Beautiful Feet

It's time for a very special kind of giveaway here on MMM. But first, I have to tell you about the woman (and her feet) who inspired it.

Our first year on the field was a time of adjustment: a new culture, a new language, new foods, and our first baby. About 10 months after we arrived, we attended a meeting with others like us together with a large group of people from the states who came to serve us.

These folks watched our kids while we attended times of worship, something we are not able to participate in in this culture for security concerns. They led in worship and provided evening activities for the family. For moms with newborns, which I was, they arranged a time where they gave us pedicures.

Talk about the royal treatment!

Having someone wash my feet like that was very humbling. I have never gotten over the power and grace of that act. I determined then that I wanted to be a foot washer.

Isaiah 52:7 says, "How lovely on the mountains are the feet of one who brings good news, who announces peace..."

Consider you are far from home and your feet are tired and cracked from traveling the mountains. But look! Here comes one glad to see you! She comes alongside you, considers your feet "lovely," kneels before you, and washes your tired feet in love and gladness.

Well, God has a way of reaching those deep places inside and when my feet were washed, it was one of those times for me.

Likewise, I have had 2 or 3 people in blogland who have ministered to me deeply like this. These people, for some reason, have taken an interest in my feet so to speak. Goodness knows it is not because I am better than anyone else or relay a perfect message.

I happen to think it is simply because they are full of the love of Christ and they are fellow mountain travelers themselves. They know what it is like to get dusty and tired feet in running the message of peace.

So today, I'd like to honor one of them by pulling out a basin and inviting her to sit in this comfy (okay, imaginary!) recliner. Go ahead and put your feet into the warm, spiced and sizzling water, Elaine. As I pray and read scripture over you, receive the ministering touches of the Lord given through a sister.

"Lord, may Elaine go out with joy and be led forth with peace. May the mountains and the hills around her break into singing at the glad message she brings. May her presence represent Your glory and awe, her light shine hope for those who sit in darkness. May the enemies who afflict her come bowing to her, and all those who despised her bow themselves to the soles of her feet. May she be called the City of the Lord, the place where the Lord dwells. Bless her, keep her, and send her feet to even farther places, in the name of Christ."


Now here's the giveaway: I'm sending Elaine a pedicure package and I've got a second one to giveaway. To enter the giveaway, leave me a comment giving the URL of a blog/blogger that has "washed" your feet so to speak. I will enter you and your beautiful feet blogger into the giveaway, so you might want to let them know that you've nominated them!

Before you leave, how about praying a prayer of blessing over a blogger who has ministered to you? It may be just the touch they need to keep walking their mountain.

***7 piece Pedicure kit includes:
-6 oz foot scrub (blend of Tea Tree oils, mint, and pumice)
-6 oz therapeutic balm (blend of Tea Tree oils, chamomile, and aloe vera)
-pumice stick
-cuticle pusher
-cuticle trimmer
-nail clipper
- nail file

Giveaway will be open all week until Saturday, July 25 unless I go into labor in which case it will be open until I get a chance to draw a name :)

**Update: I was going to give the links to the inspiring blogs you all left, but just don't have the energy to do a full post right now, so I'm announcing the winner instead. The winner of the second kit is Theresa. Congrats girl! You deserve it!

Beautiful Feet

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