I was just thinking recently of the KLUTZES” of the Bible. (There ought to be a reference work by that title)… PETER, who seemed to have a chronic case of ‘foot in mouth’ disease… ESAU, who wasn’t the “swiftest” guy on the block, and sold his birthright for a bowl of oatmeal… JACOB who was “klutzy” in a devious and cunning way, until he ran into UNCLE LABAN and MET HIS MATCH.
But God still loves the “KLUTZES” – and a good thing, too. I was on a preaching trip to California a couple of months ago. BIG church in ESCONDIDO – four services. In the hotel room 45 MINUTES BEFORE CHURCH I discover that I’ve packed TWO LEFT SHOES. I’m SPEECHLESS. (That tells you something.) DISASTER LOOMS. I pick them up. STARE AT THEM… hoping that by some miracle a LEFTIE WILL BECOME A RIGHTIE. No such luck…
I grasp at straws: They are both LOAFERS, and SAME COLOR, well sort of.
But the sight of a LEFT SHOE ON MY RIGHT FOOT sends Katherine into cascades of giggles. She manages to choke out, “I’m sorry”, then returns to uncontrollable laughter. ‘WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? she asks between spasms. “KILL MYSELF, OF COURSE”, I reply.
To cut to the chase; it FELT STRANGE… it LOOKED even stranger. (GEEKY is the word that comes to mind). But I made it through. It was EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE, but NOBODY SAID ANYTHING!… But then, “WHAT COULD ANYONE SAY?”
Here’s what I learned: