Wait

I think it is obvious how much waiting stinks! Especially to anyone who has ever had to go through it. It is so hard not to obsess about when it will end, where the answer is, what exactly is God waiting for or trying to teach you. I remember telling people man, I just wish I could figure out what exactly I'm supposed to be learning so that I could learn it already! If you don't know, my husband and I moved from atlanta, ga to houston, tx in the spring of 09 to follow what we knew was so clearly the Lord's leading to a new job and ministry. The specific situation we were stepping into we knew would be hard but we knew it was where the Lord was leading and so were ready to walk into the battle. The thing that at least I was not expecting was how hard it would be to sell our house. I mean, we had already lived in it four years, we had put in hard wood floors and we were the first to live in it so it's only four years old. It backs up to a hill and forest so there's no backyard neighbors to bother you. It is at the end of the cul-de-sac so really nice for letting the kids play outside without a lot of cars driving by. I mean in my mind, why wouldn't you buy it? Plus, I truly believe that no matter what the economy looks like, God is higher and stronger and can move whatever mountain he chooses and with how HE called us here and all, of course He is going to step in and sell that thing fast!

Well, not exactly the way it has worked out. It is now 17 months later and our house has been through two high market times, paintings, multiple realtor changes, price drop after price drop, cleanings, etc and is still on the market. Our current realtor has offered everything and anything kind of incentive to get someone to just make an offer but amazingly enough, we haven't even ad one of those! I think if anyone offered almost anything we would take it! My parents have been so nice to offer us their house to live in while we are trying to sell ours b/c a double payment or even an added apartment payment would be a real stretch. However, it has gotten increasingly harder, our bedroom increasingly smaller and harder and harder to not have access to everything that you own. So, we have one last stop to pull out.

Our realtor has looked at everything and has come to a new price that she thinks will sell our house this month. The problem of course is coming up with that money. So, we would appreciate your prayers in a couple of ways. One that God would sell our house at this new price by the end of sept. and that He would provide the money that we need to bring to the closing table. Or that if this doesn't work that He would provide the right couple to rent our house that would treat it well and take care of it. That He would show us where we are supposed to live and provide the means to live there. We aren't sure how we will qualify for enough of a loan if we have a house that is being rented and obviously the fear of buying a house and then our renters just stopping paying us is very real and scary. However, knowing that if God puts us in that situation I know that He will always be in control and will not let us be destroyed. We are hoping that the end of this whole situation is around the corner now but will continue to have to wait and see.

"but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31