I took a little drive one day to a neighboring town with my
sister. We were going to look for beads
to make rosaries with at consignment and thrift shops. Walking down the street of a quaint little
town, we popped into a secondhand store.
It was a small, tightly packed store with nooks and crannies filled to
the brim with old and new alike. The proprietor asked us if she could be of any
help and we chimed in together that we were looking for beads to make rosaries
with. To our delight she revealed that she too was a Catholic and lead into stories
of her life and faith. It was such a
blessing to share conversation of our mutual faith and hope in Jesus and His
Church. We didn’t have much fortune in
finding beads there, but the kind woman excitedly asked us to follow her to the
back of the store. Reaching to a high
dusty shelf she carefully brought down a beautiful statue of the Blessed Mother
standing about 12 inches tall. It was feather light and very delicately
fashioned with a brown glaze. She told
us that she would like to give us the statue because she knew that we would be
reverent and truly appreciate it…she had no intentions of ever just selling it
to an antique collector. What an amazing
blessing that lifted our spirit!
The beautiful statue sat on my windowsill and greeted me in
the morning with a reminder to ever so diligently seek the will of God and say
yes to Him daily. One day I was
rearranging the room and accidentally knocked over the delicate paper clay statue. Horrified and saddened I picked up the two
pieces thinking, how could have I been so careless as to let this happen. As I was repairing the damage I realized there
was no way to evenly match the finish without repainting the whole statue. So with that, Our Lady’s statue went from
sepia to color. While prepping the
statue for paint I had a deep desire to add a little something so I sculpted
out of clay a symbol of The Immaculate Heart.
It turned out more beautiful than I imagined it would and now is placed in
a secure alcove to be honored far out reach.
Thank you my sweet Jesus for all the little ways you inspire my days!
Beautiful! And I love your alcove, so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I love that alcove too. It was one of those I had to have it moments that I get to indulge in very seldom anymore. I found it at a cozy furniture/decor store in Bend years ago. I knew when I saw it that it would make the perfect little home for Our Lady's statue.
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