Don't let my attempts at a sophisticated look fool you...I'm a nature girl at heart who would shed any shoe (heel, flat, or flip flop) to walk around barefoot. And today, with the public park to myself, I did just that. The gardens had not been groomed for the season so rabbit and deer droppings were scattered around, but I walked barefoot nonetheless.

As I meandered my way through the garden I realized my head was constantly starring at the ground since it was like walking through a minefield. While I don't mind rocks and twigs and even tree sap, I don't prefer to walk through dung so my eyes were glued to wherever I was about to place my foot. Yet throughout this entire time I carried in my hand my boots that would have allowed me to look up and enjoy the woods around me...but I never stopped to put them on my feet.

How many times do I walk through life with my eyes fixed on the ground looking out for mines and trip wires when I could stop being so stubborn and guard myself with God's truth that I've been holding in my hand all this time? "Because I want to really feel the earth between my toes" I justify to myself, "How can I be a part of the world if I don't feel it?"

Just by putting a shoe on my foot does not mean I can fly, I still walk on and feel the ground beneath me. My foot will still squish down where it's muddy, it will still slide where it is slippery, and it will also move with ease where the ground is paved. All it means is that I now have the freedom to look up and around without fear of stepping in anything unwanted and having it get my foot all sticky and...well...gross.

God's truth doesn't stop us from experiencing life, instead it enriches our lives so we can enjoy it to the fullest without finding ourselves stuck in the filthiest dung of life. So why don't we put so much care into guarding ourselves with His truth? Because we're too stubborn and foolish...that's why. ;p

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