Craft Room Conundrums.

The other day as I tried to take inventory of our Church's craft room, I realized that something must be done first. Before ANYTHING could be counted or sorted, everything first had to be cleaned and tidied. So I messaged my good friend Jessie Campbell, and Tuesday afternoon we cleaned the craft room. We did a fantastic job, it was way cleaner than last year's annual "clean" of the craft room. I also encouraged her to throw some things away, because if a child has to go through 5 markers that don't work before they get one that will actually....mark, they are going to get frustrated and won't want to finish coloring their picture of Joseph's coat, and noah's ark, the rainbow, and the animals will all end up being one color.

My favourite find of the day was not the 200+ markers that wouldn't mark, no. My favourite find was the rusty pair of scissors. Now I gave them a chance, I thought maybe they could be the cute kind of rusty, like Mater from Cars, but no. These scissors were the dangerous, icky kind of rusty.

As I sit this morning reflecting on my Craft Room Cleaning experience, I can't help but notice that the craft room is very much like my life. Warning! Cheesy Comparisons ahead.

Match the craft room comparison with corresponding Verse.
(Please keep in mind that there are no correct answers. The answers I have selected are at the bottom)

___1. The rusty scissors may have been sharp at one point (no pun intended) ,
          but not being used caused them to rust.
___2. The rusty scissors hide very well in with the other more user friendly scissors.
___3. You can't know the quality of a marker without first seeing if it is fruitful.
___4. The label, size, and color are no indication as to whether or not the marker is useful.
___5. One gross sticky glue stick made the rest terribly sticky.
___6. 127 glue sticks may be a bit much for our six kid sunday school.
___7. Both plastic and metal knives hide very well at the bottom of a pile of markers.
___8. Just because a marker's case and cap are purple does not mean that the ink is in
         fact purple.

A. Just as a little leaven in bread quickly spreads completely through the dough, one "little"sin affects our whole being. 1 Corinthians 5:6
B. "What good it is, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don't show it by your actions?" James 2:14
C. "Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves." Matthew 7:15
D. "But in fact God has places the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be?" 1 Corinthians 12:18-19
E. "People Judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 1 Samuel 16:7
F. "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you." Ezekiel 36:26
G. "A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit." Matthew 7:17
H. "And why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own?" Matthew 7:3

Maybe it's time to tidy your life's craft room, you never know what you'll find. 

Happy crafting! 

Happy living!

Answers:
1. B        2. C       3. G         4. E         5. A        6. D           7. H            8. F