My phone flashed a photo of my son’s feet accompanied with this text.

“Can you come to our class? Your son came with two different shoes (both right side)…would you be able to bring the other shoe? No rush. He is showing a great sense of humor about it.”

I laughed at the photo showing my son wearing two right shoes. I quickly retrieved the left shoe and texted, “I’m on my way.”

Dropping off the shoe and taking home the other shoe, the director thanked me. I texted back, “No worries. The alternative woud have been for all the other kids having their parents bring another right shoe…thought this would be easier! LOL!”

It was an amusing morning and put a smile on my face. My son has a great sense of humor and the entire class joined in the revelry. I brought the correct left shoe, but another solution would have been to declare that, “It’s Right Shoe Day!” Then all his classmates could join my son.

Several years ago, people would have simply laughed and corrected the mistake. But now, I couldn’t help thinking how often our culture solves problems differently. Instead of admitting that something doesn’t fit, we redefine normal so that everything fits.

My son accidentally wore two right shoes. The obvious answer was simple: bring the left shoe. But another solution would have been easier emotionally. Just declare, “It’s Right Shoe Day!” Then suddenly nobody is wrong anymore. Everyone just adjusts to the new standard.

Funny in a classroom.

Dangerous in real life.

Isaiah warned about this tendency long ago:

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness…
Isaiah 5:20 (ESV)

Sometimes the loving thing is not changing the definition. It is helping someone find the missing shoe. I realized this applies to my own life too. There are times I do not want correction. I want redefinition. I want God to adjust His standards to match my comfort, my desires, or my excuses. That is far easier than repentance. But God does not shame us when we come to Him honestly. He lovingly brings us what is missing.

The remarkable thing about my son’s class was that nobody mocked him. They laughed together. He laughed too. There was grace in the room while the problem was still being corrected. That is often how God deals with us. He does not humiliate His children while helping them walk rightly.

Truth and grace are not enemies.

Jesus was “full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). Not grace without truth. Not truth without grace.

Just as two right shoes eventually make walking difficult, a life built entirely around what feels right to us eventually leaves us limping spiritually.

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
Proverbs 14:12 (ESV)

This morning began with laughter, a photo, and a missing shoe. But before the day was over, God reminded me of something deeper:

Sometimes the most loving thing is not creating a “Right Shoe Day.”

Sometimes the most loving thing is bringing the missing left shoe.

Love and trust in the Lord; seek His will in your life.

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