Photo Every Day 2025

Yesterday I posted a photo of the boarded up “Elite Restaurant” in downtown Jackson, MS. Here is another photo from downtown Jackson, highlighting the need for a little restoration.

What do you suppose was here? Why has it been completely torn down? Does anyone have a vision for what this space can be in the future?

Some people don’t even notice spaces like this. Some people see spaces like this and feel sad because of the loss of what used to be. Some people see spaces like this and feel excited about what could be…

What kind of person do you tend to be?

For some reason this old, abandoned building space caught my eye and reminded me of the epic passage from Ezekiel 37:

The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. And he led me around among them, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley, and behold, they were very dry. And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord GOD, you know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the LORD.”

So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army. (Ezekiel 37:1–10, ESV)