Pastor Russell referred to this as Resurrection Sunday and indeed it was. HE IS RISEN. Since that heartbreaking Good Friday two thousand years ago, the cross has transitioned from a devastating piece of wood to an endearing symbol. Today our beautiful cross was dressed in its floral finery.
Sharing peace, love, hope and joy ~
Frannie
A couple of weeks ago a friend and I traveled to Giles County to explore Pulaski and Lynnville, Tennessee. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful, historic area.
On December 25, 1865 in Pulaski, six Confederate Army veterans established a secret society later known as the Ku Klux Klan. These white insurgents were determined to fight against the political advancement of freedmen and of sympathetic whites.
Also occurring in Pulaski in 1838 were two Cherokee detachments, one led by John Bell and the other John Benge. These detachments were part of the infamous Trail of Tears in which many native Americans were removed from their homelands in the southeast states of America to the unsettled land west of the Mississippi River.
Returning home, we stopped in Lynnville, a quaint town with the Colonel Littleton Ltd., an amazing leather goods store, and the Soda Pop Junction, an ole-timey soda shop/restaurant.
It was truly an enlightening day. Tennessee is full of much history.
Sharing peace, love, hope and joy ~
Frannie
