Recently, my husband and I bought an old farm house and relocated into the desolate country side in hopes to one day secure the dream of having a place where we can raise a family and grow old together. While it did take some convincing on my husbands part to get me to move it has been a great life change. The first few months were rocky at best. I struggled to deal with the "new" house that lacked air conditioning (in the middle of August) and a dish washer but came fully equip with stickers, dirt, sand, and BUGS!! Not to mention the house was in bad shape and needed some serious updating. Just to give you a visual think sponge paint... green sponge paint... purple sponge paint... EVERYWHERE! Now, I know it was popular at one point but this was a little excessive. So anyway, over the last several months we have replaced, repainted, and repaired a majority of the house. This process has taught me so much about myself and what I am capable of when I have a "go get um attitude."
With all of the renovations going on around here I have started to think about the horrible condition of my heart. The heart is where our true self resides, where we keep the people we love, and is where we protect our most intimate thoughts. If you think about it, it is much like our actual homes. So, if my heart was a house in the physical sense I have a feeling it would be pretty run down and maybe even inhabitable. In fact, it might even need to be condemned. One thing is for sure there are some serious walls that need to come down, rebuilding that needs to occur, and some new paint that needs to be applied. I cannot go on living in the same circumstances year after year, relationship after relationship. My paint is chipped, my screws are coming loose, and I am about to cave in from all of the pressure I put myself under. Scripture says, "above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." (Proverbs 4:23, NIV). That is just what I am hoping to do.
So, now is the time! I am getting to work here. I am rolling up my sleeves and putting on some work clothes because I have a feeling this is going to be a messy job. So, here we gooooo....
With all of the renovations going on around here I have started to think about the horrible condition of my heart. The heart is where our true self resides, where we keep the people we love, and is where we protect our most intimate thoughts. If you think about it, it is much like our actual homes. So, if my heart was a house in the physical sense I have a feeling it would be pretty run down and maybe even inhabitable. In fact, it might even need to be condemned. One thing is for sure there are some serious walls that need to come down, rebuilding that needs to occur, and some new paint that needs to be applied. I cannot go on living in the same circumstances year after year, relationship after relationship. My paint is chipped, my screws are coming loose, and I am about to cave in from all of the pressure I put myself under. Scripture says, "above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." (Proverbs 4:23, NIV). That is just what I am hoping to do.
So, now is the time! I am getting to work here. I am rolling up my sleeves and putting on some work clothes because I have a feeling this is going to be a messy job. So, here we gooooo....