have miracles ceased?

NO!!!!!

i am completely humbled and grateful today for so many things. but i just have to document the events of this past weekend so that i may remember that miracles are alive and well working in our lives. sometimes they are more visable than others. and this past weekend was nothing short of a great miracle bestowed upon us.

it has been a topsy turvy few weeks but especially frightening was the thought of putting our house on the market at such an unopportune time. not only is the market soft right now but our next door neighbor’s house, the house next to them, and a house 6 doors down from us are all up for sale. talk about a buyer’s market! the two right by us have been on the market for a while and haven’t moved. needless to say, i was completely sick with the thought of putting our house up as well. surely someone driving by might thinking that a meth lab was discovered on the street and we were all trying to bail at the same time. 😉

well, as soon as i came to the realization that we were going to move for sure, i began to pray.
fervently. and as Enos would say, wrestling in prayer.
begging Heavenly Father to please understand my apprehension about undertaking this move and to let our house sell as quickly and smoothly as possible. now i think i spent many, many hours praying for this one thing but knowing that i would need to accept whatever he had in store for me. and truthfully, i expected that He would think, “now, Cherie, do you really think i can let you get away that easy without a test of your faith to help you grow?” but still i prayed.

fast forward to Friday. we had made arrangements with our realtor, Jeff’s cousin, to get our house on the market by that evening after all the paperwork was done. a while later, the sign company came over and placed the big white post in our lawn, but the for sale sign wouldn’t be there until later. we realized we’d better start getting stuff in order. i had MUCH cleaning, touch-up painting, and organizing to accomplish before our house was ready to be seen.

that afternoon jeff was out in the front yard putting bark in the flower beds. a car drove by once and then circled back around again and stopped in front of our house. the woman inside started talking to jeff and asked if our house was for sale because she noticed the white post in our yard. jeff told her yes, but technically it wasn’t even listed yet. she proceeded to tell him that her niece and nephew had previously made an offer on a home in our neighborhood but were outbid by someone else. they were devastated because they loved the home. when jeff explained that our house was the same model as the other, she said they would love to come and see ours as soon as possible. jeff gave her our realtor’s number and told her to set it up.

he came in the house and told me the details of their conversation. as you can imagine, i was flabbergasted–for more than one reason. first of all, because i couldn’t believe someone was already interested. and secondly, because our house was still not in “show worthy” condition. i began to run around frantically cleaning the bathrooms, scrubbing floors, hyperventilating, and marking the walls and baseboards where touch ups were needed. we had two hours to get it presentable. yikes!

as they knocked on the door to come in, we were rushing out the back door pulling tape off the wall as we went. we jumped in the car and just prayed our guts out that they would overlook what we didn’t get done and fall in love with the house.

that prayer was answered. the next morning we had a sealing and a stake meeting to attend at the temple. as we arrived and got out of the car, the phone rang and our realtor let us know that they did fall in love with the house and made us an offer at full asking price!!!!!!

**insert here the scene where cherie faints on the ground in disbelief**

i think we both had to pinch ourselves that this was actually happening. i sat there stunned. humbled. grateful. overwhelmed. and again humbled.

i have shed many tears since then. grateful tears. i have always known that He does hear our prayers, but He answers them in the way He knows is best for us. i sit here now knowing more than ever that He knows me. He knows my needs. He knows my heart. and He saw fit this time to give me a merciful miracle that i can’t deny. i have no idea what awaits us in arizona, but i know He wants us there and i trust that. i love Him. i trust Him. and i’ll move forward with faith.