When Mike and I bought our little fixer upper farmhouse on our dream property one of our favorite things to do was to watch the beautiful sunsets and sunrises. The sun set in the back of our property, right behind the barn. The scene was picture perfect. We took pictures almost nightly when we first moved into the house. On the nights that Mike would be at work I would take pictures of the sunset and send them to him. The boys were really into taking pictures too. They loved to go in the back and either play basketball as the sun went down or ride their dirt bikes. We would sit and watch the kids play as we watched the setting sun paint the most beautiful picture on our property.
The sun rose in the front of our house. We had a large front yard and no houses in front of us. It was all pastures and barns. The rising sun was just as gorgeous as the setting sun. We made a spot on the porch where we could sit in the mornings and watch the sun rise. When Mike would leave for work early in the mornings and I would still be asleep he would send me sunrise pictures.
After Mike died I would sit on our front and back porches watching the sun set and rise by myself. I would sit and ask God why over and over. Why am I doing something that I love, something Mike loved by myself? Would I ever enjoy this beautiful scene again?
Then our home and property flooded. Our beautiful fields, pastures, porches, barn, home, basketball court, everything was destroyed. Everything was a mess and everything was ugly. When it was confirmed that the house was uninhabitable and the boys and I could never go back to live there one of the things I was most upset about was giving up those sunrises and sunsets. It made me so sad. I didn’t think any other place we would ever live would have as beautiful skies as this place.
Fast forward a year. I sold our flooded property and home and moved into a rental house with the boys. During that time I met David. Prior to getting married we bought a house where eventually we would all live together after the wedding and make it our home.
One evening I got a text from David. It was this picture:
He sent me this beautiful view of the sunset. If you look closely you can also see my son taking a picture of it just like he would do at our old house with his dad. Our basketball hoop is off to the right where they play as the sun goes down, yet it’s not seen in this picture. We have a spot designated on our porch where we can watch the setting sun as the kids play.
This picture is proof that God knows the desires of our hearts. (Psalm 37:4) It’s proof that we are exactly where we are supposed to be. Now our family can sit on our beautiful porch or play in the yard while we watch the gorgeous sunset. The same sunrises and sunsets that we would watch on our farmhouse property. God knew exactly what our hearts needed.
