Lady In Waiting

We looked at a house on Saturday and put an offer on it on Sunday. The kicker is that it's bank owned and there are several offers on the table. *sigh*

Yesterday our realtor told us that the bank was sending everyone back to resubmit their best and final offers. I thought our offer WAS our best and final. *deep sigh* Ryan did some calculations and whatnot and came up with a little bit higher offer and we resubmitted. And now we wait for the bank to review the offers today.

I wouldn't mind if putting offers on houses if the process was traditionally more like bidding on Ebay (I know, I know, houses are bought and sold on Ebay everyday, that's not my point). Wouldn't it be great to put in your top offer without the seller or other potential buyers knowing what that was?! We could win the bidding without spending our top amount!

But then, it would be a bummer to loose by just one penny.

Never mind. Bad idea.

Anyway, I do not want to get down in the dumps about this. I refuse! The Lord knows exactly where He wants us, and if this is not the house then I choose to be ok with it. I must also remember that when we were buying our house in Michigan, we put in offers on two other houses before finally landing our beloved home. I will also be reciting Philippians 4:6 to myself a lot today.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition,

with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

So, I choose to leave this house and our offer in the Lords most capable hands. I choose not to let my mind be consumed by all this today. I choose to be thankful that after 3 years of waiting we are finally at this point of looking at and purchasing a house.