If You're Inclined to Pray...

I don't often bring prayer requests to you on my blog. It's not because I don't need prayer. Goodness. I need lots of that. :) I just try not to bombard you with requests. But today I'm interrupting my regularly scheduled blogging to ask for prayer.

As you know, God has orchestrated this job change of mine in unmistakable ways. My faith has grown so much in watching the way He didn't just open doors...but He threw them open so wide they probably broke when they hit the back wall.

Because I saw how He did that...especially in the middle of a job market slump...I know beyond a doubt that it's no problem for Him to sell my house in a housing slump and to find me the perfect home in Fort Wayne. I really do know that, and I'm honestly not worried about it.

The commute is an hour each way and the drive isn't bad. It's a straight shot and so far the weather has been nice and the semis have (mostly) stayed in their own lanes and I haven't had construction delays...so really I can't complain.

But winter's coming, and I'd dearly love to be moved closer to work before that happens. That stretch of interstate is n.a.s.t.y. in the winter and I know it. And as I get more involved in station extracurriculars (working concerts, etc.) it would be so nice to have a short drive home late at night rather than a whole hour.

In addition...last week, I found a home that I love with all my being. It's a perfect Bekah-house and I've expressed to the Lord how much I'd love it if it could be mine.

I can't move, though, until I sell my own home. So far it's only been shown twice, and that's okay. I know it only takes one person to have a buyer. :)

My prayer request to you (if you're so inclined to pray) is that God will bring the right buyer for my house. This house was a blessing to my grandparents when they lived here...it was a blessing to Melissa when she lived here...and it's been a blessing to me these last eleven years. I would love it to be a blessing to someone else too! While I could say to you "just pray that it sells fast" - and I really would love that too! - my deeper hope is that it will be a house of blessing.

And I would really, really, reallyreallyreally love it if the home I found last week could still be on the market when I'm ready to buy. I've driven past it and prayed over it...but I'm also keeping my heart open for another home if that's what God wants instead.

Thanks for praying with me...I think this part of the story is going to be just as exciting as the job part of it, so I can't wait to tell you how He answers!