John 13:3-5 Then he [Jesus] poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him.
I like laundry—I do. You take something dirty and smelly and make it clean, like new again. You hang it outside or throw it in a dryer and retrieve it smelling fresh. You take a lumpy pile and bring order and smoothness to it. (Then you get someone else to put it away.) There's satisfaction and power in transforming something for the better.
My washing is imperfect, but Jesus cleans through and through. Aware that “the Father had given all things into his hands,” the powerful Son of God washed his beloved disciples' feet as their servant. Jesus was sent to make us spiritually clean and acceptable to God. As the old hymn says,
Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow.
The next time you wash—your hands, your clothes, your car—think about how Jesus has washed you clean in the water of your baptism.
Linda Foltz
Visit http://www.allsaintspalatine.org for a full calendar and join us Wednesday for midweek Lenten worship. Dinner is served at 6:15 and worship (Holden Evening Prayer) is at 7 pm. This week's faith-sharer is Ed Garner.
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