Toes

Okay. This has nothing to do with my toes. Because if you ever saw my toes which have been battered by many door facings, many bed posts, many sofa legs, and most of all the front of my running shoes, it would send you running for the hills so fast and so far that you’d get lost in the process.  So instead, see Baby Caleb's toes.  They're much nicer than mine.

Instead this post is about one of my favorite songs by a person who is somewhere on my list of favorite music artists. Norah Jones sings this song – Toes. And, the phrase that is key is that “[her] toes just touched the water”. This song reminds me of life here with people around us. When the current is swift and strong, we should be jumping in to live life deeply and intentionally, but instead we play around the edge daring to only dip our toes into what could have been.

We prefer life on the bank of the river where we can talk about sports, the weather, and our favorite TV shows. And, when that wears out, we can talk about other people and their faults to take the attention off of ourselves. Instead, we should be going deep, talking about our own needs, our own faults, our own true successes. And, then we should turn our attention to the world around us with love in our hearts and address the deepest need that it has—the need for a Savior King to redeems us from our fallen state. So, friends jump in (if you know how to swim) and show someone who you are and be a friend to someone that needs you.  I wrote this mostly for myself.  I owe a group of people an apology because I feel called to go deep with them but instead I dabble around the edge in bitterness and judgmentality.  And, hopefully soon, I'll have the courage to do that.  :)

Much love my friends!

For a play of the song, here ya go