an ode to 13 woodhouse court

goodbye little home
because of you we did not roam

we painted your walls and made you ours
we were a family under your roof

thank you for your warmth in the winter and cool air in the summer
we had send you on your way so that you could grow
it was both a joy and a bummer.


we sold our "summer home" yesterday. sorry to all of you who were planning to vacation to the booming metropolis of irmo, south carolina. what a great feeling it is to know that is done. we decided to walk through our first house one more time before it was officially not ours. it was a little sad. we have the best memories there because it was our first house. we brought our precious baby boy home there. we planted flowers and an awesome tree in the yard. needless to say, after a year of trying to sell that cute little house...IT IS DONE and we are happy.

matthew has lovingly referred to the woodhouse court home as the thorn in our flesh for the past 9 months. let me expand on that. you see, the Lord has chosen to teach us about Himself through such a huge financial burden. for that, we are more grateful than we can begin to express. in only the way that He has chosen, He has provided every need. even when we have absolutely no idea how we have paid our bills, bought our groceries, given to others, etc. He has provided.

We have learned eternal things. the Lord entrusts us with His money to ask Him what He wants us to do with it. it is not ours to buy more stuff for ourselves. He wants us to give give give in order to bring Him more glory. again, that is our purpose here. He expects us to trust Him. He expects us to listen and be joyful in difficult times. He expects us to see Him working in all things.
He has changed our perspective on needs and wants. He is teaching us to obey and to trust Him when He tells us to do things that don't make sense.

this is how the Lord has chosen to grow us in this time and we will always (so we pray) consult Him in how we use the monetary things He entrusts to us in this world. it's not to say that we don't struggle with worrying sometimes about how it's all going to play out in the ol' checkbook but when we step back and refocus on the Lord's character, our perspective is changed completely.

we are so thankful to ALMOST only have one house payment but are more thankful for the eternal lessons we could have only learned through this! thank you to all of our friends and family that have prayed for this certain situation in our lives. you have played a huge part in what we have learned.