Who would have thought ...?

It had dawn upon me  last evening as BFL drove us past the commons, that I had before meeting BFL been driven past those very same roads.  Though the roads are more familiar now than it was then, I recall being impressed by the Commons.

'What a nice place ...' I thought out loud.  Aunty C was always in the scene then commented how it was an expensive place to live.  Having just arrived in the country, I hadn't exactly understood what it meant in terms of London property prices then ... but who would have thought that musing out loud would eventually become my reality?

Which brings me to my next thought.  In all my years, I had been fortunate enough to be living in nice suburbs that I had somehow stumbled into by chance and was wowed by the place.  Naturally, the next thought that followed would be 'won't it be nice to be living here ...?'.  It is a hopeful but not expectant thought.  One uttered out of being impressed.

Somehow along the way, that thought becomes manifested reality.  I find myself living in the very area I had chanced upon and was impressed.   So, is there such a thing as coincidence in this life?  Or was this 'chanced' finding merely a preview of what is in store.  Just, we don't know it yet ... like a story within a storybook unfurling.  We only know what's on the present page.  Further along these pages lay these places which would form part of your life ... but not yet. You'll come to them eventually.

Despite going through some harsh times, I have to admit I've been pretty lucky so far.  In this instance, my life's journey has led me to live in pretty wow places (at least in my books) -which I am truly thankful about.  Leafy suburbs in a sleepy small town by the equator that I was impressed by.  In this present chapter a move from equator to one of the most happening capitals of the Northern hemisphere. And what's most amazing is that I'm now living just off the Commons - that leafy suburb we happen to drive past on our way to some where.  Even in those dark period (both of the season and in my life), the Commons had made an impression.

I can only surmise, that when you trust God in any struggles and loss, He will give you more than you can ever imagine. It is and will come.  Like pieces of a puzzle being carefully put together.  It is only a matter of time when you finally realise the current 'big picture'.   How remarkably amazing it has all panned out.  Only an unseen force like God could achieve such a feat.

Now, who would have thought ... :)