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.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:
(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
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