Easter Sunday, I jump out of bed extra early to ensure I am ready for the early service at church. For those of you who know me, or have been visiting with us for awhile, you know that getting myself ready to go anywhere is not really the issue. We have foster children, our own children, etc and Easter Sunday I had one extra 3 year old! (In a nutshell 4 children ages 4 and under)! Get the picture… Anyway, after getting all 4 kids in their Sunday best, hair bows, fancy shoes, brushed, combed, diaper bag packed, lunch ready to roll when we got home, we made it to church just in the nick of time!
The service was great; we collected all the children, spoke to crowds of many on the way out the door and even ran into an old friend I had not seen for about 8 years. We made our way to the car and due to the huge amount of people in the parking deck, it took us 35 minutes to even get out but we finally made it home.
We were expected at a friends for Easter dinner so I finished preparing the food I was taking and was about to take it all to the car. I zipped over to the corner where I had kicked off my shoes so I could load up the food and…
OH NO! The horror! These were NOT the shoes I Had worn to church! Oh, but they were… this was not a bad dream, this had actually happened. I had worn TWO DIFFERENT SHOES! And this was not one of those navy and black mishaps, it was an “In your face”, “this woman is too stressed out” neon sign! The shoes were the same style but totally different colors!
I stood there as if in shock for a minute and then just started laughing and could not stop. The rest of the family, thinking I had lost my mind, had to come see what all the noise was about. Everyone else had a good laugh too! I didn’t feel so bad then, after all, none of them noticed and they had been with me all morning!
I am just “banking” on the fact that everyone at church was looking at our mini Easter parade (all four kids in their finery) instead of me! Oh well, so I am not perfect but I do know that “He who began a good work in me will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” Philippians 1:6
Laugh at yourself once in a while. It is fun!
Blessings to you!
Karyn
That is so funny! It is good that you can laugh at yourself. We all take ourselves too seriously most of the time. Thanks for sharing your story!
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure God wasn't looking at your shoes---but at your heart. I bet you passed! I have a fear of showing up somewhere in my slippers. I love my scuffies! Thanks for a good laugh!
ReplyDeleteI love it and I was so glad you posted a picture of the shoes!
ReplyDeleteYou could totally get away with going to church in your sweats Karyn. At this stage of my life I'm completely scatterbrained but I have no little ones to blame it on...you my friend have so much on your plate and go through life with a smile. So... as long as you HAVE shoes on...it's ok :)
i don't mean to laugh at my friend,but she did,thats how i know.i have another friend who did this and i am SURE there's plenty more.but she said she went to work,bla,bla,bla.got home that nite and her daughter told her.but...she was legally blind.
ReplyDeletei don't mean to make you feel bad.like i said ,i'm sure there are plenty more.and you have 4 kids...ann
Thanks Nola for the mention, very sweet of you! Now about those mismatched shoes.....too funny and if it made you laugh then it was a good thing.
ReplyDeleteWith thanks!
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