Changes

What a difference a few weeks can make! As of last Thursday, October 4, I backed out of my contract on my cute little house. After everything was going so smoothly from the beginning - finding the home almost immediately, getting approved for the loan, getting my offer accepted for less than the asking price & having the inspection go through with only minor issues that needed to be addressed, everything started to fall apart. There's no one party that's more at fault than another, but in the end, I decided that it was time to stop trying to force it to work out & walked away. Am I sad? A little bit, but honestly, it's such a huge weight off of my shoulders not having to deal with it anymore.

So, with that being said, on to what my last post was about: spiritual seasons. Remember how I said that I feel like I'm going through a "winter season" in my life right now? I feel like starting with the house issues, God slowly took things away from me to show me the bigger picture & what He has planned for me. Yes, it hasn't been long since I wrote that post, but so many things are completely different than they were just a few weeks ago & I feel like He's shown me that "spring" is on the way!  

In one month, I'll be moving - no, I did not find another house, but rather moving to a new apartment complex & I'm really looking forward to it. It'll add a little time onto my commute, but it's also closer to my friends & to soccer, where I spend plenty of time as it is, haha! I'm looking forward to this change as a whole - I don't really have any reason to stay in my current apartment other than convenience...but $1300/month in rent isn't worth it. Plus, the friends I had close by when I decided to rent this apartment 2 summers ago aren't around anymore - one moved to Houston & the others...well...they were part of the changes I needed to make for myself. The new apartment - you could say - is the start of a new chapter in my life. Whether I stay there for years or if it's just another stopping point along the way, I'm ready for it.

Now the personal side...wow, I haven't been so happy in a long time! For now, that's all I'm going to say, but I cannot wait to see where things go from here!

Just because a few things have changed, it's not time for me to go back to my old way of thinking & living my life. I think that God took the things away from me to bring me back to Him & I'm ready to keep walking along that path.

Psalm 37: 4 says "Take delight in the Lord & He will give you the desires of your heart."

♥Linz