SUIT UP!!


Psalm 8:4 - What is man, that thou art mindful of him?.....that thou visitest him?


I know that this part of our story may sound quite trivial....like I am just looking for something to write about, but the insignificance of this event only adds to the WOW! factor of it.


If you read my previous post, you might remember that our first trip to Wal-mart provided enough clothes and supplies to get us through that first week.  Which is why we found ourselves in a local department store the following weekend buying clothes for church.  It was in the men's aisle that God made His presence known in a teeny-tiny-huge-magnificent way:


My husband, Keith, has been a pastor for almost all of his 30 years of preaching.  He always wears a suit when he preaches, but since he resigned from our previous church 8 months ago, he has gotten rather comfortable wearing much more casual clothes for church.  With that thought in mind, we headed directly for the men's clearance racks, looking for a sweater or shirt for Sunday.  There, in the middle of a rack filled completely with sweaters, was one, two-piece, gray suit.  I happen to notice that the tag said $24!! Of course, that grabbed my attention and I had to investigate further. ( Even though all of his suits had been destroyed, he really didn't need one right now so I had put that on the back burner.)  The problem with Keith and suits is that they never fit right.  He has wide shoulders, but short legs, so the pants don't work.  But, for some reason ( I wonder!), someone had hung two separate pieces together.....that's right, each piece the perfect size for Keith, and had hung it in the middle of a bunch of sweaters.   The only one on the rack.  $64 suit.  Perfect fit.


That's not all......shortly after buying the suit, Keith got a call from our pastor, asking if he could preach that Sunday.  Come on!!  Trivial?    Kinda, I guess.  I mean, it's just a cheap price for a nice suit that fits.  Lucky us.  Right place at the right time......OR.......WOW!  With all that God has going on in the world, He took time to piece together a suit.....put it on a rack where we couldn't miss it....perfect fit.....price I couldn't pass up.....prepare Keith for His purpose.  I can't tell you how strongly we felt His presence just in that small little event.


He's got it covered!!


But here's the Thing:  While we were checking out, through a conversation with the checkout clerk, she made a "mistake" that saved us over $140.  But the really neat part was how our conversation with her opened the door to tell how real God is and how much He loves and cares for us.  But then the amazing happened....my 16-year old daughter noticed the young girl's very pregnant condition, and turned the conversation away from us and began to ask about her! (Her baby is due this week.)  And we were able to tell her we would be praying for her.  Remember that "anchor moment" I mentioned last time?  Well, here's the proof.  Here's the fruit.  Our "tragedy" has changed my daughter's heart and transformed her way of thinking.   Yep.....I'd say we are definitely coming out ahead!!!