Hello friends of thoughtfulness ❤️!
Have you ever thought of giving up on something or yourself? Believing that expectation are not showing up nor yet aligned to as expected. Do you know that sometimes miracles are delayed so that things that are big will surface and give us the greatest surprise.ms. Its all about the mysteries of life.
Hope is not what we lost when we feel crashing down but confidence in ourselves which is why we give up easily, giving up easily is the greatest enemy to being focused to that expectation that can take sometimes to materialize. Hope and confidence has kept me going in all that I do and all that I have experienced in life. Asking life to keep me more determined to the end.
Why this? Because “What we ask of Life, Life will give to us”. - Napoleon.
Life will definitely give you what you asked because with asking and determination, we await to see and prove ourselves right.
I encountered an experience few years back through the course of my work as a Realtor. It all stated that in my place of worship where I have been known as realtor, and have also helped many people there to secure accommodations of various types. From a mini-flat to 2 bed room apartment, 3 bed room apartment and even duplex. All these letting I connect and go through to people to achieve it which is called networking, and have never had problems with any one nor have failed any client.
Then a friend of mine introduced a guy to me from the church too who needed a 2 bed room flat, with a location where his budget was aligned. And then this client of mine does not have a complete money yet to pay for this needed apartment and decided to send what he has at hand into my account so as to not spend it from any emergencies. And month after month he will send some money 💰 into my account until up to three (3) months before we had an estimated amount to push forward to start the search for his required apartment.
And after few weeks, I got a place which he liked, though needs few works of renovation, but since he liked it the principal agent asked my client to pay 💰 which we did not hesitate. But did have to see the landlord. We paid, collected receipt and asked for the duration of the renovation and we were informed will take just two (2) weeks.
And then I keep checking on the apartment every other three (3) days to see how work was progressing. And it happened that few days to completion of the renovation that I visited, I saw sets of persons who came also to inspect. I became baffled and at alert. What is going on I asked myself. So using a tactic, I went to them to ask if they are coming for the property and their answer immediately kept me in a tight conner. We have paid they answered. I could not believe my ears 👂 but acted on boarded because things like these due happen in the line of property challenges. I quickly called my client to let him know what is going on, and that he must meet me up immediately.
And behold, when we met up and got to the Landlord, he began to tell all lies that his principal agent was the one who involved the other clients and made them to pay 💰. The issue I suspect here I told my client might be that the other set of people were made to pay more as the renovation came out more enticing . I requested the Landlord to refund our money with 5% interest for using our money to renovate and breaching the contract of to Let. He agreed to pay back but requested one week from the day.
However, one week became two weeks, then one month. My client said we should go to court but I looked at the Landlord, an old man of about 68 years, I began to wonder why should people create problems for themselves? I began to wonder why should people be greedy and not contended with what God has given to them? Why should people choose to cheat others and still step on their toes? And why do problems even come to the door 🚪 steps of the innocent? But this is life I told myself. Life that is full of obstacles. And obstacles does not care if you are humble or innocent. So I sat down and thought 💭 over the next steps to take while my client was already on me, asking what do I want to do?
The next thing I did was to arrange with my client to meet with Landlord and I told the old man that we have given him enough time after he failed to let the house to us or return our money 💰. I told him I will give him extra two weeks to return our money with the 5% percent interest or we go to court. Then we left. And then, after one week and three days to the set time, the old man called me to tell me he has a land he wants to exchange for our money 💰. A land ? I asked him. He said yes. I said okay to him.
In conclusion, I arranged with my client to go for the meeting. And the old man took us to a landed property around where we formally paid for the house. It was somewhat big and should cost more than what we expected him to refund us. He said that people have been asking for the land for Sale, but he did not make up his mind then. Then he asked what extra cost 💲 we can add to him for exchange? Waoh ! I said to myself and to my client. What an opportunity you have to own a land unplanned. And this is how we discussed with the old man on the extra cost 💲to pay, and how installments of payments 💰 should be. He accepted. My client called his lawyer who later joined us for formal documentation and photographs of the piece of landed property.
When we are facing some kind of obstacles, we are only seeing what is in the present not the invisible that the mighty hands 🙌 of the Lord is arranging for us called “miracle”. Its sometimes delayed, but will definitely surface in anyway.
Images are mine.