Taking off the Sandals

The beauty of a once a week Church gathering is that once a week we're reminded that we're in the presence of God. What if we made it a point daily to remember that we are in the presence of God. With that, comes the removal of our shoes. To come into the presence of God we have to remove the dirt that has traveled with us. That dirt is the sin that clings to our imperfect selves. By checking our hearts, similar to taking off the shoes, we remove the sin that makes us dirty. If we did this daily, what freedom would we experience? When this is done regularly it becomes, routine and easy. Then with sin that tries to build into footholds we don't allow it to gain strength. The clarity in our relationship with God grows as we first remove the distractions that fill our hearts.