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 some high clouds today and wind, but earlier the sunrise was beautiful. It is still so warm, I left a window open last night, but a blanket on the bed still feels good.
Well, I no longer have a garden of oak trees growing in the rain gutter! Rick, my handy man came yesterday and cleaned out the mud, leaves, etc. that had accumulated, then ran the hose water through to make sure everything was open. So, all is good! I have said this before, but I am so happy to have people available to do what needs to be done!
I saw the roseate spoonbills yesterday at the park. They had worked their way almost to the second bridge, just concentrating on their scooping up whatever they eat. What a pretty contrast they make against the muddy, dark background of the swampy banks of the canal! God is good!
From the Promise Bible NLT:
Jude
"But you, dear friends, must continue to build your lives
on the foundation of your holy faith. And continue to pray
as you are directed by the Holy Spirit. Live in such a way
that God's love can bless you as you wait for the eternal
life that our Lord, Jesus Christ in his mercy is going to give
you. Show mercy to those who faith is wavering. Rescue
others by snatching them from the flames of judgment.
There are still others to whom you need to show mercy,
but be careful that you aren't contaminated by their sins.
And now, all glory to God, who is able to keep you from
stumbling, and who will bring you into his glorious presence
innocent of sin and with great joy. All glory to him, who alone
is God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Yes, glory,
majesty, power, and authority belong to him. in the beginning,
now, and forevermore. Amen.
I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving,
joy and love!
Love and hugs,
Amaryllis
Friday, April 4, 2014
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Power of God
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! Once again, we have a great beginning to a perfect day! Sun, and a cool breeze and later on, it will be almost warm enough for A/C. In fact, I was tempted to turn it on yesterday, because even though I had opened windows, it still got a little warm after the ladies left me with a clean house in the afternoon.
I was pleased with what I accomplished yesterday. I did all my ironing, which took about thirty minutes, got the laundry done, then drove to Walmart to gas up the van. After that, I headed out to the Touch Free car wash on 66th St. and got all the pollen cleaned off. It looks nice and shiny, now.(The van).
I stopped by the Park on the way out and saw the herons pecking along the banks of the canal, and quite a few cars, even though school was not out, yet. I also noticed a family which looked like they had triplet boys about two years old. So Cute! What a couple hands full! God is good!
From the Promise Bible NLT:
Isaiah 40:28-31
Have you never heard or understood? Don't you know
the the Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all
the earth? He never grows faint or weary. No one can
measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power
to those who are tired and worn out; he offers strength
to the weak. Even youths will become exhausted, and
young men will give up. But those who wait on the Lord
will find new strength. They will fly high on wings like
eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will
walk and not faint.
I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving,
joy and love!
Love and hugs,
Amaryllis
I was pleased with what I accomplished yesterday. I did all my ironing, which took about thirty minutes, got the laundry done, then drove to Walmart to gas up the van. After that, I headed out to the Touch Free car wash on 66th St. and got all the pollen cleaned off. It looks nice and shiny, now.(The van).
I stopped by the Park on the way out and saw the herons pecking along the banks of the canal, and quite a few cars, even though school was not out, yet. I also noticed a family which looked like they had triplet boys about two years old. So Cute! What a couple hands full! God is good!
From the Promise Bible NLT:
Isaiah 40:28-31
Have you never heard or understood? Don't you know
the the Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all
the earth? He never grows faint or weary. No one can
measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power
to those who are tired and worn out; he offers strength
to the weak. Even youths will become exhausted, and
young men will give up. But those who wait on the Lord
will find new strength. They will fly high on wings like
eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will
walk and not faint.
I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving,
joy and love!
Love and hugs,
Amaryllis
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Psoaring thru Psalm 28
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 perfect weather these days...cool nights and warm days with lots of sunshine! The oak trees have finally stopped dropping the seeds and have new green leaves, so the porch is staying clean after being blown off. That's a good thing!
I noticed a pretty, jacaranda was in bloom when I passed by one the other day. Not all are blooming yet, but even though they are messy as the flowers fall, they are still lovely in the lavender color. After they bloom, the Royal Poinciana blooms in their brilliant colors show off! Ah, spring! What a colorful time in Florida!
Well, I noticed the former Sweetbay on 4th St. had a lot of cars in the parking lot, as they were working to change it into a Winn Dixie. That still seems strange to me. I liked Sweetbay, but I was in the WD store a couple days ago, at Rutland Plaza, and I was impressed with how cleaned up the store was, even though I am not impressed with the way it is laid out. I guess Publix takes the prize on that, but maybe that's just because I am used to it.
On my way to the Park yesterday, I passed my friend David, but he didn't see me...just passing by in traffic, but once I got to the park
I saw the very old, large, gopher tortoise walking in a hurry to someplace yesterday. I don't know where he was going, but his short, stubby legs were really moving. At least for a turtle!. The roseate spoonbills were not in sight, but the white herons were having a good time poking their beaks in the mud to scoop up bugs and grubs and what not. God is good!
From the Promise Bible NLT:
Psalm 28:6,7
Praise the Lord!
For he has heard my cry for mercy.
The Lord is my strength, my shield from every danger.
I trust him with all my heart.
He helps me and my heart is filled with joy.
I burst out in songs of thanksgiving.
I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving,
joy and love!
Love and hugs,
Amaryllis
I noticed a pretty, jacaranda was in bloom when I passed by one the other day. Not all are blooming yet, but even though they are messy as the flowers fall, they are still lovely in the lavender color. After they bloom, the Royal Poinciana blooms in their brilliant colors show off! Ah, spring! What a colorful time in Florida!
Well, I noticed the former Sweetbay on 4th St. had a lot of cars in the parking lot, as they were working to change it into a Winn Dixie. That still seems strange to me. I liked Sweetbay, but I was in the WD store a couple days ago, at Rutland Plaza, and I was impressed with how cleaned up the store was, even though I am not impressed with the way it is laid out. I guess Publix takes the prize on that, but maybe that's just because I am used to it.
On my way to the Park yesterday, I passed my friend David, but he didn't see me...just passing by in traffic, but once I got to the park
I saw the very old, large, gopher tortoise walking in a hurry to someplace yesterday. I don't know where he was going, but his short, stubby legs were really moving. At least for a turtle!. The roseate spoonbills were not in sight, but the white herons were having a good time poking their beaks in the mud to scoop up bugs and grubs and what not. God is good!
From the Promise Bible NLT:
Psalm 28:6,7
Praise the Lord!
For he has heard my cry for mercy.
The Lord is my strength, my shield from every danger.
I trust him with all my heart.
He helps me and my heart is filled with joy.
I burst out in songs of thanksgiving.
I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving,
joy and love!
Love and hugs,
Amaryllis
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Roamin' thru Romans
Good Morning, Dear Friends and Prayer Partners! And Happy April Fool's Day! This is the day that the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it! The sun is shining and the air is still, although it is still cool, as soon as the sun gets higher, we will have a warm, beautiful day!
Yesterday, my yard crew came and had what little grass I have left looking nice and trimmed. I have decided that the new guy does not know anything about plants...he just knows how to make the grass look nice. Well, my handy man knows about plants, so I have a back-up. What would I do without people to do the work I no longer am able to?
The Times this morning, featured a photo of two roseate spoonbills at Sawgrass. I saw them Friday and yesterday. They are very busy close to the entrance bridge, pecking and moving among the bushes and reeds, scooping up whatever it is they eat. They are so beautiful, with the deep pink of their feathers! I love their colors!
Well, baseball season started and I watched the Rays win their first game with about 31000 people filling the Trop! What a great start to the season! God is good!
From the Promise Bible NLT:
Romans 8:35-39
Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love?
Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble
or calamity, or are persecuted, or are hungry or cold or
in danger or threatened with death?
(Even the scriptures say ,"For your sake we are killed
every day, we are being slaughtered like sheep.") No,
despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours
through Christ who loved us.
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us
from his love. Death can't and life can't. The angels can't
and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries
about tomorrow and even the powers of hell can't keep
God's love away. Whether we are high above the sky, or
in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be
able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with
Thanksgiving, joy and love!
Love and hugs,
Amaryllis
Yesterday, my yard crew came and had what little grass I have left looking nice and trimmed. I have decided that the new guy does not know anything about plants...he just knows how to make the grass look nice. Well, my handy man knows about plants, so I have a back-up. What would I do without people to do the work I no longer am able to?
The Times this morning, featured a photo of two roseate spoonbills at Sawgrass. I saw them Friday and yesterday. They are very busy close to the entrance bridge, pecking and moving among the bushes and reeds, scooping up whatever it is they eat. They are so beautiful, with the deep pink of their feathers! I love their colors!
Well, baseball season started and I watched the Rays win their first game with about 31000 people filling the Trop! What a great start to the season! God is good!
From the Promise Bible NLT:
Romans 8:35-39
Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love?
Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble
or calamity, or are persecuted, or are hungry or cold or
in danger or threatened with death?
(Even the scriptures say ,"For your sake we are killed
every day, we are being slaughtered like sheep.") No,
despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours
through Christ who loved us.
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us
from his love. Death can't and life can't. The angels can't
and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries
about tomorrow and even the powers of hell can't keep
God's love away. Whether we are high above the sky, or
in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be
able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with
Thanksgiving, joy and love!
Love and hugs,
Amaryllis
Monday, March 31, 2014
Effective prayer
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! After Saturday's turbulent weather, and Sunday's perfect sun and warm up, today looks like more of the same. Cool but sunny for baseball's opening day.However, it doesn't matter what the weather is for the Rays, since their field is indoors!
The rain had quit long enough Saturday for Brian to take me to Red Lobster for the Lobsterfest. I went for the Lobster lovers dream and got a huge plate full of lobster, pasta with shrimp and broccoli. I really enjoy the cheese biscuits that they have. Of course, I brought most of my meal home, since I had already had the lobster bisque and cole slaw. But I enjoyed it yesterday, after church!
I took a drive to the park and saw that the water was up quite high in the canal after the downpour we had Saturday.. Lots of people were out and the herons and ibis were also enjoying the feasts and the good weather. God is good!
From the Promise Bible NLT:
Matthew 7:7-11
Keep on asking, and you will be given what
you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find.
Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened.
For everyone who who asks, receives. Everyone
who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to
everyone who knocks. You parents---if your children
ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone
instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them
a snake? Of course not! If you sinful people know how
go give good gifts to your children, how much more
will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.
I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers
with thanksgiving, joy and love!
Love and hugs,
Amaryllis
The rain had quit long enough Saturday for Brian to take me to Red Lobster for the Lobsterfest. I went for the Lobster lovers dream and got a huge plate full of lobster, pasta with shrimp and broccoli. I really enjoy the cheese biscuits that they have. Of course, I brought most of my meal home, since I had already had the lobster bisque and cole slaw. But I enjoyed it yesterday, after church!
I took a drive to the park and saw that the water was up quite high in the canal after the downpour we had Saturday.. Lots of people were out and the herons and ibis were also enjoying the feasts and the good weather. God is good!
From the Promise Bible NLT:
Matthew 7:7-11
Keep on asking, and you will be given what
you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find.
Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened.
For everyone who who asks, receives. Everyone
who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to
everyone who knocks. You parents---if your children
ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone
instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them
a snake? Of course not! If you sinful people know how
go give good gifts to your children, how much more
will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.
I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers
with thanksgiving, joy and love!
Love and hugs,
Amaryllis
Friday, March 28, 2014
Greetings 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 started out with sunshine, but now it is overcast and breezy and still a little coolish. But, already the race cars for the Grand Prix are making noise downtown, so unless it rains, I think the race will go on.
Some of the people who live in the condos make plans to be out of town during the race, because it is so noisy. So, that is a good place for me to stay away from this weekend!
As I was putting sheets in the washer this morning, I saw two ducks sitting in the yard next door very close to my door, and a squirrel on the roof sitting in the rain gutter, looking down at the ducks. But, like squirrels always do, he did not stay quiet for long, and then he was off. I don't really know why the ducks come on this street, because we have no water close by, except for a little still in the street gutters.
Our mail is coming later and later. Yesterday it did not come until 6 PM. I have heard that none of the carriers want to bid on this route for some reason. Oh, well, God is still good!
From the Promise Bible NLT:
Colossians 1:9-14
So we have continued praying for you, ever since we first heard about you.
We ask God to give you a complete understanding of what he
wants to do in your lives, and we ask him to make you wise with
spiritual wisdom. Then the way you live will always honor and please
the Lord, and you will continually do good, kind things for others. All
the while you will learn to know God better and better.
We also pray that you will be strengthened with his glorious power so that
you will have all the patience and endurance that you need. May you
be filled with joy, always thanking the Father, who has enabled you
to share the inheritance that belongs to God's holy people, who
live in the light. For he has rescued us from the one who rules
in the kingdom of darkness, and he has brought us into the Kingdom
of his dear Son. God has purchased our freedom with his blood
and has forgiven all our sins.
I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving,
joy and love!
Love and hugs,
Amaryllis
Some of the people who live in the condos make plans to be out of town during the race, because it is so noisy. So, that is a good place for me to stay away from this weekend!
As I was putting sheets in the washer this morning, I saw two ducks sitting in the yard next door very close to my door, and a squirrel on the roof sitting in the rain gutter, looking down at the ducks. But, like squirrels always do, he did not stay quiet for long, and then he was off. I don't really know why the ducks come on this street, because we have no water close by, except for a little still in the street gutters.
Our mail is coming later and later. Yesterday it did not come until 6 PM. I have heard that none of the carriers want to bid on this route for some reason. Oh, well, God is still good!
From the Promise Bible NLT:
Colossians 1:9-14
So we have continued praying for you, ever since we first heard about you.
We ask God to give you a complete understanding of what he
wants to do in your lives, and we ask him to make you wise with
spiritual wisdom. Then the way you live will always honor and please
the Lord, and you will continually do good, kind things for others. All
the while you will learn to know God better and better.
We also pray that you will be strengthened with his glorious power so that
you will have all the patience and endurance that you need. May you
be filled with joy, always thanking the Father, who has enabled you
to share the inheritance that belongs to God's holy people, who
live in the light. For he has rescued us from the one who rules
in the kingdom of darkness, and he has brought us into the Kingdom
of his dear Son. God has purchased our freedom with his blood
and has forgiven all our sins.
I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving,
joy and love!
Love and hugs,
Amaryllis
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Opportunity
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 expected sunshine today, but so far, only clouds. From the looks of the radar, we will be getting rain sometime soon. We had a touch of less humid weather yesterday, but today the humidity is coming back.
My cleaning team is down to one, since Kim had knee surgery last week. Cheryl has been cleaning houses by herself and yesterday, she had a really rough day...one very large house with an alarm system that went off when she got there, an extra home she had canceled, but had to do anyway at the request of the owners, and so she didn't get here until almost 3 PM. But she is always cheerful and seemingly tireless. So the house is clean for another week!
I had to go to CVS to pick up some stuff and a couple scrips and also some creme eggs yum!, and then on to the Park, which was pretty well crowded once again. I don't understand why the water in the canal is so low, just about the lowest I have seen. But it could be due to the dredging they are still working on in the lake.I did not see any herons, but did see the gopher tortoise nibbling on some grass. God is good!
From the Promise Bible NLT:
How Can I face challenging, sometimes intimidating, opportunities?
Philippians 4:13 I can do everything with the help of Christ who gives me the
strength I need.
Our ability to face challenges is rooted in Christ, not in ourselves. With Christ's help,
we can make the most of every opportunity.
Revelation 3:8 I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for
you that no one can shut. You have little strength, yet you obeyed my word,
and did not deny me!
We can trust that nothing will prevent us from fulfilling the opportunity God has for us.
I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving, joy and love!
Love and hugs,
Amaryllis
My cleaning team is down to one, since Kim had knee surgery last week. Cheryl has been cleaning houses by herself and yesterday, she had a really rough day...one very large house with an alarm system that went off when she got there, an extra home she had canceled, but had to do anyway at the request of the owners, and so she didn't get here until almost 3 PM. But she is always cheerful and seemingly tireless. So the house is clean for another week!
I had to go to CVS to pick up some stuff and a couple scrips and also some creme eggs yum!, and then on to the Park, which was pretty well crowded once again. I don't understand why the water in the canal is so low, just about the lowest I have seen. But it could be due to the dredging they are still working on in the lake.I did not see any herons, but did see the gopher tortoise nibbling on some grass. God is good!
From the Promise Bible NLT:
How Can I face challenging, sometimes intimidating, opportunities?
Philippians 4:13 I can do everything with the help of Christ who gives me the
strength I need.
Our ability to face challenges is rooted in Christ, not in ourselves. With Christ's help,
we can make the most of every opportunity.
Revelation 3:8 I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for
you that no one can shut. You have little strength, yet you obeyed my word,
and did not deny me!
We can trust that nothing will prevent us from fulfilling the opportunity God has for us.
I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving, joy and love!
Love and hugs,
Amaryllis
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