our first home // Monday E-Devotion

This past weekend we moved into our first home that we own. It is ours (and the banks especially since we've not made the first payment yet). It is ours, the banks and Gods. And it feels good.

When I think about the time it took to get this place, I understand that God had to prepare lots of stuff and people to make this work, and the largest piece of that was me...in the right place, in the right time, in the right attitude and so much more. It is time to stop for a few minutes and say thank you to God.

2 Corinthians 9:10 (nlt) --- For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.

Psalm 27:14 (nlt) --- Wait for the LORD;Be strong and let your heart take courage;Yes, wait for the LORD.

Patience is a virtue ... that I rarely have. Yet the older I get, the more I rely on and wait on God. This house is one of those pieces.

I need to say thank you to the people who have helped us come this far...our church family in a brand new adventure of faith that God is growing, my parents and my bride's parents who gave and advised much, our friends and ministry partners who have worked side by side with us to see the house and more come about.

So, I am going to choose to sit back some tonight and tomorrow and later this week and enjoy our first home because it really is a gift from God.

James 1:25 (nlt) --- But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.

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