Our Home

Excited.
Exhilarated.
Thrilled.

It’s the first time my wife and I will experience this.

My employer invested on a flat unit in an upcoming community near our work which my family can stay during my employment. But flat or condominium units in China are always sold in bare condition and the buyer must decorate by themselves. So the task of decorating and completing the unit was handed over to us subject to the approval of the final costs and expenditures.

As soon as some interested interior designers gave us their proposals, my wife and I started brainstorming with gusto on what and how we like the final design would be. We thought about the pros and cons of the dark colored motif for the house. We chose the balcony floor and protection wires to prevent our kids from accidents. We huddled to decide at the wood parquet color and the application inside the house. We agreed and match the kitchen fixtures with the shiny red cabinets. The choice of toilet fixtures was unanimous with bath enclosure and ceramic lavatory. Floor tiles for kitchen and toilets are confirmed. We scoured magazines and spied on the famous IKEA and B&Q shops for the latest in bedroom space maximizations.

The next important step will be merging our ideas with the professional interior designers while meeting the budgetary limit as well.

Later, we will have to choose the suitable electric appliances and furniture as well, but we agreed to take one step at a time and see first how the finishing goes before tackling this.

There is nothing like building a home that can bring such excitement and active energy from married couples like us.
Considering the fact that the housing unit will not even belong to us in the end, it still gives us the pleasant and enthusiastic experiences throughout.
We can only ponder our excitement when the time comes for our very own house to be decorated in the future.

Now, as Christians, there is one more thing that should really keep us on the edge of our spiritual seat which is about our future and eternal home. The site and location is magnificent and the view is breathtaking with crisp morning sunrises and soul-soothing dusks. The location has the safest zero crime-rate record in the entire universe. There are no reservation fees, no miscellaneous charges and no monthly amortizations to worry. The interior designs are…ahhmm…heavenly. The materials are rust-proof, mold-free, dust-free and forever-quality marked. The bill for management, water, electricity and maintenance is zilch, zip, zero, zapped.

* John 14:2 says, ”In my Father's house there are many mansions. If not, I would have told you: because I go to prepare a place for you."

This offer is sent to all of us into our innermost selves, waiting to be opened, reflected and decided by each one of us.
The minute details are kept, expounded and explained by our apostolic church, the one tasked by the Lord to keep the keys of the main gate.
All questions and guidelines are best answered by her alone.

So what are we waiting for?
Let us go ahead and accept the offer.
Let us sign on the invisible dotted lines.

There is only one thing to remember, we must start living our life with faithful certainty about our future home – inviting others to know about this once-in-a-lifetime offer.

Heaven is our eternal home.
Aren't you excited yet?


* John 14:2 (NAB)
“In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?”