In His hands

We found it on MLS on Friday night. On Saturday morning we decided we'd drive to the area and maybe check it out. When we got there we actually had Edward's new blackberry (work issued- must pay for personal calls) and our agent's cell phone number. We wanted to see it and made arrangements with her to see it at 1:30pm. It was older but we went through the place a bunch of times and decided that this was IT! I tried not to get excited about the possibilities. We went ahead and put in an offer. We offered over the asking price and were quite nervous but had prayed that the Lord would guide this decision and bless it or foil it. We also prayed that we would be at peace with any outcome and know that we are in His hands and that we can make plans but the Lord has the final word! It was a 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home with a great sunken living room, big dining room backing onto NCC (National Capital Commission- parks land), nice garage, 2 fireplaces, etc... and it was in our price range! The carpets were old and we would have to paint and the house was built in 1972, but nothing we couldn't handle. We weren't pleased that all of the agent's work had to be done on Sunday since the sellers were having an open house and all bids had to be in by 5 pm. We had friends over for dinner and at 6 pm the phone rang. We had been nervous all afternoon but were still at peace knowing that the final outcome was not in our hands at all. To make a long story short, another bidder offered more that we had and had not included any conditions (no inspection, etc) so we couldn't compete with that. Our agent also said she didn't think it was wise for someone to buy a home built in the '70s without an inspection. That door was slammed shut! We spent the evening wondering why we weren't more disappointed with the outcome but so happy that both Edward & I were happy with things and were okay with moving on. We also felt that the stress we would have had to deal with over the next month or two (July 2nd was the sellers preferred closing date) was lifted from our shoulders and we could just continue where we'd left off. We are still shopping but we aren't really in any hurry....Like a friend of ours said...."The right house will come when we least expect it". The funny thing is that we hadn't been house hunting in the last few months and so we thought that this one just might be it! So today just to feel good about the place we're in now I organised the laundry room, crawl space, the boys bedroom closets, and the study closet. I still have a lot of re-arranging and sorting to do this coming weekend! I rest in the comfort & peace of being held in His hands....