Answered Prayers

I sit here wondering how I can do this blog justice, how I can write into words and express how I feel. How do you sum up God in words. It is just impossible, so I will attempt to  start at the beginning and pray that some of you will grasp how incredible this situation is. I guess I could say the story starts with Kurt. I have been praying for a long time that God would speak to Kurt and lead him in leading our family. As most married couples there are a few things that we do not agree on some small and some large. One of the larger issues came down to a new house. The budget that we both had in mind was completely different. He wanted to look at and purchase a home at a much larger price then I was comfortable with. Coming from a financial background I tend to be a little more conservative on larger issues while he really wanted a home that he loved. So I decided to go to the Lord to help me with this problem instead of trying to convince Kurt that I was right and he was wrong. I asked the Lord to begin to work with Kurt so we could agree on a price range that we were both comfortable with. I must state that Kurt wanted a house in the price range around $200,000 and I did not want to exceed $150,000. Finding houses between 130 and 150 is a difficult  situation as they tended to have major issues. Well the Lord brought Dave Ramsey to Kurt via a book. Kurt has his nose in that book and digested every word. ( I should also mention that I have been praying for the Lord to bring us good books to change our life and boy has he been faithful in that area also!). Kurt and I have also been in flux with the decision of what to do with our condo. It has been listed and on the market for over 3 years and we had a showing every week!. This was beginning to drive us nuts and we were feeling very defeated. You see I was wrong in assuming that we needed to wait until the condo sold to buy a house thinking that God would sell the condo when the time was right. (more on that later). So on this presumption we were not actively looking at other houses. Sometimes for fun we would go online and search for houses and talk about it. A couple times a year we would look at some foreclosures. Kurt and I were so different on what we wanted, where we wanted it and how much to spend we were constantly at battle. I am easy to please with a house or a car I just wanted a good location. Kurt is very selective on his homes, when he bought his first house it took him over 2 years of looking to find the perfect home. So as you can see this was a major obstacle for us and exhausting to even talk about. Sometime in April we looked at a short sale home and fell in love. (yes that is right Kurt and I both loved the same home) But the day we found it another offer was already in so we had to work fast. We put an offer of $185 on the house and I was sweating bullets. I was so nervous about the price but Kurt was so determined so I just started praying. We did not get the house and I was extremely relieved. I was not at peace and a wise woman once told me that if it is the right decision the Lord will give you peace. I told Kurt that we had to lower our expectations and continued to pray that The Lord would work in Kurt's heart and lower his expectations and lead us in the right direction. Then the Lord talked to Kurt and told him that the condo would sell in July. Kurt told me this but seemed unsure if the Lord really talked to him. I do not know if I was more excited that God spoke to him or that the condo was going to sell!. So soon after this Kurt hurt his wrist at work and they gave him a week off. In the meantime I had looked online and came up with a list of about 20 houses in our price range that looked nice for him to review. Now I must back up and let you know that Kurt asked me where I think would be a location I would like to live I told him I loved the area around Silver Lake especially West side.(This area can be a little pricey). So of course my list included about 3 houses around that area. They were older homes and very small almost smaller then the condo but in a good price range. Kurt went through the list and actually found 5 houses of the 20 he liked! Oh my big answer to prayer! Then Megan called and offered to watch the kids for a few hours so Kurt and I could have some time. I was trying to figure out what we could do that was fun and then I asked Kurt if he would like to see these houses. We quickly agreed and sent the list to our realtor. Our realtor called the next morning and said that of the 4 houses we wanted to look at they were all under contract. We freaked how could all of these houses be under contract when we just found them online? I must mention that this in the past happened to us at least 4 other times. These houses had been on the market for more then 2 years how within a week of wanting to look at them they all sold? I told Kurt I think God is trying to tell us something as everything kept falling apart. Well our wise realtor said let me pick out some houses in this area in your price range and we will just look at them. At the last minute I asked her to look at a house in Silver Orchards that I had seen online a couple times but was no longer there. She said should would look into it and see us later. So we met her ad she began to show us houses. These houses ranged from 130 to 150 and were not the houses of your dreams but we kept an open mind. Finally we arrive at the Cherry Blossom Drive house last and it was not even the house I had been looking for. It was priced at $153 and 20 years old. We went in and fell in love and were excited to see it was vacant. Now remember the house was a mess and not even close to our original desires but you see the Lord changed both of our hearts. We were looking at it differently asking ourselves the difference between wanting and needing. This would more then fit our needs even though we knew it would need a lot of work and I mean a lot of work. I was shaking with excitement as I knew God had answered a huge prayer he had changed my husbands heart without fighting!  I have much more to write but will have to do another post as my time has run out.