Monday, December 30, 2013

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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