touched

some of my friends and i went to the beach last night. we played in the water and got our feet really dirty with sand. we came home and i looked at my feet. it was so filthy with sand stuck between my toes. with my head down, i said, "i wanna wash my feet..." one of my friends heard me and said, "come outside. we'll wash our feet." jokingly, i asked, "wanna wash my feet? you know, like, how Jesus washed his disciples' feet?" my friend didn't reply but instead, he went into his room and brought out a white bottle of something. i didn't know what the bottle was for but i just followed him outside to the backyard. he told me to sit on the wooden chair and insisted that i sit on it. ignoring my protests and whining (i really, really was just joking!), he made me sit down. so, i sat down and watched him wash my feet with the hose. the white bottle was soap! he washed my feet not just with water but with soap, too. he also dried my feet with his one towel he had left. the rest of his towels were in the laundry. i was so very touched... after he was done, i told him i'd wash his feet, too, but he wouldn't let me and told me to go back inside the house. haha, dang, i felt like a kid.

this same brother teases me A LOT. he shoots me with a bb gun (i have so many bruises), scares me every chance he gets (my b.p is so high now), and makes me smell his stinky feet and armpits and burps (gross!!!!). but beyond all his pranks and jokes, he can be, dare i say, fairly sweet :) what he did last night... i will never forget it.

When He had finished washing their feet, He put on His clothes and returned to His place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" He asked them. "You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. -- John 13:12-17