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The Little Brown Chair

by Robin Bartholomew
10/24/15
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The Little Brown Chair

Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down,
shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.
For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Giving and being a blessing to others is what I strive to do each
day. To help someone have a better day, to make things easier
for them. Just to put a smile on their face. And sometimes we are
a blessing to someone and we don't even know it. But God has
a better plan.

Hebrews 11:40
God had planned something better for us so that only together
with us would they be made perfect.

A few years ago I was looking for a new rocker/recliner, as mine
was starting to break down and I knew I was going to have to
replace it. So I started looking in some of my catalogs I like and
I found this really nice brown recliner. Looked really good,
microfiber material (which I love), perfect color (brown) and the
right price, low shipping charge, the whole works, just what I
wanted, or so I thought.

So I ordered it and waited with excitement for it to arrive. The day
finally came and I was working, but my husband received it and
opened the big box. There it was, my brown rocker/recliner. He
called me, said your chair is here. I was so excited and then he
told me, "It is very small, like an apartment size chair, pretty but
small". I was so disappointed. I got home and sure enough it was
to small for me. So I found the return label and decided the only
thing to do was to return it. So we boxed it back up and proceded
to send it back. But wait, I had to pay for the return shipping (which
I did not realize when I ordered it). Well the return shipping was
almost as much as the cost of the chair itself, so I decided I would
just keep it and sell it myself. So back home we came. Took it out
of the box and set in the living room and put an ad in the paper to
sell it. No buyer came, no one even called about it. I was very
disappointed, but thought I'll just keep it for a while.

So for a few years we kept it and a few people would sit in it, but
not to many. One of our very dear and close friend sat in it everytime
they came and it fit her perfectly. Well as time went by she got sick
with cancer and had to have back surgery. She was still recovering
from that when our New Year's Eve Gospel Sing came about (we
have one every year). She wanted to come, but knew she would not
be able to sit very long in those chairs that were there, so we told
her, we will take this little brown chair and she could sit in it and
recline as she needed to. Well it worked perfect for her. So for 2
years we would take that chair for her so that she could attend
that sing. Oh how I Thanked the Good Lord for that. What I thought
was just a big stupid mistake on my part...God had a Better Plan.
Well our Sweet Precious Friend lost her battle with cancer and is
now with Jesus in Heaven. And we still have that little brown chair.
But oh what a blessing it was for her.

Well as time went by, a sweet couple at our church had to move
out of the house they were renting in a quick hurry as it had been
sold. So they decided to build a new house. They had to store a
lot of their belongings in different places and in the process some
of their things became damaged beyond using. Well I felt really
bad for them. So we asked them what they needed. They said...
bedding, blankets, bed and she needed a chair, a recliner, as hers
was damaged beyond repair. Wow, a recliner? I called her and told
her, "I have a Little Brown Rocker/Recliner she can have if she wants
it". That same Little Brown Chair that had been a blessing before was
now a blessing again for another sweet friend. She took the chair
and it fit perfect and she loves it. Thank you Sweet Jesus.

You see, God took a mistake I made and made it a Blessing, not
just to one, but to two Precious Friends. God knew all about who
needed that Little Brown Chair. That's why I was unable to return
it or sell it. Jesus Knows Best.

Psalm 33:11
But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his
heart through all generations.

Thank You Precious Father...Amen!