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An English Tudor and a God Story

Years ago I wrote this story over on Ask Anna, but as I thought about this blog, and it being a compilation of my stories of faith, I felt like the Lord was asking me to tell this God story here, and to re-write it for this blog.

I was talking to a friend recently and told her it felt weird to re-write the same story but she encouraged me to write it, without going back and reading the other version, because the longer we live here, and the more God continues to work in our lives, my perspectives have changed, which gives me new insights and perspective of the story.

Rewind back to spring of 2013.

We were at the beginning stages of having Gabriella (our future adopted daughter) come and stay with us on the weekends, we were having the girls from the safe house over from time to time, and for the first time, our little house started to feel little.

One of Matt’s co-workers had told him about a house that was for sale, which was a beautiful English Tudor. One night we looked the pictures up on the MLS and dreamed out loud about how amazing it would be to have a house that size, have an extra bedroom and bathroom for Gabriella, etc. But it was WAY out of our price range and we thought there was no way it could ever happen.

I don’t normally take my daughter to school in the mornings, because we carpool, but the next day I ended up taking her to school, and on my way home I heard the Lord say, “Go ask me for that house.”

Of course I thought that was nuts so I proceeded to argue with Him about how crazy it was, and then He said to me,

I’ve done crazier things.”

Well, that’s true, and not really a point I can argue with, so that day I drove to the house, parked across the street, and asked God to give us the house.

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There are a thousand details to this story, God giving me words about the house, visions for the house, showing me that it was going to be a place of healing and that everyone that crossed over the threshold would find healing, and so much more. But the story I feel is important to share, is from a message I heard at church during the months I was asking God to “release the house to us.”

We were in a series about Nehemiah and the faith he had to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem. One Sunday our pastor was talking about how Nehemiah had been so bold that he went to the king and asked the king for the time off to re-build the wall. In his response, the king not only granted Nehemiah the time off, but offered to pay for the timber for the project (Nehemiah 2:8).

In that moment I felt the Lord say that He was going to do the same thing for us. Not only was He going to give us this amazing house, but He was going to pay for it.

God continued to speak to me about the house and we continued to ask Him to release it to us. We even got Malea involved, who was 3 at the time, and her prayers were always my favorite.

Dear Jesus, please relieve the house to us.”

In April 2013, I wrote about the process of asking God for the house on Ask Anna (click HERE to read it). I felt like it was time to share the story, and even though I had no idea how it was ever going to work out, I knew I had to share the story with the world.

In response to my post I received lots of comments and encouragement, but the one that stuck with me the most was a comment from a woman named Shelley. Here’s what she wrote:

I love to hear people willing to step out in Faith and believing God for what looks like the impossible! He can and absolutely will give you favor in this! We went through a bad job situation 2 years ago and lost both of our cars over night. The day we lost our cars God was very clear in telling me that he was going to GIVE us a van, to pray, “Speak that which is NOT as though it were” and wait. Some times God’s timing of telling us is not the time of receiving but to prep us and encourage us to walk it out in Faith. I told my kids that we were going to believe God for our new van and that that would pray and thank him EVERY day until we saw it in the drive way! Every day I thanked him even when I really started fighting doubt that I had heard from Him about the van. Last August, my neighbor, I had only met 2 weeks before, called and said they were giving us their van, that the Lord told them to do it and he would help them get a new car. God is SO good! We have been SO thankful for it and my kids were able to see God Provide AND see their OWN prayers answered. I truly believe they could ask for anything and believe he will do it! I wrote this to say, that I will stand and agree with you that it is YOURS. He said, “without a vision the people will perish,” He has given you that vision so you stand and claim it in faith and it will happen! He DOES want you blessed and living in provision! I can’t wait to read your post of receiving your new house!!!”

This became the promise I held onto because I knew if God had done it for them, that He would do it for us too. I was also relieved to know that I wasn’t the only one asking God for crazy things. 🙂 Shelley’s words hit me deep in my core and I told her story over and over again as I shared our story, and our journey of faith, trusting God to give us the house.

At one point Matt and I actually met with the owners and toured the house, which isn’t a significant part of the story but one thing still stands out to me. I remember standing in the kitchen talking to them, after walking through the house, and I felt so comfortable there. In my mind I was thinking, “I see myself spending a lot of time in this kitchen, when can we move in?”

However in June we found out that the house had gone into escrow and I was devastated. I knew that I was supposed to keep asking God to release the house to us but I was beginning to wonder what God was up to.

Shortly after that I left for a mission trip to Cambodia and was gone for 2 weeks. When I came home Matt informed me that the house had closed escrow and the new family had moved in. I remember talking to my friend on the phone and telling her, “I feel like I want to be mad at the Lord but I can’t. I feel like it’s not over yet, like there’s something else He still has for us.”

I will never forget her response, she said, “If this was the house God told you to ask for, then this is the standard He was setting for you. He’s not going to set you up for disappointment, if He showed you this house, it’s because he has something of equal or greater value for you.”

Even though I wanted to be upset with the Lord, I couldn’t. I knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that He had told me to ask for that house, and I knew the story wasn’t over yet, so I kept praying.

Lord if this is the house you have for us, then release it to us in your timing. Or if there’s something else out there then please show us what it is.”

About a week after I had returned home from Cambodia I was hanging out with two friends, one of which was also looking for a new house. She was telling me about a house they had looked at, they weren’t interested, but she thought we might be. I asked her what the address was and when she told me, my response was, “Shut up! That’s right across the street from the other house!” I had driven by the house countless times when I’d gone to pray for the other house, but I’d never even noticed it! I knew right away God was up to something.

I went home, told Matt, and two days later we met the real estate agent over at the house to look at it. I didn’t care what it looked like, how much it was, or any of that, I knew this had been God’s plan all along.

I felt like God was testing my faith to see, #1- if I would ask Him for a house and #2- when He took that house from us, if I would continue to trust Him and believe Him, and the promises He’d given me.

When we walked in the “new” house, I knew right away it was only a matter of time until we moved in. It was still a little over our price range, and I had no idea how any of the details were going to work out but I trusted the Lord, and His promise that “not only was [He] going to give us a house but [He] was going to pay for it too.”

Lord bless my husband and his willingness to follow what I hear from the Lord, he worked with the owner, the agent and the bank to work out at deal for us to buy the house, and by the blessing of the Lord we moved in only a few short weeks later.

Do you want to know the best part? This house is so perfect for us, even more perfect than the other house would have been. God knew the desires of our hearts and He gave us a house that would fulfill so many of those desires, here are just a few –

  • We both love sunsets and our backyard faces west, so in the summer we have front row seats to the most beautiful sunsets.
  • We love a good project and this house provided TONS of remodeling projects and content for Ask Anna.
  • We love to entertain and this house has so much space for entertaining, especially in our backyard by the pool!
  • We wanted Gabriella to have her own private bedroom and bathroom and this house provides that for her.
  • I grew up being friends with all of my neighbors and we have the same thing here. We have multiple grandparents that have “adopted” Malea, the neighborhood kids are all friends and ride bikes together, in summer we BBQ together in the cul-de-sac and Christmas carol together in the winter. Raising our girls in this neighborhood has been a dream come true.
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Sunset from our backyard.

But the even better part of this story is that we became really, really good friends with the people that live in the English Tudor. We hang out with them every week, she drives Malea to school, they have stood by us through hard times in our adoption journey and we have spent hours and hours in their kitchen, talking about the Lord, taking communion, praying and laughing, just like I saw myself doing, when we toured the home.

God is SO good.

But the story doesn’t end here. Just like Shelley’s testimony was something I held onto, our testimony is something that you can hold onto. Last year one of my best friends told me they were looking for a house but she said, “I don’t want to just buy any house, I want a story like yours, a God story, a God house.” And less than 6 months later they were moving into their “God house”, which was a crazy God story.

Your story might not be about a house but what is it that you’re asking God for? What is the crazy thing God has asked you to ask for? Whatever it is, have faith for it! Don’t let fear get in the way because fear is the enemy of faith, and I can tell you first hand that what God has for you, what He’s asking you to trust Him for, will be SO worth it.

When opposition comes remember to pray and declare what God has already done!

The journey might get a little bumpy at times, doubt might start to creep in, but remember that no God story comes without a fight. Fight the lies and the doubt with truth because God’s truth will always win.

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If you have a crazy God story I would love to hear it! Please leave it in the comments so others can read the testimonies and use your victories to declare victory over their own stories.

And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.”  Philippians 4:19

 

 

 

 

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  1. Renee says

    January 16, 2017 at 11:35 am

    Beautifully told. I love that this version is different as things have marinated and you have seen God’s blessing and some of his purposes unfold for you in this house. I can’t wait see and hear how the journey continues to unfold. Your story has inspired me and now because of you and the goodness of the Lord, my story inspires others too.

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  2. Lanise says

    January 16, 2017 at 1:19 pm

    Love this! The story of the first home we owned was very similar. There was a house on a wide street that I was really drawn to but the neighborhood was out of our price range. I would drive by after dropping off the kids at school and park near by and pray for it. All the while we kept looking at the homes that were in our price range. A couple months later friends of ours who lived doors up from my dream home called my husband and said they were getting ready to put their home on the market. They had prayed that God would put the family He wanted in their home. After praying they both thought of my husband and I and wanted to know if we were considering buying any time soon. We were blown away. We had just got prequalified a couple weeks before and told them we loved their home and their neighborhood was our dream neighborhood, but this $$ was the most we were qualified for. To our amazement they said that is the exact amount they needed to make the move work for them. What? It was well below market value. The story took a few twist and turns that caused us to surrender the dream only to get to pick it up again. We closed escrow about 5 month later. God is good!

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    • Anna says

      January 17, 2017 at 10:13 am

      That’s amazing!!! I love your story, thank you for sharing. <3

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  3. Mimi Moseley says

    January 16, 2017 at 1:30 pm

    This story never gets old. It inspires me every time you mention it. My God story also included a house. I know you have heard it but as you asked, some of your readers might need the encouragement as well.
    We had put our San Jose house on the market after gaining God\’s permission to do so and to prepare to move to Redding to be closer to Matt, Anna and our older son and his family. Our house was beautiful and turnkey with a new pool and landscaping. We lived in an area where homes sold in three days even in the worst markets. With that knowledge, and the market issues, my husband\’s start up company asked the \”C\” level staff to consider going half time to keep the company afloat. Well, of course we can do that because our home will sell in three days. We had God\’s direction and were confident this was going to be fast so we could get ourselves moved.
    Nine months later we sat with STILL half time pay and a house that was sucking us dry financially. GOD! Why isn\’t it selling? I became more and more discouraged. I trusted God and He had told us yes. We had the date; scripture verses of assurance and yet it didin\’t seem He was doing His part. I was ticked.
    The turning point came one morning as I was leaving the house for my job as women\’s ministries director at our church. I woke up angry at God. When my husband came to pray with me before I left for the church, all I had was, \”God, change my attitude.\” I got in the car and turned on the Christian talk radio station. I told God He had one chance to meet me in my need with this radio show or I was going to bag it all with Him.
    Turning on the radio, the announcer mentioned the guest that day was a pastor who\’s son had died at an early age. I screamed at God saying, \” What has THAT got to do with my need?\”! I said, \”God, I have jumped through every hoop You have put before me and I feel like You have abandoned me!\” I was mad.
    I vaguely remember hearing the pastor\’s voice and turned my attention to him. He said how angry he was at God for taking his son and he came to a point where he screamed at God saying, \”I have jumped through every hoop You have put before me and I feel like You have abandoned me!\”
    I slammed the brakes on and pulled over to the side of the road. My exact words spoken not a minute before had come back and stopped me cold. I sobbed praising God that He had NOT abandoned me. He planned for me to hear those words and the assurance He was with me always became clear.
    The story is much longer, with many more lessons, but I will jump to the part that includes Anna. We had an opportunity to rent our San Jose home to a pastor who was moving to our area and his church would pay for the rental for one year at our exact mortgage amount. Matt and Anna were hoping to move from 30 minutes outside of Redding to Redding so she could be closer to other young moms and not be so isolated. Since our house was not selling, but being rented, we didn\’t have the money to buy in Redding. I asked Anna if they would consider renting us their house to enable them to make the move. This was God\’s provision for the pastor in San Jose; for Matt and Anna in Redding and for us to get up to the area God had promised us.
    God was faithful to HIs promise but I had to realize the world did not revolve around me and my wants. We were part of a bigger provision of HIs and various elements needed to be in play before He granted the fulfillment of His promise. If I had it to do all over, would I? Oh, yes! What was birthed in my spirit in those nine months of trying to figure God out, forced me to cling to His promise and get really real with Him. He knows all and if I thought I could mouth the right words like, \”Oh, we are trusting God for the sale.\” but my heart was angry, I wasn\’t being real. I believe God was most pleased when I yelled at Him. It was the most transparent I had ever been in our relationship and though my tone was immature, He let me get my anger out and then proved to me His faithfulness and rocked my world for His glory.
    He works in crazy ways, but His ways ARE better for us and all involved.

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  4. Tara Viggers says

    January 16, 2017 at 5:22 pm

    I’m praying…have been for awhile! I would like to move too! Thought I knew the address but its CA-RAAAAAAAZY! Would take a miracle. Thank you for sharing your story. (I remember when that tudor hit the market…so jelly yet happy for them!)

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    • Anna says

      January 17, 2017 at 10:12 am

      Just keep praying! It might seem crazy now but that will make it an even better God story/testimony in the end. 🙂

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  5. Christi Osborne says

    January 16, 2017 at 10:26 pm

    Goosebumps, tears, memories, etcetera… Honored to be a part of this story (yep, I’m the Tudor house neighbor!) and I love how He works in and through His people. It’s always so much bigger than US. Awe inspiring and very humbling. Thanks for telling your story- and reminding me of my own. His promises are real and reliable- I love how you cling to what He says. Jesus let me treasure Your words- Your promises- and wait for them with expectation…

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We also discovered Emilia has mad skills at Fuze ball, and she scooped Matt. 🤣 
We are proud parents, Malea now has 2 competitions under her belt, and 4 metals to show for it! 👏🏻 👊🏻👏🏻
#MaleaElizabeth
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Then it was back to the condo to get cleaned up and ready to leave. I am so grateful for our time here, the hours at the beach, the beautiful meals, and watching how much the girls loved so many of the things I love about this island. I hope we get to come back but even if we don’t, my heart is full and I am thankful I got to return and relive/revisit so many things from, what feels like, a lifetime ago. Goodbye Maui! 
@mmoseley15 @emilia_boehmer #MaleaElizabeth
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Tomorrow we surf. 🤗 🏄‍♀️ 
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Saying goodbye (for now), last night, to these bea Saying goodbye (for now), last night, to these beautiful people, was one of the hardest things I’ve done in a long time. The neighbors who showed up with brownies the first time we met them, who became friends, who quickly turned into family—secondary parents to Matt and I,  and grandparents to Malea. 
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I will never hear the end of how terrible it was we decided to move to Palo Cedro and “abandon them”, but that didn’t discourage them from showing up with homemade birthday goodies and driving “all the way to the other side of the river” to stop by and see what we’ve been up to, and encourage us with how well we are living out our dream here on our farmstead. 
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I am honored they chose to spend their last night with us (even though technically we were 2nd choice 😉) but it was exactly what I needed. Bev, of course brought gifts that spoke to our hearts, and we reminisced, laughed and I think everyone cried at some point. 
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Dear friends I am excited for your new adventure, I can’t wait to hear where we need to go next, I can’t wait to “visit” Europe through your pictures, but please don’t forget to come home, you will be missed!!! 💛💛💛
We worked hard this weekend. 💪🏻 Our amazing We worked hard this weekend. 💪🏻 Our amazing house church showed up and helped us run all the electrical in the back garage—can lights, outlets, fans, exterior lights, etc! We finished so quickly that one couple decided to stay and help us frame out the storage room. 👏🏻
Today Matt and I added the door and a few other things, so now the room is ready for sheetrock! 👊🏻 A weekend of hard work and it ended with a beautiful sunset. Game room should be done in the next couple of months. 🙌🏻
#weekendwarriors #diy
Such a fun weekend away to Mt. Shasta, to celebrat Such a fun weekend away to Mt. Shasta, to celebrate Matt’s birthday. 
I am thankful for the beautiful place we live, friends who are as ridiculous as we are, amazing food, hilarious games, and most importantly my husband—who is definitely with celebrating. 
@mmoseley15 @kah_rhis_10
So this happened. 🏦 I still can’t even beli So this happened. 
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I still can’t even believe it. I am so thankful to finally be able to talk about this with people, because I am so proud of Matt! 
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When I first met Matt he told me his dream was to be the president of a bank someday, and here we are, in 6 months he will be. I am so proud of how hard he has worked to get to this place, never taking the easy way, always taking the strategic path, even if it meant taking less pay, a lower title, or doing the work of multiple people to make sure something got done well. 
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This is a dream come true, a promise of the Lord fulfilled, and I can’t wait to see what this next season holds for us. 
Congratulations Matt, you deserve this, and thank you Jeff, for paving the way, and being such an incredible boss, leader, and mentor for Matt. 
#FaithandFullness #faithfulness
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