Anyone else ever look on Pinterest or browse through home decor and organization ideas then just magically your house looks like that overnight? Yeah, me neither. Wouldn't that be wonderful - if you pin something it just appears without you actually having to pay for it haha. This one click wonder of a world full of instant gratification at your fingertips makes it feel like that could be your reality. We can like a picture on instagram and get all the shopping details for it sent to an app that you can shop directly from. So useful and dangerous all at the same time, because we actually have to make a purchase.
Our brains are tricked into thinking that I want it and want it now is the only way to go. Credit cards hold no consequences in the moment it seems. If our wants, which feel like needs, are not fufilled in a single moment then it eats at us and messes with our self worth.
On my editorial calendar for this month I wanted to show you all decor ideas and updates for this apartment. That's definitely not the case friends and you know what; it's totally okay. I am so happy with this apartment. Yes, we still have a long way to go. Organization puzzles to solve, some big purchases to make, and a couch would be nice so I am not hanging out in my living room on a beach chair anymore.
This apartment, for me, is different than all of my other moves I have made in the past. With those places I wanted it to be perfectly decorated within a week of move in. I used a lot of decor items that I have collected throughout the years. In this place though looking at them all together it just feels so college and not cohesive at all.
So making this apartment a true home is teaching me about faith. Specifically the fruits of the spirit: Patience and Self Control. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. - Galatians 5:22-23
Truly good things don't happen over night. I may have to sit on a beach chair for now. Some items might not have perfectly organized homes yet. My walls may be a little bit bare. My feet might be cold on the bare floor in the bathroom. But when I practice patience and a little bit of self control with my spending - I will be able to save up for the things that I dream will be in this space.
Just like with our faith. We might not get answers from prayers right away. When we practice patience and self control - we trust that following Jesus is going to be so so worth it in the end.
So little by little, I will continue to do the work in my apartment and in my life to stay true to this path that is laid before me.
How is your every day life teaching you faith lessons today?
There is something about moving that just gets my creative juices flowing. I love to organize and purge so basically packing up all my stuff every single year to move apartments has become the way I do it. The downside is that I have moved every single year and all that heavy lifting can get exhausting. Plus I have never really taken the time to decorate with quality pieces since my mindset is "I will be out of here next year" 