Jesus “poured water into a basin and began to wash
the feet of the disciples, drying them with his apron.” (John 13:3-6 MSG)
“So if I, the
Master and Teacher, washed your feet, you must now wash each other’s feet. I’ve
laid down a pattern for you. What I’ve done, you do.” (John 13:12-17 MSG)
Somehow, reading these two accounts one after
another made me wonder if there was any significance in this sequence.
Maybe because I’m a middle-aged woman, I no longer
find romantic stories about young people all that inspiring. However, when I
see a couple who have been married for several decades and are still obviously
devoted to each other, I’m intrigued to hear their love story. I want to follow
their pattern. I want what they have, so I’m willing to do what they do.
When
we are involved in an intimate relationship with God, we realize that we are
just responding to Someone who has been
attending to us all along—Someone who
cares much more about what is going on inside of us than on the outside. When
we reciprocate this love, giving of ourselves, submitting, serving—this pattern
of mutual devotion becomes an example for others—making them desire a similar rich,
deep, sacramental relationship.
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