Out of Date

If you follow my wife Erin's blog you will know she blogged every day in November. Me, I opted for the opposite and didn't blog once in November...or should I say NO-vember.

It wasn't that I didn't think about it or didn't have something to say. I actually had a few different topics, I just never got to putting them on paper.

So much is going on in our lives these days as we prepare for our move. We know we are following God's will for us but some days are just plain harder than others.

We've had our house on the market for about a month and a half. We've had tire kickers but nothing serious. We've even had two second showings which are usually a good sign but they haven't led to offers.

We did make a trip to Airdrie and found a place we liked very much. We put a offer on it conditional on the sale of our house. We knew there would be some risk but we were okay with that. It's a slow market and December is usually even slower.

Unfortunately it's only a week since the offer and we received word last night that they had called our condition. They have accepted another offer and we now have 24 hours to remove the condition for the sale of our house. Obviously without an offer on ours, we can't remove it so as disappointing as it is, we will lose that house.

Erin and I are okay with that. We saw many houses there and know there are many lovely places. This one just seemed to fit us. We have decided that while it might delay us a bit in the end, we plan to wait until we have a firm offer with no conditions on our place before we go look again.

It's been a roller coaster for sure going through the process and dealing with all of the financial stuff but through it we just want to keep trusting Him and listening for His direction.

If you are into praying, please think of us. We'd love to have things settled, to know when we are going so we can start planning. Please pray for patience and for peace. It is tough living here but not planning into the future beyond weeks, as well as knowing we are going there but not being able to plan or invest ourselves there.

Somebody shared this verse with me the other day and it is so appropriate for right now.

Isaiah 26:3-4

You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.

Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal.