shoes

So, anyone who has ever seen my shoe closet knows what it looks like, and that although I may seem organized on the outside, one look at my shoe closet shows the true Danny.

Here is a picture:

If that is not enough to show how nutty I really am, then look at this one.

I do not have a pair of shoes with their mate. In fact, I usually have one shoe in the rack and the other on the floor. What the heck? It makes for an exciting time trying to find two alike shoes. Perhaps I have too many of them. Is that even possible?

I am writing this not without reason. Surprised?

I have been thinking of inner beauty a lot lately, and how a person can be so pretty on the outside but be so ugly on the inside. It is something all of us as God loving people must strive to work on. Being beautiful on the inside is hard. I have been praying that God would help me to work on it. That I would be nicer to people, more patient with my children and others, and that people will be lead to the Lord through me. Its hard! When someone cuts me off while driving I want to yell and scream and honk at them, it's hard. When a cashier at the store takes forever with the costumer in front of me while I am waiting with 3 yelling kids, a basket full of groceries, and a cell phone ringing, it's hard. When all I want is 3 minutes in the bathroom and the kids are banging on the door, it's hard.

There is this part of me that forgets at times to be patient and kind. I forget that through my actions I am either hurting or helping someone else.

well, what about the shoe closet has anything at all to do with any of this?

In my mind, my shoe closet represent the inner beauty. The rest of my house is the outer. No matter how clean the outer is, the inner needs serious work. In truth, it's a mess! And, people will see it even though I try to hide it. It never fails that there will be something in that closet that is needed every time someone comes over. It wont stay hidden!

I need to work on the inner.