What Makes A House A Home?

There’s an old saying... “love makes a house a home.” As true as that may be, and even though you may even have a plaque with that on it in your kitchen, I would have to disagree (somewhat). Because for me it’s “decorations” that make a house a home. No, I’m not an interior decorator or anything like that. And my wife isn’t making me write this blog (those of you who know her know that she loves decorating). It’s something that I’ve experienced firsthand... let me explain. Our house went from feeling like “glorified camping” to feeling like “our home.” Our container arrived a few weeks ago and MJ has decorated our house and it feels like a home now. Everything is still the same (no A/C, bugs, etc.) except for the fact that she decorated the place. It sounds trivial and I know you’ll never see a coffee mug or a plaque that says, “decorations make our house a home” but it’s definitely true nonetheless. I mean, she’s taken decorations that we bought at garage sales, stuff she bought marked down at Hobby Lobby (she never pays full price!), stuff we’ve had for literally decades, and made a 2 story shack in the jungle look and feel like something out of Good-housekeeping Magazine . It’s totally amazing. Decorations have made our house a home, for real. It’s something that may not seem like a big deal, but it’s totally changed the look and the feel of where we live... and it’s great!
It’s the same with us as Christ Followers too. Some of us just say we’re followers of Christ but our lives don’t look attractive or like we’re following Jesus at all. Our lives need more than just “saying” we’re christians. In Titus 2:10 we’re told to adorn the doctrine of God our Savior. We’re not just suppose to have it (salvation through the Gospel), we’re suppose to adorn it. (If you read all of Titus 2 it gives us examples of how to do it.)
Just like MJ took our humble home in the mountains of Brazil and adorned it to make it look amazing, we can take the Gospel of Jesus Christ and adorn it with the way we live to make it attractive to the world that we’re trying to reach.

Have a great weekend : )

Trying to Decorate My Life,
Jim