( In honor of Susan Tocco)
Life is adventurous and exciting when we choose to surrender to Christ and follow His leading!
God passionately loves us, and in His unique way, seeks after us. I had the honor of witnessing how God uniquely pursued Susan Tocco.
Friday, April 14, 2012
It was a beautiful sunny afternoon. I was sitting in my office, staring at the pile of mail screaming for my attention, while listening to flamenco music on Pandora. Strunz & Farah, a Costa Rican and an Iranian musicians, together make magic with their acoustic guitars.
Suddenly, I saw an image: Donna, at dk Gallery! Donna was the owner of dk Gallery. Nestled on the historic downtown Marietta, dk Gallery was housed in a late 1800s storefront on the Marietta Square. The gallery was renovated to maintain the aesthetic charm of its glory days. Donna had an exquisite taste in art and her gallery represented emerging and established contemporary painters and sculptors of the South. The gallery had a unique and welcoming ambience for me. I visited dk Art Gallery quite often.
My book had just been published and I had promised Donna to give her a copy. I felt compelled to visit her. I asked Nahid, my assistant to drive me there. Twenty minutes later we parked in front of the gallery. Donna greeted me with the warmest smile as I wheeled into the gallery. We embraced Persian style, one kiss on each cheek.
“You haven’t been here in a year! I was just talking about you with Linda yesterday! Did she send you here?” she said.
“ Linda? No! She didn’t send me here. But… How do you know Linda?”
“I just met her yesterday! She was visiting the gallery and we began talking and she started telling me all about you, and I told her that I knew you.”, Donna said.
I gave her a copy of my book. She was excited!
“I’m leaving to go to the hospital to visit my friend, Susan who is on her death bed.” she said.
I immediately knew that this was a divine appointment! “That’s why I had to come here, for Susan.” I thought. God had prompted me to come.
I told Donna to read to Susan chapter 26 ,The Reason for my Hope, which is all about heaven. “God wants her to know that He loves her. That’s why I was sent here today!” I said.
That evening I send an email to Linda who had visited dk Gallery earlier. She wrote me back.
“ Wow, that is so beautiful! I had arrived early at the square Thursday evening to meet up with some friends passing through Atlanta for dinner and thought I would take a look at dk Gallery and I had never met the owner before. We started talking and I mentioned you and your paintings. She told me she knew you but hadn't seen you in over a year. I love how God connects His children for His purposes!”
Saturday, April 15, 2012
Email from Donna:
OH MY... I took the book to my friend, Susan and she told me this morning it has changed her life and that she doesn’t want to die any more. She wants to live now! OH MY!
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Donna invited me to join Susan and her friend Joan for lunch one day. It was after Susan was released from the hospital. We met at a restaurant near the Gallery. My eyes met Susan’s big blue eyes, as she showed me highlighted portions of my book and told me how it had re-kindled her joy for life! I prayed for God to heal her completely.
Susan passed away this month. She had battled with physical health for years and now, is in the arms of our Savior, completely healed.
Nasrin 1-10-13
Life is adventurous and exciting when we choose to surrender to Christ and follow His leading!
God passionately loves us, and in His unique way, seeks after us. I had the honor of witnessing how God uniquely pursued Susan Tocco.
Friday, April 14, 2012
It was a beautiful sunny afternoon. I was sitting in my office, staring at the pile of mail screaming for my attention, while listening to flamenco music on Pandora. Strunz & Farah, a Costa Rican and an Iranian musicians, together make magic with their acoustic guitars.
Suddenly, I saw an image: Donna, at dk Gallery! Donna was the owner of dk Gallery. Nestled on the historic downtown Marietta, dk Gallery was housed in a late 1800s storefront on the Marietta Square. The gallery was renovated to maintain the aesthetic charm of its glory days. Donna had an exquisite taste in art and her gallery represented emerging and established contemporary painters and sculptors of the South. The gallery had a unique and welcoming ambience for me. I visited dk Art Gallery quite often.
My book had just been published and I had promised Donna to give her a copy. I felt compelled to visit her. I asked Nahid, my assistant to drive me there. Twenty minutes later we parked in front of the gallery. Donna greeted me with the warmest smile as I wheeled into the gallery. We embraced Persian style, one kiss on each cheek.
“You haven’t been here in a year! I was just talking about you with Linda yesterday! Did she send you here?” she said.
“ Linda? No! She didn’t send me here. But… How do you know Linda?”
“I just met her yesterday! She was visiting the gallery and we began talking and she started telling me all about you, and I told her that I knew you.”, Donna said.
I gave her a copy of my book. She was excited!
“I’m leaving to go to the hospital to visit my friend, Susan who is on her death bed.” she said.
I immediately knew that this was a divine appointment! “That’s why I had to come here, for Susan.” I thought. God had prompted me to come.
I told Donna to read to Susan chapter 26 ,The Reason for my Hope, which is all about heaven. “God wants her to know that He loves her. That’s why I was sent here today!” I said.
That evening I send an email to Linda who had visited dk Gallery earlier. She wrote me back.
“ Wow, that is so beautiful! I had arrived early at the square Thursday evening to meet up with some friends passing through Atlanta for dinner and thought I would take a look at dk Gallery and I had never met the owner before. We started talking and I mentioned you and your paintings. She told me she knew you but hadn't seen you in over a year. I love how God connects His children for His purposes!”
Saturday, April 15, 2012
Email from Donna:
OH MY... I took the book to my friend, Susan and she told me this morning it has changed her life and that she doesn’t want to die any more. She wants to live now! OH MY!
**********
Donna invited me to join Susan and her friend Joan for lunch one day. It was after Susan was released from the hospital. We met at a restaurant near the Gallery. My eyes met Susan’s big blue eyes, as she showed me highlighted portions of my book and told me how it had re-kindled her joy for life! I prayed for God to heal her completely.
Susan passed away this month. She had battled with physical health for years and now, is in the arms of our Savior, completely healed.
Nasrin 1-10-13