Disappointed

"Bummed" is the vernacular expression, I believe, though perhaps too strong for what I felt last evening.  I "was bummed" that someone placed an offer to purchase 2014 Hillock Place before we could make a 2nd visit or even make our own offer.

Why did I like the house & property?

• affordable purchase price, though getting up there
• open kitchen
• large living room
• 1st floor master suite
• formal but large DR, and open to LR
• two stairways to 2nd floor
• upstairs plenty of space for guests and grandones
• dual zone heating and cooling
• double garage; separate storage with electricity
• 1.2 acres, mostly open; room for play and garden
• paved driveway
• within 7 miles of our present home
• porch with roof
• very well constructed and cared for
• within 5" walk to Eno River and trails

Downsides?

• we would need to put aside $150 more/month toward property tax
• aluminum siding on part of the house
• though located on a no-outlet street, much of the traffic will have to pass the house
• would want to replace the sink and stove eventually

OK, so how do I "deal with" my disappointment?  After all, I am regularly meeting people or at least hearing about lots of others' disappointments.  Now I have my own, though admittedly it is not major bummer (we do have a fine home that is paid for!).  Options:

• Fuel annoyance by pouring on repeated self accusations, e.g. "Why did you wait?"
• Pour out my disappointment to the Lord.
• Consider that the Lord is caring for even this situation, i.e. He is aware of some factor(s) that I have no knowledge of.  Thus, He is protecting us from a "mistake".
• Learn to wait on the Lord... still, while learning how to trust when I cannot see every angle.
• Move on.  Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness - ah, did not I offer that perspective to someone else even recently, someone who was experiencing his own disappointment!