Archive - August 29, 2013

I suppose for weeks like this one, the ironic Bible verse should be Luke 12:32

“Sell your possessions and give to the poor.”

Or maybe a statement from Jesus when talking to the rich young ruler in Matthew 19:21,

“Go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

Sure, we had a box of things to donate to RIFA and we even sold our old television to a friend.

It’s almost too bad God didn’t call us to sell our possessions and move to Africa. But then again, I wouldn’t have been able to spend the afternoon hauling boxes with this crew.

What have I learned about God, the church, or community today?

• Our church has some amazing middle school and high school students. A serious shout out to the young men who hefted our possessions into the trailer without complaining.
•  I was so excited that God was opening this new chapter of our lives that I forgot the old chapter was closing. And yet, He’s sovereign still. He provided a home for us in Hartland Apartments and is now allowing us to have a home in our house.
• My father would remind me during the shopping process that a house isn’t a home until you live there. And now my husband continues to remind me that this home isn’t where we will live forever. It may be our forever home on earth. But even minor repairs of rotten wood and falling limbs remind us that this house isn’t eternal. Only our Heavenly Father can prepare that house for us. We don’t need to get caught up in this one so much that we neglect our eternal home.
• God doesn’t call us all to poverty. We firmly believe He has called us to this house. Not so that we can have a house and a yard – those both are perks – but so that we have a new mission field called our neighbors.

We were able to walk up and down the street last night to stretch our legs and open our eyes to the families around us. We are thrilled to report that we have landed in a diverse area and hope to begin planting seeds of Truth soon.

More spiritual lessons to come from home ownership, I’m sure. But until then…

…Welcome to our earthly home.

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