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 !