Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... December, 2010

12-1-2010 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

Welcome To....


'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets
and those who enjoy poetry.
'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.
Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepers
your thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*.

Enjoy! :)











Never Forget!





Bad Penny



Amy's personal guardian ~
the ever charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[luvie]

LOL! I don’t think I’ll be jumpin’ any fences any time soon! We could also FReep across the kitchen table and drink coffee/tea. :)

[jaycee]

We could also FReep across the kitchen table and drink coffee/tea. :)

Sounds lovely to me! ;o)

[left that other site]

In the high 60’s. But at night it’s been going down to the 50’s Brrrrrrrrr. LOL. I am used to the high 80’s!

[yorkie]

Love it, JC! Thank you~

[jaycee]

You are most welcome, yorkie! Like I said, most of us have seen that along the way but it always made sense to me...LOL!

[The Mayor]

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

Inspiration To Perspiration
December 4, 2010

My grandfathers were both gardeners and so are many of my friends. I love visiting beautiful gardens—they inspire me. They make me want to create something equally beautiful in my own yard. But I have trouble moving from the inspiration to the perspiration part of gardening. My great ideas don’t become reality because I don’t spend the time and energy to make them happen.

This can be true in our spiritual lives as well. We can listen to the testimonies of other people and marvel at the work God is doing in their lives. We can hear uplifting music and great preaching and feel inspired to follow God more diligently. But soon after we walk out of church, we have trouble finding the time or making the effort to follow through.

James described such Christians as being like those who look in a mirror, see themselves, but do nothing to fix what is wrong (James 1:23-24). They hear the Word, but it doesn’t lead to action. James says we need to do—not just hear.

When we move from the inspiration of simply “hearing” about the good being done by others to the perspiration of actually “doing” good works ourselves, the implanted Word of God (1:21) will bloom into a beautiful garden of spiritual fruit.

I’d rather see a Christian
Than to hear one merely talk;
I’d rather see his actions
And behold his daily walk. —Herrell

Life works best when we do.

Read: Titus 3:1-8

Be doers of the Word, and not hearers only. —James 1:22

Bible in a year:
Ezekiel 47-48; 1 John 3

[jaycee]

~Happy Caturday Everyone~ We have some snow here but not
this much. I did hear on the weather news that
we would be getting heavier snow late this
evening and through the night! We will wait
and see! I need a few things from the store
and am trying to decide to go or not....its cold...Brrrr!

[jaycee]

A very good message this morning, Mr. Mayor. Thank you for our Daily Bread each day.

[geologist]

James 1:17-25 (King James Version)

” ...

17. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

18. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

19. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

20. For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

21. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

22. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

23. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

24. For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

25. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continues therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

...”

[MEG33]

Happy Caturday Everyone

It's heading toward 72 here but jaycee has snow!
Think I'll wash a sliding door today..while I have a great day
to do it.

[MEG33]

PING to 310...

[MEG33]

Such a good lesson, today..Thank you, Rus.

[Billie]

Oh, so adorable! What a little beauty!

[MEG33]

;o)
Good morning, Billie..Are you enjoying a warm December day, too?

[Billie]

Tonk was helpful to me, too, potlatch. Years ago I'd already been making animated gifs and doing tables, but he was the one who helped me understand the only way we could put an animated gif on top of a jpeg was to use the jpeg as a table background for the animation. I didn't find the beautiful, transparent animated snow gif we've been using at Amy's until a few years ago, but it's fun to bring it out every winter because it literally lights up a snowy scene! :)

[MHGinTN]

We got a skiff of snow even this far South of you, Jaycee. ;^) Glad you warned me about this evening, I had not been paying attention to the weather reports!

[Billie]

OHG! That is absolutely gorgeous, Amy. The picture and the framing are top notch! Billie will love this one. Thank you!

Yes, it is, and yes, I do! Really GORGEOUS! colors, frame, font - isn't it fun to play with all those wonderful features, Amy?!

[Billie]

Such a pretty Red Friday opening yesterday, Amy.

I've been browsing the thread for the past few pages and admiring all the pretties, the sweet posts and the music. Thank you all!

[Billie]

Catching up on some of the 'stuff' I've missed the past couple of days. :(

Will be thinking about you and know you and your hubby will be glad to get the surgery behind you and on the road to recovery, Amy. Yummm, pizza for dinner for Marissa's birthday sounds good. I love pizza!

Hope you're feeling much, much better now, Pam. The holidays are busy enough without being sick!

[JustAmy]

December 4, 2010



"A meow massages the heart."
- Stuart McMillan -

"People who hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life."
- Faith Resnick -

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth.
A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.
- Jules Verne -