“Therefore you must also be ready…” Matthew 24:44a
Those who follow me on Twitter might well recognize this photo. It’s not a new one.
Getting ready for any day can be a challenge and on the day this photo was taken, well I was apparently more challenged than others. The fact of the matter is that I found one black right shoe and one black left shoe and put them on. Granted, these two shoes feel quite different from one another when I am wearing them but it took me close to five hours to realize my fashion mistake.
Oh well…my feet were covered. I made it that long. So I guess I was ready.
I think that sometimes I believe being ready for Christ’s presence has something to do with how I might “look” or “appear” to him. Most of the time, I know better. I know that he loves me regardless of what I look like at any moment.
Being ready for me is more about remaining in a state that allows me to see Jesus even as Jesus is present in the everydayness of life. Shoes don’t matter nearly as much as noting the possibility that Christ could meet me in any person or situation that I face as I walk through my day.
I pray during Advent that matching shoes or not – I am ready!
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