Where were you ... ?
 
 
1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind ...
4 "Where were you ... "

Job
    LIEVENS, Jan
1631
Gift of the National Art Collections Fund of Great Britain, 1933
National Gallery of Canada


"In this story from the Old Testament, the faith of Job was severely tested when he lost all his wealth, his children were killed, and his body was covered in painful boils. The physical and psychological suffering of Job is conveyed by his worn body, slumped on a dung heap, tormented by demonic spirits and scorned by his wife."
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artwork_e.jsp?mkey=9686

 
 
 
 
One's destination is never a place
but rather a new way of looking at things.
                                                                ~ Henry Miller
 
The pessimist complains about the wind;
the optimist expects it to change;
the realist adjusts the sails.
                                                                ~ William Arthur Ward
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oktoberfest
with Hanna and Al
Eins, zwei, g'suffa!!!
 
This gorgeous fox came to the party
with a big yawn ...
 
... and curled up and took a nap!!!  Right there!
 
Another glorious sunrise on the way to Rotary Club!
The figure is part of a recently installed sculpture at the new fire station.
 
Some of the jewelry we are helping to make for the Alternative Christmas Fair.
The proceeds will go to help women in Guatemala with micro-credit loans.
(This is what we have been making with the glass pieces we fused in September.)
 
Isobel, 100 years old, proudly holding her first painting at
Life Care Nursing Home on Friday!
 
 
 
Some people change when they see the light,
others when they feel the heat.
                                                                ~ Caroline Schoeder
 
 
 
 
Light travels faster than sound.
This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.
 
(A related bonus quote from Baby Brother)
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October 22, 2006    Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Previous OPQs may be found at:      
                http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
 
 
 
35James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." 36And he said to them, "What is it you want me to do for you?" 37And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." 38But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking..."
                                Mark 10:35-45
 
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
 
 
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
 
 
 
Doggie Heaven?
http://www.otgateway.com/job.htm

Job 38:1-7 (34-41)
Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35c
Hebrews 5:1-10
Mark 10:35-45