The Amazing Power of the Holy Spirit

Back at home now in Peoria, Arizona, I gathered all my photos of the house and posted an ad on a Charis Facebook page. After posting the ad, I looked through other posts of students looking for a place to stay. I quickly got a response from Laurie and Andrew. She asked a few questions and had a few concerns. I totally understood because leaving the comfort of your home and moving in with people you don’t know doesn’t seem fun at all, especially when you're married and must share a bathroom with strangers. I never want to move blindly into any situation, especially when there are so many lives involved. I try to make a habit of asking the Holy Spirit for guidance in all I do. I needed help to bring the right people into this home. Laurie and Andrew were my first confirmed tenants and I had a peace about them coming and joining our home.

Then came Johann and Bettina, who posted an ad that they were coming from Switzerland and they had a little baby named Elijah. I felt an instant confirmation from the Holy Spirit to reach out to them. I was so excited because I knew the Lord said yes to them being in our home. I called Beth and asked her if it was okay if I reached out to a couple with a baby. She said that’s not what we agreed on and it’s probably best to stick to just couples. I respected her wishes and did not respond to them, even though I felt grieved. About two days later, Beth called me back and said, "Kim, if you really feel that couple is the right couple for the house then who am I to deny a child of God." I was so excited and started looking for the post again, but I could not find it. I looked everywhere, multiple times with no results. I just kept moving forward and realized as I was walking through the house and spending time with the kids that I was going to really miss them.

I began to tell the Lord that I felt a little sad to leave, I knew it wouldn’t be easy. Then I explained to Him just in case He didn't already know that I loved taking care of my kids. The reality was, it was just starting to get very real that I was moving away, and I loved having them around me. Micaela even came into my room and said, "Mommy, have you changed your mind yet?" I responded, "No, baby, and I’m not going to," and hugged her and said I loved her, and everything would be okay. They would also have to find their new normal because I wasn’t just moving up the street.

I continued to move forward and refused to keep my eyes or heart on anything else except the Lord and His direction. Soon I saw Josh and Victoria’s post and that they were looking for a place to stay. This time I felt such power over these kids and knew that they had a great call over their lives, so I quickly reached out because I knew they would also be coming to our home. I had no doubt, and soon they were coming and would be the first to move in. They would be there even before I arrived. He had already given me so much so I just thought I would keep asking for more, lol. I kept looking to rent the last room but couldn’t find anybody suitable to bring into our home and God did not show me anybody else over the next month. I just had to lay down my thoughts because I still felt grieved about not finding Johann and Bettina’s post. I chose to move forward and trust the Lord.

The next morning, I got a private message from, none other than, Bettina from Switzerland! I flew out of bed with so much joy because she had found me! I called the kids that were already coming to the house and quickly asked them if they would be okay with a baby living there. Both Laurie and Andrew said, "Who am I to deny a child of God," the same response that Beth had spoken, and Victoria and Joshua said, "Absolutely." With much joy, I responded to Bettina and answered all their questions and was so excited when they accepted the room. The home was now complete.

I kept praying about what day would be best to make the move to Colorado and get the house ready. The answer came, it was July 15th, it was perfect timing. I thought of items that Elijah would need and it brought me so much joy to collect them to take with me. I knew how much I would miss Valen, my grandbaby, so to prepare for Elijah brought me comfort. I remember the day they arrived from Switzerland, I had finished everything that I needed to finish, literally 5 minutes before Johann rang the doorbell, on August 10th. When the Lord puts things together, He gives you everything that you need and He filled my heart so full of love for all the people coming to live at our new home together. They will share their stories about how they arrived at this house over the next few blogs. But I will tell you a secret, they all were the answer to my little cry to the Lord about missing my kids and grandson. He gave me a house full of kids and a baby, just like I had at home. I only say that because they are all around the age of my own children and Elijah about the same age as Valen. They are a blessing from the Lord, a gift! I remember the first time I had to go back to Phoenix to work, and when I got home, they all stood at the entry of the home, at the top of the stairs holding Raven, my Pomeranian, waving, and saying welcome back. They didn’t know this, but when I laid in bed that night I cried, because it meant so much to me. I have a new family in Colorado, chosen by God!

I want to take a minute here to say something about talking with God. We have the same Spirit that lives in us that lives in Jesus Christ. We have the same right standing that Jesus has as God's son. This is the same right standing we have in Him, through Him. We get to be in constant communion with Him. Some have said to me we do not hear from God as much as you do Kimmy, but know this... you have the same Spirit in you, we all do. I personally know He is my best friend, always willing to answer my questions. I have come to a place where I don’t know how to do it in any other way, I communicate with Him constantly. When you go through some of the hardships that I’ve gone through, you become desperate, and in that position is where I found my best friend and why I can hear Him so clearly. The Lord Jesus Christ, the one who will never leave us, nor forsake us/me. I know that I couldn’t live without Him today. This is what He wants from all of us, to be in a deep relationship with Him; we are His children. Really nothing else is important. The most important commandments are put no other God before Me and love one another. And when he says this, it’s true, if we could just stay in communion with Him and Love one another, we would have a different world today.

I cannot tell you how blessed I am to have a home here in Colorado Springs. That was given by God and filled with these amazing people that I now call my kids. Let me say that again. I live in a home in Colorado Springs by the Provision of God. Beth the owner allowed me to live here. And the people who live here were handpicked by my Father in Heaven. I have surely received His best. Because I waited upon him to show me who the right people were, to come here to stay. Anyone that comes here is so blessed by the people that live here. Let’s stop receiving from the enemy who offers only the imitation to us, the things in this world. These things are not the best. Let's ask for and wait for the best, His best, in the name of Jesus Christ.