So, I began to ponder on this popular question people frequently ask to justify a situation or reasons why they could not do what they are suppose to do or succeed in a task.
The question usually come in this way, "If you were in my shoes, what will you do?"
My response to a friend who asked me this was "come out of your shoes", and we just laughed at how hilarious I was. 😄
However, critically looking at the response I gave, you'll realise it is the perfect answer for the question. COME OUT OF YOUR SHOES!
How do I come out of my shoes? Literally, one would have to either bend down to take the shoes off, raise his/her legs to remove the shoes, use one leg to remove the other and vise versa while standing🤦🏽, sit down and comfortably remove the shoes or call someone to assist in removing the shoes.
Any of these methods used or others improvised will end up in your shoes being removed.
The idiom "in my shoes" refers to a situation, state or condition someone is in. It is either positive or negative, but mostly used in the negative light. 🤔
Now let us apply our literal answer to explain this metaphoric clause, "in my shoes." The question again is what would you have done if you were in my shoes, and I literally said come out if it. Yes! Come out if it. Bending down, sitting down or standing to remove it all represents a wide variety of options and choices you're surrounded with.
There is no situation that has no solution. If all physical means can fail, God cannot fail.
We only fail to accept this fact and look at what can only be seen or things within our power. We also fail to act because we've concluded early that there is no way. This usually shut out all of our senses of reasoning and survival.
There are a lot of things we can still do in any situation. We can decide to say No, Yes, walk out of it, walk into it, start it, stop it, give it, take it or keep it. The choices are numerous. We just need to take RESPONSIBILITY. We can also call someone to help us take off our shoes.
*Asking for help, advice and support is not a sign of weakness, rather it a strength we must exhibit as humans."
The attitude of "I CAN DO IT MYSELF" has never helped anyone. Admitting you're not capable to do it alone will only help you to learn from the person helping and also make it easier and quicker. Let our pride and our one man army mentality don't rob us off our time and blessings.
Lastly, remember the first person to always call on is God, whether you feel capable or not.
God is our strength and source, thereby He alone knows the ending from the beginning.
Such knowledge is priceless and He gives it freely to anyone who asks.
If you want to know how to call on Him, then you should simply pray to Him to come into your life, surrender your will to Him and let Him lead you through life. I pray that God's grace that is available sufficient for us be multiplied among us all. Amen.
You can come out of that shoe... I believe so.