God’s House for Us

Ever since we starting looking for a place to move, I wanted a place with horses. Mama had looked at several houses, and none of them could have horses. I was very upset.

Then one day our family looked at a place near Stayton. The property was beautiful, but the house was terrible. Papa and I thought it just might work, but everyone else thought it was a goner. I imagined having my goats playing on the rocks and the chickens roosting in the trees. It looked like home to me. But obviously not to God. Mama decided we had better look at rental houses, because everything was too expensive. I was disgusted. I thought we already had our house. But Mama said it wouldn’t work.

I was feeling very discouraged the day Mama found a nice rental. The thing that attracted me was that it was on a 55-acre horse farm. A day later Mama found another rental that was $1000 cheaper, with only four acres. I was feeling nervous. I thought Mama would surely rent this one. That same day Mama and Papa had already decided to look at the first rental. Then Mama suggested that we look at the cheaper one first, to see if we liked it any better. We went there, and I hated it. The man decided he couldn’t promise the place to us right then, so we decided to drive over to the other house and look at the property. As soon as we got there, Papa said, “This is our house!” Everyone agreed. I started jumping up and down and clapping my hands. So did Raeanna, my little sister.

That night, when we got home, after paying the security deposit, Mama looked on our email. The man with the cheaper house said that he would be happy for us to move in right away! Mama and Papa thought it was funny. I’m so thankful God had a perfect house for our family.

P.S. I can even take free horseback riding lessons!

—AutumnGrace, age 11