This week there was a major brush fire on the road where we’re building our house.

Evacuations occurred and the surrounding area was closed off for a few hours. Thankfully everyone was found safe & no structures were harmed.

I haven’t been able to stop thinking about the acreage that burned. It was the property we wanted. We put multiple offers in and eventually just lost out. We were crushed. We knew it was THE place for us to build our forever home.

Had we won the bidding war, it’s possible the last 10 months of our home building would’ve went up in flames. Literally. (Luckily our soon to be neighbors haven’t started building their home yet).

Our half built house is still standing, entirely untouched just down the road on the land we ended up buying, by nothing but the grace of God & the manpower of some amazing firefighters.

It’s funny how God works. I’m constantly amazed by His omniscience and grateful He knows what’s best for us, even when we think we know better.

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