The Lord's Vineyard

When I graduated from medical school, I took a residency position at the University of Utah.  Kathleen and I decided to purchase a small home to live in for the five-year duration.  We had a nice egg-nest saved for a down payment since I had done moonlighting in medical school.  The problem was that the housing boom of 1991 was going at a frenzied pace, and the price of homes seemed to escalate by the day.  When a home went up for sale, it would be sold on the spot for cash.  We had hoped to get into a house for about $80K, but it looked like it would need to be more like 100K.  We both were very stressed out about it, to the point of us both getting heart palpitations.  At that moment, I put my foot down and stated we were going to move to Kaysville and I would compute the 30 minutes.  I envisioned exactly where we should move: downtown in the historical district.  We drove out to the spot, and sure enough, there was a home for sale.  It was a beauty, and on a third-acre of land.  We wondered if we could get it for under $100K, but since it was a Sunday, we decided to wait to call our realtor.  That night, Kathleen felt impressed to let our realtor know so he could make an offer in the morning.  But he called us back in an hour to say that the house was $59K, and another family might put an offer down the next day.  So he put in an offer, and we got the home.  It was readily evident later that the Lord had led us there, and that it was the right place for us to be.

LESSON LEARNED:  In the Lord’s vineyard, He knows exactly where He wants you planted.  We have learned more than once that He will lead you there if you are willing to let Him do so.

FEEDBACK:  HAVE YOU EVER HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING LED TO WHERE THE LORD WHATED YOU TO LIVE?