"Hell in the Hallway"

"When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us."
Alexander Graham Bell
We’ve probably all used this example sometime in our life (open door closed door) as to whether God is directing us or not. I’m so thankful for having learned (mind you the hard way) about coming into agreement with my wife and God, over ANY decision we have ever had to make. We’ve had people question us about what if a decision has to be made, or you can’t come into agreement, then what do you do.
We had an old Pastor of ours say to us when we asked him that same question … he said “we don’t do anything until we do come into agreement, no matter what the circumstance.” We asked him about those times when the husband as the head of the house needs to just step up and do whatever, because it’s his responsibility….his question was, “can you name just one example, so I know what you’re talking about?”
We couldn’t and walked away from that conversation over 30 years ago, trying to live out that truth, we learned from him and the Lord that day. (The only exception we’ve been able to think about since then, is one where there is an immediate emergency…. (Now be careful here, what you call an emergency.)
We have had times, that we wondered (sometimes with regret) did we do the right thing by closing a door…but you know we’re convinced that if our hearts were right, God will lead us to the right door. We heard a visiting pastor to our church say once, “when one door closes and we’re waiting for the next one to open…its Hell in the Hallway.” We’ve been through that a number of times…my prayer and hope is, that we won’t (any of us) go back, to the closed door He closed and that we must trust God for the next door to open. It is amazing what He will show us in that hallway. IE: Trust, Faith, Grace, Truth, and perseverance, just to name a few.
These kinds of things are faith building adventures that we should never regret having experienced, because they have made us stronger and more trusting in the Lord. So while you’re hanging out in the hallway, look for the Lord, He is there, you’ll see.
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