Waiting for the other shoe to dropTo await an event that is expected to happen, due to being causally linked to another event that has already been observed. Gets its origin from the joke in the example. A guest who checked into an inn one night was warned to be quiet because the guest in the room next to his was a light sleeper. As he undressed for bed, he dropped one shoe, which, sure enough, awakened the other guest. He managed to get the other shoe off in silence, and got into bed. An hour later. he heard a pounding on the wall and a shout: "When are you going to drop the other shoe?" Thus the term "waiting for the other shoe to drop."
I mean, lately my life has just generally been going right for once: I have a few amazing friends whom I get to see quite regularly at church, where I have resumed attending the Sunday and Wednesday night services after a long (and mostly just lazy) hiatus, I have finally been able to start unraveling the cause of my sudden weight gain earlier this year, and it is starting to (slowly) come back off (^o^) due to my new eating plan (not a "diet," mind you) and stepped-up workouts, I have been getting lots of compliments from my peers on my appearance (which I must confess I owe mostly to my mom's hairdressing skills... (^_^;) ), and all manner of other various and sometimes seemingly random blessing from Father, to the point of it being just ridiculous. Some of these aforementioned blessings may seem insignificant and even petty to some, but for someone with my history of rejection and ridicule, they mean so much... (TvT)
I feel like for the first time in my life I really belong, and that I am actually wanted... And that feels just too incredible for words. I am truly blessed, and I owe it all to the Lord! One thing I know: my past heartaches and failures have prepared me for my future, which He has promised me is good (Romans 8:28, Jeremiah 29:11, etc.). I just can't wait to see what He has for me, and I'm so glad that He has used these things in my past to make me into who I am today. I'd actually be friends with me now! (^_~)
Praise YHWH! You and the mirror are friends now. I cannot tell you how that blesses me. I was sitting here listening to Lamb and felt the leading of the Ruach to check my MySpace, which I don't do regularly anymore. It has just fallen way down on the list of priorites.
ReplyDeleteI saw your bulletin and followed the link. I am so glad I did. There are many wonderous things coming for you. It is not a matter of waiting for the other shoe to drop, which is a negative thought, but you should be waiting with great anticipation, positive thought to see what YHWH is going to do next. You are loved by the Creator of the Universe, even the smallest details of your life are important to Him. The word of the day is Mishlei 18:20-21. The Amplified Bibles says it the clearest; V20. A man's moral self shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth, and with the consequence of his words he must be satisfied whether good or evil. v21. Death and life are in the power of the tongue and they who indulge it shall eat the fruit of it, life or death. The expound a little further life or death can be interpeted as blessings or cursings. See also Matthew 12:37; for by your words you will either be justified and aquitted, and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced. This was Yeshua speaking to the Pharisees. So watch what you say about yourself and others. Always speak life and blessings which puts positive energy in action.
Look at what the knitting of the sweater has done. A blessing waiting to happen.
Shalom,
Pastor מִיכָאֵל