This week we begin worship with:
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”
The sky may fill with grey clouds to the point that we would call it dreary. But come sunset, they become a brilliant collage of red, yellow, and orange. We call others to the window to show them how beautiful it is.
This verse is not talking about beautiful feet.
It is talking about the effect that a person has, the transformation that occurs, when they use those feet to spread the Good News. That walk to a neighbor, that walk to comfort a friend, that providential conversation on a plane, can turn a life around. It can make them a new creation, to which we say “How beautiful!”
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