I know this is a self-centered post but I am just about at my wit’s end and I need some prayer support from my blogging friends.
A little bit over 2 years ago, my husband and I purchase the property that joins our land. It is 10 acres of beautiful North GA. mountain land that included an unfinished home. My husband decided that we would finish the house and sell it along with almost 3 acres of beautiful wooded property. We wanted a specific builder to do the job and he was available at that point. (NOTE: That is not a good reason on which to base a decision regarding a big building project. Hindsight is truly 20/20.)
The builder assured us that we could finish the home for around $150K – $200K and so Greg told him to go ahead. The home is a 2 story with a beautiful upstairs kitchen that includes a huge walk-in pantry, solid surface countertops, hard wood flooring, 3 full baths and the potential of 5 bedrooms. It has a magnificent stacked stone fireplace, 2 car garage and huge family room downstairs. It also has the hookups for a full kitchen and laundry room in the basement so it would be a perfect in-law suite. All that to say, it is a desirable home that I would be happy to live in. The final cost of the home was at least $100,000 more than the builder had estimated.
We tried to sell it by owner for a few months and then in January 2007 we listed with a real estate agent—YES, JUST ABOUT THE TIME THE MARKET WENT SOUR!! Since originally listing the home with an agent, we have dropped the asking price of the home a total of $100,000. Basically we are giving away the 2.7 acres that goes with the home in order to sell it, assuming we sell it at the current price.
I believe with all my heart that we built the home in disobedience to the Lord and I have asked Him for forgiveness for that sin. Because the Lord has blessed us abundantly, we can make the payments on this home and on our home as well for a while, but we don’t want to do it forever. My greatest fear is that the Lord will allow us to stew in our disobedience until we are in financial trouble. There is a price for disobedience and the consequences are what I am afraid of.
I know that other people are in far worse shape than we are and I feel very selfish for asking but this house NEEDS to move. About a month ago we discovered that vandals had cut the gas line and stolen the copper pipe. Apparently that is a common problem today in many places. Now, mind you this house sits on our property so it isn’t isolated but there are trees that obscure it from being visible from our home when the leaves are on the trees. The gas company came out and repaired the line. Today I discovered that the line has been cut again and this time they pulled the copper pipe out of the ground to the point where it enters the house. I am SOOOOO frustrated and angry.
My daily, and I do mean daily prayer, is that the Lord would bring a buyer for the home. If the Lord brings this need to your mind when you are praying, I certainly would appreciate your prayers for this home to sell.
Sorry to saddle you with my frustrations but I appreciate you letting me vent!!
