Surrender
We were putting an offer down on a house in Riverstone. It was the first house that I really liked as much as the house we had in Austin after looking at around 40 houses in the Sugar Land area. I really wanted the house, although we did have some hesitations b/c it was a little further away than we preferred (10 mins to the freeway, 20 mins to work).
We prayed: God, we surrender this to you. If this house is good for us, then let the deal go through. If the house isn't good for us, then don't let the deal go through.
We saw the house on Sun; however, it was Wed before we were able to put an offer on it b/c we wanted our family to see it too. We put in an offer late Wed/early Thr morning. Unfortunately, they received another offer that same day.
I was a little on edge the entire day Wed b/c we offered a little lower and weren't sure if we were out of the game. I really wanted to house, but had to consciously surrender the entire house to Him.
The seller counter-offered both buyers late Thr evening. We accepted their counter-offer since there were two bidders Fri morning. Our agent knew the other agent and said the seller should accept our offer if the offers are the same. However, around Fri noon we were told that the other buyer offered full price after being told that the seller had verbally accepted our offer.
We had to make a decision on whether to up the ante. After discussing it w/ Grace, we decided to pass on the house b/c it was no longer a good deal. We could build a new house for the same price per square foot. We had given up on the house we really wanted.
Later on we found out that the other buyer was suppose to send the earnest money to the seller by Fri 6 P. That never happened. The seller then had a choice to either wait for the other buyer on a deal that they were starting to have doubts about or accept our lower offer.
At this point, I was finally able to surrender everything to God. I was ok if we got the house or if we didn't.
We found out late Sat evening that the seller accepted our lower offer. The entire process was a good lesson in learning how to surrender to God.
We prayed: God, we surrender this to you. If this house is good for us, then let the deal go through. If the house isn't good for us, then don't let the deal go through.
We saw the house on Sun; however, it was Wed before we were able to put an offer on it b/c we wanted our family to see it too. We put in an offer late Wed/early Thr morning. Unfortunately, they received another offer that same day.
I was a little on edge the entire day Wed b/c we offered a little lower and weren't sure if we were out of the game. I really wanted to house, but had to consciously surrender the entire house to Him.
The seller counter-offered both buyers late Thr evening. We accepted their counter-offer since there were two bidders Fri morning. Our agent knew the other agent and said the seller should accept our offer if the offers are the same. However, around Fri noon we were told that the other buyer offered full price after being told that the seller had verbally accepted our offer.
We had to make a decision on whether to up the ante. After discussing it w/ Grace, we decided to pass on the house b/c it was no longer a good deal. We could build a new house for the same price per square foot. We had given up on the house we really wanted.
Later on we found out that the other buyer was suppose to send the earnest money to the seller by Fri 6 P. That never happened. The seller then had a choice to either wait for the other buyer on a deal that they were starting to have doubts about or accept our lower offer.
At this point, I was finally able to surrender everything to God. I was ok if we got the house or if we didn't.
We found out late Sat evening that the seller accepted our lower offer. The entire process was a good lesson in learning how to surrender to God.
posted by Oliver at 6:02 PM
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