Ok, so I wish we had thought to start this about 1 year ago, as things began happening with River Church.
We are committed to go as a part of River Church, a Westridge Church plant (Dallas, GA). Mark will be the Community Pastor…. and I guess that makes me his secretary. 
We are SO excited about what is and what will happen there. There are a lot of things that are uncertain as far as what to do with our home here, leaving jobs, raising support, etc. Let me bring you up to date on where God has us with the house…. it’s been really cool!
We prayed about it and decided to rent it out for many different reasons. We prayed for a family who could really use it during this financially hard time. We had…. I’d say about 75 inquiries in 2 months. It was crazy.
We went through applications, credit checks, and phone calls like crazy. We ran into some crazy stuff with people… it was interesting to say the least. We were ready for someone to simply knock on our door and it be the right people. We were getting kind of discouraged, but we just kept praying.
Last week, I was reading one morning, on prayer. I’ve realized that my prayers are often faithless, bringing a list of things before God without much belief that he will step in. I’ve felt as if maybe He hasn’t been listening lately…. although I know it isn’t true. My prayers have been anxious…. please give me answers kind of prayers, rather than trusting, I love You, and want to be with You prayers. He showed me this verse as I read. Psalm 27:7-8. “Hear me as I pray, O Lord. Be merciful and answer me. My heart has heard you say, Come and talk with me. ” And my heart responds, “Lord, I am coming.”
That was literally my and God’s conversation…. Lord, please hear me, please answer me. Then my heart heard Him say, “Come and talk with me.” Don’t bring your list of things, or the ways you think you should pray, just simply come and talk with me. Share your heart with me. I want you to long for me even more than you long for your answers you think you need… WOW! I love the end…. And my heart responds,”Lord, I am coming.” Not “I am here,” as it says many times in the Bible, but “I am coming.” That was exactly where I was…. getting there. Getting to where God wanted me. He had already changed my heart. Now my head, actions, and words just needed follow.
Do you ever have one of those moments that you get it? It’s like God gives you an understanding bigger than you, bigger than anything that “makes sense.” I pray for that understanding…. that wisdom. To really long to see God’s purpose…. not His purpose for me or my life, but His overall, God purpose. Like, maybe our house isn’t renting because He has something way bigger than us that He’s working on, and that, if and when He decides it to be best for His purpose, it will happen. Oooo, and this part is hard…. if He doesn’t chose to do it AND doesn’t chose to let me know WHY, that’s ok too. Yeah, that’s a tough one for me. If I know the why’s, it always makes things easier!
Anywho, back to the house. One night last week, Mark and I were watching a movie when there was a knock at the door…. literally. It was a couple who tried to call, but had the wrong number. They checked it out, loved the house, and filled out an application. We checked everything out and they were exactly the family we were looking for! They signed the lease on Monday, and we have 1 1/2 weeks to be out!!
In this case, I really believe that God simply was saying,”Come and talk with me.”
~L
[...] and I were talking about it last week. I was telling him about what I wrote about earlier…. wanting to know God’s purpose… the God sized one, over even His purpose for us [...]
This is exciting. Please keep up the blogging because it’s like reading a really exciting story, and I don’t want to put it down!