 Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome back to Conversations with Keri y'all. I looked at my YouTube and I was like oh it's been over a year since I has talked to y'all but one welcome back thank you for those who kept watching videos I pray that you were encouraged but I'm excited to talk to y'all today and you know it's one of those days I was like child I'm sleepy I'm off work today and I just felt like the Lord's been pressing on my heart like to get back to this so I'm back and oh it's been a year can I tell you let me see where am I gonna start okay bought a new house new background we talk about that in a second um cut my hair grew it out cut my hair again I have switched jobs like there's just I've been reading all the books like there's just so much to catch you up on but can I just also in all of this saying God is so good oh y'all know y'all know I'm gonna keep keep it real but I'm also gonna talk about the wonderful works of my savior life has happened so much life but I'm excited to tell you about it and hopefully this will encourage you and I don't have a scripture today to ground me and I kind of want to like share some things that have been going on in my life and I don't believe that God will do it for me and he won't do it for you so therefore that's what I'm sharing a little bit of this so we're gonna start with this new background I'm in my library right now my study slash library this is normally where I work and cuz I'm in a new house yes I bought a new house but this process let me tell you all about it for one hi my name is Carrie I'm 42 years old and I live with my parents what I've never saw this happening but God had a plan and he is so good so in 2019 I started wanting a new home I loved my first starter home it was one of those blessing homes you know God just showed himself faithful in every step of the way with that home but I was starting to grow out of it it was a cute little 1200 square feet it you know a little starter neighborhood it was just right for me but I noticed that when people would come over or I would have guests stay in from out of town spelt a little cramped and eventually I just felt like I was starting to grow out of it I had different uses that I need to get out of the home so of course 2019 I prayed about it and I felt like Lord didn't give me like the go ahead and you're probably wondering well what do you mean he didn't give you the go-ahead I just didn't have like yes I can go after this you know I'm looking at looking on Zillow and Redfin and I would actually feel conviction about looking on it because I didn't feel like the Lord told me yes so again there was a knowing in my spirit I was like I don't think it's the time right now and my realtor was also a close friend she's absolutely amazing Malika Hunt and the Bay Area I will put her information down below because you can reach out to her if you need a realtor I even told her I was like I'm thinking about it but I'm just not quite ready yet because again I didn't have to release from the Lord and then 2020 happened and we all know what happened in 2020 so much and even then I'm like okay you know prices I'm seeing people move out of the Bay Area and I was asking Lord like can I move he was like nope because I was gonna move to Austin you don't live close to my parents and he was like nope that's not for you so it's like okay now keep in mind also I felt like he impressed upon my heart to give away my second bedroom suite I just gave it away and I was like okay great I'll move my bed in there give me a new king bed I prayed about it Lord was like no I was thinking but you had me give my bed away what if my parents come or I have a girlfriend in from out of town or whatever he's gonna say yes I can get a new bed now keep in mind this whole time you're probably thinking like well was it really the Lord I don't believe that the enemy cares about me being a good steward of my finances he wants to still kill and destroy everything that belongs to me so when the Lord is telling me to wait on something I'm like okay that's building patience a fruit of the spirit but then also I'm like okay Lord wants me to be smart about my finances he doesn't play about me know my money so I was like okay no I'm gonna wait if it's not him he sees my heart in being obedient so and then 2021 comes around I'm still waiting and I mean I'm literally like praying about it sometimes I would pray about it a lot sometimes not so much but either way goes Lord was saying no or he was saying wait and then towards the end of 20 no middle 2022 I feel like I got the release it was just kind of like I was randomly thought about it one day and I was like look I start looking for a house yet he's like yeah start looking now I had all these plans about how I was gonna keep my first home rent that out and just buy this new home something a little bigger that's just right for me and even started looking at houses with my realtor and one day just kind of out the blue I felt like Lord just impressed upon my heart about having my parents live with me now keep in mind you might see in some of my old videos that I looked at my parents just for about three months during COVID so I was like I know we get along really well you know I could see it working but I was in their home versus them being in my home but I was like okay I asked them about it they prayed about it was like yeah baby okay yeah I was like my parents are really like down to move to California and the thing is they were just letting me pick the house you know I knew I know my parents very well I know what they like and what they don't like I know how they operate you know I pay attention those kind of things so I think they just trusted for one that the Lord was gonna take care of it and that I was gonna choose a home that worked for all of us and I had specific criteria I was like we have to have separate space I have to have a bedroom on the different floor from theirs I needed them to have their own space where they can watch TV or my father can watch TV my mom could be in another area I wanted a big kitchen for her to cook like I had specific things and my mentor she was just like once you ask the Lord Lord what kind of home do you want to buy me and listen I I'm all about praying for stuff and I was like I hadn't even thought to do that that's also so spiritual but I was like no and she was like well why not it's his house anyway everything that you have is his you just have to be a good steward over it so I asked the Lord well Lord what kind of home are you gonna buy me and I would say it all the time in my prayer time as I would see houses I was like Lord it's just the home you want for me is this the home that you're gonna buy me and sure enough we started looking at different homes and I had to look at a bigger house and I'm thinking Lord these interest rates are out the wazoo it's expensive in California like what how am I going to afford this home but I kept saying like a Lord I know you'll give me the house that's right for us and sure enough God and all his sovereignty he had me look at this home and when I looked at it it had been on the market for a long time it was overpriced and I was just like oh my gosh and I remember looking through the house and I can immediately see what changes I wanted to make and I knew I was like okay this home is a little you know it's not a little it was a lot outside of my price range but it was the perfect size but you know the enemy would throw doubt like who are you to have a home like that who are you to be able to afford that like that's not the house for you but I knew as I walking through I was like I think this might be the house however you know the price wasn't where it needed to be so I put in the offer low-balled them let me tell you and they said no however they were like but keep in touch with us it wasn't like a no get out of here you disrespected us they were just like but keep in touch with us because they didn't have any offers so I was like okay I kept looking around so I was like maybe there's gonna be something better and I mean looked at a lot of different homes and ultimately it came down to another home in this one and they still didn't have any offers on this home but they were saying like oh we've had a few more visitors so I'm like well Lord if it's your will we'll get the house if it's not that's not a problem and in the meantime I sold my home when you know over asking was very happy about that and keep in mind this whole time at nighttime the enemy would really attack my mind he would just really try to put seeds of doubt and there was one house I was like well I mean we could live there's enough space I didn't love the area and it just wasn't what I wanted and I had a dream about it that night and I felt like the Lord made it very clear this was not the home that he had for me so again I was just like okay that's not it I'm not going to settle a man somebody and was like okay Lord I'm still believing in and it came down to I remember showing my friend it was between this home and another home the other home wasn't exactly what I wanted either it was really cute really cute like neighborhood it wasn't the area I wanted though ultimately I wasn't the city I wanted and like the my parents we were been on the same floor their room would have been smaller it just didn't have the extra space I was hoping to have it had other benefits but didn't have truly what I wanted it to have and so put in the offer again low ball them again but this time with more regulations and stipulations and when you know it come on they accepted a man like it was just such an amazing thing I remember bringing my parents here to see it before they even or I think they know before they had accepted the offer and my parents thought it was like amazing they was just like oh my gosh Carrie all this house it was just it was such a blessing and you know we got in the home I took out all the carpet painted the whole thing like had all this work done and Lord was just causing everything to fall into place it was such a blessing I moved in on Black Friday so for my those of you in retail but other than that it was a Friday after Thanksgiving that moves in and I'm just like oh my gosh this is my new house I'm gonna put in some pictures here and there so you can like see some of the the progress and like how we used to look maybe how looks now and it was so fun just like decorating my sister came out and she helped design the library and stuff just there's just so many different moving parts but ultimately came down to the Lord brought me the house that he had for me and I live with my parents now I wanted them to have a different lifestyle because Lord has blessed me to be able to you know take care of things at the home financially and stuff so you know I said my mama cook and Lord does she cook listen we had biscuits this morning homemade biscuits with breakfast up it's wonderful my father takes care of the outside we have a pool which child I ain't nobody's full I'm the type person that goes swimming and goes like to right here because I'm like water on my head it's a whole thing but either way goes like all these things I didn't ask for I mean like the ring security system like the planting and the landscaping that they left like such a wonderful home the Lord just gave me gave us little bits and pieces of blessings that we are still discovering to this day like oh I didn't know what did that in here that's great like it's just so much such a blessing and I was like Lord this is the home that you have for me so as we're living here what I didn't I really haven't shared with many people is that the attack of the enemy afterwards and it was really all mental I would be laying in my bed at night you know happy in my new home and he would just play seeds of doubt like you know you can't afford this now you're never gonna be able to pursue the other things that you wanted to do because you need to keep working because now you have to afford this home and it was just like bombarding me and also always when I put my head down at night to sleep and I remember praying so I was like Lord you didn't set this up I know that this was you up it's not making this up like my parents receive confirmation I had talked to people at church about it like trusted advisors because you know there's you know you got to get some wise counsel when you're making big decisions and I mean I talked with my sister I talked to different people this wasn't just like a whim like oh I'm moving my parents out here I understand that that was a big deal and also moving into a house I'm not the type to move into a house that I can't afford and I was just like Lord I'm trusting that you are going to do what you said you were going to do you put this stuff on my heart you put these desires in my heart all I had to do was surrender to you and sure enough like the Lord just started blessing blessing blessing and I'll probably have to talk about the job stuff in the separate video but who know who know the Lord had all this plan for me and it was totally different than what I thought but so much better and it's been wonderful living my parents of course we've had our own growing pains because I'm like oh I'm particular about certain things but just it's been such a good learning and for me I'm somebody who has lived by myself since 2003 so here it is you know it was at the time 19 yet 19 years later they moved in in December that I had people living with me but it's been such a good experience and a learning experience for me and I'm like Lord you are so good he just again I am gonna get into all the other blessings and everything that has happened but I'm just so grateful and I hope whatever you like as you watch this and you think like okay she over here talking about her new house I want you to be encouraged because if the Lord did it for me he can do it for you if you're looking for a new home if you're looking for a new job if you're just waiting on God to move in certain areas of your life ask him Lord what do you want to do in this area Lord what job do you want me to have Lord what kind of home are you going to buy me that was wisdom that was passed down to me and I am passing it on to you because it has been such a blessing in my life I believe the Lord can do exceedingly above anything I could dare ask or think Ephesians 3 20 if he did it for me he'll do it for you he exceeds our expectations he wants to see his children win he does not want want to see us struggling but what is going to cost you is obedience and obedience sometimes can make you uncomfortable it can put you in a place where you're like what is happening obedience also requires faith because it's like Lord I'm doing this because I'm believing you're talking to me about this and keep in mind I was one of the house since 2019 I wanted a new bed in 2021 and he told me to wait so I did it wasn't easy all the time especially something I had a girlfriend by new home I see other people you know moving and things like I'm like Lord they're gonna do all this but little did I know he had a whole plan for your girl oh playing and I'm so grateful that he did so as you're looking to embark on new different things in your life I pray that you are encouraged listen for the Lord's voice don't move ahead of him cuz whatever he has is better than you could ever imagine thanks for joining conversations with Kerry don't forget to head over to Kerry Lee comm also you can read I'm still writing over there but also be sure to like and subscribe right here so you can get some more of this good old encouragement and learn about what the Lord has for you thanks guys