Following promptings

My visiting teachers came by for a visit recently and the message really hit me because of some recent changes in my life. Part of the message was as follows:

We can do this work in the Lord’s way only when we seek, receive, and act on personal revelation. Without personal revelation, we cannot succeed. If we heed personal revelation, we cannot fail.

Almost 8 years ago Greg and I purchased a home together with my parents. This was beneficial in many ways for both parties. My parents lived in an older part of North Las Vegas and this gave them the chance to live in a newer and nicer area. It would cost less for Greg and I to live in a 6 bedroom 3 bathroom home along with my parents than it would for us to live in our 2 bedroom 2 bathroom condo we had when we were first married. We all talked about it half seriously and looked at houses together to get an idea of what was out there. Before we knew it everything just seemed to fall into place for the purchase of a home together and it has worked out wonderfully for all of us. At the time of that decision Greg and I could have been worried about how others viewed us. Did people think we simply lived with my parents? Did people know we actually owned the house too? Did people think we got a free ride or did they know we took care of paying half of he bills just like my parents did? There were so many things that we could have been worried about but we chose to never think about those things. We knew the Lord put us in the situation to buy a home together for a reason and we all have been blessed in these past 8 years in many many ways.

At the beginning of the year both Greg and I had a very strong feeling that we should look into the option of purchasing our own home. I had extremely mixed feelings about this because it would not just effect Greg and I. We had to be concerned about how it would effect my parents also. We were not only concerned about how it would effect us all financially but we also wanted to make sure my parents knew we weren't doing this to try and get away from them. We truly felt this was something we needed to do to continue growing as we should as individuals, as a couple and as a family. Greg and I had felt so strongly about it and knew we wouldn't move forward unless my parents felt the same way. We prayed about it for some time and decided we should at least bring it up to my parents and ask them to pray about it also. My parents prayed about it and gave us their blessing to proceed forward. In a matter of weeks we were able to come up with living solutions for all of us and come to find out we would be able to bless another family members life through this whole process. Greg and I found a foreclosure home that would need lots of work but we felt good about the purchase. Greg has been blessed with lots of home sales at work lately, which has been a tremendous need to getting our new home ready to move in. Things are going well with the house and we are hoping to be able to move in within a couple of weeks. I am amazed how the Lord will help things come together when it is the right thing to do. Just as the message said "If we heed personal revelation, we cannot fail". I am grateful that we followed the promptings we were given because it will not only bless us but will bless the lives of others.