Seeing as I’ve been writing about decision-making, I thought maybe I would share with you how we arrived at our decision to add-on to teeny-tiny-red-cabin.
First of all, the cabin is really small with no separate bedroom, just an alcove. So if my husband wants to go fishing or hunting really early, I usually wake-up and then he feels bad. Also, if someone spends the night and they sleep on the futon, we are all in the same room.
Plus, it might be better for resale. So the decision to add on a bedroom just made common-sense.
Then, of course, there is the cost. This required more thought. We had been considering this for a couple of years and had been praying about it. We both trusted that were it not in God’s plan, He would make it clear. In no way, does this addition impact our financial commitment to our church. We wouldn’t even consider it if it did.
When we finally found a contractor who communicated with us, we saw it as a heads-up from God. So far it continues to be a heads-up. This was not a quick decision. And even when we’re sure of God’s leading, things can happen. For example, suppose we run into problems with the addition? Does that mean we made a mistake? Does running into a problem means we didn’t hear God clearly?
If you think that, then consider Moses’s leading the Israelites out of Egypt. If he took every detour as a sign he’d heard God wrong, he would’ve surely given up.
Running into difficulties doesn’t automatically mean we’ve made a wrong decision.
It can, of course, but it’s not a “given”. And it may mean, that the decision was right but that there is some fine-tuning to be done. That’s how I’m going to be looking at this construction project.
Am I nervous about it?
Yep.
Will there be some quick decisions we may need to make?
Yep.
But if God has truly been behind this decision, there will be an overall peace.
With my mother’s health, I made a lot of decisions, quick decisions. Did I make some wrong ones? I only know that every day I prayed for God’s wisdom for whatever decisions I needed to make concerning her. So even though some of those decisions seemed spontaneous, they really weren’t.
I will keep you up-to-date on the process. I plan on taking lots of pictures. It’s exciting but I’m nervous, too, having never done this before.
I hope you have a great day today and God bless.
