Every now and again, I’ll look up a house app and dream, like I believe many do by looking at mansions. My mother has a saying I heard for years growing up: “ Dreaming don’t cost a thing.”
I honestly believe that dreaming and praying for something opens the door for God to help you find your purpose. While dreaming, I started wondering, do I buy a run-down house in a rich neighborhood or do I buy a really big house in a not so good neighborhood? I saw myself in front of a small house, and my wife came to mind. I felt The Holy Spirit show me a before and after of what a small house started as and then a mega mansion with all these additions added onto it.
I thought of how a small house is the perfect analogy for a new relationship. When you start off, the house is small, but as you continue to make memories throughout your lifetime, a room is added each time. When you ride your bike together, an addition is added; when you go canoeing, an addition is added; when you cook together, another room is added; when you go on vacation, a room is added. You see, by spending time with your spouse, you begin to slowly make your relationship a mansion. The comical thing about this dream is that only when you stop to reflect and look at your past memories do you really see how big your small house has turned into a mansion.
What house have you built with your spouse? Can you sit down and write down at least a hundred memories of what you and your spouse have done together throughout the years? If not, why? If you can’t write down the memories, then you still have a chance to have a starting point to build your dream home.
“They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it because it was well built.”
Luke 6:48 NIV
