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! According to the weatherman, the Temp at 7 AM was 81.The record for this date, is 89 and we may come close this afternoon. Isn't this November? And no rain in sight!

Well, it was quite a weekend, what with the big concert in Tampa and all the trick or treaters roaming the streets Sat. evening. I always leave my light off, since I live alone, as does the single lady across the street, so I was not approached by anyone. However, Brian came over to fix my iphone which had messed up, and he said the streets were crowded with kids. There are probably a lot of half price candy sales right now!

I was disappointed by the Packers loss yesterday, but very happy that the Gators won Saturday, and the Royals won the World Series! Since the Rays traded Ben Zobrist and he was later traded to the Royals, I was happy that he was on the winning team. It would have been nice if they could have won in KC, though.

I went to the Library Saturday, and turned in six books and checked out more. I usually step outside and put them on top of the trash container which has a small table top. I did that and when I got home could not find my glasses. After searching all over, I thought I must have left them at the library, so I called and sure enough, someone had found them on top of the trash container where I had switched to sunglasses. Whew, what a relief! I have a new pair, but they don't fit right and I don't like them, so I was glad to get my old ones back. Note to self; change glasses inside from now on.

Yesterday, I spilled my orange juice at breakfast, and after cleaning up that sticky mess, had no more mishaps, so went to church and heard a good, powerful message from Pastor Kevin, along with good worshipful singing, and communion. God is good!

From the Promise Bible NLT:

Romans 14:8-9

Love Fulfills God's Requirements

Pay all your debts, except the debt of love for
others. You can never finish paying that! If you
love your neighbor, you will fulfill all the requirements
of God's law. For the commandments against adultery
and murder and stealing and coveting---and any other
commandment__are all summoned up in this one
commandment:
"Love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no wrong
to anyone, so love satisfies all of God's requirements.

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! It is a gorgeous day with lower humidity and temps will go up into the low 80's today Lots of puffy, white clouds with lots of blue sky in between!

Well, it seems that those people who are not excited about Halloween, will be excited about Taylor Swift at RJ stadium tomorrow night. The crowd is already expected to exceed 53,000, but that will not include me. I may be an old fuddy duddy, but I don't think I have ever heard her sing.

I was able to get a few things done around the house and then decided to go to Wendy's for my supper...a chicken sandwich and iced tea. I even treated myself to fries, which I hardly ever order. I just felt like something different. BTW, I saw a survey on FB that listed the worst and best fast food places. McDonald's was worst and CFA the best. No surprise there!

I watched part of the debate a couple nights ago, and was pleased with some responses and amazed at some of the "double speak" at others. It takes a politician to reply to a question and not answer it in fifty words or less. I still like Dr. Carson, personally.

Well, the porch is waiting for a broom today, so I have to do that sweep up job before long. It is just covered! I found out it hurts when one of the acorn missiles falls on my head! But God is good!

From the Promise Bible NLT:

Psalm 133
How wonderful it is, how pleasant,
when brothers live together in harmony!
For harmony is as precious as the fragrant
anointing oil
that was poured over Aaron's head,
that ran down his beard
and onto the border of his robe.
Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from
Mount Hermon
that falls on the mountains of Zion.
 and the Lord has pronounced his
blessing, even life forevermore.

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

Love and hugs,
 Amaryllis

Isaiah

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 lots of sun this morning, since it came out yesterday afternoon and will be with us for the rest of the week, Also, the temps will be in the eighties for a while. So the beautiful weather continues.

My cleaning ladies came yesterday, and caught me up on the neighborhood news. The couple that are hoarders, cleaned out their car that was stuffed with bags of who knows what and put it all into a self-store rental van. Then, a truck with a trailer came from a junk yard and hauled it off. What a shame to see a once nice car go to a junk yard. Sigh. Oh, well, different strokes for different folks.

I swept a path clear of acorns for a few minutes, so Kim and Cheryl could come in without crushing dozens of acorns under foot. Before they left the house, more had fallen, and are still falling.The rain gutter is probably full by now! This will be the pattern for a couple more months yet!

I drove to CVS to pick up a few things later in the afternoon and on the way out, was ahead of an older (maybe fifties or sixties) man who said "Ladies first" and then went on to add something about" lovely ladies with hair all gussied up." I took that as a compliment, but replied that at least it was combed! That gave me a chuckle!

I went on to the Park and noticed that the canal and lakes were quite full from what must have been a heavy rain Tuesday night. I was not aware that it had rained that hard, but did see that a flash flood had washed a car into a canal here locally.  Fortunately, the driver escaped unharmed. So, God is good!

From the Promise Bible NLT:

Isaiah 1:18-20
"Come now, let us argue this out," says the Lord.
"No matter how deep the stain of your sins, I can
remove it. I can make you as clean as freshly fallen
snow. Even if you are stained as red as crimson, I
can make you as white as wool. If you will only obey
me and let me help you, then you will have plenty to
eat. But if you keep turning away and refusing to
listen, you will be destroyed by your enemies. I, the Lord, have spoken!"

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

Love and hugs,
 Amaryllis

Advice from Paul

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 had overcast skies and drizzles nearly all day yesterday, so I canceled my doctor's app't. since it is no pleasure to drive in the rain, and hard to hold an umbrella and walk with a cane at the same time. But, I have to go next week. Sigh. This is my dermatologist.

So, today is starting out the same as yesterday. Apparently, it rained last night because the puddles were on the porch and rain is dripping off the roof. Maybe it will clear up this afternoon and turn a little cooler.

Well, I watched part of the World Series last night, but logged on this morning to see the final score, since the game lasted 14 innings! I am rooting for the Royals, because Ben Zobrist was traded to them and he was one of my favorites when he was with the Rays.

I had a wonderful conversation on the phone with my 100 year old friend, Phyllis. Her mind is still very active and she is still a fervent prayer warrior. We spent many years every Monday in prayer at church for many requests that were written  for us to pray over. I really appreciate all her prayers for me and my family.

Well, the ibis certainly do not mind the rain. I saw a flock of them flowing from yard to yard yesterday, with heads down and beaks probing in the ground as they moved along.
God is good!

From the Promise Bible NLT:

1 Thessalonians 4:14-19
Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those who
are lazy. Encourage those who are timid. Take tender care
of those who are weak. Be patient with everyone.

See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to
be good to each other and to everyone else.

Always be joyful. Keep on praying. No matter what happens,
always be thankful, for this is God's will for you who belong
to Christ Jesus.

Do not stifle the Holy Spirit. Do not scoff at prophecies, but
test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good. Keep away
from every kind of evil.

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

Love and hugs,
 Amaryllis

Teaching about Money

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! It is an overcast morning with a light rain falling and more predicted later on..remnants of Patricia or El Nino, depending on what weathercast you watch. From the earlier traffic reports, the roadways are a mess with accidents on all the main freeways, so I am so thankful my family does not have to travel at this time.

Well, a funny thing happened yesterday. As I was typing I reached for my Bible to copy the scripture for the day, and bumped the esc key on the keyboard and everything disappeared! Did not go into "drafts", or trash, so apparently, it is floating around somewhere in space. Since it was late, I did not want to start over, so just took a day off.

What I said was that it was a wonderful, fun day of celebration at Faith Covenant for the 37th birthday of the founding. Our founding pastor, Don Logue, was honored as Pastor Emeritus and there was choir singing of "Cornerstone", and O, Happy Day, two favorites of mine, plus another excellent sermon from Kevin Dean in his series of Love Illuminated!

Tables were set up on the street in back of the church, which was closed off for the occasion, but because the walk was too long for me, I decided to stay inside in the kitchen area to eat my bar-b-que cole slaw and beans. Brian, was with me and Tim set up a card table for us. Before long, we were joined by other friends who stopped by to chat and eat, because it was so hot outside where bounce houses, cotton candy, popcorn, icees, face painting and other activities were taking place. There was also a dunk tank which was welcome on such a hot day!  Thanks to all the guys who took part in it! It was a wonderful time for all! God is good!

From the Promise Bible NLT:

Matthew 7:1.20
Don't store up treasures here on earth, where they
can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves
break in and steal . Store your treasures in heaven, where
they will never become moth-eaten or rusty and where
they will be safe from thieves.. Where ever your treasure is
there your heart and thoughts will also be.

So I tell you, don't worry about everyday life---whether you will
have enough food, drink, and clothes. Doesn't life consist of
more than food and clothing?
Look at the birds. They don't need to plant or harvest or put
food in barns because your heavenly Father feeds them, and you
are far more valuable to him than they are. Can all your worries add
a single moment to your life? Of course not!

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

Love and hugs,
 Amaryllis

Wisdom

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 was noticing the different and beautiful formations of the clouds yesterday while I was out, and I think it will be the same today. We have clouds, sun, and breezes, just the same as yesterday.

I accomplished a lot yesterday. I shopped at Publix at noonish, thinking it would be crowded, but it was not. As I was rounding an aisle, a lady came up to me and commented on my hair, calling me by name.  I looked closely at her and recognized her as a former member of my church. I could remember her first name, but not her last, so I looked in the church directory for 1995, and there she was! She mentioned that she wanted to come back one of these days, and seemed to know what was going on at my church. Small world!

I had a really nice bag girl named Cheyenne, who walked out with me to put the groceries in the van, so shopping was really a pleasure! As I left the store, and went past Beall's, I saw two work men sitting on the display window ledge intently looking at their cell phones. Further down, four teenagers were sitting on the concrete all looking at their cell phones. Whatever happened to conversation?  Just sayin'.

After putting the groceries away, and having a bite of salad, I took off for the library and returned two books, and checked out six more.. It was a busy place after school, and with lots of people on computers.

Then I drove on to the park and saw a tall, white egret fishing, and further down, the large brown tortoise moving with glacial speed, and munching on grass as he moved along.God is good!

From the Promise Bible NLT:

James 1:3-8
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 do 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

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! Today is the same as yesterday; cool in the morning and growing hotter as the sun gets higher. No rain is forecast and although the ground is saturated, the top layers are pretty dry. I see muddy ruts in peoples yards from cars driving on the lawns, so. like I said, the ground is still saturated.

While my cleaning ladies were working, I swept off the front porch. The lawn guy helper who usually blows off the porch, is not getting behind the furniture, so a bunch of acorns had gathered all along the wall. I got them out with the broom as best I could, and there were hundreds! Cheryl was in a pretty good mood while she cleaned; being really silly and fun. They are good to have around.

I took a ride to the park and saw just a few cars, but several people on the bridge talking and looking. There is just something about standing on a bridge and looking down at the water that is really fascinating. God is good!

From the Promise Bible NLT:

Psalm 139:23,24
A Prayer
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my thoughts.
Point out anything in me that offends you,
and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

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

Love and hugs,
 Amaryllis