Drumnadrochit - Invermoriston.
Today is my last day in Drumnadrochit. Halfway through the day I left and headed for the next town over Invermoriston.
I have enjoyed my time here immensely. I loved getting to stay at one place a couple of days, and exploring one tiny part of Scotland. And yet when I woke up this morning I had itchy feet. I was more than ready to move on. I wanted to see what was next down the road.
And I began to think of all the traveling that Jesus and his disciples did. They never really seemed to stay in one place that long.
Moving that often is both wonderful and exhausting. It is hard to never really feel settled. And yet, sometimes there is this pull to keep going to see what is next.
When in our faith lives do we need to get itchy feet? I don't mean necessarily to actually move, but to spiritually move. Stretch. Try something new. To ask new questions. To learn a new spiritual practice. To explore new mentorship. To try new worship expressions.
It is so easy for us to get stuck. To get into a routine and stay there. Never branching out. Never exploring beyond what is right before us.
One of the things we can learn from Jesus and his roving disciples is that change isn't always bad. Sometimes we need itchy feet in ourselves or our neighbors. We need to explore a bit more. Experience a bit more. Find new heights and depths of our relationship with Christ. To be challenged.
Sometimes we could all use itchy feet.
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