A DIVINE APPOINTMENT

What started out as a very unwanted interruption turned out to be a Divine appointment that made my day. 

My plan had been to get up early and work on the painting I was trying to finish in time to give my granddaughter for Christmas. 

However, my plans had to be put on hold due to my jade plant having fallen off the windowsill during the night, spilling out of its pot onto the floor, and many of its leaves broken off and scattered as well.

I couldn't just leave it like that, so I had to go out looking for a place that had small bags of potting soil I could buy. 

My first stop was Giant, because they have a floral department, and because they were the closest place.

As I was getting ready to exit my car, I noticed a gruff looking old man loading his bags into his car parked in the handicap spot right next to mine, and I felt the Lord prompting me to give him one of the Random Acts of Kindness goody bags I had in my car. It was the last one I had.

I was going to put it in his car, but before I could get out of mine, he had closed the door and was pushing his shopping cart back to where the other carts were lined up. 

I felt the prompt again, so I walked up to him and said Merry Christmas as I handed it to him. He seemed genuinely touched and surprised, and his gruff expression softened as he gratefully thanked me for it. 

If that toppled over plant that caused me to change my plans is what it took for the Lord to get me to where He wanted me to be at that moment in time, it was so worth it for the warmth I felt inside.

My soul was singing as I entered the store, and even more when I found one bag of soil hidden away in a corner below the counter. It was probably the last one for the season, and it was waiting just for me.