From Windows to Glory

It was nothing grand, at least for me as I had this conversation with my friend yesterday. We were plainly and simply talking about my ~ window. Haha. See, it was nothing grand or glorious. I was just telling my friend how happy I was to have my green blinds finally up! Little, happy me! It just so happens that my blinds was a bit smaller than the room windows. But I think I'm okay, I can live with that. Then my friend asked me,

Why don't you add curtains? It would at least fill the gaps on the sides.

I listened to my friend so as not to seem uninterested. I like the idea very much as I like simple, domestic, interior designing. I was just thinking, would that really be necessary? I just have a simple, humble, little abode. Having those curtains for that purpose would be too much (of a bother). But it is not a bad idea after all, though.

So, I took simple peeks:

Goodness! How about that? Now I want to faint. Heehee. Nice, nice, nice!

Still yet this echoes: Would that really be necessary?

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This morning, I was reading my quiet time companion/guide, Charles R. Swindoll's Come Before Winter. I flipped the page where my bookmark was: A Touch of Class. It got me by the title. Reading along:

• Being financially responsible is one thing. Being ridiculously frugal is quite another.
• Why have we embraced the idea that elegance and class have no place on the spectrum of spirituality?
• Who ever said that humility and beauty cannot co-exist?
• ... Artistic frames for the windows... Why not? God's reputation was at stake. God's name was on display.

Boom. I was silenced. 
Isn't this the one I was discussing with my friend last night? How would this get so timely? 

Now I know this would be necessary.

It doesn't appear shallow and unnecessary to me now. It occurred to me that there's a message beyond the windows. So now, why just the windows? Ahm, why not the entire house as well? Then this verse was brought to remembrance:

'The glory of this present house will be greater 

than the glory of the former house,' says the LORD Almighty. 

'And in this place I will grant peace,' declares  the LORD Almighty."

Haggai 2:9 (NIV)

Now I want to do something bigger. By God's grace, and provision, and trusting His timing, I know it can be done.

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As I wrapped my reading for the day, I flipped my desk calendar to today's date. And whoa! This can't just be:

The way you keep your house, 
the way you organize your time, 

the care you take in your personal appearance, 

the things you spend your money on 

all speak loudly about what you believe. 

"The beauty of Thy peace" shines forth in an ordered life. 

A disordered life speaks loudly of disorder in the soul.
~ Elisabeth Elliot, A Heart for God desk calendar

From windows to glory. It means so much to me now. If you think you missed the point and didn't get what I meant, it's okay. I know this post would be more challenging to express than the rest. This is just me, sharing.  

But, I will show you the windows when it's done. :)

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