I hadn’t spoken with my friend, who had the question for me, for at least six months. We share a special bond because of a book study that we had both participated many years prior so of course I wanted to hear the latest from her...which I did. Her 45 minute update was full of praise, which was rare and is awesome, and just as I was pulling up to my destination she turned the conversation to the question she had for me.
“So, I’ve got a question for you. You were brought to mind today over something which I haven’t run by my husband yet, but I have to ask, are you and Ryan interested in living in the newest farmhouse we acquired?”
She continued on to say how they had found someone from NY that was set to move in “But…” and “We were thinking we’d rent it to her for $1500” and it’s “This and that..” and then my friend said “But we would offer it to you and Ryan for $___!”
The number she shared was barely over half of what they were originally asking for rent and was only $50 more than our current rent of the lovely but oh-so-itty-bitty three-room house.
The sun had done a good job of warming the car on my drive but the warmth that was given to me within my being was indescribable. I had tears streaming down my face and to say my heart was pounding, is an understatement.
My friend had NO IDEA that our family had been in a time of re-evaluation, that I had written an essay in obedience to win a farm, that my heart was in a posture of waiting on God and knowing that God was moving, working, planning something.
So there I was, in the car and God numb again. God was doing His thing and coming to us in a way I was not prepared for and at this point I didn’t need to know any of the details because I knew, that I knew, that I knew this opportunity that my friend was bringing was going to be a gift to us, it was actually going to be His gift for us!
She continued sharing with me a few more specifics, almost all amazing, however upon hearing one detail my heart was heavy.
To be continued…