Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January - December, 2024

JustAmy[creator], The Mayor, luvie, left that other site

[luvie]

Just enjoy the coolness while it lasts. Then think of gardening. LOL!

[luvie]

Thankful For All Best Friends
Happy Thankful Thursday!

[left that other site]

Come On In!

The Water's Fine!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

I’d L💙VE to!

[The Mayor]

June 28

Seeing a Future of Hope

Bible in a Year :

• Job 11-13
• Acts 9:1-21

I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs.

Isaiah 41:18

After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans worked to slowly rebuild. One of the most hard-hit areas was the Lower Ninth Ward, where for years after Katrina, residents lacked access to basic resources. Burnell Cotlon worked to change that. In November 2014, he opened the first grocery store in the Lower Ninth Ward after Katrina. “When I bought the building, everybody thought that I was crazy,” Cotlon recalled. But “the very first customer cried cuz she . . . never thought the [neighborhood] was coming back.” His mother said her son “saw something I didn’t see. I’m glad [he] . . . took that chance.”

God enabled the prophet Isaiah to see an unexpected future of hope in the face of devastation. Seeing “the poor and needy search for water, but there is none” (Isaiah 41:17), God promised to “turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs” (v. 18). When instead of hunger and thirst, His people experienced flourishing once more, they would know “the hand of the Lord has done this” (v. 20).

He’s still the author of restoration, at work bringing about a future when “creation itself will be liberated from its bondage” (Romans 8:21). As we trust in His goodness, He helps us see a future where hope is possible.

Reflect & Pray

When have you witnessed renewal after devastation? How can you be a part of God’s restoring work?

Restoring God, please help my life be a witness to the hope I’ve found in You and the future You’re bringing.

[luvie]

Chris DeBurgh~The Lady In Red

[left that other site]

Happy Red Friday!

Have A Beautiful Day!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

...from a beautiful pup!

[left that other site]

He is a cutie, isn’t he!

[The Mayor]

June 29

You Are Beloved

Bible in a Year :

• Job 14-16
• Acts 9:22-43

Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him.

Deuteronomy 33:12

To express her sadness, Allie, a young girl, wrote on a piece of wood and set it in a park: “To be honest, I’m sad. Nobody ever wants to hang out with me, and I have lost the only person that listens. I cry every day.”

When someone found that note, she brought sidewalk chalk to the park and asked people to write their thoughts to Allie. Dozens of words of support were left by students from a nearby school: “We love you.” “God loves you.” “You are beloved.” The school principal said, “This is one little way that we can reach out and maybe help fill [her void]. She represents all of us because at some point in time we have all or will all experience sadness and suffering.”

The phrase “You are beloved” reminds me of a beautiful blessing by Moses to the Israelite tribe of Benjamin just before he died: “Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him” (Deuteronomy 33:12). Moses had been a strong leader for God, defeating enemy nations, receiving the Ten Commandments, and challenging them to follow God. He left them with God’s view of them. The word beloved can be used of us as well, for Jesus said, “God so loved the world that He gave [us] his one and only Son” (John 3:16).

As God helps us to rest securely in the truth that every believer in Jesus is “beloved,” we can reach out to love others as Allie’s new friends did.

Reflect & Pray

How are you learning to rest securely in God’s love? How will you share that love with others?

May I be confident in Your love for me, dear God, and spread Your love to those around me.

[The Mayor]

Love mu new tagline

[luvie]

Happy 4th Of July Caturday!

[left that other site]

I'M READY!

To Celebrate America's Birthday!br>
(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[pollywog]

Good evening Mayor.... what a moving devotional~~ I’m way behind this weekend but ending my day here. Again thank you and have a great weekend....

[pollywog]

I LOVE your new tagline!!

[pollywog]

oh so sweet.....just checking in as I end up this warm Saturday in La Verne, California!

[pollywog]

Now that is one LOVE of a dog!!!... probably a LOT more patriotic than a lot of Americans these days....Sweet!!

[luvie]

It’s hot here, too. I’m ready for fall! LOL!

[pollywog]

Me too Luvie!! I am not a Summer person at all!!

[left that other site]

Looks like her humans are wearing the Red White and Blue too.

Lovely Family! :-)