How selling my house solidified my faith in God!

So I've been MIA lately.  March and April ate me.  Man we were busy.  We had birthdays and weddings and then....wait for it....wait for it.... we had a MAJOR praise.... We sold our house!!!  For those of you who didn't know- we moved back in October- taking a major leap of faith- and had been making double house payments for about 6 months.  I just want to take a moment to testify of God's goodness in our life.  His faithfulness endures and sustains, y'all.  Do you believe that today?  I do.  I lived it.  I know it within my soul.  His goodness and grace is stamped upon my bones.  I'm beyond grateful.

I wasn't exactly on board for making the big move.  My husband was the engine that was driving that decision.  We wanted to move, yes- we felt like foreigners living in the city.  However, the timing wasn't quite right.  We'd just had a baby and my dad had a stroke a few months prior to this whim of a decision.  I felt overwhelmed to put it plainly.  Well, God had other plans- and when our house and land came on the market- it seemed like too good of a deal- too much of a coincidence to pass up.  The house and land were exactly what we'd hoped for.  The house was laid out in a way that we could (and will) be able to retire here.  Walking in, straight away, we knew- this house was our home.  Not only that- but when we first discussed moving- I prayed that we might end up near my cousin and her family.  When our realtor (and friend) called us that Sunday afternoon and told us to drop what we were doing and come look at this house, we had NO idea where this house was located.  In my mind, we weren't moving- I didn't even bother to ask what town it was in.  We got on the road and the closer we got, the more familiar things were looking.  As we followed the realtor, we turned off on my cousin's exit.  Things were looking familiar.... We continued to head towards her house, passed the turnoff for her road, and thirty seconds later, we were pulling into a driveway.  It turns out this house, this house that hadn't even hit the MLS yet- this house that we were the first to look- was 3 miles from my cousin's house!  I realized....I could literally walk out the back pasture and continue walking (hopping cattle fence and avoiding the neighbors cows, mind you) and I'd walk right into her front yard.  Seriously?  My husband didn't hesitate a bit on putting in an offer (I was a little more hesitant- I'm NOT a risk taker).  Did I mention that this house was also owned by a coworker of his?  We only figured that out by the wedding pictures on the wall- my husband's jaw dropped when he saw and said, "I work with this guy!"  We put in the offer and had it accepted all within 24 hours of this house being listed.  WOW!

Me not being a risk taker, I started freaking out about making double mortgage payments.  We could swing it but man....throwing away almost $1000 a month was pretty sickening to me!!  What if we had a castastrophe?  What if we had a big expense come up?  What about our savings?  What would we do when Christmas came up? I spent the next 4 weeks thinking of why we should NOT be buying this house.  Did I mention our old house wasn't even on the market yet?  Ugggh!  What a labor of love.  We had exactly 30 days to flip our house and get it show ready.  Remember that part about me just having a baby?  Can you say STRESS..... I spent my 27th birthday painting the exterior of my house getting a farmer's tan.

But God is bigger than my apprehensions.  He saw us through.  Somehow- our savings account doubled.  We were throwing $1000 of our monthly income out the window- and still- God sustained us.  Our 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes really did feed a thousand.  He ain't kidding guys.  With God, ALL things are possible.
Showing after showing- it felt like the house would never sell.  I began to pray for the next owners- that our house would be a blessing in their lives.  That it would be an answer to their prayers.  And wouldn't you know- it was!  The new buyers are best friends of our next door neighbors.  Being close to their friends was as important to me as being close to my cousin.  God blessed us both.  He grew our faith.  In the midst of our chaos- my marriage and friendship with my husband was strengthened.  And my faith was again, solidified.  God showed us favor and he showed me, that through it all, NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCE, He is Lord of ALL.  Lord of my family- YES.  Lord of my finances- YES.  Lord of my marriage- YES.  Lord of my heart- YES.  His love endures.  His faithfulness is REAL.  Believe that.  No matter what you're struggling with- choose to trust.  Choose to have peace that surpasses all understanding.  And He will show you favor like you have never in your life could fathom was even possible.

Happy Monday y'all.