Where to start… Lately, there has been a turn of events. We had been looking at houses and had made a couple offers. The first house we made an offer on, we were outbid on. The second house, our offer was accepted after a series of counters. We set our appointment to meet with the loan officer and get the ball rolling on our financing.
Then something happened. It started with a letter from Kolby’s dad cautioning us about buying a house. That got us thinking, doubting, but most importantly, it got us praying. I began praying on a Saturday morning. I knew with the decision we were about to make, it was something I should have done more of. This time, when I prayed, I tried something different -I shut up. I stopped talking, stopped thinking, and waited for the Lord. It was difficult, as I’m a chronic daydreamer, and my mind hardly ever slows down.
The Spirit had lead me that morning to 2 Kings where Elijah waited on the mountain for the Lord to speak. It wasn’t in the storm, the earthquake, or the fire that God came. It was in the whisper, and I didn’t want to miss that whisper. I had been running too hard, too fast up to this point and could easily have already missed the whisper. But I waited.
After waiting a while, I began to get frustrated. I finally said, “Lord, I don’t hear You.”
That was when my phone rang. I hesitated to pick it up. I didn’t want to interrupt if God was trying to speak. I looked at the caller ID and it was Tanya Gilmore, a friend, and our real estate agent. I decided that God may be speaking in the situation, so I answered the phone.
Tanya told me that somehow, the seller had overlooked the part in the contract that required him to pay $3500 in closing costs. She said the seller’s realtor had called her frantically apologizing for the mistake. The seller had made a counter offer, but I didn’t need to hear it. I knew. I knew that God had just spoken, and He had my attention.
From there, the contract process was done. For now, the home search is off. We heard from the Lord and felt He was leading us toward something else. I have no idea what that is yet, but until I know, I’ll just wait… and listen.
