A Sweet Moment (10)

  Have you ever felt like the God just reached out (or the Universe) and gave you something that felt like it was just exactly, perfectly for you? I have had a couple moments like this in my life and I have a story about a friend who experienced this as well.  I'll tell you my friend's story first.

  She was headed to a special place she goes to each year for a time of refreshing. She loves Starfish and the year before she hadn't seen any. She would be by the Ocean most of the trip and she commented before she left that she just wanted to see one, just one Starfish, and that that would mean so much. Her trip takes three ferries to reach her destination and I believe it was at the start of her second ferry trip while she was waiting for it to arrive, that she saw them. I had specifically sent up a prayer that she would see Starfish. It was important, and there they were. Hundreds of Starfish covered the beach of every color and size. It was amazing. What a sweet moment, a rare moment, just for her.

  The moment I had was not quite a stunningly beautiful but it felt just as special to me. I had wanted a pair of grey boots. I am not even sure why. However I was on a shopping trip with a girl and was buying HER grey boots. This meant I could not afford to get any myself. I was fine with that. She wanted very expensive boots and I was willing to buy them for her. So we looked and looked. She was very specific and not just any boot would do. At one point I asked if we could just look at this one thrift store because she had never been to a Thrift Store (thrift stores are some of the best places to find treasures). I thought maybe her perfect boots were there. They were not, but get this...mine were. As she was trying on pair after pair of boots I saw a pair that looked about my size (I have small feet). They were beautiful, leather, and made in Italy. I knew that no one else on my continent probably had that pair of boots. They were so cheap, just a few dollars, that I knew I could afford them. I felt like it was a moment where a little thought in my head and a wish in my heart... that I had not uttered aloud.. was heard by God and answered so kindly and thoughtfully. I still have those boots. They are amazing.

   I had that happen again years later where my friend had bought a certain kind of shoe. I LOVED them but they were two hundred dollars. I couldn't buy them and I didn't. However every time I saw them on her feet I wished I had been able to buy a pair. About two years after she bought them I was at a thrift store and low and behold there were the exact shoes, in my size, in perfect condition, for a couple dollars. Yet again, another specific precious gift to me, from God, in the form of shoes. I bought them, and love them and still enjoy them.

  You are precious and special and so am I. If you ask, and pay attention, you will be given precious gifts, meant just for you ~ no matter who you are.

xo