God in an apron

In the "New Covenant" made by our Creator God with humanity, as reported in Jeremiah 31:31-34, every human being can know God from within - because the Holy Spirit is revealing our Creator to all who are willing to know the Lord and trust in Him. We can still help each other along the way; so may you be pleased to find here a variety of helps to the life of faith in God through Jesus Christ. G.S.

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God in an apron

Supper was special that night.

There was both a heaviness and a holiness

hanging in the air.

We couldn't explain the mood,

Il was sacred, yet sorrowful.

Gathered around the table

eating that solemn, holy meal

seemed to us the most important meal

we had ever sat down to eat.

We were dwelling in the heart of mystery.

Though dark the night, hope felt right

as though something evil

was about to be conquered.

And  then suddenly the One we loved startled us.

He got up from the table and put on an apron.

Can you imagine how we felt? 

God in an apron!

Tenderness encircled us

as He bowed before us.

Ke knelt and said, ''I choose to wash your feet

because I love you.''

God in an apron, kneeling.

I couldn't believe my eyes.

I was embarrassed until his eyes met mine.

I sensed my value then.

He touched my feet.

He held them in his strong, brown hands.

He washed them.

I can still feel the water.

I can still feel the touch of his hands.

I can still see the look in his eyes.

Then he handed me a towel and said,

''As I have done, so must you do.''

Learn how to bow. Learn how to kneel.

Let your tenderness encircle everyone you meet.

Wash their feet

not because you have to,

because you want to. 

It seems I've stood two thousands years

holding the towel in my hands,

''As I have done so must you do, ''

keeps echoing in my heart.

''There are so many feet to wash,''

I keep saying

''No,'' I hear God's voice 

resounding through the years.

''There are only my feet.

What you do for them you do for me.''

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In the "New Covenant" made by our Creator God with humanity, as reported in Jeremiah 31:31-34, every human being can know God from within - because the Holy Spirit is revealing our Creator to all who are willing to know the Lord and trust in Him. We can still help each other along the way; so may you be pleased to find here a variety of helps to the life of faith in God through Jesus Christ. G.S.

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