Psoaring thru Psalms

Good Morning, Dear Friends and Prayer Partners! This is the day that the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it! We have a little more humidity today, so the air is not as pleasant as it was yesterday, but still, this is summer, so it is bound to be hot! Lots of people are still talking about the strawberry full moon, which has been photographed so much, with lots of postings on Facebook, I usually have difficulty sleeping during the full moon phase, but I did not notice any interruption the last two nights.(snore)

I was out and about yesterday, with a trip to the Library, where I donated the book, "Me Before You,", since I was finished with it and also had loaned it out and got it back. I am hoping to get the follow up book next.

Then I made a couple more trips, and finally came home, to discover my yard guys had been to do mowing. edging, and blowing. The grass had really grown in just a week! But it looks nice now and will be ready for another trim next week.

I took a ride into Sawgrass Park and did not see many people, but because it was the middle of the day, I did not expect to. It was quiet and the water in the canal is really up and flowing well. The many trees give such shade, it is a restful place to come midday. God is good!

From the Promise Bible NLT:

 Psalm 148:6-14
Praise the Lord from the earth,
you creatures from the ocean depths.
fire and hail, snow and storm,
wind and weather that obey him,
mountains and all hills,
fruit trees and all cedars,
wild animals and all livestock,
reptiles and birds,
kings of the earth and all people,
rulers and judges of the earth,
young men and maidens.
old men and children.
Let them all praise the name of the Lord,
for his name is very great;'his glory
towers over the earth and beyond.
He has made his people strong,
honoring his godly ones---
the people of Israel who are close to him.

Praise the Lord!

I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving, joy and love!

Love and hugs,
 Amaryllis

Psoaring thru Psalms

Good Morning, Dear Friends and Prayer Partners! This is the day that the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it! The air was actually cool and nice with the lower humidity and I heard the meteorologist say that the temp was in the sixties! Of course, with the sun up, we are up in the high eighties, now, and headed for another hot day.

There are lots of pictures on Facebook of the full Strawberry moon at the same time as the solstice. First time in seventy years that has happened. I have a Farmer's almanac calendar and it has some interesting info on it every month, so I already knew about the strawberry moon.

I delayed my prayer time this morning, because I was fascinated with the story on TV about the black bear loose in Tampa near Adventure Island. Wildlife people came to tranquilize him after he climbed a  large oak tree because he was spooked by the helicopter which came to track him. They shot him three times with the dart and when he fell out of the tree, they put him in a net and secured him in a cage for relocating.
At the same time, there was news of a horrible crash on I-4 involving multiple cars and 4 fatalities. Oh, my. My prayers are with all those people involved..

Since today is Taco Tuesday, I know what I am having for lunch...a free taco from Taco Bell! I do like Tacos! God is good!

From the Promise Bible NLT:

Praise the Lord from the heavens!
Praise him from the skies!
Praise him, all his angels!
Praise him, all the armies of heaven!
Praise him, all you twinkling stars!
Praise him, skies above!
Praise him, vapors high above the clouds!
Let every created thing give praise to the Lord,
for he issued his command , and they came into being.

He established them forever and forever, and
his orders with never be revoked.

I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving, joy and love!

Love and hugs,
Amaryllis

Living in The Light

Good Morning, Dear Friends and Prayer Partners! This is the day that the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it! I saw on TV this morning that parts of the midwest and western states are having a terrific heat wave, while we are complaining about humidity and temps in the high 80's! And it is only the first day of summer! Well, we had scattered showers here and there yesterday, but for the most part it was very sunshiny and hot.

I took time after church to explore some of the new remodeling that is done and was admiring the new compact kitchen. Brand new large fridge, microwave and new cabinets in what used to be a closet used only for storage.The wall where we used to have all those things, is now blank and the whole overflow area is open and full of seats. What a refreshing change!

The volunteers have done a marvelous job of decorating for the VBS which is now taking place...all sorts of sea related scenes pertaining to the theme of "Submerged". I expect a crowd of children and tired volunteers by the end of the week!

As I drove by Lynch Lake Park on the way to church, I only saw a couple ducks and no ibis. It is usually full of feathered critters of all kinds, but they must move around the city wherever the lakes are.

I noticed that I have one bloom on the Bird of Paradise bush in the backyard and the crepe myrtle is starting to bloom, much later than some of the others I have seen. The poinciana trees with their fiery colored blooms and much in evidence, still. God provides us beauty through all seasons!
God is good!

From the Promise Bible NLT:

1 John 1:5-10
This is the message he has given to us
to announce to you. God is light and there
is no darkness in him at all. So we are lying
if we say we have fellowship with God but go
on living in spiritual darkness. We are not
living in the truth. But if we are living in the
light of God's presence , just as Christ is, then
we have fellowship with each other, and the blood
of Jesus, his son, cleanses us from every sin.

If we say we have no sin, we are only fooling our-
selves and refusing to accept the truth. But if we
confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to
forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong. If
we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a
liar and showing him that his word has no place in
our hearts.

I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving, joy and love!

Love and hugs,
 Amaryllis

Roamin' thru Romans

Good Morning, Dear Friends and Prayer Partners! This is the day that the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it! The breeze is picking up on this sunny day and all kinds of critters are out and about. I just watched a yellow and black striped butterfly flit around outside my window for a few seconds and before that a mostly yellow one floated on by. Then a bluejay dived into the hedge, looking very fierce, which is the way they always look. I love nature!

My computer was offline most of the day yesterday and I finally called my tech guy and made an appointment for him to come today to fix it, but I tried it one more time before going to bed and it worked! I don't know what the problem was, but fortunately, it is Okay.

I ran a couple errands yesterday, and decided to visit the park and ran into rain. A hard shower, actually, which was surprising. So I came on back home and, you guessed it, not a drop had fallen. This is only a mile away, but that is Florida. It can rain on one side of the street and not on the other..

As I was coming around Lynch Lake, I saw an osprey sitting on the line, while on the ground, the white duck that hangs out there, was chasing a small dark duck. An anhinga was perched on a drainage pipe drying out his wings. It was peaceful. God is good!

The following is probably my most favorite verse from scripture:

From the Promise Bible NLT:

Romans 15:13
So I pray that God, who gives you hope,
will keep you happy and full of peace as
you believe in him. May you overflow with
hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving, joy and love!

Love and hugs,
 Amaryllis

Faith and Endurance

Good Morning, Dear Friends and Prayer Partners! This is the day that the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it! The sun is shining right now, but we must have had a passing shower or sprinkles, because when I looked out the garage door at the dumpster and recycling bin, there were wet drops on them; about three dozen on the dumpster lid and not many more on the bin. Humpf. Or maybe a large bird flew over. Ha!

But, anyway, it will be another hot day with heat indexes up in the 3 digits in some places! Summer is here, although not officially.

After dropping off and picking up articles at the cleaners, I thought it would be a good idea to get a strawberry shake at S&S, but so many other people had the same idea that the line at the drive thru was out to the parking lot, so I decided it was not worth waiting 20 or 30 minutes in the hot car for the sweet treat.. Instead, I went for a drive through the quiet park. Not many people were out in the heat, but it is always cooler under the many trees. Seems like just looking at the water in the canal relieves stress. Speaking of that, several trees were blown over in the storm last week, but I guess they will just lie in the water, since they don't seem to have enough people to cut and drag the trees out.. But God is good!

From the Promise Bible NLT:

James 1:2-8
Dear brothers and sisters, whenever trouble comes
your way, let it be an opportunity for joy. For when
your faith is tested, your inheritance has a chance
to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is
fully developed, you will be strong in character and
ready for anything.

If you need wisdom-----if you want to know what God
wants you to do ----ask him and he will gladly tell you.
He will not resent your asking. But when you ask him,
be sure that you really expect him to answer, for a doubtful
mind is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is driven
and tossed by the wind. People like that should not
expect to receive anything from the Lord. They can't make
up their minds. They waver back and forth in everything
they do.

I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving, joy and love!

Love and hugs,
 Amaryllis

Faith Brings Joy

Good Morning, Dear Friends and Prayer Partners! This is the day that the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it! The sun is shining, very little breeze is moving the branches on the podacarpus and it is very warm! It was warm and humid at 7:30 and will not get any cooler today.

We did not have any rain yesterday, not that we needed any, so that did not cool the air down any. One of my cleaning ladies keeps saying that this will be a bad year for major hurricanes. I hope she is wrong!

I drove out to Walmart to gas up the van yesterday and when I got there, most of the pumps were open, but before I finished filling up, cars were lines up, waiting. Guess I brought business! After stopping at the Park, I headed for home and did not go down 62nd Ave. because the cones were out and it was still down to one lane.

My ladies came to clean a day early, and I was telling them about a book I had just finished." You Before Me" which was made into a movie. I have not seen the movie and probably will not, but the book was so fascinating, I had to force myself to put it down. So, Kim took it home with her to read. After that, I will donate it to the Library.There is a sequel coming out and I want to read that, also. I am currently reading a novel about an Amish family, which starts out in Pinecrest and Sarasota. Since that religion is part of my heritage, I am always interested in learning more about it.

The butterflies are back zooming back and forth to the Beauty Berry bush. I wish I knew all the names of the different colored butterflies. Most of them have yellow somewhere on their wings, but no matter what color they are, I always enjoy them. God is good!

From the Promise Bible NLT:

Romans 5:1-5
Therefore, since we have been made right in God's
sight by faith, we have peace with God because of
what Jesus Christ, our Lord has done for us. Because
 of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of
highest privilege where we now stand, and we confidently
and joyfully look forward to sharing God's glory.

We can rejoice , too, when we run into problems and
trials , for we know that they are good for us---they help
us learn to endure. And endurance develops strength
in us, and character strengthens our confident expectation
of salvation. and this expectation will not disappoint us.
For you know how dearly God Loves us, because he has
given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with His love.

I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving, joy and love!

Love and hugs,
 Amaryllis

Living by the Spirit's Power

Good Morning, Dear Friends and Prayer Partners! This is the day that the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it! We have our usual sunshine and clouds with a very warm breeze stirring the leaves. Humid, sticky, juicy, is the way the weatherman describes the conditions today.

We did not have any rain yesterday, though, so I was able to run some errands, and, just as I pulled out of the garage, my lawn crew came, so they got the grass mowed, edged and blown off while I was gone. Then, after I got back, my handy man showed up and got the roof repaired, (again!) cleaned out the gutter which was packed, and trimmed up the Podacarpus. Big jobs, but it did not take him long. He is worth his weight in gold!

As I was driving around Lynch Lake, I noticed the lack of ducks and seagulls. I saw only one great blue heron. That is very unusual. ( I am reminded of a silly joke on FB the other day; If a seagull flies over the bay, should he be called a Bagel?  Sorry.

The intersection of 62nd and 16th St. was all coned off yesterday while the road guys repaired the sections of street that had not been repaved yet, although all of 62nd is finished. While traffic was backed up in a long line, it seemed like people were being patient. God is good!

From the Promise Bible NLT:

Ephesians 5:15-20
So be careful how you live, not as fools
but as those who are wise. Make the most
of every opportunity for doing good in these
evil days. Don't act thoughtlessly, but try
to understand  what the Lord wants you to do.
Don't be drunk with wine, because that will
ruin your life. Instead, let the Holy Spirit fill
and control you. Then you will sing psalms
and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves
making music to the Lord in your hearts. And
you will always give thanks for everything to
God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ.

I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving, joy and love!

Love and hugs,
 Amaryllis