dailydatewithgod

Okay, I am admitting it up front. I love wearing flip-flops.  This works out well for me living in southern California and I am grateful.  After work and on the weekends, the stockings and closed toed shoes are nowhere to be found.  My feet are free to breathe and move. Besides, what is a cute pedicure without someone noticing? (Do I sound like a girly girl or what? . . . its one of the things I am learning to embrace about myself.)  Within the idea of flip-flops or reversal is the universal theme of change.  When we have room to breathe and move we see the advantage of all sides of the experience.  Flip-flops do have a base and a strap keeping them tethered to your feet.  They are not quite like bare feet although one does feel the earth more readily when wearing them.  What might the experience be of our lives if we opened ourselves up to seeing and feeling from the flip side?  Perhaps flip-flopping is less about not being grounded or knowing what you stand for and more about standing for the possibility of seeing things on all sides.  Over the course of our lives, whether we admit it or not, we change.  We may feel very strongly against something at one stage of our lives and for it at another stage.  The real test of where we stand with our values is not whether it is the opposite of what it once was but what do we do with it.  Flip-flopping gives the impression of being a flake but what if it is being flexible?  If all one does is flip-flop and never make a decision that is a different story.  Flipping is more like making room to breathe and let the our heart’s perspective show us a different light.  It is humbling to admit we are now open to something we had previously closed off but being able to do so without being labeled a flake or spineless means we can safely make room for our hearts to show us over time what our eyes might need time to soften and see.  Maybe it is the humility that in the moment feels like the flop.  God invites us to take a chance in a moment when we stop and breathe and consider the flip side to our story, our perspective, and our experience.  The call of our hearts is for our eyes to relax, breathe, and be willing to be surprised by life and by what it is here to teach us even if it causes us to flip-flop our perspective.