We had a showing at our house yesterday and the buyer said it was situated wrong on the property, was priced way to high, and gave it a rating of only three out of five. Lorena and I have been putting way to much stress on ourselves about this sale. We want to get on to the next phase of our lives where we settle in to what is our version of retirement, but we do not even know what that is. I did not sleep much last night just laying there thinking about it all. Lorena and I had a super healthy talk about it this morning. We do not know where we should be or what we should be doing, but we spent the last several months reading about what made the good kings good in the Old Testament–all of them were blessed when they threw themselves at the mercy of God, asked his direction, waited for the answer that often came from one of His prophets (they did not hear from God directly, but through the prophets), then did or did not do what God gave them to do. We decided we need to quit stressing, wait on God, and leave it completely open with respect to where we should go next or what we should do not. One answer might even be “stay where you are” and “do not do anything different.” We DO know that we do not know, so we will do our best to be happy, patient, and at peace until we know.

After that talk, we got a text saying we had another showing in 40 minutes, so I am now sitting at Panera again, still with no Wi-Fi, but that consolation. It is not lost on me that Lorena and I have values that are very much aligned and very much centered on following Christ. For that I am eternally grateful.