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Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January, February and March, 2017
January 1, 2017 | JustAmy; Meg33, The Mayor; Trisham;

Posted on 12/31/2016 9:19:58 PM PST by 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*.

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the ever charming, lovable, huggable,

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To: trisham

;o)


941 posted on 03/25/2017 1:47:34 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: trisham

A fire always makes the house more cheerful.
We need rain. I wish you all warmer days!
Love your pups!


942 posted on 03/25/2017 1:57:14 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: MEG33

Thanks, MEG! I hope that you get some rain soon!


943 posted on 03/25/2017 2:04:32 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: yorkie

Happy Birthday
Missing You Dear Yorkie
I Wish You A Wonderful Day!


944 posted on 03/26/2017 5:29:08 AM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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East Meets West


March 24, 2017

Who are you to judge someone else’s servant?  Romans 14:4

When students from Southeast Asia met a teacher from North America, the visiting instructor learned a lesson. After giving his class their first multiple-choice test, he was surprised to find many questions left unanswered. While handing back the corrected papers, he suggested that, next time, instead of leaving answers blank they should take a guess. Surprised, one of the students raised their hand and asked, “What if I accidentally get the answer right? I would be implying that I knew the answer when I didn’t.” The student and teacher had a different perspective and practice.

In the days of the New Testament, Jewish and Gentile converts were coming to Christ with perspectives as different as East and West. Before long they were disagreeing over matters as diverse as worship days and what a Christ-follower is free to eat or drink. The apostle Paul urged them to remember an important fact: None of us is in a position to know or judge the heart of another.

For the sake of harmony with fellow believers, God urges us to realize that we are all accountable to our Lord, to act according to His Word and our conscience. However, He alone is in a position to judge the attitudes of our heart (Rom. 14:4–7).

Father in heaven, please have mercy on us for presuming to judge the heart of those who see so many things differently than we do.

Be slow to judge others but quick to judge yourself.
INSIGHT:

When we find ourselves in a position where we disagree with other Christians, it’s good to remember that God has given us room to disagree and help for how to handle our differing opinions. We can find such help in today’s text. How has knowing Scripture helped you to deal with conflicts?


945 posted on 03/26/2017 5:30:22 AM PDT by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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To: FRiends; The Mayor; JustAmy; trisham; LUV W; Kitty Mittens; left that other site; ...

~Welcome To Sunday At Amy's Place~

***
Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you
may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.


~Blessings To All Who Enter Here~

946 posted on 03/26/2017 6:00:36 AM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: The Mayor


Amen to this wonderful devotional, Rus.
I Am So Grateful To You For Our Daily Bread

947 posted on 03/26/2017 6:06:20 AM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: MEG33

Beautiful, MEG!

948 posted on 03/26/2017 7:36:07 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: MEG33; left that other site; JustAmy; Kitty Mittens; LUV W; Jane Long; The Mayor; lonestar; ...
Morning Prayer

Gracious God,
Thank you for the gift of today.
Refresh me. Invite me to discover your presence
In each person that I meet
And every event that I encounter.
Teach me when to speak and when to listen
When to ponder and when to share.
In moments of challenge and decision
Attune my heart to the whisperings of your Wisdom.
As I undertake ordinary and unnoticed tasks,
Gift me with simple joy.
When my day goes well, may I rejoice.
When it grows difficult, surprise me with
New possibilities.
When life is overwhelming, call me to
Sabbath moments
To restore your Peace and Harmony.
May my living today reveal your Goodness.
Amen.

-Pat Bergen, C.S.J.



A Happy and Blessed Sunday to all here at Amy's Place!


949 posted on 03/26/2017 7:39:44 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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Ray Walker~Master The Tempest Is Raging
Congregational Singing

Cynthia Clawson & Others~Church In The Wildwood

The Trevecca Madragalians~It Is Well With My Soul

Statler Brothers~How Great Thou Art

St. Olaf Choir~When Peace Like A River

Providence~There's A Goldmine In The Sky

Vocal Majority~Deep River

Have a blessed Sunday
God bless our troops!


950 posted on 03/26/2017 10:37:08 AM PDT by luvie (Be still and know that I Am GOD.....Psalm 46:10)
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To: LUV W


Thanks, LUV W!

951 posted on 03/26/2017 10:40:12 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: MEG33

Happy Sunday Meg, Thank you


952 posted on 03/26/2017 12:08:46 PM PDT by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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To: trisham

Thank you, (((trish))).


953 posted on 03/26/2017 1:54:21 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: FRiends; The Mayor; trisham; LUV W

Good Sunday Afternoon


Amen to your beautiful prayer, trish. I love that church .
Thank you always for our Sunday music, LUV.
I Wish You A Blessed Lord's Day

954 posted on 03/26/2017 2:07:29 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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Image Management


March 27, 2017

You are precious and honored in my sight, and . . . I love you. Isaiah 43:4

To celebrate Winston Churchill’s eightieth birthday, the British parliament commissioned artist Graham Sutherland to paint a portrait of the celebrated statesman. “How are you going to paint me?” Churchill reportedly asked the artist: “As a cherub, or the Bulldog?” Churchill liked these two popular perceptions of him. Sutherland, however, said he would paint what he saw.

Churchill was not happy with the results. Sutherland’s portrait had Churchill slumped in a chair wearing his trademark scowl—true to reality, but hardly flattering. After its official unveiling, Churchill hid the painting in his cellar. It was later secretly destroyed.

Like Churchill, most of us have an image of ourselves we want others to have of us also—whether of success, godliness, beauty, or strength. We can go to great lengths to conceal our “ugly” sides. Perhaps deep down we fear we won’t be loved if the real us is known.

When the Israelites were taken captive by Babylon, they were seen at their worst. Because of their sins, God allowed their enemies to conquer them. But He told them not to fear. He knew them by name, and He was with them in every humiliating trial (Isa. 43:1–2). They were secure in His hands (v. 13) and “precious” to Him (v. 4). Despite their ugliness, God loved them.

We will find ourselves less motivated to seek the approval of others when such a truth truly sinks in. God knows the real us and still loves us immeasurably (Eph. 3:18).

God’s deep love means we can be real with others.
INSIGHT:

It’s not easy to accept our own failures. This may be one reason the God of Israel wanted His people to remember Him as the God of Jacob—their deeply flawed national patriarch. The prophet Isaiah called them by the new name the Lord had given their father Jacob. He called them “Israel,” a people He had made and redeemed for Himself, so He could show the whole world what it means to have a God who loves us in spite of our failures.


955 posted on 03/27/2017 6:22:39 AM PDT by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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To: trisham; MEG33; All

The rescue surprised us by giving us Moose early, Sunday afternoon. He slept through the night and is a really sweet little guy. Our other dog is getting used to having a brother. Hopefully in a week, they will be less excited and take more naps. LOL.


956 posted on 03/27/2017 10:21:28 AM PDT by TheConservativeParty (Happiness is a warm puppy.)
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To: TheConservativeParty

Wonderful! I’m so happy for you all, TCP.


957 posted on 03/27/2017 11:15:59 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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Bearing Good Fruit


March 28, 2017

That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season. Psalm 1:3

The view from my airplane window was striking: a narrow ribbon of ripening wheat fields and orchards wending between two barren mountains. Running through the valley was a river—life-giving water, without which there would be no fruit.

Just as a bountiful harvest depends on a source of clean water, the quality of the “fruit” in my life—my words, actions, and attitude—depends on my spiritual nourishment. The psalmist describes this in Psalm 1: The person “whose delight is in the law of the Lord . . . is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season” (vv. 1–3). And Paul writes in Galatians 5 that those who walk in step with the Spirit are marked by “love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control” (vv. 22–23).

Sometimes my perspective on my circumstances turns sour, or my actions and words become persistently unkind. There is no good fruit, and I realize I haven’t spent time being quiet before the words of my God. But when the rhythm of my days is rooted in reliance on Him, I bear good fruit. Patience and gentleness characterize my interactions with others; it’s easier to choose gratitude over complaint.  

The God who has revealed Himself to us is our source of strength, wisdom, joy, understanding, and peace (Ps. 119:28, 98, 111, 144, 165). As we steep our souls in the words that point us to Him, the work of God’s Spirit will be evident in our lives.

God’s Spirit lives in His people, in order to work through them.
INSIGHT:

This pictorial psalm with its word imagery is a suitable introduction for the entire library of prayer, praise, and reflection we know as the book of Psalms. In contrast to “the world” is the believer’s joy and pursuit of gleaning gems of spiritual truth in the Word of God. The law of the Lord is his object of meditation. The Hebrew word for meditate means to “digest over and over again like a cow who chews its cud.” This is a spiritual preoccupation that draws the believer to the Word both day and night (v. 2). The analogy of a “tree planted by streams of water” (v. 3) pictures for us the life-giving water and nutrients of the soil that cause plant life to flourish. The result of a life so rooted in the Word is the overflow of fruitfulness.


958 posted on 03/28/2017 4:33:01 AM PDT by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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~Happy Grati Tuesday To Amy's Place~


Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs
from the soul.__Henry Ward Beecher


959 posted on 03/28/2017 6:03:28 AM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: TheConservativeParty

Congratulations on your new pup!


960 posted on 03/28/2017 6:08:22 AM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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