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PRAISE GOD

PRAISE GOD

PRAISE GOD

For about forty years I have been wanting to be in the country. Technically I am now. But not far enough to suit me. So with things changing as they have I got this idea about four years ago. If the Lord was willing, perhaps I could buy a small piece of country to use as a retreat. It had to be cheap, cheap, cheap. So land sold for taxes became my target.

Face it. Even the Lord himself often went into the wilderness or to the mountain to be by himself and to pray. I'm sure not better than him.

The idea was to get a patch of woods and "sorta" put in a "permanent"

camp site. A tent would fall prey to bears and coons after my snacks. So something just a little more stable than a tent, a parking spot and place for a campfire. And one important thing to me, my preference was to have it in rough country.

Praise God. After loosing out on a number of sites in the last couple of years the Lord saved one for me. I was able to buy it direct from the state.

Regarding a small shelter to keep my snacks in, or get out of the weather. Well, this one came with an old mobile home. So my little shelter measures 52' long and 12' wide. Beggars can't be choosy.

LESSONS I HAVE LEARNED IN THIS.

1. The first piece of property I went after I stood on a passage of Scripture. Then made a trip to the property to name it and claim it. Some real estate investment company with money in the bank did a better job of naming it and claiming it.

2. The second piece of property. Buy this time I had read a book by one of our esteemed Christian leaders with a huge ministry. He said the thing to do was speak to the land or problem or what every. So, standing on the same passage of Scripture, I went out and spoke loud and clear to that patch of woods. At the sale there was a couple that both of them must have spoken to the patch of woods. Because they got it, not me.

3. This piece of property. It seemed the Lord was keeping it from selling for some reason. So I begin to look at it again more closely. Then I simply went to the Lord as a begging child of his. No naming and claiming. No speaking to it. Simply begging to show his mercy on this one if it was in his will. Also the Lord took a portion of the same Scripture, this time, and gave it to me as a promise.

The first two pictures are my front yard. Yes they are taken in January. In the summer it is much nicer to see.

Another point. As brother Oral Roberts would point out the need of "Seed Faith". Yes this was planted at a number of places along the way. Even before some of the lost sales. I believe in it too. So it would have a bearing on the final out come.

You have to get into it. This is the entrance from the road.

If you are a devout Christian you are wondering how I could squander this much money on something just for me. I'm with you there. Would it help here if you knew that the total price to me, all back taxes and land was just about the same I paid for my wife's used motor scooter?? PRAISE GOD.