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The Two Gifts
This Christmas I received two very special gifts. One was the most lovely little gift from a very dear friend and his family that I have referred to often in numerous little stories on this website. The other one was a tiny 2-piece bone china heart box from a friend. I have found over and over that God meets us just where we are. He knows the pain in our heart, and He has a way of letting us know that He shares in our grief. The first gift was this beautiful little praying angel trinket box (picture shown is before it was broken) with hardly any space to place anything. On the side of the box is written the words:
When I opened it to take it out, the tip of the angel’s wing was broken as well as the angel being totally broken from the waist down in the shipping. My first thought was to replace it but then after awhile I put the two pieces together and put it back in the box. When I turned back to look at it again, the little angel was bent over so far she looked as if she was grieving as she prayed. Once more I knew that God was there sharing in my grief in a situation at least for now, that I had no control over. When I opened the second gift I had no idea what I could do with the little tiny heart shaped box. But sitting in my little sacred space that I have upstairs over a second floor dormer, I realized I was to was to write down that one word, I was feeling in my heart Grief and to place it in that little heart box. It was to represent my handing the pain in my heart over to God to heal and work out. Shortly thereafter I felt a tremendous peace and knew I could not let that be the focus of my life. I had to continue to go on doing whatever it was God led me to do, whether that was being there for someone else, or just reading His Word….I will not leave you comfortless I will come to you. John 14:18 KJV And He did…and He will for you, just ask Him into your heart.
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