Article October 7, 2013 Issue

Real estate realizations

Kate Colby

Originally appeared as a Web Original on July 23, 2012

In my career as a realtor, I’ve had many opportunities to witness the guidance, dependability, and constancy of God’s gracious “housing.” Changing circumstances recently required the downsizing of my own home and the sale of two properties. Our local housing market was declining and sluggish, and mortgage funding was scarce. Buyers were few and far between.

But I’ve found that prayer can show us a path for reversing the intimidation of negative scenarios, helping refocus our sights on the spiritual realm of ordered calm. In the words of Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, “Through divine Science man gains the power to become the son of God, to recognize his perfect and eternal estate” (Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896, p. 182). 

In spite of rampant foreclosures and a tumultuous housing market, man’s “real estate” remains forever safe and permanent. It can’t be disrupted or imperiled by economic downdrafts or natural disasters. No one can ever be dislodged from his or her divinely appointed niche or true sense of home. Each individual has a unique role to fill, and that role carries with it the inspiration and means for its harmonious fulfillment.