Weird title....I know, but I met this delightful old woman after church today and it so intrigued me that she began every thought with "The funny thing is..." and ended with "and then some." I loved her! You know those interesting people that just put you in a trance....I just wanted to listen to her tell me all her stories because I was so giddy inside that she could use these two phrases for every sentence. I have laughed about it all day....(I probably should get out more :-)
I have to catch you up a little bit on the happenings of this week. We finally closed on the sale of our home on Thursday (though not without some major anxiety that it would actually happen...our buyer is quite a character...but that is a whole different story). Then, on Friday, we closed on the purchase of our new home. That scene was quite awkward because the sellers are in the middle of a divorce and there is a lot of tension and emotion involved in this sale for them. Our realtor gave us a head's up about the divorce and I was grateful for the knowledge, but still was unsure of what to expect as to how they were handling it. Through our brief interaction with them...we gathered...not so well. This weekend I have been asking God if I fell in love with this house in order for me to fall in love with these people and lift them up in prayer. I am pretty sure that answer is yes...we stopped by the house today to pick up some paperwork and she was very emotional. I always have a hard time knowing when is the right time to hug a stranger, but this was one of those times. Please pray for me because I have a feeling God wants me to give some kind of support to her and I need wisdom to know what that is.
So, there was some very good news for us this week, but also some challenges and opportunites to love and cry with someone. The funny thing is life is such a mix of this....my friends ask me how many kleenexes I use up in a day...I probably go through a whole box and then some :-) I had too!
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