Contentment

It's been a while since I blogged but I have had so much going on but wanted to share about the "remodeling"  We live in a very humble home of 1200 square feet which at times can feel very small and tight when you have four children and two dogs and one bathroom.   Anyone who knows me knows how badly I want a bigger home.  I love to have people and family over but we are usually crammed in and so in my mind a bigger home is very much needed.   I know what we are doing will not make much sense to many.   In many peoples minds they will probably think we are crazy and should just buy a new home.  However...there has been some things that have taken place withing me that has changed me so radically that moving is no longer an option.  The desire for a bigger home has been taken from me and I am finding Contentment  in what God has blessed us with!  I think the change for me began when I read the book a 1000 gifts by Ann Voskamp....God really was trying to get a hold of  my heart in that book......then I read Plan B by Pete Wilson.....God is still working on me.....but it was when I read the book Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis that it really hit home for me.   Staying in this house makes the most sense.   Why?  I will tell you why....God has blessed us with home that will be paid off soon....its small but cozy....and we are enlarging the house by knocking out some walls and adding a second bathroom.   With staying where we are....which is smack dab in the middle of God's will by the way.  We will be able to give and give more.   When I die and pass from this world I am praying that no one will remember my house but remember me and who I was as a person....and if they do remember my home....I pray that they remember that it was home of warmth and love....that they felt the spirit of God flowing through out.   When I die I cannot take anything with me....my heart is no longer in the things of this world but that of my heavenly home.   My treasure is in heaven.   The things of this world will rust away.....I am seeking more then just things.....I want more of God....my desire for Him is ever increasing.   Yesterday I ripped out the carpet in the 12 x9 room my husband I will now call our bedroom and I felt God so strongly!   I felt as I was ripping out the carpet and the padding the tacks that held it down(not easy job by the way)  I felt I was ripping out the old me...my old desires.  When we are done with this room it will be brand new....just as I feel God is making me.   I don't want to stay the same but grow more in Him.    I am looking forward to what God has in store for us as a family and looking forward to where God is taking me.   I am so blessed and so very thankful for all that He is doing in me!

 “There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.”