So, we're hoping that next week is the final week.
Hoping......
This is the house as of yesterday:
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| All filled in all the way around! |
The back porch is framed and wrapped, just needs doors and windows. The basement has all the ductwork in, and the plumbing is finished. It just needs electricity! (Currently it's lit by a string of lights on a cord, supplied by our builder.) So once the back porch has the doors and windows (and not plywood screwed over the doorway), I will feel like it is a house again.
Oh, and we need a gas line to the house. That's kind of a big one when it comes to the furnace.....
We do have a bunch of finish work to do, but we are doing that ourselves. No more relying on other people's schedules. (Just our own pocketbook, which may cause more delays!)
The below is something weird that I wanted to do. I can't remember where I saw this, it was on a blog somewhere, but I loved it. They wrote verses all over their framework. It got covered up with the finish work, but it was a visual of literally building your house on God's Word. I asked Paul, and he was on board.
This is on the header as you go down the stairs.
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| I didn't realize how disgusting the cobwebs were until the flash captured them..... |
Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
-Deuteronomy 6:4-9
It needed to be written bigger, but I didn't know how much space I'd need. (It's a chunk of verse!) But I love the message. Passing our beliefs on to our children is something Paul and I are committed to. This verse may eventually be covered up by finish work, but it will be a visual witness to others until then. We'll probably write some other verses, and maybe even put some on the floor - the foundation of our house! - to be permanently visible.
Okay, so I got distracted from this post by researching flooring options for the back porch. I'd better call it a night and get to bed!
4 comments:
Love this!
I LOVE your Scripture writing idea. Totally doing that if/when we ever buy or remodel a house.
Heh, I just realized that Paul was "on board" with writing verses on the ....boards. :D
Made me think that this might happen some day.
"Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan who read it. Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to the king and said, “Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD.” Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes. Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant saying, “Go, inquire of the LORD for me and the people and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.” -2 King 22:8-13
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