Day 9: If the Shoes Don't Fit, Don't Wear Them!

Next to diamonds, shoes are a girl's best friend! I don't know about you, but I love shoes! My problem is my feet stopped growing in the sixth grade! Because my feet are so small, shoe shopping can be laborious and frustrating at times. I’ve tried to wear shoes that fit; but, sometimes I would end up buying shoes that were slightly too big and then stuff them with shoe pads or anything that will help me where those shoes.

Perhaps you don't have small-feet-syndrome and the situation is just the opposite for you. Maybe you find yourself wearing shoes that are too small. Your toes scrunch and pinch to fill a pair of shoes because they are just so hot and you just had to have them.

Sometimes in life we squeeze, bruise, and batter ourselves to fit into a role that we don't belong in. The roles we play may not fit properly, but we injure ourselves to make it work because they make us "feel" special. We like owning an "it" pair of shoes, even though they may be too big or too small; but we feel special having them.

We may have been swayed by certain individuals in our lives to be something that we are not called to be. We all have a desire to be pleasing, but why are we killing ourselves in an effort to please people?

It is awful to be something that you really are not, to do something that you have no desire to do, to act a certain way that is not truly who you are. We have to find the shoes that fit us properly. Did you know that there are health implications for improper fitting shoes? Not only are blisters and bunions common, but sores and ulcers can occur that may cause infection and lead to amputation! To me, it's just not worth that to wear pretty shoes that don't fit.

Let's live healthier and happier by wearing shoes that fits! I've found a few favorite stores that now carry shoes in my size and I no longer have to try to fill my shoes with pads to make them fit! Spare yourself the pain and self-inflicted injury. "If the shoes don't fit, don't wear them!"

2 Thessalonians 1:11 (MSG) says, "Because we know that this extraordinary day is just ahead, we pray...that our God will make you fit for what he's called you to be..."

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