It's time

The past few months have been some of the craziest of times for the Siak 5.  Back in may our home went on the market. We got a contract and were so excited!  We found an amazing home (our dream house) and put an offer on it. We had some red flags with our buyers, and after much worrying on my part, we watched our buyers pull out of the deal and were sent back to square one. Back on the market. That week I had listened to a sermon calling out worrying as a sin. My heart broke at my sinfulness - carrying all this worry for something God was handling. He knew the buyers would back out. He knew whether or not we would be able to stay in contract with the other house...  My efforts for controlling all the different situations were ridiculous. So I gave it to Him. All of it. And when I did do you know what happened?  Peace. Perfect peace entered our lives. I knew that Gods plan was greater than what I could see. And I resolved to let His plan unfold and to give Him the glory for anything that happened next. 

The weekend after our buyers backed out I was playing around on Facebook when I saw a posting for a 4 bedroom house in Marion. We would have had to have a new contract on our home by August 8 in order to stay in contract with our "dream home" and matt and I had pretty much resolved that there was something else in Marion we were supposed to have. (Even though in the back of my mind, I didn't want to let go of the hidden view house). So after seeing that house, messaging the owner, hearing back and discovering it was way out of our price range, a lightbulb went off in my head. Why hadn't I tried to put our house on Facebook?

I posted a picture with our price, basic info, and asked people to message me if they wanted more information. This was at 10;20 on a Saturday night. The next morning I got a message from a guy asking me to call him. They wanted to see the house that night. Seriously. That happened. 

They loved it. Two days later they put in an offer an we accepted it. We get to keep the hidden view house. 

Looking back. I am amazed. When you can tangibly see the hand of God working out details in your life. It's an incredible thing. These are great people. Who love Jesus and are in love with our little house too. Even this week. God has shown Himself through the small details (and serious amount of paperwork) that we have been working through. Lord willing, within the next 3 weeks we will be moving. Our kids will have their own rooms, we have more than enough space, and (hallelujah) more than one bathroom. 

So humbly I want to show you the blessing that God has given us. Our amazing, needs just some cosmetic upgrades, perfect, 5 bedroom 3 bath house. That will officially be ours in just a few weeks.