Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... June, 2012

6-1-2012 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie; Meg33, Friends

[JustAmy]

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[Borax Queen]

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[The Mayor]

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Getting To Heaven
June 8, 2012

While working with third- and fourth-graders at our church’s Vacation Bible School, I decided to give all 25 of the children a gift on the last day. But I told them that in order to receive it, they would each have to tell me how a person can get to heaven.

It was interesting to hear what these 9- and 10-year-olds said. Many were clear that salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ, but some were not yet equipped to explain the gospel. “You have to be good and go to Sunday school,” said one. Another asked tentatively, “You have to pray to God?” Still another: “If you are nice to your friends and obey your mom and dad.”

As I gently tried to direct the thinking of each child to the central element of salvation—faith in Jesus who died to pay for our sins and then rose again—I thought that these kids represented so many others in our world who don’t yet understand the gospel.

How about you? Are your ideas about salvation based on biblical truth? Think about the importance of what Jesus did for you. “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 16:31). There is so much more at stake than getting a free gift for answering a question.

A Matter Of Faith
Jesus paid the penalty for your sins by His death. When
you admit you are a sinner and place your faith in Him
alone for forgiveness, you will be reconciled to God.

Believing Christ died—that’s history; believing Christ died for me—that’s salvation.

Read: Romans 3:21-28

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved. —Acts 16:31

Bible in a Year:
Psalms 43-45

[aruanan]

While working with third- and fourth-graders at our church’s Vacation Bible School, I decided to give all 25 of the children a gift on the last day. But I told them that in order to receive it, they would each have to tell me how a person can get to heaven.

I guess it wasn't a gift, then.

[luvie]

Boo! Good to see YOU! :)

[MEG33]

Good Morning To Amy's Place

Wear Red On Friday To Support Our Troops
Have A Great Weekend

[yorkie]

I'm 'wearing' RED today
To show my support for our troops!

[oldteen]

Happy FRiday
Have a great weekend!

[ST.LOUIE1]

Boo! Good to see YOU! :)

Boo yooooouself!

Gosh....you never change......beautiful as ever!

My kind of woman. : )

((((((( Luvbo )))))))

[luvie]

Awww...you are sweet! You have been missed...a BUNCH! :)

(((((Louiebo))))))

[Kitty Mittens]

Awww..Thank you, sweet Kitty..I have been a very good girl re back and haven’t hit point agony in quite awhile..I am thankful to God ..I have learned the hard way ..and it is really paying off concerning bad pain.

I am so thankful for the good rain we had all through the night.

I'm So Glad your Back is Feeling Better, Dear Meg!

We had a Good Rain here, also, and I'm So Thankful! The Cars that Travel on our Country Road had been Stirring Up a Lot of Dirt,
But the Rain Cleaned and Refreshed the Air.

I Love your Sweet Graphic #178.

[Kitty Mittens]

[Kitty Mittens]

Wearing Red in Support of our Troops

[luvie]

Chris DeBurgh~Lady In Red

[ConorMacNessa]

Happy Friday to Amy’s Place!

First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush



Gov. Sarah Palin



President and Mrs. Ronald W. Reagan with Lucky



Coronet Winston S. Churchill, 4th Queen's Own Hussars, 1895



Baroness Margaret Thatcher

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Wearing Red to support our Troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan and around the world!

Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Mama_Bear]

Awwww.......thank you. That is the sweetest graphic ever, Kitty! I luv Chihuahuas, but I guess you know that. ;-)

[The Mayor]

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The Way To An “Easy” Life
June 9, 2012

Are parents trying too hard to make their kids happy? And is that having the opposite effect? These questions introduce an interview with Lori Gottlieb, author of an article on the subject of unhappy young adults. Her conclusion: Yes. Parents who refuse to let their children experience failure or sadness give them a false view of the world and do not prepare them for the harsh realities of adult life. They’re left feeling empty and anxious.

Some Christians expect that the Lord will be the kind of parent who protects them from all sorrow and disappointment. But that’s not the kind of Father He is. He lovingly allows His children to go through suffering (Isa. 43:2; 1 Thess. 3:3).

When we start with the mistaken belief that it’s an easy life that will make us truly happy, we become weary trying to live out our faulty belief. But when we face the truth that life is difficult, we can invest our lives in the pursuit of a good and godly life instead. That kind of life strengthens us for the times when life is difficult.

God’s goal is to make us holy, not just happy (1 Thess. 3:13). And when we are holy, we are more likely to be truly happy and content.

Must I be carried to the skies
On flowery beds of ease,
While others fought to win the prize,
And sailed through bloody seas? —Watts

A contented person has learned to accept the bitter with the sweet.

Read: 1 Thessalonians 3

No one should be shaken by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this. —1 Thessalonians 3:3

Bible in a Year:
Psalms 46-48

[yorkie]

Inspirational thoughts, Rus! Thank you.

As beautiful as the rose is......it still has thorns.

[GailA]

Sorry to hear Jaycee is under the weather. Prayers up.

They will not fix a thing.

My MRI reads C3-7 nearly bone on bone...needs more investigation. T 11-1 bone spurs, T12 annul tear and herinated. L2 Annul tear. L-3-5 bulged with bone spurs, L 4 & 5 are nearly sitting on each other, with a Compression fracture...and they say my back is NOT THAT bad. Go to glorified PT ...’pain management’, when that has ALREADY FAILED just as the NERVE blocks did.

Spent last Sat in the ER too, medicine reaction...see the Gastro for a upper GI on the 20th. Just had to have the pharmacy stop a drug for cholesterol ZETIA that hits ALL 5 of my auto immunes for COMMON side effects. I LOATH doctors who DO NOT READ info they ask you to provide.

And if you are old your health care is RATIONED, and fewer and fewer docs will take you.

the koolaide gop drinkers still want the RINO romney, who is only going to tweak 0’care, not repeal it, he is a gun grabber, bail out king, and nearly bankrupted Mass with Romneycare. NO THANKS I don’t drink koolaid either gop or demwits.

[MEG33]

*seoul62*

Have a great day!

[MEG33]

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