To possess and sell a house

     Today we began the process of trying to sell our house.  There are projects to be done and paper upon paper to be filled out.  It's an odd feeling to be selling a house for the first time.  I asked a friend a few weeks ago if she had any advice to give about selling.  She said that she didn't because she's never moved!

     This house, has become our home and will always be the largest purchasing decision that Erin and I have made up to this point in our marriage.  We have lived here for a little over 4 years and have enjoyed the process of taking a structure and making it significant.  Rob Bell talks about possession and ownership in his book Drops Like Stars:

"You can own something and not possess it.  You can possess something and not own it."

     This kitchen is where I learned how to cook dinner.  This kitchen is where Erin did a killer faux finish paint job.  This living room is where Devin and I moved the TV in and Erin said, "I can't believe you got the biggest one they had."  This garage door will not be stopped by the stopper if you swing it open, thus violently sending the knob through the wall.  Those bushes out front are the ones we planted and we've been watching them grow (slowly).  This back patio is where I learned how to master the grill and had many a late-night conversations with Scott and God.  This bedroom we converted into an office is where Erin composed her Masters thesis.  This living room has hosted small group Bible studies where lives were connected to God's truth.  This street out front was decorated with "pary bo" on my birthday because Rick ran out of spray chalk while writing "party boy" (he needs help with his spelling).  This is where Erin and I have laughed until we've cried and cried until we've laughed.
     We didn't just own a house.  We possessed it and made it our own.