Restoration House

So I write this with a happy heart! Our offer was accepted and the biting of the nails worth it. God granted us favor and the vendors accepted an offer. It's the type of house I have always dreamed of but thought would be  out of my reach. we have an amazing God that loves to bless us. I stood in church this morning, as I prayed I would, and was able to testify that God has provided! I look back now and see that God directed our paths and made the way possible. I now have a very tense few weeks as we push through the sale of our house and the purchase of a new one under auction conditions. I did have some panicky moments and started to think of all the things that could go wrong, what if our mortgage application is refused, what if our buyer pulls out, what if....


God said to Joshua be strong Be courageous you will inherit the land, I will be with you. Like Joshua we are in unfamiliar territory. Keeping our eyes on God looking at him over the unfamiillar surroundings will ensure our success. Just like Peter  when God commanded him to step out of the safety of the boat and walk on the water. As long as Peter kept his eyes on Jesus he was fine the moment he took his eyes off Jesus he started to sink. Our test these next few weeks is to keep focused on God and his promises. Committing our ways and plans to him and he will make sure they succeed.


Restoration house is an exciting time for me and my family and through it we want to bless everyone who comes through the door. As I  wrote in 2010 'A big house suitable for all my family, filled  with joy hope and love' I want it to be somewhere people can come in to and experience Gods love and grace.


Tomorrow is an important day mortgage application and survey on our property for the buyer...more nail biting no doubt, but hopefully no panic and I face forward staring into the eyes of my Father, the all powerful God. He has brought us this far and will ensure he finishes what he has started. And in the words of the preacher this morning God invests a lot in us, a lot more than the deposit we have invested, his reputation is on the line to and he will work everything out for the good.


I look forward to collecting the keys to Restoration House....


ps then maybe I shall invest in another set of acrylic nails! 

A Man's heart plans his way but the Lord directs his steps

So as I write this blog I am sitting biting my nails (having pulled off the acrylics yesterday!) chewing my lip and basically being a nervous ball of energy. A very similar feeling to this time last year. 
This time last year God spoke very clearly to me about restoration. I had to work through what that meant I had my ideas but God directed my steps and what it did mean was the restoration of my marriage. I remember very clearly when God promised me he would restore my marriage, I remember going and putting on my wedding ring as some kind of symbol. At the time I did think am I crazy? I remember the conversation in the car park of the swimming pool that I had with my estranged husband and the look on his face when I said I think we have something worth repairing and worth fighting for...oh and I remember the hug he gave me and the affectionate kiss on the head that filled me with hope.;-) He didn't say yes but he didn't say no and that was enough to hold onto. Anyway I digress...


So yes here I am in a similar situation. After finally having an offer on our house it has been a mad panic to find a suitable property. Our son has a progressive disease and we have to look into the future and to how the house will accommodate his needs physically. So we have found the perfect house its in the auction and  its crazy but I did feel God directing our steps towards this. We have made an offer in the hope they will pull it from Auction. Now we have to wait. The house is partly renovated and we would need to do some finishing off, some restoration. There it is that word again restoration! Could it be that after everything God said to me in 2011 and everything he did restore to me in 2011, could it be that this will be his smile on us his favour 'Restoration House' 
Towards the end of 2010 I wrote out my thoughts on wallpaper with a couple of very good friends. We rolled them out before God and we prayed. The first thing I wrote was restoration, the second thing I wrote was a big house suitable for all my family, a house filled with love hope and grace, a house where people could come and gain strength. That is still my prayer and still my desire. I pray above all else that I have truly delighted myself in God and that his thoughts have truly become my thoughts and therefore my thoughts will be established and he will give me the desires of my heart.... 
Restoration and Favour ... 


PS really need to get my nails done now! ;-)
I found this simple prayer

Under Offer

Finally

So finally after four years, three estate agents, a handful of viewers and three price reductions there is now a sold sign! I cant begin to tell you how excited I was. Only this time last year God spoke very clearly about restoration and happiness and to give him a year and then the second week of the new year we had a viewing which led to an offer. Coincidence or God-incidence? 
Did God want me secure and happy in where I was before he led me forward? Yes he probably did. 
Did he want me focused and listening to him so he can direct where we go? Yes he probably did. 
Or was it that the housing market is picking up and people are looking at this time of year, new year and new start etc... to be honest after the year I have had No probably not. 
My little lad who has a very simplistic faith prayed before the lady came for the viewing. His prayer was simply this 

"Please God let the lady love the house." 

Her words were at the end of the viewing 

"I Love the house"

God incidence or coincidence  you decide.... 
All I know right now is we have a sale proceeding and we are moving on...


PS Am I panicking about where we will move to.....probably ;-)


Small World v Big God

 

God is good and gets gooder every day

So I survived Christmas! No one got poisoned, choked or puked. I'd say my first Christmas dinner was a success. Actually it was more than a success it was great!


So I was going to post a triumphant New Years Day blog full of things like, this is the year, bla bla bla. Thought that was a bit ridiculous as I am rubbish with resolutions and I would have failed them all by the time the week was out. So here we are the 11 January, Happy New Year! I am now trying to work out what 2012 will involve where it will take me and where it will take my family.
So as I look back at 2011 I still stand amazed at what has happened in my life over the last 12 months. This time last year I was heading for divorce, my 10 year marriage ended in 2010. My children travelled back and forth from mummy to daddy's .  I look back to my journal (before I had a blog) and I read things like, turnaround, testimony, miracles, restoration. I read sentences such as 'By the end of 2011 God is going to give you a testimony you are going to have to throw your hands up in the air and say only God could have done it.' 
God spoke to me so clearly on 1st January 2011 and he gave me another chance, he said give me a year. He told me he was going to bring restoration. Here I am am at the start of 2012 having listened to that still small voice and here I am throwing my hands in the air and saying Only God could have done it...and most importantly here I am going into my 13th year of marriage to the father of my two beautiful children! 


ah its clichéd but its true, as my dear Father says  God is good and gets gooder every day! 


PS my New Years resolution was to keep my blog updated....first post of 2012 on the 11 Jan, mm failed that one then ;-)