What God Has Done
We are moving to Indiana. Such a big change! The last few months I have been praying and asking God to prepare my heart for a new place and new opportunities. It has been on my heart that I need to be willing to give to God my desires and dreams. That I need to be willing to accept the life God has given me, even if it is not what I have planned for myself.
I hear God telling me to trust him. When I think of God though, often I get this idea in my mind of a deep and serious God who plans for us to spend eternity simply kneeling. I think of a God who definitely wants me to give up all of my dreams and personality to make bread and do the dishes. I forget what God has done. I forget about what he tells me through creation and I forget about all the times he has put just the right people in my life at just the right moment. That God tells us that he wants us to live abundantly.
It can be hard to trust in God in the way I’ve written him up to be. As we plan our move to Indiana, God has been writing in my heart continuously “Be strong and courageous, the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” I’ve known I need to trust God to give us a home and a place where our family will be okay. God has been asking me to trust Him. It has been in my head that God will definitely shape me by putting me in a home I hate that is in town, with no yard and I will learn to be content in it. That maybe we will have to stay in a rental or move around or possibly be homeless for a few months. That I should assume that God will definitely want to make it as difficult as possible because of course I definitely need molding.
With the mindset of this molding I was sure God would expect of me, we made plans. We actually planned to build a home that fell through because of costs and then we put an offer in a home that fell through because too much came back on the inspection. I was not excited about either of these homes, but I figured they would be good for our family and God is likely wanting to stretch me into accepting a home that is different then my desires.
This week a home popped up that had two acres, a fenced in yard area for Breezer, enough room in our home for everyone, an updated kitchen, a patio for grilling. It has everything on our wishlist and it is in the price range we are looking for. We currently have an accepted offer! It reminds me that God truly does love us. We serve a God who cares about the details and he knows how he created us. That while we need to be willing to give it all to God, that we are giving it to a God who loves us and cares about who we are.