God's Timing is Impeccable...Mine, Not so Much.

Four months ago, we put our house up for sale. It was spring and we thought it would sell during the summer and we would move. You see, after much prayer, we had come to the conclusion that God was moving us to another city. We had things all figured out. We knew what school our kids would attend, we would be closer to our jobs, all would be well.

Four months later, we had only had one couple look at our house... three times. Finally, they came with an offer. We couldn't accept it, it was too low. We had to walk away from the deal. Four days later, they came with a new offer we could accept. The only difficulty was that we had three weeks to move out and no house prospects in the new city. So we started looking for something to rent. After searching for a week, and finding nothing, we happened to drive by a home that had gone up as a for sale by owner that day...and dropped in price by $35,000. The house wasn't complete, but we made an offer. We thought we would have to move into temporary housing for a bit, but surprisingly, God is working it out so that the house should be finished and we can move right in.

God knew what He was doing right from the start. He had the house picked out where we were going to move. He allowed us to enjoy the summer in our present house. He made it so that we didn't have a bunch of people viewing our present house, and He sold our house for a good price in a difficult real estate market. Sometimes I want to push ahead of God, or force things to work out my way. But, as in this situation, I am always glad when I rely on His timing and plan.