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Baby Feet Decor
How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who announces peace and brings good news of happiness, who announces salvation,
and says to Zion, "Your God reigns!" Isaiah 52:7
This sounds odd, and I've never seen it done, but if I were decorating a nursery again, I think I'd use a baby feet theme. Why not? It is my favorite baby part. It's the first thing I want to see when a mother brings that new baby to church. We've all seen those cute little puppy print comforters with matching curtains, and bear paw print sheet sets. There's much to choose from in the world of nursery decor, but nothing is as sweet and adorable as those precious little toes and tiny little feet of a newborn baby.
Think about it. Have you ever seen an ugly pair of baby feet? Never! I've seen some ugly babies, but never have they had ugly feet. There! That settles it. Baby feet wall paper. Tiny photographs of all kinds of baby feet, hung as a collage on the main wall of the nursery. And, if they are your baby's feet, all the more adorable.
God likes feet too; so much so that he mentions them by name and calls them lovely in Isaiah 52:7, "How lovely are the feet of those who bring good news." Have you ever stopped to think about the opportunity your child will have to herald the coming King? Have you ever cuddled and caressed those tiny toes and prayed for those feet to grow up and "bring good news"? May all of our children's feet be referred to, by the Lord, as "lovely."
I wonder if Mary gazed at Baby Jesus' feet and pondered the many miles He would walk to proclaim salvation to mankind. I wonder if she prayed specifically for the wee little feet of her newborn Son. One day those feet would be washed by the tears and hair of a woman so humbled by Him that everyone in the room would be amazed by her act. Mary knew that her Son was the Christ, but she had no idea that those precious little feet would be pierced by a nail and hung on a cross to bleed for her sin.
You may not know who Virginia Evers is, but I bet you'd recognize the gold (or silver) pin of two tiny feet that she designed. While preparing for a pro-life march in San Diego, on the first anniversary of Roe v. Wade, she saw an ad in her local newspaper that pictured the feet of a 10-week-old fetus. She told her husband that the precious little feet of that baby should be the symbol of the pro-life movement. A few years later Virginia designed the Precious Feet lapel pin and not long after that the symbol was designated the International Pro-Life Symbol.
Job testified in Job 23:11, "My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside." This verse might make a wonderful border in a baby feet themed nursery. It would certainly make a wonderful prayer. May our feet always follow hard after the Lord and may He keep us from turning in any other direction.
What better way to celebrate the gift of life, the joy that a new baby brings, and the grateful hearts of each family member than to decorate the nursery with baby feet. H
2 comments:
Beautiful, inspiring words. You made my day. Here's a picture of my little one's feet, I would be honored if you linked to them as an illustration for your article. Here they are!
Pictures of my precious baby's foot print.
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