This is a re-post of one of the first postings to this blog:
After praying for months with no sign, I realized I was not in a very good place emotionally. My soul wasn't at rest. What was I praying for you might ask? Well, all five of us are living in a 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1,132 sq. ft. house. Can you image sharing one small bathroom with four other people? (technically I only have to share with 3 others because our youngest is still in diapers, but still!) Even town houses here have 3 toilets! When we bought our house we where thinking about the BIG yard and not so much about the little house. We did not have any kiddos then and where only planning to be in Oregon for a max of 5 years. Well, almost 7 years later we are still here and our family has been greatly blessed by more than doubling our size. Our plans to live closer to family did not pan out and we were at the point of trying to decide if it was the right time to get a bigger house. I had been praying for a sign to start preparing our house to sell and start looking for something roomier...but never got it. It seemed like I was in limbo, the not knowing what to do was kinda eating at me. I just knew that feeling this way was not His intentions for me. I had to remind myself that God says in Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." With that said, I began to change the way I prayed.......boy o' boy did I get an answer! They are right when they say "be careful what you ask for"!!!
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