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Remote Refuge

Is your coffee table overrun by fifty thousand remote controls?

Seriously…all this technology comes with a price. The price of cluttering up my coffee tables and wasting countless hours searching for the right remote that always seems to go AWOL at the most inopportune times. #firstworldproblems

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I know it’s a minor detail, but digging a lost remote out of the couch the kids dominate is like a game out of the old Fear Factor show. You never know what you’ll come up with.

Gross.

When I saw this sweet little box at a garage sale for $3 I didn’t even bargain for a better price. A remote wrangling  job was waiting for it at my house.

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Old silver boxes, jewelry boxes and knick knack storage tubs are laying around everywhere, and they couldn’t be easier to transform. After I saw how Christy at Confessions Of A Serial DIYer makes over silver flatware boxes I have felt inspired and was on the lookout for a box to re-do.

Paris-Box

Isn’t it gorgeous?

I started my makeover with some cream chalk paint and then lightly distressed the paint.

Earlier this year my hubby and I spent a weekend in Atlanta and went to the Scott’s Antique Market. These findings had me enthralled…the seller had tables piled up with them. We dug through the treasure chest until I found some favorites to come home with. They have been waiting for the perfect project!

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When I was thinking about how to decorate this box a favorite verse came to mind and it just happened to go along with a finding I brought back from my trip. I paired the verse and feather together to complete the project.

He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. Psalm 91:4

Isn’t that a beautiful verse?

I have been struggling with the ugliness in the world lately. I know it’s there, always will be and it gets increasingly worse. Sometimes I come across stories that are harder to swallow than others. I can’t understand why God allows some things. Do you ever feel that way?

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When I read the entire Psalm 91 the bigger picture comes into focus as more details emerge and I’m reminded that God never says that life will be without trouble. In fact trouble and trials are the very things that draw us near to God. They are the events that make us run to our Savior for protection and refuge. Without trials we would be able to handle everything on our own, it’s easy to take credit for good.

Psalm 91 goes on to say that God will command his angels to guard us (vs. 11) and that the Lord himself will be with us in trouble (vs. 15). See…right there! It doesn’t say he will remove trouble, he will just be with us in it!

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We are constantly questioning and fearing as humans, at least I am, and God constantly reminds us that He alone is our shelter, our refuge.

There is one small key to the whole scenario. We have to ABIDE in Him.

Dwell in Him, seek refuge in Him, love Him, acknowledge Him and call upon His name. That’s Psalm 91’s words, not mine.

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God doesn’t want us to just be with him when we’re in troubling times, running to him for rescue then venturing out on our own when the coast is clear, only to come scampering back when things get rough again. He wants us to be with Him when things are good so he can walk in protection with us. All to often like a child testing my boundaries I venture further and further away until my father softly (or sometimes not so softly) pulls me back under His wing. When I am snugged up tight next to him I can see the worldly atrocities through a different lens. I’ll never understand them, but I can accept that God is in control and has a plan bigger than I can comprehend.

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Sometimes the protection and refuge he provides dosen’t look like enough to our human eye. Honestly – I want Him to do more. I want Him to fix things to my liking. We want peace, healing and perfection today.

Now.

In this lifetime.

For some, full peace and rest may not come this side of Heaven, but it will come for those who proclaim His name and abide in His unfailing love. I can only remember and accept this truth when I’m resting in the Lord.

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It may seem silly to relate all this back to my remote control dilemma, but it’s just how I see things. This remote control containment plan is only good if we put the remotes back in the box. If they abide there. Then we always know where to find them, we save them from the disgusting dark depths of our couch and they are on deck to serve their purpose.

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The same goes for you and me. When we dwell in the shelter of the Most High (vs. 1) He knows where to find us, saves us from darkness and we are available to be used to our full purpose.

It’s never to late to rest in the Lord. Read Psalm 91 today and put your fears to rest and your salvation in Christ. Then go make a box that reminds you to abide in Him! 🙂

I love you friends and I love that I get to share these crazy thoughts and ideas with you all. Thank you for all your kind words and encouragement.

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  1. KAREN says

    October 26, 2015 at 7:56 AM

    Thank you Kim for a beautiful lesson.Great to start my work day.

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    • Kim at Hunt and Host says

      October 27, 2015 at 8:51 AM

      So glad it blessed you today!

      Reply
  2. Heidi says

    October 26, 2015 at 8:09 AM

    Thank you for helping me start my day on the right foot! Lovely post.

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    • Kim at Hunt and Host says

      October 27, 2015 at 8:50 AM

      Thanks Heidi – I hope you have a great week!

      Reply
  3. Shelly says

    October 26, 2015 at 8:58 AM

    Darn…when I read this title I totally thought it was going to be about going to a remote location for refuge…haha. Obviously we have been cooped up for days.

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    • Kim at Hunt and Host says

      October 27, 2015 at 8:50 AM

      I am so with you…I could use a change of scenery myself 😉

      Reply
  4. nina says

    October 26, 2015 at 10:30 AM

    beautiful and a great idea!

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    • Kim at Hunt and Host says

      October 27, 2015 at 8:49 AM

      Thanks so much Nina!

      Reply
  5. Leilani says

    October 26, 2015 at 6:27 PM

    Love this post! One of my fav verses.
    Did you use a stencil …or?

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    • Kim at Hunt and Host says

      October 27, 2015 at 8:48 AM

      Sorry – I meant to include a pic but forgot! I used tracing paper and then hand painted. I just printed the verse in a font I like in the size I wanted. Good old fashioned trace paper is my go to!

      Reply
  6. Debbie says

    October 27, 2015 at 3:21 PM

    Thank you for sharing your craftiness, but especially, your wisdom. I needed to hear these words today. Have a blesses week.

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  7. sandycvargo says

    October 30, 2015 at 2:31 PM

    Love the project! What a great way to hide the remotes with beauty!

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    • Kim at Hunt and Host says

      October 31, 2015 at 11:40 AM

      Thanks Sandy!

      Reply
  8. Lori Schumaker of Seaching for Moments says

    October 30, 2015 at 9:10 PM

    Gorgeous!!! #Faithfilledfriday
    Blessings and smiles,
    Lori

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    • Kim at Hunt and Host says

      October 31, 2015 at 11:43 AM

      thanks!

      Reply
  9. Michelle says

    October 31, 2015 at 7:59 PM

    It’s Halloween night and quiet. Catching up on reading some blogs. This is amazing. How you incorporated the remote box with scripture and your thoughts around it all. Simply made my night. A verse among many that is beautiful and makes my heart warm. Great find, great redo and great reminder of how much God loves us.

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  10. Misty says

    October 31, 2015 at 10:21 PM

    Oh this is a wonderful upcycle:) And always one of my favorite scriptures. Be Blessed always. Misty

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    • Kim at Hunt and Host says

      November 4, 2015 at 9:15 AM

      Thank you – it is such a gracious verse.

      Reply
  11. Bonnie says

    April 12, 2017 at 12:02 PM

    Another good object lesson. I love being able to apply scripture in practical ways. Thanks so much.

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    • Kim at Hunt and Host says

      April 18, 2017 at 1:03 PM

      me too 🙂

      Reply
  12. Betty Nelson says

    April 12, 2017 at 12:08 PM

    Thank you for your beautiful words of love and encouragement. I have just come home from my ladies morning Bible Study and am truly blessed to have another reminder of God’s love and care. My He bless you as you present your Christian values in such a unique way.

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    • Kim at Hunt and Host says

      April 18, 2017 at 1:03 PM

      Isn’t He great like that!? Such a personal savior!

      Reply
  13. Andrea Price says

    April 12, 2017 at 12:49 PM

    Hi Kim! I loved this. May I share this on Flipboard?

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    • Kim at Hunt and Host says

      April 12, 2017 at 1:04 PM

      Thanks you and if course!

      Reply
  14. Patti McKay says

    April 12, 2017 at 1:13 PM

    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! Thank you so much for this timely and meaningful post… I understand how you feel about the ugliness of the world today and I too struggle to understand it. That little voice inside says “God has a Plan” and all I need do is remain faithful and trusting in him. Bless you and your loved ones.

    Patti McKay

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    • Kim at Hunt and Host says

      April 18, 2017 at 1:07 PM

      it’s hard when things are so ugly sometimes, but if we re-focus our gaze it definitely brings peace.

      Reply
  15. Karen says

    October 18, 2018 at 9:11 AM

    Love the remote control box!! I love your selection of Bible verse from Psalms. You know that box is going to be opened many times and each of those times your family is going to read that verse. Wow!! Maybe that will be less troublesome for you each of the times you have to return controls to the box (knowing they are reading and memorizing this verse).

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    • Kim at Hunt and Host says

      October 18, 2018 at 5:51 PM

      well, I can hope it sinks in!!!

      Reply

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