Mack is the only child of ours to attend the school he is about to graduate from. I feel a bit like an outsider at this school since Mack didn’t even start attending there until he was a sophomore. Couple that with Mack being a male (obviously), and I don’t get much information. Everything is “not that deep.” Questions are annoying to him. And he leaves each morning saying, “This is so dumb; I can’t wait for this to be over.” Senioritis at its finest.
But today was a “Senior Run” after their graduation practice. Molly and I went to watch and cheer for the seniors as they ran and high-fived the younger students.
Mack and a friend are pushing another friend in a wheelchair. I prayed the kid wouldn’t be jolted out as they hit the speed bump! It was a sweet little moment, and I am glad I didn’t miss it.
See it would have been easier to take Mack’s advice and not bother to attend because, again, “it’s not that deep, Mom.”
But even that morning on a long walk I sensed God taking me deeper with Him. Asking me if I was willing to let go of some fine and good things for more of Him. I have been asking Him to show me what is true about some circumstances, this season of my life, my health, my grief, my kids, my marriage…all of it. He is the source of Truth, and I know He is willing to help me replace the lies I believe with His truth. And I want to hear it, see it, know it, experience it, live in that truth. He will help me know what is that “that deep” and what “isn’t that deep.”
On the same walk I listened to a podcast by Christy Nockels about a song she recently wrote, “Be Where Your Feet Are.” I loved the podcast, even though I shed some tears and am experiencing opposite emotions from her, despite the fact that we are in a similar season.
I needed the reminder to slow down. Pay attention to whoever is in front of you. Enjoy this season because it will be over sooner than I can imagine. I really, really needed that reminder. The tears told on me.
Just now I was scrolling through my photos from today and was struck by this photo I took. At the time I genuinely only took it because I like the blue toenail polish and wanted to send the pic to Josh at work. He has too many serious things to consider all day—a random photo of my blue piggies would be a good distraction. LOL!
How appropriate that on the very morning that God was helping me to slow down and “be where my feet are,” I would snap this silly picture.
Be where your feet are—it isn’t complicated, but man oh man, is it deep.
I Corinthians 7:17, The Message Translation:
“And don’t be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God’s place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there.”