Blessings from Heaven

Warning:  This will be a rambling....

Psalm 37: 4 says "Take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart."  The picture on my blog is a desire of my heart.  We, very quickly, sold hour house and had to move about a year ago.  Circumstances led us to a cozy - read small - apartment and we were glad to be here.  But over the last few months it has become a desire that God show us what our housing situation should be.  Should we stay here (inexpensive, clean, quiet, safe) or should we look for place we could live that met our needs better (more room, place for company, etc).  Dave and I have very earnestly been praying together about this for several months.  Also, I have spent lots of weekends visiting open houses and doing internet searches for what I thought might meet our needs.

I, only half  jokingly, mentioned to my work prayer buddies that I wanted God to give me a house.  I said "If He wants to give me keys and say this is your house I would be ok with that, but I will pay for a house...I just want God to give it to me."

The picture on this blog is God's blessing for us.  He gave us this house.  Yes, we have a mortgage and yes its more than our original price point, but the whole thing happened in a way that showed us God gave us this house.  It brings to mind another verse:

Ephesians 3:20 - "Now to him who is able to do IMMEASURABLY more than we ASK OR IMAGINE, according to his power that is at work within us,"

We honestly believe that God has blessed us with this house and therefore, we need to use it for His glory and blessing.  We're not sure what that is yet, but we pray every day that we are open to His leading and that all who enter the doors of our new home find it a place where God is honored and where they are welcome.

Thanks for reading.  (and will post more pictures when we finish our home makeover :)