Blessed with a "No"

Sometimes the answer to prayers is not what we want to have happen. We are finding this true in regards to our attempt to move 2 years ago. We SO wanted to move, we SO wanted to be closer to family, to be where there are seasons, for change. We SO loved where we were headed, the town, the state, the area. But God said "NO". It wasn't an audible voice but it was in the difficulties we had with selling our house, with my husband's job, with the high cost of housing there.

We came back. We were grateful for time spent with Granny. Grateful for our home. Grateful that we had options. But along with that gratefulness, we were disappointed. All that energy, and planning and hoping only to end up where we'd come from.

Fast forward 2 years- the housing market has taken such a dive in the area where we would have been that had the move been successful, we'd now be living in a house, smaller than what we have, in a neighborhood that was a little seedier, owing more than what it was worth. And those are just the obvious things.

God knew, we didn't, but there were still enough roadblocks that we were forced to turn around and follow the right path. I complained, I was stressed but now I am grateful to have been blessed with a no.