“…patience to keep walking.”
January 26th, 2009
I was a little moved by this news story about a ministry in Atlanta where church volunteers care for the feet of the homeless.
Every Monday afternoon for the last year, the Rev. Bob Book and his wife, Holly, have transformed the Church of the Common Ground into a spa for the homeless. They scrub the feet of the city’s forgotten, mirroring the act of Jesus washing his disciples’ feet.
[...] He takes it further with about 35 homeless men and women each week: Five at a time, they get a soak, pumice, nail trim, massage and a fresh pair of socks. Volunteers wearing gloves provide apricot scrub, ointments, air freshener for shoes, nail polish and even insoles.
I love this quote from one of the people helped by the ministry:
“Having my feet (done) gives me a little patience,” Barnes says, “to keep walking.”