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Matthew 5   New Living Translation   

5 One day as he saw the crowds gathering, Jesus went up on the mountainside and sat down. His disciples gathered around him, 2 and he began to teach them.

(The Beatitudes)

3 “God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him,

    for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

4 God blesses those who mourn,

    for they will be comforted.

5 God blesses those who are humble,

    for they will inherit the whole earth.

6 God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice,

    for they will be satisfied.

7 God blesses those who are merciful,

    for they will be shown mercy.

8 God blesses those whose hearts are pure,

    for they will see God.

9 God blesses those who work for peace,

    for they will be called the children of God.

10 God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right,

    for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

11 “God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. 12 Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way.

Matthew 21:28-32 New Living Translation

28 “But what do you think about this? A man with two sons told the older boy, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ 29 The son answered, ‘No, I won’t go,’ but later he changed his mind and went anyway. 30 Then the father told the other son, ‘You go,’ and he said, ‘Yes, sir, I will.’ But he didn’t go.

31 “Which of the two obeyed his father?”

They replied, “The first.”

Then Jesus explained his meaning: “I tell you the truth, corrupt tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the Kingdom of God before you do. 32 For John the Baptist came and showed you the right way to live, but you didn’t believe him, while tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even when you saw this happening, you refused to believe him and repent of your sins.

You know, I have been meaning to fix one of my websites because the “heading,” some how had disappeared. Well, tonight I had a little time. (I am all the time in a rush for some reason) 

So, I wanted to add a theme picture on “Hisapostle,” site. First I thought of a “Star of David,” with a “Cross,” embedded in the middle to show my support for the nation of Israel. I couldn’t find one. 

I ask the Lord for a suggestion and felt him respond with a depiction of “Paul the Apostle.” Well, I searched over and over again looking for an image of “Paul,” washing the feet of the other saints. 

You see, whenever I think of “Paul,” I think of him as a servant first. I mean, of all of his accomplishments which would take me pages to write, no doubt, the one attribute that stands out to me was how selfless that he was in almost everything that he did. 

Therefore, I wanted to find an image of him “washing the feet of the Saints.”

I mean, if you know the scriptures you ought to be aware that Peter can be characterized as doing this, John could be characterized as one who surely must have performed the act since he was recognized as the "apostle of love." and then we have the portrayal of Jesus doing it as recorded in scripture. 

Nonetheless, I couldn’t find any images of Paul doing this and yet the man served his brothers and sisters in the “Faith,” in a greater capacity more than any of the other “saints” listed in scripture. 

But somehow no artist through history has ever portrayed the apostle Paul ever doing this….well at least not in the world of the internet’s history of the “Saints.” 

So, finally I settled on an artist’s picture of Paul being knocked to the ground concerning his conversion. And then I went to a second site and a third site and finally felt led to add some aesthetics to my personal site. 

I have had a Cross on there for way over ten years but thought that I would change it. Again, I ask God and this time I felt as if the Lord wanted me to add an image again of a “saint,” of old washing the feet of the other saints. 

This time I simply put “washing the feet,” in the search box. Well, all kinds of images came up, yet there was an ideal one of a “saint” washing the feet of the other saints. 

Therefore, I went with that one.  

(And please note that the Bible refers to all believer’s as ‘Saints,” not just a few randomly picked by a guy with a funny hat and a number of other ‘funny hat’ wearers.)

Luke 17:7-10 New Living Translation

7 “When a servant comes in from plowing or taking care of sheep, does his master say, ‘Come in and eat with me’? 8 No, he says, Prepare my meal, put on your apron, and serve me while I eat. Then you can eat later.’ 9 And does the master thank the servant for doing what he was told to do? Of course not. 10 In the same way, when you obey me, you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who have simply done our duty.”

Luke 17:11-19 New Living Translation

11 As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria. 12 As he entered a village there, ten men with leprosy stood at a distance, 13 crying out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

14 He looked at them and said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed of their leprosy.

15 One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, “Praise God!” 16 He fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what he had done. This man was a Samaritan.

17 Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine? 18 Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19 And Jesus said to the man, “Stand up and go. Your faith has healed you.”