Let the Leaping Begin!

Well, it is here! Ash Wednesday was just under a week ago. Yesterday was our first Leap of Faith (here on out it will be referred to as LoF) Sunday if you will. User manuals, daily bible guides, LoF prayer team. I felt energized, hopeful and even faithfilled when I walked out of there. It might have been something to do with the fact that G and I were heading to an open house for a home that is on the TOP of our favorites list!

We decided that this year for LoF we were going to pray for a few things. In no particular order, we decided on a house, kid(s) and good jobs. Some of these things we have been praying for for a looooong time. Others have become a recent interest and we are looking forward to what answers/blessings/things will come of our time praying for them. Not to mention, we both have several people we are praying for and we are praying for our church as well.

Well, I never thought the steps, or leaps of faith were going to start so soon. Tonight, G and I put an offer in on a house!!! The evening had many ups and downs. We went into our meeting with our mortgage guy thinking we were easily qualifying for down payment assistance. Turns out I get paid one too many times each year! Just $100 less a month and we would have qualified. Well, in reality, this is a better problem to have. For a moment we (read: me) thought that our chances of buying a house were now gone. However, with lots of math and running numbers we realized that we are going to be just fine still. The money would have been nice (I mean, who doesn't like free money???) but I am pretty glad that I make $100/mo more than the average Minnesotan!

SIDE NOTE: I had a moment today when I realized that if we buy this beautiful home in a suburb of the Twin Cities, my children's lives are going to be dramatically different than mine. There will be no low-income housing, no food shelves, no schools that are falling apart both internally or externally, no monthly welfare checks. No. God has blessed me beyond belief and has brought me to where I am today. I would not trade my experience for the world, but I can not believe what I will be able to offer my children! END SIDE NOTE!

Anyways, once we saw that it was still possible we went to house that we looked at yesterday. We loved it just the same. I totally felt like I was at home already! It is soooo cute and perfect for us. So, we went back to the our Realtors office and submitted a purchase agreement!!!!

We know that there are sooooo many things that have to work out in order for us to get this house. We went for it because we know we have a God who loves us, cares about us and wants us to have good things in our lives. Does that mean that this will be our house for sure? NO. Does it mean that we can foolishly make stupid decisions and expect God to work it out for good? Probably not. But it does mean that we can trust in him, take a leap forward and be ready for the exciting ride that is ahead.

We will hopefully hear back on the offer tomorrow. I will keep you updated!!!