Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... July, 2008

July 1, 2008 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[MEG33]

Chocolate is one of the most important food groups..MMmmmmm

[La Enchiladita]

Most soitenly... no home should be without it.

[WVNan]

They really are hurting. The rain and cold kept themfrom planting untill late, then it has been cold and rains about every third day, so that the corn is simply not growing. I passed a lot of fields today where the corn is about 2 inches high and the fields had standing water in spots and the corn had turned yellow. A friend of ours owns a mega farm and they planted over 1000 acres of corn. It is doubtful that it will produce. Hoping for warmer weather and a late fall.

I'm sorry you guys are hot (I can't recall where you live)

[jaycee]

Beautiful, Dita....the Finest thread is up! I just asked you in Freepmail!

I will get to rest of pings tomorrow...saw ya’ll talking about chocolate brownies, etc. I had just gotten back from getting a hot fudge sundae. One of those little ones from McD. for a dollar. They’re fine for a sweet tooth and dirt cheap. Sonic has a good one for two something.

[MEG33]

I live in Texas..and complaing about the weather here is a form of greeting..LOL

[La Enchiladita]

Thanks Jaycee for alerting me on The Finest. I’ll get to it when I can, got stuff going on here right now. See ya.

[pollywog]

Good Evening Amy and All..Been a very busy day here in Eagle Rock. Just checking in and waving “ Hello’s” to you all. Some adorable graphics and great devotionals as usual.

Plain Jane Polly

[WVNan]

I thought you lived in TX, but I don’t trust my memory these days. LOL. We have children and grandchildren in Houston.

[WVNan]

MEG, if Amy or Mama_Bear show up, tell them I was falling asleep on the keyboard and decided to go to bed. Nite nite.

[La Enchiladita]

Snack time...

Shhh... don't tell anyone, let's get two forks.:-)

[MEG33]

Sweet Dreams, Nan.

[MEG33]

YUMMY!

[La Enchiladita]

They’re all at the Canteen and The Finest...hehe.

[jaycee]

Good Morning Amy and Friends, just to say hello and to wish everyone a wonderful Fourth of July. We can all give thanks that we live in America, the greatest land on earth. Between getting ready for our cookout tonight, I will be in and out today! Here and at the Finest!

[jaycee]

[JustAmy]

Independence?
The Lady holds a tablet. There is a date engraved.
July 4, 1776. A memo that we saved.
Within that page of History, we hold the American Rose.
Pressed by weight of moments, the album now we close,

To mark the beginning of Man’s finest striving,
Wherein heroes, villains, and events were arriving,
At a small town we call Philly, (That’s where we keep the bell.)
To speak their piece, and start a war, and put them all through Hell.

It was a needed moment. We had to take our place,
Among the giants of the earth, for Life stepped up the pace.
We had to shoulder burdens, that no one else could bear,
And send the finest of our land, to fix things ‘over there.’

The blood we shed has nourished the Freedom that we sowed,
And gave the homeland back ten-fold, all debts that we had owed.
Just to ensure survival of the plantings that we nourished.
We went back for a second time, to make sure that it flourished.

We thought that we could take a break, and live a private life,
Unburdened by the problems of the world and all its strife.
But this small world kept shrinking, and our moat gives no protection,
From enemies who should be friends, except for their infection.

We’ll need to cure their illness, whatever the cost may be,
Or we will not enjoy the life we have, a life of liberty.
It’s not enough to shine a light beside the door,
We have to go among them, and boost the ‘yearnings’ of the poor.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . July 3, 2004

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Graphic by MamaBear

[MEG33]

Wonderful, beautiful! Happy Fourth!

[pollywog]

Happy Independence Day to all!!

Thank You God for our Freedom... May we Turn back to God as a Country.

This morning a friend sent a devotional with the audio of

America, America

playing and when I heard it I started to cry.

My prayer is that God will " shed His Grace on Us".....

Plain Jane Polly

[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

July 4, 2008

The Unpayable Debt We Owe

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READ: Galatians 5:1-14

Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free. —Galatians 5:1

Our gratitude is deepened when we remember the price others paid to help obtain freedom. In the United States, one such person was Richard Stockton.

Stockton was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was a prominent lawyer and a wealthy landowner. Because he supported the war efforts, he and his family were driven from their home. That home was sacked and burned. Stockton was imprisoned for several years and subjected to harsh treatment that broke his health. He died a pauper at the age of 51. Yet few Americans remember this hero who paid such a high price for the cause of liberty. His sacrifice is largely forgotten.

Even more important, have we become so familiar with the gospel that we fail to appreciate what our salvation cost the Savior? We rejoice in the spiritual freedom we enjoy by faith in the sin-canceling death of Jesus, but do we realize at least to some small degree the price He paid?

Are we truly grateful to Jesus for all He sacrificed to set us free spiritually? If so, we are to “stand fast . . . in the liberty by which Christ has made us free” (Gal. 5:1). No matter what else may be demanding our attention, let’s take time to remember the unpayable debt we owe Him.

But drops of grief can ne’er repay
The debt of love I owe:
Here, Lord, I give myself away—
’Tis all that I can do! —Watts

Salvation is infinitely costly but absolutely free.

Bible in One Year: 2 Chronicles 22–24; Proverbs 2:1-11

[jaycee]

Love it...great for today, thank you!