House Prayers

 Yep, the same house situation I have been posting on since 2007...
After years of headaches and heartaches, the house is now in escrow.
We appreciate prayers that it would all go through and this chapter in our lives would finally be over.  We have a deadline of February 15th, and if it doesn't close by  then the bank will pull out. 

Update Feb 16: the seller pulled out of the contract at  the very last minute. I know God is in control, and He will work all things for my good and I am resting in that.

I also just noticed that my original post was on February 15, 2007, exactly 6 years before this sale was supposed to close.

And for now, a repost about the same issue.

Thursday, February 15, 2007

What do I do?

3 Trust in the LORD, and do good;
         Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
 4 Delight yourself also in the LORD,
         And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
    
 5 Commit your way to the LORD,
         Trust also in Him,
         And He shall bring it to pass.
 6 He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light,
         And your justice as the noonday.
    
 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him;
         Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
         Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
         Do not fret—it only causes harm. 
 34 Wait on the LORD,
         And keep His way,
 39 But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;
         He is their strength in the time of trouble.
 40 And the LORD shall help them and deliver them;
         He shall deliver them from the wicked,
         And save them,
         Because they trust in Him.

This was my answer to prayer this morning! My #1 issue I struggle with is worry. It is so easy for me to want to plan out every minute of my future, to worry about finances, to worry about our possible upcoming move  and about whether or not we will be able to get out from under the house we own in CA. While I KNOW   I need to give it to the Lord, it’s hard for me to stop the thoughts the enemy sends. It is so hard to not imagine everything that could go wrong, how hard things will be etc. But I’m so thankful that he is faithful, and willing to reassure us. The whole situation brings me right back to all He has done for me so far. 

Even back when we were trying to buy our house, I was not even saved yet, but I was so frustrated because the market was so hot that every house we saw was already bid on by the time we could get into the office to start paperwork. We were so discouraged, but a friend encouraged me that God cares even about these things, so at the time I said "what do I have to lose?" and I handed it over to Him, and the next day I had 4 different people call me about a certain house,  and this house was much bigger and nicer than anything else we had looked at in our price range, and even though Peter was on a 1 week deployment it was still available when we came back, and its still ours now.

Then, after that we got orders here. Our 2 places we wanted to avoid more than anywhere in the world were #1 Japan and #2 Washington, and where did we end up? I was heartbroken! But again I was so desperate I gave it to Him, I said "If this is where you really want me, fine, but if not please change these orders NOW!" And we ended up here, and we had barely left CA when I was so reassured that  moving was the best thing to happen to us.  If we had not moved here I would not have given my life to the Lord, been baptized, or grown in the way He has grown me! I would not have an awesome church family, and now that we are here we want nothing more than to stay here! So that’s just a tiny bit of my testimony I guess. I’m holding on and trusting Him!