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Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January, February and March, 2019
January 1, 2019 | Meg33, The Major, Trisham, JustAmy

Posted on 12/31/2018 8:06:30 PM PST by JustAmy




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1 posted on 12/31/2018 8:06:30 PM PST by JustAmy
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To: JustAmy

Existential Rhythms

The question first occurred to me when I was maybe four,
playing toy Injuns on our Diné hogan floor.tomahawk
"Momma, how did we get here? I don't understand."
She said to talk to Wolf-eye Joe, the village med'cine man.

But Wolf-eye's stories cannot be:
I laughed until I cried.

In later years I wandered off to Flagstaff on a whim,
and asked a pale-face friend named Bob what tales were told to him.
The white man's magic litany of woe and ancient grace
looked a lot like wishful thought, I told Bob to his face.

And he took up my search with me:
We laughed, we thought we'd die.

So Bob and I made steep ascent up yonder distant slope,
and happened by the real old guy who works the telescope.
He let us look eons away, to every time and whence.
"That's what you be," says he and we've been scared stiff ever since.

But there's no going back, you see:
We laughed until we pried.
2 posted on 12/31/2018 8:11:58 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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Happy New Year !!!

3 posted on 12/31/2018 8:15:33 PM PST by JustAmy (Just Because!)
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To: sparklite2

Love it, thank you for sharing, sparklite2.

Happy New Year!


4 posted on 12/31/2018 8:16:56 PM PST by JustAmy (Just Because!)
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To: JustAmy

My pleasure. Happy New Year to you, too.


5 posted on 12/31/2018 8:19:05 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: All



6 posted on 12/31/2018 8:21:28 PM PST by JustAmy (Just Because!)
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To: JustAmy

Happy new year!


7 posted on 12/31/2018 8:24:52 PM PST by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: JustAmy

Amy!

8 posted on 12/31/2018 8:40:06 PM PST by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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To: JustAmy

Friends like the sky above are always there.


9 posted on 12/31/2018 9:45:56 PM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: JustAmy

Happy New Years


10 posted on 12/31/2018 10:18:12 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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New Year, New Priorities


January 1, 2019

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might. Ecclesiastes 9:10

I’ve always wanted to learn how to play the cello. But I’ve never found the time to enroll in a class. Or, perhaps more accurately, I haven’t made the time for it. I had thought that in heaven I could probably master that instrument. In the meantime, I wanted to focus on using my time in the particular ways God has called me to serve Him now.

Life is short, and we often feel the pressure to make the most of our time on Earth before it slips away. But what does that really mean? 

As King Solomon contemplated the meaning of life, he offered two recommendations. First, we’re to live in the most meaningful way we can, which includes fully enjoying the good things God allows us to experience in life, such as food and drink (Ecclesiastes 9:7), clothing and perfume (v. 8 nlt), marriage (v. 9), and all of God’s good gifts—which might include learning how to play the cello! 

His second recommendation was diligent work (v. 10). Life is full of opportunities, and there is always more work to be done. We’re to take advantage of the opportunities God gives us, seeking His wisdom on how to prioritize work and play in a way that uses our gifting to serve Him.  

Life is a wonderful gift from the Lord. We honor Him when we take pleasure both in His daily blessings and in meaningful service.

Father, thank You for this life You’ve given me.
Help me to live this new year for You, enjoying
Your blessings and fulfilling Your purposes.

We can both enjoy God’s blessings and be a blessing to others.

INSIGHT

Ecclesiastes is a book about despair over the futility of life in a broken world. This idea is captured in Solomon’s repeated phrase, “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless” (1:2). But Ecclesiastes also offers hope in the midst of that futility. In chapter 3, Solomon says that God has put eternity in our hearts (v. 11). While fully engaging in the world and the times in which we live, followers of Christ can also look ahead to eternity with God.


11 posted on 01/01/2019 7:03:30 AM PST by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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....To Amy's Place!!!

Groove Armada~Hands Of Time

May 2019 be the best ever!
God bless our troops!

12 posted on 01/01/2019 10:28:17 AM PST by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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Thank you for this Beautiful New Thread, Dear Amy.
(((((Hugs to Everyone, and God Bless)))))


13 posted on 01/01/2019 9:40:13 PM PST by Kitty Mittens (To God Be All Excellent Praise!)
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It’s Good to Ask


January 2, 2019

Show me the way I should go. Psalm 143:8

My father has always had a directional sense I’ve envied. He’s just instinctively known where north, south, east, and west are. It’s like he was born with that sense. And he’s always been right. Until the night he wasn’t.

That was the night my father got lost. He and my mother attended an event in an unfamiliar town and left after dark. He was convinced he knew the way back to the highway, but he didn’t. He got turned around, then confused, and ultimately frustrated. My mother reassured him, “I know it’s hard, but ask your phone for directions. It’s okay.”

For the first time in his life that I’m aware of, my seventy-six-year-old father asked for directions. From his phone.

The psalmist was a man with a wealth of life experience. But the psalms reveal moments when it appears David felt lost spiritually and emotionally. Psalm 143 contains one of those times. The great king’s heart was dismayed (v. 4). He was in trouble (v. 11). So he paused and prayed, “Show me the way I should go” (v. 8). And far from counting on a phone, the psalmist cried out to the Lord, “for to you I entrust my life” (v. 8).

If the “man after [God’s] own heart” (1 Samuel 13:14) felt lost from time to time, it’s a given we too will need to turn to God for His direction.

What has caused you to feel turned around, possibly confused,
maybe even frustrated these days? Why might you be resisting
asking God and others for help?

Asking God for direction is more than okay—it’s best.

INSIGHT

The word spirit is used several times in Psalm 143. Twice David refers to the weakness of his own spirit (vv. 4, 7), and once he asks the Spirit of the Lord for guidance (v. 10). Was David referring to the Holy Spirit in his request for guidance? Having both the Old and New Testaments at their disposal, Christians have a more comprehensive understanding of the person and work of the Holy Spirit than ancient Israelites who lacked full revelation. Most of the time when the Spirit of God is referred to in the Old Testament, the author isn’t thinking of the Holy Spirit as a person, even though we understand that’s who was at work. Instead the writers were referring to God’s power, the “breath” of God that empowered and moved people. So when David asks the Spirit to “lead me on level ground” (v. 10), he’s asking for God’s empowering presence to go with him.


14 posted on 01/02/2019 4:25:08 AM PST by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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I got LOTS of warm and fuzzy!
Happy Warm and Fuzzy
Wednesday!

15 posted on 01/02/2019 9:33:22 AM PST by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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To: LUV W; MEG33; trisham; Kitty Mittens; left that other site; All

Happy Warm Fuzzy Wednesday to everyone!
We have a few inches of pretty snow here in Wisconsin.
Enjoying the birds who are mobbing my feeders.
Love the red cardinals, and the less red females are beautiful in their subdued colors.

Cheers to the New Year


16 posted on 01/02/2019 9:43:24 AM PST by TheConservativeParty
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Happy Warm & Fuzzy Wednesday






The First W&FW in 2019!

((((HUGS))))

ML/LTOS

17 posted on 01/02/2019 9:45:26 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: TheConservativeParty

Awesome that you get all those beautiful birds at your feeder. About all we get are trash birds...grackles, doves and sparrows. booooor-ing! LOL!

Have a lovely day with the snow outside and you inside!


18 posted on 01/02/2019 9:47:23 AM PST by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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Party Animals! :)


19 posted on 01/02/2019 10:21:44 AM PST by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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To: LUV W
Party Animals! :)

LOL! :-)
20 posted on 01/02/2019 10:35:51 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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