We have a house that we can't sell. We owe more than it is worth, even if we could get someone to buy it. I like the house, but it has some limitations. It is 30 miles from where I work. I don't really like driving anyways, and spending a hour to hour and half of my day, every day, in the car is very frustrating. I love my job and I plan to work there for the foreseeable future, so living so far away is a definite issue.
We also have a pet issue. We love animals and would like to have more, particularly another (probably much larger) dog. Where we live now we have an association that sets limits on the number and size of the pets you can have.
When we bought our house we were first time home buyers, and we were told a number of things that have not been true, about our mortgage, the way we should spend the money we could afford to borrow, even the amount we could really afford to borrow. But we also only planned to stay in this house for 2-3 years. And that was before the job and pet issues. And Next month we will have been here 3 years. And that is hard for me.
I have been working very hard to accept the realities of our current situation and be content with the way things are. Most of the time I do a really good job. But recently I had prayed that if there was any way to get us out of here and into a place closer to work, without the pet restrictions, that He would make that happen. And that if we were supposed to stay that He would help me to be, and stay, content.
And then I didn't really think about it, or mention it to anyone.
And then yesterday my husband said, do you want to live in _______ (town 8 miles from my work)? What??
He told me he had been looking at house swapping sites and had found a house much closer to my work, with a yard for a dog, etc. and the people were looking for a house like ours in our location.
I didn't know what to say or think, I didn't even know he had been looking at houses. I don't know if house swapping is really a good a viable thing to do, I have heard strong and well supported arguments on both sides. I told him to go ahead and email the people, because it couldn't hurt to find out more.
And now I wonder if this is a God thing, or just a world thing. I prayed and something that could be an answer has happened. Or it might be not an answer at all but just something that happened that will fall through, or isn't a good idea in the first place.
I have seen God answer other people prayers in more unlikely and spectacular ways than this, but I also don't want to get my heart set on something that isn't, or shouldn't, work out.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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I hope it works out. If it does, it is a God thing. If it doesn't, well, He has better things planned.
ReplyDeleteIt finally let me comment! I have been trying for a week or so (since you found my blog), and tonight is the first time it worked! Yeah!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you know this about me... most people (most especially those who have known me forever) seem not to, but I am spiritual I just don't subscribe to a dogma of any variety (I've had people tell me that's lazy which is both fair and totally untrue. I know I don't have the disciplin for something like Judism, though I think it's pretty cool. But I've also spent most of my life studying religion, know more about several religions than most people seem to know about their own, and just haven't found one that I'm willing to commit to and I'm actually very happy with my proactive agnosticism). Anyway, I do believe things happen for a reason, call it G-d or whatever else you like, we end up where we need to be. I applied to MFA programs last year, thinking thats where I was supposed to be, I got reject from all 13 schools I applied to. It hurt... but now I'm very glad I stayed in my WOST program. I would have regretted leaving it unfinished. So... you are where you're meant to be. It may not be where you -want- to be, but if you've done everything you can and it still hasn't worked out, then there is some other reason you're still where you are.
ReplyDeleteI know that's no real comfort, because I'm gonna be mighty irritated if I'm rejected from another 15 MFA programs this year, but I've cast my lots... and no matter what I want, they'll fall how they were meant to fall, all you can do is look for the silver lining, and know that when you look back some day, you'll probably understand a lot better.