Foreclosure 2010

Foreclosure is the legal process by which a mortgagee, or other lien holder, usually a lender, obtains a court ordered termination of the relationship between Mortgage Company and the borrowers.

We are nearing the end of 2010. As with every other year, many people are promising themselves to make integral changes in their personal and professional lives. Some want to stop smoking, some want to lose weight, some want career changes and so forth. These changes are great, especially if they impact your health in some way.

However, there are some changes that are more pivotal than others. There are some changes that many need to make, but they don't realize until its too late. These changes are in the relationships we have with some people. For example, bananas are only meant to be in your household for a short period of time. If you try to keep them longer than purposed, they will begin to rot. There are people in your lives that may be close to you, in your house, but they have become rotten. You can only harbor something rotten for so long before it begins to stink. Like the bananas, they are not long useful and need to be disposed. Some relationships are seasonal like the bananas, but some relationships, like the foreclosure, end as result of someone not holding up to their end of the bargain.

Before someone’s property is foreclosed they received several notices. These notices indicate that the relationship is becoming sour. There were signs that some of the relationships in your life were going south, but you may have chosen to ignore them. The notices were stamped on the door of your heart, but you trashed them. You ignored the changing landscape and the nonpayment. Just because you ignore something, doesn’t mean it ceases to exist. Here are some overt signs that its time to end.

1. You invest more into the relationship than they do. So many times relationships are one-sided. As a result, one party becomes bankrupt because they are giving out more than they are receiving.

2. Their fingerprints are on the knife that stabbed you. Most Christians believe they need a Judas in their life to keep them alert. Jesus needed a Judas. I don't. I want people around me that reciprocate loyalty, because I give loyalty.

3. You only developed a relationship with them through a temporary condition. Be careful of trying to make temporary people permanent. Some people are simply meant to give you roadside assistance, visa versa.

4. You don’t see them in your future. Sometimes you simply grow apart. Time and distance has a tendency to do this. Your thinking, your actions, and your believing becomes different. This is natural so accept it and move on.

5. Their rottenness is polluting your relationship. When items began to decay, it releases toxins that can contaminate anything that comes into the sphere of its influence. Some people are so toxic that they speak venom and everyone that comes in contact with them are poisoned with their limited scope, philosophies, and bitterness. Be careful of this person. They are more dangerous than your enemies.

So in 2010, don’t be afraid to send some people eviction notices, remove some people from your phones, Facebook, twitter, linkedin, etc. Get them off the property of your life, before they cause damage that will be costly later.

Love and peace

Pastor Rich