God Is Good

Know I know that God is in control at all times. I don't really struggle with faith. But God never ceases to amaze me when you can SEE Him in the driver's seat.

We put our house on the market last Friday, the day we left to go out of town for Spring Break. I had worked soooo hard to have it spotless so we could have it shown that week without the headache of constant cleaning. The Lord knew that would be difficult for me, the keeping the house clean part, with the five children. And our house was shown three or four times while we were out of town. As we were driving back home Sunday afternoon my phone rang and it was the answering service for the real estate agent saying they wanted to show our home that afternoon for a second showing. I said that would be great, seeings how we still wouldn't be back in town until late that night. We prayed as a family for the buyers to like our house and want to buy it. Monday morning we got a contract on the house! We were thrilled. They wanted to close on May 7th and we agreed, knowing that school didn't let out until June 4th and that we'd have to do something for three and a half weeks. Clayton's company pays for temporary housing so we just figured we'd live in a furnished apartment for a few weeks and we'd manage.

Well last night Clayton ran to Walmart and called a few minutes after he left the house. He said, "you're never going to believe this." I was thinking okay, I'm going to have to wake five kids up to come pick him up b/c he's either a.) had a wreck or b.) ran out of gas. Well, then he said he had just gotten off the phone with our realtor and that she had talked to the buyer's realtor. The buyer's realtor had called to tell her there was a problem. (my heart sank) The wife of the family that is buying our house is a doctor and she's having some trouble getting her state licenses completed by the close date of May 7th so they were going to have to push back the closing date to the 1st of June! And just for the trouble they offered to pay our mortgage payment for the month of May! Ain't God good? So we no longer have to worry about moving into temporary housing! It is so amazing to me how God's plan plays out for our lives when we spend time in prayer with Him and are seeking it. And when He answers in such a short amount of time you just sit there and saw, "WOW!" He is totally in control! Oh, and the relocation company signed off on the offer so our house is officially sold, to close the beginning of June! Now I'm just trusting that He'll lead us to the right house to buy in east Texas! God is good all the time and all the time God is good!