It wasn't until last week that I realized what my favorite part of me actually was.
I was walking back to my apartment from class, in the pouring rain, and no umbrella I might add. I love the rain, so for me it was just a beautiful moment in time. As I took off my flip flops and began to walk barefoot in the rain, I looked down at my feet. I never really examined my feet before. I mean, I see my feet every day, but never really took the time to look at them or appreciate them. As I stood on the cement, which was covered in flower petals that fell from a tree, God showed me how beautiful my feet really were and how much power and purpose they held.
I think most of us take our feet for granted. We use them every day without taking the time to think about how special and necessary they really are. Without them, life, in a way, would stand still. I don't believe in being idle, especially being idle for the Kingdom of God. We should always be moving, growing, developing, helping, teaching, preaching, loving, caring, creating, inspiring, encouraging, etc. All those things requite ACTION-- a movement!
As I looked down at my feet in the rain, I began to feel this new and refreshed purpose rise up inside of me. I felt God was telling me to move:
Go.
Create action.
Make a move.
Stir things up.
Create a reaction.
Start a revolution.
Make an impact.
It was so humbling.
I feel like sometimes we pray for God to stir up something inside of us, and when he does, we are afraid to step out into what he actually has for us to do. We don't want to move. We don't want to take the risk. We don't want to get uncomfortable.
Literally inspiration can hit me at any moment. Honestly, I feel inspired with or by something most of the time. I feel that I have a lot inside of me that God put there, and I want to share it with the rest of the world. Things I want to create, see, and do. Sometimes I feel like I am going to explode with inspiration. At times, I don't always know how to channel my inspiration because it can hit me so strongly. It can be rather overwhelming at times. And I love it. It gives me a sense of urgency. A burden laid on my heart.
Often times we don't want to walk with purpose. Sometimes we just want to walk where we want to walk. But, when we do that, we are wasting our steps. People always say, don't waste your breath, but seriously, how about don't waste your steps! I don't know about you, but I do not want to waste any of my steps, and I don't want them to be in vain. I'm like, "God, I feel your purpose so strongly sometimes, but I don't move. I don't put to action what I feel you are creating and inspiring inside of me. It scares me." And when you feel that way, that's the time when you have to move, otherwise you might never.
Your passions and the things that inspire you GOD WANTS TO USE FOR HIS KINGDOM. How awesome is that?! I love the saying, "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." How encouraging to know that God wants to use the things inside of us for a greater purpose. He wants to use our story to tell His story.
We are all walking stories. You feet have carried you all though out this life. They have carried you though the happy times and the sad times, the times of brokenness and despair, and the times where you were hurt so badly feeling like you were just barely hanging on. But, at the same time, your feet have also carried you into times of peace and joy, laughter and contentment.
Never regret where your feet have been.
I know maybe you're thinking that my feet have carried me to places where I shouldn't have been, to do things which I shouldn't have done, to see things which I shouldn't have saw, and to experience things that I should have experienced. That may be true. However, the beautiful thing about feet is that they are always moving. Not happy with where your feet have wandered? Are you regretting things? Those metaphorical scars on your feet might feel ugly, but can be turned into something beautiful. Those scars can be used to inspire, encourage, and make an impact for the Kingdom of God. Now, that is something that will last forever. Yes, God wants to use you. Right now. As you continue to walk with the Lord, your feet will continuly grow in beauty. Allow God to use your feet.
I pray to God you'd be burdened for beautiful feet
You hold the truth that saves
So run and shout it to the world
They can't believe in something they ain't never heard
Go, go, go and run with those beautiful feet
*This summer God has inspired me to work on a project involving people, feet, and their stories/passions/inspirations. I will be posting stories and pictures to my blog, Facebook page, and photography page. I don't know exactly where God will take my feet with this project, but I am willing to go where he leads me. Walking in his purpose with purpose.
