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When God tugged at my heart in 2010, I listened. I didn’t know what God was or how I was even hearing Him, but I knew that I had peace when I obeyed. I was able to begin this process, because I had a husband who was far more spiritual than he or I knew at the time. Jordan has always been soft-spoken and kind. He has always been loving and generous, and after we committed our lives to the Lord, I was able to see him grow into a man who allowed his faith to guide him and take him to spiritual places that I didn’t even know existed. It was because of this faith that we were able to fix our eyes upon Jesus and follow Him in spite of our circumstances.
We were both able to walk with the Lord through a hardship that I couldn’t see coming and wouldn’t have believed, even if I had been told ahead of time. God didn’t just introduce Himself to us and move on to the next house, He came into our lives and made our home His home. The mercy and compassion that the Holy Spirit showed us in those moments were exactly what they needed to be so that we could walk through tragedy and praise God’s name in the end.
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Finding a home that was as unique as we were, as well as a place where we could be the people we wanted to be and live the lives we wanted to live seemed like a tall order. We really didn’t know where to start, because there are so few places available in the area where we were living. The fact that so many of the existing homes are family-owned farm houses made it seem to be an insurmountable task.
So, in an effort to find the perfect home, we sat down and made a list of all the things we wanted in a house, so eventually, it could become our home. The list was almost like a penny dropped into a fountain. It was a wish upon a wish. It was almost like our own little “Happily Ever After” scenario. We thought if we could just get these things, we might stop fighting.
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