Shoes

Everyday we step into them and wear them [as our nephew, Jesse, shows]. Sometimes they're comfortable and sometimes they're not. Much like life's experiences, wouldn't you agree?

The English language makes use of shoes in idioms such as to "be in someone's shoes" (when wanting to have the same experience as someone else) and "fill someone's shoes" (when desiring to do what someone else has done as well as they did). And while these may at times sound like the ideal, in reality they are far from it.

All things considered, the fact is that we are each unique individuals with different personalities lovingly created by an amazingly great God. Any desire to be in or fill someone's shoes is an impossibility ~ no matter how hard we may try.

Job 5:8 (MSG) ~
"If I were in your shoes, I'd go straight to God, I'd throw myself on the mercy of God. After all, he's famous for great and unexpected acts; there's no end to his surprises."