Dean and I were trying to wait to buy a nice couch
set once I got a full-time job. Our 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 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 we didn't head out until the afternoon and I
was wearing an eye patch. Two Goodwill's later, It was ten minutes to 5 when 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 take 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, North Carolina
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