So i had great plans for this really great blog about my cool art project...
but i think God had a much different plan.
I got these awesome scripture prints for this great Etsy shop- Naptime Diaries
i got four with an awesome sale & her buy 3, get 1 free. 2 for our house. 2 as gifts. i was most excited about the Joshua 24:15. i have honestly dreamt about having this verse in my home since i was a little girl... 
i started painting...
red to match my house...
and then i tried to mod podge the print to the canvas...lesson 1: patience... i have none. i wanted the paint to dry. i wanted the mod podge to dry. i wanted the final product. now. i even got out the hair dryer to speed up the process...
but why? joshua was sound asleep. manny wasn't going to be home for dinner for a while. i wasn't being timed.
i just couldn't wait. i wanted the final product. like 10 minutes ago.
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
and as i mod podged the ink started to run... the paper started to warp...
it started to look so much different than my idealistic version of my little art project...
and i got frustrated. mad. upset. depressed.
seriously, it's just a canvas with an 8x11print.
1 Thessalonians 1:3 We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, you labor prompted by love. and you endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
my heart was ugly. my attitude was lame. and why?
because what i thought would be an awesome blog post & awesome new art work in my home didn't turn out the way i thought it would...?
that's not what i want my life to be about...
it's not about cool blog posts. or being really good at crafting. or being the perfect wife. or the best mom in the world.
it's about CHRIST.
striving daily to be more like Him.
Colossians 3:1-5 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things that are above, not on things that are on each. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is you life appears, then you will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you...
that's what it's about... that's what i need to remember.
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