A toilet in the living room? Yes, and around my house, you may find other oddities as well. Like an overabundance of dust. With construction comes decisions, frustrations, and extra cleanup. But once the remodeling is complete, we will benefit from the rewards these updates bring.
We are remodeling our two bathrooms. The toilet dwelled in our living room for only a few hours before it found its new home in our hall bath. The old commode worked fine, but when you flushed it, the sound was loud enough to wake a person in the nearby bedroom. Our updated, quieter toilet now sits on a beautiful new tile floor.
After a few trips to the tile store, I think we have made our final decision on floor tile for the master bath too. But choosing paint colors for the cabinets has proven to be the biggest challenge. At first, I wanted the two bathrooms to have different colored cabinets—one a darker blue gray and the other a lighter version. Then I wanted them the same. But after finally deciding on the perfect blue gray, I questioned my decision over and over. What if I don’t like the finished product? And what color should we paint the walls?
Despite hours of frustrating research, I couldn’t settle on a wall color to go with the blue gray cabinets and ended up changing my mind. What color did I decide on instead? White—it’s timeless. I can use blue gray on the walls, or maybe burnt orange and lime green if I change my mind again.
Besides selecting colors and tiles, dust is all over the house and impossible to keep up with. Despite my efforts, I must admit it’s going to stay dusty awhile longer. And this remodeling project, along with the extra mess, serves as a reminder that I am still under construction too.
I decide daily how much time I spend in God’s Word and prayer with the goal of becoming more like Him. If I allow Him to, He will change and beautify the areas in my life that I have neglected.
Sometimes, after praying, I get frustrated when God doesn’t respond as quickly as I would like Him to. He’s working with me on that too. Perfecting me in my faith and trust in Him.
And when I mess up, I create extra cleanup work for myself. When dirt and dust escape through my words, attitude, and actions, I confess and repent so I can draw nearer to the Lord.
It’s not easy being under construction as a Christ follower, but through His remodeling, I will benefit from the changes He designs in me.
How’s your remodeling project coming along?