Why THIS House?!?!?

I’m going to start a little series every Wednesday that I’m going to call the W⁴ .  Why, What, Where, & When.  It will give me a chance to answer a lot of questions everyone may have.  So ask away and then come back on Wednesdays to get the answer.

To start us off this week, I’m going to answer a question I’ve gotten A TON!  So many people have asked me, “Why THIS house?”

I only have one answer.  God wants us to live here.  That is the honest truth.  The style of this home is not one I would have picked.  The curb appeal leaves a lot to be desired.  We looked at other homes, homes with great curb appeal (in fact our friends bought one of them and it has such GREAT curb appeal) but none of them felt right.  This house always felt right.

It is clear just from the outside pictures that it needs tons of work.  The inside does as well.  In so many ways it would have been easier for us to buy a bigger - brand new - minimal things to fix - house.  But that’s not what God wanted for us.  I’m not exactly sure what He has in mind and the purpose of us having THIS house, but I’m going forward with faith and that is the most reassuring thing of all.   I have had enough experiences in my life to know that when God tells me to do something, or confirms something as the right path for me and my family, I do it.  The thought of what might happen if I don’t is way worse then any hesitation I may feel with not knowing exactly how everything will play out when I do act.

Once I felt like God wanted us to live here we did do more homework and kept listening closely for any direction that would tell us it was a bad idea.  When we saw the inside for the first time I told Greg I was only looking for major issues that would make me double check with God.  The first big one was making sure it didn’t smell like smoke and didn’t have any major structural issues.  Those two checked out almost immediately and we carried on from there to where we are now.

There really is a lot – A.L.O.T!!!! – to do, but I know it’s all going to be ok because God wants us here and when you do what He says, you will never be led astray.  Not even when your path consists of a big brown house in need of a lot of TLC.