Welcome Home~

I'm not gonna lie.  This week was kind of a hard one for me.  You see, I have a great house.  It's definitely on the small side, but I have given it lots of the special touches a home should have and it provides us with everything we need.  I like it here!

Not interested in having real birds, but I love my cages!

My 12 year old daughter has expanded her social base since starting middle school and I love that she is making friends!  Here's what I struggled with this week~ A lot of these friends come from the land of landscapers, granite and hardwood...  We come from the land of vinyl, carpet (with throw rugs to cover stains...) and we do all our own yard work here.

You may not be able to see it, but yes, I have a piece of leopard print duct tape covering a tear in the couch.  It matches the leopard print accents around the room.  I call it "White Trash Chic".

I wrestle with feelings of self-consciousness rather than focusing on ministering to our company with hospitality... I'm too busy batting at that cobweb in the corner I didn't notice before they got here... I'll bet Suzie's mom never has cobwebs!  Or the fact that Suzie's bedroom is probably the size of my living room... I hope she doesn't strain her eyes trying to watch the movie on our 27 inch TV!  It is a constant battlefield of the mind to not let the enemy get full control over my stinkin' thinkin'.  Am I alone here?

When I get into this ridiculous mind game that I sometimes play with myself, I find I turn into a Martha and lose all the Mary moments that are being presented.
Who Cares?!  My home is lovely, regardless of size and building materials!  It's not the stuff, it's the people!  It's the pizza and games every Friday night that make the memories.  It's the snuggles in the hammock on the back porch that matter.  It's the deep and hard to answer questions that get discussed at the kitchen table.   It's providing a safe, non-threatening environment for anyone who enters... Whether I've vacuumed or not.
I know an amazing P31 woman who lives in a home that looks like it belongs on the cover of Better Homes and Gardens.  I know an amazing P31 woman who has lived in a home on wheels.  I can tell you that what makes them so amazing~ how they've impacted my life as well as many others~ is not their homes, but how they make me feel in them.
Lord help me to remember that the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing... And that is You and what You've called me to be right here in my own portion in life.
"...be content with what you have, because God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'"