Recently we spent a weekend up north with some friends. Getting away from the daily grind of life was so good and waking up next to a beautiful northern lake always gives one perspective.
Later on, during conversation with our friends we mentioned that if we had the whole house buying process thing to do over again - we'd do it totally differently. Get a different house, in a different place, probably older, more character etc. Well, it turns out our friends said they often thought similar things, only the antithesis: about a house, newer, easier to keep up etc.

Paul, the dude responsible for the a good part of the Bible, wrote about being content. In a strange land full of conservative, dutch, "church-people," this can be tough to do.

We are currently going through a daily mediation series for Lent. It talks about the desert and wondering why God brought us here and how our pain and discouragement works with him being a loving God and all that.

I don't know if I have any great insights yet, but I know we'll come through this and in the process; maybe even be excited to live in our current home.