Post by caressa on May 9, 2005 0:29:47 GMT -5
WITH TOWEL AND BASIN
by Max Lucado
It has been a long day.
Jerusalem is packed with Passover guests.
The disciples enter, one by one,
and take their places around the table.
On the wall hangs a towel,
and on the floor sits a pitcher
and a basin.
Any one of the disciples could
volunteer for the job,
but not one does.
After a few moments,
Jesus stands
and removes his outer garment.
He wraps a servant's girdle
around his waist,
takes up the basin,
and kneels before one of the disciples.
He unlaces a sandal
and gently lifts the foot
and places it in the basin,
covers it with water,
and begins to bathe it.
One by one,
one grimy foot after another,
Jesus works his way down the row.
I looked for a Bible translation that reads,
“Jesus washed all the disciples' feet
except the feet of Judas,”
but I couldn't find one.
What a passionate moment when
Jesus silently lifts the feet of his betrayer
and washes them in the basin!
Within hours the feet of Judas,
cleansed by the kindness
of the one he will betray,
will stand in Caiaphas's court.
Behold the gift Jesus gives his followers!
By morning they will bury
their heads in shame
and look down at their feet in disgust.
And when they do,
he wants them to remember how
his knees knelt before them
and he washed their feet.
He wants them to realize those feet
are still clean.
“You don't understand now
what I am doing,
but you will understand later”
(John 13:7).
Remarkable.
He forgave their sin before
they even committed it.
He offered mercy before
they even sought it.
_____________________________
From "Just like Jesus"
For amazing picture of Jesus go to:
groups.msn.com/TheEagleandtheWolf/bornofspirit.msnw?action=get_message&mview=1&ID_Message=1035&CType=0&CDir=-1
by Max Lucado
It has been a long day.
Jerusalem is packed with Passover guests.
The disciples enter, one by one,
and take their places around the table.
On the wall hangs a towel,
and on the floor sits a pitcher
and a basin.
Any one of the disciples could
volunteer for the job,
but not one does.
After a few moments,
Jesus stands
and removes his outer garment.
He wraps a servant's girdle
around his waist,
takes up the basin,
and kneels before one of the disciples.
He unlaces a sandal
and gently lifts the foot
and places it in the basin,
covers it with water,
and begins to bathe it.
One by one,
one grimy foot after another,
Jesus works his way down the row.
I looked for a Bible translation that reads,
“Jesus washed all the disciples' feet
except the feet of Judas,”
but I couldn't find one.
What a passionate moment when
Jesus silently lifts the feet of his betrayer
and washes them in the basin!
Within hours the feet of Judas,
cleansed by the kindness
of the one he will betray,
will stand in Caiaphas's court.
Behold the gift Jesus gives his followers!
By morning they will bury
their heads in shame
and look down at their feet in disgust.
And when they do,
he wants them to remember how
his knees knelt before them
and he washed their feet.
He wants them to realize those feet
are still clean.
“You don't understand now
what I am doing,
but you will understand later”
(John 13:7).
Remarkable.
He forgave their sin before
they even committed it.
He offered mercy before
they even sought it.
_____________________________
From "Just like Jesus"
For amazing picture of Jesus go to:
groups.msn.com/TheEagleandtheWolf/bornofspirit.msnw?action=get_message&mview=1&ID_Message=1035&CType=0&CDir=-1
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.