Monday, April 29, 2013
"Pinterest Perfect", Keeping Centered on the Creator for Contentment.
Let's be honest here - keeping a house clean is a LOT of hard work! I generally can at least keep the house tidy - but between church activities, a couple quick California trips, work, being slightly depressed (it happens from time to time, no need to worry), the opening of Anthony's studio salon and wanting to spend time with my husband instead of cleaning I feel like our house has turned into this:
But I'm dramatic and emotional and it' probably not THAT bad. However, the dog likes to take the toilet paper and run it around the house when we forget to close the bathroom doors. So that's awesome and totally helps. Hahhaha. But I'll get back into the swing of things and feel like I'm being productive.
Oh the joys of having a puppy :) He's just preparing us for whenever God decides to bless us with munchkins. Hahaha.
But the cool thing about being busy and having a messy house is that it really makes you appreciative of all the things you have and all the things you have to do. I'm thankful that I have a job, that Anthony has been able to open his own studio salon, that we've had the means to take trips back to Cali and visit friends and family, that we have small groups to lead and be a part of and people to do life with. If I didn't have all of those things, my house would be immaculate and all the painting would probably be done a few months ago instead of being almost 9 months since we moved in and it not being done yet.
While I wish I could have "pinterest perfect" house all the time, I have an "us perfect" house and that's what's important. There are so many people who get bogged down by the pressure of to be "Pinterest Perfect" and quite frankly, I don't get it. I think Pinterest has a lot of things on it that have to do with having pretty things, making pretty things, having an immaculate house and a family that is always picture perfect, but I view it more as a magazine-type thing. I don't think I have to have a house that looks like that to be content or feel like I've succeeded at being a good wife. I think it's a tricky business though - balancing the fantasy of pinterest or magazines or the movies or even the lives of your friends - with reality. Can we do that? Can we look at things on the internet, movies or magazines that appear to be perfect and realize that that is not the life God has for us right at this point? Can we look at it and see that even though something looks perfect that doesn't mean it IS perfect? Can we look at things and not feel pressure? Can we see the pins and posts about keeping your house clean or making the garden look beautiful and take it as something we can learn from instead of something that is expected? My life is never going to be pinterest perfect, but I can learn a lot from the posts and blogs on how to stay organized (though not all the time) and how to save money and keep a better budget, etc. while keeping my focus on reality. As long as I know that the one I am worshiping is Jesus, my heart shall be content in what I have and what I don't. As long as I can keep my heart centered on my Creator instead of His creation, my heart will be content. And that's what I hope you all can do as well. We shouldn't let pinterest or people we know or magazines or movies make us feel bad about being imperfect and not having it all together. Keep centered on Jesus - on the Cross - on what He did for you. Keep centered on the Creator and be thankful for His creation. If you keep your life center on God - on what His plan has been and is - keep centered on the fact that He created the world perfectly, then Adam and Eve chose to be disobedient and brought sin into the world, that we were then alienated from God, that He loved us so much and wanted to be in communion with us that He brought Jesus, our Savior, into the world that the sin issue could be resolved and that we could have Jesus' righteousness covering us through His crucifixion and his ressurrection - if we can keep centered on that - no matter what pinterest or magazines or the world throws at us to try and breed discontentment in us - we can remain content in God's good and perfect will for our lives.
Oh the joys of having a puppy :) He's just preparing us for whenever God decides to bless us with munchkins. Hahaha.
But the cool thing about being busy and having a messy house is that it really makes you appreciative of all the things you have and all the things you have to do. I'm thankful that I have a job, that Anthony has been able to open his own studio salon, that we've had the means to take trips back to Cali and visit friends and family, that we have small groups to lead and be a part of and people to do life with. If I didn't have all of those things, my house would be immaculate and all the painting would probably be done a few months ago instead of being almost 9 months since we moved in and it not being done yet.
While I wish I could have "pinterest perfect" house all the time, I have an "us perfect" house and that's what's important. There are so many people who get bogged down by the pressure of to be "Pinterest Perfect" and quite frankly, I don't get it. I think Pinterest has a lot of things on it that have to do with having pretty things, making pretty things, having an immaculate house and a family that is always picture perfect, but I view it more as a magazine-type thing. I don't think I have to have a house that looks like that to be content or feel like I've succeeded at being a good wife. I think it's a tricky business though - balancing the fantasy of pinterest or magazines or the movies or even the lives of your friends - with reality. Can we do that? Can we look at things on the internet, movies or magazines that appear to be perfect and realize that that is not the life God has for us right at this point? Can we look at it and see that even though something looks perfect that doesn't mean it IS perfect? Can we look at things and not feel pressure? Can we see the pins and posts about keeping your house clean or making the garden look beautiful and take it as something we can learn from instead of something that is expected? My life is never going to be pinterest perfect, but I can learn a lot from the posts and blogs on how to stay organized (though not all the time) and how to save money and keep a better budget, etc. while keeping my focus on reality. As long as I know that the one I am worshiping is Jesus, my heart shall be content in what I have and what I don't. As long as I can keep my heart centered on my Creator instead of His creation, my heart will be content. And that's what I hope you all can do as well. We shouldn't let pinterest or people we know or magazines or movies make us feel bad about being imperfect and not having it all together. Keep centered on Jesus - on the Cross - on what He did for you. Keep centered on the Creator and be thankful for His creation. If you keep your life center on God - on what His plan has been and is - keep centered on the fact that He created the world perfectly, then Adam and Eve chose to be disobedient and brought sin into the world, that we were then alienated from God, that He loved us so much and wanted to be in communion with us that He brought Jesus, our Savior, into the world that the sin issue could be resolved and that we could have Jesus' righteousness covering us through His crucifixion and his ressurrection - if we can keep centered on that - no matter what pinterest or magazines or the world throws at us to try and breed discontentment in us - we can remain content in God's good and perfect will for our lives.
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