL, I could tell by the look on her face that this was my 2nd disaster. It tasted like flour pie...must have been a typo in the recipe that I got on the internet. It said to put in a cup of flour and that's what I did. Live and learn (maybe I should just buy my pies)

[tuliptree76]

LOL!

[tuliptree76]

OESY wouldn't let me celebrate Teddy Bear Day with my pink bear. It had to be an actual teddy bear. So we have to celebrate with actual red apples. :-)

[tuliptree76]

(((((dansangel))))) back at ya!

[The Mayor]

December 2, 2004

Returning God's Love

Read: Malachi 3:16-18

"I have loved you," says the Lord. —Malachi 1:2

Bible In One Year: Ezekiel 42-44; 1 John 1

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The book of Malachi begins with this wholehearted word from the Lord to His halfhearted worshipers: "I have loved you" (1:2). Though Israel had long been the object of God's love, they no longer returned His love.

God listed the ways His people had offended His love through their disobedience. Israel's response was to question God. When He implored them, "Return to Me, and I will return to you," they questioned Him in their blindness, "In what way shall we return?" (3:7). With divine "tough love," the Lord exposed their many blind spots. He did this so that they might repent and accept His love, and return it with wholehearted obedience.

We too are often halfhearted in our faith, appearing to love and serve God but really loving and serving ourselves. Today, as in Malachi's time, God looks for people who reverence Him by maintaining two spiritual practices: speaking to each other about Him, and meditating on His wonderful attributes (v.16). The first is fellowship with God's people; the second is fellowship with God Himself. Not only are we to receive and share God's love, we are also to return it through glad obedience.

Such worshipers are God's "jewels" (v.17). Are you one of them? —Joanie Yoder

"We love You, Lord Jesus," we often will say,
But are we as ready His will to obey?
Let's heed what God's Spirit would have us to do—
That's how we show Him a love that is true. —D. De Haan

To love God is to obey God.

[OESY]

Do you know the origin of basketball?

The origins of the game of basketball can be traced back to a gentleman by the name of Dr. James Naismith. In 1861, Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada. During his early school days, Naismith would play a game called duck on a rock whereby the child would endeavor to knock the duck off the top of the rock with a toss of another rock.

Later on, Naismith would go on to McGill University in Montreal and would later become McGill University's Athletic Director. He would subsequently move on to YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts and in 1891, the game of basketball began.

Given the cold Massachusetts winters, Naismith needed to find a recreational activity that could be played indoors and he preferred a sport that would develop skill and one that was not exclusively relying on strength. The first game was played with two peach baskets (with their bottoms intact) for goals and a soccer ball.

The first public basketball game was in Springfield, MA, USA, on March 11, 1892. Basketball was first played at the Olympics in Berlin Germany in 1936 (America won the gold medal, and Naismith was there).

Ed. Note: So far, so good, except the game of basketball was actually invented and first played (privately) by itinerant peach pickers, who had the baskets, in the western Massachusetts hamlet of Plainfield, not in their much larger hometown of Springfield which has the museum.

[JustAmy]

12-2-04
Graphic by MamaBear

Winter

As the white snow falls,
on a silverlake,
the trees turn a shade of white.
The world is covered
with a crystaline blanket.
The ordinary world,
changes to a place of wonder,
as the snow falls,
to a glistening ground.
As the snow falls,
the world transforms
from its normal troubles,
to a carefree wonderland,
that knows no end.

Unknown by Me

[JustAmy]

Can y'all tell we're freezing in sunny California? No snow but the frost covering everything looks like a light snowfall.

We are 20 miles from town; the temps have dropped to 25 degrees for the past 4 nights.

Baby, it's cold outside.

[Darksheare]

I'm in.

[Jen]

Hey FRiends, what are we celebrating today??? Spookie's FR anniversary??? Jen's birthday??? All of the above???

[JustAmy]

Oooops ..... Happy Birthday, Jen.
Have a great day!!

Boy, have I been falling down on the job.
I haven't looked at the FReeper calendar for 3 weeks.

See you at the Ball.

Now, I need to check the anniversaries pages.

[JustAmy]

Happy 3rd FReeRepublic Anniversary, Spooky.

We are happy that you are part of our FR Family.

See you at the Ball. :)

[JustAmy]

Sorry that I'm a day late, but ....
Happy 4th FReeRepublic Anniversary, Chads.
We are happy to call you FRiend.
Have a great day.

Y'all going to the ball?

[JustAmy]

Good morning, Darks.

Is it any warmer today? Looks like we are in for a cccold winter.

[Diver Dave]

Baby, it's cold outside.

Brrrrr! If it keep this up, or maybe I should say down, I'm gonna have frozen orange juice and lemonade.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the beautiful graphic and poem!

[JustAmy]

Have a Happy Mars Landing Day!

[JustAmy]

"I'm gonna have frozen orange juice and lemonade."

I think my orange trees have frozen.

If it doesn't warm up by tomorrow night,
we will also have frozen noses, fingers and toes.

Stay warm!!

[JustAmy]

Good morning, A-G.

Hope you are having a terrific Thursday.

I'm looking forward to the FReeper Ball. Will you be going to DC in January?