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Sorry I have been out injured/sick.
I know it has been a while since I posted a Bible study--my first time in 18 months missing a post. I apologize, but I couldn't manage to do the work while in pain and under meds. To boot, my laptop has been on the fritz. I have written and lost work while trying to save it. :( Enough whining. Hope this finds you all well.…
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Welcome to New Members
Welcome to No More Waiting http://www.myfitnesspal.com/profile/no_more_waiting Do share a bit about yourself, although you have a great bio on your page. We're here to support your success at loss and also maintenance. Good health to you. Our normal Welcome thread is caught up in the glitch of MFP inability to show more…
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Sunday, Ordinary 34, Proper 29, Nov 23
The Good Shepherd https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2751/5721370328_7967a1fc12_b_d.jpg Fr Lawrence Lew, OP, flickr CCL Meditation Sunday, Ordinary 34, Proper 29 continued the defining of what made up the family of God. The Psalmist sang praises to God because he was a good shepherd of his flock. The prophet Ezekiel described…
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Saturday, Ordinary 34, Proper 29, Nov 22
The Good Shepherd https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2751/5721370328_7967a1fc12_b_d.jpg Fr Lawrence Lew, OP, flickr CCL Meditation Saturday, Ordinary 34, Proper 29 was about family. Who constituted the family of God? His people in the Old Testament Psalm 100, besides lifting up praise to God, acknowledged that God was creator.…
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Friday, Ordinary 34, Proper 29, Nov 21
Prepare Ye the Way of the LORD https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3018/3088543813_085dfb8398_z_d.jpg This window is a detail from the church of St Etheldreda, Ely Place in London. Fr Lawrence Lew, OP, flickr CCL Meditation Friday, Ordinary 34, Proper 29 remained one of the most musically experienced of all the Scriptures…
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Thursday, Ordinary 34, Proper 29, Nov 20
Sing Songs of Praise to God https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5108/5626260385_c99be7c247_z_d.jpg In this charming detail from a medieval window of Fairford parish church which depicts Christ's entry into Jerusalem, a small group of singers is shown singing this hymn from the above the city gate! Fr Lawrence Lew, OP, flickr…
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Monday, Ordinary 32, Proper 27, Nov 10
Joshua and the Treaty http://www.wikigallery.org/paintings/198501-199000/198820/painting1.jpg Joshua and the treaty William Brassey Hole Wikigallery CCL Meditation Monday, Ordinary 32, Proper 27 lessons brought us to the end of Joshua’s life. He had insisted in yesterday’s lesson that the Children of Israel make their…
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Sunday Ordinary 32, Proper 27, Nov 9
Joshua and the Children of Israel http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Karolingischer_Buchmaler_um_840_001.jpg/640px-Karolingischer_Buchmaler_um_840_001.jpg Joshua and the Children of Israel Karolingischer Buchmaler, c.840 Wikipedia, CCL Meditation Sunday, Ordinary 32, Proper 27 lessons jump from…
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Saturday, Ordinary 32, Proper 27, Nov 8
Meditation Saturday, Ordinary 32, Proper 27 was a step into the world of danger. Every day, somewhere, a headline reads someone was killed. Back in the settlements of the Twelve Tribes, the Lord determined that a person, who accidentally killed someone, should have options. Most people thought if someone killed a family…
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Welcome to New Members!
Hi Everyone, To all new comers: I wish you a grand Virtuous Living Bible Study Welcome. I hope you'll enjoy it here, find God's blessing and share your insights with us all. To regular comers: Please take the opportunity to post your own welcome to them. BTW, New members, please share a little something about yourself for…
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Friday, Ordinary 32, Proper 27, Nov 7
Joshua Built an Altar of Uncut Stones Meggido uncut stone altar, Israel, Wikipedia, / Meditation Friday, Ordinary 32, Proper 27 split its focus between the honoring of the Lord by building altars made with uncut stones which would be stones carved by God (as opposed to the pagan altars hewed with cut stones -see picture…
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Thursday, Ordinary 32, Proper 27, Nov 6
Meditation Thursday, Ordinary 32, Proper 27 brought the Exodus story to a close, as the Children of Israel settled in the plains surrounding Jericho. They had been working with manna for over 40 years, but they planted crops and ate from the corn they produced for their first Passover. The day after they ate their ‘old…
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Wednesday Ordinary 31, Proper 26, Nov 5
Meditation Wednesday, Ordinary 31, Proper 26 told the remarkable story of the day the sun stood still. Joshua led the Children of Israel. The Amorites presented a larger deterrent and they couldn’t be vanquished rapidly. Joshua asked for God’s help—just as many have wished for a few more hours to the day. The sun stood…
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Tuesday, Ordinary 31, Proper 26, Nov 4
Meditation Tuesday, Ordinary 31, Proper 26 told the story of God's intervention. The Old Testament showed Joshua leading the Hebrews to take Jericho. There was the high walled city of Jericho with its armed soldiers walking the walls, which must have appeared fearsome to the Children of Israel. But God told Joshua what to…
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Monday, Ordinary 31, Proper 26, Nov 3
Meditation Monday, Ordinary 31, Proper 26’s theme was about mementoes. The Psalmist cited all the ways that God would bless and the list of people and things that demonstrated the blessing of God. The Old Testament lesson in Joshua, though lengthy, celebrated the crossing by having a representative from each tribe gather…
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Sunday, Ordinary 31, Proper 26, Nov 2
Meditation Sunday, Ordinary 31, Proper 26 centered on what God did for all people. In the Old Testament lesson, God told Joshua that he would make Joshua a great man, able to lead the Children of Israel across the Jordan River into the Promised Land. Despite the fact that Joshua would be perceived as a great man, the…
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Saturday, Ordinary 31, Proper 26, Nov 1
Meditation Saturday, Ordinary 31, Proper 26 pondered the “finding one’s way” from the Psalmist’s review of the Exodus, where ‘some wandered in the trackless desert’ to the escape of the spies Joshua sent into Jericho to the hypocritical Pharisees that Jesus ranted about. A choice was made by each. The Hebrews chose to…
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Friday, Ordinary 31, Proper 26, Oct 31
Meditation Friday, Ordinary 31, Proper 26 showed discernment of truth and falsehoods. The Old Testament lesson in Joshua reveled in the exciting story of spies being sent into Jericho, encountering Rahab and hiding out on her roof, while having her lie to the authorities about their ‘not’ being there. The New Testament…
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Thursday, Ordinary 31, Proper 36, Oct 30
Meditation The Scriptures are too long to allow for my meditation to post here. My meditation can be found on my blog www.chaplynne.wordpress.com -- or just read the Scriptures and pray. Prayer: Almighty God, Open my eyes that I might see. Open my mind that I might understand. Open my heart that I might make your words a…
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Wednesday, Ordinary 30, Proper 25, Oct 29
Meditation Wednesday, Ordinary 30, Proper 25 followed the theme of obedience to the Law of God. The Psalmist celebrated his obedience to the Law of God. The Old Testament lesson in Deuteronomy reiterated the ‘obey the Ten Commandments’ as God had given them. To insure the laws registered in their memory, God commanded them…
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Tuesday, Ordinary 30, Proper 25, Oct 28
The Ten Commandments and Moses https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3395/3268266417_444e7ab70f_z_d.jpg?zz=1 Stained glass in the Lady Chapel of Waltham Abbey parish church. This shows Moses with the Ten Commandments, and is above the scene of the Presentation in the Temple. Photo by Steve Day, flickr CCL Meditation Tuesday,…
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Monday, Ordinary 30, Proper 25, Oct 27
The Death of Aaron http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Aaron-icon.jpg 18 century icon painter - Iconostasis of Kizhi monastery, Karelia, Russia Wikipedia CCL Meditation Monday, Ordinary 30, Proper 25 was short and sweet. The Psalmist recalled the ways that he loved the law of God and how it kept him joyful…
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Sunday, Ordinary 30, Proper 25, Oct 26
Meditation Sunday, Ordinary 30, Proper 25 affirmed the message of God continues despite the passing of one leader or the delinquency of the people. In the Old Testament lesson, Moses’ death was preceded by God showing him the Promised Land from Mt. Nebo and then burying him afterwards in an undisclosed place. Moses was so…
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Saturday, Ordinary 30, Proper 25, Oct 25
Meditation Saturday, Ordinary 30, Proper 25 was all about Moses—his words, his song, his declarations. The Psalm was the Song of Moses that he wrote at the end of his life, his final legacy to his people. Moses acknowledged God’s infinite greatness— “Lord, you have been our home since the beginning. 2 Before the mountains…
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Friday, Ordinary 30, Proper 25, Oct 24
Meditation Friday, Ordinary 30, Proper 25 dispensed the ways that believers can rely on God. The Psalmist, Moses, sang his song of triumph—how God helped the Children of Israel in the wilderness, even when they disobeyed and turned away from God, how they could always trust in God who controlled the universe and all of…
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Thursday, Ordinary 30, Proper 25, Oct 23
Meditation Thursday, Ordinary 30, Proper 25 reflected on the sad state of affairs that God had to contend with: the faithlessness and hypocrisy of his chosen people both Hebrew and Christian. Psalm 90 was a Song of Moses, written after God called Joshua and him into the Tent of Meeting to have a sad confab. The news was…
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Tale of Three Miracles
Tale of Three Miracles Friday, Oct 10th, to insure I didn’t oversleep my two alarms trilled at 5:45 a.m. in the pre-dawn darkness. I needed to take my son and his girlfriend, who had been in an accident last month (doing well, BTW), to the train to catch the 8:15 a.m. into Los Angeles. On the way, we stopped at the 24-hour…
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Saturday, Ordinary 28, Proper 23, Oct 11
Meditation Saturday, Ordinary 28, Proper 23 continued the story of Moses going up into the mountain to receive God’s instructions. After the encounter with God by the seventy elders and Moses, his brother and nephews, God called Moses up further…separating out Moses from the others. Where the seventy saw the base—sapphire…
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Friday, Ordinary 28, Proper 23, Oct 10
Meditation Friday, Ordinary 28, Proper 23 the Old Testament Psalm created a snapshot of the Exodus with the great wonders of God’s promises and the failures of the Children of Israel to be faithful, and despite God’s anger, Moses’ intervention caused God not to destroy them. A remarkable Old Testament lesson where Moses,…
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MeriemLovesGod Tped41 No_More_Waiting and semperanticus1643
Please pray for the following members today. Even if you don't know what to pray for them, God does. Lift them to the Almighty, who cares for all of us. If you are one of the members below and would like to post an update or prayer request, please post in this thread. If your prayer request is of a personal nature, please…
