what is it about painting that is so therapeutic? it gives me time to just slow down, gather my thoughts, pray for people, etc. it’s just a great thing. i really do like it. it’s so nice when there is no deadline. i can just pace myself as i like and enjoy the outcome. i’ve been painting my new house these last couple days, whenever i can steal the time. it’s getting me excited. our place was great already, but now it’s starting to feel like home. there’s something about making your mark inside a house that makes it feel homey. it’s choosing the colors that appeal to your senses. as a mom of busy boys, it’s about picking those colors that soothe my soul, bring me peace and calmness to my home. i am so thankful for the sense of sight. i am so thankful that i get to enjoy God’s creations visually. and i am really thankful that He allows me some creativity and uniqueness.
adulthood has been a fun time for me. growing up you just did what you did. but since i have been married, i think i am really beginning to figure out who i am, what i like, what i don’t like, and what i can do. it’s that daily stretching of myself, trying new things that brings excitement. so i am enjoying this whole adulthood thing. i love seeing what i am capable of. and i love watching my little boys, getting glimpses of what God has put in them and dreaming big for their lives. i hope my home is a place that will encourage dreaming big, watching and waiting for God to work amongst us & celebrating each moment. i hope that, through paint and lots of prayer, i can love my kids & make our home a place that they want to be, and to come back to. home is a place in our hearts that is always special- not really the house we are living in. to me, it’s the people, the relationships that make home feel like home.
so today, i am beginning to make the mark on our house. and hopefully today i am building memories that will make a mark on the hearts of my boys. i pray that they will remember the love, the laughter, the joy. i pray that they will know a glimpse of the delight i have in them. and i pray too that they will one day know the surpassing greatness that their Saviour loves them with & gave His life to rescue them! today i will dream of things to come….