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

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

[TheConservativeParty]

Happy Thankful Thursday!
We are expecting a high of 87 degrees today.
Looks great from inside the house!
Ha ha.
Will go out anyway....can’t be that bad.
😅

[left that other site]

Got to ride my bike today.

Gassed up and rode around several wealthy New England neighborhoods.

Counted 21 TRUMP signs, 2 Harris signs, and two weasel signs:

one said “MADAME PRESIDENT”
and the other had too many self-righteous virtue-signaling platitudes to read, so I suppose it was implying Harris.

This is in MASSACHUSETTS.

[luvie]

Enjoy it. It will give you good memories when there are 2 feet of snow on the ground. LOL!

[TheConservativeParty]

I am seeing a lot of Trump signs in the country around here!
Very good to see!

[TheConservativeParty]

Not too bad in the shade here, got a start on cleaning up the hosta garden
Taking a break, heading back out in a while.
Got a whole wheel barrow of weeds, old oak leaves and tired hosta leaves.
😅

[luvie]

Thankful For Our First Responders
Have a Thankful Thursday!

[luvie]

Whooffff...you’ve been a busy gal!

[The Mayor]

September 13

Kingdom-Shaped Workplace

Bible in a Year :

• Proverbs 16-18
• 2 Corinthians 6

Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Matthew 6:10

The factories of Victorian England were dark places. Fatalities were high, and workers often lived in poverty. “How can the working man cultivate ideals,” George Cadbury asked, “when his home is a slum?” And so he built a new kind of factory for his expanding chocolate business, one that benefited his workers.

The result was Bournville, a village of more than three hundred homes with sports fields, playgrounds, schools, and churches for Cadbury’s workers and their families. They were paid good wages and offered medical care, all because of Cadbury’s faith in Christ.

Jesus teaches us to pray for God’s will to be done “on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). This prayer can help us imagine, as Cadbury did, what our workplaces would be like under God’s rule, where our “daily bread” is earned and our “debtors” forgiven (vv. 11-12). As employees, it means working with “all your heart . . . for the Lord” (Colossians 3:23). As employers, it means giving staff what’s “right and fair” (4:1). Whatever our role, whether paid or voluntary, it means tending to the well-being of those we serve with.

Like George Cadbury, let’s imagine how things could be different if God were in charge of our neighborhoods and workplaces. Because when He is, people flourish..

Reflect & Pray

What would your workplace or neighborhood look like under God’s rule? How could you pray and work toward this vision?

Loving God, please help me to see what my workplace or neighborhood would look like under Your rule, and empower me to bring change where I can.

[luvie]

Gregg Karukas~Girl In The Red Dress

[left that other site]

Happy Red Friday!

I Got Mine On! :-)

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

Ok, Squirrel...get down here
...and help me celebrate Caturday!
Happy Caturday!

[left that other site]

Happy Saturday!

Lazy Day For Me. Tippy Is NOT Amused.

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

It becomes the 2 1/2 second rule? :D

[left that other site]

It won’t last the extra half second.

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you, Dear FRiends, for the Daily Pics & Pings.
(((((Hugs, and God Bless)))))

[luvie]

Nighty-night, Kitty.
Thanks for always being here. 💜

[luvie]

Casting Crowns~Praise You In The Storm

Waylon Jennings/Jesse Colter~Precious Memories

Daniel O'Donnel~Church In The Wildwood

Passion~In Christ Alone

MercyMe~I Can Only Imagine

St. Olaf Choir~When Peace Like A River

Providence~Amazing Grace

GOD BLESS YOU THIS LORD'S DAY!

[The Mayor]

September 15

“Ain’t No Grave”

Bible in a Year :

• Proverbs 22-24
• 2 Corinthians 8

If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.

1 Corinthians 15:14 Even as country music legend Johnny Cash was approaching death, he was determined to keep making music. His final album, American VI: Ain’t No Grave, was recorded in the final months of his life. The title song, Cash’s version of a hymn by Claude Ely, gives insight into his final thoughts as we hear him sing of his hope of the resurrection. His famously deep voice, though weakened by his declining health, declares a powerful testimony of faith.

Johnny’s hope wasn’t simply in the fact that Jesus was resurrected on Easter Sunday morning; he believed that one day his own physical body would also be resurrected, and he’d rise again.

It’s an important truth to affirm because even in the days of the apostle Paul, people denied a future physical resurrection. Paul strongly critiqued their argument when he wrote, “If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith” (1 Corinthians 15:13-14).

Just as the grave couldn’t hold Jesus’ body, one day all those who have faith that He was resurrected “will be made alive” (v. 22). And in our resurrected bodies, we’ll enjoy all eternity with Him on a new earth. That’s reason to sing!

Reflect & Pray

What comfort does the hope of physical resurrection bring to you? How’s it an expression of faith?

Jesus, thank You for giving me the amazing hope of a future in heaven with You.

Find ten reasons to believe in the resurrection.

[luvie]

Happy Monday Madness!

[SkyDancer]

Need a slightly smaller picture, the right side is cut off. Looks cute though; (((Hugs)) Luvie