http://www.pleonast.com/user/amyjane72 recent pleonast.com entries by user amyjane72 en-us http://www.pleonast.com/user/amyjane72?l=5&entryID=585580 • making new friends! • teaching your first high school girls class and having it only be reaffirmed that you are blessed to be surrounded by a fabulous bunch of young women! God has already blessed me immensely and i have only taught one class. :) • driving to memphis so i can spend the weekend with my aunt! :) • seeing a difference in disposition and energy level from working out at the gym... i actually did some push-ups on my toes! :) • talking to your grandmother who never complains one bit about anything in her life... ever! • getting kind comments from co-workers who recognize you are trying hard every day to be as helpful as possible in every endeavor. • seeing so many friends be blessed with new little ones in their family. • watching other friends grow more in love with their spouses. • helping other friends who are struggling by just telling them you love them and will pray for them. • knowing that hanging out in God's waiting room is really rea... 2008-10-09 http://www.pleonast.com/user/amyjane72?l=5&entryID=585001 this picture (click to see others) are from their 70th anniversary party but i use them because they relate to my post. 72 years ago today at 8:30cst, lelia magdalene timmerman and william benjamin norris, jr. were married in port arthur, texas! and they are still as much in love today. :) 2008-10-08 http://www.pleonast.com/user/amyjane72?l=5&entryID=580399 my cousin lei-anne called me this morning to let me know that an old friend of mine had passed away. gary was such a special person. he was a medic in the vietnam war, and while there he stepped on a land mine that caused him to lose his arm and just about destroyed his hip. i suspect to this day he could still find shrapnel pieces coming to the surface of his body. he had lots and lots of health problems because of his injuries, as one might expect but you would really never know it from talking to him. he was a counselor at my aunt and uncle's camp (rustic youth camp) for many many years. he "wrangled" the boys and girls two weeks out of every year and they loved him dearly. he won favorite counselor several times and was always so humble in receving it. he had such a wonderful influence on not just the kids at camp, but their parents and friends. the parents and friends of his own children and anyone he came in contact with. my heart is saddened to know he isn'... 2008-09-26 http://www.pleonast.com/user/amyjane72?l=5&entryID=577555 i am so sure many of you have already heard this news. i don't even really know this couple except for casually meeting matt at singing school. but matt and lauren lost their full term baby girl this morning. lift them up in prayers, please. may our great God and Father bless them with peace that surpasses all understanding. 2008-09-19 http://www.pleonast.com/user/amyjane72?l=5&entryID=574032 When the night Seems to say All hope is lost Gone away But I know I'm not alone By the light She stands There she waves Faithful friend Shimmering stars Westward wind Show the way Carry me To the place She stands Just when you think it might be over Just when you think the fight is gone Someone will risk his life to raise her There she stands There she flies Clear blue skies Reminds us with red Of those that died Washed in white By the grave In their strength She stands When evil calls itself a martyr When all your hopes come crashing down Someone will pull her from the rubble There she stands We've seen her flying torn and tattered We've seen her stand the test of time And through it all the fools have fallen There she stands By the dawn's Early light And through the fight She stands lyrics by michael w. smith 2008-09-11 http://www.pleonast.com/user/amyjane72?l=5&entryID=537510 Jordan Park church of Christ in Huntsville will be hosting a Ladies Lecturship August 22-23. Liz Roberts from Virginia will be leading a study on "Raising Peculiar Children". All sessions will be at the Jordan Park building. Menus for choosing a boxed lunch from a local restaurant will be provided Friday night and Saturday morning. The meals will then be delivered to an off-site location for lunch. Those in attendance can also choose to make their own lunch plans. Ladies, Liz is a wonderful Christian example and a great student of the Bible. Please come if you can! 2008-06-09 http://www.pleonast.com/user/amyjane72?l=5&entryID=514386 craig hearn from north carolina is at jordan park this week speaking at our series of gospel meetings. he has preached three wonderful sermons and last night's especially stirred me to write this post. "and one of the elders said to me, "Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals." And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth." Revelation 5:5-6 (New American Standard Bible) it is intriguing to me how in these two verses we see what would seem to be two completely opposite descriptions of our Lord. in verse 5, he is the "Lion that is from the tribe of Judah" and in verse 6 "a Lamb standing, as if slain". how can this be? how can Jesus be both a Lion and a Lamb? we can then look at rom... 2008-04-08 http://www.pleonast.com/user/amyjane72?l=5&entryID=408698 i posted this in the Christian Announcements forum but wanted to cross-post it here: Jordan Park church of Christ in Huntsville will be hosting a Ladies Lecturship August 17-18. Liz Roberts from Virginia will be leading a study on the book of Esther. All sessions will be at the Jordan Park building. Friday night: 7pm Saturday: 1st session: 9-10 am Break: 10-10:30am 2nd session: 10:30 - 11:30 am Lunch: 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. 3rd session: 1:00-2:00 pm Break: 2:00-2:30 pm 4th session: 2:30 - 3:30 pm Menus for choosing a boxed lunch from a local restaurant will be provided Friday night and Saturday morning. The meals will then be delivered to an off-site location for lunch. Those in attendance can also choose to make their own lunch plans. Ladies, Liz is a wonderful Christian example and a great student of the Bible. Please come if you can! 2007-07-20 http://www.pleonast.com/user/amyjane72?l=5&entryID=378390 hey gang... goin' private. if you aren't on my friends list and want to be just let me know! 2007-05-03