St. Patrick's Day and Olive Green

So...this is my very first blog! And it just hit me - I have no time to blog. I should be studying. BUT - sometimes you have to make time for special events, and I feel this blog is one of those. A special event. So with that said, here goes:
For my very first post, I wanted to start with something exciting! And I was IMPELLED (great word) to write about my favorite color. Olive Green.
Now, for those of you who don't know...Olive Green has NEVER, and I repeat NEVER been a favorite color of mine - UNTIL the Lord took me on a little journey that revealed to me the secrets of the color, Olive Green.
Like I said, I've never been drawn toward Olive Green. But one day as I was getting dressed, I couldn't help but notice how over the previous month, several - no, MANY items surrounding me were Olive. I observed olive bedsheets, olive towels, shower curtain, suitcase, clothing, and even a purse I had just purchased. And then it hit me. What is the Lord trying to teach me here? There's a reason for all this Olive green...And the awesome thing is, when we ask Him, He tells. In Psalms 25 it states, "Friendship with God is reserved for those who reverence Him. With them He shares the secrets of His heart". So I asked Him, "Lord? What are you trying to tell me?"
And then I started studying His word. He led me to see that Olive branches were used to crown Victors in bloody battle. That was me. I had not been fighting a physical battle, but a spiritual battle that was brutal. But I received and accepted His Victory!
When I got to work that day, I was still enthralled with the Olive green revelation. As I was sitting at my computer, I received an email from someone I had never met that read:
"A word for you. Thought you might need this today"
After leaning to my coworkers and seeing if they received the same email - negative - I proceeded to open and read. It was a devotional written by Joel Osteen. (Now, I'm personally not a huge fan, but, Hey...this message WAS indeed for me)
It said: Start Celebrating Your Victory Today!
It continued to say that Victory is on the way. Start receiving and believing that God has given you the victory for whatever you're dealing with.

I was amazed...that went right along with my Olive Green - Victory! I immediately replied to the sender of this email and said, "I don't know if you meant this email for me, but I want you to know...it was MEANT for me." To which she responded, "No, I meant to send it to the person right above you on the email addresses, but glad it could help!"
Isn't God good??? He's so wonderful.
So ever since that extraordinary day, when I saw Olive green in a whole new light, I have LOVED that color. I now call it my "God" color. And I think it's even cooler that today of all days, when so many people are celebrating St. Patrick's day, I'm blogging for the first time...surrounded by my favorite color...Olive Green.