It has been a whirlwind around here since Feb. 26th. We traveled to Miami the weekend of Feb. 24th. While in Miami we received an offer for the purchase of our home in NC. Is that God or what? We put a sign up about 3-4 weeks before and did not hire a realtor. Since we recently purchased our home we thought this may be the way to lose the least amount of money. Well God is bigger than all of my worries and he brought us an offer (we are losing some money but definitely not as bad as it could have been). The catch was that we would have to move by March 30. the new owners need to take ownership on march 30th and we have a contract at the school till June 1st. It is a great dilemma nevertheless it is a dilemma. So have been busy packing everything we want and selling everything we don't want or wont have room for. We found a corporate rental that we will live in for 2 months prior to moving to Miami. God opened the doors for a rental in Miami (right across the street from the school) at a VERY affordable price. This will allow us to save money up for a down payment for an overpriced, micro-sized house in Miami.
I am slowly getting used to the idea of Miami living. However I am going, going, going!. packing 3500sf and trying to fit in 1500SF is going to be quite the challenge, hence the daily selling on Craigslist.
I am actually ok with all the selling i have been doing. I feel like I am simplifying our life every time i get rid of something in our home. so here is the plan
march13-26: cheer practice, travel to myrtle beach for cheer competition, volunteer at school for kids class, pack, monogram end of year gifts, organize taxes and file taxes, meet with builder to fix things covered by warranty, try to work somewhere in here (don't think i will be able to), pack, pack, pack
March 27: UPAK trailer arrives and movers load everything we aren't taking to the corporate rental with us.
march 30: close on the sale of our home and move into Temp. rental in Raleigh
april1-June 1: enjoy the last 2 months we have in Raleigh. i will definitely try to catch up on work during this time. we will travel to Miami for Easter and spring break.
JUNE 2: MOVE to Miami!!!!
THANK YOU LORD for your provision, your peace and your omniscience.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Why?
WHY????
That 3 letter word seems to flood my thoughts quite a bit these days. While talking to my friend a few days ago i mentioned that "why" is the prevailing question to God in the recent days and she responded "don't ask God, Why?, ask Him, What?" She stated that I should be asking Him "what are you trying to teach me?". So that is what I am trying to do. It is definitely hard because I want to know why. On this side of heaven I may never know the answers i seek but I have my ideas and I am going to continue to try to find the blessings and lessons in everyday.
Today it occurs to me that so many aspects of our life quite possibly could be dramatically different had we never moved from Miami 6 years ago. Our move to Clearwater changed our family forever (at least this is what I truly believe). We attended a church that was pastored by a wise, godly man that God used to impact the coach and me forever. i believe that the time spent in that church, school and city changed us. We grew spiritually (I know i did), our friendships grew, our way of handling money changed and my appreciation for Florida and all it has to offer certainly changed. I don't know in what way our family impacted those we came in contact with but I certainly know that we were IMPACTED greatly. I would NOT have my sewing biz and most certainly not my digitizing biz. My biz was an answer to prayer. It has been the means to which our family has been able to do and experience many things that otherwise we would not have be able to. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that i would be doing what I do. I am thankful for the Lord's blessing and pray that He continues to bless our family by means of our biz.
Our move from Clearwater to NC was a hard one in some ways and amazing in others. We were thankful for the great opportunity to attend (my children) and work (coach) at an amazing Christian School. NRCA is like none other that i have ever seen. The Lord has blessed the school with phenomenal facilities. It is a convenant school that partners with parents to guide the students in the ways of the Lord. I am so thankful for the 2 years that my children have been able to experience this amazing place. We have learned what it means to be humble (coach did in his first year as an assistant) although be humble seemed to come easy to him. I on the other hand had to learn from him. I have had the opportunity to live in my dream home (size and space) even if it was only for a year. I may never have that opportunity again. I would love to have this amount of space again but If I never do then life will go on and I am thankful for the time I did have.
(this post was never finished and since then so much has changed. today is march 13. I have decided not to finish this post but wanted to post it so that i can remember what i was feeling during this time)
That 3 letter word seems to flood my thoughts quite a bit these days. While talking to my friend a few days ago i mentioned that "why" is the prevailing question to God in the recent days and she responded "don't ask God, Why?, ask Him, What?" She stated that I should be asking Him "what are you trying to teach me?". So that is what I am trying to do. It is definitely hard because I want to know why. On this side of heaven I may never know the answers i seek but I have my ideas and I am going to continue to try to find the blessings and lessons in everyday.
Today it occurs to me that so many aspects of our life quite possibly could be dramatically different had we never moved from Miami 6 years ago. Our move to Clearwater changed our family forever (at least this is what I truly believe). We attended a church that was pastored by a wise, godly man that God used to impact the coach and me forever. i believe that the time spent in that church, school and city changed us. We grew spiritually (I know i did), our friendships grew, our way of handling money changed and my appreciation for Florida and all it has to offer certainly changed. I don't know in what way our family impacted those we came in contact with but I certainly know that we were IMPACTED greatly. I would NOT have my sewing biz and most certainly not my digitizing biz. My biz was an answer to prayer. It has been the means to which our family has been able to do and experience many things that otherwise we would not have be able to. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that i would be doing what I do. I am thankful for the Lord's blessing and pray that He continues to bless our family by means of our biz.
Our move from Clearwater to NC was a hard one in some ways and amazing in others. We were thankful for the great opportunity to attend (my children) and work (coach) at an amazing Christian School. NRCA is like none other that i have ever seen. The Lord has blessed the school with phenomenal facilities. It is a convenant school that partners with parents to guide the students in the ways of the Lord. I am so thankful for the 2 years that my children have been able to experience this amazing place. We have learned what it means to be humble (coach did in his first year as an assistant) although be humble seemed to come easy to him. I on the other hand had to learn from him. I have had the opportunity to live in my dream home (size and space) even if it was only for a year. I may never have that opportunity again. I would love to have this amount of space again but If I never do then life will go on and I am thankful for the time I did have.
(this post was never finished and since then so much has changed. today is march 13. I have decided not to finish this post but wanted to post it so that i can remember what i was feeling during this time)
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