Read: Ephesians 2:1-10

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” – Ephesians 2:10

During the pandemic, I got addicted to videos from the YouTube channel, “The Pointe Shop”. The owner, Josephine Lee, does pointe shoe fittings for ballet students and visits studios and ballet schools across the country. My favorite series of hers is one where she meets with professional ballerinas at ballet companies attached to these schools (such as Pacific Northwest Ballet) and asks them about how they alter their pointe shoes. The answers can be very brutal. Exacto knives, slamming them in doors, Jet glue, sewing with dental floss, and other things are involved. Each shoe is made on a specific form, and they don’t come made into left and right models. Dancers have to sew their own and break them in before classes or shows. These shoes cost upwards of $100 per pair, and some professionals can go through multiple pairs per show.

Unlike pointe shoe makers, we are not made on a specific form. We were created in Christ for good works, as the verse says at the top, and we were made for a specific purpose. God prepared us for this purpose, and each person’s purpose is unique to them. It may sometimes feel like Exacto knives are being taken to our souls, but God is making us into the people needed for where we are placed in this world. Knowing that I was created for the place I am sitting is something that gives me hope.

Sustain us during those times when we are being molded for our place in this world, Lord, and remind us that we are Your workmanship. Amen.
-Jen McCabe