Your Redemption is Near

Today, I had the pleasure of attending Anne Williams at the closing of her home with her attorney. It was great to walk with her through that experience of becoming a homeowner. Having a seat at the table and listening to the commitment of the Habitat team to continue to work with her if she had any trouble paying the bills in the future or any problems with the house. It was an amazing act of grace on their part, and I was thankful to see it first hand.

Overall, Habitat’s ministry at 112 N. Maple St encourages me. They took an abandoned building that housed illicit drug use, prostitution and theft, and had the vision to turn it into a home for the Williams family. As I dropped Anne off to her new home, the picture of redemption that her house represents touched me. The Kingdom is indeed coming on earth, and the CHBC got to participate in it.

When Anne signed her first of many papers at the closing, she said the only thing appropriate for such an event, “Thank you, Jesus.”

Jesus, I thank you for allowing us to partner with you in this grand act of redemption.