There have been many comments made about my feet.... two left, ridiculously pointy, why do they call it 'athletes' foot...etc. but nobody has ever, ever called them beautiful! It's got me thinking about those people with 'beautiful feet' in my life that got to deliver good news. The driving examiner, a course tutor, the minister at my wedding, the midwife.... I can't remember much about their feet but I'm sure they were beautiful!
So what's this thing with feet, why not heads or arms or err..other bits? It's a lovely picture isn't it...you get to work one morning and everyone is huddled around the door...waiting, jostling, hushing each other saying "how fantastic in the car park are the feet of him who brings good news". They can't wait for your beautiful feet to get through the door to hear what you so desperately want to tell them.......
Originally the feet mentioned in the bible passage were those of a messenger bringing news from the battlefield. The thing with feet is that it takes effort to make them work! Delivering the good news might take a long walk, it may sometimes feel like a battlefield and the news often isn't welcome. As Terry pointed out though, let's share the good news, Not just taking stands for the sake of it but sharing why we're different.
17 May 2011
04 May 2011
Code III I Will unashamedly make him known through my actions and words.
Thankyou for blogging!
For anyone just joining it's worth having a look at some of the comments on the last post. Don't worry Adam... you have been missed. Also thankyou Paul for the classic reminder on practising what we preach. You are not alone we had one or two similar stories on Tuesday!
I had a bit of a lightbulb moment looking at this weeks pledge 'I will show kindness to those who God puts around me this week with the love of Jesus and the message of salvation'. We had talked a bit about our motives (1 Cor 13:3) and about keeping good deeds 'on our radar'. We also thought about the array of different needs that people have who we come into contact with.
The thing that leapt out at me though (that I guess I've heard said lots of times) is that we can't seperate the love of Jesus from the message of salvation. I keep reading the pledge again in case I'm getting it wrong, but I can't quite cope with the 'and'. I think I get what it's trying to say but can't quite let it go!
For anyone just joining it's worth having a look at some of the comments on the last post. Don't worry Adam... you have been missed. Also thankyou Paul for the classic reminder on practising what we preach. You are not alone we had one or two similar stories on Tuesday!
I had a bit of a lightbulb moment looking at this weeks pledge 'I will show kindness to those who God puts around me this week with the love of Jesus and the message of salvation'. We had talked a bit about our motives (1 Cor 13:3) and about keeping good deeds 'on our radar'. We also thought about the array of different needs that people have who we come into contact with.
The thing that leapt out at me though (that I guess I've heard said lots of times) is that we can't seperate the love of Jesus from the message of salvation. I keep reading the pledge again in case I'm getting it wrong, but I can't quite cope with the 'and'. I think I get what it's trying to say but can't quite let it go!
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