{"id":1827,"date":"2007-02-02T02:10:54","date_gmt":"2007-02-02T02:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/02\/heart-of-the-foot.html"},"modified":"2007-02-02T02:10:54","modified_gmt":"2007-02-02T02:10:54","slug":"heart-of-the-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/02\/heart-of-the-foot.html","title":{"rendered":"Heart of the Foot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some people put their foot in their mouth; this psalmist puts his foot in his heart &#8212; or does he have his heart in his foot? Notice these words: <!--more|inline--><br \/>\n&#8220;My heart is set on keeping your decrees<br \/>\nto the very end&#8221; (119:112).<br \/>\nAnd v. 111 ended with this: your statues are &#8220;the joy of my heart.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe heart that is joyous is the feet that are guided by the light of the Torah.<br \/>\nThe Torah gives light for the feet as they walk the path; because his feet know the way, his heart is joyous and now resolute to keep the Lord&#8217;s decrees to the very end.<br \/>\nEasy to resolve to go all the way; hard to do. The psalmist&#8217;s history shows his future: the best way to predict a person&#8217;s future is to know their past. This psalmist&#8217;s past was a clear path of following the light the Torah had provided for his feet.<br \/>\nThe heart of the psalmist was in his feet &#8212; his heart was resolved to walk in the ways of the Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people put their foot in their mouth; this psalmist puts his foot in his heart &#8212; or does he have his heart in his foot? 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