Every so often I find myself looking around at our home and I am overwhelmed by the Lord’s blessing. We were able to purchase it five and a half years ago without a mortgage. It was the answer to a prayer from many years before.
Yesterday Dave told me he had found a critter in our bathroom. Since we live in southern Arizona it could have been any one of a number of things. It was a lizard. I chuckled to myself and thought “I live in a palace” and I have Scripture to prove it.
“Lizards—they are easy to catch, but they are found even in kings’ palaces.” Proverbs 30:28 NLT
According to most of the world’s standards my home is a palace. There are so many living in horrible conditions. The walls of their homes lean and collapse in the wind. Floors are dirt and roofs leak. There is no electricity or modern plumbing. We have much to be thankful for.
Someone will always live in a better neighborhood and have a larger home with nicer furniture. We have to avoid the temptation to compare and covet. Those two attributes breed discontentment and when discontentment is left unchecked it can be very destructive. We need to be grateful for the blessings we have.
“A wise woman makes her home what it should be, but the home of a foolish woman is destroyed by her own actions.” Proverbs 14:1 ERV
A house, an apartment or mobile home is only a structure – brick, metal, wood or stucco; it is the love of the family within that makes it a home.
Yes, my home is a palace, lizard and all.