"...Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with me." ~John 13:8
"I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him." ~John 13: 15 - 16
When I think of foot washing and especially of the way our Lord used the ceremony to summarize His entire ministry, I am in awe of the person who is and was Jesus Christ as man. Christ used the washing at the end of His physical time with the disciples--men whom our Lord poured Himself into; teaching, chastising, forming and mentoring the men into s founders of Christianity. All my thoughts seem so small and petty in comparison with such a poignant representation of the Savior's life. Even so, times when our greatest leaders place themselves as true servants of their respective flocks.
- A CEO who stops in the parking lot to help an employee change a flat tire
- A husband or wife who spends his/her last years on Earth feeding, changing diapers for, and bathing his/her spouse
- A person who gives up a great job/opportunity to spend time with his/her child(ren)
