Once, I swam out in the ocean on the back of a giant sea turtle. It seemed like just a few minutes before he dove deep and I let him go, but when I looked back to the shore where my friends were waiting they were just tiny dots on the top of the cliff overlooking the beach. I am a confident swimmer but the distance to the beach worried me. The receding tide worried me more than that. I didn't have any trouble swimming back the the beach area but the undertow was so strong that I could not get past it to land. The beach was of black volcanic rock and as I repeatedly tried to reach the shore my skin got more and more scraped and sore. I went under and was tumbled around underwater several times. It was scary. I was scared. My friends just stood on the cliff and watched me struggle. There really wasn't anything they could do to help me. I thought I would drown or be eaten by a shark. Finally, the smallest person in our group swam out and after a few hard tumbles each, we began look for a different plan for getting back to the shore. We rested in the calm water past the shallows and scanned the cay for another route. On the side of the cliff we saw a cave that had been worn into the rock by the water. It was past the rough part of the water and so we easily swam to it. We climbed up on the rock and walked into the cave toward the beach. There was a beautiful worn pattern on the rock and the cave was narrow but open to the beach on the other side. I was really worn out and pretty beaten up but I was safe and sound on the shore.
Today, as I was discouraged about the status of our home mortgage modification and foreclosure situation, I thought of that occasion when the path I chose beat me up and when I relied on other than my own knowledge I was quickly and softly landed on the shore. Just when I thought I didn't want to fight and struggle another minute to save this house, our home, something bigger than me happened along and took the entire situation in a direction I had begun to think was impossible.
We are going to be able to save our home from foreclosure. We have done it with lots of prayer and humility, and a lot of love and support from our families, friends, and most importantly from above.
Lest I be premature - this isn't a done deal legally, but it's very close and quite certain to happen and be closed by early next week. AND, I know we will still struggle and have to scrape all we have to get the payments made, but we can do it!
I will continue to covet your prayers!
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