No Mercy
A few years ago, when my boys were young and MySpace and Facebook were just becoming popular, I signed up for both in order to keep an eye on them. I needed to know how they worked so that I would be able to protect my children online. It wasn’t just about getting all up in their business, I never even got involved in using them. Really, I just made sure I was acquainted enough with the new technology that I could setup guidelines for them to follow. Eventually I deleted those accounts. Now I’ve been hearing a lot more about Facebook use by old people like me. With the recent...
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The bank accepted the offer. Praise God! We will be moving soon. I can’t wait… but I guess I have to, again.
Read MoreWhat happens when you move away?
You end up missing important moments, like your niece’s wedding. I wish money grew on trees. I’d probably remember to water one of those.
Read MoreWaiting
I’m not really that good at it. Waiting, that is. It took a day and a half for the bank to counter offer and an hour for us to counter their’s. That was on Friday afternoon just before close of business and so we wait. I’ve managed to convince myself that I don’t care either way now. Whether we get this house or another one it doesn’t matter. All that matters is that we begin our new life in the house that God has for us so we can grab hold of that (the life) for which Christ grabbed hold of us. Any house will be fine. The waiting though? Not so fine. So what...
Read MoreHouse Hunting
Most of my house hunting over the last eleven years has basically taken place on the couch while browsing realtor.com. I’ve dreamed of the day the Lord would be so gracious as to give us our own home again. And while most of it has been just dreaming in those years we’ve also come extremely close to owning again. We did everything possible in our own power to stop renting and to start owning. (Yes, I am aware of how terrible that statement is for someone who should be walking by faith.) We’ve fallen out of escrow once when the owner changed their mind about carrying the...
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