So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. John 13:14-15
As we have gone through this Lenten season, we have confronted the walls that have been built to exclude groups of people from the fullness of God’s love. Race, Gender, Ethnicity, Orientation and Identity, class, status and more. Which wall was the biggest struggle for you to break down? How does the fact that Jesus washed the feet of Judas, who would soon betray him, challenge your ideas about who should (or shouldn’t) be included in your acts of kindness and service? What act of “foot washing” can you do today?
Prayer: Almighty Father, on the night before Christ suffered, he showed his disciples the full extent of his love by washing their feet. May we now follow his example, taking up the towel and serving those who are the “last and the least” in his name. May our love, like the love of your dear son, not be reserved for those that are like us or those the we selectively choose to like, but be lavished freely on each person we meet on our journey. We ask this for your glory. Amen.
Tongue on Fire 