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Think about some of the long-term promises you make in your life, and have been made to you.
Maybe some of them didn’t start out to be long term, or we didn’t expect them to be long-term.
Back in April I shared a story about replacing windows in our house.
Quick recap.
In December of last year I ordered and paid for replacement windows and a sliding door.
Needed to get them on last year’s budget.
We were given an install date of April 4. 4 months.
Ok.
Sign of the times.
They came and installed them, all but 2. 1 window and the sliding door did not fit.
We had to talk to 10 different HD reps to get to the point where our new window and door were ordered.
We were told they would arrive August 23.
8 months after I ordered and paid for them.
This week, I confirmed an install date in August.
We’ll see.
Needless to say, I’m skeptical.
Time has made me question whether or not I can trust them to do what they promised.
Currently, we are rebuilding our deck.
Hence why I needed to pay for the windows last year.
I’m paying for a deck this year.
Everything is going well.
I have a good guy working on it.
He keeps getting called out to do other things by his boss from time to time.
But the deck is progressing.
He’s working on a re-designed front stairs right now.
What we are waiting on, is the permit for the back deck.
I’m enlarging it so we need a permit from the county.
Once again, I’m waiting.
And, I’m just a little skeptical that the county will come thru in a reasonable amount of time so my deck can be finished so we can actually enjoy it this season.
Please, before it snows.
Things like this, I promised to pay, in one case already have.
They promise to install and build what they promised to do.
The longer it takes, the more doubts arise.
It’ll probably happen.
But the doubts exist regardless.
You want to buy a house, the house of your dreams.
Maybe, it’s the cabin in the mountains of your dreams.
You go to the bank, they promise to give you the money to buy that dream house and you promise to pay them back, over time, plus interest.
You promise to give the seller the money the bank gave you and they promise to give you the keys to the house.
And promise everything works, doesn’t leak, isn’t broken, no dead bodies hidden in the walls or under the deck.
We once had to deal w/ the bodily fluids of a previous owner who died in the living room of a house we bought and his daughter didn’t replace the pad under the new carpet which was still full of said dried bodily fluids.
Until a torrential rain that leaked into the sunken living room bringing those stains to the new carpet.
If you’ve applied for a mortgage lately, you know your hand cramps for all the pages and conditions you have to sign besides the basic contract.
It’s 2 inches thick now.
Each signature represents a lawsuit somebody else filed when somebody else didn’t fulfill the promise they made.
The big question in each of these situations is, “Will they keep their promise?”
Or, is everything as promised?
The longer it goes, do you feel better about their promises, or worse?
Can I keep mine?
Doubts creep in.
I’ve been a Xian since August, 1977.
45 years.
Like all of you most of my frustrations come when I don’t get what I expect.
From Sara, my kids, from God.
Am I expecting the right things?
Am I expecting things never promised?
And, not just what I expect, but when I expect it.
Do we expect to avoid tough situations?
Do we expect God lead us around them, not into them?
Certainly what we want.
But should we count on this?
Or, should we expect tough situations?
Jesus led the disciples into storms, twice, on purpose.
God led Noah and his family directly into a very tough situation that took more time than you and I might expectBut, He did it to save them.
When we find ourselves in a tough situation the temptation is to stop trusting God and take matters into our own hands.
The frustration of unfulfilled expectation can cause us to question if our faith is in the right place.
No matter how long it takes, you can trust God to do what He promised, and it will be good for you.
If life is rocking your boat, you can have faith that God will keep you afloat.
Imagine what it was like for Noah and his family.
The toughest situation you and I will probably face is the situ that takes us from this life into the next.
It might go fast, it might take time.
Noah’s family didn’t leave this life, but everyone else did.
And, they must have wondered how this was going to play out.
They may have had their doubts.
But, God kept his promise to them and fulfilled it in His time, not theirs.
Tough Times
God invited them in then sealed the door behind them.
Their fate was sealed.
What would happen to them?
That moment.
Locked from the outside.
Exciting?
Exhilarating?
Fear?
The animals and the family all inside.
It’s not raining yet.
Are we crazy?
What would the ppl outside have been thinking, saying at that time?
Noah and the family were the only ones who believed in God and believed God when He said this would happen.
He believed so he obeyed.
Noah had faith so he walked thru the door.
He trusted God.
How long would it take?
No promises about time.
Sealed in, waiting...
1st day, no rain.
2nd day, no rain.
3rd day, the only sounds besides the animals in their cages must have been the jeers of the ppl on the outside.
But, on the 7th day, the sounds changed.
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