5 Things I Learned From Living in an RV

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               There are many things that I have learned these past 10 months.  The RV was challenging and in some moments I thought it was only making my relationships with my family members worse.  But I know we have become closer than I will ever realize.  Not only did it challenge me in the way I acted towards my siblings but it challenged me in my walk with God and in personal aspects of my life.   

Patience

               I have known for quite some time that patience with my family isn’t one of the areas I am strongest in.  I can be very patient with friends but when it comes down to the moments when my brothers are getting on my last nerves I don’t usually think before I speak or act.  Being so close to them all day made me get irritated faster.  There was no place to go to get ‘me time’ or to breathe, which was the hardest part.  

Joy

               About four months in I lost my abundant feeling of happiness.  It felt so strange to not feel joyful all the time.  I didn’t know what was going on and why I felt so sad.  Honestly it was irritating because I felt like I needed to be happy for the people around me.  I felt like my sadness wasn’t only causing me pain but the people around me pain as well.  It wasn’t long before I realized that I was looking for joy in the amount of space I had and not in the blessing that God was giving me every day.

The Power of Journaling

               This is where it journaling helped me recapture my joy.  I made it a daily goal to journal at least three thing that I was grateful for in each day.  I wrote every time I felt irritated or hopeless and it became a supporting piece in my faith.  Helping me realize that when I was going thought hard times if I brought it to God He would show me the good and He has a plan.

God has a Plan

               We have all heard the verse Jeremiah 29:11 “’For I know the plans I have for you’ declares the Lord ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’”  We know he has a plan for us but we don’t often believe that it is the best plan for us and we often end up making our own plans.  I fell into this as well I have mentally mapped out my life multiple times.  Not realizing that I should be following His already mapped out perfect plan.  I found that it was because it was hard for me to fully trust someone I have never seen.

It all comes down to TRUST

               “Faith, trust, and a little bit of pixie dust.”  Peter Pan makes faith and trust sound so easy.  Although I would find the ability to fly absolutely amazing I don’t think I would be able to have full faith and trust if someone gave me pixie dust.  That is what is so beautiful about faith, we have to trust whole heartedly.  Although I have moments of weakness where I will need to run back to God.  I know that in every situation it all comes down to trusting God.  “Trust the Lord your God with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5-6
Strive to have enough faith to move mountains (Matthew 21:21) and know that if you stray God is ready to lead you back home (Psalm 119:176).

~Lizzy

Comments

  1. Ellen KeyesJune 12, 2015 at 11:04 AM

    Sweet words, Elizabeth! Love you and am thankful for the words of truth!

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  2. Kris VJune 12, 2015 at 11:47 AM

    Thank you for sharing Elizabeth. Miss your sweet smile. :-)

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