Earlier this year I heard an awesome sermon (click here to listen) about how we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the Words of our testimony. The words of our testimony? Some may wonder why it's important to share what God's done in our lives. I knew it was important to share with you the words of my "big" testimony because I knew it was important to let people know how far God has brought me. That it wasn't myself that got me out of a hopeless life; but it was God's divine grace on my life that He brought me out and blessed my life abundantly beyond anything I could even ask, think, or imagine. But the more I think about it it's just as important to share everything God's doing in our lives, because it's all "BIG." So I wanted to share with you about the Blessing of our new Home! To start off I want to tell you how we found the house we are in now. We had been living in Fort Collins in a small three bedroom apartment. We came to a point and realized Noel needed a bigger place for her, all her equipment and her nurses. Since it's not easy to take Noel out-and-about we wanted a nice place for her to be Home. I looked day and night, craigslist, rental sites, anywhere I could think of to find a home. I got discouraged when I could never find the "right" place. Then one day I was picking up the kids from school, which also happens to be our church. I felt the Lord tell me to go inside and look at the bulletin board. It was one of those times when I wasn't sure if it was me or God so I kind of dismissed the thought. When I got to their school I had to go inside and get them, usually there is a pick up system but that day it was closed. So as I was walking by the bulletin board I remembered the thought I had to I look at the bulletin board and to my surprise I found the exact house I had been looking for! It was the price, number of bedrooms and the location we had been looking for! It was a true blessing and answer to prayer.
Now fast forward a year and a half; we found ourselves in the position of needing to move to provide a better Home for Noel. Again this time we needed a bigger house, (it's crazy the amount of "stuff" one 4 year old medically complex kiddo has; our house is a small hospital.) We also needed to be closer to city convenience; stores, pharmacy's, better schools and closer to therapy. So the search began, again. We knew our lease would be up in March so I started looking mid-December. In the beginning we were looking for a house that had a shop attached so the Dustin could work from home. We found a few options, all with house that weren't ideal but I was willing to settle. None of the houses ended up working out so again I got to a place of discouragement and I decided I had to give the House to God. At the end of May Dustin got a job that he had to have a shop to be able to complete it. He went out one day looked at a few places, came home looked on Craigslist and found two amazing options. To say I was a little discouraged would be an understatement. He found two options in one day; he got to pick which one he wanted? I was very happy for him but I was sad to think I'd been looking for months for a home and hadn't even come close to getting two options to pick from. I sat in my pity-party for a while and then decided to give it back to God. July came around and as you all know Noel was in the hospital and really sick. A house was the last thing on my mind; but in the little time I had I checked Craigslist out of habit, you know how that is: check emails, Facebook, craigslist. And again to my surprise I found an awesome house. I emailed the lady and was surprised when she emailed me back and asked me to friend her on Facebook so I could see more pictures of the house. At first I was a little weary to "friend" her but I thought hey I can always delete her if it didn't work out. Well God had bigger plans and He used Facebook. The first message I received from her was that she was praying for our family, she is a nurse and understands what we're going through and her family just wanted their house to be a blessing to another family. Wow, I was so encouraged and surprised when I read those words. At the same time another friend was renting their house and said we could go look at it. We got to take a short break from the Hospital and go look at two houses. I felt the Lord Say, "Tina you get two options and you can pick whichever one you want!" What a kind and loving Daddy to be so gracious to me even after I was selfish. We looked at both houses and realized the one in Greeley would be perfect! There was no settling; it had everything we wanted and more! So it's not just that we're moving to a new house; it's that our Heavenly Father blessed us with a wonderful Home! I hope this encourages you in whatever you're going through. Sometimes the "Weight of the Wait" makes us heavy, discouraged and frustrated; it's when we give the burden back to the Lord and let Him carry it that we can wait in His Peace.
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