It's Day 286 of The Red Shoe Project and all day I have been in RED shoes, basking in God's overwhelming love. It all started when I took Pauly for his morning walk. There I was just chatting with God and BOOM! My eyes filled up with tears.
What are you doing God?
Later I was prayer walking -- RED sneakers and all -- praying for this person and that one -- when suddenly BOOM! My eyes filled up again. Really?
Okay, I showered up, got dressed, hopped in my car and headed out to the grocery store. Nothing spiritual about that. I was just talking with God as I drove along the road and... BOOM! It happened again!
As the day went on, I found myself talking on the phone with a girlfriend. She said to me, "Let me say a little prayer for you before I go!" Her words were the interpretation of my heart's plea. As she spoke them, I pulled off the road into some random parking lot, bowed my head and agreed with her. Next thing I knew, I was leaking tears, sniffling and searching for kleenex in the glove.
Each time was the same. It was as if God opened a portal of my heart and poured in His love. I can't help it! I cry when God comes near. With it came glimpses of future possibilities -- snapshots of God's will for me.
Was I getting a peek at
God's present plan for me,
complete with an overlay
of His future promises?
When my oldest daughter was about 6 years old, she told me the most wonderful thing as I tucked her into bed one night.
"Mommy, " she said. "It's as if Jesus put a little hole in my heart and stuffed a straw in it. He puts all sorts of wonderful things into my heart through that straw. Lots of love, joy, songs -- all good stuff -- until there's no more room. Then He slides down the straw Himself, and my heart closes up! It's so full, it's almost bursting!"
In her quietest voice she smiled, (as if she knew something I didn't), and whispered, "He does that every day! (pause) Good night Mommy!"
and off she dozed into a restful sleep.
Wow! I was overwhelmed then and I'm overwhelmed now, just reading it. Doesn't your heart just cry out:
"I want that!"
Well... today I got that!
All while wearing RED shoes.
Always expecting,
Gail
