My House

As of two weeks ago I became a homeowner. Crazy. Part of me wasn't sure if it would ever really happen...and then it did. Extremely quickly. And not only did I buy a house, I bought THE house. Let me explain...

For years...6 years to be exact...I have driven by this house and LOVED it. I can't really explain why...I just have. There has always been something about it. It was easy to pass off over time as there just being things I liked about it...the fact that it was yellow, the fact that it had white shutters, the fact that it was in a great location...but I now understand and know that the Lord has all along been preparing me for this moment in time...and even for this house.

I watched the house go on the market and be sold twice in the span of time that I kept my eye on it. And both times I was sad that there was no way that I could have ever bought it at that time. It just wasn't the time for me yet. And then I started looking at houses this last year...not dead set on buying one...but open to the possibility...if the right one came along...all along just really loving this one.

One night in March I was driving to school from work and as I was driving by THE house, I said to the Lord, "It would be really great if you could put that house back on the market because I would really love to buy it." THE NEXT TIME I drove past it, there was a For Sale sign out front...no joke. I immediately called my realtor friend and set up an appt to see it. I couldn't have loved it more. So simple and basic, in need of some love, and just right for me. So I made an offer.

And then I waited. And waited. And waited some more.

Almost 3 months later, I heard the news that my offer had been accepted. And it was all set to happen during the one month that I had off of school. God's timing was perfect...no surprise there.

The picture above is of a group of people I love praying for my new home. I have not just dedicated my house to the Lord, I have given my house to the Lord. It is not mine; it is His. And I am so excited to see how the Lord chooses to use this special place in the years to come. To God be the glory. Amen.