Tammy Stalnaker:
 
Thank you for your post of encouragement:
 

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/sep2005/tammys910.htm
 

1) How WONDERFUL to have a godly spouse to share everything with.  Two heads are better than one!  Making all these bold moves on my own, with no one to get a confirmation with, is risky and scarey.  You are always second guessing yourself.....did I miss it?  God's will?  You look for confirming signs like everything going smoothly......and then when that doesn't happen, the second guessing starts all over again.  But too late now, I'm moved!
 
2) Its interesting after I sent out this S.O.S. to Five Doves, it occurred to me the next day that perhaps I had no peace about that first offer because God didn't want me to accept it.  God's pulling me in one direction, and my lazy broker is pressuring me in the other direction.  Maybe it wasn't so much that I wasn't suppose to sell Condo, .....I just wasn't suppose to accept THIS offer for some reason.  Maybe a better one will come.  Or maybe God has someone in mind for my little condo.  I did pray at one point in all this flurry of activity that since it was clear I was to give up my home, I did ask God to find a buyer who will really appreciate it......perhaps even another Christian.
 
3) I think I did screw up listing with this broker.  I had so many things on my mind at the time, and I really didn't take the time to shop brokers.......and it never even occurred to me that there might be a Christian broker out there, so I wouldn't be in partnership with an ungodly person, serving a different Master.  I've just gotten used to being a lonely Christian in a fairly godless world......at work, my neighbors, just about everyone you come in contact with.....true Christians are a REAL Minority!  But then again, I have heard from friends that they really got burnt bad by "professing Christian" trades-men, who turn out to be such a terrible disappointment, they can't or won't perform the agreed upon tasks, take advantage of you "because you are both Christians" and basically milk you for all your worth.  One of my closest friends was in tears over what some "Christian" handy-man did to her.  So, after hearing horror stories like that over the years, you tend to give up trying to find "Christian" anything to do some work for you.  Just hire whoever seems to be good at their trade.  Get referrals.  That was where I made my mistake.  I should have gotten the names of this broker's referrals and talked to the owners where she sold the property.  But then how do you know they are true referrals?  They could be just the broker's friends that you are calling, lying like crazy.
 
4) That has been the REAL shocker for me, is just exactly how much EVERYONE BLATANTLY LIES anymore!   Everyone I have dealt with in recent months has LIED to me!  Employment Recruiters/Agencies, the landlord where I live now, the broker I am in contract with, the moving company that moved me......about half of the people I had to deal with to get my condo fixed up for sale.  Its gotten to the point now, where I assume that Everyone is flat out lying until proven otherwise.  Am I just under attack here?  Or am I just witnessing first hand the fall of our once Christian society?  I suppose it is the later.  (I also find it hard to believe that people were raped and murdered at the New Orleans Super Dome in the wake of Katrina!  One would think that these people would pull together and help each other.......instead victims of Katrina victimized their fellow victims!  Shocking!  I agree with who ever said it was HELL on earth there......it must have been!....but the Lord warned us that the days before His return would be DARK evil days, just like Sodom and as it was in the days of Noah.)
 
Anyway, thanks for sharing the following:
 
"....In January of this year, we actually got a full priced offer on
our house. However, we had absolutely no peace about it and were really getting confused and upset wondering, "what is going on?  Lord do you not want us to move?"  Anyway, when that deal fell apart we were extremely relieved...."

It seems to be a confirmation to me, that I misinterpreted the lack of peace that I felt about the first offer followed by tremendous relief and peace when that buyer walked away.  It could be that God did not want me to accept that particular offer.  I have since recalled my loan broker, and after 2 days she hasn't called me back, for some reason.  I've been too busy at work to try to force that door open again.  So it may be that I am suppose to sell the property.......its just that that particular offer was not the one I am suppose to take.  Last weekend due to some screw ups, the first weekend my condo was on the market, there was ZERO advertising.  It was just listed in multiple listing on the internet.  Plus it was a holiday weekend when most people are busy with vacations or off at barbeques etc.  This weekend I am suppose to have full advertising coverage........of course, my broker is on vacation this weekend.......naturally......nothing surprises me anymore.  She did manage to have a "broker's open house" on Thursday (after my pressuring her).  So, maybe after this weekend the right offer will come through.
 
Its funny, I thought that after I got the horrendous move out of the way, that peace and rest would be restored to my life.  If I could just get through the move!  No so!   I totally underestimated what it would take to prepare condo for sale and go through the selling process.  I dread every time the phone rings, because it might be my broker calling......or I find out another problem has arisen.
 
I'm still hoping for an Oct 4th rapture!
 
 

Maranatha!
Deborah
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