Today we transferred $$ from savings to checking so I could go grocery shopping; that's what it's there for, but that's not the point. Reducing our tithe isn't really an option, the Lord has blessed us so much and to short-change Him, well, I don't want to be doing that.
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Originally Posted by MarkSentMe
OK, for those who remember, I have a house in NC. This was our family home for 10 years until God and the Army decided to move me from my comfort zone! Thank You, Lord. Had I not been shaken from my roost, I would never have come to You! Well, folks, the time has come to evict my tenant from the house. She has rented the house for close to 6 years, at a loss to me. We can no longer afford to pay for the tenant to live in the house. We offered the house to her at a ridiculously reduced rate. We owe $45,000 on it and we offered it to her for that price. The house is appraised at $73,000. It is in a good location. The tenant has been running everyone ragged for about 2 months. She's been a no-show at the mortgage office, been a no-show for the appraiser and now she has not paid the rent for June or July. Since she is on a month-to-month lease, it is a little easier to get her out of there.
Tomorrow is the court date so that my property manager can take possession of the house. In about 10 days she should be out of there. If she has not cleared her debt then they go to court and I can then seize her property for payment of what she owes. It all seems so..I don't know...ugly. I have prayed on this and my friend said that maybe the Lord has been whacking me upside the head to not take such a reduced price for my house; I do have 15 years of equity. The house needs some work and my tenant is employed in the construction/home repair field, so she could easily get things done way cheaper than it will cost me. She has just been pulling this rigmarole with us for about a year now and it's now come to a head. We've been trying to sell the house for a year and she's been uncooperative. Please pray for some sort of amicable ending to this situation. We will be having to pay the house payment with no income of rent money. This is the second month of no rent check and it just flat-out reeks! Next month we will have to talk to our pastor. There is a chance we might have to reduce our tithe.  We don't have a car payment or loans or credit cards, but we have some basic luxuries like cable, phone, internet and my daughter's braces. We're going to do some juggling to see where else we can shave off some costs. The braces stay! They've been in the works for 3 years (in Germany they were free!) Dear God, Thank You for the blessings You have showered us with this month. Thank You for always looking out for us. Thank You for the blessings You pour out every day. Please help me to stay focused on You. Please grant me patience in this situation, for I know that anger leads to sin. Please help me to hold my tongue. Please grant me the serenity to trust in You and believe that You are in control. Thank You for my sisters Dawn, LeeAnn, Kim, Therry and Lisa whom have cool heads and have been diligently keeping me on track and reminding me that You are in charge! Thank You, Lord. Amen. Sharyn |
Note to self: His plans, not ours 
So back-dating a document to 1999 that never existed in the first place is illegal. My realtor flat-out refused to be part of that and told the broker so. He called me this morning trying some kind of back-door deal. yeahokrightwhatever. I told him to talk to the realtor (AKA Drill Sargeant Sylvia) that's what I pay her for. Then I had talked to the broker's supervisor. She tried to explain that they do this all the time and that there was nothing to worry about. Does this smell fishy to you? Yeah, me too. Well, I told her that I am on my knees over this daily and have been praying on this from the beginning, and that I knew God was in control and I fully believe that this will work out. Then I told her to call the realtor and explain this plan to her. It's all good till you float it by the boss.