Patience and Possibilites

Well, as with all things good, patience must develop first. In my photos above you see my youngest son gazing up at a huge trailer laden with hay. That hay took time to grow, cut, harvest and load. It is not an overnight job. In addition, I took pictures of my 4 year old plum tree. I planted it here at my home in the city, knowing that I didn't want to live here long and hoping I could still dig it up and move it to the country with me. It is covered with blooms this year and smells so wonderful and fresh! Spring is my favorite time of the year! I have been anxiously awaiting my fruit trees to bear fruit. This may be their first year, as all will be blooming. The busy bees are doing their work so we'll see. (My friend lovingly stated "I hope you don't get any fruit." I had to think about what she said. At first, I thought, how rude, I have been waiting for fruit how could you say that. Then I realized she has been praying with me about selling our house. So she meant this in hopes that we'll be moving before the fruit comes!) I have had to be patient and baby my trees along and feed and water them diligently. I think that work will pay off. I may not be able to take my trees with me if we get to move, but I know that I can grow new ones as I grew these. God has blessed me with healthy trees and I have been so happy watching them grow and mature. He amazes me at how intricate a world He created for us to enjoy. My children and I were just reading and learning how bees are "programmed" to seek out certain flowers each day so as not to cross pollinate stuff. Isn't that cool. God programmed these tiny creatures so that their nectar gathering would make sure that only certain flowers were sought out each day so that those plants would be pollinated and not mixed up with pollen from other flowers. That is so cool!

Well, I didn't plan to blog just about bees and such. My focus is on the lesson of patience. I feel like I am being grown and stretched in this area. Most people are on a regular basis. However, I trust my Sovereign God that He does it for a purpose and that it will glorify Him in the end. I have a peace as I wait on Him and anxiously and excitedly look forward to what He will do next.

We had listed our current house for sale last year. We had a realtor and had many showings but never any offers. We dreaded the showings as I stated on earlier posts. So this year I felt like we didn't want to go the realtor route if it wasn't necessary. I felt led to seek out investors to offer them to purchase my home at a discount. It would be a discount since we didn't have to pay the realtor fees. So we started gathering some names of people who we or our friends knew were property investors. I started with my neighbor across the street. She is friends with the man who owns her home and lives in California. I asked her if he would be purchasing any more properties here soon. She said she would give him my name and contact info. Well, he responded to me and said that he had two families in California looking to move to Burleson and rent houses here. So he asked for our home information like square footage, number of bedrooms/bathrooms etc. as well as our asking price. We responded with the information requested and stated that we were hoping for a quick sale so that we could purchase another property that we have been interested in for two years. We said we were not expecting to make any profit on our home, we were only wanting to pay off our current loan and cover our closing costs. Well it was almost 6 days later before we heard from him again. He said that he had been working on his taxes and was hoping to use his refund as down payment on purchasing property. He also asked if we were listing with a realtor or not because it would save time and money to just go to the Escrow office and have an attorney do our paperwork. Exactly what I was thinking! That is so cool! So I responded to him and said we were ready and willing to go to the Escrow office and talk with an attorney. He had asked for our address and said he was researching our property and would get back with us. I am now waiting. Waiting for further response. Waiting for taxes to get done. Waiting for a possible offer to purchase our house. Waiting for something that seems so surreal that I can't imagine it really happening. I try not to get excited, after all, it is only a possibility. Nothing has been formally offered or decided. So I must keep my thoughts and emotions in check until something happens. I have hope though. He seems interested in our property. I just pray that the price will generate enough interest. We felt like it was imperative to be upfront and honest with this guy about our situation and I feel like God will honor that. I really don't expect to make a dime off this house, we have very little equity because of the type of loan we purchased it with. So if God is willing to just allow us to get out from under this burden/debt, we will be so grateful and blessed and give Him all the praise and glory.

That is our current test of patience. Waiting on the Lord's will to be revealed to us in this situation. If this man decides he isn't interested in our property, we have one other contact that is an investor. We will make the same offer to him to see if he is interested. If not, then we'll likely list our home FSBO and see if we get any interest. Then if we still are not able to sell our current home, we'll just continue paying off debts and wait on the Lord to show us when and where to sell.

I am so full of hope and dream about the other house daily, nightly, every waking hour. I also try to continually lift it up to the Lord and pray His will be done. He knows mine, my husband's and children's hearts desire is to live in the country. We just have to trust in His timing and His desire for us right now. That may be getting to sell our home and purchase our dream home. It may be selling our house and having to rent because for some reason we can't purchase our dream home. Or that may be just staying where we are and continuing to persevere and know that its for our best and will bring Him the most glory.

I will update when I have more information about this situation. In the meantime, I'll do my best to have patience while I wait for the possibilities.