Photos like this remind me of a time when bonnets hung on hooks by unlocked doors, oatmeal simmered upon wood-burning stoves, and young girls hand-stitched quilts by the light of the fire. Papa worked to till the ground while Mama kept children clean, safe, and well fed back home. Days like those are the ones that I long for.
I love patch quilts, ornate furniture, and crisp white aprons draped over long cotton skirts. I love wooden tables, press back chairs, and horse drawn carriages. Wooden church pews, cloth bound books, and silver tea sets. But above all that, I long for the return of vintage values.
When children sought not to speak back to their parents.
When men cherished their wives as Christ does the church.
When the only sound before bed was the whisper of prayer.
Worth far more than any merchant could ask, are those rare vintage antiques. Those are the ones that I seek.
Photo credit: Michael Schacht
Photo credit: Michael Schacht
Beautiful
ReplyDeleteThanks Wendy--as is your heart.
ReplyDelete"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for
ReplyDeleteauthority, they show disrespect to their elders.... They no longer
rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents,
chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their
legs, and are tyrants over their teachers."
"The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all
restraint. They talk as if they alone knew everything and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. As for girls, they are forward, immodest and unwomanly in speech, behaviour and dress."
Oh wait, these quotes are around a few thousand years old! The first allegedly by Plato and the second by Heisod in the 8th century B.C.. What do you think of that?
"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."
-Ecclesiastes 1:9
I notice that both quotes talk about the younger generation. "Children" and "Young People" so either Plato and Heisod really detested young people or saw the need for our younger generation to learn from the time-tested wisdom of their forefathers. There always has been disobedience, and there always will be. But if we seek to glean the time-tested lessons we learn from the past, we make for a better future.
ReplyDeleteIf History teaches us anything, it teaches us that History doesn't teach us anything. That's why the writer of Ecclesiates says:
ReplyDelete"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."
-Ecclesiastes 1:9
You're a smart little arguer!! LOL I'll get back to you on this "Breaking my bubble" thing--probably tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteDarlene,
ReplyDeleteI must apologize publicly. The whole message you wrote was about getting back to basics and I went off on a tangent. I am sorry. It just reminded me of things I had read about the 'past' and I wanted to share it. Meanwhile, I did not give consideration to what the message you were trying to convey was all about. I truly am sorry.
It is nice to want what our forefathers wanted and to want to go back to simpler times.
I did not mean to 'break your bubble'. Hee Hee.
I did what I accuse so many others of doing. Instead of seeing the message - I jumped into my own thoughts and missed the message completely. I'm learning.
No need to apologize. It gave me good food for thought. If you were a stranger, I might have been intimidated, but I know where your heart is, and that place is service for Jesus. I got to talking with Michael about this tonight, and it helps me to focus in on what's important. What you say is true, and my bubble is still huge.
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