Holiday in Heels

Anyone who knows me, knows that my favorite thing to wear is heels (or clippy clops as my niece calls them). When I think of heels, I think of being dressed up and looking fancy. For example, you would not wear heels if your hair was thrown up in a ponytail like a messy housewife, but rather you would take the time to make your hair presentable. I feel the same way about the holidays. I would not invite family over for a holiday meal and have them eat a cheesburger and fries on a paper plate with no napkins, but rather I would deep fry the turkey, make the gravy, and fix the stuffing and bring out the fine china. Sometimes I feel like this is the case in my Christian walk. I feel like I wake up and read a chapter or two and check it off my list instead of praying and setting my heart and mind up for the things that GOD has for me that day. I thought about this a few weeks ago in my ladies Bible study. Every New Year's since I have been married, I have made my resolution to be faithful in my devotions, I ask GOD to not even give me rest until I read me Bible, because I want to be found faithful. I can tell you that by GOD's grace I have not missed a day in over 3 years. I can also honestly and transparently say that I have not learned much in those 3 years of devotions because I did not prepare my heart for what GOD had for me. I threw my hair up into a messy bun just to wear my finest heels (so to speak) and I did not let GOD speak to me. Oh sure, on the outside I looked Spiritual because I did not forget to read my Bible, but I did not have much Spiritual growth during that time. In Bible study we are learning about the life of Daniel and his walk with GOD. Daniel, I believe, is a man who set his heart up for the devotions and time he spent with GOD. If we were to put it into a worldly scenario, he would have been the guy who woke up early to take a shower, slick his hair back with mousse or gel and shine up his nicest pair of church shoes. Now I do not mean to sound vain bc I am not trying to say that looking your best is the same as acting your best. I am just saying the I don't think that Daniel would have been the one to roll out of bed 5 minutes before his devotions and wipe the sleep from his eyes and read. I believe there was a preparation process for him before he spent time with GOD. Perhaps he confessed sins or sang praises to GOD to set his heart in motion for the blessings GOD would pour out. I definitely do not think that he half-heartedly spent time with GOD.
        Just like Daniel preparing his heart, we wives prepare our homes. I can almost guarantee that no woman I know just woke up and let her house stay the way it was when she had family coming over for Thanksgiving. Probably like me, every one of you cleaned your house, decorated for the holiday season, changed the sheets on the bed for out of town guests, and probably bought candles or plug-ins to fill the room with holiday cheer. There is a lot of preparation that goes into the holidays, that is why the holidays remind me of heels. There are preparations for heels as well. You would not pick just any dress to wear with your heels but rather you would choose a nice dress and make sure that they match. You would do your hair and make sure that your make-up is perfect. You would, hopefully, be clean. You would  prepare yourself to look nice. Let's spend our holidays in our heels :)