Lord-
Wow it has been a week since recording our conversation here. Lots has been going on. To rewind this past week, it was hard. I moved and am now staying somewhere different, so preparing for that to happen this weekend has been kind of stressful, but Lord I really believed that it was you giving me a way out of a tough situation. When you give us open doors we need to walk through them. I thank you for the strength to get through last week. It was exhausting, and this week seems to be a catchup day.
But something I have just been reflecting on today has been your will in our lives and our response to you needs to acknowledge your holiness. The way other people from other traditions practice reverance is taking off their shoes. A junior high youth group I am involved in also does this before entering into their sanctuary dedicated to you, Lord, in prayer in worship. They remove their shoes and do not talk in this particular room out of reverance and in worship of You. I really like this idea.
It also makes me think that I need to take my mind "shoes" when approaching you in prayer and reading your word. There is so much that my culture and world makes me carry with me, and really I need to be removing all that hinders and run the race (or sit at your feet) unhindered. I think of Mary and smile because in my mind she is sitting shoeless listening to you talk in her home. I am Martha often and need to come into the living room, remove my shoes and sit at your feet, Lord. Thank you for giving me that to actively think on.
As I often do, I can relate this to a song. This causes me to think of the song "Traveling Light." It talks about leaving everything in God's capable and trustworthy hands.
Thanks for always speaking into our lives, Lord.
Lots of Love.
In your capable hands and name,
Amen
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