I made my way outside and wandered to the pile of dirt in front of our ministry site this month, taking in the views of the mountain in front of me and the desert that seemingly never ends. I found myself glancing down at my seemingly always dirty feet wondering if they will ever be truly clean again. I look down and wonder if there is a chance that they will just stay dirty. Even showering every day doesn’t mean that I actually have clean feet.
Our feet take a beating most every day. And considering that 90% of us wear either Chacos or Croc sandals all of the time, we really do have dirty feet. When I started the race, I would clean them before I put them in my bed at night. And now we’re in week 8 and I don’t clean them anymore. One, the bottom of my sleeping bag is dirty now anyway, and most of the time, the energy just isn’t there to get it done.
And Jesus spoke something over me: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the good news…”
Secret confession: I love a good pedicure. I think pretty feet are something that has been ingrained in me since I moved to the land of sandals 10 months of the year. I like having my toes painted, and my feet looking remotely decent.
So when I looked down at my feet and heard Jesus call my feet beautiful, I laughed out loud. I thought that I would just tell you that, but I decided instead to share them with you:
And to further illustrate the point, I thought I would share some more pictures of my teammates’ feet as well.
Our feet take us places every single day. Our feet are the route that we travel most everywhere on the world race. Its cheaper than anything else, for sure. Our feet are something that I take for granted every day. The fact that I spent a lot of my life with clean feet makes me think that I might have missed something. To quote the words of one of my beautiful squad mates “Maybe one day they will be clean again, but I think I feel more alive when they are dirty.”
I feel alive on the mission field. I clearly hear God here and I know that this is satisfying a part of my heart that wasn’t satisfied before. We have opportunities here that people would dream of. Being here on the Race is something that some people only dream of doing.
I am thankful for the call, despite its hard days, and the moments that everything seems just too hard to do, being thousands of miles from home.
We have the chance and opportunity to bring the message of the gospel of peace to the World while we remain on planet Earth. We have the chance to live lives that reflect the gospel. The World is asking questions about this God. What are you doing to answer them? Is someone around you asking you about the gospel of peace that you reflect?
Til He Comes,
Kristy
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