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More Lessons from Caleb

Tonight I had an awesome chat with my friend Caleb. We talked about our past, especially our spiritual walks and how we had grown - which was super cool. He may not feel this way, but I felt very similar to him on some things, so it was neat to be able to resonate with a fellow Christian like that.

Being a couple years older than me, and simply being different than me, there were things to learn from kind Caleb. So, in contrast to all times past, I’m going to try to record what I learned from him before I forget it...

The biggest vibe or general take-away from our conversation was to be careful. He told me that I reminded him of a friend he had in the past that was at the time a seemingly great Christian, but a few years later could not be more lost. He said to never doubt your capacity to sin, to fall, to never rule out the option to be tempted in a certain way just because you had never been tempted so before. That was just what I needed to hear. He said that his way of avoiding sin is to not put himself in a situation in which he will be tempted, not to go to that party and trust his powers of self-control. Not that I specifically have experience falling into a sin which I thought I was incapable of YET (emphasis on the yet), but I have gotten close enough either in thought or action to seriously scare myself with my capabilities. And he hit the head on the nail, I have, fool that I am, thought to my self before, “I’ll never in a million years do that.” Which is crazy because the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Who am I to think I know my own heart.

A quote from Caleb

"You should treat your personal spiritual life like an oxygen mask on an airplane. You are no good to anyone else unless you fix yours first."

1 Timothy 2:3

This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

... When people try to say God is not all good.

My place.

In a short month, I’ll be in my very first apartment. I cannot express my excitement.

You do realize that means I’ll have a kitchen. Yeah, you heard me. A kitchen!

Ok, so I’m sharing it with two other people, but they happen to be fantastic people my own age so this is gonna be great.

Let’s talk decorating.

With the fact “Laura is a college student” in mind, please try to envision my budget. Not big. Think crappy couches, your mom’s broken wooden spoon, a comforter with an indistinguishable color, curtains from the eighties...

Even so, a girl can dream. I’m gonna hope that the argument “I got a scholarship and this apartment is cheaper than the other one, I’m saving you money” will work on my parents. Ok, on my dad.

For starters, I’m going to give all white bedding a try. I think I've decided on this duvet from Pottery Barn.

Why all white? Lately I’ve been attracted to these sort of looks....

I mean, are you seeing what I’m seeing? It’s so open. So versatile. So clean. 

Of course, I just found this one from Urban Outfitters that has a great price tag and is super cute and NOT white...