At first it all seemed like a bad joke. My wife and I had tried to buy a house, but due to a mistake made by our real estate agent, the deal fell through. Now we were looking at a lawsuit and the impoundment of our down payment until the suit had been settled or forgiven. We ended up living in a hotel—unable to go forward or back. So we decided to send our kids to camp for the summer and spend the time praying, dedicating ourselves to gaining a better understanding of our relationship to God.
As we prayed, I began to let go of the idea that my family could suffer because of someone else's mistakes. I started to see that, because God is always present and we are His loved children, we are always in His care, no matter what the circumstances. I realized that I didn't have to wait for good to happen. God was already bringing good into my life every day and in every hour. Circumstances couldn't dictate our happiness or the well-being of our home. Only God could do that.
I had previously seen myself as the owner of a house, the breadwinner, the driving force behind our family's successes and failures. Now I was beginning to see that there could be only one force that determined our lives: God. So I decided to turn everything over to Him—our home, our happiness, everything. And even though our circumstances didn't change, I began to feel confident that everything would work out just the way it should.
