MOULDY SHOES

I was excited at the invitation to meet the President of Indonesia, and honoured to receive it. We wanted to dress in our best clothes.

So we carefully brought them out of the cupboards, choosing our best shoes. I brought my special ones out of a box for this special occasion. But, oh, you should have seen them, covered in thick, green, offensive mould, with rotted insoles.

Added to that, a fat cockroach crawled out, which I crunched, grinding it with my shoe.

What a sight! My best shoes reserved for special occasions.

My friends had warned how readily clothes rotted and moulded in the hot, moist, tropical climate. Sadly, I neglected their advice.

Strangely, mould did not affect my working, everyday clothes and shoes: only the best shoes, reserved for special occasions. I learned a lesson not to keep clothes for special occasions. I wore them as often as possible.

Can you learn my lesson, too?

Some people are special-occasion Christians. They may go to church on Sundays. Or Sunday School, but they do not live as Christians on Monday. Their lives are no different from non-believers. They are like my best, mouldy shoes. No good use for God for the rest of the week.

God wants to use you every day. He wants you to live constantly for Him. We are happiest when we are serving the Lord Jesus all the time.

James 2; verse 2 tells us that ‘Faith without works is dead. ‘(Believing without working is no use at all).

Working and serving our Lord go hand in hand with faith, showing our love for our Saviour and Lord.

GWENDA.