A House in His Name

I am writing this from my desktop that is currently sitting on the counter of our new house! No big furniture is in yet but that is all coming in today!! We spent the night here last night for the first time. It was perfect because last night was our weekly Family Movie Campout Night. It was awesome! So peaceful! Although I have to say hardwood floors vs carpet makes for an interesting night always chasing after your pillow. Ahhh but it was worth it.

No loud upstairs neighbors stomping on the floor at 11pm. No cars pulling into parking spots and shining their lights right into the living room. Peaceful.

Currently my husband is on his way to our apartment to load up all the big stuff with some friends from church and bring it over. I am on kid duty as they are still snoozing on the floor of the living room. We have already unpacked some things and it seriously feels like home. I can't wait for the final pieces to get here. Sounds mundane but I am looking forward to grocery shopping later too. I think its cause it's just all the pieces to the new here. Bringing it all together. That and it means I'll have an actual coffee cup again too. Storeroom, while nice and does the job, not the same taste. ;) First world problems I know.

I am so in awe of all that the Lord has done in the last couple months. If you would have asked me this time last year, as we were busily packing and saying our goodbyes back home that God would so loudly say this new state is your home. That he would be giving us a house of our own to own... I would have said, "Anything is possible with God, but I'm not sure that'll happen right now for us." Oh how his thoughts and ways are better than mine. I feel him in this place. I want to make sure I do all I can to not get lost in the worldly desires of owning this house but that God is placed at the top daily. I want to give him our best. He is the reason we are in this place at this time. It is nothing we did.

Oh the steps that lay ahead. I anxiously await them. I come ready to God's feet expecting him to do BIG things with my BIG faith!!

“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.
¹⁰ As the rain and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
    so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
¹¹ so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
¹² You will go out in joy
    and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
    will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field
    will clap their hands.
¹³ Instead of the thornbush will grow the pine tree,
    and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,
    for an everlasting sign,
    which will not be destroyed.”
Isaiah 55:9-13

God's beautiful sunset he gave me last night. Perfection.