We are on our way to bigger things ......

Last weekend our realtor took us into a home that was open for owner finance. It would come out to be $700 a month for 5 years and then we would own it flat out. The home itself is cheap at $40,000 and the owner said he would only charge us a 6% interest rate. I was excited. Eugene wasn't and that kinda hurt my feelings. I am tired of the process and just want a place to call home. Well when we got there my excitement went out the doors. The home has tenants in it. They were trying to make their point. I wasn't scared one bit by them. Kinda funny though cause that is exactly what they were trying to do. They had 2 pit bulls tied up right at the front door and told us they would bite. So we couldn't use the steps to get up on the front porch. Then they had the whole house pitch black. They told our realtor the lights went out and no longer work. Funny thing is though when we tried one of the lights...WHALA ! The light came on...they stuttered well yeah, that is the only one that works. In the back yard they had 5 more pit bulls tied up so we couldn't actually go back there to see. Oh and did I mention they had open bags of trash out and it was making the place stink ? lol They did everything they could to steer us away. We didn't really get to see the house properly. Our realtor was upset and he was nervous. He later told us he was carrying a gun on him cause he went back and got it out of his glove compartment. I thought that was funny. In the past these people would have shook me up but not now. I just acted real nice. When the big guy that lived there shook my hand he about crushed it. I remember thinking you can squeeze all you want but I do not feel threatened by you. In fact even though the house was gross inside there was a teensy little part that wanted to buy that house just to make my point that you all don't scare me. lol But alas we shouldn't really buy an overpriced home just to make a point to someone who chooses to make their money illegally that they don't scare us. Our realtor then said "listen, I really want to show you what else is out there for a much better price if you can come up with cash". He then proceeded to take us to a different home. This home that was under half the price was much more nice !!!!! But it is bank owned so no owner financing. Anyway it just made me all the more determined I am going to wait until God opens the door and not rush into a overpriced home that is super yucky just because it has owner financing. I believe something happened in the past week and a half. Something in the spiritual realm. We had the opportunity to go into a new home in a development. The lady who owns it also is the developer. She was handing us everything on a silver platter to go into that home. I mean it was almost to good to be true. Like a Wow, I can't believe what God is doing for us kind of home. Only thing was it was a more expensive home and so we would have been tied into it for 30 years. ( or until God gave us a big check to pay it off ) I have always wanted a new home in a development. But what I realized over the past months and ex specially in the last 2 weeks is what I use to want is no longer what I now want. I know God has plans for us. I am not going to go into details on those plans but I know that we are to buy a home and pay it off as quick as possible. That I know for certain. So I walked away from the home that was the "perfect" one. It was hard telling Chad cause he so desperately wanted it but I knew as soon as we stood our ground and said no that something happened in the spiritual realm. I didn't even realize there was more to the picture until we said no. I can't explain it but it is like God wanted to see if we were going to settle for 2nd best. Second best being the new home in the development. I believe we could have taken that home and lived there being happy but then God would have never been able to take us to the next level. Our next home most likely will NOT be a new home in a development (LOL) but it will be a home that starts taking us to our next journey :) I know that even more, now that we have passed the test. By taking a stand it actually made me all the more determined to not miss out on living debt free. Like after I walked away from temptation I realized my heart is in a better place then I even knew :) I praise God for that ......God is good !

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I am really trying to hang in there and not get discouraged. I keep reminding myself that God is bigger then my situation. The other morning I got a phone call saying we had the $ to get into the house we wanted. I called the realtor and told him we would like to meet and sign papers. He said ok. One hour later he called back to inform me the house went under agreement the night before. That house sat on the market for over 2 years yet it managed to sell in the 2 days it took us to come up with the money! Every time I look at the homes for sale I get so frustrated. There are so many good deals right now. Houses that are bank owned for cheap. Yet with our situation we need someone to owner finance and so bank owned ones are out. I ask all my readers to please pray for the doors to open for us. We will soon be here half a year. That is about 5 months and 3 weeks to long for me ! LOL

Here We Go Once Again.......

I am sitting here wishing I had a cup of coffee in my hands. I know that if I get up and make one it will wake up my son though. So far I have opted for quiet alone time over the warm soothing therapy in a cup. After yesterday I really do need my coffee and time alone with God. I am not sure why BUT these two definitely go together. As sure as the earth is round you need coffee when reading your Bible. Eugene had off yesterday with the intentions of signing an agreement on a home. The $3,000 we thought was coming in to us never did and so no papers were signed. We did take a look at the home again. Also re looked at another home we could possibly still get in and rent until ready to buy but that home is $400 MORE a month. We really don't want to have to rent mainly because it is so much more expensive. I am trying to remind my hubby and I that God sees the whole picture and He has it all under control. Even if we don't understand. Anyway, we are going to look at switching hotels for now. Also might just suck it up and opt to pay more money and rent. I mean what else can we do ? So once again I ask for your prayers.

We are going into battle.......

First off spell check is down so I apologize :)************************************Thanks to a new found relationship with a friend of my parents I have been learning some very interesting and important things lately. As God's children we can can walk blindly through life allowing the enemeys tactics to have power in our life or we can learn how to be aware and fight back. I always considered myself well versed in this area but have found lately there were topics I wasn't even aware of. One of them being a victim spirit. When I first heard about it I honestly thought it meant someone who goes through life thinking they are a victim and saying o poor me...blah blah blah.....we all know people like that. So at first I thought ok, this doesn't effect my family. We have always been so blessed in the past and only recently ( past few years ) had real difficult finacial isssues. Even through it all we have spoken God's praise. Not to say there were not moments we haven't felt down but we have always allowed the Lord to pick our spirits back up. Well, I have to say after reading and digging deeper into the topic I realized what the victim spirit actually is. I am so glad that the Lord has allowed us to be taught on this subject. It is amazing how much the victim spirit is apparent in our previouse generations. The Lord has been teaching me the power and authority I have as God's child. I am so excited ! Cause now I have on a full armour and I am ready to fight ! The enemey will no longer have a idle family sitting on the side lines ! We are prepared and ready to fight ! I find myself so excited because even though we are at war I have the winning tools by my side ! I know we will find victory ! It is ours. I have been praying out to the Lord teach me how to take back that which is ours, all that has been stolen from us. And he has faithfully put someone in my life to teach me ! God is so good ! I had this dream some time ago where we our land was stolen from us and being gaured by men with guns. They would only let us a few feet onto our property. In that dream I had such fear and wanted to walk away from it all and start over. I knew that the Lord was showing me I needed to get over my fear and take back that which was rightfully ours. The fear is gone and I am going into battle ! Not only am I going into battle but praise God my husband is right there beside me. Satan is going down !