How many pairs of shoes do you personally own? Does your family jokingly refer to you as “Imelda”? Or are you a one-pair wonder who sees little point in owning more than one functional, comfortable pair of shoes? I, myself, am a little closer to the one-pair wonder than Imelda Marcos (who owned more than 1,200 pairs of shoes).
I tend to have one pair of shoes for every occasion: I wear flip-flops everyday ?; tennis shoes for the gym ?; ankle boots with my dress pants ?; sandals in the summer ?; heels for special occasions ?; and winter boots when it’s cold outside ❄️. Oh, I almost forgot: I also have an old pair of those “special” Sketchers® that never did firm or tone anything saggy ?. Oh well!
Why all this talk about shoes? I thought this was a devotional. True. True. Well, shoes have soles, too! (Sorry, I couldn’t resist! ?)
The truth is, as I prayed about this month’s theme, God brought to mind some common idioms about faith, and they all involved feet! For example, a person takes a “step of faith”; another is “walking in faith”; and someone else just took a “leap of faith.” Apparently, the practice of faith requires moving your proverbial feet. Before we start selecting shoes, however, let’s first define what faith (the verb) is and is not…
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