Celibate and Sane: Changes at Home

November 23, 2011

Changes at Home

It's been a while since I wrote in my blog ... mainly because things have been a little difficult.

One of the things I hadn't mentioned up to this point in my blog was that JD, the 13 year old that was living with me, is actually a foster child. He'd been in my care for going on five years. Since I made the decision to move to Hervey Bay, JD decided that he would stay in Gladstone to be near his friends and has now moved into another home with other foster carers.

Unfortunately, because I no longer get the foster child financial support for him, I can no longer get the loan that I was hoping for from the bank, so the house that I'd been hoping to buy in Hervey Bay is now out of my price-range. I have had to reduce my loan application by $60,000 which means that my home choices are now limited to around $265,000.

Another difficulty has been that I have had no offer on my present home, despite the market being so good here in Gladstone at the moment. The whole experience has been rather discouraging and disappointing but I will be content with a cheaper home once my current house sells.

I'm sure that God has it all under his control - I just have to trust Him and be patient, waiting for His right time and not my own.

2 comments:

Susan@minicrochetmad22/11/12 8:48 AM
Not sure if your blog is still active but I wanted to say I've enjoyed reading it, specially this entry.
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Vicki S24/11/12 1:24 AM
Thanks Susan - I've had a hectic 12 months, and haven't been actively adding anything for the past 5 months or so, but I'm hoping to get up to date asap.
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Personal Quotes from Vicki-S

"Occasionally I find my breakfast a little bitter, and sometimes it's difficult to chew and swallow; though at other times it's sweet, but it’s very satisfying and always sustains me. My most important meal of the day, is feasting on God’s Word and drinking up His presence."

I love me, because God loves me. It's not that God doesn't see my flaws, they are like blazing torches in His eyes, but rather that He sees past my imperfections and still loves me. And who am I to argue with the perfect God that I am worthwhile, that I am worthy of love, and that He accepts me and wants me to be His child, His beloved daughter? When I understood this, I began to accept and embrace His version and His vision of me, and not the world's.

"The silent treatment and sulking are simply two other weapons in the arsenal of the manipulator."

"Often people use the metaphor of a butterfly emerging from its cocoon to describe how we can grow from difficult experiences, but what they don't mention is the fact that at first we start off as an ugly caterpillar."

"We so often just get caught up in trying to just get through each day, that we forget to pause and be thankful for the fresh one that is presented anew and untouched each morning."

"Contrary to what we might think, forgiveness isn't so much about healing our relationship with that other person, but about healing our own broken heart."

"The purpose of school reunions is to show off how much you've achieved in life, to laugh at the once popular kids who've aged more quickly than you; and to wince at the guy who was a bully in school and who aptly became a policeman."

"I've found in many organisations where volunteers are needed, including the modern-day church, that 80% of its people sit back and let everyone else do most of the work, then there's the 10% who actually make the place run, and the remaining 10% just like to whinge about the 10% doing the work, especially about how they could do it better."

"When traced back to its source, every sin, every despicable act, and every war was motivated by someone's selfishness."

"I do not want to think of man, for that would distract me from God. But if I focus on God, I cannot help but think of my fellow man, and each day God keeps the scales balanced so that I have enough within me to do both."

"Overcoming depression isn’t about changing ones attitude, or just ‘getting on’ with things, it’s like removing one’s personal black shroud one thread at a time, with ones teeth.”