Thank you as well. The whole house thing for me was by the hand of God - not my doing. He simply opened the doors and I walked through them. Even people that had been in the business of real estate for years were shocked at the speed and ease of my getting into my home. Every step along the way had God's guiding hand on it. Within less than 6 weeks I went from renter to home owner. Some people trying to buy homes at the time could take 9 months to a year to finalize a deal because of the way things went down at the time. Some of the legal roadblocks in the way of others, God had completely removed prior to the process even starting. He straightened those paths and cleared the way.

It was amazing to see Him work. It did shock many. He not only made the way straight, but He also added some extras into the mix for good measure that were beyond just the home purchase. He put extra cash in my hands I did not expect that paid for paint and new blinds before I moved in - a house right across the street from the house I was already renting. All these years later it is still almost hard to believe. But I lived it.

When it happened, after years of waiting for His timing, those doors started opening one right after the other. I was always pinching myself because it almost didn't seem true - but it was. He was fulfilling a promise that He had given me 15 years earlier during a much harder time in my life. When the real estate people were amazed at what was taking place in front of them, it was always the perfect time to give God all the credit, which was not difficult because He was the One that made it all possible. Many understood and blessed God to see it happen in their presence. Those that didn't understand heard the testimony anyway. My agent especially. He later told me that if someone would have told him the entire story, he wouldn't have believed it. But since he was along for the ride through the entire process, he had to believe it happened. He has never forgotten it.

As long as we draw breath, there is always an opportunity for God to do amazing things in our lives - if we would simply allow Him to do so. Sometimes it can be our own negative and defeatist thinking that can be the biggest obstacle. We don't always know what He has in mind for us. But we have to be willing and open to allow Him to direct that path - no matter where it heads. When we insist on steering the ship, He allows us to do it and it usually never ends well. Trust Him. No matter where He takes you. The life He gives us is precious and for that alone, is reason to give thanks. God bless you sister.