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.
Gabriel
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