the beans..

**update. so we are still holding out hope, we were told we would hear by Thurs, then Fri now we should know by Tuesday, hopefully. It is looking like our long shot just got a bit longer. I am trying to keep the hope...

I know a few weeks ago I posted about making hard decisions. It's kind of a crazy story and it goes something like this.... for the past year I have had the itch to move. Just feeling not so content with my suburban life...I know, "get a problem chick", right? Well as we all know, now is not the time to put your house on the market and move on up. Especially with 5 kids under foot and my biggest baby moving to China in 4 days (excuse me while I toss my cookies). Anyhow a few months back I said a prayer that went something like this..."Dear God, I am making the choice to be content with my beautiful home with which I am so blessed. If you think our family should move then I know you have the power to send someone to knock on our door that wants to buy our house, until that day I will be content with my happy home. Amen." Well, just guess what happened in this super saturated buyers market....uh, someone came knocking on our door and wanted to buy our house. What the heck are we supposed to do with that...uh, but where are we supposed to live...but our kids will probably have to change schools.. but, but, but, but.... long story short, after much excited agony we are in the process of selling our house, and looking for a new house. Of course there is only one house that we like and of course it is ridiculously out of our budget. So today we have an offer on the table to purchase a fantastic new OLD house... I really want an old house, one of the problems with living in suburbia,,,most of the houses are new, big, and so NOT my taste. So the offer that is on the table is -to put it mildly, a long shot. The home is corporately owned at the moment so we are waiting on the verdict. So again today I am saying a prayer that goes something like this... "Dear God, you have miraculously blessed our little family and we are so grateful. Today there are some folks sitting around a table looking at the numbers for us to buy our little dream house. Dear God I know you are bigger than any number and that you are bigger than the odds of this actually working in our favor. If we are meant to raise our children in this place at this time, would you please sit in on this meeting, and get these papers signed. Thank you. Amen"

Now may the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13