Feet.

This weekend I volunteered with Shoes for Hope, sponsored by Samaritan’s Feet and the Rock Hill School District. Basically, underprivileged kids and youth could come and get new shoes and new school supplies. I didn’t know exactly what I was doing when I got there, but I volunteered to be a foot washer. I think some of the kids thought it was weird that some stranger was washing their feet, but that’s actually the best part of it. I was washing people’s feet, having no idea where they come from, where they’ve been, and will probably never see some of them again. Those kinds of situations are the best reminders for me though, about why we should serve people and who we should serve. Because it’s super easy to serve my family or even my best pals, because they love me so much and I love them enough to do whatever I can for them. But kids off the street don’t know me and have nothing to offer me. But that’s the best kind of service, the kind of service I believe Jesus is pleased with. It was really cool to be able to give kids a new pair of shoes to walk into school with on the first day. New shoes was always my favorite part of going back to school, I felt really good about myself if I had cool new shoes on. One girl’s face lit up when I put her new pink converses on her feet because it was her favorite color and I have a feeling she’ll wear those things out! It was also an awesome reminder about how rich I am. I wish I could do something like this every day, just to bring me back down a few knotches. It’s easy to forget how much I’ve been given when I spend most of my time walking my dog in one of the nicest neighborhoods in rock hill. When I go to my super fun job and get surrounded by people who love me and always want the best for me. It’s really easy to forget that some people have nothing. Every kid that sat down in front of me is loved by Jesus just as much as I am and He died to save them too. Our stuff and our status gets us nowhere in the end. That puts us all on the same level when you look at people that way and what a cool thought, how much He loves us.