Seven days ago, I launched my Etsy shop. It was mostly because our home is overloaded with earrings. Literally. The breaking point was when I found a pair of earrings in my wallet and on my kitchen counter. I know what you are thinking, "Geez. She's messy." Sometimes I am a little messy, but that's not the point. ;)
The point is that my earring holder was fully stocked, and there were still about a dozen additional earrings hanging around all over the place. It was clear to both the Mr. and I that it was time to let some of them go.
I had big dreams to sell the earrings and use the proceeds to help others somehow. I never got around to sharing that last intention on Etsy. I suppose it was 1 part procrastination and 1 part pride.
One week later, there were no sales and no real leads. Then, I went thrifting. It's my favorite shop in town. The proceeds go to help feed the homeless in our community. It's a beautiful thing. Anyhow, I glanced over at there earring section, and saw...pretty much nothing. There were four pairs of earrings and a sign.
"We need jewelry, especially earrings..."
God thing? I think so.
After doing a little shopping, I went home and grabbed my "inventory" of 16 pairs of earrings and one necklace and drove them back as a donation.
They were elated. Frankly, so was I. Being led by the Lord, I left my name and phone number in case they ever need more earrings. The shop manager then adds,"I'll just call you 'the earring lady'."
And yes, I believe that was God's way of telling me that I'm not so crazy after all.
Our God can use anything that we surrender to Him. I wanted to open up an online shop. God wanted to make me a supplier.
Who would have thunk it?
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