“Ugly is easy to get, but hard to get rid of.”  

‘Tis true in tons of scenarios, but the statement originated in an effort to warn young couples to be careful what furniture you buy. 

My green couch thankfully doesn’t fit that category .

It cost more than I wanted to pay at the time- even with the discount- but in 25 years I’ve never regretted it.  

Its cushions, tired as they may be, continue to beckon and enrapture me as if I’d plopped down on them for the first time.  In fact, it’s right here where I type this to you.  We’ve been through a lot together.  

I love me green couch ( oops, typo there…meant to say “my” green couch, but tickled me funny bone, so I left it…a little pirate action for you today as you read!)    It’s decades old but looks as if it joined me only a few months ago. 

I think I’ve experienced every emotion known to man on its pillows. It’s welcomed me through all of my personal storms and sunny days over the last few decades, and it’s come to be like a safety raft where I go to talk to God. 

Some days I leave my comfy space with questions answered, problems solved. Great understanding and peace lift me off the cushions and out to face the world.

Other times I leave just as bewildered, yet somehow relieved to be able share it with Him, knowing I’ll be back to search His heart again. 

This green couch has held my friends and me as we’ve solved all the world’s problems! We’ve laughed and cried and talked ourselves silly.

And we’ve knelt beside it more times than I can count to pour out questions and joys before God.  

No matter what life throws my way, its there waiting for me , ready to hide me from the fray, ready to let me unleash my heart. 

I wonder if you have a special place where you go to meet with God.  

There isn’t anything in the Bible that says you HAVE to have a particular place.

More important than having a “spot” is just pouring out your heart to the Lord like it says in Psalm 62:8. But from personal experience, having a certain place becomes an altar of sorts.  

As you enter that place your mind races back to all the things God has brought you through.  Your faith is strengthened to face your current storm as you reflect on the ways God has come through on your behalf. 

And just so you know, no matter how early you try to be to your spot, He’s already there waiting for you!

Hope & Glory to you!

Love, 

Rebecca