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Thursday, July 1-July 7, 2010 www.shelbyinfo.com Through A Woman’s Eyes By Martha Hynson Perfect Timing She considers a field and buys it… Proverbs 31:16 Considers and buys. These words call to mind the many times I’ve either run ahead of God (by skipping the considering phase and jumping straight into buying) or lagged behind (lingering endlessly in the considering stage, resisting making a choice.) Two decisions, in particular, demonstrate these extremes for me. They took place over a span of many years but eventually taught me an important lesson. In the early years of our marriage, my husband and I tended to make decisions impulsively. At one point, we sold a house and bought some land on which we planned to build. I don’t remember praying for guidance about selling the house or buying the land. It just seemed like a good idea- more to me than to my husband. When our plans for building didn’t work out as we’d hoped, we jumped into buy- ing another house. Again, the idea was more mine than my husband’s, and again I don’t recall asking God for guidance. I do remember asking Him to let us buy the house. God answered that prayer. We lived there for sixteen years and, during that time, He taught me a lot about the importance of seeking His direction. Although I didn’t bother to ask God what He thought about us buying the house, my intentions were good. What I loved most about it was that it sat on six acres and had a fenced pasture with a barn for horses. To me it seemed like the perfect place to raise kids. Had I prayed for discernment, I’m sure God would have pointed out the fact that my husband, who worked many hours, did not have time to care for the land, and that neither one of us knew a thing about horses! Not long after moving in, we decided to sell. Not one person looked at the house. Years passed and I became pregnant with our third child. We needed another bedroom and again tried to sell our house. There was absolutely no interest. More years passed. I had learned my lesson. I would no longer make impulsive decisions. However, I had moved a little too far in the other direction… By the time our youngest child was in middle school, my husband had taken a job requiring him to make a very long, daily commute and he, quite understandably, began to talk about moving. I resisted. My list of reasons to stay put was long- our daughter would have to change schools, I’d have to leave my job, we’d be much farther from our extended family, and besides hadn’t we tried to sell our house twice before? I worried that we might be acting impulsively. Thankfully, by this time, I had gained a little wisdom, so I began to pray for guidance. Eventually, God made it clear that moving was the right thing to do. So I began a new list- of all the things that needed to be done to our house to get it ready to sell. It seemed overwhelming. Lord, I prayed, if you want us to move, I’m ready, but would you please send someone to buy our house- just like it is? One evening, my husband stopped by the home of a man who had done some remodeling work for us the previous year. He talked to him about replacing some exterior doors and mentioned that we were getting the house ready to sell. The following weekend, this gentleman stopped by our home and asked if he could look around outside. I assumed he wanted to check the doors that needed replacing, and I told him that would be fine. After a short while, he was back. I invited him into the kitchen expect- ing to talk about the cost of the work he was going to do, but instead, he said something that confirmed for me, beyond a shadow of a doubt, the wisdom of seeking God’s will and perfect timing. His exact words were, “Don’t do anything to this house. I want to buy it exactly like it is!” And he did! Where Can You Find... 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