The Housing Market

This week I am choosing to be thankful for the current housing market.

We have had our home on the market for a few months and we know it is not going to sell anytime soon. For a while when we first began this process, we believed it would sell right away because we had a potential buyer. We began looking into houses for sale, and planning to be in a new house for the summer.

Now the summer has passed us by and nothing has changed. We have made the choice to be happy no matter the circumstances and trust that everything will work out according to God's perfect plan and in His perfect timing. Honestly, this isn't always easy. We don't talk about it a lot, but Eric and I both had our hearts set on a new house. It would be all too easy to be disgruntled and pessimistic throughout this process. Thankfully, God has chosen to use this opportunity to grow and strengthen our faith.

He has also used this time to remind us of what is truly important in our lives. We have rededicated ourselves to being happy with what we have. We are blooming where we're planted, instead of always looking over the fence waiting for the next best thing. We are relying heavily on our integrity also to keep us from agreeing to a rental situation that would serve us well but not be fair to renters.

Sometimes we do have to work at being grateful for this situation (we are only human, after all), but it gets easier with each passing day. Seeing the joy and fun our children experience each and every day of their lives is a constant reminder that what we have and where we live right now is not very important in the long run. Every day we live under the same roof as a family is a day to praise the Lord for all the blessings in our lives.

You can find more Gratituesday at Laura's blog.