This World Is Not My Home

​Yes, this is my home. Yes, some of you may look at these pictures and think...hmmm 🤔, but there's a small handful of people out there that are just like me. You get it. When visitors walk through your front door, a few things might run through their minds..."whoa!", "what in the world?", "do they really live like this?...I could never live like this". How about~"where's the couch and TV?" 😂Very few understand the passion of decorating early and most people think it's nuts. My parents have always loved antiques and they instilled that love in me. They started with a few pieces here and there and ended up with a saltbox home that looked like you stepped back in time to the 1700's. My love started in college, with a little bit of country primitive. Slowly through the years, because of my love of history, my decor changed over to the Pilgrim era. I couldn't help but fall in love with it because of its reminder to me of our country's humble beginnings. I can remember pouring over magazines and cutting out pages of homes I loved, dreaming of how amazing it would be to one day have my own home decorated just like the ones in the magazines. The few of you who do understand the passion know it's hard to put that passion into words. To have the sun stream through the early morning windows and hit a piece just right can capture a beauty that stirs your soul. The rest of the world probably just thinks~ crazy. That's okay, I know God gave me this passion for a reason and I want to be sure I use it for His intended purpose. My decorating style may not be "Fixer Upper" worthy and that's okay too. If you think about it, we are all "fixer uppers"~ homes with a soul. Homes where Christ wants to live. Homes that need a lot of work. That need cleaning and renovations and love. Homes that can be changed into something immensely beautiful through Christ, and where His love can shine from every window. Each of my children decorate differently, all in their own beautiful way. None of them have caught the pilgrim bug like I have, and that's okay too. You see, we are all different and yet Christ loves us all the same. He's wants to live in our heart's home and one day He wants you to live with Him in the best home ever~ heaven. It won't be a "fixer upper". It will be a home that far surpasses any dream house you could ever own. Today, as I reflect over the last 20 years and look at the things God has blessed me with, my heart can't help but be so grateful and realize just how very much my Heavenly Father loves me. He saw fit to bless me with things I only dreamed of and if He can love Charisse so much that owning a Turners chair would delight her, how much more love does He want to bestow on us? The love that would send His only Son to a cross for us. That much love. For that, I am forever thankful.