The waiting game

My brain has been on auto pilot for, oh, about a month now. It was one month ago today that we listed our house for sale. We have to be moved out by this weekend. Whew, what a whirlwind. We are still in awe at the way God has been blessing us. We can look back and see that He has been preparing us for about a year now to sell this place. It's truly amazing.

So, now with our house sold we're focusing on getting a new house. After all, that is the point, is it not? Well, the house that we're trying to buy (the one that we started this whole moving nonsense for in the first place) has turned out to be a short sale. We didn't know until after we put our offer in. They counter offered with just the addition of, "Contingent on lender approval of principle payoff." So now we wait. On the bank.

Interestingly enough I'm totally at peace with this waiting game. I know that whatever happens is in God's hands. He's gotten us this far. In the meantime we will be staying with mom and dad. It'll be a little crowded but we're looking at it as an adventure. And I'm sure they are also. We just feel really blessed not to have to rent a place while we wait.

The packing feels like it will never end. I've found things that I didn't even know I had. Now I know that this would be the perfect time to weed through all of our stuff and get rid of half of it. Not so. We just don't have the time. So, I'm planning to go through it after we have a home to move into. For now it will have to sit in storage.