This 133rd Day of The Red Shoe Project has me running all around town, in my RED flats, taking care of last minute details. Tomorrow I'm off to Scotland. Yes... The Red Shoe Project will be coming to you live from the U.K. for awhile. That should be fun! I look forward to showing off my Ruby Reds in the country in which I was born. Stay tuned.
I quietly slipped out of bed, early this morning, and headed to the Secret Place to meet again with Him. Pauly was snoring up a storm when I left my room, but within minutes, he shuffled out the bedroom, jumped up on the couch and lay his head on my lap as I prayed. He is so faithful at staying right by my side. If I'm in the house, you can be assured that he's with me. If something else is going on, he may get distracted for a moment, and then he's right back at my feet. He refuses to be anywhere else. It got me to wondering, "Am I that way with God? Can I be found at His feet continuously. Do I follow Him from here to there and back again, just because?" LOL.
Later in the morning, I put together a list of all the things I had to do today. Errands to run, phone calls to make, final packing details. That got me to thinking,
"Is this my list and should I ask
God to come along with me?
- OR -
"Is this God's list and He's
asking me to go along with Him?"
I think it's great that my perspective is changing!
It's moving from seeing just my way to His as well.
I can't wait for the day that His way and my way are one in the same.
As I hopped in my car and drove off in my RED shoes, I touched base quickly with a dear friend. She asked me if I was all ready for my trip. I found myself hesitating in giving a joyful response. I caught my words before they rolled off tongue, and smiled instead... nodding my head up and down, giving her the impression that all was well, but I was busy and couldn't talk. She wished me well, and off I went.
"What was that?" God inquired.
"You and I talked about everything
this morning regarding your trip and
all is well. So why did you hesitate?"
Here's why I hesitated... It's because I'm used to having a story with some sort of drama attached to it. And just as my response was about to roll off my lips, I stopped it, because it didn't reflect what was true. With that, God responded...
"It's time to change your
default setting."
The "default setting" is a pre-selected option that is reverted to, when no specific alternative is selected. Usually it's your most common response to a particular situation. Thereby, if your normal response is worry, drama, sadness or negativity, your brain just goes there automatically every time.
But that was then and this is now. That's not the norm anymore. So God is telling me to reset the setting so that my new automatic response is...
"Great... I've talked things over with God
and everything is right on track!"
I know it's strange that we do things a particular way because we've always done them that way, but that's messing me up.
It doesn't fit anymore. And when something doesn't fit, it's time to get rid of it!
Perfect, because tonight is trash night. Out it goes! First it was my shoes,
(the ones that weren't so RED),
and now it's my automatic responses,
(the ones that aren't so God).
It's all part of my new life:
Wearing RED shoes and
doing whatever it takes to
better reflect Him.
Gail
