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Posted on 09/30/2020 9:26:22 PM PDT by JustAmy
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LOL.
Hope the lines aren’t too long and the weather is good just in case they are!
Awesome!!
Bible in a Year:
That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season.
Some call him the “tree whisperer.” Tony Rinaudo is, in fact, World Vision Australia’s tree maker. He’s a missionary and agronomist engaged in a thirty-year effort to share Jesus by combating deforestation across Africa’s Sahel, south of the Sahara.
Realizing stunted “shrubs” were actually dormant trees, Rinaudo started pruning, tending, and watering them. His work inspired hundreds of thousands of farmers to save their failing farms by restoring nearby forests, reversing soil erosion. Farmers in Niger, for example, have doubled their crops and their income, providing food for an additional 2.5 million people per year.
In John 15, Jesus, the creator of agriculture, referred to similar farming tactics when He said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful” (vv. 1–2).
Without the daily tending of God, our souls grow barren and dry. When we delight in His law, however, meditating on it day and night, we are “like a tree planted by streams of water” (Psalm 1:3). Our leaves will “not wither” and “whatever [we] do prospers” (v. 3). Pruned and planted in Him, we’re evergreen—revived and thriving.
Where and how do you sense your soul being tended by God? What do you do to “delight” in Scripture?
O Gardener God, I yield my stunted places to Your pruning and watering, surrendering my dry places to grow green and revived in You.
To learn more about growing spiritually, visit Odb.org/Courses/spiritual-life-basics.
Good Morning Amy’s Place.
It has been ever so long since I’ve strolled down this pathway on Free Republic.
I truly have missed this place.
The past two years have been some of my most turbulent.
Hubby is critically ill with Parkinson’s Disease now and most of my time is taken up with the task of caring for him.
Our resources are low so I am the “ caregiver” for now. Not a easy task for a 79 year old lady.
BUT GOD gives me new grace each day.
I hope to come here more often.
For today my prayer is for our beloved Country.
May we find grace and mercy in God’s heart to forgive us and heal our land.
I woke singing this patriotic hymn...
My country, ‘tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From ev’ry mountainside
Let freedom ring!
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.
Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom’s song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.
Our fathers’ God to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright,
With freedom’s holy light,
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God our King!
Additional verse to celebrate Washington’s Centennial:[5]
Our joyful hearts today,
Their grateful tribute pay,
Happy and free,
After our toils and fears,
After our blood and tears,
Strong with our hundred years,
O God, to Thee!
Hi Polly, so sorry to hear. It’s been a long time for sure.
Prayers up for you and your husband.
It’s been a rough time for this country too.
Prayers are needed for our survival.
Trust in Jesus HE is our reward!
Trust in Jesus HE is our reward!
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Amen Mayor.. Amen!
Go TRUMP GO!!
How was the lines?
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Squirrels, LOL! Saw one in the yard today. Usually they stay in the woods. I hope all the democrat squirrels stay home today. Tell ‘em the election is next Tuesday!
LOL! Put a little sign out for them. :)
Election hangover the top
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