Holiness can be found in the little details...

[CrystalClear]

Hi, all:

Just something small, but special I wanted to share with everyone.

I woke up yesterday morning and was talking with Abba when I sensed a distinct suggestion to "go larking" and do my shopping in "Big City" instead of local "small city". I like to go "larking", so I said, "Okay, sure!", packed up the children, and left for some adventure. :-)

This Big City has a string of thrift shops on the east side that we like to stop into, and at the very first one, I found the exact older sewing machine I'd been hoping to find one day, complete with the necessary attachments, and it still works just fine.

This is not a machine you find on every street corner and one could say it's actually fairly rare--especially with the attachments! Abba sent me to "Big City" specifically to find this machine, and better yet, the machine was 1/2 off an already affordable price due to a manager's-choice sale, and had apparently just been put on the floor.

Granted, this isn't a medical miracle, a job or salvation, but I find these everyday kinds of "miracles" are my favorite, because they're so intimately geared and shows that He not only knows my hopes, but cares enough to arrange to meet them. :-)

He's a sweet Abba and I wanted to brag on Him a little bit.

Have a glorious day, everyone!

CC :-)

[Kathe]

I love it when He shows His presence in our life with things like this. :)

[mark s]

These special little "touches" from God mean an awful lot to me! Thank you for sharing this!

[extravagantchristian]

Yes, I had an experience like that last night. It's nice to know God cares about the little things in our life.

[burien1]

It`s those little moment`s that nourish our faith. Our Lord is AWESOME!!!!


Brenda

[kazbo]

because they're so intimately geared and shows that He not only knows my hopes, but cares enough to arrange to meet them. :-)

He's a sweet Abba and I wanted to brag on Him a little bit.

[Salty Skipper]

The Lord cares just as much about the little things as the big ones. When we learn to listen to Him, we are blessed because we listen and obey. Praise the Lord that He speaks to us just because He loves us and wants the best for us.

[Sunny]

CrystalClear, that's a wonderful story!

[Abiding in His Word]

This is not a machine you find on every street corner and one could say it's actually fairly rare--especially with the attachments! Abba sent me to "Big City" specifically to find this machine, and better yet, the machine was 1/2 off an already affordable price due to a manager's-choice sale, and had apparently just been put on the floor.

He knew right where this rare machine was and directed you right to it!

[SueAnn]

I have learned over the years that God is a really great "matchmaker" for answering the prayers of several people all at once. People that don't even know they are being used by the Lord, sometimes.

So my guess is that He led you to that place at that time to give you the gift of the machine you wanted/needed....but I would be willing to bet my life that your purchase was ALSO an answer to someone else's need. Or maybe, your presence in the city at a specific time...or perhaps you smiled at someone while there who was desperate for something positive to happen to them...etc etc. etc.

[CrystalClear]

Hi, SueAnn!

You're probably right on, actually. And, it may not have been right that day, but I firmly believe that He gives me gifts as provision and not playthings. I've been asking Him ever since what He wants done with this gift. Now I feel prodded to become a student of an intensive "how to make your own sewing patterns" book I've had on my shelf gathering dust. He sheds light on just one step at a time, but it would appear I'm either to get involved in seamstressing, or teach someone else how to after I've learned. I know how to sew well enough in a general sense, but I'm being led to believe He wants it to go farther.

This machine (and the less-dramatic, but still shockingly wonderful find I made a couple weeks earlier of a different, and even better machine) were the Mercedes-Benzes of their time and still sew like they are new although they're nearly 50 years old...and I read somewhere that with inflation, they'd be around $2000-$3000 each in today's money. I paid under $100 for both machines and their related accessories.

He's got a plan...and as far as giving someone a smile, it's my general habit with everyone I meet out and about to try and engage them or lift them up a bit for the day, so you could be right on that point, too! LOL!

I still shake my head and smile, just remembering walking past that sewing machine case and bag of accessories and realizing instantly that He still speaks and makes Himself heard. It was a truly holy moment.

Let's just hope His providential touch can get me through the massive "measure point A to point B and draw a curved line at X angle" stuff I'm about to undertake. I'm a free-thinking generalist and not an engineering-minded specifist, and this book is essentially a hard-core book on drafting, with same kind of nit-picky detail used in building things. You gotta know He's chuckling behind the same hand He gave the machine with...just be very, very glad I'm not being called to build bridges...hoo, boy!

CC :-)

[SueAnn]

There are difficult days ahead, financially speaking. He may well be getting you geared up to serve people with your sewing skills. He may even be giving you a future means of alternate income. Who knows?