I found one shoe
but where is the other one?
Is that the one that I fear will be dropping
at any moment
at any time
that is unbeknownst to me?
So I hobble around wearing one,
yet always searching for the other one~
always in angst as I know the other one is somewhere
and who knows
where it will show up
and how it will show up
and when it will show up
but it will.
So I hobble around
with anticipation
and great expectation
just waiting for it to be found.
And the waiting
makes me
Anxious and Fearful,
always on guard,
because you never know when the
other shoe will drop
into my life.
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
because when it does
it isn't going to be good
because
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
will make a loud noise
in my life
and it will hurt
because
a shoe dropping from
who knows where
may hit me on the head.
So I
Put On
my hard hat of anxiety
awaiting the fall
stealing away
the joy
in the moment.
The phrase
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
originated in New York because of the closeness of tenement living,
someone living right above and right below you.
So at night before bed
one shoe would come off and be dropped on the floor above
and then the one living below would be
waiting for the other shoe to drop
before he/she could then go to sleep.
But
what if the other shoe never dropped,
would you wait all night?
Hmm.
Are you waiting for the other shoe to drop?
Just waiting for that
something or someone
to do
something
that will just shake your world
because you just know it is going to happen
and you know it won't be good.
And that is when
the hard hat
of
Anxiety and Fear
is
Put On
while
Waiting for When the other shoe WilL drop.
But
when I look down at my feet
I am actually wearing the other shoe,
forgetting that it was found,
because the other shoe has dropped
and I am wearing it
providing me with a
Peace
that calms the angst when waiting is the game.
It was lost
but was found
the day
I was lost
but then was found
by the
One
whose shoes I follow.
As the footprints are there,
right before me
because He put them there
for me to follow
one step at a time
Peace by Peace~
fixed not on the "when this or that may happen"
but fixed on
the
One
whose footprints are before me~
and then I
Wait Patiently
And
Watch Expectantly
but not for the other shoe to drop
because
I won't be looking for that one anymore
when I
Trust
the
One
Who
will take care of
the
What~evers
and the
When~ever
things that may drop into my life.
So
Let's
Put Off
our hard hat
of
anxiety and fear
and Put On
His Shoes
that enable us
to fly above
with
Peace
in the midst of
Waiting~
but not for the other shoe to drop
but
for Him
who will pick it up when it does drop.
"The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed."
Deuteronomy 31:8