One
of our church’s ministries that has really won a place in my heart is our shoe
closet and our periodic shoe giveaways. It does my heart good to see so many
different people coming to our church on the days of the giveaways and receive
help in such a practical and tangible way. In order to be profound or clever, I
did a word search to see if the word shoe appears anywhere in the Bible. Much
to my surprise, it does not appear in that form anywhere in the NIV translation
of the New Testament. The closest I could find was in Ephesians 6 where it
talks about having our “feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the
gospel of peace.”
Isaiah
comments, “How lovely on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good
news!” What do your feet look like? I heard one man say one time that his feet
were so ugly, that if he were hanging out around the house without his shirt on
and the doorbell rang, his wife would be more concerned that he cover his feet
than his chest if he went to answer the door.
One
way to beautify your feet is to be involved in mission. Our next mission
opportunity here in a location other than Rolla will be in September on the
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in La Plant, SD. Before that opportunity
though, we will give away shoes to families in our community who need them on Saturday, July 31 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
in our fellowship hall.As
always, there will be a need for set up on Friday afternoon and take down when
the event is over on Saturday.
Come
beautify your feet by giving, helping, serving or praying on that day.
