I read this post which said "God I have no idea where you're taking me, but I trust you." And I thought "Yes. I do." Although at the time I didn't know why I was getting that message.
A day or so later, we had word that our rental home we'd only been in for a year, was being appraised for value. My first thought was - "Oh no!!! They want to sell it!!" I mean - I understand - with costs and strong sellers market. But they gave us the impression we'd be here long term when we moved in! Even gave us a welcome basket and said they hoped we'd enjoy their home for many years as they had! It was a bit of a shock! And my first response was to worry.
We didn't want to move again so soon! And the rental market is almost impossible these days! And I thought this home was what I'd prayed for with its lovely little garden for me to pray in. We'd worked hard to bring it back from its overgrown state when we moved in. We were just so disappointed.
But then I thought - maybe it's just because house values have gone up so much that they need the correct value for insurance. Or maybe they want to put rent up - our lease is due. (But hopefully in that case they'll be kind since we've been good tenants.)
But if neither of these is the case, and we are moving on, I've had enough experience with how God cares for us that I know there's no reason to worry. Worry just destroys our peace. Gives us nothing good. But as Jesus said many times over - if we keep our eyes on him and don't let those things be our focus, it all falls into place.
And then today, that post came up again - and I read those words with more specific meaning! And it made me smile that the message was already there before anything happened.
I'll trust him. Let's see where this goes...
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