I love a good project. Maybe because I love a big vision, and I want to pro-ject it into reality and make things happen! I can see how beautiful this house is going to be, and I want to see that become a reality.
I have closure issues, and I want to focus hard and ride hard until things get completed, so it is hard for me to have days that I only get an hour to work over there. I am learning patience, and that everything is a process that has to be done in the right order. I really want to just skip to the painting part, where everything looks new, but we have to rip out stuff first, boring stuff like floors and walls and plumbing.
The life lesson for me in this is that sometimes when my heart and attitude need renovation I have to work on the hard things first, and it has to get uglier before it gets better. Old things have to come down and out completely, layer by layer and new ways of thinking and doing have to replace them.
These verses came to mind.
Matt 7:24 says, “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Psalm 127:1 "Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain."
I love a God-sized project that I can't do by myself! My FAVORITE thing to do is a big project where my whole family is working side by side to accomplish what we couldn't do on our own!
We recently made a hard choice of stepping away from our church and ministries there in search of a healthier environment for our family to grow in Christ. The church we are now attending is a new one, right in the middle of being reborn, they are building from the foundation up. It is exciting, but it is going to be a lot of work and intentional prayer and investment. It is tempting to just start doing a new program because it looks good and is fun, but I am holding back all my ideas because we have to build it in the right order and not rush what the Holy Spirit is building in the community.
You can pray for me and my family as we start these big God-sized projects. I am excited to bring my creativity, my heart, time and energy into building something beautiful with the Lord!
Thanks for joining my journey!
-Deborah King
****p.s. - Art in the Park will be in Harlan June 2nd and I will be selling my artwork. I will be having a Special Moving sale.. because I have a lot of paintings and I want to start fresh in my NEW house with a NEW empty studio space!!! (eventually, after it smells better) ***************