Last night I was looking at the paintings on my wall above my computer desk, and the thought came to me:
"Would you like another painting, tomorrow?"
"Yeah," I said to the Lord, "but I don't want to pay too much for it".
Today I felt led to drive a certain way while on my way home, and decided to have a look in an Anglican Op Shop.
I saw this painting, and was standing looking at it, and a staff person talked to me about it, admiring it with me, and asked whether I'd like it.
Of course a discussion about the price ensued. She went out the back to ask the supervisor, who came out together with her and said I could have it at a discounted price.
While paying for it, I got talking to the guy behind the counter, about how I'd been born in Japan, a child of missionaries; he introduced me to another customer, seemingly a good acquaintance of his - the three of us stood there having a favourable chat.
I walked outside to put my nice new acquisition in the car, "...and then go back," I heard the Lord say.
So after putting it in the car, I turned back - and saw another pleasing painting, facing outward, in the shopfront window.
I went back inside, and asked the same staff-person whether I could have it at a discounted price too.
She went and asked the supervisor, then came back saying, "It's your lucky day".
She offered me an even better discount than I got on the first painting.
"Would you like another painting, tomorrow?"
"Yeah," I said to the Lord, "but I don't want to pay too much for it".
Today I felt led to drive a certain way while on my way home, and decided to have a look in an Anglican Op Shop.
I saw this painting, and was standing looking at it, and a staff person talked to me about it, admiring it with me, and asked whether I'd like it.
Of course a discussion about the price ensued. She went out the back to ask the supervisor, who came out together with her and said I could have it at a discounted price.
While paying for it, I got talking to the guy behind the counter, about how I'd been born in Japan, a child of missionaries; he introduced me to another customer, seemingly a good acquaintance of his - the three of us stood there having a favourable chat.
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| "Storm Over Milthorpe"- Oil on Board 25.4x50.8cm - by Shirley Williams |
I walked outside to put my nice new acquisition in the car, "...and then go back," I heard the Lord say.
So after putting it in the car, I turned back - and saw another pleasing painting, facing outward, in the shopfront window.
I went back inside, and asked the same staff-person whether I could have it at a discounted price too.
She went and asked the supervisor, then came back saying, "It's your lucky day".
She offered me an even better discount than I got on the first painting.
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| "Late Afternoon Lake Julius Road" - Oil on Board, 40x60cm - by Joy Clifford |
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