Uncertainty

Ever been full of uncertainty? Ever had doubts so severe that you feel you've been gut-punched and don't know how to deal with it? That's us right now.

We had a family look at our home twice within 3 days. They came last Thursday and then again yesterday afternoon. They asked us to leave one hour before kick-off for the Super Bowl which we did, just so they could look around and still not make an offer. It's a good thing we're not die-hard football fans!!!

Our agent called a few minutes ago. The family loves our home but they say they're not sure of the price. This is after we lowered it $40,000. They didn't even make an offer to try to get it cheaper! What gives?!? People want everything for nothing these days! Our home is practically brand new inside and out! Brand new kitchen with gorgeous granite counter tops, 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, brand new bathrooms - all of them! New roof, new furnace and oil tank, new siding, pool, wooden swing set, fence in yard. Goodness it comes with practically everything but our first-born child! (Although I may consider it since he's a teenager now. hee hee) As for the price...it's much lower than our competitors prices. More bang for the buck.

What next? Yet another open house this weekend. I am SO tired of this. I am done, finished...turn me over 'cause I'm beginning to burn! We will most likely lose the house we fell in love with now. Yes, I totally believe that God could hold that house for us, but if we don't get a decent price for ours, we can pretty much kiss that other house goodbye anyway. I'm just feelin' a bit low today. We were so excited yesterday that the people wanted to come back for another look. That's a great sign that they're interested. I can't even begin to tell you how much of our lives have been wasted on cleaning this house up and leaving to let people look at it. The hard part is that we have a dog, and can't leave him home so we're limited as to what we can do. It's freezing outside, so we are stuck waiting in our van most times. For Open Houses we venture to the in-laws, but that's an all afternoon event and it's tiring on them as well.

So, I'm asking everyone here in blogosphere to pray for us. Pray for our family - for patience mostly. Pray that we will learn to wait patiently on the Lord for His perfect timing. I have no doubts that His hand is in this whole thing, it's just the waiting and the refining on us that is hard. Pray that our home would sell soon. Pray that we would get the house we love and that the price of our home will be reflective of what we have to pay for the other one. Thanks so much. I'm off now to go sulk some more and drink a cup of coffee with lots of cream and sugar - what I usually do not do! To me that's equal to what most women do when they're upset...eat ice cream right out of the carton! =)

This is what I need to do before the Open House on Sunday!!


Have a most blessed day!!