What Hath God Wrought?

Wow. We're sort of reeling this evening at how fast God has worked! As I've written before, we've been talking about moving to the new house my dad is building an hour away. We've been talking about this for nearly a year, actually. It's been a question as to whether we should sell the new house and get a goodly profit out of it, or sell our house and move to that one, reselling it in a few years for a retirement investment.

Things came to a head in March. My dad was going back and forth on it, and my mom and I were stressing out with all the uncertainties. We've been happy here, too, so it's not like we've been just champing at the bit to get out of here. Women are such nesters, and when it comes down to moving one's nest, it's like moving the world! Keep that in mind, guys. ;-)

Since the house is near our church, we often visit it after church on Sundays to view the progress. On April 1, we went there after church not just to see it, but this time to pray that God would really give us a word about what we ought to do. We committed it to Him, trusting Him to guide our decisions. I think we felt a sense of peace and even expectancy after that.

By Tuesday, my parents decided to put our house on the market and see what happened. The market hasn't been that great around here, and some houses in our neighborhood have been for sale for months. We figured if it didn't sell in a couple months, we could put the other one on the market and see what happens. In essence, we were knocking on this door to see if God would open it.

I'll boil it down to a CliffNotes version:
Wednesday, April 4 -- Realtor takes pictures
Thursday -- sign goes up, house listed in multiple listing
Saturday -- woman shows up with her realtor to see the house and appears to really like it
Monday -- same woman brings husband to see the house and they talk about it like they're going to move in; they made an offer that night (30 day closing)
Tuesday (today) -- we make counter offer for a little more money, and closing date of June 1; they accept.

This is 9 days after we prayed! We can only say it's God hand in it all. Of course my mom and I suddenly got all sentimental at the thought of leaving our lovely house, but we'll have to get over it. We're having such fun planning the decor of the new house. :-) We're looking forward to moving to a beautiful, woodsy neighborhood, living nearer church, nearer friends, and farther away from nasty city traffic. Not that it's all going to be easy, but we'll adjust. We're just so glad to finally know what we're doing!!

So yeah, this spring is going to be a little crazy. :-) It will be fun, though. At least we're not moving in December, like we have the last 2 times. And at least we're not moving to another state! Meanwhile, my dad will be working really hard to get the house done by June 1, because he originally projected a finish date of June 15.