drama on the western front
ok. so here is the dealie-o
i love my apartment complex. the folks who work in the office are great in person or on the phone. (and i hate using the phone for personal business.)
it all started last week when i was notified of the plumbing thing.
three days ago i found a sheet of paper on which i had written things i wanted to attain in the near future. this wasn't a comprehensive list, to be sure, but merely a few notes. on it were a computer and a camera.
liek whoa! i have both. papa is really interested in taking care of your dreams. i am fairly certain that i remember praying about it and thinking that at least the computer would really help me out in the everyday goings on. the camera would be nice and was planned, but i can live without it.
well. the short of it is that i now have both.
and I gave thanks for them. i never would have dreamed i would have a computer at my complete disposal.
so i was dwelling on my blessings and my thanks.
the next day i got a ticket for parking in a staff/faculty lot
the next day when i get home, short on sleep, i find a notice telling me that i am in violation of my lease.
do what now?
apparently, the person who came through and did the property inspection saw my waterbed and knows that no one is supposed to have any waterfurniture...and she knew that I was allowed to have it if i had renter's insurance.
so either she read into my file enough to tell that, or she knew in general.
either way, she didn't read far enough into the file to read that i gave them a copy of the binder that the farm bureau gave me.
so i called them the next day, got a manager (the other one was out to lunch) who was very courteous, and straightened everything out.
she apologized and told me, when i offered, that they would appreciate a copy of the policy when it gets to me.
but i have to admit, before everything was taken care of, it really felt like something was attacking me.
at lifegroup thursday night, they mentioned how when the spirit feels threatened and backed up against a wall, the soul will retreat into the areas it knows best. it will go into comfort zones. the problem with this is that you are apt to be comfortable in places you cannot grow and places that may be harmful to you because they are strongholds of sin.
so maybe my comfort zone is superiority and pride and it is more comfortable for me to be perfect and superior than to be spiritual and in tune with papa.
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well just have to wait and see.
i love my apartment complex. the folks who work in the office are great in person or on the phone. (and i hate using the phone for personal business.)
it all started last week when i was notified of the plumbing thing.
three days ago i found a sheet of paper on which i had written things i wanted to attain in the near future. this wasn't a comprehensive list, to be sure, but merely a few notes. on it were a computer and a camera.
liek whoa! i have both. papa is really interested in taking care of your dreams. i am fairly certain that i remember praying about it and thinking that at least the computer would really help me out in the everyday goings on. the camera would be nice and was planned, but i can live without it.
well. the short of it is that i now have both.
and I gave thanks for them. i never would have dreamed i would have a computer at my complete disposal.
so i was dwelling on my blessings and my thanks.
the next day i got a ticket for parking in a staff/faculty lot
the next day when i get home, short on sleep, i find a notice telling me that i am in violation of my lease.
do what now?
apparently, the person who came through and did the property inspection saw my waterbed and knows that no one is supposed to have any waterfurniture...and she knew that I was allowed to have it if i had renter's insurance.
so either she read into my file enough to tell that, or she knew in general.
either way, she didn't read far enough into the file to read that i gave them a copy of the binder that the farm bureau gave me.
so i called them the next day, got a manager (the other one was out to lunch) who was very courteous, and straightened everything out.
she apologized and told me, when i offered, that they would appreciate a copy of the policy when it gets to me.
but i have to admit, before everything was taken care of, it really felt like something was attacking me.
at lifegroup thursday night, they mentioned how when the spirit feels threatened and backed up against a wall, the soul will retreat into the areas it knows best. it will go into comfort zones. the problem with this is that you are apt to be comfortable in places you cannot grow and places that may be harmful to you because they are strongholds of sin.
so maybe my comfort zone is superiority and pride and it is more comfortable for me to be perfect and superior than to be spiritual and in tune with papa.
---
well just have to wait and see.