One of those was the dream of living on the shore of a river or lake (not my dream because it would require moving - not because I am opposed to water) and another dream of Ken's that I can think of at the moment that I don't share is the dream of wanting to own a convertible and drive around in it when we get older (like when the kids have left home).
As I have been thinking and praying about the moving situation I have been trying to share Ken's dream in that and it is actually rather happening. I am starting to see all the fun things there would be about living near water, the benefits there could be in a new home (especially if we end up designing and building) and so forth. I am actually starting to feel excited about it. Now I won't be unhappy if it doesn't work out and we stay here instead but for now I am having fun dreaming with Ken about houses and property and such like.
I don't know about you but with me when there is something Ken wanted that I felt would negatively affect me I would tend to hope and probably sometimes even pray that it wouldn't work out. Instead of working to change my attitude about it I would hope that he would change his. Thankfully that hasn't been a lot of things in our life together but there have unfortunately been a few. I am hoping that since I have started to realize what I was doing that I will be able to make a change with the help of the Holy Spirit and not act like that anymore.
Now concerning Ken's dream of a convertible....
I don't think I am to the point of dreaming about that yet but I have started to realize that some of the reasons I didn't want one were rather lame and really didn't matter that much.
Do these thoughts make sense to you? Can you relate or share tips on this subject?
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Abbi,
This was my life this past January! In 2009 when my husband and I married, we moved three hours from where I grew up for his job, which happened to be near his family. We rented for a bit and then bought an old fixer-uper that I loved. Dearly I loved working on that home, swinging on the 100 year old porch, etc It was our first BIG purchase as a married couple, the home we brought our daughter home to, where she lived her first 18 months, etc.
Then in January, Mark found a house in the town he works in, about 30 min from the old house. He prayed on it, I prayed on it. He heard a firm "yes" and I heard nothing. I prayed, I waited, I prayed more. I just never felt sure. But over the month of February, every time I opened my Bible or spoke with a friend or had a quiet moment to listen for that still small voice, I heard "Wives, submit to your husbands." Over and over again I heard it.
Finally, the first week of March, I told Mark what I had been hearing and that week we signed a purchase agreement on the new house.
We rennovated for months and moved in mid-July. The Lord saw fit to send us a happy buyer for the old house and Mark was right, this house, this town is just right for us.
Also, I am planning a garden here next summer...much in thanks to your encouragement through this blog.
Praying for you and your family as you pray on moving. May His Will be done.
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