All in Love Your Neighbor
Over and over I am nudged by the Holy Spirit towards certain activities to be His hands and feet in this world. I feel the nudge and sometimes I hear the whisper but I am a girl that likes clarity. Anyone else like me? I want to know the “plan” before I start moving toward what He is asking. When I don’t know His “plan” or have one of my own, fear sets in. Sometimes it’s fear of looking stupid. Other times, it’s fear of failure or not being able to clearly articulate the hows and whys of what He is asking of me.
Currently, I have two thoughts around this.
Basking in the glorious late Spring sun, streaming through the east window, I am snuggled into my purple overstuffed chair. Allowing my eyes to slid shut, I whisper of my thoughts about the coming summer. Running out of words, silence falls between me and my maker. Then He breathes these words into my mind, “Feed the children.” Knowing my propensity to overanalyze these things, I pick up my phone and create a post inviting others to join me.
Sometimes we think we have to go far away or do something new or huge to be His hands and feet to this world.
Extending her pudgy nut brown hand full of her recess-collected, canary yellow bouquet, she giggles exclaiming, “I picked these for you!” Promptly an older, more “knowledgeable” students, saunters over and snears,“ Dandelions are not flowers!” She protests; insisting that they are. Hugging her, my heart is full. Not because these are what I would consider beautiful, but because the heart behind this is pure and loving. She saw something she deemed beautiful and wanted to share it.
Sauntering away, my squirrelish mind zips around, latching onto some simple and yet troubling question
Slipping out of my professional armour, I pull on my comfortable yoga pants, loosely layered, soft tops and a puffy black coat that some poor duck gave it’s feathers for. Slipping my feet into the neon running shoes, I head out into the blackness to wash my soul of the mind numbing busyness that I so easily slip into. There is just something about frigid temperatures; clear black nights; and crunchy ground that clears my soul.