Humility
(again)
On one occasion when Jesus was going to the
house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were
watching him closely.
When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a
parable. "When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit
down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has
been invited by your host; and the host who invited both of you may come and say
to you, 'Give this person your place', and then in disgrace you would start to
take the lowest place. But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest
place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, move up
higher'; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table
with you. For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble
themselves will be exalted."
He said also to the one who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or
a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich
neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. But
when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the
blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be
repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
Luke 14:1, 7-14
The Poor Invited to the Feast
JESUS
MAFA
(JESUS
MAFA is a response to the New Testament readings from the Lectionary by a Christian
community in Cameroon, Africa.)
See:
www.jesusmafa.com
1973
Cameroon
Too many people overvalue what they are not
and undervalue what they are.
~
Malcolm S. Forbes
True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps
us
from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves.
It makes us modest by reminding us
how far we have come short of what we can be.
~
Ralph W. Sockman
Zoe
proudly displayed the quilt she designed and made at Wednesday Breakfast!
Carmon
Slater, on the right, was her technical advisor.
Zoe
Cathy
Jones
Opening
Reception
Humphrey
Memorial Museum
Evergreen,
Colorado
Betsy
Buckner
Opening
Reception
Design
Center
Evergreen,
Colorado
Betsy
has been doing a lot of floral paintings lately,
but
she is best known for her bears!
E.
Melinda Morrison
Treasured
Expressions
Presented
by 7801
Evergreen,
Colorado
Opening
Reception
Carolyn
Martyn hosted a delicious birthday luncheon today in their lovely garden!
Gary
and Carolyn Martyn
What kills a skunk
is the publicity it gives itself.
~
Abraham Lincoln
September 1, 2013 Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary
Time
Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Proper 17
Agnus Day, by
James Wetzstein
com/pastors/pastor-articles/162525-how-to-grow-in-christ-like-humility.html
Jeremiah 2:4-13 with Psalm 81:1, 10-16 or
Proverbs 25:6–7 with Psalm
112
Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16
Luke 14:1, 7-14