Forgiveness and
Preservation
and
Squandering
18My joy is gone, grief is upon me, my
heart is sick. 19Hark, the cry of my poor people from
far and wide in the land: "Is the LORD not in Zion? Is her King not in
her?" ... 20"The harvest is
past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
21For the hurt of my poor people I am hurt, I mourn,
and dismay has taken hold of me. 22Is there no balm in
Gilead?* Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my poor people
not been restored?
Jeremiah 8:18-9:1
Jeremiah
DUCCIO di
Buoninsegna
Tempera on wood,
1308-11
Museo dell'Opera del
Duomo, Siena
(Front predella
panel from the "Maestà"
Money never
made anyone rich.
~ Seneca
Let me live in my house by the side of the
road,
Where the race of men go
by;
They are good, they are bad; they are weak,
they are strong,
Wise, foolish,--so
am I;
Then why should I
sit in the scorner's
seat,
Or
hurl the cynic's
ban?
Let
me live in my house by the side of the
road,
And
be a friend to man.
~ Sam Walter
Foss
House
by the Side of the Road
Our Wednesday Breakfast
group made a last trip
to Echo Lake Lodge for the
season.
The aspen are turning to
gold up there!
Vicki and Alice and I went
to a Wildlife Preserve
northeast of Denver on
Friday evening.
A preponderance of Bengal
tigers!
They are the only members
of the cat family who like to get in the water.
Grizzly bears, wolves, and
many members of the cat
family live
(separately) on the preserve.
As the sun set, the lions
roared.
On Saturday, I attended a
delightful four hours listening to three authors talk about their
historical Colorado books
and enjoying a nice luncheon. Here, Mike Strunk, with his wife,
Pat,
is autographing
his book for me.
Portraits of Preservation
contains stunning photographs that
Mike took
of lands surrounding
Evergreen that are being preserved from development.
I also
bought the The Emily
Griffith Story, by Debra Faulkner.
In wilderness is the
preservation
of the
world.
~ Henry David
Thoreau
September 23,
2007 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary
Time
Previous OPQs may be found
at:
*‘A BALM IN
GILEAD’
"There is a balm
in Gilead to make the wounded whole;
there is a balm in Gilead to heal
the sin-sick soul.
These words were sung by those who, like
Jeremiah,
longed for that balm and did not find it
present."
Parable of the
Shrewd Manager/Dishonest Steward
Luke
16:1-13
Agnus Day, by James
Wetzstein
Where Moth and Rust
Corrupt
LONG,
Duncan
(Treasures in Heaven, Luke 16:13)
Jeremiah 8:18-9:1
Psalm 79:1-9
1
Timothy 2:1-7
Luke 16:1-13
