Does God speak to us? Proof He does and our biggest leap of faith!

When my husband proposed to me, he told me I was his greatest adventure. We had no idea how true that would be!😂

On March 22, 2022 we closed on our home. Monday April 4th were starting our two part move… We are moving to South Carolina. In less than two years of marriage we have bought and sold two homes!

I’m sharing this to give God glory and to show people who do not believe in Him or have a personal relationship with Christ, that He is in fact very real and involved in His children’s lives. The Lord does miracles for His glory and to draw men unto Himself.

Let me preface this by saying after surrendering my life to Christ, I started to hear the voice of God. Never an audible voice- but impressions or “nudges” if you will. Thoughts that weren’t my own. It’s certainly been a journey to get here. Back in November, the Lord laid on my heart to step down from work to stay home with Remington, but we had NO idea how it would be financially possible (we had so much debt). I heard “3 months” but wasn’t sure exactly what that meant. I fought it and wrestled with it for awhile.

We toyed around with the idea of selling our home, but we both felt we were to wait on God. We did meet with a realtor to get some information and we’re advised if we were going to buy and sell a new home there was no way I could quit my job in this market, with my husbands credit score. We prayed about it and in January, we felt February 1st was the date I would put my notice in (this was 3 months to when the Lord initially laid it on my heart). God so clearly spoke to my heart and asked me “are you going to obey and believe what man is saying by human wisdom or are your going to trust and obey Me?” My husband and I were in unity and I got confirmation after confirmation that this was what I was being led to do- despite it being a large FAITH leap that didn’t exactly make sense. God surrounded me with people who took this leap, trusted God, and they saw the fruit. God wanted us to be DEPENDENT on Him. God even highlighted the story of Abraham and Isaac- how God provided. This was even confirmed by a sermon my pastor did. I could probably type for 20 minutes all the confirmations I received. God was speaking so clearly giving us direction and that He would provide for us.

February 1st, stepping out in COMPLETE faith (with my husband and I having no idea how it would work out) I moved in obedience and put my notice in at work, giving a 30 day notice.

It was hard and didn’t financially make sense but I KNEW that I knew God was asking me to do this. Not even an HOUR later my husband got a very serious pursuit about a job opportunity in SC. My first thought was “NOO we can’t get a house now I put my notice in at my job!”😂 We fasted, and prayed, and we felt this was the door and direction God was leading. My husband was able to get a mortgage on his salary alone and what do you know? His credit score was right above where it needed to be. They also gave him the mortgage because it was the same line of work that he’s had for the last two years (even though it’s slightly different) which qualified him to be approved for a mortgage prior to starting, on an offer letter alone. This was a miracle in itself. A week after I put my notice in and we decided to make the move, we found out I am pregnant with baby #2. AFTER I obeyed, God began to drop the other pieces of the puzzle and everything began to make sense. God was completely setting us up for this next season of life and to move in the order He has for family.

We put our house up for sale, got the right offer, and began our home search in SC. This market is no joke. After two weeks of getting rejected on home after home, someone finally accepted a CONTINGENT offer upon the sale of our home. For reference, the hand of God was all over this because to give you context it is taking an average of 1-6 months to get an offer accepted in this market and the seller accepted a contingent offer which is harder to come by at this time. We got a home in the area we wanted that literally meets every single one of our needs. The timing of God is impeccable. He is always on time and never late.

Today, we closed on our home here in NC and our buyer was gracious to give us a rent back so we don’t have to move twice (no doubt the Lord moved his heart for this to happen). We are officially debt free (besides our new mortgage) now that we are a one income family. God has been so faithful that I know He is putting us right where He wants us. He has the church for us, friends for us, community for us, and purpose for us there.

If your KNOW that you know God is asking you to do something but it doesn’t make sense obey Him anyway. I’m sharing this to testify there is a reason and a bigger picture of why He asks things of us. It’s for His purposes and glory and our good. He is trying to increase our faith and trust in Him. But He won’t give you the next step, until you take the first in faith.

Here is to the next chapter of life- a new season, purpose, home, state, and baby #2 on the way!