Life's little surprises: more goodnews

Life is full of surprises.  When I was turning 50 I told my siblings I wanted $50 from each of them.  So, they did.  I wanted to buy a good hand bag with that money.  I never did find the right one to mark the occation till 3 days ago.  I thought I would buy a coach or a Brahmin.  My friend Diane Morris have many of those bags.  I tried all of her bags on but none of them looked good on me or made me feel like "this is it."  Well, Diane is skinny and tall - da! I told my self.  Last Sunday I saw a Brahmin bag on a chair at Will's Church.  I picked it up and put it on my shoulder.  It fits me perfectly and I felt that I looked good with it.  The owner of the bag and the ladies around me said it looks like it's mine.  So, I thought to myself I will go to Macy's and see if they have it.  I did and found it.  The young lady there helped me put the strap doubled correctlly just like the bag I saw on Sunday.  Wa la... I bought it!  It turned out that I had tried this bag many times before but the straps were not right - too long for the very short me.  I did not know how to shorten them on my own.  I am so happy that I have a perfect bag - the first  'Brahmin' - a gift from my siblings.

Why I am telling this in it's gory detail?  The surprise is this, I thought I would run out and find a perfect bag in Dec. 2010, but I was wrong.  I could have spent that money from my sibblings buying just any thing.  But they are too important to me to buy something mediocre to have as a gift from them.  So I decided to save the money and wait 'til I found the right bag.  The surprise is this, after 1.9 years I found it and I knew it instantly when I did.  I am so over joyed.  I am what they called a type Aperson who is over-achieving, competative and always in a hurry to finish the task.  I am surprised by the surprise finding of this and it's timing.  The lesson I learn from this is how true  Lamentations 3:22-26 passage is.  I waited and I am enjoying the result of waiting.  Waiting, patience and calmly seeking are a part of the right way to live.  The goodnews is - I have my first Brahmin bag! it will each time I use it will remind me of the love of my siblings.

Lamentions 3:22-26
²² The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,

   his mercies never come to an end;
²³ they are new every morning;
   great is your faithfulness.
²⁴ ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul,
   ‘therefore I will hope in him.’ 

²⁵ The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
   to the soul that seeks him.
²⁶ It is good that one should wait quietly
   for the salvation of the Lord.