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Simple + Southern Sunday No. 563

~ Outdoors, Simple + Southern Sunday

“Show us your steadfast love, O Lord, and grant us your salvation.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭85‬:‭7‬ ‭ESV‬‬

While taking an early morning walk, I paused here and thought…”I believe an angel was not finished with his rest and decided to pull down a shade”. I’ve never actually seen an angel while out walking, but I have never doubted their nearness. And too, EM has me reading The Chronicles of Narnia. I am on book 5 of 7 and I am fascinated by the stories. I do hope she doesn’t test me on remembering all the names!READ MORE

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 562

~ Appalachian Foothills, Simple + Southern Sunday

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.”
‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

I was out before sunrise on Wednesday and it occurred to me that the sun had traversed one third of its southward trek heading toward the winter solstice. Of course, the sun hasn’t done the moving, we have! It is quite noticeable now as the spot on the horizon where the big orange ball rises over the pasture is changing ever so slightly with everyday living!READ MORE

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 561

~ Simple + Southern Sunday

“I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him. That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.”
‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭3‬:‭14‬-‭15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

The sun was below the horizon when this color showed up in a portion of the clouds. Our meteorologist has posted similar photos and called them sun dogs, but I’m not sure if this is the same thing. I was thinking the “dogs” were mainly seen in the winter as sunlight reflected on ice crystals in high cirrus clouds. It was pleasant to see in our early sky regardless of what we might call it!READ MORE