Pam Padgett - teacher
The community where I live was built around a golf course. My yard
backs up to the golf course property and I have enjoyed looking out on
the open land. But about 1-1/2 years ago
the golf course was closed and the owner announced he was trying to sell
it.
Some of my neighbors expressed great concern that a developer
would purchase the golf course property and build several hundred houses
on it. About a year ago as I heard
what some of these neighbors said and of meetings that were starting to
be held to try to fight this, I started getting concerned and stirred up
as well.
But then I turned to God, laying out my concerns and asking what HE wanted me to do.
After turning to God one of the things I was reminded of is what we're told in the following:
Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the
kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the
morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof.
As a result, rather than getting involved in community meetings to try
to fight the selling of the golf course to a developer, I tried to just
focus on doing what God wants me to do each day, dealing with
what
is before me that day, and trusting God to work out the future as HE wills
(the best way for me).
A few days ago the homeowner's association sent an email to let
residents know that sale of the golf course property to a
developer had been completed. The email said that the developer plans to build only 41
single residence houses on the property and leave the rest of the land as open
space. I was very surprised to read this information. It never
occurred to me that a developer would build so few houses and leave open space land, a far better outcome than I thought
possible.
While considering this, I recalled how God led me to not fret and worry
for the past year about what would become of the golf course property.
No doubt I have been spared much worry and futile works (meetings and activities that seem wise to man), and evil by turning to God and going in HIS way.