06/17/2026
Well y’all... this time it's my turn. 💕
Brandon and I officially closed on our new home this past week, and looking back now, I can honestly say this story is a true testament to God's timing.
The funny thing is... this wasn't a new house to us.
We actually found this home back in November and even had it under contract!
For quite a while, we had been wanting to move closer to our church and family. This home checked every box, and when I say close to family, I mean it is literally across the street from my parents. 😂
It felt perfect.
But during inspections, we just couldn't make the numbers work, and ultimately we had to walk away.
To say we were disappointed would be an understatement.
So we picked ourselves up and started looking again.
And then we found another house.
And another.
And another.
In fact, we made offers on THREE different homes after that one.
And every single time, something happened that caused the deal to fall apart.
By that point, Brandon and I were beyond frustrated.
Nothing was working.
No matter how hard we tried to make things happen, every door seemed to close.
Then one day, completely out of the blue, I noticed that our original house was still on the market, and the price had dropped BELOW what we had originally tried to negotiate during inspections.
I immediately called Brandon.
The more we talked about it, the more we both felt like maybe God hadn't taken that house away from us.
Maybe He had been saving it for us.
So we prayed.
And after a lot of conversations, we decided to submit another offer.
This time, everything fell into place.
We flew through the process with very few issues. We had a couple of small hiccups getting some final tax documents squared away, but compared to everything we'd already been through, it felt easy.
And before we knew it, we were sitting at the closing table signing papers for the very home we thought had gotten away.
Y'all know me well enough to know I can't do anything halfway. 😂
The second we got the keys, I hired a painting crew, recruited some amazing family members, and somehow we managed to repaint the entire upstairs in just three days.
Then we packed up and moved in on Saturday.
It's been exhausting.
It's been chaotic.
It's been a lot of work.
There have been several wrenches thrown into my plans along the way.
BUT we absolutely love it.
Every day I walk through this house, I'm reminded that sometimes God's "not yet" feels a lot like "no."
But looking back now, I can see that every failed offer, every closed door, and every frustration was leading us right back to the place He had planned for us all along.
We are so grateful for this home, for our family, for our church, and for the reminder that God's timing is always better than our own. ❤️
-Lindsey
