SENTINEL WATCH May 10, 2004 Issue

Letting God lead

By Richard Nenneman

I was a young soldier being reassigned at the time, and my wife and I had just been married. We arrived on the California coast and had just a few days to find our first "home" off base. We had worked with a real estate agent an entire afternoon, and nothing we could afford to rent seemed to satisfy us. But I reminded my wife of a verse in the Bible that says, "Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared" (Ex. 23:20).

After supper we went for a drive along the ocean, and just a block away, we happened to see a small cottage, shielded by a sand dune, with a small, handmade "For Rent" sign in the window. I immediately called the number and arranged to see the house the next day. It was affordable, and the sign had just been posted.

We learned later that the owner surmised that we were newlyweds. In fact, she even brought us fresh flowers during the first two weeks we were living there.