Milk Glass Tea Cup & Snack Tray Set

There is a little store we love stopping in to every now and then. They sell all sorts of antiques and unique items you can't find just anywhere!

Toward the end of last summer, we stopped in for a small break from work when we came across this beautiful set of 14 tea cups and 14 snack trays.

I am a BIG fan of classic white dishes and milk glass. To me it is timeless beauty! This beautiful little set caught my eye right off!

It was selling at a wonderful price-- only $35 for the set (of what I thought was 12 settings). I wanted them badly and imagined how beautiful they would go with a pink tray set I found a year ago. I could just imagine serving my snacks on these trays at our weekly Bible study meetings we have in our home!

Yet--

No matter how I tried, I just could not imagine spending the money on myself.

So I talked to God about it. I told Him how much I liked the little set. I told Him how I would just love to serve our Bible study snacks on them! I told Him how I'd love to serve ANY snack or treat to my family on them! I talked to Him about it quite a bit. I never felt that God didn't WANT me to have them-- I knew He didn't mind.

Finally, at the beginning of this year, I just knew that I wanted the set, but was still unsettled about the price. One day a few weeks ago, Him said he felt a prompting to go back to that little store and get the set for me. Knowing how I am, Him was just going to pay a little and put it on layaway for me.

We searched the little store, but couldn't find the set. Then I found myself standing next to a large display FILLED with all kinds of wonderful milk glass and a sign that read: "MILK GLASS 75% OFF".

We bought the whole set for only $8.00 plus tax! The whole crew of workers wrapped my set beautifully in paper and placed it in a large box. It wasn't until a few days later, when I was carefully unwrapping the set, that I realized this was not a 24-piece set-- It's a 28-piece set!

I just knew that somehow God would give me the set for less; something I wouldn't feel so guilty about. :)