Can a Girl Have Too Many Shoes?

Not in a perfect world! According to recent research the average woman walks 3 miles more a day than the average man. That’s reason enough for an expanding shoe closet.

Think about it- shoes have played major roles in Hollywood. Dorothy in the unforgettable Wizard of Oz would have never had her wonderful adventure, new quirky friends and defeated the wicked witch if it wasn’t for her brilliant Ruby Slippers. Cinderella would not have gotten the prince and would still be the cleaning woman for a crotchety old step-mother had it not been for her iridescent glass slippers. And, Little Red Riding Hood could never have run through the forest and gotten to grandmas and saved the day without her black patent leather Mary Jane’s!

Shoes are signature pieces no matter the outfit, whether your sporting a great pair of Manolo exotic skin boots, tapping around in a gorgeous pair of chunky heeled Gabbana T-Strap Pumps or kicked back with a simple Gucci flat!

Men cannot seem to understand women’s infatuation with shoes. How many times has a man asked, “Do you need that many pair of black shoes?” Listen, all black shoes are not created equal. You have flats for the lunch time walk break. You have the pointy toe for the straight leg, wide leg, boot cut and added leg length. You have the 2-4 inch stiletto that makes that same not-understanding man very happy about your shoe collection.

But there is one walk that does not require shoes but includes the most important feet that ever wore a pair of shoes—the feet of Jesus. And we are called to literally come before His throne, bow down and worship at those very feet and walk the path that He personally and carefully chose for us to walk. When we lay all that is in our lives at those precious and beautiful feet of Jesus and walk the walk created for us, we are free to enjoy all that this temporary world has to offer—even a few extra pairs of exceptional shoes! See Related Features