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Saturday... This is different.


Saturday... This is different.

Margaret and I have had only one other home that we could call our own, that we owned. But this one really is different. You see, we built it, we created it, we had a hand in what it looks like. Now we had no hand in creating the other place that we owned. Oh we did some painting, some changes but we didn't build it from the ground up. This house we were involved totally from the ground up.

We have rented all the rest of our life together but we have found that owning is different. There is a responsibility that goes with owning but there is also a strong tie. We truly have found that owning is different. It really is.

Now that gives me an understanding about what God feels about us. Psalm 100:3 (AMP) says, "Know and fully recognize that the Lord Himself is God; It is He who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture." The Message puts it this way, "Know this: God is God. and God, God. He made us, we didn't make him. We're his people, his well-tended sheep."

God made us. But he did something that I will not do. He made me then He gave me the opportunity to choose what I do with me. 

We have talked together about what it would be like to rent our house to someone else. We would be really picky about what those people who live in our house would do to our house. I think that would be hard but that is what God did with us and He did it out of love for us.

But what if we took back the house. Well, we would fix it up with deep love. We built it, it was our house. We loved it and we would fix it back up. And that is what God is waiting for us to do. To give ourselves back to Him so He can take care of us and fix us up. And here is the key, we would be well-tended. 

Back when we moved in to our house I had some initial problems with the fact that I would probably be here for the rest of my life and that I now was responsible to take care of it. There wasn't a landlord for me to call to solve whatever problem there was. But that didn't last long. This is mine.

Now the important thing is, this is just a house. Yes it is ours but someday we will leave it. And it will be the right thing to do. We won't be able to take care of it. But with God it is different. 

The NIRV says, "He made us, and we belong to him. We are his people. We are the sheep belonging to his flock." and then verse 5 says, "The Lord is good. His faithful love continues forever. It will last for all time to come." Now that is a great thing isn't it? We may sell our house and move on but He never will, no matter what we do. 

The Amplified Bible says, "For the Lord is good; His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting. His faithfulness [endures] to all generations." At some point in my life my love for my house on Heather Moore Ave will give out. But not God. Yes He made us and He loves us and it will endure and continue forever. It will last for all time to come. Yes, He made us. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 

 

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