I have asked you all to pray that I would hear God’s whisper in my ear regarding picking our home in Colorado. He whispered today, but it was in my belly…
We saw a home today that we really, really liked, a great price, great location, great schools, great commute for Mark, and a wonderful open floor plan for entertaining. But we went on to other homes, as it was very early in our search. It became really clear that that house greatly outshone every other home we looked at. So we headed back to take one more look and decided that we would make an offer in the morning. But for some reason I couldn’t shake the weird feeling I had in my gut. It didn’t make sense, because I loved the house. But I kept asking questions and became very quiet, not knowing why I didn’t feel at peace. It was so clearly the best value out there…
We drove up to check it out one more time to find another couple making a full price offer with big earnest money and a close date of April 1st as opposed to our April 22nd date. Clearly we could not compete. I broke down. I really liked that house and felt huge disappointment. But my tears changed from sadness to thankfulness as I realized that this was the reason for the hitch in my tummy. This was not our house. The hitch was the whisper, the offer was the answer.
So, though we are exhausted, Mark and I feel really at peace with what God is doing, and we are completely on the same page as to what we want in a house. It has become very clear. And our amazing realtor (thank you, Brian!) truly sees and understands what we want. His care for us as clients and his expertise have been unbelievable, and again, we both feel that this was God’s provision and that he is clearly the man for the job.
Tomorrow begins another day of house hunting, another day of trusting God and following his lead, and listening for his voice in our hearts, minds, and sometimes bellies… 🙂
