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

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

[TheConservativeParty]

Hope you had a great Friday. Was hot here, seemed like 85 and humid.
Slowly getting my plants into pots and gardens. Pupper started dog training school on Thursday. It’s a 5 week class we are taking. First class was good.

Have a good night!
😴💫🌟⭐️🌙

[luvie]

Sounds like you had a great week...well, maybe except for the temps being a bit too warm for Mid-May in the northern tier. 😎

[The Mayor]

May 18

Called and Equipped by God

Bible in a Year :

• 1 Chronicles 4-6
• John 6:1-21

I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom . . . and with all kinds of skills.

Exodus 31:3 “Your job for the international book expo,” my boss informed me, “is to organize an onsite radio broadcast.” I felt fear because this was new territory for me. God, I’ve never done anything like this, I prayed. Please help me.

God provided resources and people to guide me: experienced technicians and broadcasters, plus reminders during the expo of details I’d overlooked. In retrospect, I know that the broadcast went well because He knew what was needed and prompted me to use the skills He’d already given me.

When God calls us to a task, He also equips us for it. When He assigned Bezalel to work on the tabernacle, Bezalel was already a skilled craftsman. God further equipped him by filling him with His Spirit and with wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and all kinds of skills (Exodus 31:3). God also gave him an assistant in Oholiab, as well as a skilled workforce (v. 6). With His enablement, the team designed and made the tent, its furnishings, and the priests’ garments. These were instrumental in the Israelites’ proper worship of God (vv. 7-11).

Bezalel means “in the shadow [protection] of God.” The craftsman worked on the project of a lifetime under God’s protection, power, and provision. Let’s courageously obey His prompting as we carry out a task to completion. He knows what we need, and how and when to give it.

Reflect & Pray

What task is God calling you to carry out? In what areas can you pray for His guidance?

Father, thank You for equipping me with all that I need.

[luvie]

Ginger [Wants Opposable Thumbs]
...Sez Happy Caturday!

[pollywog]

Thank you Mayor!! Have a great Saturday!!

[pollywog]

Happy Saturday to you Luvie....

[luvie]

Thanks! You too! Hope it’s not too hot there. Going up to 97 here. Ugh!

[left that other site]

Happy Saturday!

And Happy Merry Month of May!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[Kitty Mittens]

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

[The Mayor]

May 19

Making God Known

Bible in a Year :

• 1 Chronicles 7-9
• John 6:22-44

Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.

Revelation 7:10

A love for God and for people undergirds Kathryn’s Bible translating work. She rejoices when women in India come to a deeper understanding of Scripture, reading it in their mother tongue. She remarks that when they do, “They often start cheering or clapping. They read about Jesus, and they say, ‘Oh, wonderful!’ ”

Kathryn longs for more people to read the Scriptures in their own language. In this desire, she holds close to her heart the vision of the aging disciple John on the island of Patmos. Through the Spirit, God ushered him into the throne room of heaven, where he saw “a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb” (Revelation 7:9). All together they worshiped God, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God” (v. 10).

God continues to add to the great number of people praising Him. He uses not only the work of Bible translators and those praying for them, but also those who reach out to their neighbors in love with the good news of Jesus. We can rejoice in this joyful mission, marveling at how God will spark more people to join with the angels in saying, “Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever” (v. 12).>

Reflect & Pray

How do you see God spurring on people to praise and honor Him? How might He invite you to join in His mission of spreading the good news of Jesus?

Saving God, thank You for the gift of Jesus. Please help me to share Your wonderful love with others.

[luvie]

Josh Groban~You Raise Me Up

Aron Wright~Surrender

Providence~Amazing Grace

Casting Crowns~Thrive

Glen Campbell~The Savior I Sing Of Today

Passion~In Christ Alone

Newsboys~We Believe

God Bless You All....

[The Mayor]

May 20

God in the Past and Present

Bible in a Year :

• 1 Chronicles 10-12
• John 6:45-71

I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place.

Jeremiah 29:10

It had been years since we left the Oregon town where we raised our family. We’d made great memories there, and the recent visit reminded me of moments I’d forgotten: our girls’ soccer games, our old home, church gatherings, and our friends’ Mexican restaurant. The town had changed, but there was enough of the familiar to spark my desire to return for a visit. 

When the Israelites went into exile in Babylon, they missed the familiarity of people, landmarks, and culture. They forgot they’d been exiled for rebelling against God. When false prophets told the exiles they’d return home within two years (Jeremiah 28:2-4; 29:8-9), they found a receptive audience. It was easy to listen to the slick words of false prophets who promised a return home soon.

God didn’t take kindly to these peddlers of the past and their false promises. “Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you,” He said (29:8). He had plans for His people, “plans to give [them] hope and a future” (v. 11). The situation was challenging, difficult, and new, but God was with them. “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart,” He told them (v. 13). God would bring them “back to the place from which I carried you into exile” (v. 14), but in His timing.

Nostalgia plays tricks on the mind, making it easy to long for what once was. Don’t miss what God is doing right now. He will fulfill His promises. 

Reflect & Pray

What difficulty are you facing today? How is God showing Himself faithful?

Father, may I continue to look for You in the present and not long for the past.

[luvie]

Everypup is melting in this heat!
Happy and Sweaty Monday Madness!

[left that other site]

Happy Monday!

Sorry You Are Having a Heat Wave! Stay Cool my FRiends.

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[luvie]

Thanks. Doing our best. The AC is working overtime and it’s already 96 going on up to 101 again today. Ugh!

[TheConservativeParty]

96 to 101 is really hot!
86 felt bad here on Saturday.
Had to use the AC that night.
Try to stay cool.
😅

[TheConservativeParty]

Happy Monday!
We cooled off today.
Cloudy and rainy.
Storms tomorrow.
Weather dude was worked up about Tueday storms, so I hope the predictions are wrong.
😬

[left that other site]

YIKES!

[luvie]

My energy level is on the floor. LOL!

[left that other site]

I hear you.

Argh.