Feb 20 2008
Red Hot Fingernails
Being like most humans…a creature of habit, I have always been comfortable in my distinct bare French Manicured fingernails. Perfectly happy and content with the simplicity, cleanliness, and neatness of the white tip in all its glory until one day, I took a step outside the box, and went with RED.
Red fingernails are a bit flashy, a bit foxy, and in a weird way a bit empowering. As I dawned my newly painted red fingernails to the rest of the world I slowly began to grow quite fond of them. I in some arbitrary line of thinking began to read deep into the brilliant rich red fingernails. The red hue so illuminant, bright, strong, and bold….it reminded me of courage. I then began to think about courage. Where does my courage come from?
This question brings a very pleasant thought to mind, my courage comes from the Lord. The deep red color splashed across my fingernails now reminds me of the price Christ paid so I can have a relationship with him. The crimson on my hands now demands my attention when I am nervous or unsure reminding me of Joshua 1:9. “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
Being a daughter of the King I have the power and majesty of Christ at the tips of my fingers! Fingers turning through pages of the Bible, fingers clenched in Prayer, and fingers with fingernails now drenched in my new color of choice, courageous red.
