Thursday, March 28, 2013
God comes through...AGAIN!
I can't understand how people think that faith is pointless, that there is no God, or that either way doesn't matter. My experience time and time again over the past 20+ years is so different! God has gotten us through so much. He's brought Tim & me together in a way that couldn't have just happened. He saved our ectopic pregnancy and Adam was born healthy. He found us amazing real estate deals over the years. He got us through marriage situations to bring us to the wonderful place where we are now - closer than ever. He protected us from harm so many times. He found me a job when I had no resume, no experience for 20 years, and no skills to put on paper...and it was at my favorite place of all, the tea house. He got us through our bankruptcy and foreclosure as well as teaching us all important life lessons I'm convinced would not have happened any other way. He brought us back here where we belong - closer, wiser, and more appreciative than ever. He found us the only place we could afford by orchestrating events that would never have happened on their own, and it turned out to be more than I could have ever hoped for. He was there through my ovarian cancer scare this fall when suddenly, all 3 cysts (one was solid and almost 7" long, sitting on my ovary the size of an almond, and causing all kinds of pain and other bad symptoms) - they just disappeared overnight the evening before my follow-up ultrasound. I literally felt the pain leave my body and had a total sense that everything was cleared. I was afraid to hope for such a miraculous event, but that's exactly what happened. Now, God comes through again!
We know our rent is going up May 1st. It's a fair raise, bringing it up to fair market value, but coupled with a soon to be rising water and electric bill for summer, it would be way more than we could, or should, afford, especially if we're trying to save to buy a house next fall. I did ask that if it was God's will, we'd like to stay here as long as possible until the end of our yearly lease so we didn't have to move out of a nice house and neighborhood prematurely. Just as the increases start, we will be moving into a new place near here that we've waited for since December! We'll have tons of amenities including a pool for the summer, almost the same square footage, and it'll cost $100 less than our rental increase! On top of that, we'll have no water bill anymore, it's included in the rent. We also anticipate lower electric bills, since the upstairs and next door neighbors will be running their air conditioners as well, it won't be just ours trying to keep the building cool - and heat rises, so being on the first floor will help too. The windows should be more efficient as well, since I believe they are newer than the ones here.
Once again, God comes through, and my experiences with a real, loving, living God continues. People can believe what they want, but they can't take away all my experiences of my relationship with God. As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.
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