I don't know how many people have made this comparison before, but walking bare footed and living a life of love are very similar. I say this because as I was walking barefoot outside today, I remembered how good it feels to walk without shoes on. Sometimes, the ground feels soft and nice, and other times its hard and rocky. You will step on sticks, you might bleed, your feet will get dirty, but you will feel. You feel the ground as your foot slowly lands on it, and you notice that every footstep. You don't notice that when you are wearing shoes, you take it for granted and you go on without noticing the intricate parts of life, like why we were given feeling at the bottom of our feet to begin with.
The reason I compare this with a heart and love is because we do the same thing to our heart as we do to our feet. We put shoes on it, we cover it up. Deep down we know that we enjoy that feeling of love and of loving. But too often do we feel pain, rejection, cuts, and heartache, so we decide to not feel anymore. The reason I'm saying this is that I want us, particularly as Christians, but everyone in general, to love without the fear of pain lurking in the back of our minds. I understand that it will hurt, bad at times, but when the time comes when your loving and the ground is soft beneath your feet, it will be a brilliant type of love, and it will bring freedom to your soul.
