Beautiful Feet

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How beautiful are the feet that bring the news.  What a strange image.  The sound of feet.  Think about that.  The implication of the passage is that how we walk and the sound of our feet can actually tell us a lot.  Our children running down the hall frantically tells us something.  Stomping our feet when angry tells us something.  The silent sliding of feet when trying to sneak out tells us something.

Here is my questions for you...what do feet bringing good news of peace and joy sound like?  What do dancing or joyful feet sound like?

As I write this my daughter is skipping and dancing around the living room.  It brings sounds of rhythm and along with it there is the sound laughter and joy.

Here is another truth: we can hear feet long before we can see who is coming.  I wondering if people of God in exile became astute listeners to the sound of Babylonian feet marching to give more orders?  Could they hear the sound of horses hooves clicking on the rock?

But the feet of a messenger of peace sounds different...joyful...more like my daughter's dancing.

I invite you as you are at work this week to listen for the sound of feet.  Can you make out the sounds of co-workers coming?  Does that bring hope or dread?  That might help you connect with the People of God Isaiah preached to centuries ago.

As you listen to the sound of feet around you...may the traces of God's grace bring you peace too.

Blessings!