To Everything There Is a Season. Or, Sometimes There Are Disappointments.

"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven." 

So said the writer of the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes, in the first verse of chapter 3.

One of the most frustrating things about trying to sell a house is the waiting.  Waiting for a showing.  Waiting for the "lookers" to make a decision.  Waiting to find out what that decision is.

And one of the most difficult things about trying to sell a house is the disappointment when that decision doesn't turn out to be the one you were hoping for.

In our case, the prospective buyers of our house have not been able to reach an agreement with the owners of the property adjacent to ours, which means they have decided not to pursue our property any further.  And that brings us back to square one.  In a sense, starting over.

There is a time for everything.  A time for this house to be sold.  And apparently, we're not at that time yet.

So it's time to get this place cleaned up again after the holiday chaos and begin the waiting game again. 

It's frustrating.  It's disappointing.

But God is in control.  He has a plan. His plan is perfect.  His timing is perfect.  Even when we have to wait a little longer.  Even when His timing doesn't match up with what we would desire.  Even when things don't go the way we hoped they would.  Even when there are disappointments.  Even then.

Perhaps especially then.

"He hath made everything beautiful in his time."  (Ecclesiastes 3:11 KJV, emphasis mine)