Temporary wall tattoo

We knew we were only going to be in our first apartment for a short time.  How long exactly, that's unknown, but temporary all the same.  We discussed painting the living room but quickly decided that it wasn't worth it since we'd have to eventually paint it back to its original color of plain ol' white.

The living room remains plain ol' white but I decided to spruce up a section with a verse.  We didn't have the extra $20-$30 laying around to purchase a ready made "graphic embellishment."  So, I went with the craftsy basics: paint, paint brushes and my own unsteady hand.  Now, I'm no artist.  So my technique and tools are far from correct.  But I'm happy with it.
It's a pretty bold verse to plaster across the wall for all to see.  Caleb and I talked for awhile about which verse we want to speak for our lives.  There are tons of verses we could have gone with (and still lots of verses that speak for our lives), but the verse we chose, our reasons are 2 fold.

1) It's a personal charge for our lives and to remind us of what lies ahead.

2) It couldn't be extremely long because I only had so much room to work with.

Philippians 1:21

"For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain."

 

This is my favorite wall in our apartment :)

 

Philippians begins with Paul in prison for sharing the Gospel of Christ.  He hopes that he will in no way be ashamed and that he will have sufficient courage so he can always exalt Christ, whether he is alive or whether he is being taken away to face execution.

This verse for Caleb and I means that life is Christ.  Our lives shouldn't mean video games, marriage, vacations, shopping, you name it, our lives are not full unless it is centered on and around Christ.  He's it!  He is life.

And to die... is even better... it is gain.  To be in the presence of the Lord God Almighty, to worship Him forever, is the ultimate gain for believers.