All God. All the time.

Have you ever experienced God's hand in your life directing your steps? Not just looking back on a situation/trial/moment you lived and reflecting on God's involvement, but to actually see it as it's happening? I believe in a sovereign God who is ultimately in control of all things but to see Him working in action first hand- that He is going before you, preparing the way is amazing! I've been blessed to have several of these experiences in the last couple years.

As you know, last month we announced our news about moving back to TN. Daniel accepted a new position in Nashville and since he can't very well wait to start the job until our house sells, we knew this scenario would have us living apart during the week for an undetermined amount of time. His new job does allow telecommuting two times/week so he planned to do so Monday and Friday after getting his feet wet the first couple weeks. You know how long-winded I can be, so I'll try to concise all this below to show how God has been working:

• Mid-late July a recruiter from Deloitte finds Daniel's profile on LinkedIn and asks Daniel to apply 
• On Friday, 8/14, Daniel took his 3rd phone interview. No more than 2 hours later the recruiter receives a verbal offer for the position while he's on the phone with Daniel and said this never happens
• Monday, 8/17 Daniel receives official written offer and accepts
• 9/1 we announce the news to our family
• 9/4 stager views home, we receive her list of recommendations on 9/7 and get to work packing
• 9/10 Daniel starts work- first orientation in Atlanta for 2 days then to Nashville rest of week
• 9/15 we move furniture and boxes into storage unit and clean house to prepare it for sale
• 9/17 Jacob is born and D's 3 week paid paternity leave starts (this was one of the perks they offered him at hire to entice his acceptance)
• 10/2 the photographer takes shots for the listing
• Friday, 10/5 we officially list our house on the market
• Saturday, 10/6 I cry to Daniel about living apart 
• Sunday, 10/7 Daniel was skyping with his sister and showed her the house I had been stalking online but were concerned about school zone. 
  • Daniel's first day back to work is Monday and he leaves for Nashville
• Monday 10/8 Buffy texts me about the specific schools we'd be zoned for. 
  • That evening she calls after speaking with her principal and gave us a thumbs up for the elementary and middle schools (we'll want to make arrangements by high school if it stays the same). 
  • I immediately call Daniel with the news and we decide to go ahead and view the house we liked
• Tuesday 10/9 I arrive in Nashville sometime that evening even though I was still waiting on the viewing to be scheduled 
• Wednesday 10/10 we get confirmation that morning we can view the house from 11-12
  • About 10:30 Tami (selling agent for our home) calls requesting to show our house at noon the following day-Thursday
  • We view the home, love it and talk about putting in a contract. On our way out, we ran into the homeowner who was hanging out at the neighbor's while we walked through. She told us someone had just put in an offer that morning but they countered 
  • We get to work making sure finance/approval letters were in order but I wasn't ready to put in a contract until I walked through again
  • We arranged to view this home again the next day along with two others on our list. This way we could make the best of our time since I drove into town and in case the other offer was accepted
• Thursday 10/11 looked at all three houses and knew this was the one, told our buying agent we wanted to make an offer and parted ways until the paperwork was ready to sign
  • No more than 30 minutes after leaving the house with this decision, Tami calls with news: they are headed back to our house for the second time and she anticipates an offer from the couple!
  • That evening our offer is accepted by the homeowner's and Tami calls with confirmation about the offer on our home
• Friday 10/12 we received written offer on our house. That's right, only one week after putting it on the market
  

You see, things like this don't just happen! Daniel told me in the beginning God was all over this but I was cautious about "expecting" this process to be easy, despite his feeling. Simply put, I lacked faith. But who gets a job they didn't seek out, thus moving their family "back home" AND buys & sells their home in one day? Not to mention the house has 95% of what we both wanted in our next home and was in our price range. It doesn't just happen. It's a God thing. And He clearly has big plans for us in Nashville, I hope we're ready for them! But...not to sound cliche...if he brings us to it, he'll bring us through it. We're so very blessed!!! Thank you to all our prayer warriors- please continue to pray this transition continues to go smoothly. 

And, sorry, my attempt to be concise majorly failed!