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

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

[MEG33]

WOO HOO!
Love it!

[luvie]

Thanks! :)

[TheConservativeParty]

Lots of those red MAGA hats at Trump’s salute to the military!

Cheers for our Troops!

[TheConservativeParty]

How did they get those dogs to sit still for that?
Good dogs!

Cheers

[luvie]

Amen!

[The Mayor]

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July 6

Starting Now

Bible in a Year : Job 32–33; Acts 14

Love each other deeply. 1 Peter 4:8

When my oldest sister’s biopsy revealed cancer in late February 2017, I remarked to friends, “I need to spend as much time with Carolyn as possible—starting now.” Some told me my feelings were an overreaction to the news. But she died within ten months. And even though I had spent hours with her, when we love someone there’s never enough time for our hearts to love enough.

The apostle Peter called Jesus’s followers in the early church to “love each other deeply” (1 Peter 4:8). They were suffering under persecution and needed the love of their brothers and sisters in their Christian community more than ever. Because God had poured His own love into their hearts, they would then want to love others in return. Their love would be expressed through praying, offering gracious hospitality, and gentle and truthful conversation—all in the strength God provided (vv. 9–11). Through His grace, God had gifted them to sacrificially serve each other for His good purposes. So that “in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ” (v. 11). This is God’s powerful plan that accomplishes His will through us.

We need others and they need us. Let’s use whatever time or resources we have received from God to love—starting now.

By Anne Cetas

Reflect & Pray

How have others loved you well? What have you received from God that you might use to serve someone today?

There is nothing small in the service of God. Francis de Sales

 

[trisham]

The New Dog

Into the gravity of my life,
the serious ceremonies
of polish and paper
and pen, has come

this manic animal
whose innocent disruptions
make nonsense
of my old simplicities--

as if I needed him
to prove again that after
all the careful planning,
anything can happen.

by Linda Pastan

Happy Caturday, Dogurday and Beachday!

[left that other site]

I know!

[left that other site]

Happy Caturday!

Stay Cool.

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you.

[MEG33]

*Happy Caturday Dogurday To Amy's Place*

*Fun At The Beach*
Thank you for the poem and cute graphic, trish.
I Wish Everyone A Fun Day

[luvie]

Shy Guy Midnight
Says...
🐾 Happy Caturday! 🐾

[trisham]

So beautiful, LUV W!

[TheConservativeParty]

Lovely photo! Such a photogenic kitty cat!

[TheConservativeParty]

Beautiful dog poem.

My best friend called today to say she lost her dog (to multiple health problems) this morning. He was ill for over a year.

She is going to a rescue soon to find another dog that needs a good home.

I’m so glad she wants to adopt a dog again.

[luvie]

He is but is soooo shy I have a hard time catching a shot of him. LOL

[TheConservativeParty]

We have a visiting yellow cat here, we keep seeing him or her by our garage. Today we decided to start feeding and giving water. Seems a bit under weight. Will get cat food tomorrow. Is not too scared of me, but runs off to the woods.

[luvie]

Jim Brickman~How Great Thou Art

Daniel O'Donnel~Church In The Wildwood

The Trevecca Madragalians~It Is Well With My Soul

Dallas Christian Sound~My God And I

St. Olaf Choir~Beautiful Savior

Providence~I'm Telling The World About His Love

Vocal Majority~Deep River

Have a blessed Sunday
God bless our troops!

[luvie]

Congrats! You have now been adopted by a kitty! Thank you for caring!

[The Mayor]

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July 7

God Looms Larger

Bible in a Year : Job 34–35; Acts 15:1–21

You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty. 1 Samuel 17:45

Giles Kelmanson, a South African game ranger, described the incredible scene: two honey badgers battling a pride of six lions. Although outnumbered, the honey badgers refused to back down from ferocious predators ten times their size. The lions thought the kill would be simple, but video footage shows the badgers walking away with something like a swagger.

David and Goliath offer an even more improbable story. Young, inexperienced David confronted the fierce Philistine Goliath. Towering above his young combatant, Goliath possessed brute strength and unrivaled weaponry—bronze armor and a lethal, razor-edged javelin (1 Samuel 17:5–6). David, a fledgling shepherd, carried only a slingshot when he arrived at the battlefield with bread and cheeses for his brothers (vv. 17–18).

Goliath challenged Israel to engage in battle, but no one was willing to fight. King Saul and “all the Israelites were . . . terrified” (v. 11). Imagine the shock when David stepped into the fray. What gave him the courage none of Israel’s hardened warriors possessed? For most, Goliath dominated their vision. David, however, saw God. “The Lord will deliver [Goliath] into my hands,” he insisted (v. 46). While everyone else believed Goliath controlled the story, he believed God loomed larger. And, with a single stone to the giant’s forehead, David’s faith proved true.

We’re tempted to believe that “Goliath” (our troubles) directs the story. God is larger, however. He dominates the story of our lives.

By Winn Collier

Reflect & Pray

What concerns threaten to overwhelm you these days? How does God’s reality, the fact that He’s larger, transform your perspective?