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Still working on this blogging thing. Every day seems to be lived out with a new idea, but I forget to write about it here. Today, it's about the beauty of living, even in a bad economy.

My brother gave me a birthday present once. It's a book titled "Come to the Table - Food, Fellowship, and a Celebration of God's Bounty." It quotes scripture as a source for its inspiration. For example, "It Is Pleasant for the Eyes to Behold the Sun" is Ecclesiastes 11:7 and the chapter is titled "The First Meal of the Day." 

"Is the first nourishment of your day physical or is it spiritual?" it asks. "Throughout the Bible, morning is imagined in many ways.  In Genesis 3:8 it is the 'cool' of day and in 1 Samuel 9:26 it is the 'dawning.' 

"...imagery has often tethered poets to the Bible....Receive your first meal of the day with gladness.  Recall often the words of the poet Henry David Thoreau:  'Renew thyself completely each day, do it again, and again, and forever again.'" 

"I heard your voice in the garden." is Genesis 3:10.  "Come now, please join us in the garden, your ancestral home!  As you embrace a daily routine of celebration, let your heart become one of a pilgrim, a sacred life traveler.  Be aware, however, that no pilgrimage would be complete without a few unexpected turns.

"Throughout history, in many traditions of faith, the moment of revelation or epiphany has come against a backdrop of the natural world.

"...In both the Old and New Testament, gardens served a myriad of functions.  They were places where food was both grown and eaten....It was in a garden that Jesus surrendered to the will of our Father.  ...We experience the garden not only as a place of magnificent creation and constant renewal, but also as a source of divine resurrection and ultimate redemption."

Well, anyway. It's all about using the resources available to you to improve your surroundings, no matter how small. Try a bouquet of freshly cut foliage and/or flowers from your yard to place on your dinner table, a couple of candles, play some soft music. Enjoy the good life, recognizing the Creator as the source of that.