Jesus Washed My Feet

This morning I read in John 13 about Jesus washing his disciples feet. One thing I hadn't ever seen before while reading was in the first verse. It says, "Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love." What got me the most was the phrase, "he now showed them the full extent of his love." It was cool to see Jesus troubled that he was leaving and wanting to show his disciples love before he left. I realized that the only way I can serve others the way that Jesus did is to be served by God because service equals love. I need to be loved and cared for by my Father before I can love and care for my brothers and sisters (including the campers). I even wrote this in my Bible "How has God washed my feet today that would give me motivation to wash others feet?"

So I prayed for an attitude of service and grappled with how much I really wanted it, but after that I didn't think much about my devotional time. I went on with Team Building, Lunch Prep, Lunch, and Lunch Clean-up. After I left the camp store, Camo and I went to say hi to some campers that invited her to a Spa track time.

We went inside the cabin and I planned on redoing my nails, but a little girl led me outside so she could show me the foot soak. She showed me where to sit and put a bucket of water in front of me. It was then I realized she was about to wash my feet. I took off my shoes and she put perfumed salts in the bucket that was too small for my feet, but just the right size for God to show himself to me. After she went inside I lost it and cried. I couldn't stop thinking about how much the camp staff does for the campers to communicate love through service and how this girl showed me the full extent of her love by preparing something nice for my feet. The little girl "washed my feet." She served me. She just wanted them to smell good and be smooth, but in reality she was used to do so much more. God washed my feet today through a little girl we have been serving all week.