I love shoes, as many women do. There is just something about stepping in a cute flat or shiny wedge that will make a girl feel good. My children pulled out every pair of shoe that I and my husband owned the other day. They lined them all the way down the hallway. What was the total count? There were thirty-eight pairs.
Now I know to some that may seem reasonable. To others, it may seem excessive. It all depends on your perspective. Either way, as I stood there staring at all my shoes, I realized that many of them I do not even wear anymore. Most were given to me as gifts from my husband. (He is a man after my own
heart.) Others I bought for a specific occasion to go with a specific dress that was a specific style. Nearly every pair is seasonal, except for one, my house slippers. I love my house slippers. They are soft and comfortable and always “in style.”
As I thought about all my shoes, I was reminded of the many relationships I have been in throughout my life. I thought of friendships that have endured and others that were seasonal at best. I thought of the relationships that I stepped into too quickly because they looked so attractive. I had emptied the pocket-book of my heart just to step into them, only to find out that the shoe was the wrong fit. If you wear the wrong shoe, even for a short time, you will be left with blisters and a hurting sole. It is far more difficult, though not impossible, to heal the hurts of being in the wrong relationship.
Out of all the relationships I have had or have, there is one I love the most. It is soft and comfortable and always “in-style.” It is the relationship that I have with Jesus Christ. My relationship with my husband would come next. I am blessed to have a husband that is constantly showing the love of Christ to me. He is soft-hearted. He makes our home comfortable. As far as looks go, he is just “my style.”
I have found that the shoes I walk in matter, but the relationships I walk in matter most. Blessed is the person who finds the perfect pair of shoes and blessed is the person who finds the perfect companion.
“I, even I, am he who comforts you.” – Isaiah 55:12a
