Signs

Last few days have been really stressful with the house situation.  The owners countered too high and then [my wife] and I started reconsidering whether this is the right thing to do right now at this price.  It doesn’t add up to be as affordable as we feel comfortable with.

As I struggled with thinking through it today, I prayed to God that I trusted him and asked to be shown a sign.  As I looked around me, I saw four stop signs.  I laughed – coincedence, right?  Then I looked around more, hoping to find a sign with a positive message – I saw a sign that said ‘wrong way’.  I instantly thought of the movie Bruce Almighty when he’s asking for ‘just one sign’ and he keeps looking past the ones right in front of him.  Not wanting to accept it quite yet, I tried chalking it up as coincidence.  I got in my car and drove away (from the Costco gas station) to my regular lunch study spot.  As I drove, I prayed that God would send a sign to me through spoken word – audibly – but I didn’t have any clue where it would come from.  While I was sitting in my car at lunch, reading the Bible, my dad called.  The result of that call was clearly that this is not a time that I need to feel any pressure to act quickly to buy a home.  The sign had come again.  I accepted it this time.