Week of March 24
Dean and I were trying to wait to buy a nice couch
set once I got a full-time job. The living room consisted of a huge pile of
blankets and pillows on the floor. Since I was working from home and had to
deal with no comfy place to sit all day, I talked Dean into considering
second-hand couches on Craigslist that we could get right away. Our budget was
$50, but I saw a red couch in great shape online for $75.
My husband agreed to go out with me to see it.
Unfortunately, it had rained that day and the folks selling it had stored it
outside under a ripped plastic tarp and it was pretty wet. Dean also noticed a
stale smell.
I wanted a couch so badly though, that I was
willing to overlook the smell and dampness... I thought we could just wash it!
Dean was set against it and I was really
disappointed. We had an argument in which he said he thought God had something
better in store for us. I told him that I thought he had just missed what God
had for us and proceeded to walk off!
Later that
night, we both apologized and decided to go out to Goodwill stores the next day.
In the morning our cat, Billow, accidentally
scratched my eyelid (ouch!), so I was wearing a pirate eye patch and we didn't
head out until the afternoon. Two Goodwill's later, It was ten minutes to 5
p.m., and a Goodwill employee told us to check out the Salvation Army around
the corner. Sure enough... a red, dry and nice-smelling couch in great
condition was on sale for $50. The store was closing in 10 minutes and we
agreed right away that it was the one! Everyone at the store was being very
nice to me too, perhaps because of the eye patch. After a few minutes, a friend
was able to drive over in her pick-up truck and help us get it home.
Lessons I learned: Be patient. Don't grasp so
tightly to material things that I blow up at my husband (and look like a fool)!
Trust God. I think He actually does care about the little things in my life
too.
Jessica
Mcleod
Greensboro, South Carolina
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