Faithfulness

I don't know how to thank God.  There aren't enough words to express my immense gratitude for what he has done for me, and for what he does for me daily. I search the scriptures, looking for answers. And I find that it's me.  He wants me, everything I am, everything I have.  Every thought, every action, every word.

With this I write about his faithfulness. We read stories about God's faithfulness, from Genesis to Revelation. We often forget to take the time to reflect on our lives to see that nothing has changed. Why would it?!

We finally have a buyer for our house!  It has been two and a half years, and it looks like it will be sold.  We prayed about moving for a year. We finally decided to take a leap of faith and buy the house without selling ours first.  Three months went by, then six, nine. Wow!  At one year, God brought us a family to rent the house. They took care of it and loved it like their own.  What a blessing!

The year was up,  and we relisted the house. Six months later, it will be sold.  The buyers are so excited about it, and I am thrilled that they will be building a life in the house that holds so many precious memories for us.

This waiting represents so much for me.  I fasted and prayed for three and a half years to get to this point.  Sounds silly, doesn't it? For a house?  But it was about seeking God's will in my life.  It was about trusting him with everything I have.  I didn't stress about this because I knew God would provide and that I needed to trust in his plan. It taught me to pray in his timing, not mine.  It reinforced that praying and reading the Bible lead to taking the stories of his past faithfulness as truth in my life today.

So I am thankful for the house selling, but it's the rich blessing of knowing without a doubt that God is with me and caring for me that is the best. It is seeing that he is making me into more than I was before.Take time to see the Lord's faithfulness throughout your life and rejoice in his favor.