Humble enough to wash feet

The gospel of John tells us that on the night Jesus was arrested (the day before he was crucified), he celebrated Passover dinner with his closest friends - his disciples. Disciple means learner -- those who learnt from Jesus. They were not perfect men. They often argued about who was the greatest, and they tried to shoo away the children from Jesus. But on the night of his arrest, Jesus brought a pail of water and washed the feet of each of them, one by one. And he said, "Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet." (John 13:14) Washing another person's feet implies that we are helping them despite their weaknesses and faults. This is hard for us -- we are too proud and don't want to help them if it costly to our standing or comfort. But Jesus, the Holy of Holies, did not mind to stoop down and wash our dirty, smelly feet. We need Jesus' faithful, enduring love. Once we know his love, we should imitate his service. (Image: Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet by Jan Lievens, Chicago Art Institute, Public Domain CC0)