2006
What does God have to do with curtains? Well, I’ll tell you.
I dropped the kids off at school, cleaned the bathroom, and decided to hang the gold curtain panels I had bought for our new home. I found the curtains in the clearance pile at Wal-Mart for $5.00 per panel! A steal! I needed 6 panels, which totaled $30.00 compared to a custom curtain quote of $1,600!
I wanted the floor length size and there were only 3 packs left but one pack was a shorter length. I figured I have 3 windows, for this price I’ll make it work. As it turns out it was a blessing in disguise because the shorter panels looked much better on the main window anyway. It was too good to be true. The color looked great with the barn red walls and the price was unbeatable. I felt like I was a good steward of our finances.
I was so excited, I whispered, “Gee Lord, it seems like you have blessed me with these curtains for some reason, why would you care about curtains?” And He immediately seemed to respond, “because you care about Me.” Whoa! I wasn’t really expecting an answer!
I used to watch Joyce Meyer, a television preacher and author, and she would speak about being “anointed to shop”. I always could relate to that. I sure was “anointed” to shop for those curtains!
The whole experience got me thinking about how we can find God in all the little things that happen each day and talk to Him as we go about whatever we are doing. Nothing is too insignificant for our Creator that loves us, not even curtains. He meets all our needs. God will come to us wherever we are. Drawing us to Himself, communing with us, loving us, blessing us, surprising us, filling us with joy. Yes, even furnishing us with curtains!
Further, it occurred to me there is even some significance to the curtains being gold. Gold is associated with riches, blessing. It’s a precious metal that’s been around through the centuries. The first place Olympic medal is gold. Gold is used in jewelry and wedding rings. It symbolizes royalty. One of the gifts the Christ child, the King of Kings, was given, was gold. I looked up “gold” in my small Bible concordance. Wow! There are more entries for “gold” than most other words! Starting in Genesis through to Revelation, gold is mentioned.
So it was as if God gave me a golden gift of curtains, but even better, the gift of Himself and His presence in my day. Reminding me that each one of us, our faith, our Jesus, are all infinitely more precious than gold.
I’ll never look at those curtains the same way again. And it’s 2022 as I edit and post this, and those curtains are still hanging there, as gold as ever!