Trail of Faith?

I like to think that my faith has been tried in this whole job process. I was offered two good accounting jobs since I finished my degree but both times I felt very strongly that both jobs were not the right jobs for me even though both came with a promotion and a pay raise. I fasted and I prayed a lot to know if my decision was correct. My answer was very clear in my mind but many shook their heads at me, thinking that I was foolish not to take advantage of the opportunities that had come my way. The answers were just too clear to deny, and I didn't feel like I could accept the jobs if I wanted to when it came down to it. I like to believe that those two opportunities were trials of my faith to see if I was able to follow the spirit.

Then the blessings followed those trials. I was given a better job offer than I could have expected to find here in Salt Lake City and especially working for the LDS Church. It is far too competitive for accountants who want to work there.

My latest trial seems to be around selling my place. I got an offer yesterday and I was a little surprised to see that it was a friend of mine and she didn't even mention that she had come to see my place let alone let me know that she wanted to make an offer. Well, the offer was pretty low. She offered me $10,000 than I was asking (after I just lowered my price $10,000) and she wanted me to pay $4,900 in closing costs and she wanted $500 for a home owners insurance policy for the 1st year. My realtor seemed to think that they just offered low because they planned for us to counter offer. I did counteroffer and I gave her half of what she was asking for.

I just didn't feel good about it from the moment I saw her name on the offer. I feel like when you are selling to friends, if you want to remain friends after the deal is over you need to be honest with each other. I almost want to be too honest. I told my realtor that she needed to know that due to my HOA policy she couldn't have a roommate. My realtor didn't think it was an issue, she just seemed to want to close the deal anyway and get her commission. I didn't want to take my house off the market for a month just to have the deal fall apart a month later. I didn't want her to hate me for not telling her the stipulations of the HOA policy before she signed on the dotted line.

Well I knew I needed to talk to her and as much as I would like to sell my  house and be done with it, I learned that she was barely scrapping together the money for the very low offer she gave in the first place and if she was going to pay what I was asking for in the counter offer she was going to need to get a roommate. I just knew that my place wasn't right for her. The rejection letter of my counter offer came back shortly after I got home from church. My realtor didn't seem happy that I talked to her.

Here's hoping that doing the right thing pays off. I guess it doesn't always pay off right a way but it sure is nice when you are rewarded quickly. I guess I can just hold on to the fact that Heavenly Father would be proud of me.