I’m amazed at how life can change in a single year.
One year ago, my daughter was crawling. Today, she is leaping, climbing, dancing, and running through our house. (Or, should I say, our new house.) That’s right. In the last year, my husband and I successfully remodeled our last home, sold it, and bought a new one. One year ago, I had zero plans of 1) finishing our home any time soon, or 2) selling the house once it was complete. Simply put, moving wasn’t my idea at all. It was God’s.
If you’ll remember, I shared in a previous post that God gave me specific instructions regarding my home. However, at the time, I only shared the part regarding our appliance budget. In fact, that’s all I told Tyler initially as well. You see, I wanted to know for certain that it was God’s voice and not my own thoughts running during prayer time. It was only after God made “Monday’s Miracle” happen that I had the confidence to share everything God instructed.
“Ty, God also told me that we need to have the house ready to sell by December, but no later than March.”
His facial expression mirrored my own thoughts. How is that even possible?
You see, we not only had to finish our kitchen remodel, we had an office and a sunroom waiting for some serious TLC. Plus, our daughter wasn’t sleeping through the night, and we didn’t necessarily have the funds prepared to tackle these projects in a matter of four to seven months. Despite the many reasons why we couldn’t do it, by God’s grace we resolved we would do it.
Getting a home renovated and ready to sell is hard work. However, I determined to do my best each day, only focusing on the ‘gators nipping at my ankles. (Meaning I purposefully focused on what I could take care of that day, and refused to dwell on the thousand other things that needed to be done in the future.) God proved faithful, yet again, to strengthen me, enable me, and increase my overall efficiency. On days when I was sure it couldn’t get done, God would provide a helper (my mom, mostly), or He would cause my sweet baby to nap for a really long time, or He would simply energize my body and increase my desire to work. When I closed my eyes at night, I was certain I was doing what God had asked me to do, and I was excited to find out why He had told me to do it.
To be continued…
