Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... January, 2011

1-1-2011 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[MEG33]

I slept the day away!

Thank you for your good wishes, comments and pretty graphics.
Allergies are acting up...Hope I won't be up all night now..
I'll see you tomorrow morning in any case.
*HUGS*

[JustAmy]

Good evening, LTOS. Happy 1/1/11.

I didn't do very much today either.
I managed another short nap this afternoon.

Have a Blessed New Year.

[JustAmy]

Good Evening, Conor.
Happy New Year to you, your family and Sir Winston.

Happy Dog-ur-day.

[JustAmy]

PS: Conor, Happy Caturday to Sapphire. Happy New Year, Sapphire. You really have intriguing eyes.

[JustAmy]

Happy New Year to you and D'Ogee, Pam.
May all your new year dreams come true.

[Tamar1973]

Here's some kimchi for you.

Making kimchi with local ingredients

Tamar interviews Hector on kimchi with pupusas

[JustAmy]

I received the Helen Steiner Rice poem via email. I couldn’t resist posting it. :)

[JustAmy]

Thank you, Pam.

I’ll let the GANG know.

[JustAmy]

Thank you, Pam.

I’ll let the GANG know.

[JustAmy]

Hugs, Meg.

Hope you can sleep tonight

[MEG33]

I got a couple of hours..Thank you, Amy.

[MEG33]

~Welcome To Sunday At Amy's Place~

When we look back and contemplate
What we’ve been through this year,
We’ll praise You, Lord, for all You’ve done
Your faithfulness is clear. —Sper

~Blessings To All Who Enter Here~

[left that other site]

Oh WOW!!! Thank You!

[DollyCali]

Happy New Year & Happy Lord's Day to all here.

I am still in Oklahoma for another week. Been really busy being a super tourist & enjoying the time. Hoping things at home are okay but little one can do so far away.

One of the outings was at a place called Draper LakeCLICK where you can collect Rose Rocks = the state Rock. These pix are on Facebook & you should be able to see them. Josy & Toby went with my brother & I. Will return on Monday for a good romp for the dogs.

The pix below was taken a few years ago in Kent Ohio in Winter. This is an area I kayak in during warmer weather. It is on the back of a large cemetery & the same river that runs behind my home 40 miles away (the Cuyahoga River) and eventually dumps into Lake Erie in Cleveland

[MEG33]

Good Sunday Morning

Now I must go look up rose rocks!
I enjoyed looking at your pictures, Dolly.Thank you for the beautiful
scene and scripture, too.
Wishing you a wonderful Lord's Day

[The Mayor]

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Trouble
January 2, 2011

Does it surprise you that trouble is a part of life? Probably not. We all know trouble close-up and personal—bad health, empty bank account, blighted love, grief, loss of job, and the list goes on.

It shouldn’t surprise us, therefore, that God permits the added trials of being ridiculed and hated because we follow Christ (1 Peter 4:12). But trouble, whether it is common to man or unique to Christians, can reveal to us the moral fiber of our soul.

I have never seen a golf course without hazards. They are part of the game. Golfers speak of the courses with the most hazards as the most challenging, and they will travel a long way to test their skill against the most demanding 18 holes.

Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I wouldn’t pass it around. I wouldn’t be doing anyone a favor. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it . . . . Meet it as a friend, for you’ll see a lot of it and you had better be on speaking terms with it.”

Let’s not think it strange when trouble comes, for God is using it to test the stamina of our souls. The best way to handle trouble is to commit our “souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator” (v.19).

The troubles that we face each day
Reveal how much we need the Lord;
They test our faith and strength of will
And help us then to trust God’s Word. —D. De Haan

Great triumphs are born out of great troubles.

Read: 1 Peter 4:12-19

Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you. —1 Peter 4:12

Bible in a year:
Genesis 4-6; Matthew 2

[MEG33]

Good Morning

"The troubles that we face each day
Reveal how much we need the Lord;
They test our faith and strength of will
And help us then to trust God’s Word."
—D. De Haan
How true! Another wonderful devotion
Thank you, Rus.
Wishing you a blessed Sunday

[constitutiongirl]

What a lovely graphic. I find few things as beautiful as a cardinal in the snow.

[yorkie]

SPRING IS COMING
(I promise!)

SPRING
by William Blake

Sound the Flute! Now it's mute.
Birds delight Day and Night;
Nightingale In the dale,
Lark in Sky,
Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, to welcome in the Year.

Little Boy, Full of joy;
Little Girl, Sweet and small;
Cock does crow, So do you;
Merry voice, Infant noise,
Merrily, Merrily, to welcome in the Year.

[MEG33]

Good Sunday Morning

Thank you CG...I have had 5 males right outside my sliding door
this week..Just perched in the youpon holly tree above the
feeder. They are a beautiful sight..though no show here..
Wishing you a wonderful Lord's Day