I've been working for the last month or so redoing our laundry room and reworking how it functions. I'm not quite finished yet, but I'm in the home stretch. Here are a few pictures of the bench I built with only 2 X 4's and left over paint. It was super simple too. I purchased the baskets for our shoes at Garden City.
The bulletin board we already owned and I spray painted it black and then added the cloth on the cork. I'm still working on adding the push pins around the edges.
The key board has a hook for each of us with our picture above our set of keys. This was a lot of fun to make. It's made from a scrap 1x6, hooks and picture frames.
I'll post more pics in a few days.
Wow!! How convicting and right these words are for me. As I look back on the last few weeks or even months I can see where I have deserted God. I have not spent time with Him alone, alone without the distractions of my daily life. That doesn't mean I haven't worked to serve others and help where I can, but I haven't carved out time that only God deserves. I have missed this time with Him and I know He misses it with me. I know, I said He misses it with me! I'm not saying this to sound arrogant I say this because I know how much he loves me! What a gift He gives to each of us, Himself!! I have to nurture this relationship. Doing deeds that glorify Him is wonderful and necessary, but it's not enough. If I only did things around my home to take care of my family like cook, clean, run errands and so on but never spent time alone with each of my boys or Clay then those relationships would suffer. I cannot abandon them and expect our relationship to grow or even stay strong, over time I would lose touch of what is going on with each of them and them me. I have to give time and attention to each in order to stay close and in touch with their lives. The same is true of God. Even now I feel lighter realizing where I've been amiss. God is so true and loving and honest especially when I need it most!!