God has no makeshift plans!

It would have been perfect if we bought the first flat we saw and loved in March and if flat prices didn’t rise so drastically shortly after we started looking for a second place. Then, it would have been perfect if we could get it all done up by the time we were wedded and move right in.

But no, we didn’t qualify for a subsidy then and couldn’t afford the flat. We even forfeited some money for the deposit! Later on, we paid a good sum of money more for a flat with lesser space. And no, we can only get the keys to the flat in February. So we are staying temporarily at an aunt’s place.

But there are no makeshift plans in God’s sovereignty, and what a blessing this has turned out to be!

I’ve learned that I am able to say goodbye to a dream home and cold hard cash without feeling the least bit sorry for myself — I didn’t know my faith could enable me to make that choice to rejoice because I’m rich in Christ.

I am blessed by my husband’s attitude towards money — he doesn’t hoard, he always gives. And now I’m blessed by his aunty who is showing me what hospitality looks like — she hosted new Christians for dinner on Christmas eve who she thinks wouldn’t be invited anywhere else.

I feel like I’m more ready now to be a homeowner and to live in it to God’s glory!