| | The husband of a friend of mine has a brain tumor. Their youngest son, Mikey, wanted to use a Mardi Gras style shamrock necklace as a reminder to pray for his father. Valerie, my friend, shared this idea with several people, some online and some in real life. Well, the idea took off like gang busters, and people literally all over the country - possibly even the world - started gathering their own shamrock prayer reminders.....in various forms, not just necklaces.
I have nothing - absolutely nothing - even remotely shamrock related. Yesterday I spent a long time looking for something - anything - that would serve as my shamrock prayer reminder for Darren, Valerie's husband, but nada. It's not even Valentine's Day yet; shamrocks probably won't be out on the market for several weeks yet. I finally gave up and decided to drive home.
On the way home I stopped at a local consignment shop to see if I could find any business suits for work. I found not one, not two, but THREE suits: 2 for $15 each and 1 for $10. I was ecstatic at my find and happily went to the clerk (and that's not even my big praise . . . there's more to come). As she was totalling my order I had a very strong urge to go to the back of the store. I tried to resist the urge. Afterall, I had three suits; I surely didn't need another. But the urging persisted, so I asked the clerk to please hold off for a moment while I checked on something.
I walked to the very back of the store and there - in a dark corner - was a shamrock beanie baby.....just sitting there patiently waiting for me to take it home. I literally burst out in tears. Another clerk in the back of the store came over to me and asked if I was ok. When I told the clerk the story of Darren and Mikey's prayer reminder, she clapped her hands together in glee.
By now the clerk in the front of the store came back to see what all the commotion was, so I shared the story with her, too, and my delight in God's leading me to that little green shamrock beanie baby. She let out an excited, "Praise the Lord!"
I called Valerie today . . . I just had to share this with her. I'm sitting here still in awe at how very, very personal God is. He knew how important having my own shamrock was to me and led me to that beanie baby. And weeks before this situation with Darren came about, God placed it on someone's heart to get rid of that beanie baby. Then He placed it on the heart of the store owner to buy that beanie baby. Then He made sure no one else bought it.
Isn't that just the coolest thing ever?
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| | Posted 1/17/2009 7:36 PM - 17 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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