this was my shoe after walking on grass after a downpour at east coast park. it was disgusting, it was filthy, it was beyond words… both my shoes and socks were soaking wet with mud. but no way was i going to throw this pair of shoes away. it is my favourite pair… i tried all ways and means to keep it clean by walking on concrete ground.. but i still had to walk on the grass somehow. eeks! i was determined to go home and have it washed and use it again!

HEY! but y’know what! that’s exactly how i am to God. in life, i may have been MUDdle headed, walking on grass and getting myself all so dirty.. but God says, I will have you cleaned up. I may have tried to walk the right way, but still ended up in the wrong.. but God says, I will re-direct and still use you. And all these for a simple reason, because I am His favourite, He treasures me. Through my shoes, I caught a little glimpse of God’s heart for me. If I could treasure my shoes so much, I am sure God treasures me much much more… beyond words! God treasures each one of us.. He will never leave us as we are unless we choose to do so ourselves. 

Thank You for treasuring me, Lord.

^“Joshua, standing before the angel, was dressed in dirty clothes. The angel spoke to his attendants, “Get him out of those filthy clothes,” and then said to Joshua, “Look, I’ve stripped you of your sin and dressed you up in clean clothes.” -Zech 3:3 (The Message)