Dear Handsome,
We are getting ready to move. We have had many experiences during this moving adventure, that I must make sure and write some of them down so we have them for our memories in the future.
The first one that I want to make sure and not forget is the lesson we learned about moving by the spirit quickly. We came across a house in Bloomington Hills on Vermillion Street. It was privately owned. It wasn't the most comfortable house... but as soon as we walked into it I felt the spirit. I knew that the spirit was telling me that this was a house we should pursue. But then getting out to the car and talking to you about it, there were several things about the house that you didn't particularly like. So I started double thinking again about it.
Well, it kept coming back to me, over and over and over again about that house. I kept seeing it in my mind and I even started thinking about decorating it. A couple days later you told me, "I felt really good about that house on Vermillion. The spirit confirmed it."
BUT... we didn't act on that prompting. The reason why is because we didn't quite have enough money for a down payment and for the first month's rent. Because of that we just kind of waited. We didn't do anything. We just waited. Then about a week and a half later I drove by the house and it had been rented out.
Well, immediately I felt the spirit tell me that we disobeyed the prompting that we received. It was a very stark feeling, especially because I hadn't felt it for a while. I felt a feeling of light withdrawing. I knew we had sinned. You were out of town at the time, so I talked to you about it later that night. You felt the same way. We disobeyed the spirit and we both knew it.
That was an interesting experience because it really helped us to learn more about 'acting instead of being acted upon'. We have been learning that lesson a lot in the last year. Both of us have been waiting to be 'acted upon' too often... more than just acting and being lead by the spirit.
This was again one of those times when we were waiting to be acted upon, instead of following the prompting, acting on it and seeing what doors the Lord would open to us because of acting by the spirit.
Another thing we have learned is to not close our minds to how the Lord will open possibilities for us to have our own house. And a house that we want. We have been talking to one of our friends, Margo, about her being an investor buyer for a house that we would live in and possibly do a lease option on. We don't know if it is going to work out for sure... BUT something we have both felt from the spirit in the last week is to remember that we don't and shouldn't be renters for very much longer. The Lord will open up the way for us to have our own home as long as we are being proactive about it - again ACTING instead of waiting to be acted upon.
That is going to be a continual lesson for us I think.
No matter what, I am grateful to be learning all these lessons with you and strengthening our relationship because of it. There are so many reasons why we could be in the box towards each other right now with the various housing, business and financial stresses that we have been feeling for a while. But the Lord has lightened our burdens, just like the Nephites in the Book of Mormon. He lightened their burdens so they couldn't feel them upon their backs anymore. I think the Lord is doing the same thing for us as we are staying close to Him and relying on Him. The days I rely on Him, my burdens are much lighter and I am happy and joyful to be alive.
Well, I love you. I hope you always know that.
Me
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