This past week has been one of those turning points when encountering a challenge in life. I am proud and super happy to say OUR FLOORS ARE FINALLY FINISHED AND BEAUTIFUL! I have been waiting since April to have my house feel like my home again. It is so surreal now, sitting at my kitchen table thinking back to that Thursday night when the flood gates opened and water came pouring up from the crawl space into my lovely home, with perfectly sanded and stained, beautiful, oak wood floors! Upon walking back into my house after spending a week with my parents, I had no idea what to expect. I couldn't even imagine how my house could go from disaster zone to my new peaceful paradise. My expectation and imagination didn't not even come close to the reality of what I walked in to. My jaw dropped and my heart skipped a beat. It was love at first sight! I may be sounding a bit ridiculous right now, but I am seriously trying to emphasize the drastic change of appearance my house just underwent.
Having our floors turn out this gorgeous represents much more to me than having eye candy to look at when sitting on the couch in the living room. It represents that beauty does come from ashes and good things do come to those who wait and all those other silly sayings that my mom said ARE TRUE! It may seem like a small victory in the big picture of my home's life, but it was a huge battle won in my heart. I know that I was meant to go though that horrible experience of my house flooding because in the end it taught me that God's plans are better than I can imagine. In the moment of the flood it was not fun and I thought what could be worse, but seeing what became of the effects of the flood actually made the experience worth it. I have a new found hope in my relationship with God and in the journey that He has me on. If God can do all this for our house, I can't even imagine what He will do for our own little family. May small victories in life give you encouragement and hope in the battles of life. God is AWESOME!
