The Catbird Seat

As is appropriate, it is the time to give thanks to God for all the many blessings we all have: family, friends, health…you know, all those things that everyone says every Thanksgiving.

And then, after you do that, add this line to your prayer of thanksgiving:

“And thank you, God, for performing the miracle of giving the Martin’s their perfect home for what they could afford!” (or something like it!)

Yes, folks, that’s right.

We finally have a home. This home, to be exact.

Praise the Lord! God is good.

So, join with us as we faithfully give God the glory for attending to our needs, both great and small, down to the very last detail.

A few interesting points of note:

The sellers…they have had compassion on us, because (like us) they had a buyer back out on closing day after tying up their house during the best time of the year to sell a house…and violating a signed contract in the process. Oh, and they moved to Orlando. (God is not just really cool, he also has a sense of humor.)

When our mortgage broker ran the final numbers, he discovered an error in his earlier calculations that ended up in about $100 reduction in our projected monthly mortgage payment.

In addition to that, the sellers are covering closing costs, so we will likely have the finances to do a few things in the house (refinish the hardwoods!) that otherwise would have had to wait.

The highly busy home inspector that Paul chose just happened to be free yesterday, so the home inspection is already done.

The sellers want to close earlier than we originally planned, so it is entirely possible that we will be in our new house by Christmas. (we hope!)

I could go on and on.

So, join with us as we give the credit to God for our future home.

Oh, and keep your eyes open for your invitation to our “Glory to God Party” to be held at our new home.

I expect it will be happening very soon.

Filed under: General, Catbird, Like a fire, Local Color on November 24th, 2007