Reward

After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt-offering on one of the mountains that I shall show you." So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac; he cut the wood for the burnt-offering, and set out and went to the place in the distance that God had shown him. On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place far away. Then Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey; the boy and I will go over there; we will worship, and then we will come back to you." Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering and laid it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together. Isaac said to his father Abraham, "Father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." He said, "The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering?" Abraham said, "God himself will provide the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son." So the two of them walked on together.

When they came to the place that God had shown him, Abraham built an altar there and laid the wood in order. He bound his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to kill his son. But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." He said, "Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me." And Abraham looked up and saw a ram, caught in a thicket by its horns. Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt-offering instead of his son. So Abraham called that place "The Lord will provide"; as it is said to this day, "On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided."

Genesis 22:1-14

Sacrifice of Isaac

TIZIANO Vecellio
1542-44
Oil on canvas, 328 x 285 cm
Santa Maria della Salute, Venice

http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/t/tiziano/01b/index.html

The highest reward for a man’s toil
is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.*

~ John Ruskin

If people are good only because they fear punishment,

and hope for reward,

then we are a sorry lot indeed.

~ Albert Einstein

Rotary Changing of the Guard Party

Outgoing President Todd hands the gavel to Incoming President Gretchen.

Todd with Kimra and Bill, our very deserving Rotarians of the Year!!!

Tammy Carpenter at the lake this morning.

Susie Asano invited us to the Annual Cherry Blossom Festival

held at the Buddhist Temple she attends in Sakura Square in Denver.

There was a large display of bonsai.

We also saw ikebana displays.

Patron Appreciation Party for Center for the Arts Evergreen

Peggy Eggers filling in the first spot on this year’s money-raising

sign for Center for the Arts Evergreen.

The generous hosts for the party were Dick, Noi, and Sally Williams.

Noi used to help with one of our Memories in the Making groups.


Our cars really trampled their “lawn.”

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments;

there are consequences.*

~ Robert Green Ingersoll

June 26, 2011 Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Second Sunday after Pentecost

Previous OPQs may be found at:

http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm

* A repeat.

[Jesus said:] "Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous; and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple — truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward."

Matthew 10:40-42

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org

Genesis 22:1-14

Psalm 13:1-6

Romans 6:12-23

Matthew 10:40-42