Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri .. January 17, 2005 thru January 24, 2005

1-17-05 | JustAmy, St.Louie1, MamaBear, Billie

[JustAmy]

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1-17-05
Graphic by Billie

The Old Farmhouse.

A crystal spring, a sunny hill,
A gray old house with mossy sill,
Hemmed in by orchard trees,
With massive trunks of age untold,
Whose luscious fruits, like mounds of gold
When autumn nights grow crisp and cold,
Lay heaped about their knees.

And when the trees, bare, gaunt and grim,
Tossing aloft each naked limb,
Breasted the sleety rain;
When the summer sounds were heard no more,
When birds had sought a southern shore,
When flowers lay dead about the door,
And winter reigned again:

Then met the household band beside
A clean swept hearth, a chimney wide,
Where roared a maple tire.
When all the streams were fettered last,
When fiercely blew the wintry blast,
And clouds of snow went whirling past.
The logs were piled the higher.

How fondly memory recalls
The cheer within those old gray walls,
Beside that shining hearth.
0 peaceful scene of calm content!
Where happy faces came and went,
And heart with heart was closely blent,
In sadness as in mirth!

I see them all: the aged sire
Deep in some book; the glowing fire
Gleams on his silver hair.
The mother knits; her loving eye
Smiles on the children flitting by;
Her needles, clicking as they fly,
Tell of her household care.

A group of stalwart boys I see,
Brimful of mirth___as boys will be___
When evening tasks were done:
And___least of all___a little maid,
Her small head crowned with auburn braid,
Who, when the merry games were played,
Was foremost in the fun.

How gay we were! what songs we sang,
Till the old walls with echoes rang,
While the wind roared without.
Again we sat, wild-eyed and pale,
And listened to some ancient tale___
How witches rode upon the gale,
Or white ghosts roamed about.

'Twas long ago; those days are o'er:
I hear those songs no more, no more,
Yet listen while I weep.
Time rules us all. No joys abide.
That household band is scattered wide,
And some lie on the green hillside,
Wrapped in a dreamless sleep.

-Ellen P. Allerton.-

[JustAmy]

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Monday!

28 degrees .....

[Grzegorz 246]

[Grzegorz 246]

I didn't realize that there is so cold in Texas.

[Grzegorz 246]

[Conspiracy Guy]

Looks like my greatgrandfather's house does today. No one has lived in since 1962 but it's still there.

[international american]

6 am...coffee time!

[MeekOneGOP]

I didn't realize that there is so cold in Texas.

Howdy!

Yeah, we had a cold front come through here last week around Wednesday and we've been cooler ever since.

It was only around 40 or so for a high yesterday.

I'm in the Dallas area (North Central Texas) and usually we get some cold weather, but it doesn't last long. They are saying we'll be back up into the 60's by Wednesday or Thursday. We'll see low 40's today for a high.

We get snow here sometimes, too.

These were taken last February 14th:

That's my wife in the first pic and me in the second.

These were taken at my house.

[MeekOneGOP]

:^D

[The Mayor]

January 17, 2005

What God Can Do

Read: 2 Corinthians 1:3-11

[God] delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us. —2 Corinthians 1:10

Bible In One Year: Exodus 5-7

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They were called the "lost boys" of Sudan. Thousands of them fled the civil war in that country and sought refuge from the chaos and killing. Many had been taught the gospel in churches founded by missionaries, but they knew little of the world beyond their villages.

A National Geographic article profiled one of these "lost boys" who is now resettled in the United States. He told a church congregation that he is grateful for the comforts of the US, but also for the faith he learned through hardship. "Americans believe in God," he told them, "but they don't know what God can do."

In the crucible of testing, we move from theory to reality as we experience God's power. When there seems to be no hope, we may share Paul's feeling of being "burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we [despair] even of life" (2 Corinthians 1:8). But we can also learn, as Paul did, that in the darkest times "we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead" (v.9).

If God has allowed you to be in a desperate situation today, why not reconsider all that the Almighty has done and can still do. By trusting God in hardship we learn what He can do in our lives. —David McCasland

Though weak and helpless in life's fray,
God's mighty power shall be my stay;
Without, within, He gives to me
The strength to gain the victory. —D. De Haan

God is the only ally we can always count on.

[international american]

I was in Plano a few years ago in winter, and it was COLD.

[silverleaf]

Happy Birthday to ME! And thank you to the federal government for making my birthday a federal holiday!

[tuliptree76]

We have a lot of celebrations for the next several days. I thought I'd go ahead and list them all now so I don't forget. ;-)

January 17:
Ditch Your New Year's Resolution Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
St. Anthony's Day
Ben Franklin Day
Golf Day
Robert E. Lee Day (Alabama)

January 18:
Metric System Day
Thesaurus Day

January 19:
Popcorn Day
Whisper 'I Love You' Day
Tin Can Day
Brew A Potion Day

January 20:
President Bush's Inauguration and the FReeper Ball
Cheese Day
Stay Young Forever Day

January 21:
Eid-ul-Adha
Send A Hug Day

January 22:
Come In From The Cold Day

January 23:
Pie Day

January 24:
Beer Can Appreciation Day [NnBob, CG and IA - make a note!]

[tuliptree76]

Happy Birthday, silverleaf!

[Grzegorz 246]

Interesting pictures. We haven't had so much snow since almost a year.

[Grzegorz 246]

I have never seen any snow in this funny TV serial.

[international american]

"Beer Can Appreciation Day [NnBob, CG and IA - make a note!]"

:)

[international american]

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