June 19 – “Nothing left”

Vacation Bible School ended last night, so today should have been a relatively easy one.  Right.  My first assignment in our "new" house was to put together the bookshelf we got for $15 at the Office Depot scratch and dent sale.  It had all kinds of angle supports and fat head screws.  It also had some really pretty (for particle board) trim.  The instructions were also very confusing.  But I got it done.  Well, actually, we got it done.  Before I could finish Josh and Christi and their boys drove up to spend the day with us.  They were on their way back to Mansfield.  Josh had been in Port Arthur on a mission trip, and Christi and the boys had spent the week in Crosby with her family.  So Josh helped me finish up the shelf.  Then we attacked the doorknobs for all the interior doors.  We got all of them done except one.  One of the bolts that holds the two knobs together didn't go all the way in.  That's one we'll have to take back.  We also put in the door stops.  The only one that didn't work there was the front door, but it's a temporary door anyway.  We'll have to see what happens when we get the real door next week.  One of our contractor's guys came to hook up the garbage disposal electricity.  He also checked out one other thing.  When Chris started the dishwasher this morning the sink backed up.  It finally drained, but very slowly.  After making a valiant attempt to no avail, he called out the cavalry.  And who should show up but our old plumber from before Ike.  He wasn't available after the storm because he was working on his own house.  He took care of the problem and stayed for awhile to catch up on the news.  It was great to see him again.  Our contractor also told us that the garage door guy would be here today, but he never showed up.  Maybe tomorrow.   It was fun to have Josh and his family here, even if it was for just the day.  Caleb is laughing and interacting with everybody.  Zakary enjoyed playing with his cousin Micah.  When Nathan and April came over later in the afternoon we had all three sons and their wives, and all five grandkids together.  That's a mother's dream.  And Chris loved it.   With all that help we got everything moved out of the Omega Bay house.  There is nothing left there that belongs to the Vaughan's.  All that remains is the cleaning.  The house here is in major disarray, with boxes of books and bags of linens and toys and girls' clothes and boxes of other stuff.  We'll eventually get it all together.  But for now … we're home.   Galatians 6:7-10 says, "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature  will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers."   Father, thank you for my family.  Let them be happy.  Amen.