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“How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” Romans 10:14-15

My feet aren’t the best-looking. I had toe surgery on both which makes my toes lay down weird. I have a bunion forming. The bottoms are so calloused that a pedicurist wants to grab a large implement to shave them off. But they’re my feet, and they’re all I got to get me around. They bring me around to the usual places, the new places, the scary places, the fun places, and I encounter God in those places because God is everywhere. When our feet take us to those places, we don’t have time to look at our feet, and honestly 90% of the time, no one is looking at other people’s feet anyway. Keep your head up, looking for God. And when we find God, that is what we point to. That is the Good News, there, in that moment. And that’s what makes the moment beautiful. Thank God that it’s not what your feet look like, but where you go with them and what you point to that makes them beautiful. -Pastor Erika

May 24 is also “Aldersgate Day,” which recalls and celebrates John Wesley encountering the Holy Spirit in what he described as his heart being “strangely warmed.” It was truly a conversion experience for him as he was studying Romans 8 with his small group. When have you experienced the pouring out of the Holy Spirit or a “heart-warming” encounter?

What could you do in the week ahead to explore what it means to be unbounded by the Holy Spirit?

Spirit of the Living God, we sometimes place boundaries on how we understand or experience you. In this time of celebrating the gift of Pentecost, may we be open to how you want to pour out your Spirit on our lives. Give us ears to hear your voice and the conviction to be truth-tellers. Transform us with your love to all around us. Amen.

Last night Harmony hosted MICA Project’s strategy meeting to make our neighborhoods safe and welcoming for everyone. By the end of meeting, concrete plans were made for locations in the city, county and St. Charles. Exciting to see how the Spirit of justice moves amongst the people. Want to shape positive change in your neighborhood? Contact MICA Project to see how you can get plugged in.