God gets the glory, and we get the joy. This is a truth that I keep coming back to, seeing the need to pound it into my own life. I can assent to it, but I do not often feel it.

I friend has been on a long journey, trying to sell a house he owns in Minneapolis, MN. He’s had potential buyers come and go as he sought to sever his relationship with his property. The road had potholes and frustration, but the shoulder was always full of prayer.

Finally, God has brought to him a buyer, working things out in a way that is many times better than he had imagined beforehand. Read the God-glorifying conclusion to this story here.