A Sweet Reminder

Forgive my blogging hiatus. Over the last month, we had Ryan's installation service as Senior Pastor, Caleb's first birthday and birthday party and moved into our new rent house. I have more updates to write (including Caleb's one year update), but for now, I'm just writing about a sweet reminder that I was recently given.

Moving to Graham, Texas was not on our radar. Really moving at all wasn't on our radar, and this obviously isn't a good time to try and sell a home, especially in Louisville, but this is what God clearly desires for our life, and He's not even surprised by the housing market. We're so thankful to be here and have been richly blessed by the love of the people at Graham Bible Church, but there have been some obstacles we've been working to overcome. Lots of little things including getting a local bank account, which can't be done until we get our Texas drivers licenses, which can't be done until we get our car registered here, which can't be done until we get our car inspected here, which can't be done without our car title. Unfortunately, in the mass of boxes and papers, I can't find our car title. I know it's here, but in an effort to save time, I've simply ordered another copy. All this to say, even small things have become a bit of an ordeal.

Selling our home is tough as well. The market has changed drastically since we bought our home 3 years ago, and there's no doubt we're going to lose money selling it, but we're really hoping to minimize that loss as much as possible. Well, there's currently a contract on our house--PRAISE THE LORD--but the morning after our house was inspected, I woke up to an email of repair demands from the buyers. Apparently, the buyers won't budge on what repairs are done and our realtor feels that most of the requests would be common to most buyers. Unfortunately, these repairs are likely to cost several thousand dollars.

Let me pause here to say I'm sorry for all the details, but I'm trying to explain my mindset the day I received this sweet reminder.

Anyway, the money that it will cost to do the home repairs plus the money we have to bring to closing plus the money we're already losing can be somewhat overwhelming. I know our God is good and will provide for our needs, but sometimes it just seems so hard and daunting. I know this probably points to a lack of trust and peace in Him in this area, and this is something I'm working on.

So, I woke up to that repair demand email, then discovered through another email that an order I had placed for pajamas for Caleb was cancelled. Our washing machine broke during the move, so doing laundry has been tricky and somewhat rare, not to mention that Caleb only has 3 pajamas that fit him. (The rest are size 6 months, so there's no way they'd work.) Caleb seems to get a little chilly at night, so we've been having him sleep in anything warm we can find, which has included 18-24 month long sleeve shirts, cargo pants, etc. This kid needs some pajamas, and I was really anticipating this order I had placed 2 weeks earlier to arrive soon. But it didn't because the order was cancelled.

I'm not a crier. At least I don't really think I am--maybe Ryan would say differently, but on that particular day, I remember crying 5 different times. I don't know why exactly I was so emotional, but it was a rough day.

A precious friend here in Graham called me randomly that day to say she was thinking about me and we got to talking about my day, and I mentioned the things that had been frustrating. Well, a little bit later, this same friend calls and asks if she can bring something by. She arrives with a little gift bag containing a pair of brand new pajamas for Caleb. Her son is a little more than a month older than Caleb and had recently received two of the exact same pajamas. This sweet girl had planned on exchanging the second pair, but wanted Caleb to have something to wear that night so gave them to him instead. I was so incredibly touched by her care and thoughtfulness.

I was thinking later that night about those pajamas and was reminded that God cares about our every concern, and He will provide for ALL of our needs. Thank you, Lord, for this sweet reminder!