Truth

He put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches."

He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind; when it was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but threw out the bad. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

"Have you understood all this?" They answered, "Yes." And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old."

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Pearl of Great Price

BONNELL, Daniel

Images on Christ Project

Contemporary

Private Collection

http://www.biblical-art.com/artwork.asp?id_artwork=31472&showmode=Full

Artist’s comment: “In the painting Discovering the Pearl of Great Price all of nature (the sun) bends toward the pilgrim as if all of creation and the creator finally make sense in this life. It is a moment of spiritual awakening that is found when we finally connect with our true Father, not our earthly Father but our Heavenly Father. The Merchant holds the pearl to his breast in gratitude, worship and joy. The key to his discovery lies in the shadow of the shovel."

Truth, like gold,

is to be obtained not by its growth,

but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

~Leo Tolstoy

Those who think it is permissible

to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.

~Austin O'Malley

Twenty-four of our Wednesday Breakfast Group went to Echo Lake Lodge

on the road to Mt. Evans this week.

Carmon, Bryce, Melody

Tricia, Pixie

Loie and Sylvia

Gretchen and I went to Bits and Pieces during the

Chamber Mixer/Arts Alive Artist Gallery & Walk Reception at Bergen Park Village

Thursday evening to present an award to Bits and Pieces.

Bits and Pieces is very generous in their support of both

local and international communities.

Jessica, Sarah, Vickie, Carol (owner), and Rotary President Gretchen

http://www.bitsandpiecesboutique.com/team.htm

Sue Patterson was our speaker at Rotary.

Sue graduated from Duke University and became a Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia before joining the Foreign Service, where she served for 25 years. Her posts included Chile, Iran, Guatemala and Italy. She now lives permanently in Guatemala and donates her time to WINGS.

Recipient of Sargent Shriver Peace Corp award

Founder of WINGS

WINGS creates opportunities for Guatemalan families to improve their lives by providing them with family planning education and access to reproductive health services.

http://wingsguate.org/en/aboutus/staff/suepatterson

Art for the Mountain Community