The good stuff

It is interesting how things work out.
We had saved all the extra bucks coming in for a down payment on a home here in our new town.  With child like excitement we also added our tax return to the pile and enthusiastically started the house search.  Hopping from house to house we found some we liked and put in an offer on one.
Someone else beat us to the punch.  Bummer.
So, we kept on looking but feeling like that was the house, knowing that was the house. 
As we were getting ready to throw our money at a new property we kept getting this nagging feeling not to do anything drastic but we didn't listen.  Then, seriously a day before I was to call our realtor, the van broke down and the baby got sick.  (She is doing so much better now, thank you for your thoughts and prayers.)
All of that extra money was gone in two days flat.
Funny thing thinking we are in control.
In a way I think this was a wake up call to our family about patience and contentment. 
Maybe that was the house we were supposed to have and the timing wasn't right or (gasp) maybe we are not supposed to have a house.  The contentment part comes in here...I was so busy thinking if only we had this one thing we would be happy, our family would flourish!  But that's baloney.  When the baby was sick and we all banded together and cried for her healing, I realized that things are good now.  This is what matters.  This little family loving, laughing, doing life together, crying together, that's where the good stuff is. 
When the Lord saw that Adam wasn't quite fulfilled and was a little off, He didn't build him a house or give him a nice ride.  Nope, He gave him a family.