John 13: 8  “Jesus said, “Unless  I wash you, you won’t belong to
Me….since I your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to
wash one another’s feet.”

One of my  favorite pictures of the Lord’s servant heart is when he
washes the feet of Peter. Here is a man, with all of his fleshly warts
and insecurities sitting before his dearest friend….having his feet
washed by the One who created him. I can’t possibly imagine what was
going through Peter’s mind. And why did the Lord choose Peter to
record, from all of the disciples? Certainly for our sake as well as
his disciples. What an act of humility. What a foreshadow of his
sacrifice on the cross for you and me. If I had been Peter, I would
have been screaming on the inside, “I am not worthy!” There would be a
lump the size of a baseball inside my throat and a cistern of tears
ready to roll down my face from embarrassment. And yet……..Jesus does
this for me every day. Every time I slide into pride or selfishness,
He lovingly yet firmly corrects me and shows me the higher way of
holiness and offers the choice and grace to change. When I try to
justify my unforgiveness or greed, He guides me in the path of
righteousness until I yeild to  His Spirit and do what is right and
true and pleasing to His heart.  While I worry about whether I am
serving Him enough, He serves …me…with all the grace and promise that
He is. Like Isaiah, “I am undone” How can I not serve my Friend, my
Savior, My King?

Carolyn