Ballet slippers teach a lesson about the
faithfulness of God
By Laura Higgins

Psalms 30:5 "For His anger lasts only a moment but His favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning."

I'll never forget the first time I found this verse. I was about nine years old; it was the night before my ballet recital. Somehow, between the stage and the dressing room, I lost my ballet slippers.

I was devastated. I sat in my bedroom, tears pouring down my cheeks, and prayed that God would somehow help me find them. My mother came in and told me just to wear my practice shoes. But practice shoes are not the same. They don't look nice and they are clumpy.

I was only nine at the time, but I knew that there was going to be serious chastisement for my carelessness. As a last effort to calm myself down and sleep, I got out my Bible. The first verse my eyes laid on was Psalms 30:5. I knew then that everything was going go be okay. I just knew it.

Sure enough, the next morning, my shoes were backstage. God answered the plea from my broken heart. I began to realize the love that God really has for us. I learned then, at a young age, to trust God. Many times, growing up, I would cry myself to sleep with this verse in the back of my mind, knowing that somehow it would be okay. NO matter the situation, there has always been way out for us.

This verse has always given me so much hope and peace. By waiting those few extra hours, I was forced to trust God a little bit more. Waiting until the morning sometimes seems like forever, but God can work great miracles while you rest. To wait for the morning doesn't even have to be waiting eight hours until the sun rises. Morning is your breakthrough.

When your breakthrough comes, it is like a ray of light into your situation. Suddenly all the dark clouds of confusion and fear have disappeared and there is a road in clear sight. At that moment in breakthrough, there is joy. Keep that joy continuing through your life. No matter how small the victory, never stop praising God for His faithfulness.

I am now 21 years old. I have never forgotten God's faithfulness to me. Losing my shoes seems like such a little thing, but I learned to trust God for myself at a very young age. Today when I need something of greater life importance, I have less trouble trusting. If God loves me enough to find little dance shoes, then He will take care of my life.

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