The Rebuilding of a House

Although it has been almost three weeks since the day we came home

to find our house flooded it still seems like a dream

Walls have been removed and replaced

Floors have been pulled up and discarded

The house has been gutted and nothing seems the same...

The workers are diligently...

remodeling

renovating

restructuring

our home
to turn our tragedy into something beautiful

And some days we feel just like that house

(like we've been gutted)

but we dare not complain because we understand

that sometimes

God chooses to destroy the old to make anew

and if we are, in fact, God's house then it is easy to see why

He tears out the old...

dark thoughts

bad habits

old ways

to make

something beautiful

and new

As He takes our...

old lives
filled with sin and shame

to give us His
filled with hope and love

and even though I may not have chosen for it all to happen in this way

I am so grateful that He is still diligently...

remodeling

renovating

restructuring

this house

Ever feel like your entire life is under construction? 

(click here to see the walls back up!)