Yesterday I was feeling down…all sorts of anxiousness was bubbling inside of me. So I went to the store to find a Rosemary plant (with gloves and hand santi…settle doooooown). The first store I went to they didn’t have one so I thought, okay wasn’t meant to be.
I went and dropped something off at a friends doorstep and when I got back in my car I felt a little whisper “Go to Lowes”. Um, haha okay that’s interesting... So I called Lowes just to see if they even had any Rosemary plants, the guy I got on the phone had no idea and actually ended up hanging up on me. lol. Rude.
Okeeeeeey…. But I felt the nudge to go anyway. So I did. I was waaaay on the other side of town and most of the drive there I was questioning why I was “wasting my time” going there. But, I went. The first thing I saw when I walked in — Rosemary plants!! And on sale!! I did a happy dance inside and put some in my cart. And, like I always do, I went and looked at the houseplants because they make me happy. Does anyone else just go walk by the plants and stand there looking at them and touching them? haha Maybe it’s the long North Dakota winters getting to me…
I saw this little guy and tried to talk myself out of it, I don’t neeeeed another plant. But it made me SO happy when I looked at it because it reminded my of my childhood and how my brothers and I looooved Fruit Roll ups. I put it in my cart, put it back. Put it in my cart, put it back…
But I kept feeling the nudge that it was okay if I get it, so I put it in my cart and went to checkout line. The computer was having all sorts of trouble at the self checkout — but a nice Lowes man helped me out. As he was fixing whatever was happening on that screen…I remembered…"Hey, I have a Lowes gift card!!”
It was just enough for the plant and the pretty white pot I grabbed to put it in. I didn’t have to pay for the plant that I was feeling guilty for getting anyway. It was a GIFT to me on a hard day.
All that random story to say is this — listen to the nudges and the whispers. God will show up. He ALWAYS does. He loves you and knows your every need and every heart desire. Even the littlest things like a Fruit Roll Up Plant in a pretty white pot.
A little old lady Lowes worker even came up and questioned, “What!? These Rosemary plants are NEVER on sale!” And I just smiled and told her to have a lovely day. God provides.
