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

The Mayor; Luvie; JustAmy

[JustAmy]

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the ever charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[TheConservativeParty]

What a pretty picture, a dream of summer. Not so cold here today. Nice sunshine too. Now 20 degrees feels like 35. It’s a heatwave.

☀️

[The Mayor]

Warm? What’s that?19 degrees currently with wind it’s 11

[luvie]

Brrrrr! Ok, I’ll quit complaining. LOL! Hope you get to head south soon!

[luvie]

I imagine it makes you even more impatient to get that garden going. :)

[The Mayor]

I should be there right now. It;s irritating

[left that other site]

Happy Warm & FuzzyWednesday!

Yeah. I'm Warm. Okay. I'm Fuzzy. But I'm At My Best Keeping a 2000 Pound BULL Under Control. Is THAT Warm & Fuzzy Enuf For Ya?

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

Doggone! I don’t blame you. I’d be irritated too if I could be at a warm beach but are in a frozen tundra instead. LOL! Maybe soon……

[luvie]

Plenty warm and fuzzy for that angry bull. LOL!

[left that other site]

Aussie Cattle Dogs are Working Dogs.

They aren’t happy unless they have a JOB.

Tippy’s job is shedding plastic bottles for recycling. She grinds them into little pellets for the Town Recycling plant.

She can shred a 50 gallon drum of water bottles into powder in less than an hour.

The recycling bin contains a week’s worth of plastic, already ground up for the landfill...because that’s where it usually ends up.

[TheConservativeParty]

Ha, that’s a brave dog!
😊

[left that other site]

Brave? Crazy Maybe. :-)

[The Mayor]

February 2

Like Our Great Teacher

Bible in a Year:

• Exodus 29–30
• Matthew 21:23–46

The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.

Luke 6:40

In a viral video, a three-year-old white belt karate student imitated her instructor. With passion and conviction the little girl said the student creed with her leader. Then, with poise and attentiveness, the little ball of cuteness and energy imitated everything her teacher said and did—at least she did a pretty good job!

Jesus once said, “The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher” (Luke 6:40). He told His disciples that to imitate Him included being generous, loving, nonjudgmental (vv. 37–38), and discerning about whom they followed: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?” (v. 39). His disciples needed to discern that this standard disqualified the Pharisees who were blind guides—leading people to disaster (Matthew 15:14). And they needed to grasp the importance of following their Teacher. Thus, the aim of Christ’s disciples was to become like Jesus Himself. So it was important for them to pay careful attention to Christ’s instruction about generosity and love and apply it.

As believers striving to imitate Jesus today, let’s give our lives over to our Master Teacher so we can become like Him in knowledge, wisdom, and behavior. He alone can help us reflect His generous, loving ways.

[luvie]

Happy Thankful Thursday

[left that other site]

Happy Thankful Thursday!

I Am Thankful For This Bright, Bright, Sunshiny Day.

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[TheConservativeParty]

We have bright sunshine today, too.
😎

[luvie]

Sunshiny days are hard to come by in the winter. I heard that the weather is going to be much less sunny tomorrow. Hope they were wrong!

[TheConservativeParty]

Happy Friday!
🌝

[The Mayor]

February 3

We Are Strangers

Bible in a Year:

• Exodus 31–33
• Matthew 22:1–22

The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born.

Leviticus 19:34

Everything felt drastically different in their new country—new language, schools, customs, traffic, and weather. They wondered how they would ever adjust. People from a nearby church gathered around them to help them in their new life in a new land. Patti took the couple shopping at a local food market to show them what’s available and how to purchase items. As they wandered around the market, their eyes widened and they smiled broadly when they saw their favorite fruit from their homeland—pomegranates. They bought one for each of their children and even placed one in Patti’s hands in gratefulness. The small fruit and new friends brought big comfort in their strange, new land.

God, through Moses, gave a list of laws for His people, which included a command to treat foreigners among them “as your native-born” (Leviticus 19:34). “Love them as yourself,” God further commanded. Jesus called this the second greatest commandment after loving God (Matthew 22:39). For even God “watches over the foreigner” (Psalm 146:9).

Besides obeying God as we help new friends adapt to life in our country, we may be reminded that we too in a real sense are “strangers on earth” (Hebrews 11:13). And we’ll grow in our anticipation of the new heavenly land to come.

[left that other site]

Happy Red Friday!

It's COLD out there! Let's stay home.

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

Gregg Karukas~Girl In The Red Dress