Keep Your Balance
"For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance,
so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will
of God, and thus carry away (and enjoy to the full) what is
promised." (Hebrews 10:36) AMP
In Nursing School we took weekly exams. Each week we
scrambled to sign up because the prime time spots were taken
up quickly. If you missed your exam time, finding a
replacement spot was almost impossible. With this in
mind, when my friend had a mishap shortly before our exam,
she was not going home.
My friend was wearing her brand new, expensive, beautiful,
burgundy colored boots, with their two and a-half inch
heels. When the heel fell off of one of her boots, she
was literally caught off balance. But, she decided
that she would hobble into our exam on one heel.
I was sitting at my desk with my pencil in hand, trying to
get in the right frame of mind to answer the questions that
were before me. Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of something
out of the corner of my eye . . . I looked up to
get a better view . . . I couldn't believe the
sight I saw.
It was my friend walking up the aisle. She was missing not
only one heel from her boots – but both! I couldn't
stop laughing inside. My whole body was shaking, I was
chuckling so hard. Can you imagine how the curve on the
bottom of her boot looked, as it conformed to the two and
some half inch heels that were missing? She had to be
walking on her toes inside of them. I wondered how she
kept her balance so well. Why didn't she just take
them off and walk in her stocking feet? These
questions raced through my mind, as I sat there trying to
compose myself. Her feat still amazes me to this day.
There was a beauty to behold from this sight; for I saw my
friend's perseverance. She would not allow any loss to
stop her from taking that exam. She was determined to
advance in life. I saw how the broken heels, represent
the broken areas of our lives. That during those times of
hurt and disappointment, we need to keep our balance in
God's Principles, of perseverance and steadfastness;
continuing to walk in Christ's character . . .
No matter what we face. Just as my friend walked down
that aisle, unshaken and unmoved by her adverse
circumstance.
My friend knew what her boots were created to do. She
wasn't going to let anything stop her. She kept her
balance, as she walked, for all she was worth!
Annettee Budzban