Shoes and hearts....both were left today. There aren't words to describe the emotions running through church today. It seems like such a small gesture, to simply leave your shoes, and it is. For us anyways. I mean, Preacher Timmy was right on when he said that our small gift of shoes doesn't effect us much. We all have more shoes, many people right in their bags to replace the ones they left. Most of us in the car. But to an outsider, someone who wasn't in that building today to feel the unification this small act brought to our church, is indescribable. People of all ages came together to make a difference in another person's life. Isn't that what the Bible tells us to do. To give of ourselves, not so that we are hurting, but to share our blessings so that others can feel God's love too. To see children taking off their shoes and leaving them, to know that for some in our congregation, leaving their shoes was all they could do to make a difference. We all have to make a choice, to decide what is important to us. And if leaving your shoes is the most you can do, then you have done enough. The unifying factor though, is that we can all feel like we have made a difference in Swaziland. That someone in that sweet country will be blessed by the shoes we have sent. To know that our church will be walking around together in Swaziland...maybe not physically, but definitely in spirit.
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