The House You're Building

Audrey Assad? Huh? Who?! Audrey Assad the gifted, the amazing voice, the talented songwriter that's who! :) Not new to the music scene but new enough that not many have heard of her. She's a Christian and so her songs come from that place of faith. Good good stuff.

I picked this song because of the picture it paints. God is a master renovator, remodeler (yes it's a word in my world let it go!), transformer of lives. We wander around trying to find a home to fit into and he has built us one. The one we build ourselves usually gets washed away by the storms of life because we build on sand. But God is the cornerstone and our firm foundation. When we plant ourselves on him the storms of life can't move us. (See Matthew7:24-27) We are homeless until we make him our home.

The House You're Building

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April 5, 2015

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