We're Buying A House Today

"I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your 

faithfulness known through all generations."

  

Psalm 89:1 

Today we're buying a house.  Our first home.  Almost nine years after we were married.  8.5 years after our first horrible money mistake that started the cycle, and put us $50,000 in debt within a few years.  Only 5 years and 6 mos after beginning the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University.  Over 8 months after becoming debt free.

God has a sense of humor.  Never did I dream we'd be buying a home before I was 30yrs old.  I definitely wouldn't have planned it at this time- three small children, under a time crunch of baby coming anywhere from the next 5 to 6.5 weeks and on such a tight budget.

But God is faithful.  We have peace and knowledge that this was all worked out by Him, but at the same time, we know that we are in complete dependence on Him for provisions.

We are so grateful for this opportunity to have a home to call our own and could never repay those who have helped us along the way.

Its funny...along the way on this journey on the blog-o-sphere... I've tried to remember the feelings of all the momentous times in our journey towards achieving financial freedom.  My Daddy commented on my blog post from when I became a stay-at-home-mom and he urged me to remember the feeling of God's faithfulness as I felt it on such an important day in our family.  The feeling of becoming a stay-at-home mom and knowing that the Lord was so faithful, in allowing me to live a dream, was incredible, after such a long battle as a working mom and paying off debt.  The relief and awe at God's faithfulness when we were able to pay off our car (the one that I mentioned earlier) and to be able to do it earlier than expected.  The state of shock and surreal moments as we announced that we were debt free.  Its something I still have a hard time believing.  Did it really happen?  How?  Well, our Father was faithful and poured His blessings on our family.  Of course, along the way, as we continued to pay off little debts, we still had moments of doubt and discouragement......and times of wanting more and asking God "why?" but I think, out of all these moments of financial achievement, we are most in shock at how God orchestrated the events of us coming to today's events.....  and the littlest things that we desired, not thinking we could achieve it, came true and we are praising God for His faithfulness, love and continuing to ask Him for provisions as we rely on Him on this home owner's journey.  Its hard to believe that this day is finally here.... not only that the 30 days is finally over BUT that 29 years of waiting to be in our own place is here as well.

God definitely taught us many lessons along the way.  Our faith in Him has been strengthened and our lives are forever changed by the series of events that have happened to get our family to this point in our history.

Today we sing for joy at the work of the Lord and cautiously step into home ownership with the Lord with us.

"Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies." Psalm 36:5