Our Home

I have been thinking about us selling our house and I realized that I have been calling it our "house" not our home. Hmm . . . it got me to thinking. I love this house - it was the first place Brian and I have owned as just the two of us. We have tried with God's help, to make it a welcoming place, a place where our friends and family would find love, joy, comfort and peace.

As our Home these walls have:

seen us at our best and at our worst,

been a place of refuge, comfort

and peace for Brian and I,

heard our prayers to God -

both our petitions and our praise,

welcomed our friends with

warm meals and a soft bed,

been a safe, fun place for children to come,

welcomed a few strangers

and saw them become friends,

enjoyed Casen's first Christmas,

been a temporary home for both of our Moms,

welcomed our children and their families,

been filled with the laughter of reminiscing

each time our siblings came to visit,

heard a few heart to heart talks,

seen tears fall -

some of joy and some of heartache,

and been filled with love - always.

These wall have held a lot of living and I believe that is why we have called it home. God has blessed Brian and I through this home - with good friends, loving family and lots of memories. I think placing it on the market has made me begin to tuck away all the memories and start looking ahead to our next home and the blessings God will provide to Brian and I there.

Psalm 127:1a, "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain."