Such a good house

So that "stab" at selling our house... worked. In 5 days with a full price offer. Wow. I know putting your house on the market means this is what you want, and it is, but there was a piece of me that thought living here until Luke came home and then putting it on the market again would have been nice, too. We recently finished some pretty intense renovations to get it market ready and it's so nice. I would have liked to enjoy it awhile before letting go. But, that is exactly what God is in the business of...making sure we let go of any and everything that might interfere with how tightly we are holding onto Him. So example number gazillion...no more house.
Many have asked in the last two days... "now what?" Good question. Going to look at some houses tomorrow, but will not settle so unless I walk into the "perfect" one, we will wait. This will at the very least entail moving to my parents through the holidays and moving our things into storage. If no house by the end of the year... off to Nashville we go to crash Luke's tiny studio hotel room.
None of this is really ideal or how I would have imagined in my head, but such is life and we trust in a sovereign God who has a bigger and better plan than we are even capable of imagining. Plus, it sure does add an element of mystery to our every day. Who knows what will happen tomorrow or if there is even a tomorrow? For today, we are grateful. For the 5 years we have spent in this house making it a home through very literal blood, sweat and tears, we are grateful. May it bless the next tenant as much as it has us. And we press on.