As
it looked more likely we could be the adoptive family for James and Sarah, Joe
and I started looking at bigger homes. We were in a 2 bedroom 1 ½ bath condo
that I had owned for almost 13 years. James and Sarah shared a room, but often
woke each other up in the night or during nap time.
After
looking a little bit, we decided it might be too much change at once! Being
able to give James and Sarah their own room was a want more than a need, at
least while they are little. We thought we should postpone looking for the time
being.
However,
a couple weeks later, my Mom got a call from a local family friend who said she
was thinking about selling her house but hadn’t put it on the market yet. We
looked at the house and liked it! She didn’t give us a price, so we made what
we thought was a fair offer. She counter-offered, though, and we weren’t
comfortable paying more. After much deliberation and prayer, we were led to
walk away. The owner then planned to list the house.
A
couple days later, the owner called us back and said she (and her grown
children) decided she wasn’t in a position to get her house ready to list and
show so she would go with our original offer. I couldn’t believe it! God
clearly confirmed He had picked and provided this house just for us! It
certainly wasn’t clear in the midst of all the deliberating. I had been
confused why He led us to walk away when I felt like He had directed us to the
house, but now it all made sense!
Jesus
told His disciples many things they would only understand after His death and
resurrection. Everything didn’t all make sense initially.
John
14:18-21, 28-29
18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come
to you. 19 Before long, the world will
not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
20 On
that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am
in you. 21 Whoever has my commands
and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by
my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” …28 “You
heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me,
you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than
I. 29 I have told you now before it
happens, so that when it does happen you will believe.
Alice