License plates, picture frames, and Facebook memes
I'm at round two with the mortgage company's representatives over fighting with them about my basement. I received some additional funds to repair the basement and had to send them that check. They'll get it tomorrow. It'll take them until Friday to upload the documents I sent with the check. I'm hoping by a week from next Friday that we'll have a check back from them for the additional 1/3 of those funds. This would be so much easier if the insurance company could have paid the contractor directly but I understand why they can't.
I also found out that my mortgage company contracts out with another company for these services. The internet is a great tool for finding things out. It's not just my mortgage company that contracts with them. Several others do, too. Surprisingly, their customers have similar complaints to mine. Hopefully, though, we've given everything they've asked for so far and we'll get some cooperation from them.
I have hope for this.
At each turn, there has been this or that little thing that's popped up in regard to this project. Thing three will be that there is damaged drywall behind the base cabinets and I'm thinking the bathroom vanity, too. The only way to get the drywall out is to move the cabinets which can't be done without damaging the countertops. I feel so bad about this, but then, I understand it needs to be done so I'm not quite sure how that's gonna go.
June offered some ideas about the floor plan of the new basement. Her ideas were good. She watches a lot of remodeling shows and was talking about light, airy, big rooms. I had to remind her that we were talking about the basement with limited height from floor to ceiling and not much natural light in the first place. If I were remodeling the upstairs, I would have loved her ideas but I'm a thinkin' maybe not so much for the basement.
By now, you might be wondering just what the title has to do with my basement. It does, but in the strangest of ways. As with much in my life, there are delays built into things which I don't understand. I also see or hear things from time to time that I attribute as God's providential hand in my life. I truly don't expect God to lead me while at the same time not showing me the path. Sometimes, though, I wonder if some of the things I see are just things.
So I asked God if a couple of things I saw were providential or just there. If you look at my Facebook page, you'll find the answer. Or what I believe is the answer, because for all the little memes I see from day to day, this is the first one I've ever seen about God's providence.
I needed a picture frame to match the one already purchased. I've been looking for one for about 4 months now and Sunday I found one. Sunday was the same day I saw the out-of-place license plate (from where really doesn't add to the story, it just meant something to me because of what was on my mind at that particular second). I asked God to somehow let me know if these things were just there, or if they were providential, and I really don't believe in coincidence.
I know God talks to us and I know for a fact He answers prayers. He's still at work in my life and things are just taking their course. It's a comfort to understand that when the frustration of things not moving the way I want them sets in. But delays are God's way of working His will in our lives and I'm starting to come to accept that. I understand the concept and the words are easy to say, but I'm still like a little kid sometimes and want it now, Now, NOW. What I get in those times is not what I want, but what I need.
And I know, that, but for the grace of God, I could be in a much different place than I am. Had I gone on my own, there's no telling what or where I'd be. I was reminded of that yesterday when I walked into work. We were greeted with some horrible news about a co-worker that, for now, I can't share. The authorities are still investigating the matter and it would be inappropriate to comment further because of that. The mood in the hangar was pretty somber last night, though. Honestly, you just never know what people are thinking or going through. I talk about my walk, my struggles, because it helps me and it's a good way for me to share the hope and faith I have in Christ.
Work on the basement progresses. All of the demolished debris has been removed. I'm in no hurry for it to be completed and because of the delays, my contractor has had to take other jobs in front of me. He's a hard-working guy and I'm grateful to God for hooking us up.
Praise God today because His ways are not our ways! And I'm so very grateful for that!
I also found out that my mortgage company contracts out with another company for these services. The internet is a great tool for finding things out. It's not just my mortgage company that contracts with them. Several others do, too. Surprisingly, their customers have similar complaints to mine. Hopefully, though, we've given everything they've asked for so far and we'll get some cooperation from them.
I have hope for this.
At each turn, there has been this or that little thing that's popped up in regard to this project. Thing three will be that there is damaged drywall behind the base cabinets and I'm thinking the bathroom vanity, too. The only way to get the drywall out is to move the cabinets which can't be done without damaging the countertops. I feel so bad about this, but then, I understand it needs to be done so I'm not quite sure how that's gonna go.
June offered some ideas about the floor plan of the new basement. Her ideas were good. She watches a lot of remodeling shows and was talking about light, airy, big rooms. I had to remind her that we were talking about the basement with limited height from floor to ceiling and not much natural light in the first place. If I were remodeling the upstairs, I would have loved her ideas but I'm a thinkin' maybe not so much for the basement.
By now, you might be wondering just what the title has to do with my basement. It does, but in the strangest of ways. As with much in my life, there are delays built into things which I don't understand. I also see or hear things from time to time that I attribute as God's providential hand in my life. I truly don't expect God to lead me while at the same time not showing me the path. Sometimes, though, I wonder if some of the things I see are just things.
So I asked God if a couple of things I saw were providential or just there. If you look at my Facebook page, you'll find the answer. Or what I believe is the answer, because for all the little memes I see from day to day, this is the first one I've ever seen about God's providence.
I needed a picture frame to match the one already purchased. I've been looking for one for about 4 months now and Sunday I found one. Sunday was the same day I saw the out-of-place license plate (from where really doesn't add to the story, it just meant something to me because of what was on my mind at that particular second). I asked God to somehow let me know if these things were just there, or if they were providential, and I really don't believe in coincidence.
I know God talks to us and I know for a fact He answers prayers. He's still at work in my life and things are just taking their course. It's a comfort to understand that when the frustration of things not moving the way I want them sets in. But delays are God's way of working His will in our lives and I'm starting to come to accept that. I understand the concept and the words are easy to say, but I'm still like a little kid sometimes and want it now, Now, NOW. What I get in those times is not what I want, but what I need.
And I know, that, but for the grace of God, I could be in a much different place than I am. Had I gone on my own, there's no telling what or where I'd be. I was reminded of that yesterday when I walked into work. We were greeted with some horrible news about a co-worker that, for now, I can't share. The authorities are still investigating the matter and it would be inappropriate to comment further because of that. The mood in the hangar was pretty somber last night, though. Honestly, you just never know what people are thinking or going through. I talk about my walk, my struggles, because it helps me and it's a good way for me to share the hope and faith I have in Christ.
Work on the basement progresses. All of the demolished debris has been removed. I'm in no hurry for it to be completed and because of the delays, my contractor has had to take other jobs in front of me. He's a hard-working guy and I'm grateful to God for hooking us up.
Praise God today because His ways are not our ways! And I'm so very grateful for that!
The details of the tragedy I talked about this morning were released by the authorities this afternoon. We lost a co-worker yesterday in an apparent murder-suicide. It appears the man took his wife's life and then his own. It was quite a shock to all of us yesterday afternoon.
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