Tuesday 4: Spring Has Sprung

 Spring has Sprung

Welcome to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4/
Spring has sprung as they say and sights and sounds of winter have given way to those of springtime. With each season even the feel of the sun and wind changes and people may also have a change of attitude or a change oe heart.


1/ Many of my neighbors have chickens. Have you ever raised them for fresh eggs or is the grocer your go to for them? Also.. would the sound of a neighbor having them bother you?

I have never raised chickens and most likely would not ever do it. When I was a young child on the farm in Pennsylvania I was attacked by a mean old rooster one time, and that one time was enough for me! It left me "scarred", not physically, thank the Lord, but emotionally enough that I am not too fond of being around chickens and roosters running loose or coming toward me.  However, I don't mind hearing them in the distance...although one time we lived across the street from some people who had SEVERAL roosters, who ALL crowed at different times early in the morning and at other times, and that did get to be annoying. One rooster is enough! LOL.   So, to answer your question, I prefer to buy eggs at the grocer or from a farmer who raises chickens. We have a dear lady at our church who has chickens, and she brings eggs to the church for everyone and gives them away for free!  When I can get to them fast enough before they are all gone, I like to bring home a carton of those pretty colorful eggs. Most of the time, however, because I am in the choir and we are busy before the service getting our music together, etc., the choir members rarely ever have a chance to get to the stack of egg cartons before they are gone. Once in a while someone goes and brings some back to us in our choir room so we have a chance to have some.  They are a rare and delightful treat! 

2. How does the change in seasons effect you personally? Are you happier in some seasons , do allergies get to you, do you perk up or down due to weather?
Living here in Florida I enjoy spring and fall and most of the winter. But summertime we just tolerate and look forward to fall.  It's just really too hot and humid here most of the time in the summer to get outside and enjoy it much. When I was a child that did not bother me so much and I was outside all of the time, barefoot and wearing as little as I could to be decent so I could keep cool. We didn't have air conditioning back then, so it was just as "cool" outside as it was inside. LOL.   Now, when we lived up north in New England, I loved spring, summer and fall, and early winter, but after the holidays winter tended to drag on forever and ever, and it would get dark so early...and those long winter nights really got to me.  I definitely had some issues with the long, dark, cold winters in New England, and was happy to move back to Florida. 

3. This week our youngest family member is in France. She will see Paris, Provence, the Riviera, all very exciting for a young teen. Most of us don't ever do anything that big...but even the smallest things can have a big effect on us. What experience do you think stands out most for you in your memory?

I'm drawing a blank...there's so many things that have had a big effect on me in my life...#1 is accepting Jesus Christ as my Savior and Lord and choosing to live my life in service to Him. #2 is meeting my husband, getting married and then later becoming a mother.  #3 Both of us experiencing God's call on our lives to serve the Lord in the ministry together and all of the places God took us from there on.

Here's a link to tell more about that story

When my husband was ordained for the ministry, and we were both being prayed over and anointed for service.

4. What do you look forward to in each of the year's seasons? 

Springtime: the joy of seeing things come back to life after the winter. Flowers, trees, and seeing the new life forming with the birds and wildlife all around us.  EASTER! The celebration of Christ's Resurrection from the dead! The renewal of life and the hope of eternal life!

Summer: For those who are farmers, I look forward to them having good crops that will feed and bless us all. I used to look forward to going swimming and taking summer vacations when I was a kid, but now I look forward to summer ending and hurricane season being over.

Fall: I "come back to life" in the fall and that is when I prefer to take a trip to the mountains or anywhere beautiful. Cool, crisp air, apples, pumpkins, autumn leaves, roasting hot dogs and/or marshmallows over a campfire and making s'mores, enjoying the outdoors so much more.

Winter: the Holiday season, Thanksgiving and Christmas and all that goes along with that.

Thank you to all who commented on my last post HERE about Easter Sunday in Revue, and who had questions about the wonderful open tomb display our son Benton made for Easter:

I asked him if he would be putting this on his Etsy site for next Easter, and he said probably not because for an item this small and/or inexpensive Etsy has too many fees plus he has to offer "free shipping" through Etsy, which makes him have to raise the price too much to cover his costs and so it would make it too expensive.  However, if anyone is truly interested in purchasing one, I could put you in contact with him directly and he said his price is $20.00 plus shipping, which of course would be determined by where you live. I know it may be too late for this year, but he can make these at any time, and if anyone is interested send me a private message via email steinerjp7123@gmail.com and I will put you in contact with him.  However, if you are interested in  seeing what kinds of things they do have on their Etsy site, here is the link:

LINK to BRCoastalRusticDecor on Etsy

In closing, here is a prayer from Psalm 71, which is good for us during any season of life:

Psalm 71:1-18  New King James Version

1 In You, O Lord, I put my trust;

Let me never be put to shame.

2 Deliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape;

Incline Your ear to me, and save me.

3 Be my strong refuge,

To which I may resort continually;

You have given the commandment to save me,

For You are my rock and my fortress.

4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,

Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

5 For You are my hope, O Lord God;

You are my trust from my youth.

6 By You I have been upheld from birth;

You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb.

My praise shall be continually of You.

7 I have become as a wonder to many,

But You are my strong refuge.

8 Let my mouth be filled with Your praise

And with Your glory all the day.

9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age;

Do not forsake me when my strength fails.

10 For my enemies speak against me;

And those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together,

11 Saying, “God has forsaken him;

Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.”

12 O God, do not be far from me;

O my God, make haste to help me!

13 Let them be confounded and consumed

Who are adversaries of my life;

Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor

Who seek my hurt.

14 But I will hope continually,

And will praise You yet more and more.

15 My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness

And Your salvation all the day,

For I do not know their limits.

16 I will go in the strength of the Lord God;

I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.

17 O God, You have taught me from my youth;

And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.

18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded,

O God, do not forsake me,

Until I declare Your strength to this generation,

Your power to everyone who is to come.

Amen.

Now, let's go see what others are posting about the seasons of their lives today at Tuesday 4~Spring Has Sprung