This week’s promotional discount is on my 2005 book Heaven Touching Earth, one of a four-part series I wrote that features also Touching Down, Touched By His Hand and Touching the Seasons. Subtitled ‘Prayers for daily life’, the aim of each of the books is to locate faith firmly in daily life – to bring heaven, if you like, down to earth.
Normally priced at £7.99, this week, until 6 September, you can purchase Heaven Touching Earth at a 10 per cent discount, using the code HEAVEN10 when ordering the book from the Kevin Mayhew website. Just type the code into the relevant box at the checkout between the dates given.
Meanwhile, here’s the fifth of seven extracts I’ll be posting this week from the book, to run alongside this promotion:
The shoe shop
There were hundreds there,
shoes of every shape and size –
sandals,
boots,
trainers,
stilettos –
a stunning selection of footwear,
suitable for male and female, young and old.
And as I browsed along the shelves,
I found myself thinking of all who would wear them,
the assortment of people whose feet they’d adorn
in days to come.
Help me, Lord, to put myself
into the shoes of those around me –
not literally,
but in spirit –
for only then can I hope to understand them,
to grasp what makes them tick
and make sense of their experiences,
empathising with their hopes and fears,
joys and sorrows.
Teach me to look beyond my limited horizons
and narrow interests,
and to identify more fully with others,
as you have identified yourself so wonderfully
with me
and with all.
Amen.