Pictures of my Apartment in Roma

The view from my bedroom window.

A view from our balcony.

The Big screen in our living room.  It is our landlord's I think...

Our livingroom:  View 1

Our livingroom: View 2

 

Kitchen:  View 1

Kitchen: View 2

Kitchen:  View 3

Kitchen:  Coffee, garlic, fruit, wine, and olive oil... Staples in our kitchen.

Cute little stove.

My Shelf in the pantry...the one with the Dr. Pepper of corse!

Our little fridge holds quite a bit... but we do have two for the 5 of us...

I love the brick wall in the hallway...gives it a cool feel.

Bathroom one of two.

The bathroom I use. 

The "Harry Potter" room.  Nicknames because of it's cubbard like apperances. 

Dinning room, a luxery here in Italy.

It has such great storage.

Plus our corner office. 

View of the hallway from the other end.  With Meg "creepily" poking her head out from the kitchen. 

My room.  We covered the closet doors to make them more whimsical.

Lindsay's corner.

My little space.

I love my Grandmolly's boots under the nightstand.  The same nightstand I use at home in Texas. 

Fear

Last spring I was babysitting my coworker's daughter. We were walking to the park when there was a loud noise from behind the trees beside the sidewalk. Her first reaction was to grip my hand tighter and turn towards me. She was seeking comfort from her fears from someone she knew well.


Later that day, I reflected on several questions. What or who do I turn to for comfort? What is it that I know well enough that it comforts me? Does the comfort last?

What I realized is often times the things and people I turn to rarely provide true comfort from my fears. I turn to people and things I know well because I trust their reassurance, but usually the comfort from fears doesn't last because I know they often are powerless to prevent or overcome my fear.

So this then lead me to think about where I could find true comfort from my fears. One of my memory verses in the past few years was found in the book of Joshua when God is sending Joshua into the Promised Land with the Israelites.

"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1: 9

I know God can provide me true comfort. I also know I should seek Him and desire to know Him better so it will be my first and not the second, third, ect. reaction to turn to God for my comfort.

In Christ,

Crystal