Echo Room Question

Sarah asked what the Echo Room is. Here is the long answer:

Last year, my mother-in-law moved in with us. We took our fairly large storage room downstairs and put up a wall, complete with studs and sheetrock. It wasn't big but it was large enough for a twin bed, dresser and a few other things. Eventually, Sandy found an apartment in town and so we had an empty space. The options for the room were a storage room or a toy room. Because the room was virtually empty by this time, when the kids would go play in there, their voices would echo.

At the same time, I was studying a book in my Tuesday morning Bible study entitled The Sacred Echo by Margaret Feinberg. The book talks about learning to listen for the sacred echos - God's persistant voice - in your life. When God really wants to get your attention, he doesn't just whisper something once, he repeats it in the same theme, idea, impression or lesson in your life in suprising and unexpected ways. Until you finally hear the sacred echo and realize that God is at work.

I was also at another very chaotic time in my life and decided to be selfish and turn that extra little room into a study for myself. I taped and mudded the sheetrock joints, primed and painted, added a heating vent, put up trim, added an in-wall bookcase and was ready to add furniture and a carpet. I searched until I found the perfect desk at the perfect price. I got it at Rude's Furniture at a significant discount because it had a couple of tiny scratches on it.

The kids aren't allowed in the echo room unless I'm there, and even then, they know that if I'm studying, they need to wait - unless there's blood! I do some sort of Bible study there almost every morning from 5:15 to 6:00am. It's the place I listen for God's echoing words in my life. My current study is the Prayer of Jabez. Very interesting but that's another post for another day :) I also read through the bible every year so I do that section in the mornings too. The room contains all my study books and a small TV and VCR. The TV is for DVD studies of one of my favorite teachers, Beth Moore. She's amazing! But that's another story for another post too :) The room also has a small refrigerator and my plug-in sentsy warmer. The only things I haven't found and added are things for the walls and a nice, comfortable office chair. I'm really picky and it has to fit my budget so for now I'm just using a folding chair.

So here is the Echo Room :

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