excess and overflow

spending my first substantial paycheck in a long time was an experience i hope i never forget. after squeezing out the last of my shampoo from miniature hotel bottles and praying for a repeat of the old testament never-empty jars of oil miracle to happen to my dish soap, it was amazing to be able to buy simple necessities like toilet paper. i hope i never take food, toiletries and gas in my car for granted again!i felt as if i were on a shopping spree. what would have previously seemed frivolous turned out to be the proverbial cherry on top: a couple months ago there was a blouse i had admired at target. i had to decide between the shirt and something else, which i can’t even remember. needless to say i was shocked to find it still in the rack months later, especially since there were only three left. my size is usually one of the first to go!

every day there have been wonderful tangible blessings everywhere i look- a grocery gift card from my grandmother, cash from my other grandmother, half off fall décor at several stores, which allowed me to buy a wreath i’d been wanting for ages… the other day i went out to lunch with a friend at a local café and then spent the afternoon talking with her. it’s ironic because i always used to laugh about how shows like “friends” were so unrealistic. don’t get me wrong- i love that show but grown adults sitting around at a coffee shop in the middle of the day? seriously? i actually walked there from my great apartment, then sat in the sun, feeling a gentle breeze against my face, chatting and laughing.

this is my own personal age of prosperity. soon i will have an actual savings account and i’m starting to consider buying a new car before mine officially collapses. is this what job felt like during his years of restoration? “…and the lord restored the fortunes of job, when he had prayed for his friends. and the lord gave job twice as much as he had before. then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. and they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the lord had brought upon him. and each of them gave him a piece of money and a ring of gold… and after this job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, four generations. and job died an old man, and full of days.” (job 42:10-11, 16-17)

god is good- i would have settled for much less but he has given in abundance!

~ by superflowerchild on October 13, 2008.