Destiny/Life Lines



Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, "Send everyone away from me." So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it. Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they at his presence.

Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come closer to me." And they came closer. He said, "I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. For the famine has been in the land these two years; and there are five more years in which there will be neither ploughing nor harvest. God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. So it was not you who sent me here, but God; he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. You shall settle in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children, as well as your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. I will provide for you there — since there are five more years of famine to come — so that you and your household, and all that you have, will not come to poverty.' And now your eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it is my own mouth that speaks to you. You must tell my father how greatly I am honored in Egypt, and all that you have seen. Hurry and bring my father down here." Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, while Benjamin wept upon his neck. And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after that his brothers talked with him.

 

Genesis 45:1-15

 

The Reconciliation of Joseph and His Brothers

CORNELIUS, Peter

1816-1817

Nationalgalerie, Berlin





This fresco was originally part of a cycle of paintings in the former reception room of the Casa Bartholdy in Rome. They were painted in 1815-17. At the end of the 19th century the frescoes were taken down and moved to Berlin. Jacob's Lament is by Schadow, while Philipp Veit (1793-1877) painted the lunette above it, The Fat Years, and the large-scale Joseph and Potiphar's Wife. Cornelius painted the Joseph Interpreting Pharaoh's Dream - also crowned by a lunette, The Lean Years by Overbeck - and The Recognition of Joseph by his Brothers. The artists regarded the cycle as their main work and they all made watercolour versions on a small scale, which were shown in the Berlin Academy exhibition in the autumn of 1818, framed with architectural divisions.

 

http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/c/corneliu/fresco2.html

 

http://www.rossettiarchive.org/docs/op148.rap.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

Destiny is not a matter of chance,

but a matter of choice.

It is not a thing to be waited for,

it is a thing to be achieved.

~ William Jennings Bryan

 

 

 

I am not a product of my circumstances.

I am a product of my decisions.

~ Stephen Covey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seniors’ Resource Center

Memories in the Making

Field Trip to Center for the Arts Evergreen

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

 

Stephanie Perkens, the Education Coordinator at CAE, had tables set up

and paints ready for our Alzheimer’s Artists.

 

It was fun to see everyone’s reactions to the delightful sculpture exhibit.

 

Cherrie painted one of the sculptures, but she put clothes on

the naked figure!

 

Ray turned 98 this last week!

 

Susie Frey from the Colorado Alzheimer’s Association

joined us for the outing.

 

Sandy Mathis, on the right, showed two of our artists

the picture she had taken of them.

Our artists’ paintings are hanging in the hallway at 

Center for the Arts Evergreen which is

what inspired the field trip.

 

A very successful field trip!

 

Jan is the only one in our present group who was a member of the 

original group of artists I started with fifteen years ago.

 

 

Marcia Walsh and Diane Lange at a Mountain Reads

meeting Wednesday evening.

 

 

At Rotary this week, our own Kimra Perkins gave a brief overview of the enduring self-leadership 

principles outlined in Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

 

 

She will be leading an in-depth 2 day workshop in October.

It was particularly timely since I am using two of Stephen Covey’s quotes this week.

 

Gretchen and John MacArthur hosted our Dine Around dinner Saturday evening.

 

 

Marnie Thomas and Gretchen MacArthur

Thank you, GRETCHEN and JOHN!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Sow a thought, reap an action;

sow an action, reap a habit;

sow a habit, reap a character;

sow a character, reap a destiny.

~ Stephen Covey

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 17, 2014        Tenth Sunday after Pentecost — 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 15

 

Previous OPQs may be found at:

     http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm

 

 

 

 

(Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, "Listen and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles." Then the disciples approached and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you said?" He answered, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit." But Peter said to him, "Explain this parable to us." Then he said, "Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach, and goes out into the sewer? But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles. For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.")

 

Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon." But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, "Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us." He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me." He answered, "It is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs." She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed instantly.

 

Matthew 15:(10-20), 21-28

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

 

comic

 

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

 

 

 

 

Genesis 45:1-15

Psalm 133

Romans 11:1–2a, 13–15, 28–32

Matthew 15:21–28