Room with a purpose

We now have a prayer room and I love it!

Since moving into our home almost two years ago, the smallest of our three bedrooms has been used as our office. But if I had my way, it'd be a nursery complete with a baby sleeping in a crib in there right now.

I know some people don't like the idea of getting an actual nursery ready before there's an actual baby, and I agree, but it was just as stressful having another use for the room I so desperately want to be used as a nursery. I hated it being an office. It was a constant reminder of what it wasn't.

So a week or so ago, I got the idea to make it a prayer room. We'd move everything out of there and find another place for the computer because, after all, we'll have to do that eventually (positive thinking).

My very kind husband did most of the grunt-work in this mini-move and by this afternoon we had moved our computer to the guest room and the office was now officially a spot for prayer.

So what's in our prayer room? Well, not much. It's just a lamp, a rocking chair, and a little end table with a statue of Our Lady on top. There's also a bookshelf and I put some religious trinkets on top of it, as well as an opened Bible. I'll put some candles there eventually. There's also one of those things you plug your iPod into, so I can have music playing too if I want.

This picture's from my cell phone so it's not the best, but you get the idea:



I spent some time in prayer in there today and it's very peaceful. It's just nice to have a place to escape to, where you can concentrate on praying and zone out all other outside influences. I was never good at turning the t.v. off and praying on my couch. I was always wondering what I was missing on t.v. or the computer. But in this room I just feel like that's what I'm there for. My mind is focused.

I also like the idea of praying for a baby in a room that will hopefully one day serve as a nursery. I feel very connected to my future child in there.

I also wanted to thank all of you for your thoughts and suggestions after my last post. I feel a lot better and I truly feel the most at peace when I remember that it is in God's hands. I don't want anything but His will to be done, and if more waiting is what He wants for us, I'll do it. Then again, I don't pretend to know what He has in store, so I'm just going to try live day to day!

I was also extremely comforted by a passage of Scripture I read today while testing out my prayer room for the very first time! It is the few sentences directly following the well-known Jeremiah 29:11 and it really hit me. It was exactly what I needed to hear:

"When you call me, when you go to pray to me, I will listen to you. When you look for me, you will find me. Yes, when you seek me with all your heart, you will find me with you, says the Lord, and I will change your lot" (Jeremiah 29:12-14)