Sunday, December 09, 2012

TRUSTING:



A married couple, decided to make some
change in their living situation. They had always
lived in the city, and now they decided they
wanted to live in the country, on a lake.

They found a small, lake home. It wasn't the
house of their dreams, but when they sold their
city home, they would have money to remodel it.
They had saved some money, so they moved
into their lake home before selling their city
home.

One year passed, and the city home didn't sell.
They went through many changes during this
time. They had times of patience and impatience.
Some days they trusted the God of their
understanding; other days they couldn't figure
out why the God of their understanding was
making them wait so long, why the God of their
understanding wouldn't let them move forward
with their plan. The doors just wouldn't swing
wide open.

One day, a neighbor came to visit. His home on
the lake was their dream home – everything they
wanted, plus more. The first time they saw this
house, they admired it, wishing they could have a
home just like it, but then they forgot about the
idea. They didn't believe it could ever be possible.

The reason the neighbor came to visit was that he
and his wife had decided to move. He offered
them the first option on purchasing his home.

They accepted his offer, and signed a purchase
agreement. Within two months, they sold their
city home and their small but adequate lake
home. A short time later, they moved into the
home of their dreams.

Sometimes, we experience times of frustration in
our life. We believe we're on track, trusting the
God of our understanding and ourselves, yet
things don't work out. We have false starts and
stops. The door refuses to swing wide open.

We may wonder if the God of our understanding
has abandoned us, or doesn't care. We may not
understand where we're going, or what our
direction is.

Then one day we see: the reason we didn't get
what we wanted was because the God of our
understanding had something much better
planned for us.

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