Yesterday I was sitting in church and looking at my shoes. They are green suede with little tassels on the front and they are pretty cute. There were a gift from my friend Bekah, who is a shoe-worshiper, much like myself. Interesting gift, a pair of shoes. I don't know how many of you have received shoes as a gift, but I don't think it's in the top ten suggestions for gifts. But for me, it's significant. Last week, I received another pair of shoes as a gift, and as I began to think back on my life, shoes are sortof a theme.
As a young girl, I loved playing dress-up and my grandma and her sister were both super stylish and had tiny feet so when I visited, I could wear all their high-heeled, sparkly shoes. I was in heaven. They both had so many shoes, I would guess at least 50 pairs each. I was a flower girl for my Dad's cousins wedding and we were at his aunts house in a preparation time of some sort. I didn't care, I was in the closet, picking out shoes. I came running in the kitchen, slipped on the rug and bashed my front teeth out on the stool, just a few weeks before the wedding! The pictures are quite funny. (now they're funny, but when you're planning a perfect, beautiful wedding, you don't want your flower girl's face bashed in or her teeth missing)
In high school, my friend Charles lived with his grandma and she had foot surgery and ended up giving away about 15 pairs of shoes, to me! They were really nice and really expensive and some of them didn't fit me...but I wore them anyway. Just a few weeks ago, a coworker of Hutch gave us some hand-me down clothes and in the bags were a pair of Uggs. I'm not a brand-name buyer, but I do know those are expensive and I was pretty excited to get them. There were a size 6 and I wore them anyway. ( I wear size 9) After a bit of pondering, I decided that I needed to let go of the thought that I would own something that trendy, and gave them away to a friend. I'm sure my feet will thank me later! I shared this story with another friend and we laughed together at my antics. But, she went to Costco and got me some beautiful boots, just like the Uggs, but in my size! They are so great and comfortable.
As all these thoughts flashed through my mind, God told me, "Just walk, I will give you what you need."
It was so clear, so tender, so HIM. "Just walk, I will give you what you need."
And He reminded me of the scripture my mom spoke over me when I left for California. She was laughing that I was painting my toes at the going-away party but I was so excited to be going to flip-flop country and I wanted my feet to look pretty. And the Lord brought to her mind
7 How beautiful upon the mountains
Are the feet of him who brings good news,
Who proclaims peace,
Who brings glad tidings of good things,
Who proclaims salvation,
Who says to Zion,
“ Your God reigns!"
In his tender way, God again reminded me to
" Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
But He also told me that He would provide. As he has in the past, given me beautiful shoes that I didn't need but that delighted my heart, He will again, give me what I need and more.
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