HOME OWNERS
Today's reading: Genesis 28-31

Where we live is not fancy. The house is not large by any means. The property is not prime real estate...but it's ours!

We may never be able to leave our son a large inheritance or a huge, lump sum check...but he will be handed down a piece of land that he can call his own!

Better than the small 14-acre farm where soybeans or corn can be grown and harvested. More important than a few chicken coops and a pole barn. Grander and lovelier is a larger than life, eternal piece of property with streets of gold and crystal-flowing rivers--heaven. You see we've presented God to our child, taught our child about God, brought him into the house of the Lord...and we've prayed with him the prayer of salvation.

"May God pass on to you and your descendants the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you own this land where we are now foreigners, for God gave it to Abraham." Genesis 28:4 NLT

I'm not setting my sights on my child 'fitting in' here. Owning a piece of the 'pie' is not what keeps me on my knees and before the throne of my Father. Being accepted in a land where he is not intended is not a dream I hold in my heart for my little boy.

I'm wanting for him all God has intended him to have--nothing more and nothing less!