Commun ty Matters Newton Presbyterian Manor
Chaplains Corner: The daysman has come By Jerroll Martens, chaplain
“Neither is there a daysman betwixt us that might lay his hand upon us both.” Job 9:33 The ancient man Job cried out for someone to bring him into the presence of God. Job, afflicted and discouraged, wanted to bring his case before God and have some answers, but he knew enough of the true God that no human being was worthy to come into His presence. His cry was to find such a person, one who was welcome in God’s presence and who also understood his problem and could do something about it. This is pictured in the ancient practice of the arbitrator, the mediator, laying a hand on the head of each of the parties involved. It spoke of fairness, justice and a well pleasing outcome for each party. This pictures the sinful human condition before a Holy God. We are not worthy to come into his presence. However, in Bethlehem a baby was born who held the hand of a Holy God and the hand of man. I Timothy 2:5 says, “….one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” The angel told Joseph of Mary, “she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.” He was fully God and fully man in order that He might “bring” us to God. Merry Christmas!
December 2017
Popular painter featured on Art is Ageless cards Velera Adams is a perennial People’s Choice award winner in our annual Art is Ageless competition, and her paintings have been featured in two recent calendars. This year, lots of people can take home a pocket-sized version of one of her watercolors, reproduced on the new Art is Ageless notecards. Velera’s painting “The Pianist” features one of her favorite subjects: cats. Recently, she was painting mostly animals. Before that, it was a phase of still-life setups; before that, florals; before that, landscapes.
Velera Adams
You could say Velera, who lives in Hutchinson, likes to study a subject fully and from all sides. “I’m very much a realist. I almost paint my watercolors like it was oil — I can’t quit until the last little twig is in,” she said. Her mother was a painter, but Velera herself didn’t do much more than doodle until her junior year in high school. Then, she decided to embellish a book report with a painting of the book cover. Her mother showed her how to reproduce a picture using a grid, and the painting bug bit. Velera went on to become an elementary school teacher, and she also taught art to the kids in her school. But she didn’t get much time to paint for herself until she took early retirement. The only art classes she took were those offered by decorative painters, because they taught color theory and elements of design. Their methods emphasized everyone’s ability to learn painting. VELERA, continued on page 2