Everyday Living

What Is Your Friday Plan ?

~ Easter, Everyday Living, Faith, Holidays, Spring

 

I had a chat this week with a friend at the gym and was reminded of words he had spoken about two years ago. I felt it would be timely and hopefully encouraging to revisit that conversation and the thoughts it triggered, so here we go:

  Last Monday was typical with my usual lunch visit to the gym for a workout. Monday can be a hard gym day if for no other reason than the weekend is over and we are back at it! I usually have a conversation with a guy who is a gym regular (I’ll call him Bob) and we often discuss getting the Monday workout behind us. This week was no exception as Bob and I talked it over. As he was leaving, Bob made a remark that went something like, “you know the good thing about Monday is that it’s only four days ’til Friday”. Only gym talk but this simple chit-chat brought some additional thoughts to my mind.READ MORE

Dogwood Branches

~ Easter, Everyday Living, Faith, Spring

 “And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”
Philippians 2:8

Hello sweet friends! I am always thrilled to welcome you to Everyday Living. Springtime has finally arrived in our Appalachian Foothills! Dogwood trees are in full bloom which always signals that it is the Easter season. Yesterday I decided to cut a few small branches to bring inside. I wasn’t sure where I would place them, I just wanted to enjoy their beauty. However, they landed in the foyer! I didn’t spend time styling, I just placed the dogwood in tall vases on the painted chest. I hope you live where you can personally enjoy their beauty, but if not, I invite you to enjoy the flowering dogwood branches in my home! Be sure to come back tomorrow as Butch will be sharing some special thoughts!



On a trip to the Holy Land, we bought this beautiful signed and numbered print of an artist’s watercolor rendering of the Via Dolorosa. The Via Dolorosa (the sorrowful way) is a street that is within the walls of The Old City of Jerusalem. The Bible does not specifically mention the Via Dolorosa. All we know from Scripture is that Jesus carried His cross from the Praetorium to the site on Mount Calvary where He was crucified.READ MORE

Simple + Southern Sunday No. 177

~ Everyday Living, Faith, Gardening, Outdoors, Spring

“For he grew up before him like a young plant,
    and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
    and no beauty that we should desire him…

  …He was despised and rejected by men,
    a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces
    he was despised, and we esteemed him not…

  …Surely he has borne our griefs
    and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
    smitten by God, and afflicted.”
Isaiah 53:2-4

  Lake Gadsden offers a tranquil late afternoon scene!READ MORE