I decided months ago to put this candle holder up for sale. My little granddaughter, Bri, just loves to play with it each and every time she comes to my house and has even cracked one of the candles.

As you can see, I only had 39 views and have kept lowering the price until I am just practically giving it away at 5.00.

A couple of days ago I tried to renew the ad for the candle holder and it has been renewed and lowered 7 times and it would not let me renew it any more. I almost deleted it at that moment but decided to give it one more shot.

Last night I received a message out of the clear blue and wanted to ask if this was still available and I replied yes. The lady on the other end said that she wanted it and that she lived in Gainesboro and worked in Baxter and would pick it up on her way to work. I thought this is good.

This morning I got up early and did all my little chores around the house and then messaged the lady and asked her what time she would be coming through and that I could meet her at Ragland’s vet clinic as it was right off highway 111. I also told her that I was asking because I was about to jump in the shower and didn’t want to stand her up.

She said we could meet around 2pm. So I jumped in the shower and went about my business of the day and asked Mark if he wanted to ride with me to meet her later and then go on to Cookeville and get a bite to eat. He jumped at the chance as he had been working outside and was hot, tired, and hungry. Our plans were set.

In just a little while the lady messaged me again and told me that she was new to the area and didn’t know her way around very well and that when she pulled up on her GPS the directions to our meeting place that it was not even the route that she planned on taking. I told her that we were heading to Cookeville anyway and that we could meet her somewhere else if she liked that was more convenient to her. She then told me that she was heading out to Jackson Tennessee today to pick up her wedding dress and would leave her house in about 1 hour.

I had also been checking her route and realized that she needed to come from Gainesboro to Baxter and get on interstate 40 at that point and head to Jackson via 40. I volunteered to meet her at Speedway at the Baxter exit at around 1pm. She was to text me when she left her house.

Of course Mark was driving when we headed out and somewhere in the conversation he came to realize that we were headed to the Baxter exit which was out of our way to sell a 5.00 item. He was giving me that look (the one that I hate). I was wishing in my heart that I had just left him at home.

I ended up just telling him that she was new to the area, did not know her way around, and didn’t have much money and that I felt sorry for her and was just helping her out and I know it is a stupid thing to do but I just felt like I should do it. He still had that look on his face and drove on in silence.

We got to the destination and I texted the lady and told her we were already there and what I drove and where we were parked. She wrote back and gave me her vehicle description. I did not recognize the name of her vehicle and just knew it was gray. I asked Mark if he knew what that vehicle looked like and he said yes, that is an old car and not even made any more. He had that look again!

She texted that she was 10 minutes away. I met her in front of the store and carried my item over to her car. I told her that she had a really long drive ahead of her and to be safe. She said that she had cancelled the trip and that she had just broken up with her boyfriend and called off the wedding. He was supposed to make the trip to Jackson with her but just yelled all over her and she told me that she got to thinking about it and thought to herself, “Why would I even want to marry someone like that”. I told her how very sorry that I was and she said it is ok, I will just use this candle holder in my house and it will be fine.

As I walked away a “not enough” feeling came over me. I know I should have said more to her, I should have shined Jesus all over her but I didn’t.

I got back to the car and told Mark what had just happened and he said, She was covered in tattoos and I quietly just said, “So was Danny and just because a person has tattoos that doesn’t mean that they are a bad person”

All day today I have thought of her and know that I was placed there today. I should have done more. I should have said more.

In John 13:15 (KJV) it says this:

“For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.” 

God has been so good to me all of my life! I talk about makeup I sell and cleaning products that I sell and health giving oils that I sell and I believe in the good of all of these things and promote them. What makes it so hard to promote the Christ, the Living God that has done more for me that any earthly thing I have ever owned?

I feel ashamed tonight of myself and ask you to pray for the lady that bought my candlestick. Pray that not only does that candlestick give out light for her but that the Light of Jesus shines upon her and gives her peace in her time of brokenness.

Each day we are being placed in our spot in life to make a difference. Wake up! Myself included……our time is short!