Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January - December, 2023

The Mayor; Luvie; JustAmy

[JustAmy]

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Happy Gratituesday!

Have A Beautiful Day!

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[TheConservativeParty]

Hi there! Hope you had a good day. Was still nice today for January, 30 degrees and windy. Went to ride horsie inside the arena today, out of the wind. Was good to see her, as always. She loves carrots. Wish I liked them that much!

We are expecting snow on Wednesday, 3 to 6 inches. Oh boy. 😐

Have a good evening
🙂

[luvie]

How great that there is an indoor arena where you can ride the horse. Bet both of you were happy, and her even more since she got a treat!

[TheConservativeParty]

I hope we don’t get much snow. Probably won’t be too bad. Farther north of us is where the most is supposed to fall. Sure has been an easy winter so far. 😅

[The Mayor]

January 18

Heart Problem

Bible in a Year:

• Genesis 43–45
• Matthew 12:24–50

The Sovereign Lord says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!

Ezekiel 14:6

“Do you see it, brother Tim?” My friend, a Ghanaian pastor, flashed his torchlight on a carved object leaning against a mud hut. Quietly he said, “That is the village idol.” Each Tuesday evening, Pastor Sam traveled into the bush to share the Bible in this remote village.

In the book of Ezekiel, we see how idolatry plagued the people of Judah. When Jerusalem’s leaders came to see the prophet Ezekiel, God told him, “These men have set up idols in their hearts” (14:3). God wasn’t merely warning them against idols carved of wood and stone. He was showing them that idolatry is a problem of the heart. We all struggle with it.

Bible teacher Alistair Begg describes an idol as “anything other than God that we regard as essential to our peace, our self-image, our contentment, or our acceptability.” Even things that have the appearance of being noble can become idols to us. When we seek comfort or self-worth from anything other than the living God, we commit idolatry.

“Repent!” God said. “Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!” (v. 6). Israel proved incapable of doing this. Thankfully, God had the solution. Looking forward to the coming of Christ and the gift of the Holy Spirit, He promised, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you” (36:26). We can’t do this alone.

Reflect & Pray

When stress hits you, where do you turn for comfort? What might you need to turn away from today?  

Father, show me the idols in my heart. Then help me destroy them and live in Your love.

[luvie]

Happy Warm & Fuzzy
...and Sleepy...
Wednesday!

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Happy Warm & Fuzzy Wednesday!

Have A Beautiful Day!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

What a cutie pie!! Who could resist a face like that!

[TheConservativeParty]

Puppies 🥰

Still waiting on the snow. Should be looking very different outside in the morning.

❄️❄️❄️

[luvie]

Hope you can stay indoors with Moose...and that there isn’t enough to have to spend too much time shoveling/blowing.

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you, Dear FRiends, for the Daily Pings & Posts.
(((((Hugs to All!)))))

[TheConservativeParty]

Good Night Kitty!
⭐️💫🌟✨🌙

[The Mayor]

January 19

But I’m Telling You

Bible in a Year:

• Genesis 46–48
• Matthew 13:1–30

But I tell you, love your enemies.

Matthew 5:44

“I know what they’re saying. But I’m telling you . . .” As a boy, I heard my mother give that speech a thousand times. The context was always peer pressure. She was trying to teach me not to follow the herd. I’m not a boy any longer, but herd mentality’s still alive and kicking. A current example is this phrase: “Only surround yourself with positive people.” Now while that phrase may be commonly heard, the question we must ask is: “Is that Christlike?”    

“But I’m telling you . . .” Jesus uses that lead-in a number of times in Matthew 5. He knows full well what the world is constantly telling us. But His desire is that we live differently. In this case, He says, “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (v. 44). Later in the New Testament, the apostle Paul uses that very word to describe guess who? That’s right: us—“while we were God’s enemies” (Romans 5:10). Far from some “do as I say, not as I do,” Jesus backed up His words with actions. He loved us, and gave His life for us.

What if Christ had only made room in His life for “positive people”? Where would that leave us? Thanks be to God that His love is no respecter of persons. For God so loved the world, and in His strength we are called to do likewise. 

Reflect & Pray

When’s the last time someone extended love to you when you weren’t “positive”? What’s a tangible way today that you can show love to an enemy?

Father, it’s tempting to surround myself with only those who love me. But that’s not living, at least not the kind of living You desire for me. Help me to love even my enemies.

[luvie]

Happy Thankful Thursday!

[TheConservativeParty]

Happy Thankful Thursday!
Thankful we didn’t get much snow. Most of it was rain last night. It is snowing again now, however.
😅

[luvie]

Winter in the northland. I’d be shocked if there weren’t snow. Stay warm and dry with Moose! :)

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Always Thankful...

...For The Beauty Of The Earth.

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Friday,
January 20, 2023

Love like Blazing Fire

Read: Song of Songs 8:5–7

[Love] burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Song of Songs 8:6

Poet, painter, and printmaker William Blake enjoyed a forty-five-year marriage with his wife, Catherine. From their wedding day until his death in 1827, they worked side by side. Catherine added color to William’s sketches, and their devotion endured years of poverty and other challenges. Even in his final weeks as his health failed, Blake kept at his art, and his final sketch was his wife’s face. Four years later, Catherine died clutching one of her husband’s pencils in her hand.

The Blakes’ vibrant love offers a reflection of the love discovered in the Song of Songs. And while the Song’s description of love certainly has implications for marriage, early believers in Jesus believed it also points to Jesus’ unquenchable love for all His followers. The Song describes a love “as strong as death,” which is a remarkable metaphor since death is as final and unescapable a reality as humans will ever know (8:6). This strong love “burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame” (v. 6). And unlike fires we’re familiar with, these flames can’t be doused, not even by a deluge. “Many waters cannot quench love,” the Song insists (v. 7).

Who among us doesn’t desire true love? The Song reminds us that whenever we encounter genuine love, God is the ultimate source. And in Jesus, each of us can know a profound and undying love—one that burns like a blazing fire. — Winn Collier

Where have you encountered strong love? How does Jesus’ love encourage you?

Dear God, please help me to receive Your love and share it with others.

For further study, read How God Loves Us.

Bible in a year: Genesis 49–50; Matthew 13:31–58

[luvie]

What a great drawing! Is it one of yours?

[luvie]

Chris DeBurgh~Lady In Red

GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!