{"id":12610,"date":"2020-06-19T05:10:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T10:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=12610"},"modified":"2020-06-19T05:10:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T10:10:38","slug":"being-a-diy-underachiever-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=12610","title":{"rendered":"Being a DIY Underachiever…..or Not"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Let\u2019s be honest \u2013 we\u2019d all like to be that husband\/dad\/man who can build or fix just about anything. And, in the female species, the gal who is incessantly on FB or Instagram touting their latest, successful DIY project. I\u2019m Joanna Gaines in my dream world. My daughter and her husband amazed me when their DIY project at their townhome became a complete success. Go here to see the video! https:\/\/rvepiphany.com\/f\/building-a-courtyard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I put some DIY action to my dreams during quarantine \u2013 after all, there was plenty of time to DIY something \u2013 anything! Mind you \u2013 I am NOT Joanna Gaines in any way, but I am pleased with my meager efforts. I planted some perennials. Whoohoo! And, that empty Texas planter on my front porch now has some beautiful succulents added to it. It\u2019s nice to see something growing in it. I tried cooking some new recipes and I have a freezer full to choose from! Does that score any points at all? I bought a ring light for all these Zoom meetings I attend \u2013 and set it up myself! I made a door wreath for Easter! I cut my hair and colored it. Hmm! Maybe I\u2019m not a DIY want-to-be after all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My latest projects include the facemasks I made for myself. Thanks to the internet for the \u201chow-to\u2019s\u201d! AND, after a 36″ x 24″ outdoor wood hanging (left from the previous owners) became weather-worn and lost its hold to the bricks it was adhered to, I took some decals from my after-Christmas buys, stained the wall-hanging and whoa-la \u2013 my Christmas DIY project success! I was giving myself some kudos for my minuscule efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love the words \u201cJoy to the World \u2013 the Lord is come\u201d! What a wonderful reminder, right here still in precarious times and still six months from Christmas, that no matter the time of year \u2013 we can find joy right in the midst of it all \u2013 because our Lord came to bring us His peace and joy all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe you\u2019d like to be a DIY kind-of-gal or guy, too! Take it from me \u2013 we don\u2019t really have to feel the peer pressure because God made us all individually with abilities and creative \u201cbents\u201d \u2013 you know bent on gardening, bent on cooking, bent on reading, bent on creating, etc. I\u2019m learning to celebrate anyone with those artistic and creative bents. While I was admitting to my DIY inadequacies, I started thinking about what I AM decent at \u2013 my blogging, my event card creations \u2013 every person, every birthday gets a birthday card creation from me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe, instead of wishing for more talent, more-craftiness, more creative and artistic, we should be grateful for who God made us to be right here, in this place. We can be grateful AND we can be determined to learn something new. We really have no excuses to wish and pine away because we\u2019re not \u201call that and a bag of chips\u201d. We can learn something new from a world of YouTube videos that show us just about any and everything we want to do. As a matter of fact, I was watching YouTube videos this week to find out the best bait to use, and how to use it, for catching trout in Red River, NM waters we\u2019re headed to next month! No excuses! No wishing-upon-a-star! No defeatist attitude! We can start by saying \u201cI can do ALL THINGS through Christ Who gives me strength!\u201d (Philippians 4:13) That means WE CAN do ALL THINGS \u2013 because we\u2019re BENT on being DIY people that can do all things through Him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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