God was calling us to move. (If you havenโt read my previous post, I recommend it. Itโs an amazing testimony about hearing from God.) โฃ
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After hearing God call us to move, we had our house remodeled (at very little cost us), and put our house on the market. We were househunting and we found this ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ and ๐๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ God had for us. โฃ
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๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด? That was us in this moment. We liked the look of the house and it was on the lake, but we were ignoring the fact that ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐. โฃ
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We wanted to move ahead and try to buy the house. However, after multiple attempts of trying to buy it, ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ. We were even offering more than what the house was worth. But ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ต๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ. โฃ
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I prayed and prayed about where we should live. Our house had sold and we were running out of time before our closing date. God kept putting on my heart these words: โ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐กโ. I didnโt exactly know what he was trying to say. I mean I was thinking, โOf course it is well with my soul. I trust You. And Iโm being obedient. Weโre moving. Not sure exactly what Youโre trying to tell me.โ โฃ
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But ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐. To the point that every time I thought about us buying a house that was the phrase that came to mind. We were going around looking at houses, but none of them were right for us. We were trying not to get discouraged. We knew God had a house out there for us, we just had to find it. And hopefully, before we closed on our former home. The search went on and nothing was right. โฃ
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Then my great friend and amazing realtor Angela Merritt Whitmire brought us to a neighborhood that was ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ. Of course, we loved all the homes in this neighborhood. And we couldnโt afford any of them. We pulled into this long driveway with a house on top of a hill with a beautiful yard that had many acres. โฃ
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My husband was like, โYeah, this house is gorgeous but we canโt afford it, Iโm sure.โ โฃ
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We went in through the garage and entered the kitchen. ๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐. โฃ
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There, hanging over the sink, was a wooden sign that read, โ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐บ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น.โ โฃ
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I actually laughed. ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐. When God told Abraham that Sarah was going to have a baby she laughed. When God told me that this was going to be my house, I laughed. I thought, โThereโs no way. I know that God has been putting that phrase on my heart, but ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ.โ โฃ
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My realtor said, โMake an offer. Just make an offer. You never know.โ So we made an offer on the house and we really didnโt think it would be accepted. The offer we made was in our price range, but definitely not an accurate price for the house. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ. ๐๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ. ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐. The offer was accepted and we have been here for three years. ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ. ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐.
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