Sometimes God gives us a time of rain and we can't see the
sunshine.
As I have mentioned many times on my blog my family and I
have been in that time of waiting for God to give us answers.
Last Wednesday night I joined in on the day of prayer and
fasting here and my Dad and I also set aside a time of fasting
Wednesday night where we specifically prayed for God to
show us clear direction on our families move,
timing and location of it all.
Well I think God had been whispering it to us all along
but we had choices to make about which land to build on and
we weren't wanting to rush any decisions.
So let me warn you when you pray and fast and two or more
come together before God expect to get answers.
God didn't whisper this time he shouted!
So you can fully understand what I am about to tell you I
need to tell you my parents and sister's living situation first.
My parents live in a condo that has a basement. Above their
condo is another condo where a single older man lives alone,
next to his condo is where my sister and brother in law live
with their family. So my parents are diagonal to my sister.
On Friday my brother in law was working in my parent's
basement. Friday evening is my parent's date night
so my Mom and Dad left and said bye to my brother in law
who was still in the basement working. My parent's decided
to see a movie that night and drove all the way to the theater
to realize that they were a few minutes too late for the movie
and decided to just head back home.
They got home and started watching TV when they heard a
loud boom coming from the condo above them. The Man
that lives above them is disabled and older and has often
needed my Dad's help so my Dad was worried when he heard
the thud that the man had fallen and needed help. So my
Dad went up to check it out and realized smoke was coming
out of the attic and the Man's door was dead-bolted. My Dad
ran to get my brother in law. They worked on forcing his
door open. My Dad literally used all of his body strength and
busted the door down. Immediately black smoke shot out the
door and my Dad and brother in law tried to go in and find
their neighbor but it was too dangerous the smoke was too
hot and thick they couldn't see or breath. They had already
called 911 in the process and ran to all the neighbors
(including my sister and her kids) to get out. Everyone was
freaking out thinking about the neighbor who was still up in
that fire. The fire department got there and was getting
ready to go in when the man from upstairs pulled up in his
car clueless to what had been going on in his condo.
Praise God he wasn't home when the fire broke.
The loud boom that my Dad had heard wasn't him falling but
it was a kitchen cabinet that was on fire falling.
So the Man from upstairs quickly learned that my Dad and
brother in law where ready to sacrifice their lives for him.
This in it self is a testimony because this man is not a
Christian and most people wouldn't left a finger to help him.
He hasn't exactly been the kindest neighbor.
I really feel God used this situation to show
God's love to him through my Dad.
Ok so back to this fire. The fire fighters later found out that
the fire was an electrical fire caused by the dishwasher.
The Man's condo is totaled. My parent's condo is also
unlivable for a couple months it was soaked with water from
the firefighters and filled with smoke. My sister's condo is
still livable but they did have to cut a hole in her wall and
ceiling to get to the fire.
First of all let me say Praise God that no one was hurt.
This was a really bad fire but nobody was hurt.
It is literally a miracle that my parents decided to drive all
the way home from the movie. If they hadn't things could
have been bad really bad. My brother in law would have still
been in the basement oblivious to the fire until it might have
been to late. My sister was literally on the third floor in the
room right next to the fire with her two small girls. If they
hadn't been told about the fire they could have gotten
trapped up there with no way out.
All around this is an absolute miracle.
We asked God on Wednesday night to show us his timing
about when to move and my parents condo is literally
unlivable because of a fire 2 days later. Hmmm.
I think God is making it pretty clear.
Especially to my parents, that the time to move is NOW.
So now we are just praying and trusting that God will bring
the right buyer along for our house at the right time and
speed up our adoption finalization.
Trust me it isn't going to take a fire to get me to move.
What amazes me the most is how my parents are handling all
of this. They are staying at a hotel with most of their things
ruined. My Dad is sore from breaking down the dead bolted
door. There home was destroyed yet they feel and know that
God is in control and continue to praise him.
They have a peace and Joy even in the rain.
Praise God for his never ending love and faithfulness.
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