The Creamer

      I wrote this poem after an unexpected trip (rabbit trail) to an antique store in the hope of finding a creamer that would look OK with the red rimmed sugar bowl I got at a flea market. I had one in my hand that I thought would suffice...no red rim...didn't match, but that was alright since I mix and match things all the time. But no...that wasn't my Heavenly Father's plan that day...as once again, He revealed His love to me.

by Charlotte Foster

Just a little creamer,

May not seem much to you.

To me it represents a love,

That’s always fresh and new.

It comes to me in many ways,

Some simple and some not.

At times it’s unexpected,

And other times it’s sought.

Little trinkets of Himself,

To find when unaware.

Confirming in my heart again,

That He is always there.

He follows me to silly places-

My favorite antique store.

 Reveals He knows my every thought,

And that He’s gone before. 

For on my knees down on the floor,

And moving things aside.

I got a glimpse of something,

That someone seemed to hide.

Around in back, behind a vase,

No, it just couldn’t be!

The red rim of a creamer,

My Father hid for me.

All alone it sat there,

No more useful role.

I didn’t mind because you see,

I own the sugar bowl!

Only He would know that,

And only He would care.

Only He could know that day,

That I’d be shopping there!

But as it is written:

 “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,

Nor have entered into the heart of man,

The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

(1 Corinthians 2:9)

      If He is so loving and good to us here, how much more can He possibly be preparing for eternity? I cannot even imagine! His love is displayed in everything around us; the beauty of His creation in the changing seasons, the song of a bird outside our windows, the opening of a flower as it reaches its head toward the sun...and yes, even a creamer!

I pray you will take notice today of His love for you, in whatever way He reveals it.

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