This afternoon, I've been searching the mall to try on a pair of running shoes, but sadly learned that I will have to go to a specialty store to try the appropriate pair on. As I walked the mall, Hallmark's bright display of Crocs (foam mule shoes for anyone confused) caught my eye. Shoes being sold in a greeting card store? That's wild to consider!
Some things in life simply don't fit together. Here are some examples:
- Me and trying to get my voice to carry across a crowded, or even semi-crowded room with no microphone
- The little boy's rabbit pajama suit in A Christmas Story that his mom forced him to try on
- Feeding nose excrement to your beta fish (only a youth minister from Indiana!!!!!)
- Taping the dead beta fish to the fishbowl after it had jumped to waterless freedom
- Inviting the cutest kitten you've ever seen home for the night (just one night) and then crying when it had to go back to the pet store to be sold
- Pornographic media being displayed on public TV
- Crocs at Hallmark!
"Crocs at Hallmark" reminds me of a holy God choosing to dwell among sinners. It didn't fit together, but He wanted us to be with Him. Isn't grace amazing?! My studies in the Old Testament have taught me so much about the extent God has gone to for people to dwell with Him and Him with us. His character remained unchanged throughout time and all the way to the cross.
Next time you see something that strangely, seriously, or humorously does not fit into its context, just say to yourself, "Crocs at Hallmark," and remember the great extent God has gone to to enable us to dwell with him. We were those Crocs at one time, but through Jesus, we have become a beautiful public display of...greeting cards...for the world to view.
This analogy is ending here!
© 2006 by Kendra Hinkle.
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