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A Happy Mistake

 The water company called the other day to tell us that we had a leak somewhere in our home. It took hours for us to narrow down that the upstairs toilet was the culprit. Since we had to replace the commode, it was the perfect time to lay a new floor. This past Saturday was national relaxation day, which I informed my husband. Who then jokingly said, “Putting in a new floor and toilet is relaxing.” Yep, sometimes you just have to go with it, because it is necessary.

I knew when we would remove the old toilet, that we would have to repaint. I absolutely had no desire to paint the whole bathroom. To solve that problem, I suggested adding wainscoting behind the toilet to cover up any marks. We had just enough left over from another project to make a feature wall. My husband wanted it painted blue. Instead of going to buy blue paint, I decided to mix colors and make my own. The problem was that I did not read the cans and just started mixing. I created the most beautiful blue color but with latex paint and oil paint. Oh, yes, they do not mix. When I went to apply it, you can see the results. It cracked and clumped and streaked across the board. The crazy part of this is my husband hates anything with distressed paint. He fell in love with it and told me not to touch it. It was a happy mistake, according to him.
With all this said, my favorite part of this picture, you cannot see. Rich and I did not fight last Saturday, redoing this bathroom. Projects for us can become tasking because we approach life differently. Saturday, though, we allowed each other the freedom to be. In life, sometimes, we take away from the joy of things because we allow squabbling. I have noticed that most quarreling happens because we feel disrespected or entitled concerning an issue.
Psalm 133 reminds us that if we dwell together in unity, God commands a blessing. If you are finding yourself bickering with others on social media, please ask yourself why. You are never going to change someone’s opinion by arguing. Allow people the freedom to be. Even if they do something as stupid as mix oil and latex paint together. You never know. Maybe, just maybe something unexpected might happen. Didn’t say you would like it. That is a different topic altogether. 


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