Foot Washing and Other Service

As Jesus was nearing the end of life, having loved too many of the wrong kinds of people, after eating with his disciples, he  began to was his disciples feet. John's Gospel (chapter 13) tells us that Simon Peter objected to Jesus washing the disciples feet.  After all, washing feet was something that servants did, not the masters.  Jesus washed feet that night, and commanded his disciples to do the same.

It's rare that we wash one another's feet now, and realistically, most of us don't need someone to do that for us these days.  But the world does need our love, and the world does need to hear of God's love in Jesus Christ.  As people of faith, we are still called to serve, to share, and to let our words as well as our actions proclaim hope and peace as we meet the real needs of a hurting world.   All around us bodies and souls are hurting and in need of the radical, barrier-breaking love that we find in God.

On this Maundy Thursday, perhaps some questions are worth pondering:  How are we called to serve today?  How can we share the Good News of God's love?  Where are we called to share this news?  If we aren't called to wash feet, how are we called to be servants of God?