Slipperless

I read a man's view of his future wife once. He likened her to Cinderella--perfect, innocent, understanding, sweet, and exquisitely gorgeous. I guess that is a male's false perception of the opposite gender. The woman's view is the "knight in shining armor"--tall, dark, handsome, strong, confident, and able to read her soul. ;)


There is no room for 'almost'. An almost perfect man--the prince without the charming or the knight without the steed. An almost perfect woman--the Cinderella still missing a slipper or the Snow White without the white. No room for the ones still trying their hardest. No matter how hard we Almosts try, we'll never reach perfect. We'll all fall short of the dreamy desire of our significant other.

Here's the catch: our significant other is an Almost as well...we all are. So let's wake up and realize that. No more mental criteria. God has already set aside the Almost who is perfect for each of us. He pairs the off-white with the uniquely average and the rusty with the slipperless. Why? because He has the missing slippers. He has the armor polish. He has the groomed, trained steeds. And when we join Him in heaven someday, we'll be slipperless no more.