I found God moving in my life this week – literally – as He answered two prayers: finances and living conditions.
My doctor says I should not climb stairs again. Hard to do when you are planted in a second floor apartment. The only first floor one available in my complex is $72 more a month! OUCH! The new manager wouldn’t negotiate, so it’s moving time in a few months. (I have to give 60 day notice — she wouldn’t budge on that either.)
After a teary weekend praying and looking online, I found three I could afford. A friend drove me around to each. Nada. Either no first floor unit or a long waiting list.
We pulled over and prayed, then turned the corner and saw another complex. It looked nice. Never saw it online, and I’d virtually looked at 62 listings of available apartments in my city over the weekend. Even so, we both felt a strong urge to go check it out.
Sure enough, a unit on the first floor had become available that day, scheduled to be ready for occupancy on the very day I am released from my old lease in 60 days! Thank you, Jesus!
Ready for this? There is a handicap ramp and parking space right at the front doorway. I will be needing that for quite sometime yet.
It get’s better. It is $84 less than I am paying now. That’s a utility or cable bill difference. When you are on fixed income, that is HUGE! Prayer number 2…answered.
Yep, I cried again as we drove away, this time in gratitude. God is so amazingly awesome, I cannot begin to describe His wondrous power. But this is just a hint of what He has planned for those who trust and believe in Him.
Sure, I will basically be sequestered in my second story apartment a while longer. Gives me lots of time to slowly pack! (If you live in Fort Worth and want to help for an hour or so in early March…)
Whatever you are going through, whatever obstacles loom in front of you casting a shadow of gloom, our Lord knows about them and has a plan to explode them into tiny pieces you can kick aside. Or He will offer you a way around them. No, not a way — the best way. Just keep on praying. His timing is always perfect.
God definitely “moves” in mysterious ways. If you are not planted where you are supposed to be, He will make arrangements to move you — just as He has for me.
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