Dorothy's Ruby Slippers
Have you ever stopped to think of the power or the uncomfortable feel the ruby slippers must have given to Dorothy as she made her way to OZ? As most women I love shoes, if there is a shoe store with in ten feet of me I can smell it. I love shoes, even my son when he was a little boy loved for me to take him to get shoes. But have you ever set your feet into a pair of shoes that you loved but found they were uncomfortable, they were just to tight?
Well think of it this way, Dorothy received the beautiful shoes she wore because of someone else's demise. They were beautiful yes but they held power I guess according to the book, but as beautiful as they were to look at they brought her way to much attention from an evil witch that wanted to destroy her. The same is true when you step into the light of God. God with his beauty is good and perfect and wants nothing but good. And like the promise of the Ruby Slippers of a way home so does God give that picture, he offers a way home. When it comes down to it the shoes are uncomfortable or seem not to fit because of the follower that always seems to be behind you. The one that wants to keep us away from God, also seeks to destroy in his own manner, being deceptive in his manner making things look good to the eye and the want of something we shouldn't have.
As humans we all want things from time to time that we can't have and shouldn't have for one reason or another. Just like The Tin man, the Lion and the scarecrow we have exactly what we need, we just didn't know that it was there. In times of that uncomfortable feeling of not seeming to have the right shoe, God is there and he will see that it fits just right.
Just as the Slippers are red and covers the foot God covers us through his blood. It washes away all the short comings we have and cleanses us. God tells us that who ever calls on his name shall be saved. We are not always going to be comfortable stepping out in faith, but he gives us what we need when we need it, we just forget to ask.
God leads us the way home if we follow is direction ,to a well-lit highway that leads straight to him. Most of what my blog is about is what God can do to help when we feel there is no hope in a struggle, but when we are his he is there when we think no one is listening.
God Bless,
Teresa
Well think of it this way, Dorothy received the beautiful shoes she wore because of someone else's demise. They were beautiful yes but they held power I guess according to the book, but as beautiful as they were to look at they brought her way to much attention from an evil witch that wanted to destroy her. The same is true when you step into the light of God. God with his beauty is good and perfect and wants nothing but good. And like the promise of the Ruby Slippers of a way home so does God give that picture, he offers a way home. When it comes down to it the shoes are uncomfortable or seem not to fit because of the follower that always seems to be behind you. The one that wants to keep us away from God, also seeks to destroy in his own manner, being deceptive in his manner making things look good to the eye and the want of something we shouldn't have.
As humans we all want things from time to time that we can't have and shouldn't have for one reason or another. Just like The Tin man, the Lion and the scarecrow we have exactly what we need, we just didn't know that it was there. In times of that uncomfortable feeling of not seeming to have the right shoe, God is there and he will see that it fits just right.
Just as the Slippers are red and covers the foot God covers us through his blood. It washes away all the short comings we have and cleanses us. God tells us that who ever calls on his name shall be saved. We are not always going to be comfortable stepping out in faith, but he gives us what we need when we need it, we just forget to ask.
God leads us the way home if we follow is direction ,to a well-lit highway that leads straight to him. Most of what my blog is about is what God can do to help when we feel there is no hope in a struggle, but when we are his he is there when we think no one is listening.
God Bless,
Teresa
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