I have gone all 25 years of my life without getting into a physical fight with anyone. I am more of a lover than a fighter and that’s not just because I lived in Virginia. Although I have never taken part in a fight I have had someone fight an individual on my behalf. This story goes back to the awkward years of high school where I was still learning about who I was. In high school our main objective mostly is to “be cool”, whether we had the coolest clothes, significant other, and or car. Literally everything took part of the mathematical equation of how to be a cool kid. One morning I woke up and decided I was going to change my preppy girl look into a cool hipster look, when back then being hipster wasn’t as cool as it is now. I put on my sister’s metallic silver high top Nikes and a white-T and headed to school. I was nervous about the shoes because I didn’t think I could pull them off but I wanted to so badly. The day was going fine, normal day just like any other when this girl walked up to me. Every high school or group has that one girl who has no filter, stirs the pot, and gets drama going. This lovely lady walked right up to me in my sister’s Nikes and said, “ummm what makes you think you can pull those off?”….My shy self literally shut down. I didn’t know what to say back because I took it so harshly. Later on in the day I was still upset and felt stupid wearing the shoes, I just wanted to go home and take them off. My friend noticed something was wrong at lunch when I was dead quiet. I told her what had happened but before I could finish she stormed away to another table in the lunch room. She walked right up to the girl and started screaming at her. Literally like a scene from a movie the lunch room got dead silent and all eyes were on the two girls. As they were screaming my name at one another I slid farther and farther down in my seat. I couldn’t believe someone would fight for me, that they cared that much about how I felt.
As I sit here today and think about the fight I realized that there is only one other person who has ever fought for me. My friend hurt for me and felt my pain so she decided to take matters into her own hands. I think how lucky am I that I have someone who loves me like that but guess what….someone loves you that much too. Someone is fighting for you not only when situations occur but every second of every day; they are fighting in your name. Who is this amazing person you may ask? Well…it’s God. In Exodus 14:14 the bible states, “The Lord Himself will fight for you, just stay calm”. We are all sitting in the lunch room of life, surrounded by good and bad people and things. When something bad happens though we don’t have to take action because he is already across the room fighting for us. We can wear our metallic silver high tops and not have to worry about anything because He has us.
As long as you are yourself people are going to try and hurt you. Pain is inevitable but that shouldn’t stop you from being who you are. God loves our high tops, he loves everything about us. There are no terms or conditions to His love; He loves us because we exist. When his child is hurt he hurts for them. Jesus hurt for us on the cross, He sent his son to die and fight for us. Jesus dying on the cross was the ultimate fight, and the fight continues every day. You may feel like you are in the ring and are getting beat up but you aren’t alone. Every blow you take God takes two. He takes the punches and softens life for us by his never ending love for us. You don’t have to ask Him to fight for you just like I didn’t ask my friend. He will automatically step into action to help you for the better.
After my friend fought for me the situation didn’t change, I was still stuck wearing the shoes and felt like I still took a blow. However, I was so overwhelmed by my friends love for me that it gave me the confidence I needed to get through the rest of the day. My situation did not change but my attitude towards the situation changed. God works in the same way. We still might have to wear our ugly shoes for the rest of the day but he will give us the tools we need to make it through.
God right now is fighting for you. The most powerful being that ever existed is fighting your fight. He is getting bruised and bloody so that you don’t have to. He makes the ultimate sacrifice so His children can carry on. How powerful is that love! He takes the blows for us happily because his love is unfailing. You are not alone in the ring but in there with the best fighter known to man. Next time you get hit remember that the blow was softened for you. Remain humble and rock those silver high tops.