God’s Unfoldment

From Roya 🌸

I just moved into a beautiful new apartment. While I am grateful for the beauty of home expressed in my new pad, I am more grateful for my new understanding of God’s unfoldment. Here’s the story:

For two months, starting when I turned in my 60-days notice to my old apartment, I was searching for a new place every day. I was also praying to be led by God. The first month, I sent emails and made calls without getting responses. In the second month. I found a couple of promising options, but each fell through because of troubling red-flags I would find in the lease. Finally, I found a great option and I was back in the city to tour it. After the tour, I thought I would apply for it. It checked off most of the boxes and felt like something I could work with. Plus, the lease didn’t have any bad surprises.

I talked to my mom and a friend and they both brought up red flags. My initial response was indignation — I wanted to ignore the red flags and push through. This apartment was so much better than the hundreds I had combed through for months!

But a small and quiet voice stopped me. And I listened, even though it seemed counterintuitive to do so. The impatience and pressure were quieted in me. I called my mom and said I was going to go for a walk around the neighborhood and drop into some apartments instead of filling out the application.

And for the next few of hours I did. I called a few numbers on some signs, dropped into some complexes, talked to a few people, and toured a couple of apartments.

I had fun! And by the end of the day I felt like I had a better idea of the neighborhood and more confidence in God’s perfect guidance — right place and right time. I had nothing to fear.

I went home that night and scrolled through some apartment listings. Quickly, I found an apartment that looked capacious and light that was in a great neighborhood for a great price. I emailed the contact and got an email back that same night. I would tour the next day.

The rest is history. It just unfolded. The tour went well. The lease was generous. And the landlord was kind. All of my boxes were really checked off, but only God could have unfolded that for me when I had completely humbled myself to his power and ability.

This was a significant lesson for me in trusting God’s unfoldment of being. I understand now, better than ever, that there is no better way than waiting patiently on God.