April 30 – “Somewhere to evacuate from”

No vanity tops again at Home Depot.  "Roadway says they'll be here tomorrow."  I know they say that.  That's what they said the day before yesterday.   Chris changed her mind about the color of the front door knob once we saw the door actually on the house.  She decided it would look better black to go with the color in the door window.  I think she's right.  Isn't she always?   We went over to League City to pick up a mattress and box spring and double bed frame that someone wanted to give us.  It had only been used ten times in their spare room.  I guess they counted it up.  Anyway, they were a great couple.  They are good friends of the couple that owns the Omega Bay house.  We talked with them for a long time after we loaded it up in the truck.  And the mattress and box springs is in great shape.  It's a Serta.  Isn't that the one that put the sheep you count to go to sleep out of a job?  Poor sheep.  That commercial has always upset me.  We plan to put this bed in Mom's room.    Christina met us at the house today.  She just wanted to see what it looked like.  She hadn't been over since the cabinets were scattered all over the floor.  It sure looks different now.  The finish carpenters are about 90% done.  That means the closet shelves and poles are in.  The baseboards and trim around windows and doors is in.  The front door is even in.  Next week is painting.  Flooring sometime after that.  Countertops in there somewhere.  Our contractor finally estimated a move-in date.  Of course it carried with it a huge qualifier along the lines of, "If everything goes our way …"  Anyway, he said, "About a month."  That should get us in right before hurricane season begins.  That was my goal.  That we would have somewhere to evacuate from.   Philippians 3:20-21 says, "But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body."   Father, it feels like I have already evacuated from somewhere.  But that's the point, right?  Amen.