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| Before I went to a second cart... |
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| my carts leaving the aisles.- notice the bottom of one is full too! |
“That can’t be right…,”
I thought to myself as I looked at the prices of the toys in the sale
isle. “No way….” I said out loud to no one in
particular… I picked up one of the toys
and double checked the SKU number against the price shown. Could I have JUST accidentally stumbled
onto one of the greatest sales I have seen? This couldn’t have been
advertised! I went through grabbing
toys. Putting them into my cart,
filling up one, and then a second cart both spilling over. Sitting in the middle of the surprisingly low attended sale aisle
I thought through who I was going to need presents for, I strategically
scribbled a list onto the back of my prescription bag and marked them off as I
sprawled toys across the aisles. The manager
and workers were smiling at me as I dragged my 2 overloaded carts away from the isle. They informed me that they weren’t going to
keep the sale going all day even, the 75% off was going back up to 50% off
before the days end. I also heard the
one employee state that he worked over 4 hours pricing last night and really
didn’t want to have to re-price everything all over again.
Leaving the store, I immediately began calling and texting
friends to let them know about this amazing sale. I went to get my daughter from school and proudly showed off my
trunk full of 30 different LARGE toys for under $100. My friends began rushing to the store and began filling up
carts. As they were leaving, the signs
were pulled, the sale was over, they had emptied enough of their shelves for
new merchandise to come in, so they were putting the prices back to the 50%
savings instead of 75%.
I had an amazing feeling surround me; I was leaving with an
amazing deal, 30 amazing deals. I was
leaving with gifts for family, friends, my kids, my husband… Who needs Black
Friday when I have a random Wednesday?
There is something about the way you feel when you score a really great
deal. There is a feeling of elation, a
feeling of excitement, a feeling like you just HAVE to tell everyone about
it. My endorphins were so high. I am still on cloud 17, I surpassed 9 a
while ago! I got a call from my mom
later and re-lived the whole experience.
WOW! What a rush!
Now, had I not been in the right place at the right time, I
would never have known about this amazing sale. Life is a lot of times like that. Bringing myself back to reality and back home I wondered how God
wanted to use that rush in my life.
Have you ever brought someone to Christ? Have you ever felt the satisfaction of praying a prayer of
salvation with someone? The rush that
you get is amazing. It is very similar
to a sale.
Sometimes, we talk to our friends and family about Christ
for years. We discuss with them the
joys of being a Christian etc, but they don’t listen to us. Then one day, when we aren’t checking in
with them, something amazing happens, they ask Christ to come into their
hearts. We are so excited for them, but
we wish we could have been there to see it happen. Sometimes, we aren’t there at just the right place and time to
help someone accept Christ. Sometimes,
we forget, but if we are putting ourselves in the situation to be the right
place at the right time and constantly seeking salvation for our friends and
loved ones, then we are less likely to miss it.
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