"His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor His delight in the legs of man; the Lord delights in those who fear Him, who put their hope in His unfailing love."
And just like that - a closing was scheduled for Friday morning.
Last night we talked to the sellers and all seemed lost. They didn't want to go chasing after the original property owners (and neither did we). Their plan was to move their fence and re-list their house without that additional .4 acres of property. We were not interested in the home without the extra land, so we told them we planned on walking away. I finally breathed easily knowing it was at least finished. Our title company wasn't searching for the long lost owners. We didn't think it was prudent for us to go searching for the long lost owners. And the seller wasn't going to go searching for the long lost owners. Without finding the long lost owners there would be no closing. Period.
And when all hope flickered and we finally completely surrendered to walking away, the Lord was still working! Within 15 minutes of that original conversation with the seller, we received a second phone call informing us that the seller's title company located the long lost owners and both parties (as they were divorced) agreed to sign over the land without any contingencies. Wow. Did that just happen? The Farmer and I did a double take at each other.
And this morning everyone busily got to work preparing for a Friday closing.
Praise the God who gives and takes away. Only He could jump through so many hurdles and provide.
**minor note** The neighbor's fence is still up, but we have been assured it will be down by closing. If it's not dismantled, we will decline closing. And the adventure continued!
And just like that - a closing was scheduled for Friday morning.
Last night we talked to the sellers and all seemed lost. They didn't want to go chasing after the original property owners (and neither did we). Their plan was to move their fence and re-list their house without that additional .4 acres of property. We were not interested in the home without the extra land, so we told them we planned on walking away. I finally breathed easily knowing it was at least finished. Our title company wasn't searching for the long lost owners. We didn't think it was prudent for us to go searching for the long lost owners. And the seller wasn't going to go searching for the long lost owners. Without finding the long lost owners there would be no closing. Period.
And when all hope flickered and we finally completely surrendered to walking away, the Lord was still working! Within 15 minutes of that original conversation with the seller, we received a second phone call informing us that the seller's title company located the long lost owners and both parties (as they were divorced) agreed to sign over the land without any contingencies. Wow. Did that just happen? The Farmer and I did a double take at each other.
And this morning everyone busily got to work preparing for a Friday closing.
Praise the God who gives and takes away. Only He could jump through so many hurdles and provide.
**minor note** The neighbor's fence is still up, but we have been assured it will be down by closing. If it's not dismantled, we will decline closing. And the adventure continued!
Heidi! Thank you for sharing this story with all of us; it's so refreshing to be reminded of how big God is and how He just loves to provide for His children. I'll continue to pray and can't wait to see how everything turns out =]
ReplyDelete