Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... April, May and June, 2020

April 1, 2020 | Meg33; The Mayor, Trisham, JustAmy

[TheConservativeParty]

Thanks for the Red Friday posts! Have a good night 🌙⭐️😴

[The Mayor]

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June 20

Is God There?

Bible in a Year:

• Esther 1–2
• Acts 5:1–21

I will wait for the Lord . . . . I will put my trust in him.

Isaiah 8:17

Lela was dying of cancer, and her husband, Timothy, couldn’t understand why a loving God would let his wife suffer. She had served Him faithfully as a Bible teacher and mentor to many. “Why did You let this happen?” he cried. Yet Timothy continued to be faithful in his walk with God.

“So why do you still believe in God?” I asked him frankly. “What keeps you from turning away from Him?”

“Because of what has happened before,” Timothy replied. While he couldn’t “see” God now, he recalled the times when God had helped and protected him. These were signs that God was still there caring for his family. “I know the God I believe in will come through in His own way,” he said.

Timothy’s words echo Isaiah’s expression of trust in Isaiah 8:17. Even when he couldn’t feel God’s presence as his people braced for trouble from their enemies, he would “wait for the Lord.” He trusted in God because of the signs He’d given of His continuing presence (v. 18).

There are times when we might feel as if God isn’t with us in our troubles. That’s when we depend on what we can see of His works in our lives, in the past and present. They’re the visible reminder of an invisible God—a God who is always with us and will answer in His own time and way.

By:  Leslie Koh Reflect & Pray

What signs can you see of God working in your life? How can they remind you that you can still look to Him for hope and comfort?

Father, thank You for always being there for me. Give me the strength to trust in You even when I don’t understand what’s going on.

[luvie]

Peaches is Chillin' On The Couch!
Happy Chillaxin' Caturday!

[Aquamarine]

You changed your screen name, don’t blame you. Hug.

[MEG33]

Easy Living

Swinging by to wish you a lovely Caturday afternoon

[MEG33]

Love it!

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Chillax?

Oh Yeahhhhh....

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

it was tme, huh! :)

[MEG33]

Oh Yeahhhhh!!!

[TheConservativeParty]

Love the chillin' puppy! 🐶

[TheConservativeParty]

Peaches has the right idea! 🐱

[luvie]

he’s a smart dude! :)

[luvie]

Vocal Majority~Deep River

St Olaf Choir~When Peace Like A River

Glad~Arise My Soul, Arise

Dallas Christian Sound~I'm In The Glory Land Way

Providence~Sweet Beulah Land

Mercy Me~I Can Only Imagine

Trevecca Madrgalians~It Is Well With My Soul

Have a blessed Sunday
Happy Father's Day

[left that other site]

Happy Fathers Day!

May You All Have a Beautiful Day and Be Blessed.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[The Mayor]

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June 21

The Man in Seat 2D

Bible in a Year:

• Esther 3–5
• Acts 5:22–42

Be rich in good deeds, and [be] generous and willing to share.

1 Timothy 6:18

Kelsey navigated the narrow airplane aisle with her eleven-month-old daughter, Lucy, and Lucy’s oxygen machine. They were traveling to seek treatment for her baby’s chronic lung disease. Shortly after settling into their shared seat, a flight attendant approached Kelsey, saying a passenger in first class wanted to switch seats with her. With tears of gratitude streaming down her face, Kelsey made her way back up the aisle to the more spacious seat, while the benevolent stranger made his way toward hers.

Kelsey’s benefactor embodied the kind of generosity Paul encourages in his letter to Timothy. Paul told Timothy to instruct those in his care with the command to “do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share” (1 Timothy 6:18). It’s tempting, Paul says, to become arrogant and put our hope in the riches of this world. Instead, he suggests that we focus on living a life of generosity and service to others, becoming “rich” in good deeds, like the man from seat 2D on Kelsey’s flight.

Whether we find ourselves with plenty or in want, we all can experience the richness of living generously by being willing to share what we have with others. When we do, Paul says we will “take hold of the life that is truly life” (v. 19).

By:  Kirsten Holmberg Reflect & Pray

Who has been “generous and willing to share” with you? With whom can you share generously today?

God, please give me a generous spirit as I renew my hope in You.

Read about learning to love like Jesus at discoveryseries.org/q0208.

[MEG33]

Happy Father's Day To Amy's Place

~What Makes a Dad~

God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,
Then God combined these qualities,
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so,
He called it ... Dad
- Author Unknown

~I Wish You A Blessed Lord's Day~

[JustAmy]

Graphic by MamaBear

Happy Father's Day to all Dad's.

Have a Blessed Sunday.

[PGalt]

Thanks Amy. Thanks to all of the fathers and the GREAT posters at Amy’s Place. The family is the backbone of civilization. When you see one...smile.

[mairdie]

SURNAME FORESTS, REMEMBERED LEAVES

Ash and Eucalyptus,
Chinese Elm and common Plum;
Bark of generations built from
Lansing, Bell and Livingston.

Each spring will see them waken
To their pulsing blood-red sap,
And set upon their outstretched hand
A leaf.

A leaf.

A small and fragile promise
To the wind and to the sky
That dreams of long dead leaves
Can live again and never truly die.

To trust there will be warmth again.
To trust there will be birth.
To trust that fallen leaves
Are not forgotten on the earth.

I never knew my father
And yet I’ve come to know him well
Through the stories writ in crumbled leaves
And the tales our old tree tells.

He was a soldier, and a poet,
And a lover and a man
And I feel his passion flood my veins
As I hold his phantom hand.

[The Mayor]

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June 22

Eternal Eyes

Bible in a Year:

• Esther 6–8
• Acts 6

We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.

2 Corinthians 4:18 Eternal eyes, that’s what my friend Madeline prays her children and grandchildren would have. Her family has gone through a tumultuous season that ended with the death of her daughter. As the family grieves from this horrific loss, Madeline longs for them to be less and less nearsighted—consumed by the pain of this world. And to be more and more farsighted—filled with hope in our loving God.

The apostle Paul and his co-workers experienced great suffering at the hands of persecutors and even from believers who tried to discredit them. Yet, they had their eyes fixed on eternity. Paul boldly acknowledged that “we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal” (2 Corinthians 4:18).

Although they were doing God’s work, they lived with the reality of being “hard pressed on every side,” “perplexed,” “persecuted,” and “struck down” (vv. 8–9). Shouldn’t God have delivered them from these troubles? But instead of being disappointed, Paul built his hope on the “eternal glory” that supersedes momentary troubles (v. 17). He knew God’s power was at work in him and had complete assurance that “the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus” (v. 14).

When our world around us feels shaky, may we turn our eyes to God—the eternal Rock that will never be destroyed.

By:  Estera Pirosca Escobar Reflect & Pray

In what do you choose to hope in spite of your difficulties? How have you experienced God’s faithfulness?

I lift my eyes to You today, O God. Give me a glimpse of the security I have in You.