You are not fire-sale material
Shopping breaks boredom, helps women bond, and replaces therapists. Of course, it has been known to wipe out savings from time to time, so the next best thing is to only buy items that are on the rack at bargain basement prices.
However, I have noticed that when people shop for something really special — say a wedding or a big company event or some such thing — then it’s time for stores that splurge on quality and that put a special oomph into everything they sell. When the event is that special, people take out every little bit of savings to buy that special moment of happiness.
The one big difference between Heavenly Father and the adversary is this: Father makes us feel that we are never fire-sale material. That He will roll the red carpet for us every time we want to come to Him. That He will buy us with the best that He has: His Only Begotten Son. That He will make even the sun smile and the wind wave its arms when we need reassurance of His love.
The adversary, on the other hand, makes us feel like we’re good only when we are at a 70% discount. He will make us feel tattered and worn, dated and either too big or too small with seams showing in the most unlikely of places. He will make us feel that nobody likes us anyway.
It doesn’t even take another person to make us feel this way. We do this to ourselves all the time when we listen to his goading. We allow ourselves to forget where and how we were made and that we are meant for an eternity of happiness. That we are the literal sons and daughters of a Being so much more magnificent and awesome than anything we have ever physically seen.
As a writer in the public eye, I have received my share of sharp criticisms — I wasn’t good enough, my work wasn’t good enough, I was nothing. Just like that, more often in the entire length of one line, I have been written off and relegated to the “fire-sale bin”.
It hurts. The one thing that helps me to bounce back is the whisper of the soft air around me that Heavenly Father IS my Father, and He will give me as many tries as I need, as long as I do my best all the time. And that’s not just for spiritual matters, but in matters of the heart, of the pocketbook, in my work. He is in every detail of my life.
That’s love. I’m good enough for posh shopping. I even come with extra thread and buttons. I’m not fire-sale material. And so are you.
Very nice post. Thank you for your reflections. I also wish to thank Salve Duplito for pointing me to this wonderful site. Are you her?
Hi Digerati,
Yup, guilty as charged
. Thanks for dropping by. This is the blog where I don’t talk about money hehe. I would love to meet if and when you come back to Manila! That would be so cool.
This is wonderful Salve my daughter , sorry to say I read some parts last time I didnot seethis until after today I wokeup 18 min .past4 then comeup tocleaning my emails so I read every message posted before I delete them , nice thank you again for being my daughter you are wonderful child of our Heavenly Father . We have plenty of challenges and yet wehave soo many things to enjoy in the gospel , now you have a boy with the priesthood of God, qualified to actin His name I am soo happy for you . Regards to everyone bubut Dan , Bamboo Lane and bugs .