Simplicity

We have gotten around to fixing up and rearranging the guest-bedroom. Once done, it had bare walls. Too bare for me, hehe. And no pic or painting to hang there. So I let loose my creative mind and came up with something I had wanted to do for a while now, but didn't know how or what.

I had gotten some beautiful big shells from Pecheur that they had brought back for me from their trip, some very rare ones Amber gave me, some I had gotten from April and a few we had found ourselves while combing the beach. They are so pretty, they need to be displayed somehow! And then...epiphany! God gives what's needed when it's needed:-)

I cut screen in the length I wanted and cut two small round sticks we had in the building a little wider then the screen-width. Then tacked the top of the screen on one stick and the bottom of the screen on the other. I decided to paint the sticks white after all. Yeah, smart doing that after tacking it, haha. But it worked out well. Now the big problem: how to hang it? Well, I just tack a piece of string on both ends of the top stick! NOT! The tacks wouldn't hold it and finally after several attempts I had to come up with another solution. I could hot-glue it on, but the weight after my "art-project" was done, would prolly not hold that either. At least I didn't trust that option. I strained my brain for quite a while, to no avail (nothing new there, haha). Two know more then one, so....

Me: "Kc? How am I going to hang this?"
Kc: "Tack a string on it."
Me (anticipating this to be a major problem): "Tried that, but it won't hold. I could hot-glue it but I don't think that will hold either."
Kc: "Tie the string on both ends!"
Me: "Ehh?.....!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Well, I ended up tacking the string to the side, glued the shells on et voila! Here is the end-result. Still lots of space to add on (grin).

My mouth fell wide open because of the simplicity of the solution! Sometimes I overcomplicate things and don't see what's right in front of my eyes to get to a solution or full understanding. I got part of it and Kc had the other part. We complemented each other. It's the same way being part of the body of Christ. We all have a small part, but together we can accomplish great things in Him:-)

Ephesians 4:16
from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.