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Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... October, 2012
October 1, 2012 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie; Meg33, Friends

Posted on 09/30/2012 8:00:50 PM PDT by JustAmy




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Before The Beginning

October 17, 2012

When he was a teenager, my son asked me one of those questions that make you earn your pay as a parent. “Dad,” Steve inquired, “if God has existed for eternity, what was He doing before He created the universe?”

So, what was happening in the eons before “God created the heavens and the earth”? (Gen. 1:1). For one thing, we know that there was “wisdom” before creation itself, which came from God’s character. Wisdom, personified in Proverbs 8:23, said, “I have been established from everlasting, from the beginning, before there was ever an earth.”

Also, we know that God’s salvation plan of grace was in the works before the world was hung in its place. In 2 Timothy 1:9, we read that grace “was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.” Likewise, Titus 1:2 says that eternal life was promised “before time began.” We also know that Jesus was glorified and loved in God’s presence “before the world was” (John 17:5; see also v.24).

These tiny glimpses of God before He created the earth help us see a little of the essence and magnitude of our awesome, eternal God. We see His majesty and greatness. Amazing, isn’t it? We worship a God who existed from the beginning . . . and beyond.

Great God of the universe, we stand amazed that
You are the Alpha and Omega—the Beginning
and the End—and so much more. Thank You
that we can worship and magnify You.
The created world is but a small parenthesis in eternity.
—Sir Thomas Browne

Read: Genesis 1

O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. —John 17:5
Bible in a Year:
Matthew 16-19


441 posted on 10/17/2012 5:46:39 AM PDT by The Mayor ("If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat" — Ronald Reagan)
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To: left that other site

Sometimes putting the foot down is necessary! :)


442 posted on 10/17/2012 9:29:37 AM PDT by oldteen
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To: oldteen

Absolutely.

I just wasn’t ready to give up Linda in return for BINGO, Shuffleboard, and Line Dancing.


443 posted on 10/17/2012 9:53:09 AM PDT by left that other site (Worry is the Darkroom that Develops Negatives.)
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To: left that other site

Trading down is never a good idea!


444 posted on 10/17/2012 10:15:06 AM PDT by oldteen
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To: The Mayor
Going to a high school reunion, and meeting a former classmate for the first time in Thirty five years , when asked if he remembered me ... his response was
“Sure, you were the non conformist”.

At a time when it was not popular to question teaching, or subject, etc.

So It seems ... it is in me to be aways checking for truth

445 posted on 10/17/2012 10:16:32 AM PDT by geologist (The only answer to the troubles of this life is Jesus. A decision we all must make.)
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To: oldteen

Yep.


446 posted on 10/17/2012 10:19:25 AM PDT by left that other site (Worry is the Darkroom that Develops Negatives.)
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~Enjoy a WF Wednesday~

wednesday

447 posted on 10/17/2012 10:19:35 AM PDT by oldteen
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To: The Mayor

Amen!

Emphasis!

“Great God of the universe, we stand amazed that
You are the Alpha and Omega—the Beginning
and the End—and so much more. Thank You
that we can worship and magnify You.
The created world is but a small parenthesis in eternity.”
—Sir Thomas Browne”
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Read: Genesis 1

“O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. —John 17:5”


448 posted on 10/17/2012 10:23:30 AM PDT by geologist (The only answer to the troubles of this life is Jesus. A decision we all must make.)
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HAPPY WARM AND FUZZY WEDNESDAY










ENJOY!

ML/LTOS
(El Kabong)

449 posted on 10/17/2012 10:44:20 AM PDT by left that other site (Worry is the Darkroom that Develops Negatives.)
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To: oldteen

That is a very warm and fuzzy picture. Well done!


450 posted on 10/17/2012 11:51:06 AM PDT by TheConservativeParty (Trust in the Lord. Psalm 37:3)
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I know a lady who smuggled her cat into her retirement condo. It worked. She kept the cat.

: )


451 posted on 10/17/2012 11:52:59 AM PDT by TheConservativeParty (Trust in the Lord. Psalm 37:3)
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To: TheConservativeParty

Cats are much easier to smuggle than a 60 pound dog! LOL!


452 posted on 10/17/2012 12:02:00 PM PDT by left that other site (Worry is the Darkroom that Develops Negatives.)
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To: left that other site

LOL...That is a great one, ML!


453 posted on 10/17/2012 2:26:56 PM PDT by oldteen
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To: TheConservativeParty
Thanks, TCP. It is so warm here you'd think it was mid-July! I'm so ready for Fall to find us!

Wishing you a great day!

454 posted on 10/17/2012 2:29:33 PM PDT by oldteen
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To: oldteen; left that other site; TheConservativeParty; MEG33; All

A (not too) WARM and FUZZY Wednesday!

455 posted on 10/17/2012 2:59:57 PM PDT by yorkie
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Awwww....So Sweet!

I will be AWOL a few days.

My sister has come down from Boston to help me celebrate my Birthday! :-)


456 posted on 10/17/2012 4:42:31 PM PDT by left that other site (Worry is the Darkroom that Develops Negatives.)
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HAPPY WARM AND FUZZY WEDNESDAY TO AMY’S PLACE!



Clementine and Kittens – 26September 2012

Enjoy your Wednesday!!!!








Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

457 posted on 10/17/2012 4:43:53 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: left that other site

Birthday? When?

I hope I don’t MISS it!!!


458 posted on 10/17/2012 8:46:16 PM PDT by yorkie
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Almost missed it, ML!

Only 10:29 here! :)

happybirthday

Have a wonderful time with your sister!

459 posted on 10/17/2012 10:33:58 PM PDT by oldteen
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To: The Mayor
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Rus


460 posted on 10/17/2012 10:58:50 PM PDT by oldteen
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