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This is a true story about what God did for me, when I was six years old.


~ The Shoes ~

I grew up in a family of seven. Two adults and five children. When I was growing up, money was scarce. It was not uncommon to receive "hand-me-downs" from our other siblings, or from neighbors. While growing up, we didn't expect new things. We very simply new that we just couldn't afford things the way some people could. We were never aware of the fact that we were "poor" until we got a little older and the "rich kids" began telling us we were poor. I never knew that other kids didn't have small metal trash cans holding up the ends of their beds! When you're a little child you just figure that "everybody" lives that way. There was no reason to give it a second thought.During a particular time when I was growing up, I can recall having received a pair of shoes. They were hand-me-downs so they didn't fit quite right. I had learned and grown accustomed to stuffing them with newspapers to get the "right fit". Tennis shoes stuffed with newspaper and holes in the toes didn't seem uncommon for me. Children do tend to notice things, though. They do notice the kids with the nicer things. I did notice that some of the other little girls didn't have holes in their shoes. Some of the little girls had black shiny shoes with a little strap. Ohhhhhh, how pretty they were! But....only the rich kids had nice things.


On the eve of my seventh birthday, my mother asked me what I wanted for my birthday. There was only one thing I really really wanted more than anything. I wanted a brand new pair of shoes. "Mom, I want a brand new pair of shoes. And I think they cost seven dollars.""Well," she replied, "I think you should say a prayer for those shoes. That's just an awful lot of money, honey.


"Being raised in a Christian home, I knew who Jesus was. I knew that I could talk to him, and He would hear me.So,...I went into my bedroom and closed the door. I knelt down and said, "Lord, its me. Tomorrow is my birthday and I'm going to be seven years old. I would like a pair of new shoes." Not knowing that God already knows everything, I began describing to him these shoes! "They are black, real shiny and they have a strap that buckles on the side." That is pretty much all I can remember about the prayer. I didn't think anymore about the prayer. All I know is, the next morning when I got up, I was going to be seven years old! When it came time to give me my gift, mom handed me a small box. I tore the wrapping paper off and lifted the lid. I know that I don't have to tell you what was inside the box. Because God never ever ever lets his children down.




This gift from God has touched my life so dramatically. I will never ever forget those shoes or how God heard me or how God answered my prayer. It may seem like nothing to some people, but that day, God let me know that He would always be there for me, because He heard me, and He always will!Thank you Father for making yourself more real to me than my own right arm.

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