You know, the more time that goes on, the more I think, maybe I should change the name of my blog :) It hardly seems a day can go by anymore without some major event...and my "got happiness?" just got tired :)
We were supposed to close on our construction loan with the bank back in March. Come to find out, the bank changed rules during our construction process, and they now want a HUGE chunk o'money in order to close. Yesterday, one of the lenders the bank uses told us they couldn't help us. There are 2 more lenders, so we are just hoping. Otherwise, yeah, I don't know. Well, I do know, but I can't bring myself to admit "it" may actually happen so happy thoughts, happy thoughts!
We also have been having some struggles with one of our tenants...they are great people, but they'd be better off if they just had their own house they didn't have to share with anyone else :) Oh well. So because of that and some other things that happened over the last week, we are once again trying to sell our other home, so if you know anyone in the market for a super awesome duplex.... :) There is a blog set up for it www.bountifultreasure.blogspot.com.
I have found that I am no longer asking Heavenly Father for things. I give him all credit when things go right, but I am a weak person, and I don't want to be able to blame Him when He is putting me through these massively painful tutorials. So I thank. I can't ask anymore, but I can thank. So if you feel like asking on our behalf, that would be wonderful, just don't tell me ;)
This was my random picture of the day. Bryan pulled my mom's rocking chair out on her deck from when she was a little girl and had Aeden sit on it. I thought it was a girly idea, but it turned out pretty cute, even if it does look like Aeden is sitting in a wheelchair :)
2 comments:
Happy Thoughts, Happy Thoughts, Happy Thoughts. Sounds like a prime time to write down "tender mercies" or "God Moments". They are there, I know you will see them. Hang in there. AND...I don't mind asking.
I'm so sorry you've been having one hard challenge after the next. For a lot of different reasons I have a hard time praying for what I want too. Mostly it's because I want it so bad that it feels too painful to even think about not getting it so I just get by feeling that He knows what's in my heart and hears my prayer that way. I love this quote from Sister Dalton. She gave this talk in Gen Conf. and told about the cousel she got from Pres. Hinckley when he sealed her and her husbd. Here's the link to the whole talk if you want to read http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-646-12,00.html or listen to it http://lds.org/conference/sessions/display/0,5239,23-1-646,00.html
The part I loved was this:
"Thirty-eight years ago my husband and I were married in the Salt Lake Temple by President Gordon B. Hinckley. The counsel and direction he gave us that day have become a beacon for our lives. When we left the temple as husband and wife, we went to a park near the temple grounds and recorded in a journal the words of wisdom we had received. He counseled us to remain worthy. He said, "Always live in such a way that when you need the Lord's blessings, you can call upon Him and receive them because you are worthy." He said: "There will come times in your life when you will need immediate blessings. You will need to live in such a way that they will be granted—not out of mercy but because you are worthy."
-Laura
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