About Jesus Shoes

Jesus Shoes, an interesting title I know.  It is simple really.  I love wearing flip flops which in some sort of pseudo-religious slang can also be referred to as Jesus shoes.  But the title of this blog carries much more significance than a particular style of shoe I prefer to sport.  The summary of my life goal can be described by this deep-seeded desire that I have to follow in the  shoes of my Hero, my Friend, my King, my Everything, who is my Savior.  His name is Jesus, and His shoes are so hard to follow.  Much of the time I fail.  Even still, driven by a love that wont let me go, I press on toward the goal of striving to obtain the very nature of Christ.  By that I mean emulating His attributes and of course not His divinity, for to do so would be folly and completely grain against the very nature of Christ.  For I'm reminded in Philippians 2 that Christ did not consider equality with God something to be grasped - though He Himself was indeed fully God.  If Christ, being the very nature of God Himself, humbled Himself and didn't consider equality with God something to be grasped, then I, a created finite creature who is marred by sin and full of shortcomings, can in no way assume even the slightest ability for obtaining divinity - far from it!  I want to simply walk in His shoes, and do all I can to love God and others in the same way Jesus did as described the Gospels.

So why Jesus Shoes?  Well, to be perfectly honest, I love to write.  It is almost therapeutic for me.  While I'm not eloquent or superior with words (I actually hated English in school - it was by far my least favorite subject), I do rather enjoy writing.  I don't know what it is about writing that is so compelling for me.  Sometimes I wonder if I'm strange because of this desire.  Then I think about - there's no such thing as normal for we really are all strange in our own sense.  We all have quirks.  Perhaps mine is writing.

I actually miss writing as I'm not taking classes right now (I'm working in my Master of Ministry degree).  While I don't always enjoy the course work as it adds considerably business, I do miss writing.  But I also like to journal.  I like to look back and read through what God has been teaching me and laying on my heart.  So in Jesus Shoes you will likely find ramblings, musings, spiritual longings, prayers, and I'm sure incoherent thoughts and ideas. But the initial goal of Jesus Shoes isn't for the benefit of potential readers (though that would be encouraging) but selfishly more for the author, if that makes any sense.  We will see where this all goes.

Before I close this first post I have to say happy birthday to my wonderful wife.  She is an amazing woman who compels me to seek Christ in many ways.  I love her dearly.