Hidden
When they came, he looked on Eliab
and thought, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is now before the Lord.” But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do
not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have
rejected him; for the Lord does not see as mortals see;
they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on
the heart.” ...
... Samuel said to Jesse,
“The Lord has not chosen any of these.” Samuel said to
Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest,
but he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him; for
we will not sit down until he comes here.” He sent and brought him in. Now he
was ruddy, and had beautiful eyes, and was handsome. The Lord said, “Rise and anoint him; for this is the one.” Then
Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the presence of his brothers;
and the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from
that day forward. Samuel then set out and went to Ramah.
1 Samuel 15:34-16:13
Saul Reproved by
Samuel
COPLEY, John
Singleton
1798
Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston
We see what
our theories permit us to see.
~ Albert
Einstein
We cannot be just an
ordinary, decent egg. ...
We must be
hatched or go bad.
~ C.S.Lewis
Wednesday Breakfast
Group
Tom Newsom did this at Tom
Ware's using pastels and colored pencils.
A Blue Heron came out of
hiding right out the window on Bear Creek.
Memories in the
Making
Annual Art Auction
by the Alzheimer's Association
Invesco Field (Mile High
Stadium)
Denver
June 11,
2009
Some of the Broncos at Mile
High Stadium
(Invesco
Field)
Jan's painting (at the
top) paired with Victoria's painting.
They were auctioned off
together.
Emcee Kim Christiansen, of
Channel 9 News
Kim does a wonderful job
and she keeps lots of Kleenex handy
for the emotional
moments.
This group from Ameristar
bought one of the paintings and always donate much to the
auction.
Susan (hidden behind the
woman) and I attend the same church.
Our very own Nancy Priest
(Painted Toe Society)
donated this palette to be
included in the auction.
We turn not
older with years
but newer
every day.
~ Emily Dickenson
June 14, 2009
Pentecost +2 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Previous OPQs may be found at:
He also said, "The kingdom of God
is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise
night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The
earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in
the head. But when the grain is ripe, at once he goes in with his sickle,
because the harvest has come."
He also said, "With what can we
compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a
mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds
on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all
shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make
nests in its shade."
With many such parables he spoke
the word to them, as they were able to hear it; he did not speak to them except
in parables, but he explained everything in private to his disciples.
Mark
4:26-34
Agnus Day,
by James Wetzstein
1 Samuel 15:34-16:13
Psalm 20:1-9
2 Corinthians 5:6-10 (11-13) 14-17
Mark 4:26-34
