I don’t like feet.
I mean, I appreciate that they’re an important feature of my body. After all, they help take me wherever I want to go. But I don’t like someone else’s feet touching any part of me.
I grew up with siblings who sometimes liked to push my buttons. I remember sitting on our couch at home, minding my own business, when a brother beside me slid his foot over to barely touch me. He usually did it to get a reaction—and he got one. Sad to say, I’m not much better about this as an adult.
In John, we read how Jesus, our Savior, washed the feet of His disciples. God’s Son tackled a menial task that no one else had stepped up to perform. In doing this, Jesus gives an example of serving others.
But the lesson is not so much about washing feet. Instead, the lesson is that no job is too small, demeaning, or unpleasant if we want to show our love to others.
Think about those jobs no one else wants to do. Maybe they’re in our home, at our job, or at our church. Whether it’s doing a load of laundry for our family or cleaning up a spill in the office workroom, we’re surrounded by opportunities to help others.
Unless we’re bathing our young children, I doubt we’ll be called upon to wash someone's feet. But if Jesus can humbly and willingly bathe the dusty, dirty feet of a roomful of grown men, how can we not do whatever we’re called on to do in service to others?
Ask yourself, "Whose feet can I wash today?”
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Tracey Brewer is a wife and mom to two young adult daughters. Her family lives in the Charleston, SC, area. She enjoys reading, hiking, and, most recently, pickleball. She blogs about faith and family at Girls to Grow.