Some days ARE truly amazing. For me, today is one of them. I woke up to the day and date and something struck me. Today is Saturday May 12. Sixteen years ago, on Saturday May 12, my husband and I were walking this very beach I’m sitting on now, holding a big dream in our hands. For all of our married life our dream was to live on this beach where we honeymooned. On Saturday May 12 1996 we were shown a house on this beach that we desperately wanted. We had the rest of the day to decide. We already had a house, two kids, and a dog…and this seemed so far out of our reach, but yet so close. We looked at each other and said, “Well, we’ll never know if we don’t try.”
The next morning on Mother’s Day May 13 1996 we walked the beach to make our decision. It was a sunny warm day, exactly like it is today. We walked off the beach and into the realty office to make an offer. Our realtor is a very close friend who guided us in our property hunt out here all our married life. We sat in front of her desk, she sat down and it went like this:
“Are you ready to make an offer?”
We squeak out a quiet “Yes.”
She turns to the typewriter (yes, typewriter) and as she’s typing she says over her shoulder, “How much do you want to put down? Twenty thousand?”
We look at each other and don’t answer.
She says,”Ten?”
We still don’t answer.
She looks at us and says, “Five?”
We say okay and promptly write out a check for five thousand dollars.
She completes the paperwork, shakes our hands and congratulates us on finally obtaining a cape property.
We hug her and leave.
All that’s left to do is figure out where and how we’re going to get the five thousand dollars.
We got it with the help of my husband’s parents, and the rest is history. We have since sold that little house for twice what we paid for it, and bought our present home.
We had a dream that we never said never to, but more than that we had a God and a faith we pledged to on our wedding day. We asked Him to sit with us in that realty office that day and show us what to do. We wrote that check on faith in Him.
Today, Saturday May 12 2012 is once again amazing. An opportunity recently presented itself to me that I am quite excited about. As usual, before attempting anything new, I went on a beach walk to consult with God. I barely got to the end of my road, asking God, “What about this? And what about that? And you know lord I would never do anything without your guidance…”etc. I got to the corner just before the beach, and I swear I heard God chuckle just above my right shoulder. Then I heard Him say, “I’m answering your prayer.”
I stopped at the corner and started laughing. If anyone saw me, they’d just think “She’s the crazy lady down the street with the ‘free tree’.” (I’m always giving away stuff by the tree on the corner of my lawn. The “free” sign is on the tree.)
There was something difficult in my life that I’ve been praying about for a year. God finally answered with this opportunity, and I never saw that it was the answer to what I’d been asking Him for all along. I honestly couldn’t see the forest for the trees.
Saturday May 12 1996, and Saturday May 12 2012. Defining days, defining my faith.
And so, as another day goes by, when you’ve done all you can do, just stand, and….I have written.
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