Perfektly Mary

I wasn’t going to post since stinky Dustin beat me to it, but I’ll drop off my 2 cents and be on with it

We are moving again! Yes, we’ve only been in this house about 5 months. Yes, it is the perfect house for us. Yes, we did feel like God was having us move from our last house into this one.

Why the move? Dustin posted about it here (and then go here). I so wish I knew how to put graphics in my blog like he does. I guess sometimes even geeks are cool

My take: Dustin and I have pretty clear family goals: Mission trip once a year, travel/vacation frequently, be debt free, have our finances in a place where we can give freely to church and those that are in need, large amount of daily time devoted to each other and raising our kid/s.

About a month ago we realized that none of our goals could be met living in our current home. I’ve had to go back to work to make extra money and every bit of our income has gone to making our mortgage payment. At first, I thought we were going through a financial crisis. I felt like we made a mistake in moving to this house and was embarrassed to think that we may be being forced out of it. Then, I remembered to pray rather than whine. I asked God “did we hear you wrong when you said move out here?” “Did we make a stupid decision?”. The answer: No, we didn’t.

I loved our last home; it was shiny, new and perfect. It had also appreciated over $100,000! Had we not seen this house (equally as wonderful), I wouldn’t have moved and we would have never pulled out all that money. Soon after we moved to the current house, the market when down and houses started depreciating. With the money we made, we paid off all student loans, bought our cars in CASH, and are left with our only debt being a house payment. So move #1 was good.

Move #2-Back to how I thought it was a financial crisis. So, we realized we couldn’t afford this house and do the things that are really important to us. I hated the thought of 15 years from now our kids telling some counselor “mom and dad are never home, I had better relationships with the babysitters then them. When they were home they were arguing about $. We never took any trips as a family and it seems like all they do with their money is take care of themselves.” Ouch. What a waste of life. What a waste of money. So, we decided to move to an apartment and start living out our goals.

In the process, we’ve discovered the real reasons why we’re moving:

1.) God has a ministry for us

2.)God wants us 100% debt free.

3.) Getting involved as an Apartment Life cares team.
Sometimes what seems like a crisis is actually just redirection.