Even Easters... (a) Home At Last...
Even Easters are significant. i m not saying Easter is some sort of second grade event or holiday or something. of cos Easter is important!!! it commemorates the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ who lived & died for all mankind & rose again on the third day, having overcame sin & death so that ALL who believe in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
"even" as in "odd vs even". 2002 is an "even" year, so is 2004 & 2006. here are my even Easters:
Easter 2002: i was baptized, so are Galv & his family (may God continue to be gracious to them as He always has been...).
Easter 2004: i got attached to Grace whom i'll be marrying June 2007 (too bad, both are teachers, else we would've planned to get married on Easter).
Easter 2006: by God's grace & mercy, we bought our matrimonial flat at a price which only God can cause the seller to agree.
Easter 2008: i m not trying to play God, just look at the trend, He's likely to give me something significant as well, & Grace joked tt God may make us parents then... well, i would rather let God be God, KelTan be His sheep...
i want to boast!!! not of MY own wisdom in choosing a flat or how I m able to get the flat so fast, but i want to boast of God's love & grace for us. we have planned our wedding to be in June 2007, & we hope to stay near Grace's parents cos of their old age & it'll be easier for me to be posted to a school based on our new address compared to Grace transferring out of her current school. since she has just started teaching last year, we think it wun be good if she transfers out because of marriage too early in her career. & our pre-marriage counselling only starts in Aug, if we wait till we meet our counsellor then purchase the flat, MOE will post me to a school near my current which will make school transfer difficult for both of us. so we decided to talk to Ps KK & sought his advice. he was ok with us getting our flat early because of our situation, so we went ahead to look for a flat.
that was on 2nd april. actually we had already saw the advert for this flat that we are buying 1-2 weeks before, & i was so tempted to call the agent. Grace immediately reminded me of my desire to wait on God & take action only after we have consulted Ps KK. we waited. so when the go-ahead was given, we called the agent, made the appointment & went down to visit the place. gosh, it was amazing... the place was up to our expectation, & it was within walking distance from Grace's parents' place. the only thing was tt it was the 1st flat we saw & we were apprehensive abt buying the 1st flat we saw.
so we got the agent to help us look for more units in the area. that was only 1 other flat which we din like, so tt means we only have 1 flat to consider. the seller wanted to sell at $20K above valued price & on discussion with Grace, we could only offer $10K above. so we just place the offer by faith, commiting to the Lord. now here comes the interesting part...
for 3-4 Sat that we look into the papers for adverts, we only saw this flat for sale; the others are not at the location we want. last Sat, we looked at the papers, the advert was gone!!! this only means 1 thing. the seller has agreed to an offer. was it mine, or was it other buyer's? i was a bit restless, so i gave the agent a call. guess what?! he asked if we could make it for an appointment on Mon (which was yesterday) to meet the seller for negotiation!!! of cos we agreed.
we were restless the whole of yesterday, grace's mum came with us, we were 30 mins early & we were panicky when the agent seemed to be 15mins late. well, he was actually earlier than us & was with the seller negotiating the price for us. when he finally helped us made an agreement, the price of the flat was $9K above value, meaning it was actually $1K below what we offered!!! Praise God!!! how could it be unless God has intervened... we were really thankful to God, cos it was really amazingly fast & smooth. i will not go into the details of the contract between us & the seller, of cos we are agreeable to the contract & it's a win-win contract. all i can say is, God gave us more than we asked for, for a price lower than that we are prepared to pay.
"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.'" (Jeremiah 29:11)
"even" as in "odd vs even". 2002 is an "even" year, so is 2004 & 2006. here are my even Easters:
Easter 2002: i was baptized, so are Galv & his family (may God continue to be gracious to them as He always has been...).
Easter 2004: i got attached to Grace whom i'll be marrying June 2007 (too bad, both are teachers, else we would've planned to get married on Easter).
Easter 2006: by God's grace & mercy, we bought our matrimonial flat at a price which only God can cause the seller to agree.
Easter 2008: i m not trying to play God, just look at the trend, He's likely to give me something significant as well, & Grace joked tt God may make us parents then... well, i would rather let God be God, KelTan be His sheep...
i want to boast!!! not of MY own wisdom in choosing a flat or how I m able to get the flat so fast, but i want to boast of God's love & grace for us. we have planned our wedding to be in June 2007, & we hope to stay near Grace's parents cos of their old age & it'll be easier for me to be posted to a school based on our new address compared to Grace transferring out of her current school. since she has just started teaching last year, we think it wun be good if she transfers out because of marriage too early in her career. & our pre-marriage counselling only starts in Aug, if we wait till we meet our counsellor then purchase the flat, MOE will post me to a school near my current which will make school transfer difficult for both of us. so we decided to talk to Ps KK & sought his advice. he was ok with us getting our flat early because of our situation, so we went ahead to look for a flat.
that was on 2nd april. actually we had already saw the advert for this flat that we are buying 1-2 weeks before, & i was so tempted to call the agent. Grace immediately reminded me of my desire to wait on God & take action only after we have consulted Ps KK. we waited. so when the go-ahead was given, we called the agent, made the appointment & went down to visit the place. gosh, it was amazing... the place was up to our expectation, & it was within walking distance from Grace's parents' place. the only thing was tt it was the 1st flat we saw & we were apprehensive abt buying the 1st flat we saw.
so we got the agent to help us look for more units in the area. that was only 1 other flat which we din like, so tt means we only have 1 flat to consider. the seller wanted to sell at $20K above valued price & on discussion with Grace, we could only offer $10K above. so we just place the offer by faith, commiting to the Lord. now here comes the interesting part...
for 3-4 Sat that we look into the papers for adverts, we only saw this flat for sale; the others are not at the location we want. last Sat, we looked at the papers, the advert was gone!!! this only means 1 thing. the seller has agreed to an offer. was it mine, or was it other buyer's? i was a bit restless, so i gave the agent a call. guess what?! he asked if we could make it for an appointment on Mon (which was yesterday) to meet the seller for negotiation!!! of cos we agreed.
we were restless the whole of yesterday, grace's mum came with us, we were 30 mins early & we were panicky when the agent seemed to be 15mins late. well, he was actually earlier than us & was with the seller negotiating the price for us. when he finally helped us made an agreement, the price of the flat was $9K above value, meaning it was actually $1K below what we offered!!! Praise God!!! how could it be unless God has intervened... we were really thankful to God, cos it was really amazingly fast & smooth. i will not go into the details of the contract between us & the seller, of cos we are agreeable to the contract & it's a win-win contract. all i can say is, God gave us more than we asked for, for a price lower than that we are prepared to pay.
"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.'" (Jeremiah 29:11)
