Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. Feb. 21-22-23-24, 2005

2-21-05 | JustAmy, St.Louie1, MamaBear, Billie

[JustAmy]

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Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[tuliptree76]

Things are going fine. I hope you are having a good day.

[JustAmy]

She did a good job with this song. I've never liked her but probably as much for her politics and anything else.

[JustAmy]

Had a good day .... I'm hoping to get outside to do some yardwork next week.

With all of this rain, the weeds are growing like ..... well ... weeds!

[MeekOneGOP]

Southern California is taking a beating.

Yes, they have. Ernest at the Beach pinged me to some
of the threads. Tornadoes, rain, the whole shebang.

[Victoria Delsoul]

I don't like her either.

I like this guy. I'm sure you like him too.

There, I've Said It Again...

[JustAmy]

I've been reading the California Weather thread. Last I checked it looked like several freeways are closed due to flooding.

Hope they get the flooding taken care of before rush hour starts tomorrow.

[JustAmy]

Yes .... I like Vaughn Monroe. He has a very nice voice.

Thanks.

[Victoria Delsoul]

You're very welcome. :-)

[international american]

NOPE

[MeekOneGOP]

Yep. Ya gotta watch that flooding. So often we hear stories about
folks driving their cars across a flooded road and the folks drowning.
"It didn't look that deep" is a real and deadly deceiver, people.

[The Mayor]

Thank you Victoria!

[The Mayor]

February 22, 2005

A Reason For Optimism

Read:
John 16:16-33

A merry heart does good, like medicine. -Proverbs 17:22

Bible In One Year: Numbers 18-20

The Bible isn't a psychology textbook, but it gives us the wisest counsel for experiencing happiness here and now. Proverbs 17:22, for example, assures us that "a merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones."

That simple statement was recently corroborated by the extensive research of Dr. Daniel Mark, a heart specialist at Duke University. The New York Times article that reported his findings carried this headline: "Optimism Can Mean Life for Heart Patients and Pessimism Death." The article begins with these words: "A healthy outlook helps heal the heart."

But Dr. Nancy Frasure-Smith, a heart specialist who has studied the effect of depression, anxiety, and anger, admitted, "We don't know how to change negative emotions."

Faith in God, however, can produce that change. People who look beyond their present difficulty and put their trust in God's goodness cannot help but be joyful.

It's significant that our Savior said on several occasions, "Be of good cheer" (Matthew 9:2,22; 14:27; Acts 23:11). Knowing that life is filled with many crises, He encourages us with this word of reassurance: "Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world" (John 16:33). -Vernon Grounds

All your anxiety, all your care
Bring to the mercy seat, leave it there;
Never a burden He cannot bear,
Never a friend like Jesus. -Joy

No matter what happens, you can find joy in the Lord.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
Do I Have The Right Kind Of Faith?
Knowing God Through Proverbs

[OESY]

Great picture. Hope your weekend was as good as mine.

[OESY]

More Gates

[tuliptree76]

Happy Teddy Bear Day!

[tuliptree76]

Happy World Thinking Day!

[tuliptree76]

LOL! Lots of gates.

[JustAmy]

2-22-05
Graphic by MamaBear

A Night With a Wolf

Little one come to my knee !
Hark how the rain is pouring
Over the roof in the pitch dark night,
And the winds in the woods a-roaring

Hush,my darling, and listen,
Then pay for the story with kisses;
Father was lost in the pitch-black night
In just such a storm as this is.

High on the lonely mountain
Where the wild men watched and waited;
Wolves in the forest, and bears in the bush,
And I on my path belated.

The rain and the night together
Came down, and the wind came after,
Bending the props of the pine tree roof
And snapping many a rafter.

I crept along in the darkness,
Stunned and bruised and blinded...
Crept to a fir with thick-set boughs,
And a sheltering rock behind it.

There, from the blowing and raining,
Crouching I sought to hide me;
Something rustled,two green eyes shone,
And a wolf lay down beside me.

Little one, be not frightened;
I and the wolf together,
Side be side through the long, long night,
Hid from the awful weather.

His wet fur pressed against me;
Each of us warmed the other;
Each of us felt in the stormy dark
That beast and man was brother.

And when the falling forest
No longer crashed in warning,
Each of us went from our hiding place
Forth in the wild wet morning.

Darling, kiss me in payment...
Hark! how the wind is roaring!
Father's house is a better place
When the stormy rain is pouring.

Bayard Taylor

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank y'all so much for the precious poem and graphic!

[international american]

Too many!!