Dirty feet

Last night we went to the Outlaw's house to celebrate our neices graduation from high school. Alot of the family was there, along with all the little neices and nephews. Toward the end of the night, Kevin, Brittney, Cayleigh, Tony, & I were walking to go see the new shelter that was being built. Along the way there was a really muddy section. So Brittney picked up 5 year old Cayleigh and carried her over the mud. Brittney ended up with mud all over her flip flops. I told Cayleigh "Brittney sacrificed for you." She said, "What's a sacrifice?" So I thought for a moment on how to respond. "Well, instead of you having to walk through the mud and get your feet dirty, Brittney carried you and got her feet dirty instead. The same with Jesus. We deserve to be punished for our sins against God, but Jesus was punished for us; He died in our place. That is a sacrifice." It was a really quick conversation... probably didn't even last 2 minutes. But I praise God for the object lesson; for the reminder of HIS sacrifice. Because of JESUS' sacrifice, my "feet" our clean.