God's Feet

     I'm going to try and not tell all of the stories from my adventures without shoes, because this season in my life is not about me! Today is no exception. I have a Speech Communications class on Thursday evenings in Port St. Lucie. I LOVE this class and the crazy people in it. Tonight we were in groups - with many of the people I'm usually drawn to; they're just normal people that have certain behaviors that are interesting to me. This older man with a family was in my group. He works in the prison system. We were going over what kind of "appearance" we should have for our speech, and out teacher mentioned how we make judgements based on people's feet. Now at that moment my feet, were GROSS. But, I wasn't ashamed of them at all. I wanted to tell this man, who could clearly see I wasn't wearing shoes, why in the world I wasn't wearing shoes!
     During break I explained the situation to him, the word "Lent" was all it took to light his face up. See, unbeknownst to me, he was a Catholic(Christian). We sat there and shared our faiths and beliefs with each other, and it was the best part of my day. He said something to me, this stranger who only saw my feet and knew I was a "self-proclaimed" Christian, he said this,"I know you are a Christian by lifestyle, and that you love God. I can clearly tell that." I could only utter, "It's not me." The conversation continued until class began again.
I've noticed this stigma about feet. It has only taken me two days to open my eyes to the dirty in this world. I've always considered dirty feet as a symbol of a dirty or uncaring lifestyle. I don't even know why?!? Why would I EVER believe that someone who looked dirty was dirty and not ever worth my time. But, God's word made it very clear that dirty feet are normal, and that those who are willing to wash them, are worth our time to be humble towards and listen to. Jesus is the perfect example of this when he washed his disciple's feet. He thought their feet were beautiful. I'd have to say He is worth my  
                                                                                time to listen to and follow.
Psalm 119:105
Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.