One day I walked into a store. I was struggling with something that had happened to me and I felt overwhelmed by sadness. This store in town is one that I have been going to since my children were little so probably about nine or ten years now I have been going to this store to buy gifts for my friends and family and to just enjoy the creativity and beauty of the displays. This store just fills my soul with peace and satisfies the craving for beautiful things. However the owner of the store has taken time through the years to see me for who I am. I can't explain it ~ in that I don't know why. Why should I matter? She has had thousands of people walk through her doors over the years. However this time when I walked in the store she knew I was not doing well and she came over and hugged me and I broke down in tears. She sat me down in the store, went and bought me tea, and talked me through my pain.
There was something about this moment for me..something about sitting in this beautiful store that I love so much, being loved and comforted by someone who really did not have to take a second to care about me who just did. It was like a picture of how Jesus just cares about each of our hearts even though there are so many humans on this planet and He sees us and loves us for who we are when who are we really?
I will never forget that moment. I felt like my heart was held so gently and so kindly and I felt safe.
xo
I love this series so much - except that my tears are making it harder to read them as I go. Each one has so much pain and beauty mixed together. Reading these makes me gasp for a breath, brush away a tear and hold in tight because my heart is about to explode from the beauty that comes from your pain.
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