I'm a little sad this morning. My hubby just emailed me and basically they sold "our" house to someone else despite the fact that as far as we knew our offer was accepted and we had openned escrow. While I'm a little disappointed about what transpired and how it happened so very illegally, I believe this was a closed door.
Matthew and I prayed that if this wasn't the right house for us, God would close a door in the process. Even though we spent a lot of time asking for God's direction, we could not ignore the fact that we are utterly and completely human, sinful, and materialistic. So we prayed that should our human desire for this house prevent us from hearing his voice that he would do greater things.
I believe that this is grace my friends. Getting what you don't deserve...nothing short of pure grace. I'm not sure we always deserve closed doors, because we need them solely because of our weakness, but I believe that it is because of grace that he closes doors. (I don't claim to have the most theologically sound reasoning here, these are just my thoughts for today.)
So for now... on goes the house hunt....
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Shoot Robyn, pretty dissapointing even when you do have a good perspective. Closed doors can feel pretty crummy (even if we believe they are for our own good). Hopefully there will be wonderful doors opening for you guys soon. Seems like lots of my prayers these days are devoted to the pursuit of a house... I'll remember you and Matt as well.
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