God Moved My Mountain

God Moved My Mountain: "For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith." (Mark 11:23 KJV) We often tend to talk more about how big the mountains in our lives are as opposed to talking to o ur mountains, but it is possible to see those mountains move by God"s power. Let me tell you about one God moved for us just last year. For months, Jim and I had our eye on a beautiful foreclosure home in our ideal community. We finally gave up on it, having our offers rejected by the bank twice and our third offer never getting a response. We ended up house searching some more and finally (after not being able to find anymore homes in our favorite community within our price range) made an offer on a home in a different community. It was a nice home and nice community but just not the first choice we would have wanted in both. The morning our paperwork was to be submitted to the owners, though, I began to be reminded of the first home that we loved and I had felt a solid peace about. And as I was getting ready in my bathroom, I felt directed to start speaking to my mountain! Really. (And some of you already know the story.) It was as if God allowed faith to rise up in me, and I started confessing out loud in my bathroom (of all places) that the house we really wanted at first would open up and the bank would accept our offer. I headed out, and a little later that day Jim called me. He told me that a line in the paperwork from our current offer was missing one of our signatures, so it couldn't be submitted yet. (Once an offer is submitted, you can't put an offer on another home. So this was crucial to what would happen next.) Then, a little while later Jim called me again. This time, he told me that our realtor (who was not the main listing agent for the foreclosure house we really wanted) just learned that the bank had dropped the price on the house we really wanted. They had never seen our third offer (possibly due to the main listing agent wanting the full commission on the house). And now, our third offer (which the bank had never seen) was $1,000 more than the current asking price. Needless to say, we got our dream house! (And some of you have had your picture taken in it in front of my "famous" guest welcoming chalkboard. :) In the Bible, God tells us to share what He has done for us with others, the reason being that it helps to increase our faith. If you have any mountains in your life, be sure that God is much bigger than them... I can certainly attest to that. :)