Wow ~ what a week!

We’ve adjusted our hearts, we’ve learned to greet the morning with a smile, we laugh in the face of unplanned interruptions, and we are enjoying more peaceful meals!  Let’s tackle one more thing this week and then spend the weekend practicing peace in our homes!  How about we take a look at the things we look at?

Is your home pleasing to the eye?

The post I did this past spring on Brainstorming Beauty in the Bedroom is exactly what I want you to do for the rest of your home!  Read that post, print it out, carry it around your home with you and really think about the spaces in your home and what they say about you and your family.

My home is a mish-mash of family friendly couches and chairs, a buffalo head, and earthy accents that make me smile.  This is a “lived-in” home and everyone who enters soon realizes they will be treated to good conversation and a lot of laughter.

If you are comfortable in your environment and feel peaceful there, that will naturally extend to those who enter your home.

I see it as a light.  My home is a testimony to the peace of Christ within me.  It doesn’t have to be fancy, it just has to be authentic.

So often we think our homes must be perfect in order to be pleasing to the eye, but that just isn’t true.  Yes, we need to have a tidy environment, but perfectionism can actually be quite stressful as we try to maintain something that just isn’t meant to be.

Imagine the mother who has just slaved over her spotless home when suddenly her young toddler spills an entire cup of milk on the floor.  If she has not learned to find peace and joy in her role as mother, that one cup of milk will spell her undoing.  We must learn to laugh at the imperfections of our day and strive toward the essence of beauty rather than the appearance of perfection.

OK, here are a few quick and practical tips for creating a pleasing and peaceful environment (for more ideas, head over to my Brainstorming Beauty post!)

10 Days to a Peaceful Home HOMEwork:

• Consider your entire family’s tastes and interests when thinking about decorating your home.
• Shop your home first.  Take things you already have and recycle them in other areas of the home.
• Avoid clutter.  Don’t fill every inch of your home with things, let the peace of Christ fill the space.

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