Do not worry …
His Eye is
on the Sparrow …
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow …
[Jesus said:] "No one
can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other,
or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and
wealth. Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat
or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life
more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air;
they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father
feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And can any of you by worrying
add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,
yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of
these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and
tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of
little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will
we drink?' or 'What will we wear?' For it is the Gentiles who strive for all
these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these
things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all
these things will be given to you as well.
"So do not worry
about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is
enough for today."
Matthew 6:24-34
They Toil
Not, Neither Do They Spin, 1903
FORTESCUE-BRICKDALE,
Eleanor
(English,
1871-1945)
Watercolor
Private
Collection
http://thedailypainting.blogspot.com/2010/07/they-toil-not-neither-do-they-spin.html
It is not the brain
that matters, but that which guides it...the character, the heart, the
generosity, the new ideas.
~
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Worry never robs tomorrow of
its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
~ Leo Buscaglia
We finally celebrated Rebecca’s
October birthday by taking her to the Chart House. (We all helped her eat her lava cake
dessert.)
Holly gave a
wonderful inspiration message to us
on Friday morning.
Gretchen,
our Rotary President-elect, was warmly sent off to her training weekend.
Some of our
Rotarians attempting to learn
Spanish.
La
Professora … Maria!
Maria Camp,
a Rotarian, was born in Ecuador and was a youngster with her parents in Uganda
(1974-1979). Maria started and runs Into Your Hands, a group that works to
improve rural communities of Uganda by developing financially sustainable
solutions for affordable education.
More members
of our Rotary Spanish class. Ten of them
will be traveling to Guatemala in March to help support Starfish One by One. Starfish is another organization started by a
couple in our Rotary group, Ted and Connie Ning. It works to empower young women through
education and mentorship to become leaders in their community.
http://www.starfishonebyone.org/
Dine-Around!
Our host and
hostess, Woody and Barbie Hancock.
One of their
rescued doggies, Tulo … named after Rockies star Troy Tulowitzki.
Dorie, Kathe
Brenda and
Bob
Wayne
Woody with
shy Dharma, who was adopted only six
weeks ago.
The reason why worry kills more people than work
is that more people worry than work.
~ Robert Frost
February 27, 2011 Eighth Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Previous OPQs may be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
Agnus
Day,
by
James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the
permission of www.agnusday.org
The
theme of the song is inspired by the words of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew in the Bible, as referenced by
Mrs. Doolittle in Elmira, New
York: "Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap
nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of
more value than they?" (Matthew 6:26)
Civilla
Martin, who wrote the lyrics, said this about her inspiration to write the song
based in the scriptures outlined above,
Early in the spring of 1905, my husband and I were
sojourning in Elmira, New York. We contracted a deep friendship for a couple by
the name of Mr. and Mrs. Doolittle—true saints of God. Mrs. Doolittle had been
bedridden for nigh twenty years. Her husband was an incurable cripple who had
to propel himself to and from his business in a wheel chair. Despite their
afflictions, they lived happy Christian lives, bringing inspiration and comfort
to all who knew them. One day while we were visiting with the Doolittles, my
husband commented on their bright hopefulness and asked them for the secret of
it. Mrs. Doolittle's reply was simple: "His eye is on the sparrow, and I
know He watches me." The beauty of this simple expression of boundless
faith gripped the hearts and fired the imagination of Dr. Martin and me. The
hymn "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" was the outcome of that experience.
—Civilla Martin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Eye_Is_on_the_Sparrow
His Eye is
on the Sparrow
why should I feel discouraged
and why should the shadows come
why should my heart feel lonely
and long for heaven and home
when Jesus is my portion
a constant friend is He
His eye is on the sparrow
and I know He watches over me
His eye is on the sparrow
and I know He watches over me
I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
His eye is on the sparrow
and I know He watches me
He watches me
His eye is on the sparrow
and I know He watches
I know He watches,
I know He watches me.
I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
His eye is on the the sparrow
and I know He watches me
He watches me
His eye is on the sparrow
and I know he watches me
He watches me
He watches me
I know He watches me
by
Civilla Martin, 1905
http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/s/sisteract9707/hiseyeisonthesparrow320849.html
Isaiah 49:8-16a
Psalm 131:1-3
1 Corinthians 4:1-5
Matthew 6:24-34