Bare Feet and the Work of God

Shoes are dumb. I'm not a fan.

Once a week I go out to the park and play ultimate frisbee with some friends. For me, this simply cannot be done with shoes on my feet.

{insert pic of my gross feet after playing ultimate}

This is all beside the point of the song, but I do find spending time on your own two feet a very healthy activity.

The song I wrote is actually based around a poem by Elizabeth Barret Browning:

Earth's crammed with heaven

And every common bush afire with God;

But only he who sees, takes off his shoes,

The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries,

And daub their natural faces unaware

More and more from the first similitude.

The second I read those first three lines, I knew I'd write a song about it after I'd had enough time to chew it over and think about all that it means.

This poem and song are both referring to Moses and the burning bush. God told Moses to take off his shoes. God told him he was standing on holy ground. Moses' trust in God went far beyond his own understanding of how things in life are "supposed" to work.

So where has all this holy ground gone? I say, "the burning bush is still burning bright." Our society is growing increasingly skeptical of anything that a human can't understand or explain, but this doesn't leave any space for a loving Creator full of grace does it?

Church, where is your wonder?

Church, where is your awe?

Why would Christ's work here on earth have to go through our limited understanding?

My friends, lets all be more faithful to all the crazy things God can do.

andy

(The Corners)

The lyrics to our song "Barefoot" are here: http://poetrybyandy.blogspot.com/2010/04/lyrics-to-new-ep-track-1-barefoot.html