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

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

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you.

[The Mayor]

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April 6

A Good Man

Bible in a Year:

• 1 Samuel 4–6
• Luke 9:1–17

By grace you have been saved, through faith—and that is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.

Ephesians 2:8

“Jerry was a good man,” the pastor said at Jerald Stevens’ memorial service. “He loved his family. He was faithful to his wife. He served his country in the armed services. He was an excellent dad and grandfather. He was a great friend.”

But then the pastor went on to tell the friends and family gathered that Jerry’s good life and good deeds were not enough to assure him a place in heaven. And that Jerry himself would have been the first to tell them that!

Jerry believed these words from the Bible: “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23) and “the wages of sin is death” (6:23). Jerry’s final and eternal destination in life’s journey was not determined by whether he lived a really good life but entirely by Jesus—the perfect Son of God—dying in his place to pay sin’s penalty. He believed that each of us must personally accept the free gift of God, which is “eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (v. 23).

Jerry was a good man, but he could never be “good enough.” Watch Rasool Berry’s “Jesus, the Good Man” devotional video. He, like us, had to learn that salvation and righteousness aren’t the results of human effort. They’re gifts by God’s grace (Ephesians 2:8).

“Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!” (2 Corinthians 9:15).

By:  Cindy Hess Kasper

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you.

[luvie]

Happy Maxine Monday!

[left that other site]

Happy Springtime!

Never Let A Grassy Spot Go To Waste!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[trisham]

Beautiful, left that other site!

[left that other site]

Today was a great day for rolling in the grass, as Penny discovered on this morning’s walk. :-)

[TheConservativeParty]

Maxine is awesome! (but not as awesome as Trump😁)

[luvie]

Well, of course not. LOL!

[TheConservativeParty]

Good Night Everyone😴

[The Mayor]

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April 7

A New Calling

Bible in a Year:

• 1 Samuel 7–9
• Luke 9:18–36

He has saved us and called us to a holy life.

2 Timothy 1:9

Teenage gang leader Casey and his followers broke into homes and cars, robbed convenience stores, and fought other gangs. Eventually, Casey was arrested and sentenced. In prison, he became a “shot caller,” someone who handed out homemade knives during riots.

Sometime later, he was placed in solitary confinement. While daydreaming in his cell, Casey experienced a “movie” of sorts replaying key events of his life—and of Jesus, being led to and nailed to the cross and telling him, “I’m doing this for you.” Casey fell to the floor weeping and confessed his sins. Later, he shared his experience with a chaplain, who explained more about Jesus and gave him a Bible. “That was the start of my journey of faith,” Casey said. Eventually, he was released into the mainline prison population, where he was mistreated for his faith. But he felt at peace, because “[he] had found a new calling: telling other inmates about Jesus.”

In his letter to Timothy, the apostle Paul talks about the power of Christ to change lives: God calls us from lives of wrongdoing to follow and serve Jesus (2 Timothy 1:9). Watch the story of Bernice Lee and Tan Soo-Inn in the devotional video, “Jesus, the Spiritual Leader.” Like Casey, they experienced God’s grace, and now the Holy Spirit empowers them to be living witnesses of Christ’s love. Through the Holy Spirit’s enabling, we too have a new calling to share the good news (v. 8).

By:  Alyson Kieda

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you.

[luvie]

Happy GratiTuesday!

[left that other site]

HAPPY GRATITUESDAY!

I am grateful for beautiful Spring weather.

"Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” " (Hosea 6:3, NIV)

God Bless America!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[TheConservativeParty]

💕Charlie Brown and Snoopy💕 It's primary day here in WI. The President even talked about it today. Dang lib governor delayed (fraud time) the count until April 13.🤬

[MEG33]

~Welcome To Warm Fuzzy Wednesday~
At Amy's Place

"Bunnies are cuddly...the large and the small
But I like chocolate ones the best of them all."-Anon.

I Wish You Blessed Easter Week

[left that other site]

Happy Warm & Fuzzy Wednesday

And May You Have A Blessed Holy Week and Passover.

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[Silentgypsy]

A Blessed Easter Week to everyone at Amy’s Place.

[The Mayor]

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April 8

Innocence Found

Bible in a Year:

• 1 Samuel 10–12
• Luke 9:37–62

See what great love the Father has lavished on us.

1 John 3:1

“I’m not who I once was. I’m a new person.”

Those simple words from my son, spoken to students at a school assembly, describe the change God made in his life. Once addicted to heroin, Geoffrey previously saw himself through his sins and mistakes. But now he sees himself as a child of God.

The Bible encourages us with this promise: “If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” (2 Corinthians 5:17). No matter who we’ve been or what we’ve done in our past, when we trust Jesus for our salvation and receive the forgiveness offered through His cross, we become someone new. Since the garden of Eden, the guilt of our sins separated us from God, but He has now “reconciled us to himself through Christ,” “not counting” our sins against us (vv. 18–19). We are His dearly loved children (1 John 3:1–2), washed clean and made new in the likeness of His Son.

Jesus is innocence found. He liberates us from sin and its dominating power, and restores us to a new relationship with God—where we are free to no longer live for ourselves but “for him who died for [us] and was raised again” (2 Corinthians 5:15). Watch Fernando Sosa’s devotional video, “Jesus, the Liberator.” As with Geoffrey, Christ’s transforming love gave him a new identity and purpose to point others to the Savior. And He does the same for us!

By:  James Banks

[TheConservativeParty]

Have a great Warm Fuzzy Wednesday

Rained overnight, but the sun is trying to shine through the clouds now.