Humility
The Lord said to Joshua, "This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight
of all Israel, so that they may know that I will be with you as I was with
Moses. You are the one who shall command the priests who bear the ark of the
covenant, 'When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand
still in the Jordan.'" Joshua then said to the Israelites, "Draw near
and hear the words of the Lord your God." Joshua said, "By this you
shall know that among you is the living God who without fail will drive out
from before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites,
Amorites, and Jebusites: the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth
is going to pass before you into the Jordan. So now select twelve men from the
tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. When the soles of the feet of the
priests who bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the
waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan flowing from above shall be cut
off; they shall stand in a single heap."
When the people set out from their tents to cross over the Jordan, the priests
bearing the ark of the covenant were in front of the people. Now the Jordan
overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest. So when those who bore
the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark
were dipped in the edge of the water, the waters flowing from above stood
still, rising up in a single heap far off at Adam, the city that is beside
Zarethan, while those flowing towards the sea of the Arabah, the Dead Sea, were
wholly cut off. Then the people crossed over opposite Jericho. While all Israel
were crossing over on dry ground, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant
of the Lord stood on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, until the entire
nation finished crossing over the Jordan.
Joshua
3:7-17
Conquest of Jericho
NACHSON,
Boruch
Acrylic on
canvas
Contemporary
http://www.kesser.org/gallery/nachshon/nachshon.html
Boruch Nachson is a
Chassidic artist living in Chevron, Israel. He is known for his use of bright,
vivid Acrylic paints and his ability to give form to mystical concepts.
We know
about the guy who was awarded
"The
Most Humble" pin, but lost it for wearing it.*
~ Paul
Anderson
Humility like the darkness, reveals the heavenly lights.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Road Rage
photo by
Sheryl Hellmuth of Evergreen, Colorado
John and
Gretchen MacArthur at Bright Lights Rotary Nights.
It’s hard to
tell that they moved here from Martha’s Vineyard.
At Painted
Toe on Monday, Terrey was given a perfect apron!
A gorgeous
morning after the snow!
Rebecca,
Fran, and Marilyn at our Thursday Evening Book Club.
Lynne
Milliken was the Guest Artist of the Month at the Main Street Fine Art
Gallery!!!
http://www.mainstreetfineartevergreen.com/
Mike
Mehmert, Karen Lindsay
Karen and an
admirer
Bethany wore
her Halloween costume to Rotary on Friday.
People who come here (Washington) either grow or swell.
~ Alan Simpson
October 30, 2011 Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Previous
OPQs may be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
* Humility is tricky
business. I've caught myself being proud of my humility. It's like the skeleton
of the body-it needs to be there to undergird everything else, but it only
shows if something is broken. The skeleton is grotesque when that's all you
see. So is a protruding piety. ~ Paul
Anderson
http://www.holytrinitynewrochelle.org/yourti15508.html
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, "The scribes and the
Pharisees sit on Moses' seat; therefore, do whatever they teach you and follow
it; but do not do as they do, for they do not practice what they teach. They
tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others;
but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them. They do all
their deeds to be seen by others; for they
make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long. They love to have the place of honor at banquets and the
best seats in the synagogues, and to be greeted with respect in the
market-places, and to have people call them rabbi. But you are not to be called
rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all students. And call no one your
father on earth, for you have one Father — the one in heaven. Nor are you to be
called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Messiah. The greatest among you will be your servant. All who exalt
themselves will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be
exalted."
Matthew
23:1-12
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
October 30th,
Reformation Sunday
November 1st,
All Saints’ Day
Joshua 3:7-17
Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37
1 Thessalonians 2:9-13
Matthew 23:1-12