Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... July, August and September 2019

July 1, 2019 | Meg33; The Mayor, Trisham, JustAmy

[trisham]

Awwwww..adorable!

[TheConservativeParty]

Happy Caturday!

Black cat looks ready to go...hunting!

[TheConservativeParty]

Hmmm, dog walker, there’s a job I can do.
That lady is a pro, that’s a lot of dogs!

[The Mayor]

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September 29

Who Am I?

Bible in a Year:

• Isaiah 7–8
• Ephesians 2

“I am who I am.” Exodus 3:14

Dave enjoyed his job, but for a long time he’d sensed a pull toward something else. Now he was about to fulfill his dream and step into mission work. But strangely, he began to have serious doubts.

“I don’t deserve this,” he told a friend. “The mission board doesn’t know the real me. I’m not good enough.”

Dave has some pretty good company. Mention the name of Moses and we think of leadership, strength, and the Ten Commandments. We tend to forget that Moses fled to the desert after murdering a man. We lose sight of his forty years as a fugitive. We overlook his anger problem and his intense reluctance to say yes to God.

When God showed up with marching orders (Exodus 3:1–10), Moses played the I’m-not-good-enough card. He even got into a lengthy argument with God, asking Him: “Who am I?” (v. 11). Then God told Moses who He was: “I am who I am” (v. 14). It’s impossible for us to explain that mysterious name because our indescribable God is describing His eternal presence to Moses.

A sense of our own weaknesses is healthy. But if we use them as an excuse to keep God from using us, we insult Him. What we’re really saying is that God isn’t good enough. 

The question isn’t Who am I? The question is Who is the I am? 

By:  Tim Gustafson

Reflect & Pray

When has thinking you’re not good enough kept you from serving God? How does it encourage you to look at Bible characters God used despite their flaws?

Eternal God, so often we doubt that You could ever use people like us. But You sent Your Son to die for the likes of us, so please forgive our doubts. Help us accept the challenges You bring our way.

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you.

[MEG33]

~Good Sunday Morning To Amy's Place~

There never is a night or day
When God can't hear us as we pray;
There is no time, there is no place
That we're beyond His love and grace.
—D. De Haan
~I Wish You A Blessed Lord's Day~

[left that other site]

Happy Sunday!

God's Blessings To You On This Beautiful Day!

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

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!

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you for the Beautiful Daily Pings, Dear FRiends.
(((((Hugs, and God Bless)))))

[The Mayor]

over the top

[The Mayor]

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September 30

A Ready Remedy

Bible in a Year : Isaiah 9–10; Ephesians 3

The punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:5

Following the park guide, I scribbled notes as he taught about the plants of the Bahamian primeval forest. He told us which trees to avoid. The poisonwood tree, he said, secretes a black sap that causes a painful, itchy rash. But not to worry! The antidote could usually be found growing right next it. “Cut into the red bark of the gum elemi tree,” he said, “and rub the sap on the rash. It will immediately begin to heal.”

I nearly dropped my pencil in astonishment. I hadn’t expected to find a picture of salvation in the forest. But in the gum elemi tree, I saw Jesus. He’s the ready remedy wherever the poison of sin is found. Like the red bark of that tree, the blood of Jesus brings healing.

The prophet Isaiah understood that humanity needed healing. The rash of sin had infected us. Isaiah promised that our healing would come through “a man of suffering” who would take our sickness upon Himself (Isaiah 53:3). That man was Jesus. We were sick, but Christ was willing to be wounded in our place. When we believe in Him, we are healed from the sickness of sin (v. 5). It may take a lifetime to learn to live as those who’re healed—to recognize our sins and to reject them in favor of our new identity—but because of Jesus, we can.

By:  Amy Peterson

Reflect & Pray

What other pictures in the natural world do you see of the salvation God offers us? What has the healing He offers meant to you?

Wherever sin is, Jesus is there, ready to save.

[trisham]

Thank you, Kitty Mittens!

[The Mayor]

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October 1

Eat and Repeat

Bible in a Year : Isaiah 11–13; Ephesians 4

We have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna! Numbers 11:6 When Kerry and Paul got married, neither one knew how to cook. But one night Kerry decided to try her hand at spaghetti—making so much that the couple had it for dinner again the next day. On the third day, Paul volunteered to cook, doubling the amount of pasta and sauce, hoping the huge pot would last through the weekend. As the couple sat down for dinner that night, however, it was Kerry who confessed, “I’m sick of spaghetti.”

Just imagine eating the same meal as the Israelites did—for forty years. Each morning they gathered the sweet “super food” God supplied and cooked it (no leftovers unless the next day was the Sabbath, Exodus 16:23–26). Sure, they got creative—baking it, boiling it (v. 23). But, oh, how they missed the good food they had enjoyed in Egypt (v. 3; Numbers 11:1–9), even though that nourishment had come at the high cost of cruelty and enslavement!

We too may sometimes resent that our life isn’t what it once was. Or perhaps the “sameness” of life has caused us to be discontent. But Exodus 16 tells of God’s faithful provision to the Israelites, causing them to trust and depend on His care each day.

God promises to give us everything we need. He satisfies our longings and fills up our soul with “good things” (Psalm 107:9 esv). 

By:  Cindy Hess Kasper

Reflect & Pray

In what ways has God provided for you in the past? What longing is keeping you from trusting Him more?

Father, thank You for Your promise to faithfully care for me and provide what I need.

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you.

[MEG33]

Grateful To God For Family, FRiends, Fall.
We have cooler weather....coming next
Monday!
I Wish You A Beautiful Grateful Day

[trisham]

So pretty, MEG!

[luvie]

Archie Campbell~Love The Leaves Are Turning
Happy GratiTuesday!

[left that other site]

Happy Gratituesday!

Grateful For A Cool Day...I Spent It Painting My Mudroom!

((((HUGS))))

ML/LTOS

[MEG33]

Thank you, trish!

[JustAmy]

Hi All

Sorry that I was unable to post a new thread.

I have lots of issues at this time but will try to get to it this week.

Wishing everyone a Happy Fall.